Towns near the Canadian border are suffering. From Bellingham, Washington, to Calais, Maine, the United States has dozens of communities that are not so much linked to Canada's economy as interwoven with it. read more
President Trump is planning to attend the National Republican Congressional Committee's big donor event Tuesday night, on the eve of a consequential House vote on the budget package that passed the Senate Saturday. read more
We just haven't seen anything like this': Facing higher inflation and economic uncertainty, farmers have less cushion to face tariffs than they did during the first Trump administration. read more
Tom Rogers: Like Trump, Clinton and Gore used presidential directives and executive orders to implement many of their downsizing efforts. But unlike the current effort, the cutting didn't start until they had gone through a six-month study process and developed a blueprint of how to best reinvent the federal government. read more
Mike Masnick: The program that promised efficiency through targeted destruction is instead delivering chaotic and costly destruction through incompetence. read more
Of course, Trump himself would be dead by now if science and medicine hadn't saved him, but how does Trump respond to the medical miracle that saved him? With gratitude and the desire to help others? Nah:
Trump Just Fired the Doctor Who Saved His Lifewww.dailykos.com
At the height of the pandemic, Trump got COVID. He was airlifted to Walter Reed Medical Center. Dr. Peter Stein approved giving Trump monoclonal antibodies. Trump recovered. He called this treatment a "miracle."
Yesterday, Trump fired Dr. Peter Stein. He also fired the people tracking Bird Flu and all kind of other diseases. If there's another pandemic, and Trump catches whatever it is, there will be no one to save him. On a more positive note, the money the government saves by doing this means that instead of 342 billion dollars, Elon Musk will soon have 342.1 billion dollars.
You people are stupid.
Trump isnt begging for anything. We hold all the cards, as we have in the U.S. for some time. We just had spineless liberals who cater to the world instead of their own nation.
It's 2025, we dont do that "hate America" thing anymore progressives.
#9 | Posted by boaz at 2025-04-12 07:01 AM | Reply
Boaz is correct.
China needs us way more than we need them. They have to feed their population and they need someone to buy the things they make. Without the US consumer economy their economy would implode.
#10 | Posted by THEBULL
The devil is always in the details, which neither you nor Trump pay much attention to, emphasis mine:
When economist Justin Wolfers commented: "I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover"in just a few short days"that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors." Dr. Soumya Rangarajan noted that "a basic medicine we use 1000x per day in the hospital, heparin, is also dependent on China, and people will die without it." As Sabrina Malhi of the Washington Post explained, about 12 million people hospitalized in the U.S. need heparin every year, and it is only one of the many medications that will be affected by Trump's tariffs on goods from China.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
#ETTD The truthfulness of the statement Everything Trump Touches Dies is getting scarier by the day.
More perspective:
When American Soldiers Were in Trouble, Our Allies Showed Upwww.thebulwark.com
Inside the allied effort to find four soldiers lost in a training exercise.
OVER THE LAST WEEK, amid government turmoil, massive new tariffs, a stock market free-fall beckoning a possible recession, and other major news, many Americans likely missed a story that was unfolding in the normally quiet forests of Lithuania. Four U.S. soldiers, including three seasoned and professional non-commissioned officers, tragically lost their lives when their M88 Hercules recovery vehicle was swallowed by a hidden sinkhole during a training mission. The remains of Staff Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., Staff Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, PFC Dante D. Taitano, and Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins were recovered after an exhaustive eight-day operation that showcased not only the unwavering commitment of American forces to their fellow soldiers, but also the profound solidarity of our allies in Europe.
Perspective:
Lithuanians bid farewell to 4 US troops who died in training accident
Lithuania's political and religious leaders joined thousands of people on Thursday to bid farewell to four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in the Baltic nation.
President Gitanas Nausda and other dignitaries were among those who stood in respect as hearses carried the bodies of the four young Americans to Vilnius airport before being flown to the United States for burial.
Many of the onlookers were in tears, and Nausda said that the reaction of the population and the military to the disappearance of soldiers was rooted in Lithuania's own difficult history.
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Why hang out honoring suckers and losers when you could be making some cold hard cash:
Trump Family's Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Outwww.nytimes.com
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president's Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
The financial market meltdown was underway when President Trump boarded Air Force One on his way to Florida on Thursday for a doubleheader of sorts: a Saudi-backed golf tournament at his family's Miami resort and a weekend of fund-raisers attracting hundreds of donors to his Palm Beach club.
It was a fresh reminder that in his second term, Mr. Trump has continued to find ways to drive business to his family-owned real-estate ventures, a practice he has sustained even when his work in Washington has caused worldwide financial turmoil.
More on the topic:
Trump Shares Video About How He Is Purposely Crashing the Stock Marketwww.rollingstone.com
Several close allies of the president and ex-officials told Rolling Stone they were "at a loss for words" when asked about the video
Speaking to Rolling Stone, several close Trump allies and administration officials, who often defend Trump's most fanatical actions, outbursts, or policies, did not or would not even bother defending the wisdom of a president promoting to the world the idea that he is tanking the stock market deliberately.
Video at link:
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RFK Junior's wife Cheryl Hines should Curb her Enthusiasm. She was just royally snubbed by Trump at the UFC.
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