Scattershots – 29mar25 (updated 4apr25)

George Rebane

DOGE is the new leftwing hysteria du jour.  It has displaced climate change as the issue that gets most folks’ undies in a bundle.  The whole ‘Resist!’ movement of the Left is based on Democrat politicians’ lies and gratuitous fake news reports by the lamestream media.  DOGE is a new government agency charged with discovering fraud, waste, and abuse in the vast federal government bureaucracy.  Such abundant discoveries are documented, archived, and reported online (here) and to executive branch agents, from the president on down, who are lawfully empowered to take actions they deem appropriate – DOGE has no power to implement its recommendations.  But that is not what EVERY Democrat scumbag and their media minions tell the American people – and the lightly-read swallow the whole pack of lies hook, line, and sinker.

Idiots on Parade.  Today many of the above gently described ‘lightly-read’ are taking to the streets and concentrating on Elon Musk’s Tesla EV enterprises.  These are targets the rock apes have recently fire bombed, shot up, and vandalized, and by their silence condoned by the Democrat leadership.  These people are ALL abysmally ignorant and have no cognitive skills for critical thinking.  Unfortunately, they comprise about half of our citizens and at this stage are completely uneducable – hence why Rebane Doctrine has held that we are two divided countries within a single border.  (A wag from the past has more generously concluded that leftwingers are not necessarily ignorant, only that when they try to think they just have bad luck.)

Fox News and its conservative media cohorts (e.g. NewsMax) continue to be fearful mealy-mouthed journalists.  In their attempt to be ‘fair, balanced, and unafraid’ they are a fearful lot.  Examples of such reportage abound by the hour.  When they report on an issue, say, DOGE activities, they properly also broadcast some Democrat lying his ass off on camera, for example about DOGE gratuitously firing thousands of federal workers who have provided critical services to the public (without ever citing a single such readily available action).  Then for their fearless balance Bret Baier et al go on to state that “Elon Musk CLAIMS” that no such firings have occurred.  The properly balanced response would be to report that DOGE cannot fire anybody, and that no such firings have occurred - that is not a politically biased statement, just a readily verifiable fact that is necessary to accurately complete the news item.  And when they report on the socialists’ ongoing lie that DOGE is cutting Social Security and Medicare, they never balance that with the correction that no such cuts have occurred nor are they planned by the Trump administration.  And the double dummies just lap it up.

[30mar25 update] The New York Times has long been the nation’s leftwing canon.  It is then noteworthy that it has finally taken the Democrats and their message to account.  The newspaper’s criticism is what conservatives have been saying for years about how Democrats portray themselves and their political opponents.  Now it has become so bad that their beloved scripture has started admonishing their sins.  (more here)

[4apr25 update] Milton Friedman on tariffs from a 27apr78 speech at Kansas State University (here)

“We call a tariff a protective measure. It does protect; it protects the consumer very well against one thing. It protects the consumer against low prices. . . . 

[W]hen people talk about a favorable balance of trade, what is that term taken to mean? It’s taken to mean that we export more than we import. But from the point of view of our well-being that’s an unfavorable balance. That means we are sending out more goods and getting fewer in. Each of you in your private household would know better than that. You don’t regard it as a favorable balance when you have to send out more goods to get less coming in. . . .

[I]f you eliminate government from these matters you enable individuals to deal with one another. If you introduce protection, tariffs, restrictions on trade, they become matters for government-to-government wrangling and they are an enormous source of division. So in the name of both prosperity and world peace there are few steps that we could take which would contribute more than a complete move toward free trade.”

Comments

[Paul Emery]

Another Trump lie “You have to start by saying, I have the highest poll numbers of any Republican for the last 100 years,” Trump said. “We’re in the high 70s in many polls, in the real polls, and you see that."

https://www.dailyherald.com/20250331/nation-and-world-politics/trump-says-hes-considering-ways-to-serve-a-third-term-as-president/

[fish]

Posted by: Paul Raymond Emery | 31 March 2025 at 09:09 AM

You're obsessing Paul Raymond. Take two of the red striped yellow capsules and sit in a darkened, quiet room for a couple hours.

You'll be fine!

[scenes]

"If I were a climate scientist, I would be looking at this and realizing that a whole lot of people who might have otherwise I have been open to the message are thinking "I'm never going to listen to these assholes about climate change ever again." This is a huge own-goal."

https://x.com/WKCosmo/status/1906680998034555272

[Scott O]

scenes 9:51 - Gotta love the "anti-NAZI" sign.
How is Tesla or Musk a NAZI?
Do these people even understand what an actual NAZI is? Apparently these days it's just a word they use for some one they don't like.
Anyway - great dancing. If you have no idea of what you're protesting - just start dancing.

[Paul Emery]

fish

Is Trump telling the truth when he says that he has "the highest poll numbers of any Republican for the last 100 years,” ?

[scenes]

Here's what it's like arguing with the local 'progressives'. The only difference is that they vandalize George's blog instead of a car.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1906716865495228576

[fish]

Posted by: Paul Raymond Emery | 31 March 2025 at 10:37 AM

What do you care Paul Raymond…..? Whether he lies or not you’re stuck with him for another 3 1/2 years!

[Paul Emery]

fish

How do you justify supporting a President who is a delusional liar?

[Paul Emery]

fish

Definitional of delusional:

Delusional disorder is a mental health condition characterized by persistent, false beliefs (delusions) that are not based on reality. These delusions can significantly impact a person's life and relationships.

[fish]

Posted by: Paul Raymond Emery | 31 March 2025 at 12:51 PM

…..I don’t follow.

[fish]

Posted by: Paul Emery | 31 March 2025 at 12:48 PM

How do you justify supporting a President who is a delusional liar?

The same way that you supported the delusional liar Joseph "Mr. Integrity" Biden.

[Paul Emery]

So fish you admit you support Trump, a delusional liar, which is a form of mental illness.

[fish]

Posted by: Paul Raymond Emery | 31 March 2025 at 03:03 PM

Paul Raymond….you finally got your “gotcha” moment. Only took a little over a decade. Maybe you can go away now and stop wasting everyone’s time in the comment threads!

Time for your “Parade”!

[Gregory]

Punch, was Trump freely elected President and will be in office through January 2029?

Yes.

I've little doubt he has private polling that has him at 70% with a finely crafted question that splits just the right hairs.

[Gregory]

Biden Lied About Everything, Including Nuclear Risk,

During Ukraine Operation ... Sourced to tone-deaf "U.S. officials," a massive New York Times exposé reveals an unprecedented betrayal of American voters, but also Ukraine.

Matt Taibbi

Trump isnt the delusional one, you are.

[scenes]

re: Gregory@4:35PM and others.

Here's the NYT article referenced by Taibbi. Scroll down a bit.

https://archive.is/edNIT

What..a...mess. Thank your lucky stars that Trump won, regardless of what superdooper important poll number he uttered at some speech.

[Don Bessee]

Dowd is talking to you ya po ol ponytail of ignorance -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/liberal-new-york-times-columnist-offers-blunt-diagnosis-of-democrats-declares-party-is-in-a-coma/ar-AA1C1LFV?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=106d0e38fec345809135bc13e4c626d8&ei=71

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Look what they can do when they aren't spying on Catholics and consvatives -

Top Five takedowns: Kash Patel’s FBI hits the ground running with major early victories

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/top-five-takedowns-kash-patel-110041899.html

;-)

[Don Bessee]

WINNING -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admin-breaking-modern-presidential-staffing-records-hiring-thousands-of-america-first-warriors/ar-AA1C08vm?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=665276fc711c4b3299fce8430a1891bb&ei=57

;-)

[Don Bessee]

You have to wonder how much they were siphoning off the taxpayers?

"We started at the top of the system, mapping the whole system of Social Security to understand where all the fraud was," Gracias said, before turning his attention to the chart behind him. "But, this is what jumped out at us," he continued. "When we saw these numbers, we were like, ‘What is this?’"

Gracias was referring to the total number of noncitizens who received Social Security numbers between FY 2021 and FY 2025. The chart showed a steady year-over-year increase under Biden, reaching more than 2 million in FY 2024, which ended on Sept. 30.

FY23 saw roughly 1 million noncitizens issued Social Security numbers, as did FY25, which began in October and will end in September of this year.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/musk-shares-chart-millions-noncitizens-social-security-numbers-under-biden

;-)

[fish]

Yeah….15 minutes after his inauguration.

Moulton: I Should Have Called for Biden to Step Aside Sooner

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/03/31/moulton-i-should-have-called-for-biden-to-step-aside-sooner/

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

READ, WEEP, PRINT AND KEEP!

This should be on the front page of every newspaper.

Charley Reese's Final column!

A very interesting column. COMPLETELY NEUTRAL.
Be sure to Read the Poem at the end..

Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel... He has been a journalist for 49 years. He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN.

Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.

This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. The article below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican or democrat. Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, has hit the nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each one of us every day. It's a short but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!

545 vs. 300,000,000 People
-By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.. ( The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.)

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House?( John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. ) If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to. [The House has passed a budget but the Senate has not approved a budget in over three years. The President's proposed budgets have gotten almost unanimous rejections in the Senate in that time. ]

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.

If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ..

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.
Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses. Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees... We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

What you do with this article now that you have read it... is up to you.
This might be funny if it weren't so true.
Be sure to read all the way to the end:

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table,
At which he's fed.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for
peanuts anyway!

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid...

Put these words
Upon his tomb,
'Taxes drove me
to my doom...'

When he's gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Sales Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
I hope this goes around THE USA at least 545 times!!! YOU can help it get there!!!

GO AHEAD. . . BE AN AMERICAN!!!

SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW

[scenes]

Senator Leghorn on judges.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1906948011667698146

Obviously the whole deal needs to be forced through to the Supreme Court, but I wouldn't count on the results. They're all activists and giving up power runs contrary to human nature.

[Scott O]

BeerBelly 7:11 - Happy April Fools Day!

That stupid bit of drivel by Reese is a good example of the typical idiot American.

"Blame it on some one else!"

He is factually wrong about a lot and manages to twist what little truth there is into a load of bullshit.
Politicians do the voters' bidding.
Not all politicians are the same.
There are some Republican pols who would be glad to eliminate a lot of taxes, get rid of the debt and stop the inflation treadmill.
But Beerbelly and his kind would be the first to have those pols taken to jail if not executed.
I can tell you where to look for the problem, BeerBelly - it's in your mirror.

[Gregory]

" There are some Republican pols who would be glad to eliminate a lot of taxes, get rid of the debt and stop the inflation treadmill."

In an episode of Free to Choose, Uncle Milty recounts a story from the Civil War: Confederate dollar inflation was rampant... except when Union forces got close to the the press that made the notes... the Confederacy stopped printing for a week or so to move the money machine to a safer home.

Inflation stopped when the money machine stopped. Imagine that!

[Scott O]

Let's face it - Americans in general are addicted to debt. The idea of forgoing something you might want until you've saved up for it has become unknown to a good percentage of the population. The latest is some company called Klarna hooking up with DoorDash to turn your meal for the evening into 4 "easy payments".
Our fed govt has been handing out "goodies" to buy votes from the public using borrowed and printed money - not to mention our SS money they promised they would "invest". All my life this scam has been pointed out by some awfully lonely politicians who are regularly called "ultra-right crackpots".
On top of all of that we have the Green-eyed Monster of socialist class envy wherein the Dems constantly whisper into the ears of the poor and stupid that "the rich" have their money and if you vote for us, we'll take it from them. Bernie Sanders has made himself handsomely wealthy with millions and multiple homes from this con while none of the poor in his district seem to have benefited one bit.
Yet he is wildly popular with the Dem Goobers.
No one ever forced a single person to vote for him.

[Don Bessee]

Winning!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-s-arab-allies-join-rare-air-exercises-with-israelis/ar-AA1C3wu6?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=ec8d4f4fe5524704a86f0d795627fd9b&ei=121

;-)

[Don Bessee]

More winning -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/fox-news-channel-makes-history-with-highest-rated-quarter-in-history-among-weekday-viewers/ar-AA1C6hVM?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=de1afac44ffc40a4bea1e044f4e0a4f7&ei=157

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-state-senator-wins-florida-special-election-extends-gop-house-majority

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-desantis-official-defeats-dem-matt-gaetzs-house-seat

;-)

[Don Bessee]

You have to wonder if they are a relative of a dem legislator?-

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a month for website changes before canceling the contract and having an internal staffer take over, according to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

While combing through loads and loads of data, DOGE discovered a previous contract by the VA for its website maintenance.

"Good work by @DeptVetAffairs," DOGE said in a post on X on Wednesday. "VA was previously paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications. That contract has not been renewed, and the same work is now being executed by 1 internal VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/doge-uncovers-va-s-agreement-to-pay-380k-per-month-for-minor-website-modifications/ar-AA1CbCoM?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f8b55673d91a4055a0eca82e9a672de8&ei=70

;-)

[Don Bessee]

And they wonder why no one wants to build apartments in cali which drives prices up and by extension homelessness -

Building multifamily housing in California is more than twice as expensive as it is in Texas, with much of the difference driven by state and local policies that contribute to long permitting and construction timelines, and higher local development fees, according to a new RAND report based on cost information from more than 100 completed apartment projects.

The high cost of housing and its associated effect on homelessness is a defining policy issue in California.

The cost of building multifamily housing is 2.3 times higher in California than in Texas and 1.5 times higher than in Colorado, the states examined by researchers.

The time to bring a project to completion in California is more than 22 months longer than the average time required in Texas. Municipal impact and development fees average $29,000 per unit in California, compared to less than $1,000 per unit on average in Texas and $12,000 per unit in Colorado.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/cost-to-build-multifamily-housing-in-california-more-than-twice-as-high-as-in-texas-report-finds/ar-AA1C8Rec?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=69981fc576cb45c3b7c9a085980cce82&ei=91

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Does anyone remember how many of creepy grampa joes voters would have voted differently if they know about the crack heads lap top being real. GO KASH AND DAN. The depolarization of the FBI has resulted in a record number of qualified job applications -

The FBI had been in possession of the abandoned MacBook Pro for 10 months by that stage, after computer repair shop owner John Paul Mac Isaac handed it over and warned of the potential crimes and national security concerns he had found.

The FBI’s forensic analysts quickly determined the laptop belonged to Hunter, had not been tampered with or altered in any way, and was suitable to be used in court.

Sure enough, four years later, evidence on the laptop was cited in tax fraud charges to which Joe Biden’s son pleaded guilty, and the device was displayed to the Delaware jury that found Hunter guilty of gun felonies.

Say ‘no comment’

Yet the chat logs show that senior FBI officials instructed agents to say “no comment” when asked about the laptop during regular meetings with social media companies before the 2020 election.

The FBI had spent weeks warning Facebook and Twitter about election interference in the form of Russian disinformation and had told Twitter to be on guard for a “hack and leak” operation “likely” involving Hunter Biden.

In other words, the FBI “prebunked” The Post’s story so that the social media companies immediately censored it.

The FBI knew The Post had ­received a hard-drive copy of the laptop from Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani because it had a covert surveillance warrant on the former mayor’s iCloud.

On Oct. 14, 2020, the morning the story was published, an FBI analyst confirmed to Twitter that the laptop was real but his bosses then “admonished” him and lamented in one message that “he won’t shut up.”

Another message shows that an FBI attorney slapped a “gag ­order” on any discussion of the laptop.

“Please do not discuss Biden matter,” the lawyer tells one FBI employee whose name is ­re­dacted.

The attorney from the FBI’s Office of Counsel is believed to have worked under former FBI general counsel James Baker, who was conveniently parachuted into Twitter (now X) six months before the election.

According to the Twitter files, Baker played a crucial role in censoring The Post.

FBI Agent Elvis Chan at one point in the chat asked a colleague: “Actually, what kind of case is the laptop thing? Corruption? Campaign financing?”

The response is: “CLOSE HOLD.”

“Oh crap,” says Chan.

“OK. It ends here.”

“Need to talk,” replies the attorney.

“[REDACTED] messed up. We cannot comment.”

Laura Dehmlow, head of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, messages her boss, Section Chief Bradley Benavides, that day: “You guys are tracking the coverage of the laptop right?”

“Indeed,” he replies.

“I would love to know if a copy exists, and was it provided to anyone.”

(Benavides was involved in an earlier FBI effort to interfere with a Senate investigation into Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson say Benavides and another agent ambushed them with a “bogus” defensive briefing in August 2020, at the behest of congressional Democrats. The fact they were briefed was immediately leaked to The Washington Post, hampering their investigation.)

‘Not fully aware’

In the chat log, James Dennehy, boss of the Intelligence and Surveillance Division of the FBI’s New York Field Office, messaged Dehmlow, “I know [redacted] briefed you this morning on our NY Post matter. I intend on briefing [redacted] after this election security [secure video teleconference] which is ongoing now.

“I’m doing so because Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office William] Sweeney called John Brown [assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division] this morning and got the impression he was not fully aware of this matter.”

The deliberate silence of FBI senior managers allowed the false narrative to take hold that the laptop was Russian disinformation, and helped presidential candidate Joe Biden skate free of evidence in his son’s laptop that Joe had lied during the campaign when he repeatedly insisted he knew nothing about Hunter’s overseas business dealings.

That lie over the years of his presidency evolved into “was not involved” in Hunter’s business deals and then “did not profit.”

The FBI coverup was not the only undeserved gift the addled and corrupt former VP received to help him to win the presidency from Trump, and even run for a second term at 81.

The same Washington press corps that ignored the laptop also turned a blind eye to Joe Biden’s obvious cognitive deficiencies, benignly accepted his unusual unavailability, and actively helped the White House hide his decline.

They said nothing when this newspaper was frozen out and accused of peddling “cheap fakes” for truthfully reporting on Joe Biden’s state for four years.

Now the White House press is laughably giving itself awards for its “aggressive reporting” on Joe Biden’s descent into senility.

Reporters who showed zero curiosity about the state of the president’s brain now are cashing in by writing tell-all books on the ­scandal.

One of the upcoming books, “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,” recounts a donors’ reception hosted by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy in June 2024, when Biden needed florescent tape stuck to the carpet to show him where to walk. Joe also spoke “haltingly” and needed a teleprompter for what were supposed to be unscripted remarks.

Hiding signs of aging

The book reveals that the White House took “extensive steps to cover up the signs of Biden’s aging and contingency planning if Biden chose to step aside or even died in office,” The Hill reported.

‘Not fully aware’

In the chat log, James Dennehy, boss of the Intelligence and Surveillance Division of the FBI’s New York Field Office, messaged Dehmlow, “I know [redacted] briefed you this morning on our NY Post matter. I intend on briefing [redacted] after this election security [secure video teleconference] which is ongoing now.

“I’m doing so because Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office William] Sweeney called John Brown [assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division] this morning and got the impression he was not fully aware of this matter.”

The deliberate silence of FBI senior managers allowed the false narrative to take hold that the laptop was Russian disinformation, and helped presidential candidate Joe Biden skate free of evidence in his son’s laptop that Joe had lied during the campaign when he repeatedly insisted he knew nothing about Hunter’s overseas business dealings.

That lie over the years of his presidency evolved into “was not involved” in Hunter’s business deals and then “did not profit.”

The FBI coverup was not the only undeserved gift the addled and corrupt former VP received to help him to win the presidency from Trump, and even run for a second term at 81.

The same Washington press corps that ignored the laptop also turned a blind eye to Joe Biden’s obvious cognitive deficiencies, benignly accepted his unusual unavailability, and actively helped the White House hide his decline.

They said nothing when this newspaper was frozen out and accused of peddling “cheap fakes” for truthfully reporting on Joe Biden’s state for four years.

Now the White House press is laughably giving itself awards for its “aggressive reporting” on Joe Biden’s descent into senility.

Reporters who showed zero curiosity about the state of the president’s brain now are cashing in by writing tell-all books on the ­scandal.

One of the upcoming books, “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,” recounts a donors’ reception hosted by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy in June 2024, when Biden needed florescent tape stuck to the carpet to show him where to walk. Joe also spoke “haltingly” and needed a teleprompter for what were supposed to be unscripted remarks.

The book reveals that the White House took “extensive steps to cover up the signs of Biden’s aging and contingency planning if Biden chose to step aside or even died in office,” The Hill reported.

At the G7 summit in Italy before his disastrous debate performance, a makeup artist was employed to “cover up the physical signs of Biden’s aging . . . Biden consistently made these makeup appointments, but he sometimes canceled the briefings that were to follow.”

In another book, “Uncharted,” Ron Klain, a longtime Biden aide, is reported saying that Biden was “out of it” during debate prep and seemed to think he was president of NATO.

A few weeks later, Klain lied to CNN: “The idea that somehow people weren’t transparent about the state of his health and the state of his acuity I think is belied by the fact that the president does events all the time.”

A lot of people lied about Biden — although never quite as much as Biden lied about himself.

Now the media pretend it didn’t really matter, that it’s just a quirk of history to be gossiped about.

But you only have to read the latest leaked accounts of how close we were to nuclear Armageddon in the Ukraine war to see how dangerous the coverup was.

A demented commander in chief flirting with World War III was a story that needed to be told, but instead, leftist propaganda media pretended that “honest Joe” was “sharp as a tack,” and would never pardon Hunter.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/miranda-devine-new-fbi-chat-logs-reveal-extraordinary-gag-order-senior-leadership-used-to-shutdown-any-hunter-biden-laptop-discussion/ar-AA1Cc5xw?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7acb2963678b4e039d64990eb5438998&ei=21

;-)

[Paul Emery]

I suggest all of you Trumpers read this analysis of Trumps economic moves in the Conservative Wall Street Journal. You'll find out why they claim that:

"The overall economic impact of Mr. Trump’s tariff barrage is unknowable — not least because we don’t know how countries will react. If countries try to negotiate with the U.S. to reduce tariffs, the damage could be milder. But if the response is widespread retaliation, the result could be shrinking world trade and slower growth, recession, or worse."

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-liberation-day-tariffs-protectionism-82d0aa3a?mod=hp_opin_pos_1

[Gregory]

There is *no* "Conservative Wall Street Journal", Punch. You know this.

[fish]

Posted by: Paul Raymond Emery | 03 April 2025 at 02:07 PM

I suggest all of you Trumpers read this analysis of Trumps economic moves in the Conservative Wall Street Journal. You'll find out why they claim that....

20 years ago Warren Buffett suggested pretty much the exact thing Trump is attempting now. His concern was....and it's a good one...that doing what we've been doing for the past 50 or so years was in his words, "selling the country out from underneath us"!

But by all means you keep posting links that you haven't read and likely wouldn't understand if you had.

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

Poor Bessee, he forgot to mention Rudy,Rudy,Rudy. How did Rudy get the "radioactive laptop that vindicates All Republicans of anything and everything" Lol

Trump is still obsessed with the Laptop, therefor lapdog Bessee must also be obsessed.

"On Oct. 14, 2020, The New York Post published a story headline that read, "Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad."

The Post reported that Rudy Giuliani, the personal attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump (who is running against Joe Biden), gave them a "copy" of Hunter Biden's laptop drive on Oct. 11, 2020. The newspaper was first alerted to its existence by Steve Bannon, a former Trump aide and former Breitbart News executive."

https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/10/15/hunter-biden-laptop-giuliani/

[Paul Emery]

Gregory

The Wall Street Journal is the news source George Rebane recommended I subscribe to (which I did) to get a conservative view on the news.

[Paul Emery]

Gregory

Why do you think it is that Russia and North Korea are not paying any tarrifs under Trumps plan? They are virtually the only countries not paying anything.

Gregory

Why do you think it is that Russia and North Korea are not paying any tarrifs under Trumps plan?

[Gregory]

A conservative view on the news is one thing but your citation of a "Conservative Wall Street Journal" is yet another.

Perhaps you could instead mention a conservative Wall Street Journal to avoid the invention of a different newspaper entirely.

[Paul Emery]

Doubled up on it for emphasis.

[Gregory]

Your "emphasis" invented something that wasn't true.

[Paul Emery]

Gregory

Are you saying that Russia is paying tariffs to us?

[Gregory]

No, I'm saying there is no "Conservative Wall Street Journal" and I wish you'd stop inventing one.

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

These are not the insider traders you are looking for...because they are doing it to Make America Greedy Again

It's Interesting How Truth Social Moved to Sell Stock Right Before Trump's Tariffs Were Announced

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/interesting-truth-social-moved-sell-184740434.html

[fish]

Posted by: Link Hogthrob | 03 April 2025 at 05:53 PM

Two words for you: Nancy Pelosi

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

Don your garlic garlands MAGAloons,The Atlantic is coming for ya. Lol
Dumbshits

https://www.theatlantic.com/author/tom-nichols/?utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20250403&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=The+Atlantic+Daily

[Don Bessee]

Who knew botox nancy agrees with the tariffs -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/03/watch-nancy-pelosi-in-1996-assails-u-s-free-trade-with-china-is-this-reciprocal/

;-)

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

Trump’s trade war on reality 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/03/trump-tariff-fantasy-nostalgia/

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

Your asshole leader is an idiot Don.

Trump's highest tariff will kill tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, economist says -

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trump-slaps-tiny-african-kingdom-lesotho-with-highest-tariff-all-2025-04-03/

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

The Republicans talk tough but they are girlie men for Trump

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/i-make-them-uncomfortable

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

Here you go Looney tunes,

More Penguins Than People: Trump Imposes Tariffs on Remote Islands

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/business/economy/trump-tariffs-heard-mcdonald-islands.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E4.ffGs.P9rtFIaaf1cl&smid=nytcore-android-share

[Don Bessee]

Antifas new red guard is alive and well in davis -

https://www.foxnews.com/us/turning-point-usa-student-group-attacked-california-university-campus-what-mostly-peaceful-looks-like

;-)

[Gregory]

Looks like Jeffie's narcissistic rage is reappearing...

[scenes]

"More Penguins Than People: Trump Imposes Tariffs on Remote Islands"

The argument for this is that a)they are part of a real country and b)the real country would simply transship through the island.

Probably too complicated a concept though.

In the interest of full coverage of current politics.

"A 1996 video resurfaces of Nancy Pelosi discussing tariffs and the trade deficit with China."
https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/1907875133638705646

"1996: Chuck Schumer explains “the number one reason" illegals come to the US is so they can defraud programs like Social Security — and wants to stop it."
https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1907902248933535951

I guess that Team Blue thinking has evolved.

[fish]

Posted by: scenes | 04 April 2025 at 09:41 AM

I guess that Team Blue thinking has evolved.

"Never let a crisis (That you yourself have created) go to waste!"

[George Boardman]

Welcome to the latest installment of Trump in Blunderland, aka, Liberation Day, where tariffs aren't taxes and they will help balance the budget.

Don't like what Trump's Walmart stock market--low prices every day--is doing to your 401(k). Buck up, boys, we're at war.

Looney Tunes

[Gregory]

Bored Georgeman, welcome back.

Checking, my 401k is holding in there.

We purchased a new car on Sunday, made in Japan (the folks who brought us Pearl Harbor). Bygones be bygones.

[George Rebane]

'These are the times that try men's souls.'

[Gregory]

The car is a Subaru, and while Subaru has factories in the USA, 100% of the Foresters they make are not made here.

We really, really like the car.

Sorry, Jeff, they don't make them in your size.

[fish]

'These are the times that try men's souls.'

I'm guessing that everyone here will eat three times (more perhaps for others) today, have adequate shelter, hot water, electricity, cable TV (or some variation thereof) and internet/phone services.

I don't believe that anyone here can be described as 'suffering" given the events of this week at all. I hear a lot of whining from the usual suspects as well as the standard grade idiocy from our local street busker/serial Leonard Cohen botherer but nothing that in any historical context that could be remotely considered as suffering or having one's "soul try(ied)".

We let it get to this point. We might as well put up with the consequences of our poor political and economic decisions.

[fish]

I'm sure that every time the progressive intelligentsia thinks that conditions are such that they could start thinking about giving "The Tangerine Tornado" the bums rush The Hill prints an article like this....

Kamala Waiting In the Wings?

...and they go back to "Aw shucking" and scuffing the dirt while staring at their feet.

Surely you morons have someone better waiting in the wings than that?!?!

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5231855-kamala-harris-california-summit/mlite/

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

Trump thanks his staff for hoarding enough plastic eggs for the White House Easter "Egg" hunt.

When will the US iPhone manufacturing plant be opening up?

Still waiting for Trump to cut energy and gas prices by 50%

I guess I will have to wait until summer for my heating bill go lower.

MAGA! ROTFLMAO

[Gregory]

So, Jeff/Resurrected Hillbilly, you think the President sets prices?

That explains a lot.

"Don't panic!"
-cover of the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

[fish]

Gavin Newsom wants California exempted from foreign tariffs. Can he do that?

Gavin Newsom really wants California exempted from foreign tariffs to be president. Can he do that?

I'm guessing ....no! He probably can't do that.

Local sacfishwrap.com....ask for it by name!

[fish]

Uh oh! Trouble in Progressive Paradise....,.

POLL: AOC leads Schumer in primary matchup -- by double digits...

I imagine "Goofy Toofys" will be taken to the woodshed in time for Chuck to eke out another victory and so continue to destroy the nation!

Maybe they can hold a barbecue to celebrate..... we can only hope that Chuck has learned to put the cheese on the already gilled side of the burger this time!

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/schumer-aoc-poll-primary-new-york-030621

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

wow, sardine, your long term memory shot?

Trump said he would slash prices in order to get your vote.

You forgot already.

Explains a lot.

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

Anyone, Anyone???

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2E2vngU/

[Don Bessee]

HAHA -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/oil-prices-drop-to-lowest-levels-in-three-years/ar-AA1Cj811?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=2d16bdcbf6e647af95d96dfededdf554&ei=47

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-celebrates-a-major-win-as-jobs-report-blows-economists-expectations-out-of-the-water/ar-AA1CiXOW?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=2d16bdcbf6e647af95d96dfededdf554&ei=21

Democrats should be cheering President Donald Trump as he approaches a record set by the 42nd president, Bill Clinton, but don't hold your breath.

Just the News reported Wednesday that Trump -- through the work of the Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk -- has cut so many federal jobs, the administration could break the record number of cuts set by Clinton during his eight years in the Oval Office.

The Trump administration is set to surpass, after just a few months, what the Clinton administration did in two terms.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-nears-record-held-by-democrats-golden-boy-but-you-won-t-hear-any-of-them-cheering/ar-AA1Cjv24?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=2d16bdcbf6e647af95d96dfededdf554&ei=56

;-)

[Paul Emery]

Trump is on his way to a record that will never be surpassed and that's crashing the economy twice. He had to be elected out of office in order to return and do it a second time. It took Biden to get things moving again in order to for Trump to have something to smash. Actually that three times in recent years that has happened. First Bush, then restored by Obama then Trump, restored by Biden and now Trump doing it a second time. Actually you can add Bush to the epic by destroying the strong economy that Clinton left,

[Don Bessee]

Hey folks lets have a big one handed claping for the po ol ponytail of ignorance's comic stylings with large dose of TDS.

;-)

[Paul Emery]

So Don are you still a Trump supporter?

[Scott O]

"It took Biden to get things moving again"

The economy has been tanking for over a year, Paul.
The sugar high was wearing off and everyone had run their tab to the end.
Business failures and layoffs have been mounting but the Biden admin kept lying about it.
It's going to get ugly and then the Dems might get back into power to try their old tricks and then ugly will start to look like the good old days.
Of course there's always the chance of a good old war to bail us out except it doesn't work like that anymore.

[Paul Emery]

Direct quote from Trump "

In August 2024, then-candidate former President Donald Trump delivered a press conference surrounded by packaged foods, meats, produce, condiments, milk and eggs and said:

“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One,”

Why hasn't this happened Don and Scenes?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/economy/trump-inflation-price-promises/index.html

[Paul Emery]

Scott

Was the economy when Biden became President better or worse than the one he left Trump this year?

[fish]

Posted by: Paul Raymond Emery | 04 April 2025 at 07:21 PM

Why didn’t you guys win the last election Paul Raymond?

[Don Bessee]

So another instance of the ponytail of ignorance not reading links that spoke to the dropping prices and the cheaper oil will help cut down distribution costs but
who on the left bothers with those pesky facts? Certainly not the po ol ponytail of ignorance. Just a putin party parrot.

;-)

[Paul Emery]

So Don do you believe the economy has improved since Trump became President the second time?

[Don Bessee]

Still winning -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-s-art-of-the-deal-tariff-strategy-working-countries-want-to-cut-to-zero/ar-AA1CjLoI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=91a30a9127b94167aebda532df2e0833&ei=92

Go read the links ya po ol ponytail of ignorance!

;-)

[Scott O]

Paul - The Biden admin ran the economy down while piling up near record debt. They flooded the country with millions of illegals that have and will cost us hundreds of billions. They left a mess.
I doubt our nation has the will to balance the budget and start paying off the debt.

[Don Bessee]

I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I SAY, NOT -

(The Center Square) - California did not materially comply with the requirements for seven of the 22 federal programs the state auditor examined, including “pervasive” noncompliance in its unemployment benefits program, which could put essential federal funding at risk.

“This report concludes that the State did not materially comply with certain requirements for seven of the 22 federal programs or clusters of programs (federal programs) MGO audited, including one program for which the noncompliance was pervasive,” wrote Deputy State Auditor Linus Li. “Additionally, although MGO concluded that the State materially complied with requirements for the remaining federal programs it audited, the State continues to experience certain deficiencies in its accounting and administrative practices that affect its internal controls over compliance with federal requirements.”

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Here is another link the po ol ponytail of ignorance wont read -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-tariff-plan-is-a-genius-move-ric-grenell/vi-AA1CjF5J?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=91a30a9127b94167aebda532df2e0833&ei=134

;-)

[Don Bessee]

And another -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/wilbur-ross-the-eu-can-t-afford-a-big-trade-war-with-us/vi-AA1C69L2?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=91a30a9127b94167aebda532df2e0833&ei=162

;-)

[Paul Emery]

Scott

Don, didn't Trump run up nearly 8 trillion in debt during his 4 years as President?

Here's some detals:

"The national debt has risen by almost $7.8 trillion during Trump’s time in office. That’s nearly twice as much as what Americans owe on student loans, car loans, credit cards and every other type of debt other than mortgages, combined, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It amounts to about $23,500 in new federal debt for every person in the country."

https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump

[Don Bessee]

ROFLOL @903

;-)

[Scott O]

Paul 9:03 - I've explained this to you several times and you apparently have zero capacity to understand reality.
You hate Trump - beyond that, you have nothing.

[Don Bessee]

For the crack newsman aka the ponytail of ignorance -

This Republican media mastery reflects a sophisticated understanding of our fractured attention economy. Trump, regardless of one’s opinion of him, demonstrates an intuitive grasp of narrative control through this relentless cadence of headlines. The approach prevents any single controversy from gaining critical mass while ensuring his administration retains the initiative in shaping public discourse.

Democrats, meanwhile, cling to tactics better suited to an earlier political era. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) recently acknowledged this weakness when he admitted to New York Times’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro that the Democrats “neglected how the social media has become so much more important” — a stunning confession of digital mishap from one of the party’s most powerful figures.

According to Schumer, Senate Democrats put Booker and Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in charge of social. That is some irony, because Booker’s marathon speech demonstrated the outdated approach of Democrats — a strategy from when extended floor speeches might dominate news coverage for days. In today’s digital media landscape, even the most impassioned oratory becomes yesterday’s news before the speaker has returned to their office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-booker-s-record-breaking-speech-proves-democrats-are-stuck-in-the-past/ar-AA1CjD52?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=3ada4879c6f84d83a07192fc1f7d75d0&ei=73

;-)

[Don Bessee]

For the sake of piling on -

In general, Democrats have a “Democrats have a problem” problem.

This is to be expected from a party suffering through a “major brand problem” and a “major image problem,” and whose favorability ratings have plunged to new lows, in part thanks to its “smug problem” and “media and communications problem.”

“Over the last decade, the Democratic Party has had a working-class voter problem,” Representative Brendan Boyle, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, told Politico last week. “It started out as a white working-class voter problem,” Boyle said. “And it has, as I’ve long feared, spread. It is not just a white working-class issue. It has now spread to the Latino working class and African American working class.”

So many problems! Where to begin? Perhaps last November. Since their election wipeout, Democrats have been engaged in—and subjected to—a free-for-all of problem-naming. It’s hard to know whom to believe, if anyone, about what the party’s biggest problem is—which itself is a problem (see the aforementioned “trust problem,” as well as the “credibility problem” and the “authenticity problem”).

It can also be hard to keep track of all the problems. New interpretations and analyses are constantly being circulated (and regurgitated). Fresh polls and focus groups attempt to quantify the various problems, which include the party’s perception problem, Gen Z and young-bro problems, working-class and plutocrat problems, man problems, woman problems, and transgender problems.

Here’s another problem: Problems are tedious. Talk about them endlessly, and people will start to avoid you at parties. It can foster self-loathing—and exacerbate the Democrats’ preexisting “big problem with its own voters.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/democrats-have-a-problem/ar-AA1Cic72?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=3ada4879c6f84d83a07192fc1f7d75d0&ei=117

;-)

[fish]

Don, didn't Trump run up nearly 8 trillion in debt during his 4 years as President?

Yeah….almost as much as President Brainstem did! But I do so often forget that debt run up by democrats doesn’t need to be accounted for because it’s the “right people” doing the money wasting.

#senile

[Don Bessee]

Lets hope so -

Senate Republicans are looking to scrap a Biden-era rule that essentially allows Democrat-run California to impose an electric vehicle (EV) mandate across the United States.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) proposed a resolution on Friday that would repeal California’s “Advanced Clean Cars II,” which Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed off on weeks before Trump’s second term, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. The rule would ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles in California and 11 other states by 2035.

https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/04/05/report-senate-republicans-look-to-axe-california-ev-mandate/

;-)

[scenes]

"Yeah….almost as much as President Brainstem did! "

Oh well, they're both just surfers riding the wave. Biden will be as famous as Gerald Ford soon enough.

I think the real outcome from the current political situation will be generational. If you check out the astroturf anti-Trump sign wavers, they're surprisingly old. Evidently there's an entire cohort of the ageing who like them their men-in-dresses, bureaucracy, unlimited immigration just fine. Maybe it's the last hurrah of the post-menopausal in politics.

Whether Trump is able to skooch a bit of producing things of value back to the US remains to be seen. They have to act fast because the countervailing forces are amping up as we speak. Whether it's more fun to be a bar musician than it is to put transmissions together on a line depends on the person, although you can expect there to be an uproar as more girl-jobs disappear. The alternative will be to borrow more and more money to keep county government as the largest local employer. The increasingly childless electorate will act in it's own best interest so there is that.

To be fair, we probably should have more of those non-organic 'Town Halls' just to let the old ladies exercise their voice volume, it keeps them off the street and in a safe venue. Dying small towns need activities for the elderly.

[fish]

Posted by: scenes | 06 April 2025 at 07:43 AM

"Yeah….almost as much as President Brainstem did! "

Oh well, they're both just surfers riding the wave. Biden will be as famous as Gerald Ford soon enough.

Always attempting to see if there is even a whit of critical thought inhabiting that soft addled head of his. I'm guessing not and had Hillary managed to keep the train of recent history on the preferred track (for certain groups) there wouldn't have been a peep about debt and deficit spending from Paul Raymond.

I get it I suppose....from his perspective, "just keep this party going as it has been until I check out"! If so he will have had about as good a life as he could have achieved given his abilities. No biological descendants to stick with the bill when he "Dine and Dashes" dirty hippy style out of this life! It's all good!

[Paul Emery]

Those words from fish are a joke considering he is an avid Trump supporter whose policies have nearly crashed the stock market. Fish has affirmed that he is a solid supporter of Trumps tariff plans that have got us to where we are today.

"Stock market turmoil deepened on Friday, as China hit back at tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, raising the likelihood of an extended trade war and damage to the global economy.
All three major stock indexes in the US plunged more than 5%, with the S&P 500 dropping almost 6%, capping the worst week for the US stock market since 2020.

Trump, who has vowed to remake the global trade order, dismissed concerns about the market shock, noting that the US labor market is strong. "

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx26v8x24w1o

[Don Bessee]

Too bad for the po ol ponytail of ignorance and his ilk that the people like what he is doing -

President Donald Trump’s job approval rating rose four points during Tariff Week, from 49 percent to 53 percent.

Since March 7, Trump’s job approval from young voters between 18 and 29 jumped 13 points.

Among Independents and Democrats, Trump enjoyed a six-point increase.

Most telling, support from black voters jumped 17 points in a single week.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/06/nolte-media-fail-trump-job-approval-rises-4-points-to-53/

;-)

[fish]

Posted by: Paul Raymond Emery | 06 April 2025 at 12:51 PM

I’ll take your non-rebuttal rebuttal as confirmation that when democrats waste trillions and push the debt into the stratosphere you don’t mind.

[Don Bessee]

Do tell -

Left-wing movie director Oliver Stone rips Democrats’ ‘lying’ Russiagate probe against Trump
Stone: "I hate what they did with Russiagate, I really do"

Left-wing movie director Oliver Stone slammed Democrats for weaponizing federal law enforcement and "lying" in their attempts to charge the president with Russian collusion during the 2016 election.

Stone, meanwhile, applauded President Donald Trump for taking steps to find out what really happened, adding that he is "absolutely" right that the federal government has been weaponized to attack political opponents.

"Russiagate – we paid for it," Stone said. "I applaud [what Trump is doing], and I hate what they did with Russiagate, I really do. I think it's – again, the lying, the lying, the lying, and selling that to the American people."

When asked if he felt Trump was right about there being weaponization of the federal government against conservatives, Stone responded: "There was."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/left-wing-movie-director-oliver-stone-rips-democrats-lying-russiagate-probe-against-trump

;-)

[Gregory]

Punchy just punches the other side.

His side is united by the hate they share for folks like you.

[Paul Emery]

So Gregory do you support Trumps tariff moves of the past week-yes or no.

[Gregory]

Yes or no?

Can't do that, Punch. If countries come back like a number have already, to negotiate, then it may well be a positive move in the end.

[Paul Emery]

Here's the latest news Gregory

"Dow futures fall 1,500 points Sunday as Trump tariff market rout escalates: Live updates"

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/06/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

[Gregory]

Yes, I read too, and cnbc isn't an arbiter of truth here.

I'd expect any story you'd post is designed to herd the masses.