Stereotypically & anecdotally- machismo almost always results in bad decisions.

Trump’s $166 billion tariff refund portal launches. Here’s what it means. A Supreme Court ruling found the Trump administration illegally imposed wide-sweeping tariffs. Now the government is on the hook to pay it all back — plus interest.

”The refund program, known as the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries, or CAPE, allows entities that directly paid taxes on imports to submit documentation to Customs and Border Protection — the federal agency responsible for managing tariffs — to request reimbursement.”

“American importers can apply through the portal to get back the billions of dollars the U.S. illegally collected from them over the past year.

The launch of the portal marks a turning point for American businesses that have largely footed the bill for the president’s aggressive trade policies.”

*Dutch and Indonesian!

Panama YouTube video by Van Halen - Topic

WHOA!

I don’t know who needs to hear this but EDDIE VAN HALEN was Dutch! And born in Amsterdam!

I mean, fucking obviously, but I never got past David Lee Roth - so…

Just put that together 🤘💥 full circle

“Over recent decades, the percentage of Democrats who trust scientists “a great deal” has risen as dramatically as it has faltered among Republicans.”

Thank you for quantifying the reality.

Perhaps even stronger worded conclusions could clarify how Republican electeds are actually dismantling scientific institutions/funding sources/data, beyond just the skepticism of their low-information voting base.

Xiao Qi. I love her art.

🤍🌎🌕👾

We are smöl.

Lest we forget how it went down 10 months ago:

www.npr.org/2025/07/18/n...

Bravo!

However- we need independent, fact-based media funded by all of us- not just the wealthy (Be they benevolent or fascists).

You know, how it was in July 2025 before Team Trump did their best to destroy American media & real journalism!

Perhaps because…

1) cruise companies are among the most notorious multi-national corporations known for avoiding labor laws by a) operating in international waters b) subcontracting shipboard services out for Russian, Indian, Filipino & Hungarian workers

2) nearly all the officers are Italian

Sign up as talent = get 1,000,000 points. List credentials = drop 500,000 points. Switch plan to just watch other people’s content = drop 6 points…

They’re worse than the stock market aka polymarket 😑

I have no doubt that Trump will eventually suffer every moment of pain that he has inflicted on others.

Justice is on its way! Jumping to light speed in exactly 200 days.

😆 I’ve been wondering about those… how does one improve one’s IMDb score, pray tell? Seems arbitrary AF…

Nationwide-

they had one of the best Charity Navigator ratings for passing on nearly every dollar of donations to feed people & help get them back on their feet.

I’ve also worked with some of the wealthiest people in the U.S.- none of them could last a week in the Florida farmworkers fields.

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I worked with Archbishop Wenski & Florida Catholic Charities & AmeriCorps-

although I am always skeptical about religion & white men-

These people walked the talk of their faith & have truly helped the most destitute to overcome poverty & desperation in Florida.

Trump & GOP cruelty is disgusting

The Epstein files: Rights experts demand accountability, call for probe into trafficking allegations UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for justice and accountability for young women and girls who were trafficked systematically as part of allegations contained in the so-called Eps...

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The Epstein files: Rights experts demand accountability, call for probe into trafficking allegations UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for justice and accountability for young women and girls who were trafficked systematically as part of allegations contained in the so-called Eps...

UN Human Rights said yesterday the Epstein files show evidence that may meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity. Sexual slavery. Torture. Trafficking across international borders for decades. "No one is too wealthy or too powerful to be above the law." Trump said it's time to move on.

Exactly.

Is it any wonder that most of us never want to interact with Americans or Christians or Republicans or MAGA ever again?

Exactly.

Reality meet Anxiety.

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*Mar-A-Lago. Whatever. Burn it down.

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Cookies, deodorant, socks. Iran war puts military packages in limbo Thousands of boxes sent to service members in Middle East are stuck in limbo. The Postal Service has indefinitely suspended delivery amid Iran war.

Talk about a master class in journalistic failure @usatoday.com!!!

💥💥💥The headline story is that US military members are starving😡😡😡

(while Trump & Hegseth spend millions on lobster)-

Not that care packages can’t be delivered in a war zone…

💥JFC