*Another* right-leaning friend of mine is bad-mouthing Trump, because of #tariffs that are now hurting their business. Given my tiny and biased sample size, I’ve heard an unusually large number of people voicing displeasure with Trump in the past week or two.
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“Trump Denies FEMA Aid Extension in State He Won Three Times”
#kakistocracy #fafo #northCarolina
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-denies-fema-aid-extension-state-he-won-three-times-2058906
Newsweek · Trump Denies FEMA Aid Extension in State He Won Three Times
Let me get this right. People of Social Security age or otherwise qualified have to wade into a fascist, enshittified platform spewing disinformation, propaganda, and hate to know what’s happening with their deserved benefits? #kakistocracy #TechnoFascism #fascism
https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/
WIRED · The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
"If Trump wants a big parade in his honor, all he has to do is RESIGN."
OR DIE. (i prefer this choice)
the same can be said about #fElonMuch
“Hey Trump: nobody PAID us to be here! We ALL HATE YOU FOR FREE!”
lol they can’t collect tariffs at US ports because of a “technical glitch”, which I think is a weasel word for “nobody planned this so we had no time to implement anything in software”.
#kakistocracy #incompetence #chaos
“Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs”
https://newrepublic.com/maz/post/193930/ports-not-collecting-trump-tariffs-glitch
Establishment Clause be damned
“State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/state-report-anti-christian-bias-033535
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"The self-inflicted uncertainty from the #China #tariffs has turned the corporate capital expenditures world upside down, created mass #uncertainty not seen since Covid, created a price shock that will impact the daily lives of US #consumers with no end in sight, & unfortunately ripped the hearts & lungs out of the US #BigTech #SupplyChain in the process with no minimal to no alternatives," Ives wrote.
#Consumers will feel effects of #tariffs soon
Dan Ives, an analyst w/Wedbush Securities financial group, warned in an industry note that the "economic tariff Armageddon unleashed by #Trump" has been hanging over #WallStreet like a dark cloud for weeks, but now, consumers are going to feel it too.
#economy #inflation #recession #trumpcession #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-raises-retaliatory-levies-125-dollar-rcna200775/rcrd76872?canonicalCard=true
NBC News · Trump tariffs live updates: China raises retaliatory levies on U.S. goods to 125% as U.S. dollar sinks
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@Nonilex Trump has no ideology beyond satisfying his own personal needs. He is a raging bull in a china shop. I don’t know what insanity means, exactly, but there are a large number of people who like the way he thinks. Beyond the immediate need to stop Trump, his supporters, benefactors and enablers constitute the larger threat.
#Trump #USPOL #insanity #economy #Tariffs #inflation #democracy #kakistocracy #Fascism #Christofascist #Maga #project2 #billionaires
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“In the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro #fund managers,” wrote Tom Lee, the head of research at the #financial analysis firm FSInsights.
“And their concern is that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology,” Lee continued. “A few have quietly wondered if the President might be #insane.”
What show have they been watching for the last 9 years?
Fund managers quietly fear #Trump doesn’t have a #tariff plan & that he ‘might be insane’
Some fund managers concerned ‘that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology’
#USpol #insanity #economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://newrepublic.com/post/193805/donald-trump-investors-freak-out-economic-policies
The New Republic · Is Trump “Insane”? Investors Freak Out About His Economic PoliciesDonald Trump’s moves are making people who actually understand the economy very nervous.
I have a nagging feeling that we’re on the precipice of economic disaster, with only a brief reprieve because Trump decided to delay some tariffs (but still hammering Chinese imports with oppressive rates that US businesses and consumers will have to pay).
Today, indexes seem to be teetering on historic markers—not the worst they’ve been, but trending worse. 10-year T-bond rates are rising, but not at historic highs. US dollar index is slumping, but not at historic lows. The indexes have fallen, but they’re about the same as a year ago. Everything seems to be on edge of balance, ready to topple over.
I’m fearful for the encroaching “slowly, then all at once” moment. I’m not sure what market moves I should make, if any, because I’m a long-term investor and have no idea how to respond to short-term market conditions.
Supreme Court Says Trump Administration Must Facilitate Return of Deported Maryland Man
#SCOTUS on Thursday said the Trump administration must facilitate the return of #KilmarAbregoGarcia who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal.
#Immigration #Resist #Kakistocracy #Trump2.0 #BlackMastodon
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-maryland-deportation-trump-9f46dd62890befdc321ed1ab56107470
AP News · Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man
Home Cooking.
Apparently, the current price for avoiding trade restrictions when selling AI tech to China is one million dollars and an evening spent sitting next to the Orange Stinky-Britches and smiling obsequiously as he gums his steak to death...
Maybe we had it wrong. Maybe the tariffs are being used to force American corporations to bow to our new bloated overlord. 
Tom's Hardware · Trump reportedly suspends Nvidia H20 export ban plan after $1 million dinner with Jensen Huang
Idiot says what now?
#DrOz Pushed for #AI #HealthCare in First #Medicare Agency Town Hall
Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare & #Medicaid Services & its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers.
#health #medicine #PublicHealth #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-ai-health-care-medicare-cms-town-hall/
WIRED · Dr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town Hall
An Experiment in #Recklessness: #Trump as Global Disrupter [disaster]
The global #trading system is only one example of the admin tearing something apart, only to reveal that it has NO PLAN for how to replace it.
As the breadth of the Trump revolution has spread across Washington in recent weeks, its most defining feature is a burn-it-down-first, figure-out-the-consequences-later recklessness.
#economy #tariffs #idiocracy #kakistocracy #chaos
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/trump-tariffs-global-trade-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=4D4A4DED-5E40-4F01-AA8D-ADA3D42C6123
The New York Times · Analysis: Trump’s Tariffs Disrupt Global Trade Without a Clear Strategy
This man is an idiot
#Trump: “The #states are just an agent of the #FederalGovernment”
American #federalism divides power between the national & state govts.
It's literally the basis of the #UnitedStates’ system of government & he can even read about it on freaking Wikipedia.
Also, apparently #Republicans only believe in #StatesRghts when Democrats have power in the Executive or Legislative branches.