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Just an excellent read. We are winning. Trust me. The fight is worth it. Read this from my friend Dan Barkhuff. open.substack.com/pub/dbarkhuf...
Not Losing
Is Winning
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Just an excellent read. We are winning. Trust me. The fight is worth it. Read this from my friend Dan Barkhuff. open.substack.com/pub/dbarkhuf...
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As I explained in my newsletter, this is because Trump's team has reinvented millennia of math to invert what "percentage of change" means.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...
December 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
As I explained in my newsletter, this is because Trump's team has reinvented millennia of math to invert what "percentage of change" means.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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Hey bozo, the average pay is higher in blue states than red states. Did you think of that? Stop this plutocratic gaslighting.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hey bozo, the average pay is higher in blue states than red states. Did you think of that? Stop this plutocratic gaslighting.
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A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
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For any other president this would be heralded as the disastrous policy failure of a floundering and indecisive chief executive
So let me get this right, Trump’s plan was:
1. Tariff everything to help the economy (it didn’t)
2. Claim consumers aren’t paying tariffs (we are)
3. Panic & roll back food tariffs b/c you created an affordability crisis (we told you)
Arsonist claiming to be a firefighter.
1. Tariff everything to help the economy (it didn’t)
2. Claim consumers aren’t paying tariffs (we are)
3. Panic & roll back food tariffs b/c you created an affordability crisis (we told you)
Arsonist claiming to be a firefighter.
Trump Implements Major Rollback of Food Tariffs
The president moved to lower duties on beef, coffee and dozens of other goods, as he looks for ways to address Americans’ concerns about the cost of living.
www.wsj.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
For any other president this would be heralded as the disastrous policy failure of a floundering and indecisive chief executive
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What a difference a few years makes.
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
What a difference a few years makes.
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"I have a country to run!"
the only thing on Trump's schedule today is flying to Florida to spend the weekend at his private club golfing and schmoozing with his paying customers
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"I have a country to run!"
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He says this the same week in which we learned the median home buyer is now 59 years old. Average age of first time buyers is 40.
Immigrants built your house, dipshit. Assholes like your boss don’t pay them enough to own one.
Immigrants built your house, dipshit. Assholes like your boss don’t pay them enough to own one.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
He says this the same week in which we learned the median home buyer is now 59 years old. Average age of first time buyers is 40.
Immigrants built your house, dipshit. Assholes like your boss don’t pay them enough to own one.
Immigrants built your house, dipshit. Assholes like your boss don’t pay them enough to own one.
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The y/y rate of inflation the month Trump took office was +3.0%. The y/y rate of inflation in September was +3.0%. In what universe is this “down”?
COLLINS: When Trump says grocery prices are down, what numbers is he basing that off given it's not true?
HASSETT: Inflation is down
C: But grocery prices are up
H: Not everything. Egg prices are down. Why haven't you covered egg prices?
C: We certainly have. But grocery prices are up about 1.4%
HASSETT: Inflation is down
C: But grocery prices are up
H: Not everything. Egg prices are down. Why haven't you covered egg prices?
C: We certainly have. But grocery prices are up about 1.4%
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The y/y rate of inflation the month Trump took office was +3.0%. The y/y rate of inflation in September was +3.0%. In what universe is this “down”?
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Oh, that ending. Perfection.
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Oh, that ending. Perfection.
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You have to listen to this
Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
You have to listen to this
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Imagine building an entire adult personality around "I finished fifth in a college swimming championship three years ago and I'm still furious I didn't get to be fourth. Therefore, a congresswoman must debate me."
It's just a turducken of loser shit.
It's just a turducken of loser shit.
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Imagine building an entire adult personality around "I finished fifth in a college swimming championship three years ago and I'm still furious I didn't get to be fourth. Therefore, a congresswoman must debate me."
It's just a turducken of loser shit.
It's just a turducken of loser shit.
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Yes, but he owned the libs and defeated woke. So we’ll vote for him again.
Farmer Caleb Ragland: "I think we’re at a crossroads ... the reality will be the increases in bankruptcies, the loss of many thousands of family farms. It will even be worse with people committing suicide"
"Ragland is a supporter of President Donald Trump"
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
"Ragland is a supporter of President Donald Trump"
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
Trump Supporting Farmer Caleb Ragland Torches Tariffs
Farmer Caleb Ragland is a supporter of Trump, but he warned on NewsNation that thousands of farms will go under if the president's trade war continues.
www.mediaite.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Yes, but he owned the libs and defeated woke. So we’ll vote for him again.
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If he were right, the import price index (which measures pre-tariff prices) would have fallen by enough to offset the sharp tariff hike. It didn't.
October 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
If he were right, the import price index (which measures pre-tariff prices) would have fallen by enough to offset the sharp tariff hike. It didn't.
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FFS...
Kevin Hassett's theory of tariffs: "China has got to sell a lot of stuff to us to maintain political stability. And so if we put a tariff on their stuff, then they cut the price so that our consumer is basically still able to demand as much stuff as they need to sell to be politically stable."
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
FFS...
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There he goes again
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There he goes again
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Either Mike Johnson doesn't read the news or he's lying.
He should read this story about a 10 year old US citizen with brain cancer who you and Trump deported away from her doctors.
This is what your "mass deportations" are doing.
He should read this story about a 10 year old US citizen with brain cancer who you and Trump deported away from her doctors.
This is what your "mass deportations" are doing.
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Either Mike Johnson doesn't read the news or he's lying.
He should read this story about a 10 year old US citizen with brain cancer who you and Trump deported away from her doctors.
This is what your "mass deportations" are doing.
He should read this story about a 10 year old US citizen with brain cancer who you and Trump deported away from her doctors.
This is what your "mass deportations" are doing.
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Let me help you with that, Speaker Johnson.
This is what we documented.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
This is what we documented.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Let me help you with that, Speaker Johnson.
This is what we documented.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
This is what we documented.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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The stupidest people you know were mad they were born stupid and then the media platformed a dating show co-host from MTV for her vaccine expertise and now this guy runs HHS. Media is on the hook for all of the science brain drain in healthcare and the war on academia.
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The stupidest people you know were mad they were born stupid and then the media platformed a dating show co-host from MTV for her vaccine expertise and now this guy runs HHS. Media is on the hook for all of the science brain drain in healthcare and the war on academia.
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Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:
- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders
Topics he thinks are not serious:
- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress
- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders
Topics he thinks are not serious:
- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress
Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:
- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders
Topics he thinks are not serious:
- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress
- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders
Topics he thinks are not serious:
- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress
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Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
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The "somebody showed me a TikTok" era of American government is going pretty much exactly how you'd expect.
RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."
October 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The "somebody showed me a TikTok" era of American government is going pretty much exactly how you'd expect.
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listen, hospitals are just going to have to shift from a sustainable model where they provide care to an unsustainable model where they close - if they can't accept that, they should close
SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill
FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model
FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
listen, hospitals are just going to have to shift from a sustainable model where they provide care to an unsustainable model where they close - if they can't accept that, they should close