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Imari
If I was Lula I'd be making sure that everyone knows that my mental health is tip top and that I have absolutely no intention of shooting myself twice in the back of the head.
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I mean, Trump is essentially pushing Brazil to be closer to China. I don't think he realizes he doesn't have much leverage.
 
www.bbc.co.uk

Liberia: Six things Donald Trump should know after he praised Joseph Boakai's 'good English'

Liberia was founded by freed slaves and the country has long-standing historical ties with the US.
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the naked gun facepalm GIF
 
Famine
Imagine thinking that he only needs to know six additional things. He barely knows six things in total.
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That's all that might fit. And I say "might". Six is a large number.

Remember this is the guy who has embarked on a war against EVs while saying he wants manufacturing jobs to come back to America, he wants lower cost of energy, he wants energy independence, he wants AI dominance and he wants to reduce dependence on China.

EVs drive battery demand, high volumes drive costs down, batteries are key to unlocking the lowest cost energy on the planet while displacing the need to import foreign fuels, AI needs lots of energy, plans for battery factories are being shelved (due to his stupidity) and we will end up buying even more batteries from China.

The most complex thought he has ever had is "rich people got richer when tariffs". (Yep, six words).
 
Danoff
The longer I spend reading about the birthright citizenship case decision the more I think it's not at all the problem everyone is making it out to be. People have gone through Sotomayor's dissent and pulled choice quotes from it. It seems like Sotomayor is making a big deal out of the role that lower courts played in protecting us all. And she makes a fine point about quickly getting nationwide relief from bad actions at the executive level, but it's the headlines say things like "no one is safe - sotomayor" implying that what's really happened is that there is no birthright citizenship in the US anymore and Trump could deport you tomorrow. That's not what's happening, but left leaning news rags are having a field day getting people scared right now.

Sotomayor's dissent seems totally overly alarmist given that protections against EOs still exist for individuals and at the national level through the supreme court. I've seen some legal analysis that suggest that nationwide injunctions from lower courts are still totally possible, and even for this specific case, in light of the majority opinion. How can that be? I'm not sure, but people who understand the workings of nationwide injunctions from lower courts better than I do seem to think so. What Sotomajor's dissent really seems to be crying havoc about is that it gives Trump a little more room to play, and that's a fair point. But it's not the sky is falling moment for birthright citizenship. And news organizations that are trying to make that connection are absolutely trashing their credibility.

This is reminding me of the 303 Creative opinion in which everyone was convinced (by the news and Sotomajor) that because an artist couldn't be compelled to make certain kinds of art on a cake, that people were going to be refused service at restaurants and grocery stores on the basis of bigotry. I tried to convince everyone that despite the scary headlines that's not what the ruling said. I was met with a lot of skepticism. This feels like that. The news is pretending that birthright citizenship is gone. It's not true.

I wish Sotomajor had used that level of fury when she was asked to find that Trump was ineligible for the presidency based on insurrection. Where was she then? Concurring with all of the other justices in saying that the constitution somehow doesn't forbid Trump from running, despite the plain language. I can't see her as anything other than a hypocrite for stumping so hard on this case while not standing up for the constitution in that one. She felt that this excerpt, straight from the constitution, did not bar Trump from office:



How can you look at that and say the supreme court has no role in preventing him from taking office? How can you just erase this section of the Constitution? Where were you that day Sonia?
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Yup, another nationwide ban on the birthright citizenship EO.

 
Tripped over a tariff explanation on Reddit...

"Yesterday I spent $100 at the grocery store. They didn't buy anything from me, so l'm running a $100 trade deficit with them. Unfair! So l'm imposing a 50% tariff on them. Tomorrow my groceries will cost me $150.
ART OF THE DEAL!"

It's almost as if tariffs were, maybe, "import taxes"? No?

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Leaked emails, texts reveal DOJ’s plans to fabricate evidence against Abrego Garcia​

The whistleblower, Erez Reuveni, was fired from his position as a deputy director at the Department of Justice (DOJ) after he told a district judge that Abrego Garcia’s deportation was a mistake due to an “administrative error.” The emails corroborate Reuveni’s claims that his boss, Emil Bove, told those working on the case that they would need to “say **** you to the courts” in order to implement Trump’s immigration enforcement plan.
While preparing for the case, Reuveni sought guidance from his superiors on what claims he could make based on DOJ evidence. He was instructed to tell the judge that Abrego Garcia was a “verified member” of the gang MS-13, and that he wasn’t in any immediate danger while detained at the Salvadoran mega-prison, CECOT, although the DOJ had no evidence to support either claim. Reuveni was also warned not to verbally mention that the deportation was a mistake, as the admission was buried at the bottom of a previous court filing.
Reuveni, a 15-year employee of the DOJ who received three special commendation awards during Trump’s first term, becomes noticeably disillusioned as the correspondence progresses. He’d been promoted to his role as deputy director only weeks before being fired for going against Bove’s orders to lie to the judge and provide an honest assessment of the government’s mishandling of Abrego Garcia’s case.
One month after firing Reuveni, Trump nominated Bove for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge.
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www.beltway.news

Leaked emails, texts reveal DOJ’s plans to fabricate evidence against Abrego Garcia

Messages reveal the DOJ told those working on the case they would need to “say **** you to the courts” that got in the way of Trump’s immigration enforcement plan.
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McLaren

Leaked emails, texts reveal DOJ’s plans to fabricate evidence against Abrego Garcia​


www.beltway.news

Leaked emails, texts reveal DOJ’s plans to fabricate evidence against Abrego Garcia

Messages reveal the DOJ told those working on the case they would need to “say **** you to the courts” that got in the way of Trump’s immigration enforcement plan.
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Reminder that in 2019 an immigration "judge" (immigration judges are judges in name only and lack the power to issue a judicial warrant; they're administrative functionaries), despite "evidence" (like the statement of a confidential informant submitted by a detective that was at the time suspended and later removed for giving privileged information to a prostitute in exchange for the prostitute's, erm, services) that he was a criminal gang member, granted Kilmar Abrego Garcia's request for protection status and ordered that he not be deported (as in actual real deportation, which is to say simple removal from one country to walk free in another). A "judge" serving at the behest of and subject to removal by the Trump DOJ granted that status and the Trump DOJ did not contest it because his continued residence in the United States was not considered a threat to others. Everything now is because the nativist vermin got pushback on their desire for shock and awe by renditioning Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison ostensibly (but clearly not in practice) for terrorists.
 
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TexRex
Reminder that in 2019 an immigration "judge" (immigration judges are judges in name only and lack the power to issue a judicial warrant; they're administrative functionaries) determined that, despite "evidence" (like the statement of a confidential informant submitted by a detective that was at the time suspended and later removed for giving privileged information to a prostitute in exchange for the prostitute's, erm, services) that he was a criminal gang member, granted Kilmar Abrego Garcia's request for protection status and ordered that he not be deported (as in actual real deportation, which is to say simple removal from one country to walk free in another). A "judge" serving at the behest of and subject to removal by the Trump DOJ granted that status and the Trump DOJ did not contest it because his continued residence in the United States was not considered a threat to others. Everything now is because the nativist vermin got pushback on their desire for shock and awe by renditioning Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison ostensibly (but clearly not in practice) for terrorists.
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If only this also gets Emil Bove thrown in jail (it won't). Thankfully, the Keystone Kops are very bad at hiding their lack of evidence.
 
Trump: "Me Increase Canada Tariff!!"

Tomorrow: US Stocks went down.

Shows his level of competence, right? 😏
 
Johnny Caisse
Trump: "Me Increase Canada Tariff!!"

Tomorrow: US Stocks went down.

Shows his level of competence, right? 😏
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Unless he's saying to make the stock crash so him and his "friends" can buy low then when he says the tariffs are delayed and stocks go back up and he and his "friends" sell. which makes it corruption.
 
Which is something I think he's been accused of doing twice now.

I wonder how the market will react if he pulls this stunt & other countries aren't even acknowledging him anymore. He's already shown he'll back down and now with Vietnam, he's shown he'll also just lie to another country so he can use them to prop himself up.
Just days before a 8th July trade negotiation deadline, Trump announced a framework agreement with Vietnam via Truth Social on 2nd July, touting it as the second such deal for the US.

His post stated that Vietnamese exports would face a 20% tariff, a substantial drop from the original 46% announced in April, while other countries faced 40%.

In return, Trump claimed Vietnam would "open its market to the United States," allowing US goods to be sold at "zero tariffs."

However, this announcement reportedly sent shockwaves through Hanoi.

According to sources, Vietnam's negotiating team had understood the tariff rate would be closer to 11%.

Crucially, during his phone call with President Lam – who was not part of the initial tariff negotiations – Trump allegedly failed to mention any specific figures before publicly announcing a rate almost double what Vietnam believed was agreed.

A Washington lobbyist working with Asian governments expressed widespread surprise within the US, stating, "Trump plays everyone."

The lobbyist added that this move left the Vietnamese government "shocked, disappointed, and angry."
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www.nationthailand.com

Vietnam Fumes as Trump Allegedly Scraps Tariff Deal at Last Minute

Hanoi expresses anger and distrust after the US President unilaterally announced higher trade duties than agreed, throwing their bilateral trade relations into disarray
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GBO Possum
Tripped over a tariff explanation on Reddit...

"Yesterday I spent $100 at the grocery store. They didn't buy anything from me, so l'm running a $100 trade deficit with them. Unfair! So l'm imposing a 50% tariff on them. Tomorrow my groceries will cost me $150.
ART OF THE DEAL!"

It's almost as if tariffs were, maybe, "import taxes"? No?

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I mean, somewhere in the chain of people enacting the tariffs are people that know that they're functionally a targeted lower class tax. Given the administration's penchant for cutting taxes for the rich, I doubt this is a mistake. Trump and the talking heads at the top can spout whatever bollocks they like, but tariffs are entirely in line with the overall goals of the administration.
 
What IS it about Republicans that they simply EMBRACE CRUELTY, rather than reject it?

Do they truly, as Elon Musk stated, see empathy as the weakness of Western civilization?

I teared up as I read the article below and sobbed when I watched the linked Canadian Broadcasting Corporation clip.

The interview finishes with Bob Geldof's words:-

"We’re in a radically different world now. It’s the argument between nationalism and internationalism.

What is profoundly shocking is the cackling glee with which the Trump-Vance-Musk triumvirate went about declaring war on the weakest and most vulnerable people of our planet. America was always the most generous by far of all the countries.

Why would great America do that, while the richest man on the planet cackles that we’re going to feed U.S.A.I.D. into the wood chipper? It is grotesque, it is a disgrace to the country.

Musk said that the great weakness of Western civilization is empathy. You fool. Empathy is the glue of humanity. It is the basis of civilization."

If you are part of the 44.7% of poll responders who approve of the job Trump is doing, then ***K YOU TO ETERNITY!

www.natesilver.net

How popular is Donald Trump?

Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman.
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Here's the interview

 
GBO Possum
What IS it about Republicans that they simply EMBRACE CRUELTY, rather than reject it?
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The kind of people that follow Trump don't operate on reason. They have developed a culture and put adherence to that culture above all else. You obey the group or you are the enemy. It's the modern expression of herd mentality that served to keep us alive in the wild before technology but now seems to be betraying us.
 
Exorcet
The kind of people that follow Trump don't operate on reason. They have developed a culture and put adherence to that culture above all else. You obey the group or you are the enemy. It's the modern expression of herd mentality that served to keep us alive in the wild before technology but now seems to be betraying us.
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You just described how sectarianism works and I think it fits perfectly.
Facts and truth doesnt matter anymore and they would gladly digest what the leader says no matter what.

It´s very scary.
 
Exorcet
The kind of people that follow Trump don't operate on reason. They have developed a culture and put adherence to that culture above all else. You obey the group or you are the enemy. It's the modern expression of herd mentality that served to keep us alive in the wild before technology but now seems to be betraying us.
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It's very difficult to reason someone out of a mindset that they didn't arrive at by using reason. They're in a cult.
 
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Sad. They’ve been digging in like tics. The people that voted for this dude better come out of hiding. Switch sides and use the same stubbornness to call him out right now through 2026.


Edit: Just watched the voting to release the Epstein files. So crazy that it was 210 Years and 210 Nay and at the last second went 211 Yea and then the gavel, was hit. :lol: Such shysters.
 
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McLaren
"I think only pretty bad people want to keep something like that going".

You know what Donny, I think you're right about them being bad people.

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Well, we didn't see a Hegseth post about it, so he wasn't invited. And Gaetz was probably too young.
 
From the county that brought you the Proud Boys Burger:

NJ.com
A Jersey Shore shop that has long specialized in pro-Trump merchandise is shuttering just over a month into President Donald Trump’s second term in office.

The store, Let’s Go Brandon, has called a strip mall off Route 37 in Toms River home since April 2022. Last week, its owners announced the store’s impending closure in a Facebook post.

The reason for the closure was a “loss of lease,” the post said.

However, the post informed all “Proud Patriot supporters” that the business will live on through online sales and pop-up mobile sales throughout New Jersey.

It is unclear why the store is losing its lease. Owner Vincent Scuzzese signed a five-year lease on the storefront in 2022, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported last summer.

Scuzzese declined to comment to NJ Advance Media about the closure, according to Audrey Impaglia, his wife.
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Scuzzese sounds like a strangely apt surname. However, as Italian-Americans I wonder how far down the list of potential deportees he and his wife are.
 
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