Mike Bobseine
@sparkerdude.bsky.social
Since the tariff-setting authority Trump is claiming only applies in a national emergency, Treasury Secretary Bessent was asked what national emergency justifies imposing tariffs in an attempt to seize Greenland. His answer: “The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency.”
- Paul Krugman
- Paul Krugman
January 19, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Since the tariff-setting authority Trump is claiming only applies in a national emergency, Treasury Secretary Bessent was asked what national emergency justifies imposing tariffs in an attempt to seize Greenland. His answer: “The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency.”
- Paul Krugman
- Paul Krugman
Donnie Bonespurs creates world upending chaos, but Hey …
I still recall the top banker who, after Trump won, told the Financial Times that “I feel liberated. We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled… it’s a new dawn.”
-Paul Krugman
I still recall the top banker who, after Trump won, told the Financial Times that “I feel liberated. We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled… it’s a new dawn.”
-Paul Krugman
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Donnie Bonespurs creates world upending chaos, but Hey …
I still recall the top banker who, after Trump won, told the Financial Times that “I feel liberated. We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled… it’s a new dawn.”
-Paul Krugman
I still recall the top banker who, after Trump won, told the Financial Times that “I feel liberated. We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled… it’s a new dawn.”
-Paul Krugman
Dummies All
The Guardian: Fifa officials privately expressed growing embarrassment over awarding Trump its peace prize, with senior sources saying the decision had become “deeply embarrassing” amid U.S. airstrikes abroad, the jailing of Venezuela’s president, and Trump’s threats toward Greenland.
The Guardian: Fifa officials privately expressed growing embarrassment over awarding Trump its peace prize, with senior sources saying the decision had become “deeply embarrassing” amid U.S. airstrikes abroad, the jailing of Venezuela’s president, and Trump’s threats toward Greenland.
January 19, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Dummies All
The Guardian: Fifa officials privately expressed growing embarrassment over awarding Trump its peace prize, with senior sources saying the decision had become “deeply embarrassing” amid U.S. airstrikes abroad, the jailing of Venezuela’s president, and Trump’s threats toward Greenland.
The Guardian: Fifa officials privately expressed growing embarrassment over awarding Trump its peace prize, with senior sources saying the decision had become “deeply embarrassing” amid U.S. airstrikes abroad, the jailing of Venezuela’s president, and Trump’s threats toward Greenland.
$25 Billion. That’s What Trump Cost Detroit.
It is difficult to futureproof your company against stupid.
This is what the US auto industry is facing as a result of Trump’s gratuitous war against electric vehicles, which is forcing manufacturers to return to an increasingly outdated past.
- NYT
It is difficult to futureproof your company against stupid.
This is what the US auto industry is facing as a result of Trump’s gratuitous war against electric vehicles, which is forcing manufacturers to return to an increasingly outdated past.
- NYT
January 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM
$25 Billion. That’s What Trump Cost Detroit.
It is difficult to futureproof your company against stupid.
This is what the US auto industry is facing as a result of Trump’s gratuitous war against electric vehicles, which is forcing manufacturers to return to an increasingly outdated past.
- NYT
It is difficult to futureproof your company against stupid.
This is what the US auto industry is facing as a result of Trump’s gratuitous war against electric vehicles, which is forcing manufacturers to return to an increasingly outdated past.
- NYT
Saying the “aloud part” quietly behind closed doors:
“If you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the New York Times, in secret grand jury testimony on Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.
“If you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the New York Times, in secret grand jury testimony on Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.
January 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Saying the “aloud part” quietly behind closed doors:
“If you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the New York Times, in secret grand jury testimony on Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.
“If you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the New York Times, in secret grand jury testimony on Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.
Ds are defending 4 competitive Senate seats: Georgia, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Minnesota.
2 more races, Maine and North Carolina, are toss-ups.
With those 6, Ds would control 49 seats.
4 GOP held seats may be within reach: Ohio, Iowa, Texas, and Alaska. Winning 2 secures a 51-seat majority.
2 more races, Maine and North Carolina, are toss-ups.
With those 6, Ds would control 49 seats.
4 GOP held seats may be within reach: Ohio, Iowa, Texas, and Alaska. Winning 2 secures a 51-seat majority.
January 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Ds are defending 4 competitive Senate seats: Georgia, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Minnesota.
2 more races, Maine and North Carolina, are toss-ups.
With those 6, Ds would control 49 seats.
4 GOP held seats may be within reach: Ohio, Iowa, Texas, and Alaska. Winning 2 secures a 51-seat majority.
2 more races, Maine and North Carolina, are toss-ups.
With those 6, Ds would control 49 seats.
4 GOP held seats may be within reach: Ohio, Iowa, Texas, and Alaska. Winning 2 secures a 51-seat majority.
“1973 is long gone,” said Amy Myers Jaffe, an energy and geopolitics scholar at NYU. “Oil is not our Achilles’ heel anymore.”
Ms. Jaffe was referring to the 1973 oil embargo. Not only is the United States now the world’s largest oil producer, but “much of our economy runs on other energy sources.”
Ms. Jaffe was referring to the 1973 oil embargo. Not only is the United States now the world’s largest oil producer, but “much of our economy runs on other energy sources.”
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“1973 is long gone,” said Amy Myers Jaffe, an energy and geopolitics scholar at NYU. “Oil is not our Achilles’ heel anymore.”
Ms. Jaffe was referring to the 1973 oil embargo. Not only is the United States now the world’s largest oil producer, but “much of our economy runs on other energy sources.”
Ms. Jaffe was referring to the 1973 oil embargo. Not only is the United States now the world’s largest oil producer, but “much of our economy runs on other energy sources.”
And there was Stupid:
As Trump pushed oil companies to commit to invest $100 billion in Venezuela at a meeting, the ExxonMobil CEO warned the company is far from that, the WP reports.
Darren Woods said Venezuela is “uninvestable” after Trump asked him how long it would take to restart operations.
As Trump pushed oil companies to commit to invest $100 billion in Venezuela at a meeting, the ExxonMobil CEO warned the company is far from that, the WP reports.
Darren Woods said Venezuela is “uninvestable” after Trump asked him how long it would take to restart operations.
January 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
And there was Stupid:
As Trump pushed oil companies to commit to invest $100 billion in Venezuela at a meeting, the ExxonMobil CEO warned the company is far from that, the WP reports.
Darren Woods said Venezuela is “uninvestable” after Trump asked him how long it would take to restart operations.
As Trump pushed oil companies to commit to invest $100 billion in Venezuela at a meeting, the ExxonMobil CEO warned the company is far from that, the WP reports.
Darren Woods said Venezuela is “uninvestable” after Trump asked him how long it would take to restart operations.
WHIMP(ER):
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) tried to make amends with Trump after he voted to advance a bipartisan bill that would block Trump from putting troops into Venezuela again without Congressional approval, Mediaite reports.
“I love the president. I think he’s doing a great job. …”
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) tried to make amends with Trump after he voted to advance a bipartisan bill that would block Trump from putting troops into Venezuela again without Congressional approval, Mediaite reports.
“I love the president. I think he’s doing a great job. …”
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
WHIMP(ER):
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) tried to make amends with Trump after he voted to advance a bipartisan bill that would block Trump from putting troops into Venezuela again without Congressional approval, Mediaite reports.
“I love the president. I think he’s doing a great job. …”
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) tried to make amends with Trump after he voted to advance a bipartisan bill that would block Trump from putting troops into Venezuela again without Congressional approval, Mediaite reports.
“I love the president. I think he’s doing a great job. …”
Warning!
MILITARY: Trump will drag this country into more and deeper international morasses to feed his need for glory.
GOPers: Allowing Trump to perpetrate war against his own people will cast you as cowards and hypocrites.
ALL ENABLERS: doing nothing to stop this madman will cast you as traitors.
MILITARY: Trump will drag this country into more and deeper international morasses to feed his need for glory.
GOPers: Allowing Trump to perpetrate war against his own people will cast you as cowards and hypocrites.
ALL ENABLERS: doing nothing to stop this madman will cast you as traitors.
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Warning!
MILITARY: Trump will drag this country into more and deeper international morasses to feed his need for glory.
GOPers: Allowing Trump to perpetrate war against his own people will cast you as cowards and hypocrites.
ALL ENABLERS: doing nothing to stop this madman will cast you as traitors.
MILITARY: Trump will drag this country into more and deeper international morasses to feed his need for glory.
GOPers: Allowing Trump to perpetrate war against his own people will cast you as cowards and hypocrites.
ALL ENABLERS: doing nothing to stop this madman will cast you as traitors.
January 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
WHILE TRUMP PLAYS AND M-BILLIONAIRES GROW FATTER
Atlanta Fed data show wage growth for the lowest-paid 25% of workers badly lagging the raises for the best-paid.
PLUS
Prices of goods bought by lower-income households are inflating faster.
Atlanta Fed data show wage growth for the lowest-paid 25% of workers badly lagging the raises for the best-paid.
PLUS
Prices of goods bought by lower-income households are inflating faster.
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
WHILE TRUMP PLAYS AND M-BILLIONAIRES GROW FATTER
Atlanta Fed data show wage growth for the lowest-paid 25% of workers badly lagging the raises for the best-paid.
PLUS
Prices of goods bought by lower-income households are inflating faster.
Atlanta Fed data show wage growth for the lowest-paid 25% of workers badly lagging the raises for the best-paid.
PLUS
Prices of goods bought by lower-income households are inflating faster.
Just one other day that shall live in Infamy …
NPR mapped how Jan. 6, 2021 unfolded, when a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. "The evidence vividly shows the planning for 'revolution' and the brutality of violence on a day that continues to shape American politics."
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
apps.npr.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Just one other day that shall live in Infamy …
Ramping up the huge benefits we all get from Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill!
January 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Ramping up the huge benefits we all get from Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill!
Reposted by Mike Bobseine
All we need to know:
The US will be 'very strongly involved' in the Venezuela oil industry after capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Trump told Fox News.
“We have the greatest oil companies in the world, the biggest, the greatest, and we’re going to be very much involved in it.”
The US will be 'very strongly involved' in the Venezuela oil industry after capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Trump told Fox News.
“We have the greatest oil companies in the world, the biggest, the greatest, and we’re going to be very much involved in it.”
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
All we need to know:
The US will be 'very strongly involved' in the Venezuela oil industry after capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Trump told Fox News.
“We have the greatest oil companies in the world, the biggest, the greatest, and we’re going to be very much involved in it.”
The US will be 'very strongly involved' in the Venezuela oil industry after capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Trump told Fox News.
“We have the greatest oil companies in the world, the biggest, the greatest, and we’re going to be very much involved in it.”
Yet the biggest disappointment of 2025 may well have been not what Trump did but how so many let it happen. Trump has always been a mirror for other people’s souls, an X-ray revealing America’s dysfunction. If this was a test, there were more failing grades than we could have imagined.
S.B. Glasser
S.B. Glasser
January 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Yet the biggest disappointment of 2025 may well have been not what Trump did but how so many let it happen. Trump has always been a mirror for other people’s souls, an X-ray revealing America’s dysfunction. If this was a test, there were more failing grades than we could have imagined.
S.B. Glasser
S.B. Glasser
“U.S. stocks have been eclipsed by market gains in the rest of the world in 2025, as worries about high valuations, a Chinese artificial intelligence breakthrough and Donald Trump’s radical economic policies contributed to a rare year of underperformance for Wall Street,”
— Financial Times
— Financial Times
December 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“U.S. stocks have been eclipsed by market gains in the rest of the world in 2025, as worries about high valuations, a Chinese artificial intelligence breakthrough and Donald Trump’s radical economic policies contributed to a rare year of underperformance for Wall Street,”
— Financial Times
— Financial Times
The US Bourbon industry produced 55 million fewer gallons this year than last year.
And at the heart of the problem is one brutal fact: the United States has lost 85% of its export market in a single year. This is the power of the Canadian Trump Tariffs boycott.
— Charlie Angus
And at the heart of the problem is one brutal fact: the United States has lost 85% of its export market in a single year. This is the power of the Canadian Trump Tariffs boycott.
— Charlie Angus
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The US Bourbon industry produced 55 million fewer gallons this year than last year.
And at the heart of the problem is one brutal fact: the United States has lost 85% of its export market in a single year. This is the power of the Canadian Trump Tariffs boycott.
— Charlie Angus
And at the heart of the problem is one brutal fact: the United States has lost 85% of its export market in a single year. This is the power of the Canadian Trump Tariffs boycott.
— Charlie Angus
How do the beef cattle feel about this?
$25
The approximate profit that Kindling, a Chicago steakhouse, makes on a $500 dinner bill for a party of four. With beef more expensive than ever, steakhouse owners say they face particularly challenging economics.
$25
The approximate profit that Kindling, a Chicago steakhouse, makes on a $500 dinner bill for a party of four. With beef more expensive than ever, steakhouse owners say they face particularly challenging economics.
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
How do the beef cattle feel about this?
$25
The approximate profit that Kindling, a Chicago steakhouse, makes on a $500 dinner bill for a party of four. With beef more expensive than ever, steakhouse owners say they face particularly challenging economics.
$25
The approximate profit that Kindling, a Chicago steakhouse, makes on a $500 dinner bill for a party of four. With beef more expensive than ever, steakhouse owners say they face particularly challenging economics.
For posterior, er posterity …
“Starting in the early hours of December 25 and ending in the evening, President Donald Trump posted over a hundred times on his social media site Truth Social.”
— Mother Jones
“Starting in the early hours of December 25 and ending in the evening, President Donald Trump posted over a hundred times on his social media site Truth Social.”
— Mother Jones
December 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
For posterior, er posterity …
“Starting in the early hours of December 25 and ending in the evening, President Donald Trump posted over a hundred times on his social media site Truth Social.”
— Mother Jones
“Starting in the early hours of December 25 and ending in the evening, President Donald Trump posted over a hundred times on his social media site Truth Social.”
— Mother Jones
Fox News Channel’s Jesse Watters said that the ballroom Trump plans to build next to the White House is “four times the size of the White House.”
According to Watters, Trump told him: “Jesse, it’s a monument. I’m building a monument to myself because no one else will.”
— HCR
According to Watters, Trump told him: “Jesse, it’s a monument. I’m building a monument to myself because no one else will.”
— HCR
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Fox News Channel’s Jesse Watters said that the ballroom Trump plans to build next to the White House is “four times the size of the White House.”
According to Watters, Trump told him: “Jesse, it’s a monument. I’m building a monument to myself because no one else will.”
— HCR
According to Watters, Trump told him: “Jesse, it’s a monument. I’m building a monument to myself because no one else will.”
— HCR
