GEORGE LUCAS IN 1999: a trade embargo is going to spark the galactic reckoning and collapse

ME IN 2025: ah, okay

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as the rollercoaster crests the top of the initial incline, the ratcheting noise slows and stops, and you can, right before the plunge, observe the entire amusement park

Outraged by Jan 6, he spent two years getting inside the top ranks of militias like the Oath Keepers. He was stunningly successful. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors, cops & government attorneys.

This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...

This is an outrageous way to run a corporation.

When businesses talk about ending government “overreach” they’re usually talking about screwing their customers over

Wowwww

For context: I work at a 501c3 nonprofit. We sued the Trump admin to block his rollbacks of environmental rules on average once per week from 2017-2020. We won 90% of those cases. This is why they want to stop us

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i’ll say i am darkly amused by the increase in web searches for “what are tariffs”

Trump’s transition team for climate and the environment has reportedly prepared drastic changes, including "eliminating every office in every agency working to end the pollution that disproportionately affects poor communities"

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/c...

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Correct.

Trump promised to install tariffs. If he does, it'll be a disaster.

But if he doesn't, he'll try to claim credit for what the economy is doing under the Biden policies that he *specifically said would bring us a Depression.*

as long as journalists and pundits act as if they are amateur political strategists & not people trying to understand and tell the truth about the world, they are going to take the implicit view that voters can never be wrong, which then demands endless explanation of their morally blameless choice

Anyone telling you that either of these goons “believe” anything shouldn’t be allowed within feet of a byline

My sense from some of the anecdata coming in is that a lot of people who voted for Trump either didn't understand the stakes of the election or didn't really think there were stakes in the first place, and they're going to be in for a nasty shock.

so far the only explanation i've seen that doesn't smack of "if only she'd listen to me she would have won" is "global discontent with incumbents because of inflation and post-pandemic malaise + toxic information environments"

Within 3 months, perceptions of the economy will go from bad to good, and consumer confidence will soar, despite no economic changes.
Millions who said their finances are bad will say it’s good, and will even if tariffs raise prices.
Pundits will still say these Americans voted based on the economy.