OT: American Politics

[Hoss]

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProfessorFinance/comments/1jcd5ev/it_terrifies_me/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I saw her on CNN yesterday and her explanation of Trump and Putin literally trying to return each country to making big things with steel and fuel etc is just so backwards and isolationist... with the idea that you collapse the economy and build it back up with literal tanks and bullshit is unreal. Trump wants to turn the US into Russia.. where the oligarchs run everything... the people are all struggling and he gets his beak wet and is untouchable.

What always confounds me though... like in the history of the worlds most "powerful" men, is they all are going to die and none of this matters.

I bet Elon is looking into preserving heads in jars like Futurama and Trump thinks this is how he will survive.

FFS

 

[Hoss]

Its cool though, they'll never hear the news in rural trumplandia


View: https://bsky.app/profile/craigsilverman.bsky.social/post/3lkiybhzma22p

The other thing about Starlink, especially being used in Ukraine, is that Musk controls the flow of ALL that information. He obviously is rerouting that info to Putin and the US. It is unreal the bullshit that is being allowed.

 

[MindzEye]

View: https://bsky.app/profile/ddum316.bsky.social/post/3lkizenotw22y

 

[Leafyblue]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAb_p5DCC3E

 

[Cal Gal]

Trade war takes aim at cruise line stops in Canada​

Trade war takes aim at cruise line stops in Canada

One lawmaker says cruise stops in Canadian ports could get cut as tariff tensions continue to rise between the U.S. and Canada.

www.yahoo.com

 

[MapleLeafBlueJayBoy]

Trade war takes aim at cruise line stops in Canada​

Trade war takes aim at cruise line stops in Canada

One lawmaker says cruise stops in Canadian ports could get cut as tariff tensions continue to rise between the U.S. and Canada.

www.yahoo.com

Do it, we do not want you here anyways. Fuck off.

 

[Cal Gal]

Never been on one of those & can't imagine being happy aboard one. Juneau AK turned into a right zoo when one docked while I was there. Alaska ferry system, oth, was a pretty good ride.

Just wish the Foolishness wasn't taking up all the bandwidth.

 

[MindzEye]

Want a fun statistic? The US travel and tourism industry was projected to pump over 2.4 Trillion dollars into the US economy in 2025 (depending on whose statistic you like). Industry groups are already expecting a 5% dip in tourism instead, a decline of ~120B.

The American media has discussed the damage that Canadians cancelling trips is going to do, but I think they're just not starting to wrap their head around how much damage this is going to do internationally. I'd be surprised if the damage ends up limited to 5%, they've (as in, the US tourism administration) has only projected Canadian tourism to the US to drop by 10% this year and I would be shocked and pretty deeply disappointed if it only ends up down 10 points.

 

[Cal Gal]

Well, there are plenty of examples of American media myopia, unfortunately.

 

[zeke]

View: https://x.com/DanRShafer/status/1901331741320614035

 

[Cal Gal]

Milwaukee mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to, where she doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak the language​

Milwaukee mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to, where she doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak the language

‘The United States sent me back to die,’ Ma Yang, a mother of five, said

www.yahoo.com

 

[Cal Gal]

Let's see if the bomb actually goes off.

Prince Harry Bombshell as Judge Orders U.S. Visa Docs Released​

Prince Harry Bombshell as Judge Orders U.S. Visa Docs Released

After months of legal wrangling, a Washington D.C. judge has ordered the U.S. government to make public much of Prince Harry’s visa application next week, reigniting speculation over whether the Duke of Sussex received special treatment from the Biden administration. The ruling is in response to...

www.yahoo.com

 

[hockeylover]

Let's see if the bomb actually goes off.

Prince Harry Bombshell as Judge Orders U.S. Visa Docs Released​

Prince Harry Bombshell as Judge Orders U.S. Visa Docs Released

After months of legal wrangling, a Washington D.C. judge has ordered the U.S. government to make public much of Prince Harry’s visa application next week, reigniting speculation over whether the Duke of Sussex received special treatment from the Biden administration. The ruling is in response to...

www.yahoo.com

Just total silliness.

The amount of shit this admin is doing without doing… anything related to making people’s lives better… well, people should be able to see it but a lot are just too wrapped up in the cult.

 

[Cal Gal]

Busy times in the Sunflower state:

Kansas Statehouse bigwigs lay down the law: Call us racist and we’ll crush you like a bug​

Kansas Statehouse bigwigs lay down the law: Call us racist and we’ll crush you like a bug

Kansas Republicans sent an unmistakable message to Democratic Rep. Ford Carr this week: Mess with us, and we’ll destroy you. The Wichita-based representative, who is Black, filed a complaint in February against Republican Rep. Nick Hoheisel, who is white. This week a disciplinary panel...

www.yahoo.com

 

[hockeylover]

View: https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3lkjh7nguo22r

 

[MindzEye]

"Fuck you, you don't have the power to hold the executive branch accountable"

Yeah, America has a King and I don't see a whole lot of rebellion about the matter.

 

[Cal Gal]

Naw, it's over for now until "the King" is dead. Rebellion moved too little too late.

 

[hockeylover]

So re this Alien Enemies act, I dunno why Canadians in the US wouldn’t get the fuck out ASAP. There is nothing protecting you that I can see.

 

[Cal Gal]

Lol. . .

Trump Press Sec Backs Out of WH Correspondents’ Dinner Roast​

Trump Press Sec Backs Out of WH Correspondents’ Dinner Roast

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is skipping this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. “I will not be in attendance at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, and that’s breaking news for the Sean Spicer Show,” the 27-year-old said on Friday during an...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Cal Gal]

Final report into Trump's handling of classified documents should never be released: DOJ​

Final report into Trump's handling of classified documents should never be released: DOJ

Hours after President Donald Trump publicly praised the judge who oversaw his classified documents case, lawyers with the Department of Justice urged the U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to ensure the final report into Trump's alleged conduct never becomes public. DOJ lawyers and attorneys...

www.yahoo.com