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Here's an updated look at all Trump's 2nd-term tariffs, accounting for today's exemption for phones & computers The overall US tariff rate is now 25%, down from 29% pre-exemption but still 10x what it was before Trump took office (1/3)

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JUST IN: Trump must face defamation lawsuit from 'Central Park Five' defendants reut.rs/4j3QVm5

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“There’s a human cost here the public needs to know about,” Thomas said.

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A nice reminder that most billionaires care about one thing above all else -- their own sense of importance.

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Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision has stayed Judge Alsup's injunction preventing the removal of probationary employees. The order says that the non-profits lack standing. This has been my concern with these cases. 1/4 www.scotusblog.com/case-files/c...

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this is how the american economy is going to work for AT LEAST two entire years

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As we move into deeply perilous waters for the global economy remember that in 2008, you had 1) reasonably competent people in top posts in the US govt financial system, 2) a decisive level of bipartisan cooperation in Sept 2008 AND deep collaboration between the US, the Europe and leading …

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the shift from “I never thought leopards would eat MY face” to “eat my face harder leopard daddy” must be studied

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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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JUST IN: Three days after a judge awarded $6.6 million to whistleblowers fired for reporting him to the FBI for allegedly using his office to protect a prominent real estate developer in exchange for helping him cheat on his state senator wife, Ken Paxton announces he is running for US Senate.

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one of my tiktok followers made this

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Extraordinary rendition works too.

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Ahhhhh coal, the future of nothing

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I will pay any tariff for a framed copy of this

submitted 5 days ago • 582 comments

Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.

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If they're nabbing tourists out of Peace Arch Park for being on the wrong side of the line in what is generally regarded as an international area then we should close Peace Arch Park

submitted 7 days ago • 30 comments

Good day to remember that DOGE has already lost the US government at least half a trillion dollars this year alone. And likely more.

submitted 6 days ago • 385 comments

Tariffs, Greenland, Panama, Canada, Iran, NATO foreign policy, Ukraine, Russia, extortion & punishment of law firms, expropriation of Article I powers, subjugation of Article III powers, warrantless detentions and punishment without due process, installing lackeys in the military & executive....

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@maddow.msnbc.com this sign, 😂

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Even without ICE's horrible abuses, a pattern of arbitrarily revoking student visas makes the US no longer a viable schooling option for international students. Bringing them to the US has been one of our strongest sources of soft power. Everything this fucking guy does benefits Putin.

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If the U.S. military is given direct orders to seize Greenland—pull down another nation’s flag, and then claim the ground in the name of the United States—every senior commander has a moral obligation to refuse to accept or support such a command. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Poire Williams is a type of unsweetened fruit brandy, and is often served chilled as an after-dinner drink. They are often sold as 'prisonnière': a whole Williams pear (called a Bartlett in the US) inside a bottle with a mouth too small to explain how the pear was placed inside. A magic trick!

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From the Department of Aging Poorly.

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It's been gradual evolution, but George Conway is one of few public figures who actually gets it. If it was another country, most would understand this; but looking inward in the USA few are able to see that it's as bad as it seems. @gtconway.bsky.social sees it.

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Obviously Trump did this. But perhaps the 2021-2 Democrat-controlled congress could have taken back some of its tariff-levying powers? After 2017-2020, they could have decided it wasn't wise to give up one of Congress's core Article 1 authorities to the President?

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It doesn't look like the fentanyl executive order has happened, so far. I suppose that this is good. www.google.com/search?q=sit...

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