Ruth Benzar
rbenzar.bsky.social
Ruth Benzar
@rbenzar.bsky.social
Did we all know Sunny D contains 5% juice? I thought we were all well past the illusion of it being fruit juice?
April 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
There's no nuance to this heavy-handed technique. Just power-hungrily overturning the Monopoly board and declaring victory.
“That really is his understanding of what a deal is: getting something over on the other guy. And that’s what we see here. To the extent there’s any plan it’s basically a power play; Trump is pulling on the economic powers of the world to bum rush them into a newly subservient global trading regime”
WTAF is Going On? In Search of the Plan Behind Trump’s Global Economic Crisis
Everyone in the country at the moment, albeit from different vantage points,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Reposted by Ruth Benzar
“The WH was simply demanding lists of concessions, according to one foreign diplomat deeply involved in the conversations. The diplomat said Trump officials wanted regulations and other barriers to be wiped away to boost US goods and services being sold abroad.”
Inside President Trump’s whirlwind decision to upend global trade
Why did Trump impose tariffs? Inside the advice that shaped his decision.
wapo.st
April 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Trump is really putting the 'poor' in the Standard and Poor's 500 nowadays
Reason number 223.06 on why not to privatize social security.
April 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
my little feline Brady Bunch
April 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM