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Trump has just replaced President Obama’s official presidential portrait in the White House with a painting of himself.

submitted 2 days ago • 1735 comments

Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate": "While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..." www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...

submitted 2 days ago • 655 comments

WHOA. Trump will strip Temporary Protected Status from thousands of AFGHANS, at a time when the Taliban is fully in control of the country and carrying out total oppression. If any country deservers TPS, it's obviously Afghanistan! We're going to send women back there to be treated as property?

submitted 2 days ago • 53 comments

The SEC is the only agency that could get to the bottom of who did these trades — and they would have to want to know.

submitted 4 days ago • 124 comments

Tariffs still at historic high

submitted 2 days ago • 32 comments

This is how Kaganovich talked about Stalin.

submitted 3 days ago • 706 comments

The effect of the tariffs will be felt across the U.S. economy. Wendong Zhang, an economics professor, said 73 percent of smartphones, 78 percent of laptops, 87 percent of video game consoles and 77 percent of toys in the United States come from China. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/b...

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike!

submitted 3 days ago • 886 comments

It's not just his delusion that tariffs will bring manufacturing jobs back. It's the paranoia, and the sense that trade is somehow rigged. @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's big tariff lie:

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

This 👇

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Insanity!

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WATCH: "We may just have trade shutting down not even because of the tariffs but because we don't have people to enforce the new rules," says @pkrugman.bsky.social on another gap in the Trump tariff plan.

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Breaking: Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he plans to place a hold on ALL Trump nominees going forward. This will force Republicans to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda. 🔗: www.axios.com/newsletters/...

submitted 6 days ago • 1349 comments

Too bad, so sad

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SCOOP: Sen. Brian Schatz is expanding his holds on Trump's nominees to include an additional 50 names — along with a batch of bipartisan foreign affairs bills.

submitted 6 days ago • 184 comments

Finally! Thank you, Senator Schatz! Hopefully, we'll see more senators showing some spine soon.

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BREAKING: European Union Slaps 25% Tariffs On United States In Retaliation. Only Zimbabwe and Penguin Island are willing to negotiate with Trump as Europe and China fight back. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

submitted 6 days ago • 31 comments

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social. #TrumpMarketCrash #TrumpTariffs

submitted 6 days ago • 91 comments

"falling out of bed" "Weinberg, chief US economist at High Frequency Economics, sees the economy falling out of bed in the second quarter, which has just started, and now predicts the economy will contract at a negative 4.5% rate in the second quarter." www.marketwatch.com/story/econom...

submitted 6 days ago • 450 comments

The sort of thing Russia, China and North Korea do. Say NO to this America.👇 thehill.com/policy/defen...

submitted 6 days ago • 36 comments

And taxes will go wayyyyy down if you lose a ton of money

submitted 6 days ago • 144 comments

Orange Monday: The global stock market is collapsing. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong -13.6% 🇹🇼 Taiwan -9.6% 🇯🇵 Japan -9.5% 🇮🇹 Italy -8.4% 🇸🇬 Singapore -8% 🇸🇪 Sweden -7% 🇨🇳 China -7% 🇨🇭 Switzerland -7% 🇩🇪 Germany -6.8% 🇪🇸 Spain -6.4% 🇳🇱 Netherlands -6.2% 🇦🇺 Australia -6.2% 🇫🇷 France -6.1% 🇬🇧 UK -5.2% #OrangeMonday #TrumpTariffs

submitted 6 days ago • 284 comments

Monday is going to be ugly. #BuckleUp, y'all

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Not joking: as of today Donald Trump is the absolute greatest destroyer of wealth the country has ever had

submitted 7 days ago • 734 comments

worst selloff since march 2020. back then the cause was a mystery virus. this time it's no mystery.

submitted 7 days ago • 43 comments

Looks like Denmark is making good on that 'fuck off' comment to the blob.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

It was difficult for those alive in 1914, having been formed in the relative peace and tranquility of the late 19th century, to even begin to imagine the horrors of the following 30 years. Surely it would be for us too. Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

"It’s bad enough being a failing empire. Let’s not also be a delusional failing empire. Let’s at least have some dignity about our situation." Here's a start:

submitted 10 days ago • 56 comments

Oops

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Are we winning yet? Stellantis. Whirlpool. Who's next?

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Trump frames himself as the model of executive leadership. Since restructuring happens all the time in the business world, let’s judge him by the metrics he claims to understand. Brian O’Neill delivers the shareholder report on governance.

submitted 10 days ago • 14 comments

April 2, 2025

submitted 10 days ago • 50 comments

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

submitted 10 days ago • 61 comments

They are clueless. We are so screwed. 🤬

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Emergency video: congrats MAGA. You own the economy now. Let’s see what happens

submitted 11 days ago • 264 comments