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Giving UK cars reduced tariff rates basically forced the US to give Japanese/EU (and likely Korean) cars a similar deal to get "negotiations" done, but the Trump admin is too stupid to 1) talk to Mexico/Canada or 2) not tariff parts for US cars. Play stupid tariff games win stupid tariff prizes.
I have to restate how insane this "deal" is from the US perspective, it's 5% more from the baseline, and it makes importing European cars cheaper than producing American cars
So the European automakers won, lol
July 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Giving UK cars reduced tariff rates basically forced the US to give Japanese/EU (and likely Korean) cars a similar deal to get "negotiations" done, but the Trump admin is too stupid to 1) talk to Mexico/Canada or 2) not tariff parts for US cars. Play stupid tariff games win stupid tariff prizes.
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Mark Carney agreed to cancel the Digital Services Tax as a show of good faith to keep trade negotiations going and Trump is still threatening Canada with 35% tariffs.
Why would anyone even try negotiating with the US when we’re this vindictive and untrustworthy?
Why would anyone even try negotiating with the US when we’re this vindictive and untrustworthy?
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Mark Carney agreed to cancel the Digital Services Tax as a show of good faith to keep trade negotiations going and Trump is still threatening Canada with 35% tariffs.
Why would anyone even try negotiating with the US when we’re this vindictive and untrustworthy?
Why would anyone even try negotiating with the US when we’re this vindictive and untrustworthy?
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worth pointing out, again, that a 20% tariff on Vietnamese imports alone (our sixth-largest trading partner!) would have been considered the worst trade war in modern American history pre-Trump. Instead it is now treated as a "deal". How far we've fallen.
July 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
worth pointing out, again, that a 20% tariff on Vietnamese imports alone (our sixth-largest trading partner!) would have been considered the worst trade war in modern American history pre-Trump. Instead it is now treated as a "deal". How far we've fallen.
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Just a total collapse in US-China trade in the customs data released today—even after the tariffs were "paused", imports are down 55% from January and have fallen to the lowest levels in 20 years.
July 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Just a total collapse in US-China trade in the customs data released today—even after the tariffs were "paused", imports are down 55% from January and have fallen to the lowest levels in 20 years.
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Graph of intense pain & suffering
July 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Graph of intense pain & suffering
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What a legacy and what a tragedy 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
Rep. Melissa Hortman, killed in targeted attack, was a champion for Minnesotan families
Hortman worked closely with Gov. Tim Walz to enact policies that prioritized children and expanded protections for abortion and gender-affirming care
19thnews.org
June 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
What a legacy and what a tragedy 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
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We could've had him as our VP. 😔
@governorwalz.mn.gov: "The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."
June 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We could've had him as our VP. 😔
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You know when things were pretty quiet and peaceful in L.A.? Before ICE started arresting residents who were bothering no one and going to their jobs. And before DHS and National Guard troops showed up and made the situation worse.
Of course Trump and Stephen Miller want the situation to get worse.
Of course Trump and Stephen Miller want the situation to get worse.
June 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You know when things were pretty quiet and peaceful in L.A.? Before ICE started arresting residents who were bothering no one and going to their jobs. And before DHS and National Guard troops showed up and made the situation worse.
Of course Trump and Stephen Miller want the situation to get worse.
Of course Trump and Stephen Miller want the situation to get worse.
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
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I can't stress enough how wrong and disingenuous the most recent wave of COVID revisionism is.
The *only period* when Democratic counties had higher death rates was April-May 2020. From June 2020 onwards, Republican laxity and denialism were the most powerful force driving deaths.
The *only period* when Democratic counties had higher death rates was April-May 2020. From June 2020 onwards, Republican laxity and denialism were the most powerful force driving deaths.
June 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I can't stress enough how wrong and disingenuous the most recent wave of COVID revisionism is.
The *only period* when Democratic counties had higher death rates was April-May 2020. From June 2020 onwards, Republican laxity and denialism were the most powerful force driving deaths.
The *only period* when Democratic counties had higher death rates was April-May 2020. From June 2020 onwards, Republican laxity and denialism were the most powerful force driving deaths.
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its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
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This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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Congestion pricing works.
Just About Everything That’s Changed Since Congestion Pricing Took Effect
Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Congestion pricing works.
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"Since its creation ('92)... Energy Star has helped households and businesses save more than $500 billion in energy costs and to get rebates and tax credits...also prevented four billion metric tons of greenhouse gases"
This is insane. This program saves money, creates jobs, and helps nearly all Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"Since its creation ('92)... Energy Star has helped households and businesses save more than $500 billion in energy costs and to get rebates and tax credits...also prevented four billion metric tons of greenhouse gases"
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A reader in Salt Lake City says: All respect to the wonderful
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
But where is the overdue Pulitzer for @bagleycartoons.bsky.social of Salt Lake Tribune?
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
But where is the overdue Pulitzer for @bagleycartoons.bsky.social of Salt Lake Tribune?
May 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A reader in Salt Lake City says: All respect to the wonderful
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
But where is the overdue Pulitzer for @bagleycartoons.bsky.social of Salt Lake Tribune?
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
But where is the overdue Pulitzer for @bagleycartoons.bsky.social of Salt Lake Tribune?
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Mitch McConnell is retiring after 40 years of working hard to make Kentucky one of the poorest, most under-educated, and unhealthy states in the US.
May 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Mitch McConnell is retiring after 40 years of working hard to make Kentucky one of the poorest, most under-educated, and unhealthy states in the US.
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Those who have stood up and said HELL NO in court have won nearly all their cases, and in many have made Trump back down. (See also: China, vs Trump tariffs.)
Those who surrendered in advance found Trump asking for more. (See also: Paul, Weiss; general history of appeasement.)
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Those who have stood up and said HELL NO in court have won nearly all their cases, and in many have made Trump back down. (See also: China, vs Trump tariffs.)
Those who surrendered in advance found Trump asking for more. (See also: Paul, Weiss; general history of appeasement.)
/cont
May 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Those who have stood up and said HELL NO in court have won nearly all their cases, and in many have made Trump back down. (See also: China, vs Trump tariffs.)
Those who surrendered in advance found Trump asking for more. (See also: Paul, Weiss; general history of appeasement.)
/cont
Those who have stood up and said HELL NO in court have won nearly all their cases, and in many have made Trump back down. (See also: China, vs Trump tariffs.)
Those who surrendered in advance found Trump asking for more. (See also: Paul, Weiss; general history of appeasement.)
/cont
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This is correct from @joeweisenthal.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is correct from @joeweisenthal.bsky.social
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He’s so good at this.
I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
April 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
He’s so good at this.
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The $5000 “baby bonus” is functionally very similar to the Earned Income Tax Credit except it doesn’t have the work requirement the GOP has insisted on for decades.
April 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The $5000 “baby bonus” is functionally very similar to the Earned Income Tax Credit except it doesn’t have the work requirement the GOP has insisted on for decades.
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If China defeated the US in war and forced us to sign a treaty that would ensure a century of Chinese dominion in science and tech, they'd be smart to force the U.S. to:
- slash scientific grants in half
- reduce foreign students
- gut our manufacturing base
Instead, we're doing it all by choice.
- slash scientific grants in half
- reduce foreign students
- gut our manufacturing base
Instead, we're doing it all by choice.
April 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If China defeated the US in war and forced us to sign a treaty that would ensure a century of Chinese dominion in science and tech, they'd be smart to force the U.S. to:
- slash scientific grants in half
- reduce foreign students
- gut our manufacturing base
Instead, we're doing it all by choice.
- slash scientific grants in half
- reduce foreign students
- gut our manufacturing base
Instead, we're doing it all by choice.
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If the IRS deprives Harvard of its tax-exempt status, that's very bad for Harvard but it's also a catastrophe for the IRS. Instead of a neutral agency that enforces tax law, it will become a tool of partisan warfare. It may never recover.
April 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
If the IRS deprives Harvard of its tax-exempt status, that's very bad for Harvard but it's also a catastrophe for the IRS. Instead of a neutral agency that enforces tax law, it will become a tool of partisan warfare. It may never recover.
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For JDV supporters, simple yes/no test:
Does he believe what he's saying?
-If Yes, cognitive collapse. France /Germany *led* UN opposition to the war. (Remember 'Freedom Fries' to diss the French?) Did all they could to 'save the entire world.'
-If No, conscious, cynical, *provable* lie.
Which?
Does he believe what he's saying?
-If Yes, cognitive collapse. France /Germany *led* UN opposition to the war. (Remember 'Freedom Fries' to diss the French?) Did all they could to 'save the entire world.'
-If No, conscious, cynical, *provable* lie.
Which?
VP lecturing "the Europeans" again:
"...if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of Iraq."
Yes, pity Paris and Berlin were so pro-war...
"...if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of Iraq."
Yes, pity Paris and Berlin were so pro-war...
JD Vance: My message to Europe
unherd.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For JDV supporters, simple yes/no test:
Does he believe what he's saying?
-If Yes, cognitive collapse. France /Germany *led* UN opposition to the war. (Remember 'Freedom Fries' to diss the French?) Did all they could to 'save the entire world.'
-If No, conscious, cynical, *provable* lie.
Which?
Does he believe what he's saying?
-If Yes, cognitive collapse. France /Germany *led* UN opposition to the war. (Remember 'Freedom Fries' to diss the French?) Did all they could to 'save the entire world.'
-If No, conscious, cynical, *provable* lie.
Which?