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I guess tax cuts for the ultra wealthy are more important than shelter and general well being of the larger populace

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RFK believes that he is one of the genetic elect and that it is a violation of the natural order to either impose on the genetic elect with public health OR prevent nature from taking its course with those who are predestined to biological damnation.

submitted 13 hours ago • 825 comments

Cut, pause, stop, eliminate, terminate, exclude, rescind, etc. All I hear from this govt is negative words. Where are the words of investment, unity, support, improve, benefit and so on. I know I am preaching to the choir here but how can anyone believe the govt is actually helping anyone!

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

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submitted 1 day ago • 182 comments

I thought it was situations like this as to why federal agencies exist. Is saving lives less meaningful than producing videos with Noem or golf weekends or tax cuts for the rich who don’t send their kids to public schools. www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/h...

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If you were really trying to combat anti-semitism, you would be teaching people about it / engaging people in dialogue / encouraging people to read. Their true motives are right in front of our eyes.

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JPMORGAN: To argue that today’s 145% China tariff clarification “is somehow less of a shock as a result is very misguided .. The sudden stop of roughly $450bn in US imports and the resulting disruption to US supply chains would be a significant blow .. We maintain our call for a US recession ..”

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

These billionaires and half of congress don’t understand consumer sentiment for 97% of the population. Right now it is all fear, no joy. Expectations of things costing more and having a smaller nest egg. Worried about SSI and health care costs. Fear for the future of the country and their kids.

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I guess I need to brush up on my Chinese as China is emerging as the leader of the not so free world!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Important for all of us but especially journalists.

submitted 4 days ago • 63 comments

Ok what’s going on here? Yields are going up which means bond prices are going down. Fewer buyers of the world’s safest asset. Normally when the economy slows, there’s a flight to safety, not away from it. Means the world may be abandoning America. We are flirting with a true crisis.

submitted 4 days ago • 438 comments

I soon expect Bondi to be on Fox telling us that she is 100% behind the tariffs and she will use the DOJ to ensure compliance and eradicate anti-tariff sentiment at the state and federal levels.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Every congressional Republican will likely be primaried in 2026. Being tied to Trump has become a liability. Given politics is all about self survival, republicans should be lining up to take back tariff control and be prepared to override a veto. Doing the right thing should be enough but alas…

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I am sure Scott Bessent knew that this would happen but no one is listening. The global economy is complex and we are dealing with a deranged simpleton.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

What we’re witnessing isn’t policy — it’s a tantrum in the guise of governance. The U.S. administration is targeting universities like Cornell and Northwestern not to protect democracy, but to crush it. Censorship through funding threats is the coward’s tool of control.

submitted 3 days ago • 40 comments

How is Congress going to pass a budget this year when the revenue figure is way less than what is expected? Are they going to propose even a higher debt ceiling increase? You would think that they will finally realize something is wrong. Maybe doge is just a dog.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe if we get to 208 percent tariff on China the Republican Congress will recognize that Trump has lost it and will get behind the legislation needed to end this madness. Let us pray 🙏

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May there be no remaining qualified attorneys in the DOJ. Preserve your integrity and resign!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This is just sick. If you don’t realize how sick this is, please seek help!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

It’s a great time to be a criminal in America. Less rules, no enforcement, the entire govt doing the bidding of the racists running point on immigration. Tax revenues down, tariffs killing the economy, more money being spent on “detention” centers, we are clearly on our way to greener pastures.

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JPMORGAN: “.. The rest of the world will be hit by US tariffs (and retaliations). But the US will be hit by tariffs on all countries. This makes this a uniquely American shock.” 🇺🇸

submitted 5 days ago • 72 comments

Trump and Elon Musk's mass layoffs are holding up... life-saving cancer research. This is the opposite of efficient.

submitted 5 days ago • 32 comments

The courts continue to hold and stand up for the rule of law against a lawless govt and DOJ.

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This is a real exchange I just had:

submitted 7 days ago • 643 comments

"Donald Trump and his allies have been using 'anti-Semitism' as a pretext to advance a radical agenda that has nothing to do with Jews at all—and that most American Jews do not support," @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social writes:

submitted 8 days ago • 27 comments

Please remind your maga friends - it seems the guy in charge values golf more than honoring those who lost their lives in the name of defending the US. Shameful, disgraceful. Not sure how you can call him commander in chief.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

China's ACTUAL tariff rate on was only 7.5% Trump's minions bungled it, used AI to claim it was 67%, and thus slapped a 34% tariff on them China has now increased its tariff from 7.5% to 34% Trump instantly made China's tariff 4.5x WORSE He is an IDIOT - costing us TRILLIONS

submitted 8 days ago • 135 comments

Bye, Starlink. * EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS * EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS @reuters.com

submitted 8 days ago • 183 comments

This was 100% expected. I am sure intelligence from CIA indicated as such and it was pushed aside in the name of spending cuts to pass a tax cut. We are losing the moral high ground to a single party dictatorship whose primary legitimacy is economic growth (and instilling fear).

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#AcademicSky As reported by a UCLA prof: the faculty senate at Rutgers took up the attached mutual defense resolution. Their unions (full time faculty, grad workers, post docs + adjunct faculty) voted to endorse it. Michigan & Northwestern looking into it too. senate.rutgers.edu/wp-content/u...

submitted 9 days ago • 48 comments

One of the few times Rand Paul knows what he is talking about. I wonder if republicans are paying attention today as China and others counter. The republicans can end part of the madness that is Trump et al 2.0 by having Congress take back control over tariffs!

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🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

submitted 9 days ago • 236 comments

NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ECONOMIST says:

submitted 9 days ago • 78 comments