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In which case it’s failing in its task of protecting US producers from import competition, or they wouldn’t be generating serious amounts of revenue at all. Almost as if the administration’s multiple policy targets are utterly incoherent.

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

Wrote this back in January. I wonder if the situation in LA gives Trump the opening to declare a state of emergency

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

If this was the only goddamn thing we had to deal with right now I'd be having a lot of fun

submitted 9 days ago • 18 comments

Wait, Wasn’t the US having a go at European countries for a lack of free speech?

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

"Good old American know-how, as provided by good old Americans like Dr Wernher von Braun." - Tom Lehrer

submitted 16 days ago • 43 comments

It's a good morning to remember that TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out)

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

What in the ever-loving fuck…

submitted 55 days ago • 21 comments

and yet they come to Europe and lecture everyone on free speech

submitted 62 days ago • 475 comments

Whether you love or hate tariffs, you can't help but be impressed at the detailed policy planning, the transparency of the policy process, the credibility of Administration announcements, relentless attention to detail, flawless execution, and the thoughtful predictability that business demands.

submitted 64 days ago • 75 comments

This will appear in a few future history books as the perfect metaphor for current events....

submitted 64 days ago • 12 comments

I needed this. Quality #content.

submitted 64 days ago • 7 comments

self-driving car safety is WOKE www.ft.com/content/ede5...

submitted 66 days ago • 10 comments

submitted 73 days ago • 15 comments

Note the heavy traffic -

submitted 73 days ago • 24 comments

***BREAKING*** New U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier To Be Named USS Musk www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

submitted 75 days ago • 114 comments

Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.

submitted 75 days ago • 420 comments

If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.

submitted 84 days ago • 354 comments

Putin’s one and only route to victory is through Trump’s head.

submitted 83 days ago • 119 comments

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

submitted 85 days ago • 331 comments

Well.

submitted 85 days ago • 22 comments

The great cave-in is underway

submitted 85 days ago • 3 comments

"My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices underway against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law."

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

🚨BREAKING: It seems very clear that the Administration decided not to abide by the court's order. The question now is what will the judge do. Does he proceed with contempt or something short of that to defuse. Upping the stakes is the fact that the AG and her senior staff signed this notice.

submitted 90 days ago • 1562 comments

🫡🇺🇸

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Tired: intraday liquidity Inspired: intraday tariff

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

Any, you say?

submitted 100 days ago • 8 comments

Well this aged well.....

submitted 101 days ago • 32 comments

Trump and Vance in particular were always looking to suspend military aid to Ukraine. Makes the White House confrontation look even more like a set up

submitted 103 days ago • 17 comments

OK, it's well past time to start a thread. Welcome to Donald Trump's trade policy. Nobody. Knows. Anything. 1/n

submitted 159 days ago • 87 comments

Just to underline - the US voted with Russia and North Korea on a UN resolution on Ukraine. China abstained

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submitted 112 days ago • 7 comments

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submitted 113 days ago • 64 comments