Ann Latham
@corgi3gal.bsky.social
Corgi addict, former tech marketer, international traveler, supporter of democracy
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
July 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
ICE commandos in my hometown of Carpinteria, CA rounding up people that work in the agriculture industry. Later ICE threw smoke bombs right at the crowd, injuring a city council woman.
#resistfascism #resistTrump #defundICE
#resistfascism #resistTrump #defundICE
July 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
ICE commandos in my hometown of Carpinteria, CA rounding up people that work in the agriculture industry. Later ICE threw smoke bombs right at the crowd, injuring a city council woman.
#resistfascism #resistTrump #defundICE
#resistfascism #resistTrump #defundICE
Apparently current Secretary of Homeland Security (and puppy killer) does not know what habeas corpus means, as she directs illegal incarceration of hundreds of people.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Apparently current Secretary of Homeland Security (and puppy killer) does not know what habeas corpus means, as she directs illegal incarceration of hundreds of people.
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Trump is bringing together former enemies, healing decades-long divides, uniting the world (against us).
apnews.com/article/uk-i...
apnews.com/article/uk-i...
UK and India sign a 'landmark' trade agreement after years of tough negotiations
Britain and India have agreed on a hard-wrought free trade agreement that will reduce or eliminate tariffs on Scotch whisky and scores of other products.
apnews.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump is bringing together former enemies, healing decades-long divides, uniting the world (against us).
apnews.com/article/uk-i...
apnews.com/article/uk-i...
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Proof this guy is full of SITH.
In Star Wars. those who have embraced the Dark Side of the Force wield red lightsabers. So, in other words, perfect.
May 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Proof this guy is full of SITH.
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The Treasury Secretary is unaware of whether the leaders of the two largest economies in the world have spoken about their ongoing trade war, and everything is fine.
Raddatz: “President Trump said he has spoken to President Xi, but China has firmly denied this saying, “China and the U.S. have not consulted or negotiated on the tariff issue.” So are negotiations actually happening?”
Bessent: “I don’t know if President Trump has spoken with President Xi.”
Bessent: “I don’t know if President Trump has spoken with President Xi.”
April 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Treasury Secretary is unaware of whether the leaders of the two largest economies in the world have spoken about their ongoing trade war, and everything is fine.
Who is ripping off American consumers and businesses with ridiculous trade policies?
The notion that the US has been “ripped off” — even as it crushed the entire planet on cross-border fund flows for the past five years — is absolutely hilarious. 🤡
(via GS desk/Pasquariello)
(via GS desk/Pasquariello)
April 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Who is ripping off American consumers and businesses with ridiculous trade policies?
The idiocy continues
This past week, the Chinese learned
1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;
2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;
and
3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.
Highly useful information.
1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;
2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;
and
3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.
Highly useful information.
April 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The idiocy continues
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In other economic news: The five U.S. airports with the most international traffic have seen an obvious slide in international passengers, maybe because people are being snatched and sent to gulags. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
April 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
In other economic news: The five U.S. airports with the most international traffic have seen an obvious slide in international passengers, maybe because people are being snatched and sent to gulags. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
April 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Deep dive into the top 10 tax myths.
Correcting the Top 10 Tax Myths
As Washington prepares for a 2025 dominated by tax policy—led by the issue of whether to extend the expiring 2017 tax cuts—the debate is likely to bring a fresh recirculation of the most common myths ...
manhattan.institute
April 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Deep dive into the top 10 tax myths.
Very interesting podcast on tax policy and the federal budget. It includes the top 10 myths about the US tax system.
freakonomics.com/podcast/seas...
#taxes #federalbudget #deficit
freakonomics.com/podcast/seas...
#taxes #federalbudget #deficit
Season 14, Episode 31 - Freakonomics
Season 14, Episode 31 - Freakonomics
freakonomics.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Very interesting podcast on tax policy and the federal budget. It includes the top 10 myths about the US tax system.
freakonomics.com/podcast/seas...
#taxes #federalbudget #deficit
freakonomics.com/podcast/seas...
#taxes #federalbudget #deficit
"...the dumbest domestic policy in my lifetime."
David Brooks
"I agree with David. It's the dumbest domestic policy that I've ever seen."
Jonathan Capehart
PBS Newshour, April 5, 2025
#resist #TrumpTariffs #TrumpRecession #stockmarketcrash #StockMarket
David Brooks
"I agree with David. It's the dumbest domestic policy that I've ever seen."
Jonathan Capehart
PBS Newshour, April 5, 2025
#resist #TrumpTariffs #TrumpRecession #stockmarketcrash #StockMarket
Brooks and Capehart on the political reaction to Trump's tariffs
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs draw crit...
www.pbs.org
April 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"...the dumbest domestic policy in my lifetime."
David Brooks
"I agree with David. It's the dumbest domestic policy that I've ever seen."
Jonathan Capehart
PBS Newshour, April 5, 2025
#resist #TrumpTariffs #TrumpRecession #stockmarketcrash #StockMarket
David Brooks
"I agree with David. It's the dumbest domestic policy that I've ever seen."
Jonathan Capehart
PBS Newshour, April 5, 2025
#resist #TrumpTariffs #TrumpRecession #stockmarketcrash #StockMarket
Orange Nero fiddles while Rome burns
“I think we’re all familiar with the old adage, 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going to Florida for a Saudi-backed golf event'...”
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Amid turmoil, Trump heads to Florida for a golf event (again)
After setting much of the global economy — and retirement accounts — on fire, taking a golf trip isn’t a great look for Trump.
www.msnbc.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Orange Nero fiddles while Rome burns
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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
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Unreal. Such a self inflicted wound. A generational mistake
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Unreal. Such a self inflicted wound. A generational mistake
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Breaking news: President Donald Trump fired several senior National Security Council aides after far-right activist Laura Loomer visited him and pushed for an ouster.
The dismissals could continue, said one person with knowledge of the shake-up.
The dismissals could continue, said one person with knowledge of the shake-up.
Trump ousts members of National Security Council staff
The NSC shake-up followed a White House visit by Laura Loomer, a far-right activist who urged Trump to purge staff with hawkish foreign policy views.
wapo.st
April 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Breaking news: President Donald Trump fired several senior National Security Council aides after far-right activist Laura Loomer visited him and pushed for an ouster.
The dismissals could continue, said one person with knowledge of the shake-up.
The dismissals could continue, said one person with knowledge of the shake-up.
What could go wrong when a bad businessman bypasses Congress and stupidly acts on his own with an army of equally stupid Yes-men?
#resist #resistFascism
#resist #resistFascism
Trump’s Tariff Formula Slammed As ‘Fake’ And ‘Incredibly Stupid’ By Experts
Trump’s Tariff Formula Slammed As ‘Fake’ And ‘Incredibly Stupid’ By Experts
The approach appears to punish countries based on their trade imbalances with the U.S., rather than the taxes they impose on the U.S. and a combination of other trade barriers Trump claimed the new tariff rates would be based on.
on.forbes.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What could go wrong when a bad businessman bypasses Congress and stupidly acts on his own with an army of equally stupid Yes-men?
#resist #resistFascism
#resist #resistFascism
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
Idiocy!
"...likely the largest peacetime tax increase in US history. In nominal terms, it’s the largest tax increase, period. And it comes without any input from Congress. In fact, it effectively overturns USMCA, CAFTA-DR, and the twelve bilateral free trade agreements that Congress has approved."
"...likely the largest peacetime tax increase in US history. In nominal terms, it’s the largest tax increase, period. And it comes without any input from Congress. In fact, it effectively overturns USMCA, CAFTA-DR, and the twelve bilateral free trade agreements that Congress has approved."
Americans Will Pay the Price for Reckless Tariffs | National Review
As a share of the economy, President Trump’s executive order is likely the largest peacetime tax increase in U.S. history.
www.nationalreview.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Idiocy!
"...likely the largest peacetime tax increase in US history. In nominal terms, it’s the largest tax increase, period. And it comes without any input from Congress. In fact, it effectively overturns USMCA, CAFTA-DR, and the twelve bilateral free trade agreements that Congress has approved."
"...likely the largest peacetime tax increase in US history. In nominal terms, it’s the largest tax increase, period. And it comes without any input from Congress. In fact, it effectively overturns USMCA, CAFTA-DR, and the twelve bilateral free trade agreements that Congress has approved."
The tactic that James Carville suggested in a NYT guest essay (Feb 25) appears to have worked. He wanted the Democrats to roll over and play dead and let Trump's actions tank his support. And look, they did nothing, and the collapse is happening. Idiocy on both sides prevails!
Carville: Trump collapse happened quicker than I imagined
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The tactic that James Carville suggested in a NYT guest essay (Feb 25) appears to have worked. He wanted the Democrats to roll over and play dead and let Trump's actions tank his support. And look, they did nothing, and the collapse is happening. Idiocy on both sides prevails!
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Whoever came up with these supposed tariff rates is like Kramer from Seinfeld when he pretended to work at that job "in business"
April 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Whoever came up with these supposed tariff rates is like Kramer from Seinfeld when he pretended to work at that job "in business"