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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.

Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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“It was a remarkable spectacle: Ms. Loomer, who has floated the baseless conspiracy theory that the Sept. 11 attacks were an ‘inside job’ … was apparently wielding more influence over the staff of the National Security Council than Mr. Waltz, who runs the agency.”
Trump Live Updates: National Security Officials Said to Be Fired at Laura Loomer's Urging
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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“Utterly deluded.”

Exactly.
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Wondering how all the country-club, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley I-don’t-care-that-he’s-an-insane-criminal-convict-because-he’s-gonna-cut-capital-gains-tax-rates MAGA types are feeling this morning
April 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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It’s hard to place stupidity this profound on a spectrum, but it’s some blend of Brexit, Nixon price controls, and Mitterrand nationalizations stupid. It is the Sun King of stupid policy.
April 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM