In LESS THAN A CALENDAR YEAR these absolute cretins figured out, oh yeah, Donald Trump is old and maybe not a magical send-it-back-to-2019 switch we can flip and I personally loathe the shit out of them for it. Thermostatic public idiocy more like

Someone should ask Rubio if USG should have had that policy for Cubans like his grandparents and mine.

Resign.

This last sentence is ver important. MAGA pines for a historical and economic anomaly that is unlikely to repeat itself. (They also pine for the benefits of high income taxes and government spending without the taxes and the spending, another illusion.)

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social got it exactly correct. China has other buyers. Also, other sellers (Argentina for soybeans, for instance). We are a long way from the 1950s when the USA, largely undamaged after WW II, could set the trade rules for the world.

It is an indictment of American capitalism that this man still has two nickels to rub together.

If you want to understand how Latinos can support a president who deports their primos, their Abuelas and suegras, read
@mikemadrid.bsky.social's The Latino Century
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-La...
and @paoramos.bsky.social's The Defectors
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741645...

For iPhones, I
put together this list of security settings for my fam:

Settings/Privacy and Security/Tracking/Allow Apps to Request to Track: Disable.

Settings/Privacy and Security/Apple Advertising/Personalized Ads: Disable.

Settings/Privacy and Security/Tracking: Disable

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idk if you’ve seen this yet but it’s one of the best breakdowns on the new cc natural gas plant situation in the US I’ve seen (also gets into nuclear and renewables): www.projectfinance.law/publications...