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Pig Bellmont

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  1. So to recap- we’re preventing delivery of weapons and aid we already approved and paid for. We stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine. The Secretary of Defense ordered a stand down on fights against Russian cybersecurity threats. Can the press stop repeating the administration’s lies about peace and just admit that we are using all of our leverage to force a Ukrainian surrender?
  2. So can anyone articulate an end game or policy goal for tariffs? Because it sure seems like Trump really intends to make them permanent under the sincere belief that he’ll be able to balance the budget. And no one is left with courage to tell him why that’s so fucking dumb
  3. But what is the end game? In the last administration tariffs were a stick to force new trade deals in place of NAFTA and agreements on IP with China. Here, what’s the actual purpose?
  4. A self imposed worldwide great depression by a country that was leading the Western world in growth and stability. Has history ever seen such a thing on this scale?
  5. Well it’s 20% on imports from China as of today. Markets are collapsing, GDP contracting instead of growing, inflation rising, and every day consumer prices just shot through the roof. Can’t wait for all the manufacturing jobs to start up, right guys? That’s definitely what companies will spend their capital on in this economic environment, right?
  6. The President is illegally impounding all military spending to Ukraine and lifting sanctions on Russia. Oh and we’re crashing the economy by Presidential fiat. Putin runs this country
  7. So I guess the President can now simply choose not to enforce any laws he doesn’t like. Let’s call it the TikTok principle. Democracy was nice, it’s such a shame to see it gone
  8. Don’t worry! Their future is actually measured by potential to sell personal service robots and will have nothing to do with cars so that surely will explain why the stock doesn’t crater
  9. See, while you are rightly embarrassed by this ambush, the Joe Rogan crowd are only too excited to support it: No word yet if Theo Vonn is receiving cash for these takes like other right wing podcasters or if he’s just an idiot
  10. It means Ukraine has no leverage without American weapons or aid. It’s just written by some idiot like Dan Scovino so it doesn’t make any fucking sense
  11. Counterpoint: He was injured for parts of the last two seasons. If it happened next season maybe he doesn’t get drafted at all.
  12. Where is the statutory authority to offer this? Can we all step back and remember we have to pass laws in this country? They might not even be able to pass a budget with their own votes through reconciliation- they surely won’t be able to pass anything that needs to beat a filibuster
  13. Prove the fraud! “Fraud” is just now code for “spending I don’t like”. The actual inspector generals had offices and budgets and their jobs were- get this- to root out waste, fraud and abuse. And they all got fired without new replacements. Those people had to hold actual investigations and then make public findings. Now Elon posts lies and then impounds funds appropriated by Congress. What a great system that is definitely about fraud and not just showy bullshit to distract from firing all the regulators trying to hold his companies accountable
  14. I am at the point where I hope they do gut Medicaid by 880 billion and dramatically shrink SNAP benefits without a single democratic rep’s vote. This will disproportionately harm red states and this is what happens when you elect republicans
  15. And now in what I’m sure is a total coincidence, the senior JAGs that must have convinced the administration to clear Gitmo have all been fired.
  16. And the contract was already awarded to Verizon. Either we are going to pay to rip starlink out or we are going to pay Verizon a shit ton of money. Hey I found some government waste after all
  17. I think we solved the mystery
  18. Market instability will be followed by measurable job losses, continued high interest rates, increased prices for utilities and groceries, increased trillions to the national debt, increased inflation, and trade wars further harming major industries like housing and auto makers. It’s probably a great time to be a billionaire- but everyone else is going to get railroaded
  19. Come on buddy, this was the most obvious unenforceable BS. Of course you were fired
  20. What happens when they tell us Elon checked the gold and it’s not there
  21. They aren’t actually going to try to have a balanced budget. They’re going to add trillions to the debt to pay for tax cuts and they are gutting the IRS. The last Trump presidency increased the deficit more than any other administration
  22. But see Article 1, Section 8 of the fucking Constitution. I love how that and the blatant illegality of it all gets zero mention in the headline
  23. That might be the stupidest thing I’ve ever read
  24. It’s worse than that. The Trump team has elevated radicals who are actively trying to permanently destroy the federal government into cabinet positions. These aren’t Karens angry about COVID safety measures- they are think tankers and Ayn Rand acolytes who were pulled from the fringes and given an opportunity to fuck up all regulatory oversight in every industry. And they’re doing without a single vote from Congress or any new laws actually signed
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