Susan Elkin
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Susan Elkin
@beachbloom15.bsky.social
Happily retired former banker, beach bum, and sunset seeker.
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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said that America was heading toward a self-inflicted “economic nuclear winter” as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy rollout.
Trump is losing the confidence of business leaders, billionaire investor Bill Ackman says
Bill Ackman said that America is heading toward a self-inflicted "economic nuclear winter" as a result of President Donald Trump's tariff policy rollout.
www.cnbc.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
STFU Peter Navarro!! The Lies and Gaslighting are absolutely ridiculous already!!! You have convinced yourself that these tariffs are going to fix imaginary problems. You should be fired!!!
April 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Hey Howard Lutnick, you sound like a stupid fool stumping for Trump on these asinine tariffs...you are talking in circles...maybe you belong back at Cantor Fitz...bonds are your thing, not commerce and tariffs...
March 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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My GOP colleagues now say being born in the United States is not enough to establish citizenship but newborn infants must also show their “allegiance” to the country! MAGA diapers perhaps?
18 House GOP lawmakers back Trump’s birthright citizenship order in court
A contingent of House Judiciary Committee Republicans backed President Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship, filing a brief Monday in a lawsuit filed by four Democratic state attor…
thehill.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Oh, look! The people who grew up eating lead paint chips want the rest of America to enjoy the yumminess of lead.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans move to repeal lead limits imposed by Biden-era rules
US government would be prohibited from ever mandating lead pipe replacement or lowering lead limits in water
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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How long before SCOTUS crisply informs us that the current coup is an "official act" of the presidency?
February 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Officials involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions say the Trump administration isn't protecting them from threats. "We don't think they'll care — unless and until one of us gets killed," an official told NPR.
FBI agents, prosecutors fear retribution from Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump
Officials involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions say the Trump administration isn't protecting them from threats. "We don't think they'll care — unless and until one of us gets killed," an official told NPR.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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here's today's post: "Elderly Golfer blithers incoherently in speech to the World Economic Forum" — what the fuck is he talking about.
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Elderly Golfer blithers incoherently in speech to the World Economic Forum
what the fuck is he talking about
bit.ly
January 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Since Monday, Trump has:

-Halted civil rights investigations
-Suspended public health advisories
-Frozen infrastructure spending on roads and bridges
-Rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors

How does this help working people?
January 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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feels like at this point the entire Trump administration could carve swastikas into their foreheads and the media would be all 'let's not rush to judgement'
January 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-c...
What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
robertreich.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
He babbled about "Clean Coal" at Davos...he is out of his mind...and just talked to Brian Moynihan about letting conservatives use his bank...banks don't discriminate based on political affiliation you buffoon...
January 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The FOTUS is now speaking at Davos and it is honestly the most ridiculous speech...how the fuck are we here again?
January 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Hold the fuck on — Donald Trump spent 4 years saying “infrastructure week” was coming and it never came, and then Joe Biden actually got it done, and then Trump got back into office and immediately paused spending on… wait for it…

INFRASTRUCTURE!

Are you fucking kidding me?!
January 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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So let me get this straight, Rev Lorenzo Sewell gave an over the top prayer at the inauguration, and then literally launched a crypto coin after?

This is just the biggest grift in human history. Ever. OMG
January 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM