Americans are Idiots
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well, not ALL Americans… you know what we mean?
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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is at the center of a new controversy—not with political opponents, but with Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s X.
“Grok is Left Leaning”: Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams Elon’s AI Over Faith Analysis
The GOP representative flips out after Grok links her to QAnon
meidasnews.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is at the center of a new controversy—not with political opponents, but with Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s X.
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Trump held up a printed picture of people lifting body bags and said, "These are all white farmers that are being buried.”
The image actually shows humanitarian workers burying bodies in the city of Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo. They are not white, not farmers, and not South African.
The image actually shows humanitarian workers burying bodies in the city of Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo. They are not white, not farmers, and not South African.
Not that it needs to be said, but the "white genocide of South Africans" narrative is conspiratorial horseshit all the way down
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Trump makes false claims of white genocide in South Africa during Ramaphosa meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump made several false statements and misrepresented some facts about the alleged persecution of South Africa's white minority during a contentious Oval Office meeting on Wednesday with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
www.reuters.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Trump held up a printed picture of people lifting body bags and said, "These are all white farmers that are being buried.”
The image actually shows humanitarian workers burying bodies in the city of Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo. They are not white, not farmers, and not South African.
The image actually shows humanitarian workers burying bodies in the city of Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo. They are not white, not farmers, and not South African.
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10. That he doesn’t know what he wants would explain why he could be so easily moved away from the “reciprocal tariffs.” Secs. Bessent and Lutnick didn’t have to do much to convince him. All they had to do was get him alone and away from that zealot, Peter Navarro.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Advisers Took Advantage of Navarro’s Absence to Push for Tariff Pause
The alliance between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick illustrates how fast things can change inside the White House.
www.wsj.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
10. That he doesn’t know what he wants would explain why he could be so easily moved away from the “reciprocal tariffs.” Secs. Bessent and Lutnick didn’t have to do much to convince him. All they had to do was get him alone and away from that zealot, Peter Navarro.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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9. Here’s what Fox Business reporter Charles Gasparino reported Monday:
April 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
9. Here’s what Fox Business reporter Charles Gasparino reported Monday:
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8. It’s like investors have given up trying to understand what Trump wants to do, in part because none of it makes sense to them, but also in part because even he doesn’t seem to know what he wants to do.
April 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
8. It’s like investors have given up trying to understand what Trump wants to do, in part because none of it makes sense to them, but also in part because even he doesn’t seem to know what he wants to do.
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7. The Wall Street Journal summed things up in this hed and dek from Monday night:
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www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Dow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send ‘No Confidence’ Signal
Few think the administration’s negotiations with trade partners will yield results soon enough to ease the strain.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/dow-jones-stocks-worst-april-1932-74fe82ac?mod=hp_lead_pos1“Dow
April 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
7. The Wall Street Journal summed things up in this hed and dek from Monday night:
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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6. Then there’s the matter of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Trump keeps threatening to fire him if he does not lower interest rates. The AP:
April 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
6. Then there’s the matter of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Trump keeps threatening to fire him if he does not lower interest rates. The AP:
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5. The AP: “Treasurys and the dollar have historically strengthened during episodes of nervousness. This time around, though, it’s policies directly from Washington that are causing the fear and potentially weakening their reputations as some of the world’s safest investments.”
April 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
5. The AP: “Treasurys and the dollar have historically strengthened during episodes of nervousness. This time around, though, it’s policies directly from Washington that are causing the fear and potentially weakening their reputations as some of the world’s safest investments.”
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4. That’s not what’s happening. Trust is long gone. On Monday, the S&P 500 fell 2.4% “in another wipeout,” according to the AP. The Dow Jones fell 2.5%, the Nasdaq 2.6 percent. More worryingly, the AP said, is that US gov't bonds and the value of the dollar also fell.
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Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 2.5%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 2.6%. Big Tech stocks led the way lower ahead of earnings reports coming this week from Tesla and others
apnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
4. That’s not what’s happening. Trust is long gone. On Monday, the S&P 500 fell 2.4% “in another wipeout,” according to the AP. The Dow Jones fell 2.5%, the Nasdaq 2.6 percent. More worryingly, the AP said, is that US gov't bonds and the value of the dollar also fell.
apnews.com/article/stoc...
apnews.com/article/stoc...
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3. But if Trump’s position were a matter of conviction, markets might be able to adjust, as conviction would beget a clear explanation and a coherent plan of action, which in time would beget some kind of stable order that investors might not like in the end, but could come to trust.
April 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
3. But if Trump’s position were a matter of conviction, markets might be able to adjust, as conviction would beget a clear explanation and a coherent plan of action, which in time would beget some kind of stable order that investors might not like in the end, but could come to trust.
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2. Yes, I know.
The conventional explanation for why markets have been tanking is the realization that Trump really meant what he said on the campaign trail, and that his position on tariffs and trade wasn’t just rhetorical but firmer, stronger and more ideological than investors believed.
The conventional explanation for why markets have been tanking is the realization that Trump really meant what he said on the campaign trail, and that his position on tariffs and trade wasn’t just rhetorical but firmer, stronger and more ideological than investors believed.
April 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
2. Yes, I know.
The conventional explanation for why markets have been tanking is the realization that Trump really meant what he said on the campaign trail, and that his position on tariffs and trade wasn’t just rhetorical but firmer, stronger and more ideological than investors believed.
The conventional explanation for why markets have been tanking is the realization that Trump really meant what he said on the campaign trail, and that his position on tariffs and trade wasn’t just rhetorical but firmer, stronger and more ideological than investors believed.
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Wall Street has decided Trump is too mentally unstable to trust.
A THREAD.
A THREAD.
1. I want to suggest today that what we are seeing on Wall Street and in markets around the world is the sudden realization that the president is mentally unstable – that he has dementia, probably – and as a result of that realization, investors no longer have any faith in Donald Trump.
April 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Wall Street has decided Trump is too mentally unstable to trust.
A THREAD.
A THREAD.
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A dozen US states sue to stop Trump’s ‘reckless and insane’ tariff policy
A dozen US states sue to stop Trump’s ‘reckless and insane’ tariff policy
Lawsuit rebukes claim that president can arbitrarily impose tariffs based on act intended for emergencies
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A dozen US states sue to stop Trump’s ‘reckless and insane’ tariff policy
tRump blatantly joking about insider trading with cronies at the oval office.
This is what corporatocracy, christian nationalism, greed, corruption, and soullessness looks like…
This is what corporatocracy, christian nationalism, greed, corruption, and soullessness looks like…
skylight.social
April 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
tRump blatantly joking about insider trading with cronies at the oval office.
This is what corporatocracy, christian nationalism, greed, corruption, and soullessness looks like…
This is what corporatocracy, christian nationalism, greed, corruption, and soullessness looks like…
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"The most jarring aesthetic in this burgeoning MAGA stagecraft is the unbridled embrace of face-altering procedures: plastic surgery, veneers, and injectables like Botox and fillers. The overall look has since been disparagingly referred to as 'Mar-a-Lago face.'"
In your face: The brutal aesthetics of MAGA
Does proximity to power rely on a specific look?
www.motherjones.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"The most jarring aesthetic in this burgeoning MAGA stagecraft is the unbridled embrace of face-altering procedures: plastic surgery, veneers, and injectables like Botox and fillers. The overall look has since been disparagingly referred to as 'Mar-a-Lago face.'"
😫wahhh
Donald Trump is furious about a portrait of him hanging in Colorado’s State Capitol, calling it 'the worst' and claiming it 'was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before.'
Trump is such a petty, insecure baby.
Trump is such a petty, insecure baby.
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
😫wahhh
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These are the kind of leaders America needs
March 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
These are the kind of leaders America needs
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Law enforcement agencies are rethinking selling their used guns, after The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal found that over 52,000 former police guns had resurfaced in crimes between 2006 and 2022. The ATF warned officials about the practice in January.
Several Law Enforcement Agencies Have Stopped Reselling Guns
The shift comes after an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting linked former police guns to crimes.
www.thetrace.org
March 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Law enforcement agencies are rethinking selling their used guns, after The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal found that over 52,000 former police guns had resurfaced in crimes between 2006 and 2022. The ATF warned officials about the practice in January.
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Several European countries have adjusted travel guidelines for citizens seeking to enter the U.S. as the Trump administration has implemented several rollbacks on transgender rights.
Trump's transgender rights rollbacks prompt allies to adjust travel warnings
It comes as travelers from several European countries and beyond have been detained in the U.S.
www.axios.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Several European countries have adjusted travel guidelines for citizens seeking to enter the U.S. as the Trump administration has implemented several rollbacks on transgender rights.
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Just goes to show: No amount of money can buy some people even a single clue
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: "Let's say Social Security didn't send out their checks this month, my mother-in-law wouldn't call and complain. She just wouldn't."
March 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Just goes to show: No amount of money can buy some people even a single clue
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The Charlie Angus resistance tour will be in Toronto for a town hall on Monday night. I will join the protest at the American consulate at 4pm. Hope to see people there.
March 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Charlie Angus resistance tour will be in Toronto for a town hall on Monday night. I will join the protest at the American consulate at 4pm. Hope to see people there.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
March 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
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Sanders: As bad as that is, now they want to force the two million people out of Gaza and build some playground for the billionaire class.
March 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Sanders: As bad as that is, now they want to force the two million people out of Gaza and build some playground for the billionaire class.
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Democrats "may find themselves quickly back in business if they can simply swallow their pride and follow Bernie’s lead."
Bernie Sanders Is Showing Democrats How It’s Done
The Vermont senator is taking his anti-Trump tour to red America—and it’s a smash hit.
newrepublic.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Democrats "may find themselves quickly back in business if they can simply swallow their pride and follow Bernie’s lead."