MerchantFella
@hardworkingtradman.bsky.social
Ex-X. Now using a new name and (sorry!) naked Fella, since work is afraid of TCF and now keeps an eye on our socials. Same grumpy GenX curmudgeon.
Ours certainly can't. And we're also a net exporter. Our overseas customers are patient and loyal, but they are deferring purchases. Causing exports to fall won't help those trade deficits TCF is all hot about.
I don't see how any business could make any plans for investment or capital expenditure in the next 90 days
April 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Ours certainly can't. And we're also a net exporter. Our overseas customers are patient and loyal, but they are deferring purchases. Causing exports to fall won't help those trade deficits TCF is all hot about.
I'm just imagining the dealers dutifully (pun intended) smuggling it into Canada so they can bring it back and pay their tariffs so they don't get in trouble.
I'm sorry but the phrase "fentanyl tarriff" is very funny
April 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm just imagining the dealers dutifully (pun intended) smuggling it into Canada so they can bring it back and pay their tariffs so they don't get in trouble.
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Getting ruthlessly mocked by both China and Russia
April 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Getting ruthlessly mocked by both China and Russia
I don't know how to say this nicely, but... if we (GenX/boomers+) keep this up, the young voters aren't going to use mean posts. As Nick Hanauer says, it'll be pitchforks. Real ones. And we'll deserve it.
I don't look forward to it, but I totally understand it.
I don't look forward to it, but I totally understand it.
Young voters have historically trusted Democrats to work against outdated policies and toward systemic change. But the shift in party dynamics has left many young voters increasingly disaffected by politics and disconnected from a party that once felt aligned with our values.
I Used to Work for Chuck Schumer. He's Pushing Young People Away From the Democratic Party.
I blame my former boss for the party's failures.
www.teenvogue.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I don't know how to say this nicely, but... if we (GenX/boomers+) keep this up, the young voters aren't going to use mean posts. As Nick Hanauer says, it'll be pitchforks. Real ones. And we'll deserve it.
I don't look forward to it, but I totally understand it.
I don't look forward to it, but I totally understand it.
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There's a lot of ink spilled on how Democrats should win back low-info voters (particularly young men) with rightward shifts when "stop being weak and pathetic" is the better tack. The reason AOC gets respect from low-info voters is that she doesn't let people walk all over her the way Schumer does.
April 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
There's a lot of ink spilled on how Democrats should win back low-info voters (particularly young men) with rightward shifts when "stop being weak and pathetic" is the better tack. The reason AOC gets respect from low-info voters is that she doesn't let people walk all over her the way Schumer does.
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The good news for Republicans is that young Americans' experiences were that they were better for the economy than Democrats, something that hadn't been the case in 40 years. All they had to do was, well, not this.
April 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The good news for Republicans is that young Americans' experiences were that they were better for the economy than Democrats, something that hadn't been the case in 40 years. All they had to do was, well, not this.
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The young guys who want to work and are worried about their current economic situation support Democrats. Young guys who believe women are their adversaries drifted to the Republicans.
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The young guys who want to work and are worried about their current economic situation support Democrats. Young guys who believe women are their adversaries drifted to the Republicans.
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com
youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com
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okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
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My photos from Wolf Watch UK, a wolf sanctuary where I volunteer
April 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
My photos from Wolf Watch UK, a wolf sanctuary where I volunteer
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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 8:48 PM
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.
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March 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📢 App Version 1.99 is rolling out now (1/5)
With every update, we’re aiming to make the Internet less toxic, more fun, and more in your control.
• 3 minute videos!
• A separate request inbox for DMs from unknown users
• Mute accounts more quickly
With every update, we’re aiming to make the Internet less toxic, more fun, and more in your control.
• 3 minute videos!
• A separate request inbox for DMs from unknown users
• Mute accounts more quickly