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DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.

What’s the difference between the US and Canada? Canada elected a Carney, and the US elected a clown.

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Invading worksites seems to undercut the message that immigrants are a drain on society, but what do I know? #maddow

Chris Murphy on Joni Ernst: "I think everybody in that audience knows they're going to die, they would just rather die in old age at 85 or 90 instead of dying at 40. And the reality is that when you lose your healthcare, you are much more at risk of early death."

I wonder if she's being blackmailed

Aix-en-Provence, the French city where the artist spent most of his life, is celebrating all things Cézanne this summer with the reopening of his estate and studio. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/t...

Taylor Swift is regaining control of her recorded music catalog six years after her old label, Big Machine Label Group, sold it to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings. Story: rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Next time someone in Congress glibly dismisses your need for healthcare, remember that they have some of the best healthcare in the country. And it was paid for by YOU.

Yikes

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universal drinking game

BREAKING: Palantir, $PLTR, insiders have sold millions. CEO Karp has sold $50.4 million in shares. Cohen sold $43.5 million Sankar sold $21.2 million Glazer sold $4.3 million

I hope legacy media covers the connection between last night's memecoin dinner and this morning's social media tariff threats. He's manipulating the stock market.

I've never seen it so well put before.

See you at 1 AM, yes, you read that right, when Republicans take up the spending bill, which includes a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan moves to dismiss federal criminal case against her for allegedly helping immigrant hide from ICE. Her lawyers say she's protected by official acts and judicial immunity and US Const amend X. Very substantial likelihood that the case will be dismissed, IMHO.

Justice Jackson nails where we are right now: “Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.” 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯