In the final days before Trump retakes office, the news media are full of stories about federal spending cuts. Raw Story noted here, “A CNN analysis found that all 15 of the states that rely most heavily on federal support for public schools in 2022 backed Trump in November, while all but two[...]
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This is Trump’s Attorney General? Are you kidding me?
At her confirmation hearing, Pam Bondi “refused to confirm that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, declined to oppose pardons for violent January 6 attackers, would not say if she would carry out an illegal order from Trump, and professed ignorance of a wide array of controversial statements by [...]
January 15th, 2025 - 8:02 pm § in Donald Trump, Economics
Trump’s tariffs will make beer cans cost more
If Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada, the beer cans that spring breakers discard on beaches (photo below) will cost more. The U.S. gets about half its aluminum supply from recycling (details here). Two-thirds of the other half is imported, mostly from Canada (see story here). I haven’t [...]
Jon Stewart raked GOPers over the coals and they had it coming (video)
He specifically called out Trump, of course, and also Alabama’s dumb-as-hammers senator, Tommy Tuberville (R), who never has anything intelligent to say because he has no intelligence; see story here, and watch video below. Related story: Tuberville, America’s dumbest senator, attacks sc[...]
What’s with the financial markets?
A week before Trump begins his second term, U.S. stock and bond markets are rebelling. But against what? I’ll explain below. Stocks initially rose after Trump won the 2024 election, but all three major indexes (the Dow Industrial Average, Standard and Poor’s 500, and NASDAQ) are now belo[...]
Steve Bannon calls Musk “truly evil”
Steve Bannon, a Trump pal, pardoned fraudster, and podcaster (read his bio here), has something in common with the liberals he battles with daily. Bannon, who looks like a homeless camper (photo, left), thinks Elon Musk is “truly evil” (read story here). These days few liberals would dis[...]
January 10th, 2025 - 5:58 pm § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs
Don Jr. parlays with drug dealer for Greenland’s surrender
On his recent one-day trip to Greenland, Don Trump Jr. didn’t meet with government officials; instead, he discussed the Danish territory’s future with Timmy Zeeb (photo, left), who is featured in President-Elect Trump’s “Truth Social” post here. Sporting a Trump “MAGA” hat, he said[...]