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It’s terrible ! ! !
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‘The Arctic Ocean may see its first ice-free day before 2030,
earlier than scientists predicted’
https://tinyurl.com/485jexmt
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‘Countdown to an ice-free Arctic: New research warns of accelerated timelines’
https://tinyurl.com/yc6wpbke
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‘The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean could occur before 2030’
https://tinyurl.com/b8euhmv8
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See how easy that was ?
If it’s in print, in the media, on your hand held device,
or if politicians repeat it. IT has to be true . . . .
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“But the most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless
one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly and with unflagging
attention. It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.
Here, as so often in this world, persistence is the first and most important
requirement for success.”
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‘Oh, the Latest News Out of Antarctica Is a Huge Blow
to the Global Warming Crowd’
https://tinyurl.com/3dhnbfdx
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Shocking Antarctica discovery sends climate change deniers
into mass celebration’
https://tinyurl.com/43cyt3fk
Only one tusk on the elephant? I don’t mean to quibble….. but I think the Republicans should feel slighted.
Is this a trendy thing like the ReinBear with only one antler?
Poor guy was poached for his ivory, but he’s a survivor, and he made it to Claycord! 🙂
Abu Dhabi purchased $2 billion of Trump’s crypto-coins This was announced by Zack Witkoff co-founder of Trump’s World Liberty Financial that trades crypto-coins. On the same day Bloomberg announced easing of Nvidia AI chip curbs for the UAE.
Anyone else need a US policy changed? Just buy Trump crypto-coins.
2 days ago, trump said he would not budge on 145% tariffs for China. Now he wants 80% tariffs for China because the Chinese gave him the silent treatment. Xi is winning even if the Chinese workers are out of jobs. By the time the dust settle, I predict the tariffs for China is less than 10%.
As long as youre rooting for failure we would expect any less of you..aww youre special.Or are you saying something good about Trump by accident?If it’s something Trump didn’t do that he said he was going to that helps America even more,what’s the problem?Seem very insightful and wise from a man who’s one of the wealthiest men on the plane.Why fight it?An urge you can’t quell?
Well Paul, if you know more about international trade deal negotiations than Trump and the number he will wind up at vs the number he intends to wind up at, I’ll be very impressed.
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You left out one important detail though….. if tariffs for China are less than 10% how much will tariffs for the USA be? Trump said he wants “parity”…… if he manages that we win.
Everyone is waiting for the white smoke from the Sistine Chapel showing the picked a new pope
Meanwhile I’m waiting for the black smoke from Maralago showing that the liars pants are finally on fire
The children liked that one!
Just checking in.How does it feel losing a tradewar to China? Trump intially set the tariff to 145% but this moring tweeted that he now wants it at 80%, tonight Lutnick goes on TV saying the magic number is 34% and during all this time the Chinese just wait and can’t believe how inept this administration is. Well negoating against yourself is obviously Trump’s art of the deal.
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Simply pathetic!!!!
I wonder if you would cheer for China if you lived there. What’s communism like? Watch as a Chinese woman is threatened by government officials for filming a fire. Why? Because the CCP needs to protect its image as a well-run state.
China Unable to Cope with Tariffs – Burning Factories Down Instead – Episode #262 38:00
You should already know it feels… we’ve been on the losing end of trade with China for years.
At least now America is fighting back & even though all the lefties in the USA are praying for everything to go sideways (a Trump success would be just terrible!)
How does it feel to be wishing the worst for your country?
The worst for out country is a second Trump administration. I don’t think I wished for that. Also I’m not a fan of the authoritarian regime of President Xi. But if you read Trump’s tweets over the last five years or so you can see that he has great admiration for Xi.
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And why are you whining about China trade? In 2024 the per capita GDP in the US was $86,000 and in China $13,445. I would say the US does pretty well in terms of economy.
The U.S. trade deficit with China was approximately $295 billion in 2024 .
Not the Bro. The Mansiere………
Doesn’t Vatican City have a border wall with Italy and has a mercenary army to protect their borders?
Doesn’t Vatican City have an extremely controlled immigration policy? I believe unauthorized immigration is not tolerated at all.
Residency and citizenship is reserved for Church officials, Government employees and their families.
But sure, maybe the Pope will lecture the POTUS and VPOTUS on having a border wall and enforcement of immigration policies.
There needs to be a word invented just for useless drivel spewed by the left…..i guess it falls into the “poppycock” category.. commenting just to steal 2 cents.It’s usually a few seconds of my life I want back after reading those comments.
Geez Paul…. this Pope disapproves of homosexuality & sex perversion being taught in schools “The promotion of gender ideology is confusing, because it seeks to create genders that don’t exist” and he also decried “sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the gospel,”
He is a strong Pro Life Pope! (sorry abortion lovers).
About the only things the new Popester has to offer lefties is that he is against the death penalty and he is anti gun rights.
Yes he is also a climate change chump.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pope-leo-xiv-in-his-own-words-the-pontiff-on-abortion-climate-change-homosexuality-and-capital-punishment/ar-AA1EqS9c
Trump dropped deficit spending by %92 compared to Biden.Now leftists,tell us how this doesnt matter at all and is actually bad,or a lie..kay?Im waiting…..
The claim that Trump reduced deficit spending by 92% compared to Biden is not supported by credible, verified data as of May 10, 2025. While X posts cite specific debt increase figures, these lack official backing and oversimplify complex fiscal dynamics. Historical data shows both presidents increased deficits significantly, with Trump’s first term adding more to the debt ($8.4 trillion) than Biden’s ($4.7 trillion) over a ten-year window. Without comprehensive FY 2025 data, the claim appears speculative and likely exaggerated. For accurate deficit comparisons, refer to primary sources like the Treasury’s Monthly Treasury Statement or CBO reports.
They don’t need to lie like Biden crew did.Proof?The proofs in the puddin’…IE sucess and an already noticeably improved economy and just getting started.You can’t even slow the Trump train.Momentum baby…
PS-thank you for following instructions.
Showing the deficit was completely unnecessary and attributed to government grifting. That’s why they are so mad. No more free money for manipulating the system. boo hoo. Then they cry it’s fascism. Fools
What are you talking about? Trump and President Musk have been manipulating the system for months now, generating plenty of tax payer “free money”. Musk magically finds no #wastefraudandabuse in the billions in contracts he has, and awards himself more. Trump is running a memecoin grift in which foreign riven means and individuals have direct financial access to him; I.e. bribes. Not to mention Trump’s latest fav tactic: giving Wall Street a heads up when he’s about to pump the market so the right folks can buy/sell. Sounds pretty manipulate-ey to me. You don’t have to be so loud about your gullibility, Sam.
Musk awards himself contracts? That’s so funny, if your cult didn’t actually believe it. It’s hard to take claims of democracy and fascism seriously from clowns who don’t understand the basics of government, but please carry on
They split what is in Fort Knox too…..they have gone off the deep end with no swimming lessons.
Yeah I don’t know how far away they are from setting themselves on fire to make a point. I just don’t understand
It is one thing to advocate for immigrants and another to advocate for criminals. Yes, illegals immigrants are criminals as they violated the law when they snuck into our country.
You can advocate for a criminal to be treated ‘ok’ but you cannot advocate for rewarding them with healthcare, education, the privilege of living in the country when they have violated the basic laws of this country. Cause if we do, where do we stop? Where do we draw the line of what criminal behavior is acceptable and which is not acceptable?
Our current potus is a convicted criminal.
Trump was convicted by a corrupt activist judge in a kangaroo court so the conviction is bogus, a new low for the American legal system.
The conviction will be thrown out eventually, something to look forward to.
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https://tinyurl.com/4pxsyfvx
Your feelings regarding Trump’s conviction are so noted. Doesn’t change the fact that the sitting potus is a convicted felon.
@Greg
There were no crimes and no victims. You even changed your wording from criminal to felon.
Sovereign citizen arguments have no legal standing in any court. The people of NY were the victims, as was the lending institution. He was convicted of a felony. So he’s a convicted criminal. Not sure what wording you think changes anything.
@Greg
Just stop it. There were no victims, especially the lending institutions, who loved loaning money to a “WHALE” such as Trump. He’s a convicted felon who didn’t commit a crime. And it’s only natural that you’d be unsure about wording……..all you ever do is lie.
And it got him elected so blurb on,cry more,and thank you.
Lets see you go silent when L. James is arrested and convicted.She has scammed the people of New York in many ways.Not looking good,justice for all.Nothing to say about this?Then why EVER mention Trump?Democrat 101 is behind a month or 2 i’ve noticed.
Not to mention Judge Marchan also violated the Judicial Conduct Rules on prohibited political activity by making donations to the Democratic group Act Blue that included money earmarked for Biden for President and to Progressive Turnout Project and Stop Republicans.
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I think Trump summed things up correctly when he said “the real verdict” would be when Americans go to the polls on November 5.
He was right…again!
And he still beat the clowns that ran on the Democrat ticket!
I believe a big part of that was because American citizens were disgusted with the legal shenanigans at that Animal House style trial and all the undocumented, unvaccinated, unknown, illegal invaders the Biden/Harris administration allowed to invade the USA.
Let’s face it… the left went too far, showed their true colors and committed political suicide by flip flopping their candidates after the people had already voted in the primary. “Giggles” for President? Really?
And the justice system under China Joe Biden was totally uncorrupted.
Rock on with your prime time TV intellectual level beliefs, Greg.
You can tell that %99 of they stuff they say in comments even they couldnt actually believe,its just the same as 2016-2020.Oppose publicly anything Trump does,to make sure he gets elected again.Any and all slander against the president only helps his party,and helps dems vent like children.Ive never seen the right happier and the left more miserable,and it’s only going to intensify on both sides.
And youre not?Come come now.
All laws are equal, IE all felonies the same,all misdemeanors the same.There are no”little” laws.In most cases,3 repeated misdemeanors constitute a felony.
Remember when you guys used to chant
“no boarders, no walls, no USA at all” ? We do
No. I guess I wasn’t invited to that event.
How about “black lives matter” like it was some kind thing that never existed? Fentanyl Floyd remembers..oh wait
Of course you were, Paul.
Waiting in line at United ? ? ?
https://tinyurl.com/yjfcyww6
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‘Speaking Of Oligarchy…’
https://tinyurl.com/4329u5vx
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{fantasy island}
Da Balloon, Boss!, Da Balloon !
https://tinyurl.com/35ekzb6n
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‘Champagne socialists’ Sanders and AOC spotted exiting private jet
on ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour’ “Sanders’ campaign committee has spent
over $221,000 on private jets during the first quarter of 2025″
https://tinyurl.com/33uv4jyw
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Are there two, more irrelevant members of democrat party ? ? ? ?
comedy tour ?
The rich are always taken care of ! ! !
https://tinyurl.com/bdhsejv6
From epicenter of Knee Jerk politics,
absolutely PRICELESS
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“Less than 48 hours after rolling out a fact-checking website
designed to target “right-wing misinformation,” California
Governor Gavin Newsom was caught using stock footage
from Ukraine and Estonia in and promoting his state’s economy.”
https://tinyurl.com/4thvdh74
LOCAL POLITICS QUESTONS
Did you know that the last time the Concord City Council put an increase of sales tax on the ballot that the city applied to be allowed to ask voters for an increase in sales tax that exceeds the increase amount allowed by state law?
Did you know that, because Concord voters passed an increase to sales tax that was above the total increase allowed by state law as granted by special permission, Concord City Council can now not ask to increase the sales tax to cover upcoming anticipated budget shortfalls?
Did you know that Concord City Staff and Council plan to increase and/or create other taxes and city fees, including some that would be added to property tax bills, because they now do not have the option of asking voters to increase sales tax after applying for and getting an increase last time that was above the amount regulated by state law?
Did you watch the last Concord City Council meeting where the Council voted for increases to fees (most seemed reasonable but some were a bit high) and several members of the Council, led by Vice Mayor Nakamura, advised city staff they didn’t think the fees had been raised enough?
Did you know that Concord City Council will be considering increasing the monthly stipend allotted for themselves this upcoming Tuesday, May 13th?
Seems the local politicians who are ideologues (who else runs for office these days?) think money grows on trees. Belt tightening is in order not frivolous spending. 😲
And then there is LaMonica, screeching obscenities.
Conjures visions of Cadillacs up on cinder blocks.
Her team needs to seek better representation.
Whatever happend of Donald and Elon’s trip to Fort Knox to check the gold? It almost seems like MAGA just loves falling for some stupid perfomances.
Obviously,this is something they don’t want the world to know about,when they find that the gold standard has no gold to back it,What do you think will happen next.This truth has to be hidden at all costs and the subject has been dropped.This,and the truth about UFO’s and the moon landings,are subjects that a new POTUS has to agree to keep secret,or it could end the world as we know it.Fort Knox will be avoided like the plague.For the survival of a fake country that has been fake for over 50 years.
I think it’s more likely that Trump and Musk shook hands and agreed to split up the gold in Fort Knox between themselves.
We got us a live one here folks..
I’m glad there’s no chance of a recession now.The country is booming.Esp in Calif,whoever keeps saying enjoy your recsession.you must not be in Calif.You cant go to a store here here without having trouble finding a parking spaces,and not standing in a long line inside the store.That’s the opposite of a recession.
Or people stocking up for a disaster. 😎
That only happens for a week, then the shelves are empty and you know it.This is just Calif and its usual too many people and typical who-ha back to normal.Stop with the fear porn,.The disaster ended Jan 20th.
It’s not even worth my time anymore to argue with the handful of low information blue hair cartoon characters on this board. I seriously need a challenge and you guys and your outright silly made up tds drama ain’t cutting it. I mean bring some honest valid real issues to debate and I’m in but at this point there’s roughly 3-4 desperate clowns that come here to troll with blue anon conspiracy theories and wise cracks about trump skin color on msnbc and cnn. We all have access to the same information, it’s very simple to understand certain networks apply an orange filter to Trump just to give the bottom feeders something to yammer about. I mean you guy should have some self respect and actually try to defend your positions. Instead it’s like 3rd grade nonsensical drama. Meanwhile, the deficit got slashed, government waste is down, the boarder is closed to illegals and potential terrorists, tariffs are coming into the country, men can’t whip it out in front of your daughters and corporations are building factories and infrastructure that will feed generations of Americans. When you win an election, we do it your way but until then quit your crying. We’re driving this ship now. If your guy did a better job before you would have won again. 3.75 more years you have left at minimum. If you dorks don’t straighten up and figure out how to have honest serious debates on topics including all the variables you want to ignore to push your drama, it’s a wrap. JD Vance, Stephen Miller, Trumps kid, anyone will bury you. I understand it’s not in democrats best interests to have anything positive happen in our country but you can’t avoid it. Try and have a little integrity for once in your lives. It’s happening, quit cheerleading American downfall and start supporting your country or get the hell out.
Excellent post Sam. Everything you pointed out is impossible to argue with for anyone with one ounce of common sense.
Thanks Buck. Had a little cocktail last night and thought I’d give them some advice. Somehow debating issues honestly is completely lost. Oh well, I fine with nobody ever talking democrats seriously again
When did they? When Reagan got shot 44 years ago,as they wheeled him into surgery,he had one question for the doctor before they began: “You’re not a democrat are you?”
The good news for Trump is the fancy new bribe plane from Qatar won’t be subject to his tariffs. Your kids can only have one doll but Trump gets as many bribe planes as he can fit in Mar a Lago.
Air Force One and HAMAS will now have something in common.
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Both are being paid by Quatar.
Pam Biondi already signed off on it, which underlines how not corrupt it is considering she works directly for Trump…and was previously a lobbyist for Qatar. But, you know, muh shell companies.
@Greg – That’s another lie from the Anti-American press that you’ve swallowed, just like you swallow anything they spew.
I always considered Greg as more of a spitter.
Trump offers each undocumented immigrant $1k and a plane ticket for self deportation and the possibility of coming back to the us. This plan won’t work because 1) immigrants spend more than $1k to get into the us 2) they probably make more than $1k by getting paid off the book. For a genius, he sure come up with dumb ideas after another.
Coming back is a felony,…prison next.
@Paul
Trump’s next dumb idea will probably be something like building a railroad across the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean.
Let’s take a look at Newsoms tenure as governor of California.
1) #1 in the nations homelessness
2) #1 on welfare
3) #1 in taxes
4) #1 in gasoline prices
5) releasing 19,000 prisoners from San Quentin and turning it into a Club Fed
6) allowing crime and lawless in our cities throughout the state
7) mismanaging protection of our forests with over a million acres burnt to ashes
8) loss of over 11,000 homes and businesses to burn in the pacific palisades fire
9) Over a hundred billion dollar train to Bakersfield to no avail
10) unaccountable for well over 24billion dollars and counting
All these are facts. The one request mostly of the remaining taxpayers left in this state is before Elon Musk leaves the white house is for Doge to do one massive audit for us to unveil the grift that has taken place the last few decades under the democratic rule they have bestowed upon us..
VOTE RESPONSIBLY!!!
“The entire Democrat party is now operating in service of a single issue and objective:
unlimited mass third world migration.”.
-Stephen Miller
It’s kind of appearing this way.
They are right, immigrants do the jobs Americans don’t want to do, like voting for democrats. 🤣
Ture, that is so true! Americans don’t want to vote Democrat! Our open borders the past 4 years was an illegal invasion with the goal of increasing the Democratic votes. It was criminal!
Jasmine Crockett is the greatest thing to happen to the Republican party since Kamala Harris.
You go girlfriend, and other such street vibe sentiments…….
Trump has already crashed our economy and is promising it’s only going to get worse (he’s already insisting Q2 belongs to Biden which shows you how confident he is in his “90 deals in 90 days” crap). Our military keeps losing jet ighters off aircraft carriers somehow. Trump has threatened Putin with sanctions 4 times now, each time Putin patted Trump on his wig and bombed a civilian center. Same Putin, same invasion Trump said he’d end in a day. Ports are empty. Layoffs have started.
But a Black female congresswoman is saying words and you think she’s going to be the focus of Americans heading into the midterms. Hilarious. Enjoy your recession.
I know all you TDS sufferers are really, really, hoping that the American economy will crash and burn, but President Trump is securing the border, lowering inflation, creating American jobs, and working the art of the deal with our trading partners, all without you even having a clue about what’s going on.
New TDS test
https://tinyurl.com/9jfmw8hk
I tried and almost got sick watching a 1 min segment on an alphabet news channel,and it was 2 “newcasters” almost arguing to say the worst “this will happen next” thing about Trump,all fear porn,and all of it has the childish dems on the edge of their seat from someone imagination.It’s either really bad naivete, or everyone is just a really bad actor.Nobody could actually believe this stuff unless they need to for their own mental health.Trump is not allowed any victories or wins even though he achieves them all day,everyday.This kills them.They either look like liars or are just acting,unable to deal with Januarys election loss.It truly damaged them and made them worse people,not better, no lesson learned,god forbid they ever learn.
Well lets not play the race and/or gender card here.
Jasmine Crockett is a lousy representative for the Democrat party. The fact she is getting a lot of air time suggests she may be the best they currently have to offer.
And if that’s the case, you guys better start recruiting.
Shes the most popular comic on TV right now.
Watch the market tomorrow. Look at crypto. Wait for the jobs report, wait for the employment data. Watch your 401k if you have one. Then watch the prices of everything. Gavin will never let our gas go down, he can’t. If he lost California to Trump it would end him. He and the California legislature will do anything and everything to keep our gas prices the highest in the nation. They hate you, they lothe you. Residents of California are the enemy of the state government. They want you to fail so they can replace you with immigrant serfs who own nothing but are happy to be here and are willing to be taxed to be tax slaves. They want our real estate however they can get it
One of the main goals is for everyone use the disgusting.dangerous and overpriced public transportation that is falling apart despite tons of work and over taxing to pay for it.Bdike lanes are unused,and far too dangerous to be used.Ebikes all day long on the sidewalk going the wrong direction.even the wrong direction on the street,and the CONCORD POLICE DO NOTHING.
Finally i like look looking at the market and my accounts everyday.It wasn’t fun for quite a while.
Im trying to figure out what planet youre on?What recession where?And in what way is the economy”crashed” or even bad right now?That’s gotta be just awful to be as miserable as you and to hope you get people to climb aboard your misery train.They are all on the Trump train now,and your train is just plum out of steam……You wear your emotions on your sleeve online,and it shows.Best check yourself before you wreck yourself.Battling windmills has been a proven waste of time .
A recession is a slowing of business,where is this recession happening?Nowhere,someone commenting summed you up earlier,EVERYTHING you say is a lie,and the only one buying it is you.The other 2 nay sayers here arent even buying it.How can you stand yourself”Greg”?”Recession,recession”Squack!!!!..polly wanna cracker”?
From what i’ve seen since Jan 20th,I can sum it up in one line-Dems are their own worst enemy and the unknowingly best friend of the right.Good work dems..thank you.Please..continue everything you’re doing.That is all.Dismissed.
What’s next guy’s, are you going to protest against lowering pharmaceutical drug prices?? 🤣🤣 Let’s get those signs and lighters out. Big bad orange hitler is at it again 🤣🤣 but what about the kids …
Ha ha ha
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So Sam is now for price control?
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You just need to convince this guy now……
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https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/182931909457743076
You got it wrong again. Subsidizing the world is not my job. You democrats haven’t figured out just how bad it’s been and what they’ve done to us. This countries tax payers have supported the world. That ends. Call it whatever you want, we ain’t paying
Trump is going to get the pharmaceutical prices lowered AND is having success with trade deals? Wow! double whammy for the Socialist Democrats!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-EdiXP87uE
• Trump caved and got zero in return
• No manufacturing moved back to the USA
• 30% tariff is still a huge tax on Americans
• 90 day pause still causes uncertainty
• Trump lost all negotiating leverage
As I understand it they aren’t even done yet…. but apparently you already know how it ended?
This is known as a WAG (wild ass guess).
Save it for the gullible school kids.
If you want to educate anyone why don’t you tell us what the tariff rates were between China & the USA in 2024 before Trump was reelected?
When I saw a film of J Crockett saying “Trump is throwing people into concentration camps” I realized the true scope of how out of touch with reality the left really are because they will believe what they hear like it’s the messiah talking when anyone on the left talks because she represents the entire left,and nobody’s tell her to shush.Is anyone in charge ?Can they name their leader?
This is not a good day for the Panicans!
But since Panicans don’t understand the Stock Market or basic economics, there are no good days for them, only opportunities to complain.
My fearless prediction is that the Stock Market will continue to fall and rise. The Panicans will lose money and the people who hold steady will do very well.
I see a bad moon rising! (for Democrats that is, in Trump’s Trade War).
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“Substantive progress has been made to reach an “important consensus”, according to China’s state run media”
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“US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, told reporters that there had been “substantial progress” in talks between his team and that of the Chinese vice-premier”
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Hang tight lefties… there’s still time for something to go drastically wrong…. pray for failure!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/us-china-trade-talks-geneva-intended-de-escalate-tensions-lutnick
Wrong? What’s going right? Trump capitulated on his own tariffs, China laughed the whole time. The 90 day pause is for Trump to walk back the last 30%. We gained *zero*.
We don’t have to pray for failure. We just have to wait for Trump to Trump. Enjoy your recession.
You honestly believed we would stay at 145%? LoL!
Have you ever even sold a car?
You always ask for more than you’d settle for.
Yes, first they say Trump tariffs are causing another great depression. Then the cry when the market soars and the tariffs are negotiated down. These kids are playing with us
Well, this should get liberal blood flowing,
https://tinyurl.com/3bkpwk4e
Annnnd here we go:
“WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “ big, beautiful bill ” late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/house-republicans-unveil-medicaid-cuts-democrats-warn-leave-12171684
So the deal on the table for Americans under the Trump regime:
All of our safety nets get cut in order to pay for another massive tax cut for the Jared Kushners of the world. A recession + lack of social services is absolutely the recipe for a third term for King Trump.