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This is how Justice Sotomayor ends her dissent: “We, as a Nation and a court of law, should be better than this. I respectfully dissent.”

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QUICK: If we are raising these tariffs, taking that money, and simply paying the money to people who are getting hurt, how does that benefit the economy, particularly if it leads to a economic downturn that costs jobs? NAVARRO: Because it brings home our domestic manufacturing Q: That takes years

submitted 1 day ago • 920 comments

DIMON on tariffs, Jan 22: “Get over it.” DIMON this am:

submitted 1 day ago • 125 comments

This is just like 2008 -- except that in 2008, the government was trying to stop the crash, whereas now, the government is literally causing the crash.

submitted 1 day ago • 267 comments

What if everybody just didn’t do what he said?

submitted 1 day ago • 45 comments

Buckle up for one of the nastiest Black Mondays in Wall Street history.

submitted 1 day ago • 2507 comments

The Secretary of the Interior requires his staff to make him cookies and serve him meals. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 1 day ago • 366 comments

To do: 1. Sleep 2. Eat 3. Scream at marsh 4. Repeat

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

So far, Trump has lost $9 trillion in stock market value in an attempt to fix a $1.2 trillion trade deficit. It’s not possible to fully articulate the stupidity currently governing the USA.

submitted 1 day ago • 43 comments

😬

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Nero fiddled.

submitted 2 days ago • 528 comments

WSJ: “.. Tariff-swollen building costs helped to kill a $300 million plastics recycling plant in Erie, Pa., that had been in the works for four years.” @wsj.com 🇺🇸 www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

submitted 2 days ago • 125 comments

You guys wanna see a dead body 🤣💀

submitted 2 days ago • 960 comments

Cabinet member worth $500 million speaks. 🇺🇸 @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

submitted 1 day ago • 641 comments

Honestly, I can’t even with this

submitted 2 days ago • 105 comments

On TV at the same time: NAVARRO: “This is not a negotiation.” LUTNICK: “Of course they are” open to negotiation. 🤡

submitted 2 days ago • 444 comments

“Whatever.” Lol. Buncha dummies!

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If "protests in all 50 states" wanted above-the-fold coverage in @nytimes.com, they should have been "seven random Americans" instead

submitted 3 days ago • 169 comments

#HANDSOFF #NYC

submitted 2 days ago • 1057 comments

Have a day, Jesse! 👏

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Breaking News: A senior Justice Department lawyer was put on leave after questioning the administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador.

submitted 2 days ago • 108 comments

A+ community note.

submitted 2 days ago • 411 comments

The White House just issued this statement: “The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.” How’s this real life?

submitted 3 days ago • 1709 comments

Now that’s a split-screen. ⛳️ @wsj.com

submitted 3 days ago • 468 comments

Can you impeach a president for deliberately destroying the U.S. economy?

submitted 3 days ago • 953 comments

They said we'd have a record-beating economy, and they were right - largest two days of wealth destruction in nominal dollar terms ever:

submitted 3 days ago • 142 comments

Kamala warned everyone many times that "If Trump wins, we will enter a recession by the middle of next year."…..at this rate we're ahead of schedule

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

It’s. 👏🏼 Not. 👏🏼 Just. 👏🏼 About. 👏🏼 The tariffs. 👏🏼 (via Apollo’s slide deck this am)

submitted 3 days ago • 29 comments

Andy Kim: "If you want to know why there is so much chaos and confusion about what happened with regard to tariffs, I can say it's because of the absolute dysfunction of this national security council as demonstrated by what just happened with Laura Loomer."

submitted 3 days ago • 192 comments

Tell me again why we’re letting a 78 year old, legit smelly, odorous, frail, loser old man who bankrupted a CASINO bankrupt the country? Congress? Any answers?

submitted 3 days ago • 2964 comments

You expected something different from a guy who inherited $400 million and went bankrupt?

submitted 3 days ago • 407 comments

Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"

submitted 3 days ago • 1121 comments

Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me

submitted 3 days ago • 433 comments

Here he is today, deeply concerned about economic hardship caused by his tariff scheme.

submitted 3 days ago • 3889 comments

$3 TRILLION wiped from the stock market today….but glad dear leader got to hit some balls at his golf course out in Miami today on the taxpayers dime….oh and with a beautiful swing like that no wonder he wins club championships every weekend

submitted 3 days ago • 274 comments

* NASDAQ 100 FUTURES FALL 20% FROM ALL-TIME HIGHS @reuters.com

submitted 4 days ago • 33 comments

YARDENI: “.. It’s really a shame that Trump is so willing to take a wrecking ball to the economy. .. We are losing our confidence that it can remain resilient .. data suggests that stagflation is already eroding .. “.. it’s getting harder to be optimistic, but we are doing the best we can ..”

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

And we’re all going to pay the price

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"It’s the instinct to measure wins in units of pain and suffering. It’s an assumption that the only way to help yourself is to hurt other people. This is just what America is now." www.wired.com/story/trump-...

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#BREAKING US tariff moves could see global merchandise trade volumes shrink 1% in 2025: WTO chief

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So good. 🤡 @brendanvduke.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 593 comments

Biden didn’t fix egg prices.

submitted 5 days ago • 21 comments

Stellantis laying off 900 US workers at its US auto plants, thanks to tariffs www.reuters.com/business/aut...

submitted 5 days ago • 39 comments

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

submitted 5 days ago • 326 comments

NEW — After putting all Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) employees on administrative leave Monday, I'm told DOGE is canceling congressionally-appropriated grants to state libraries across the entire country. Libraries are getting notice that funding was canceled as of 4/1. More here:

submitted 5 days ago • 62 comments

Disney ran “like a scared mouse from any possible confrontation with Donald Trump or his state-sponsored retribution apparatus.” It wasn’t enough. @bethkowitt.bsky.social @mattbelloni.bsky.social $DIS www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

Another one! This is St. Pierre et Miquelon. Population: 5819. It now has one of the world’s highest tariffs - 99%. The US imported only $3.5M of its shellfish last yr. BUT the island imports ZERO from the US. So, the idiotic White House formula (imports v exports) couldn’t cope. It spat out 99%.

submitted 5 days ago • 45 comments

I tried to figure out what exactly the new China tariff was last night. The White House wasn’t sure, and then told me it was a “pointless aside” to write about that. (It’s 79%)

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