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The time for choosing is coming.

JPMORGAN: Trade war repercussions are “only just now taking full effect. .. federal and local spending is on track to slow to a 1%ar pace .. with the flow of new immigrants slowing to a standstill and deportations on the rise. “.. a period of sustained above-potential US growth is over.” 👀

Six months ago the economy was not "cold as ice." 323,000 jobs created in December; unemployment rate 4.1%. Wages were up 4.0%.

Welcome to the Golden Age of America

Sounds like a job for “Too Late” Powell. 🤡

There. Is. No. Trade deal

The budget bill passed by the house would increase deficits (and debt) by at least $2.4T over 10 years. That is, indeed, outrageous. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

We’re already on track for the national debt to soar further above our GDP. The House bill is just going to make that problem worse. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

The House bill adds more to deficits than any recent major legislation — even covid stimulus. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

The head of FEMA joked about not knowing hurricane season had started. Americans work too damn hard and pay too much to be governed by clowns. When lives are at stake, we need serious leadership, not punchlines.

David Brooks on the PBS News Hour: “Elon Musk is least semi-responsible for the deaths of probably by the end of this, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people. That's Elon Musk’s legacy. The people who work at Tesla and SpaceX might want to think about that."

So it’s not “Big & beautiful”?

Theory has been tariff disruptions would start to show in the data in May/June. On schedule, ISM Headline (48.5), new orders, production, employment, inventories, export orders, import orders all contracting. Import orders lowest since 2009. Prices remain elevated at 69.4.

The Biden manufacturing construction boom is over:

> @democrats.org

Who is this “god” they worship? This god of guns but not of grace. This god of greed but not generosity. This god of the womb but not of the woman. This god who cannot hear children cry. This god who fears dark skin. This god of America but not all of America? That's the Devil, yo.

Lindsey is just a big baby, so there’s that as well.

Going out the way he came in (high off his ass)

She tells it like it is. 🤡 @huffpost.com www.huffpost.com/entry/medica...

I’ve seen people tripping off acid appearing more sober

A drug addict usurped congressional power, and unilaterally gutted US soft power. Members of the administration knew about, and were disturbed by, his drug use (WSJ). Isn’t this a cover-up?

If tariffs keep the fed from cutting, Trump should scrap them and take the rate cuts. US would save $280b annually w/ a 1 pp decline in its avg rate. Stocks could soar and cap gains taxes could kick in. Foreigners would really “pay” about 1/3rd, unlike the fake claim of their tariff payments.

US government spending since Jan. 21 “is up 8.7% over the equivalent period in 2024 .. “.. 7.2% over 2023.” 🇺🇸 @jesskarl.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

It’s been around since 1983.

When do we start all the winning? www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

#TACO is everywhere 🌮 @thehill.com thehill.com/homenews/adm...

WAPO: “.. Trump initially said it was Qatar that reached out and offered him the luxury jet free of charge. In fact, it was the Trump administration that first approached Qatar this winter about acquiring the plane ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Absolutely epic Delta fail. Forgot to assign a pilot to originating flight; we left 90 minutes late. But my connection was delayed! I would have 15 minutes to make it. But...both are using the same gate. I have to wait until my next flight leaves before I can get off this plane. 🤦🏻

#TACO 🌮

Hey, we’re printing money again. 💰

4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:

Mortgage rates are higher now than they were when the Fed began cutting last September. 🤡

Bouncing off the 2nd lowest levels since the 1950’s! 🇺🇸

“The COIN-operated Presidency” 🤡 @nytimes.com @karaswisher.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

“.. European airlines are freezing their transatlantic growth and pulling back from major U.S. cities like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago as they redirect flights to Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Caribbean.” $JETS $XAL www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...

Ground Beef hits new all-time high 🚨