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Behind every insane decision of F47 are 1000 right wing pundits needed to try to explain what he REALLY meant.
April 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Behind every insane decision of F47 are 1000 right wing pundits needed to try to explain what he REALLY meant.
What’s even the point of our country anymore?
April 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
What’s even the point of our country anymore?
Anyone know the number to call to cancel our subscription to fascism?
April 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Anyone know the number to call to cancel our subscription to fascism?
A fun idea is to rename the recycle bin on your computer desktop to “401k Plan”. 🗑️
April 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A fun idea is to rename the recycle bin on your computer desktop to “401k Plan”. 🗑️
I don’t know about you, but I prefer a president who doesn’t have secret plans that are only inside his own head.
April 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I don’t know about you, but I prefer a president who doesn’t have secret plans that are only inside his own head.
I’m pissed at the felon who pretends to be president, yes.
But Congress exists to stop this kind of madness, and they are feckless, weak, ineffectual, do nothings who are getting paid with our tax dollars.
But Congress exists to stop this kind of madness, and they are feckless, weak, ineffectual, do nothings who are getting paid with our tax dollars.
April 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I’m pissed at the felon who pretends to be president, yes.
But Congress exists to stop this kind of madness, and they are feckless, weak, ineffectual, do nothings who are getting paid with our tax dollars.
But Congress exists to stop this kind of madness, and they are feckless, weak, ineffectual, do nothings who are getting paid with our tax dollars.
Headlines read that stocks have bounced back, but the DOW for example is still -3000 points from where it was last week.
Never let the new normal be the normal.
Never let the new normal be the normal.
April 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Headlines read that stocks have bounced back, but the DOW for example is still -3000 points from where it was last week.
Never let the new normal be the normal.
Never let the new normal be the normal.
It’s not whether you believe in science or not.
It’s whether you UNDERSTAND science.
It’s whether you UNDERSTAND science.
April 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It’s not whether you believe in science or not.
It’s whether you UNDERSTAND science.
It’s whether you UNDERSTAND science.
Even if you agree with the tariffs, the agency gutting, and other horrible decisions by this incompetent administration you have to ask yourself -
Is he leading the nation? Is he being an example of how to lead people? Is he providing guidance in this time of crisis?
No - he’s out FUCKING GOLFING.
Is he leading the nation? Is he being an example of how to lead people? Is he providing guidance in this time of crisis?
No - he’s out FUCKING GOLFING.
April 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Even if you agree with the tariffs, the agency gutting, and other horrible decisions by this incompetent administration you have to ask yourself -
Is he leading the nation? Is he being an example of how to lead people? Is he providing guidance in this time of crisis?
No - he’s out FUCKING GOLFING.
Is he leading the nation? Is he being an example of how to lead people? Is he providing guidance in this time of crisis?
No - he’s out FUCKING GOLFING.
Maybe instead of one person being able to wreck the entire world’s economy in two days we could do the opposite of that.
April 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Maybe instead of one person being able to wreck the entire world’s economy in two days we could do the opposite of that.
Donald Trump is Toonces the Driving Cat and our economy is the car.
a man in a police uniform is driving a car with a stuffed cat in the passenger seat .
ALT: a man in a police uniform is driving a car with a stuffed cat in the passenger seat .
media.tenor.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Donald Trump is Toonces the Driving Cat and our economy is the car.
For any MAGA people out there thinking that the stock market is just something that Wall Street does - it’s YOUR 401k.
Your retirement nest egg is getting destroyed right now.
Your retirement nest egg is getting destroyed right now.
April 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
For any MAGA people out there thinking that the stock market is just something that Wall Street does - it’s YOUR 401k.
Your retirement nest egg is getting destroyed right now.
Your retirement nest egg is getting destroyed right now.
Someone should invent a bicameral legislature that has the ability to override presidential executive orders.
April 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Someone should invent a bicameral legislature that has the ability to override presidential executive orders.
On the plus side, Tesla stock is down twice as much as others this morning.
April 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
On the plus side, Tesla stock is down twice as much as others this morning.
If a company decides to raise its prices to offset a tariff, then they are no longer paying the tax, but YOU are.
Tariffs are an indirect way of taxing you more.
Tariffs are an indirect way of taxing you more.
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If a company decides to raise its prices to offset a tariff, then they are no longer paying the tax, but YOU are.
Tariffs are an indirect way of taxing you more.
Tariffs are an indirect way of taxing you more.
Specific, targeted tariffs can work if the affected industry has backing and investment from public funds to help offset passing the price increases on to consumers. See - Biden Chips act.
General, blanket tariffs without government backing are a catastrophe in the making - see Smoot Hawley.
General, blanket tariffs without government backing are a catastrophe in the making - see Smoot Hawley.
April 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Specific, targeted tariffs can work if the affected industry has backing and investment from public funds to help offset passing the price increases on to consumers. See - Biden Chips act.
General, blanket tariffs without government backing are a catastrophe in the making - see Smoot Hawley.
General, blanket tariffs without government backing are a catastrophe in the making - see Smoot Hawley.
Ran some simulations on what happens next:
Retaliatory tariffs happen in ~91% of simulations.
Domestic backlash follows in ~89% of those cases.
A policy shift or election reversal then occurs in ~59% of simulations, making it the most common systemic exit point from the trade conflict.
Retaliatory tariffs happen in ~91% of simulations.
Domestic backlash follows in ~89% of those cases.
A policy shift or election reversal then occurs in ~59% of simulations, making it the most common systemic exit point from the trade conflict.
April 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ran some simulations on what happens next:
Retaliatory tariffs happen in ~91% of simulations.
Domestic backlash follows in ~89% of those cases.
A policy shift or election reversal then occurs in ~59% of simulations, making it the most common systemic exit point from the trade conflict.
Retaliatory tariffs happen in ~91% of simulations.
Domestic backlash follows in ~89% of those cases.
A policy shift or election reversal then occurs in ~59% of simulations, making it the most common systemic exit point from the trade conflict.
Tomorrow’s going to be tariffic.
April 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Tomorrow’s going to be tariffic.