Darren
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Hasan: The great irony is of course that Donald Trump is the son of an immigrant. The grandson of an immigrant and married to an immigrant. In fact two of his three wives were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do.
October 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hasan: The great irony is of course that Donald Trump is the son of an immigrant. The grandson of an immigrant and married to an immigrant. In fact two of his three wives were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do.
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The thing about Trump’s tariffs is that they were both a terrible idea and very poorly executed in a way that’s actively driving up prices and killing the job market.
And rather than deal with that reality, they’re going to rig the economic numbers and just deny reality. Stupid all the way around.
And rather than deal with that reality, they’re going to rig the economic numbers and just deny reality. Stupid all the way around.
September 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The thing about Trump’s tariffs is that they were both a terrible idea and very poorly executed in a way that’s actively driving up prices and killing the job market.
And rather than deal with that reality, they’re going to rig the economic numbers and just deny reality. Stupid all the way around.
And rather than deal with that reality, they’re going to rig the economic numbers and just deny reality. Stupid all the way around.
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What Danielle said.
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
A thing I really need people to keep in mind: 15% tariffs are high, historically speaking. 10% tariffs are high.
The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!
The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!
August 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What Danielle said.
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
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August 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This 20 seconds is pure art. It’s like the essence of Trump - the fraud, the lies, the simplistic idiocy - is reduced to its singularity.
Nothing in high office, anywhere, will ever be this stupid again.
Nothing in high office, anywhere, will ever be this stupid again.
Trump: "This one chart really says it better than anything, if you look at this. This is great. But this chart is pretty amazing. Right here. All new numbers."
August 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This 20 seconds is pure art. It’s like the essence of Trump - the fraud, the lies, the simplistic idiocy - is reduced to its singularity.
Nothing in high office, anywhere, will ever be this stupid again.
Nothing in high office, anywhere, will ever be this stupid again.
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So.
Steel production is relatively small slice of the American economy.
Steel itself? *Very widely used throughout the American economy.
See the problem?
(I mean, see the problem beyond the entire global economy being held hostage to the whims of one guy who doesn’t understand the economy?)
Steel production is relatively small slice of the American economy.
Steel itself? *Very widely used throughout the American economy.
See the problem?
(I mean, see the problem beyond the entire global economy being held hostage to the whims of one guy who doesn’t understand the economy?)
May 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
So.
Steel production is relatively small slice of the American economy.
Steel itself? *Very widely used throughout the American economy.
See the problem?
(I mean, see the problem beyond the entire global economy being held hostage to the whims of one guy who doesn’t understand the economy?)
Steel production is relatively small slice of the American economy.
Steel itself? *Very widely used throughout the American economy.
See the problem?
(I mean, see the problem beyond the entire global economy being held hostage to the whims of one guy who doesn’t understand the economy?)
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Tell me you don’t know how tariffs work without telling me you don’t know how tariffs work.
*TRUMP: I DON'T WANT THE CONSUMER TO PAY THE TARIFFS
May 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tell me you don’t know how tariffs work without telling me you don’t know how tariffs work.
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(taps sign so hard it breaks)
I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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May 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
(taps sign so hard it breaks)
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Kill me
Q: "Trump's strategy has been to announce these tariffs, then dial some back, pause them, make exceptions. Explain why you see this as a good negotiating strategy?"
Bessent: "It's called strategic uncertainty...Nobody's better at creating this leverage than President Trump."
Bessent: "It's called strategic uncertainty...Nobody's better at creating this leverage than President Trump."
April 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Kill me
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They're going to pretend that this was all "The Art of the Deal" and not a tail-between-the-legs last-minute reversal after it was clear that Trump single-handedly set the global economy on fire.
But we all know what was being said just yesterday.
But we all know what was being said just yesterday.
April 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
They're going to pretend that this was all "The Art of the Deal" and not a tail-between-the-legs last-minute reversal after it was clear that Trump single-handedly set the global economy on fire.
But we all know what was being said just yesterday.
But we all know what was being said just yesterday.
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Please stop saying it saved money until you understand the value of what was cut. They are downsizing, and if the stuff getting cut had real value, its not a saving.
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Please stop saying it saved money until you understand the value of what was cut. They are downsizing, and if the stuff getting cut had real value, its not a saving.
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Hello.
Immigration is a labor market story.
Immigration is a labor market story.
WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: TRUMP WANTS TO FIGHT INFLATION BY INCREASING LABOR SUPPLY AND LOWERING AGGREGATE DEMAND -CNBC INTERVIEW
February 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hello.
Immigration is a labor market story.
Immigration is a labor market story.
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So fun that our lives and finances will be constantly subject to the whims of Trump because he’s a petty little bitch
January 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
So fun that our lives and finances will be constantly subject to the whims of Trump because he’s a petty little bitch
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TARIFFS ARE TAXES ON DOMESTIC CONSUMERS.
January 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
TARIFFS ARE TAXES ON DOMESTIC CONSUMERS.
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Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.
January 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.
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Trump's complaint about flags flying at half staff recalls how he resisted lowering the flag when McCain died. As we reported in "The Divider," his chief of staff John Kelly told him if he didn't, "when you die the public will come to your grave and piss on it." @sbg1.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Trump's complaint about flags flying at half staff recalls how he resisted lowering the flag when McCain died. As we reported in "The Divider," his chief of staff John Kelly told him if he didn't, "when you die the public will come to your grave and piss on it." @sbg1.bsky.social
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Just been a matter of which team makes the least mistakes, and that’s been Notre Dame.
January 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Just been a matter of which team makes the least mistakes, and that’s been Notre Dame.
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