If you can't remember how many times he's opened the strait, just look at a graph of oil futures prices and count the peaks and valleys

Boots on the Groundhog Day

As Jon Ossoff said in his speech last night the issue isn't whether insider trading is happening, it is whether the war is happening to allow this self-enrichment to happen, and that what is good for America is no longer a major concern of the Trump regime.

The parallels to Germany sinking the Lusitania cannot be overlooked. Cruise ships are not carrying goods for sale. And even if passengers weren’t onboard (as some have said) it’s still a vessel of humans and the optics would be hard to justify to the world.

This tariff-refund portal is about to be America's hottest website Exactly two months after the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs, the U.S. government has set Monday as the day when some companies can begin requesting refunds.

“U.S. Customs has estimated that it owes a total of $166 billion in tariff refunds, and the agency's legal filings suggest that the initial phase would tackle the majority of affected imports”

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Donald Trump illegally levied $166 billion worth of taxes on American companies, slowed the American economy, re-ignited inflation, and somehow he is still in office.

Good luck.

I hear you. Self talk can be abusive. If you need a rationale, ask… am I harming myself by delaying treatment, or delaying new equipment? Damage to your body from poorly fitting shoes could last a long time, or be expensive to correct. I always try to think long term rather than react to the moment.

Yeah cause it’s the kind of thing you propose building to appease the ego of a narcissistic leader whose army just got its asked kicked by a Black military general (Touissant L’Overture) and Black enslaved people who ran your troops off their island.

It’s a monument to ego and defeat. Perfect.

When the Bush administration tried to monkeywrench the 4th Amendment in the name of national security, the FBI director, Bob Mueller, told Bush he'd quit in protest. Trump's Justice Department shouldn't get away with this.

Erika Kirk, the recruiter for Epstein Island? Good. Then she’s visibly pulling Vance into the slimy underbelly of the world’s largest pedo ring.

“People were tortured inside the Adelanto ICE prison. GEO Group is fighting to keep the records secret so the public is kept in the dark about what’s really going on there,” said [me w/ @thesouthlander.com] “The taxpayers who fund that facility deserve transparency.”

This is not how a public servant talks in a democracy. This is how a dictator’s henchman talks.

Dementia.

ICE Arrests 85-Year-Old French Widow Who Married Her G.I. Sweetheart

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Sexist greed, authoritarian ageism, abuse of state-power, chauvinist bullying.
C21 'liberalism' no-conscience husks

SOLIDARITY with Molly-Marie/non-criminal prisoners

Your reminder that Donald Trump has never bought groceries.
Never driven a car.
Never gotten a paycheck.
Never changed a diaper.
The list is so long.

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is leaving the Department of Homeland Security DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the move Thursday evening and wished Lyons well.

Todd Lyons led a secret police force for Trump where masked agents attacked our own American streets, violated Constitutional rights, and shot our own citizens.

We’ll hold you accountable too.

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city is working to deliver cost-of-living relief as the Iran war drives up energy prices.

Drugmakers raised prices on hundreds of drugs despite Trump deals, Senate Democrats report finds The findings raise questions about whether the administration’s “most favored nation” deals are having a meaningful impact on patients.

President Trump has repeatedly said his deals with drugmakers would bring down prescription drug prices in the U.S. But a report released by Senate Democrats finds prices have continued to climb in some cases, sharply.

I’ve scoured your posts and find nothing about the growing food shortages on the US ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Y’all keep sharing US Defense Dept press releases and do no investigative reporting about what is really happing with our troops. Utter journalistic failure.

F Putin

They lie.

A photo of a tray with three sections empty. One has chopped carrot in it. The other has what can only be described as a posit of brown dog vomit and an insole liner of a sneaker (or a used panty liner from the mid 1700s). The kind of meal that would have you happily tossing yourself overboard.

NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East.

This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family.

Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships.

Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Senator Wyden can’t say it plainly without losing his security clearance, but this raises the alarm that Kash & crew have decided they can illegally surveil Americans without a warrant.

Tom Steyer announces plan to jail ICE agents, calls agency a ‘violent extremist group’ (Inside California Politics) As Democratic candidates make moves to solidify their support ahead of the gubernatorial primary, Tom Steyer released a new plan that would take drastic steps to combat…

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NEWS: Democrat Analilia Mejia wins NJ-11 special election, defeating Republican Joe Hathaway and further narrowing the GOP’s razor-thin House majority. She fills the seat vacated by Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

📸 Kyle Mazza via Reuters Connect

Sign on a stroller reads "PROTECT KIDS, NOT TECH COMPANIES." Kid's feet visible running past in the background.

Yep.

Societies autocratize in phases. This would never happen in Russia today. Too many have died under mysterious circumstances or rotted in jail. Hungarians are trying to keep the door of democracy jammed open. Orban win would slam it shut and usher in the next, likely very harsh, phase.

Brave people.

"You have an #Iran regime which is refusing to surrender. You have a #Trump camp which has handed them the diplomatic initiative.

And then you have #Israel trying to upend the process"

#IranWar

The concert brought together more than 50 prominent 🇭🇺 artists, channeling public frustration through system-critical music ahead of the April 12 parliamentary elections. Lyrics such as “I’ve had enough of this forever” echoed through the crowd, reflecting a strong tone of dissent.

#HungaryIsEU ❤️🤍💚