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Futures not pretty today.
Assuming Dump is forced to rescind most of his tariffs within days or weeks, what kind of residual damage to the US economy are we looking at?
When you befuddle the public with half-baked policies, businesses tend to free…
NOAA's specialized workforce provides products and services that support more than a third of the nation's GDP. But in MAGA narrative, our country will be "saved" by cutting 50% of the 12,000 NOAA workers. Approx. $600M per year in Comp savings…
Trump is a traitorous wrecking ball. He's driving twin agendas: Project 2025 and Moscow's. There can be no denying it by now, except by willful ignorance.
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The Big 3 auto companies put pressure on Dump to kick the auto tariffs for both CA and M…
Apparently there was a news story on how the $80K Ram truck is now going to $100K. A Jeep Compass with a sticker of $37K is going to jump to $43K.
Very interesting sticker shock hitting the lots.
As the Trump admin elevates the trade war with tariffs, perhaps the best defense the rest of the world has against him is simply selling their US assets, taking their ball and going home."
And this is how our downward cycle starts.
Stay used to it.
And nobody buys your deflection away from Russian influence. Do you not find it odd that the US suspended Russian offensive cyber operations this week?
Our national security is at risk more than ever. We can trust Putin? …
Silly name calling. Ad hominem attacks. The rhetorical style reminds me when I was 10 years old on the school playground.
HA! Might have rubbed off on some of us from your GRAND LEADER. Sleepy Joe, Crooked Hillary, Ron DeSanctus.
Bu…
Shooting ourselves in the foot with tariffs will not yield positive results. If you think eggs are expensive, wait until you see the price of trucks explode higher. All goods will be more expensive - inflation ensues.
Its a war we cannot win, t…
The plot thickens...
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
Stock futures rise after Commerce Secretary Lutnick suggests possible compromise on Trump tariffs
HA! I gave it a few weeks. But it may not last a few days…
@JD_co: I'd need an anti-nausea med to listen to that tonight. I may be awol.
I suspect the media will watch him pat himself on the back for what a great job he claims he is doing. Agreed, no need to watch his sorry act tonight or any night. The …
Israel vs Ukraine = very little in common, unless you don't know history, religion, and a lot more.
The established Lib media have been distorting the truth for decades, which is why their ratings and the number of people who watch them are in decl…
And here we go....
Canada puts Tariffs on $107 Billion of US imports in retaliation
The Canadian government has unveiled a comprehensive set of counter-tariffs on US-made goods after President Donald Trump confirmed that his administration would im…
Embarrassing. The US govt is a disgrace.
What a motley crew of "yes" men:
"The decision was made at a White House meeting on Monday that included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Director…
Starting to look at the tariffs as a battle between Project 2025 driven staff (crush the system!) vs. members of the GOP that care about the mid-terms. There has to be a battle going on behind the scenes.
The tariffs can't stand for more than a f…
Will his ego force all these tariffs to go through? Feeling skeptical that any of these happen (other than maybe China's 10% add on), as Orange must be receiving constant pressure to give up on this terrible idea.
The markets aren't taking it…
"Once safety nets are removed, the poor in this country will be left further exposed."
As if BS1000 gives a damn. He's got his.
Yes, and some people like him are simply drawn to bullies. They equate it with power. Not sure how it's possible to b…
BS1000 is a perfect example of how the MAGA regime divides and conquers.
1) Its "us vs. them". That draws them in. "We are going to change the system." "Damn them libtards."
2) Then they watch FoxNews and drink in the propaganda. Tap into th…
If I were a foreign adversary of the USA, the core policies that I would support would be:
1. Leaving NATO and the UN
2. Shutting down foreign aid
3. Dismantling the professional USA bureaucracy
4. Removing safeguards for epidemics and disease
The…
So different levels of concern across the spectrum.
It's tough to determine how seismic political shifts will affect the economy. Tariffs and the inevitable inflation issues that follow, as well as a crumbling US govt focused on aligning with Ru…
But surely we learned our lesson from the sub-prime debacle of 2008? How many bankers went to jail for this? Must have been a lot, right?
If the govt bails banks out each time, there are no consequences to fear.
Could a watchdog government a…
It will take an event like say.... payment portals of Medicaid going down in 50 states.....for US citizens to finally wake up and smell the coffee stench.
I don't wish this on Medicaid recipients, but apparently this country needs a wakeup call.
Shows how weak our "leader" is - he looks up to Putin, even said out loud that the Ukraine war was all Zelensky's fault.
Maybe Putin is playing old KGB mind tricks on old Dump, or maybe Dump crushes on overbearing dictators who want to rule the…
Give the buffoon "credit" - if his term is just one big Revenge Tour against US Govt, he is doing a splendid job. Just splendid.
Unfortunate that its US civilians who are collateral da…
Actually makes sense - his Revenge tour is in full bloom. The American people are just collateral damage.
Picking a whack job like RFK Jr. added a nice touch to the health dept.
"... and besides, I also remember when Noah built the ark."
I wasn't around then Do you know what kind of lumber he used?
Most likely cypress. I wonder if he'd have to pay a tariff on that?
The markets are hanging tough. If "stuff" finally hits…
"Hey. I know some Russian oligarchs that are very nice people," he said.
Yeah, sure - remember his "good people on both sides" comment?
Uh, no dude....not really. Not even close.
The invisible hand that keeps the markets propped up doesn't care about bad economic news...until the day when we least expect it. Cash flows matter to a point.
Tech (Mag 7) has fallen back a bit, but no real hardcore volatility yet. Starting t…
Ironic that removing the Medicaid program would trash Dump's loyalists more than any other political group. MAGAts would have to re-configure it in their minds so that it was Biden's doing, somehow. Even though that makes no sense. Nothing has …
