Price increases from Trump's TACO tariffs have yet to really hit us but they're coming.

If the reported 55% tariffs on Chinese goods (same as the old tariffs) hold, will "de minimus" tariff exemptions (for goods under $800) be restored? If not, all of us will be paying higher prices for everything coming from China

Most of the cost will be borne by the lower and middle classes so billionaires can get their unneeded tax cuts.

Trump's administration is a bunch of jackboot thugs.

What a waste of taxpayer (our) money

Everyone I've known who died of COVID died of stupidity.

First, they railed against mask mandates, then refused to get vaccinated ... like they did as kids for diseases they didn't get.

RFK, Jr is a clear and present danger to the health of Americans

We haven't even really begun to feel the effects of Trump's stupid trade war. Businesses don't know what to do, the prices of everything from Canadian 2x4's for home construction to auto parts to steel that goes into making a panoply of products are going up up up, causing insurance premiums to also rise

This stupid trade war is going to boomerang through just about every facet of consumer and industrial goods.

And killing the "de minimus" exemption means a myriad of what were once low cost goods now have steep tariffs.

The de minimis exemption is a customs provision that allows certain low-value imports into the United States to be exempt from tariffs and other import duties. Specifically, it allows goods valued at $800 or less (per person, per day) to enter the US without paying duties, according to Avalara Tax. This exemption, authorized by Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930, simplifies the import process for low-value goods and reduces administrative burdens.

BTW, China controls 90% of rare metals used in the vast majority of electronics from phones to computer chips and a slew of others.

Under Trump, being a grifter is a job requirement.

Texas Talks Tough on Immigration -- But Won't Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization

Another example of why so many come to the U.S. via whatever means; no one perp walks employers who hire undocumented workers.

I'll bet Trump got wood, though, seeing all the gilded, gaudy fixtures

Proctor & Gamble just announced they're shedding 7000 employees (with severance) ...

The number of job losses caused by Trump are piling up.

Steve Bannon just called for Elon Musk's deportation. Trump is throwing shots at Musk ...

Heading to the store for popcorn!

Good!!

Now Trump and Musk are at war with each other:

Check out this new Teumb appointee. Competence is not a requirement in the Trump Administration. Only loyalty

Trump rolled up massive deficits during his first term after Obama got them back down to $500 billion a year following the previous unitary Republican government under Bush.

Are these figures just on top of the huge deficits we can expect from Trump?

Oh. Thanks!

This is a bombshell of historic proportions...

"The department's view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a president is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the government's proof or the merits of the prosecution, which the office stands fully behind," Smith wrote.

"Indeed, but for Mr. Trump's election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial," he went on.

The 137-page report was delivered by the Justice Department to Congress shortly after midnight on Tuesday and the contents are utterly damning.

The document tears into Trump for attempting to undermine and destroy our democracy by reversing the 2020 election and for repeatedly encouraging "violence against his perceived opponents" in the weeks leading up to January 6th.

Smith wrote that Trump was clearly to blame for the Capitol insurrection and pointed to the fact that numerous convicted rioters testified that they believed they were carrying out Trump's wishes.

Slava Ukraini

Trump first had daddy to bail him out.

Now, millions of gullible morons to buy his crypto, pump his worthless DJT stock, and donate money to him.

Now Pres Trump seems to be censoring information that may benefit Veterans?

After a planned 80,000 job cuts to the VA system.

Remember, any time you hear Republicans talking about valuing our vets, they're lying their asses off.

And, if I may also add ... how does this make the American Excellence soft power stronger? Or does this weaken it?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter

America's "soft power" is what earned us goodwill in so many places around the world. And it's what Jesus said to do. Hypocrites.

I remember during a visit to a friend in Manhattan back in 2008, he told me firms in the financial district had laid off thousands of Americans and replaced them with imported Indian H1-B workers who they could pay a fraction to.

All so the rich could get richer.

"Lunch?"

- Florida senator Rick Scott who got away with with ripping off Medicare for hundreds of millions.

That's some North Korea type s*** right there

#12 | Posted by REDIAL

So far, 3 days into the hurricane season

- 80,000 job cuts in the VA system will certainly hurt a lot of veterans

- Medicaid cuts will cause countless rural hospitals to close

- Senniors will have to drive hundreds of miles to straighten out their Social Security with the closing of SS offices across America, and wait on the phone for hours because of staff cuts

Etc etc etc

All so billionaires can get their debt-skyrocketing tax cuts.