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Two comments: First, why do journalists call these "reciprocal tariffs"? That is Trump's name for them, but they are NOT reciprocal. Second, China gave up nothing for this huge carve-out. In this staring contest with China, Trump is blinking like he is in a dust storm.

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@realtimers.bsky.social What you don't understand is that this is not Obama vs McCain. Trump is undermining every American institution. He is ruining the country in too many ways to count. But privately he can take a joke. Just like a human. And Hitler liked his dog. Just like a human.

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When authoritarians make loyalty to themselves more important than competence, government suffers. When government suffers, so do the people. Trump is stacking the deck in a lot of different ways. But if he keeps screwing up, and he will, people will want change. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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We've seen this before. I bet that this guy, if he is not lying altogether, took the name of a noncitizen and matched it to the name of a voter, "forgetting" that many people share a name. See this free book, beginning at p. 72. www.dropbox.com/preview/Shys...

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Did anyone actually believe Kash Patel when he promised to keep the FBI apolitical? I mean, ANYONE? Because anyone who did is an idiot. And those that didn't, but claimed they did, are worse.

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@realtimers.bsky.social There's nothing wrong with talking to the enemy. But, Bill, what you fail to understand is that Trump having two faces is not a good thing. "Two-faced" is not a compliment. But it does reinforce what I have said, one should never presume that Trump actually believes anything.

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I don't know that it's racism so much as xenophobia (of course it can be both), but maybe the worse problem is that politicians excuse the unvaccinated. There's a health crisis and these guys pretend the easy and obvious solution does not exist. newrepublic.com/post/193915/...

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Beutler advocates a frontal assault, "sidelineing" or impeaching Trump. How has that worked in the past?

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People don't read much anymore. Yet, it still bothers me that the US Naval Academy bans Maya Angelou but stocks two copies of Mein Kampf. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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A government agency thinks it is their job to regulate ideas. My first thought was that this post, which has been deleted, probably was the work of a rogue employee. Then I thought of Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil. Clearly, this post accurately stated Trump administration policy.

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Tariffs are taxes, so it makes no sense to ask whether tariffs will pay for tax cuts. The question is, when the form of taxation shifts from income to tariff, who wins, and who loses? Focusing on any other question is a gift to Trump and his cronies. www.factcheck.org/2025/04/inde...

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@hcrichardson.bsky.social This free book, All The President's Shysters, is an exhaustive analysis of the 2020 election lawsuits. The author compares what Trump lawyers said in court with what they said on TV. The book is newly relevant as Trump punishes those who contradicted his lies.

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@rbreich.bsky.social This free book, All The President's Shysters, can be tedious, but it is an exhaustive analysis of the 2020 election lawsuits. The lawyer/author compares what Trump lawyers said in court with what they said on TV. Relevant as Trump punishes those who contradicted the lies.

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True to form, Trump has signed an EO that punishes those who contradicted his election lies. This includes the law firm that successfully sued Fox for defaming Dominion voting machines. This is about retribution, clearly, but it also is sending a message about the future.

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Some folks think Trump is tanking the stock market in order to create investment opportunities for vulture capitalists. I hope they are right. If he believes the idiotic trade war will seal his legacy by reforming the economy positively, he will hold the course until we are ruined. Proverbs 28:1.

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Does Trump's control over TikTok's fate give him leverage over China? No. The opposite is true. Trump has made an issue of saving TikTok. It is a valuable political tool. Clearly, China has decided that his commitment to the platform gives THEM the upper hand. They aren't wrong.

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"You need to ignore the so-called experts and trust me, I know what I'm doing," is what Donald Trump said before the Taj Mahal went bankrupt.

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Who says a food critic can't be fun? letsmoseyon.com/eating-well-...

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Many Progressives will disagree with Brooks on various issues, but his stance is always thoughtful. If you can't learn something from folks you disagree with, well, I guess you already know everything. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Eating Well — And Cheaply — In Paris Some folks describe things as “very unique.” They are the same careless people who say “irregardless,” "ATM machine," or “He’s a politician I can trust.” The rest of us know there are no gradations of uniqueness. Something is one-of-a-kind, or it is not.…

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This WSJ article accuses Vance of cherry picking data, which is accurate, even though the WSJ picks a few cherries of its own. What's easy to miss is that the article picks on "populists like JD Vance" w/o mentioning his boss. In an op-ed about Trump tariff's, only his surrogates are criticized.

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Weird that Republicans argue both that they are cutting taxes and imposing tariffs. Like it's not a contradiction. Even weirder that we let them get away with it. It's real simple. They are cutting taxes for the rich. They are raising taxes for everyone else. That should be our mantra.

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A sad Reince Priebus argues that Trump surely will lift tariffs when other countries make a deal. Weird that he is theorizing about Trump's "real" motives w/o resort to what Trump has himself said. Trump's people are reading tea leaves, hoping they reveal sanity not evident from their boss.

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This six minute video by Fareed Zakaria may be the best and most concise examination of Trump's tariff claims. It's really, really, good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afsc...

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@nbcnews.com NBC news on 4/5 started: "Today marks the beginning of new era for the global economy. Pres. D. T.'s reliance on tariffs to bring wealth into the U.S. and manufacturing jobs to the American people, kicked in this morning." If I wanted propagandizing I would watch Fox. I quit NBC.

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NBC news on 4/5 started: "Today marks the beginning of new era for the global economy. Pres. D. T.'s reliance on tariffs to bring wealth into the U.S. and manufacturing jobs to the American people, kicked in this morning." Not much different from Fox coverage. I used to like NBC. I'm done now.

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Trump's early success stemmed, in part, from his willingness to condemn GOP failures. The next Democratic president will have likewise itemized the ways his or her party veered from mainstream values and interests. Rahm Emanuel understands this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fMQ...

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Kudlow argues that Trump tariffs are causing Vietnam to eliminate tariffs on US goods. But he also argues that the point is to increase manufacturing in the US. I have news, Larry. Intel, Apple, and Nike will not build factories in the US because Vietnam eliminates tariffs on cars and chicken.

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Stuart Varney throws Johnson what he thinks is a softball, expecting Johnson to reply with a full throated defense of Trump tariffs. What he gets is, "It will be up to Trump to determine how long we can go down this road." A: Trump will tank the economy before admitting a mistake. Buckle up, Ron.

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