Jodi Perras
@jpowl.bsky.social
Writer, activist, gardener, nature lover, dog lover. Yooper transplanted to Indiana. See my writing at leavesofmenominee.com
This seems like the most likely explanation. Every business and country that wants relief from the tariffs will have to come crawling to Trump for an exception. He will extract from them whatever he can get, without regard for how his policies are hurting people or businesses. He only wants power.
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This seems like the most likely explanation. Every business and country that wants relief from the tariffs will have to come crawling to Trump for an exception. He will extract from them whatever he can get, without regard for how his policies are hurting people or businesses. He only wants power.
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Occasionally, I have folks come up to me at my events and ask me historical questions which have become what I call U.P. myths. There a many of them, but this is one I hear repeated a lot, "Calumet was once considered for Michigan's capitol." Was it? The answer: mikelbclassen.com/2025/01/28/c...
Calumet once considered for Michigan Capitol? - Mythbusted - Mikel B. Classen On The Road
Was Calumet once considered for Michigan's Capitol? This mythbuster looks into this often asked historical question.
mikelbclassen.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Occasionally, I have folks come up to me at my events and ask me historical questions which have become what I call U.P. myths. There a many of them, but this is one I hear repeated a lot, "Calumet was once considered for Michigan's capitol." Was it? The answer: mikelbclassen.com/2025/01/28/c...
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I was just working with some of my photographs and came up with this one of the Menominee Lighthouse and pier. #lighthouse #greatlakes #puremichigan #yoopers
January 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was just working with some of my photographs and came up with this one of the Menominee Lighthouse and pier. #lighthouse #greatlakes #puremichigan #yoopers
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In case you want to learn about a VERY tall #Yooper who used to live on the Keweenaw Peninsula (by the age of 9, he was already #tall as any man!) …
youtu.be/eVn4JGDPRJg
youtu.be/eVn4JGDPRJg
FAR FROM ATLANTIS: "Numbers"
YouTube video by deafwoof
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December 15, 2024 at 1:11 PM
In case you want to learn about a VERY tall #Yooper who used to live on the Keweenaw Peninsula (by the age of 9, he was already #tall as any man!) …
youtu.be/eVn4JGDPRJg
youtu.be/eVn4JGDPRJg
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We just came up with this great "Wanted" poster to go along with my new book on Great Lakes Pirates. #Greatlakes #Pirates
December 28, 2024 at 10:51 PM
We just came up with this great "Wanted" poster to go along with my new book on Great Lakes Pirates. #Greatlakes #Pirates
Thanks for including Louise Penny in your book review, Englewood! She's a favorite of mine because her books are, at their core, about goodness and community -- and how good people work together to combat evil.
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November 23, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Thanks for including Louise Penny in your book review, Englewood! She's a favorite of mine because her books are, at their core, about goodness and community -- and how good people work together to combat evil.