Why Consumers are F*cked Trump's Never-ending War and Trump's Never-ending Tariffs are pushing up Never-ending price increases

Why Consumers are F*cked
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There’s something mentally wrong with the President of the United States.

He killed over 160 young girls at a school and threatened to end their entire civilization out of respect and admiration

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.

Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.

The system is rigged.

“The evidence uncovered today is clear as day: Amazon is working to make your life more unaffordable,” Bonta said in a statement. “The company is price fixing, colluding with vendors and other retailers to raise costs for Americans beyond what the market requires – beyond what is fair.”

Also this is a reminder of the Labor Secretary that resigned in Trump 1.0: Secretary Acosta for his role in the #Epstein sweetheart deal with all the secret co-defendants. 👀⚖️👇🏾 www.npr.org/2019/07/12/7....

Do not stop talking about the Epstein files!

People fired so far from Trump's across-the-board incompetent Cabinet:

Women: 3

Men: ZERO

Can't imagine why people say Trump hates women.

'We're gonna get killed': White House in full-blown panic as economic outlook darkens As the U.S. war against Iran rages on, strategists “in and around the White House” are growing increasingly panicked over rising energy costs and their impact on voters, who they fear will overwhelmin...

'We're gonna get killed': White House in full-blown panic as economic outlook darkens

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Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

Trump 'blocked from accessing nuclear codes' by head of US military US President Donald Trump is alleged to have received push-back from a senior military person in a meeting at the White House during an attempt to access his country's nuclear codes

Allegedly tRump tried to grab the nuclear codes in a White House meltdown—only for the Joint Chiefs chairman to stand up and say “No.” Apparently, even the military knows this unhinged man is too dangerous for the football. How much longer can America risk it?
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The Trump team is starting the week off-message.

FBI Director Kash Patel is suing The Atlantic over reporting about his conduct.

But launching a personal lawsuit while leading the FBI raises serious questions and shows he is undisciplined and unfocused at a time of heightened security concerns.

Trump prison camp federal court ruling excoriates Trump Admin for "clear failure" to follow the law "in purchasing a large warehouse in Williamsport MD built to hold cargo and seeking to quickly convert it into a detention facility to house human beings..."

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Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

trump and republicans making america great again by... cutting cancer research:

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns praises Arkansans’ support of public broadcasting | Arkansas Democrat Gazette BENTONVILLE -- Ken Burns, the documentary filmmaker, said Friday he was moved by the support Arkansans showed for the Public Broadcasting Service when the Arkansas Educational Television Commission me...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns comes to Arkansas to lobby against nutball decision to disaffiliate state public TV from PBS; says network is "Declaration of Independence applied to communication. It's the thing that binds us all together."
#arpx #arleg
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@kellykrout.bsky.social returns to Russellville to serve as the Master of Ceremonies for our County Convention! Don't miss the chance to meet the Dems who will be on November ballots. @arkdems #arpx

Catch @hallieshoffner.bsky.social in Russellville this Friday evening, April 24! #arpx

"Dear America" letters from people who work at the besieged US Department of Housing and Urban Development:

dearamericaletters.org

Clears it up a lot.

This smart dog knows about politics, he literally gives a shit.😆😆

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"My son always texts to say he's on his way home. So I open the door, letting his 17 year old cat, and 16 year old doggo know that he's on his way. This is them waiting for him. Though it was adorable, and wanted to share." ❤️

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The Adjudicated Rapist-in-Chief claims he could bring down the Papacy, the Vatican & the entire Catholic Church overnight.

Pope Leo: "The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants...
dragging that which is sacred into darkness & filth."

tRUMP: "I'm not a fan of Pope Leo."

#HappySundayToAll ✝️

Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.

NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

"Top staffers were figures with connections to GOP politics who hadn’t worked in the arts, including one spouse of a Republican party leader whose longest professional experience was working as a marketing and events manager at a Toyota dealership in Ireland..."

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Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

"Secretary Kennedy’s unlawful declaration harmed children,” the Judge wrote.

“This case highlights a leader’s unserious regard for the rule of law...

“Unserious leaders are unsafe."

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6 days after Trump made 13 celebratory posts in a hour claiming that Iran surrendered to all his demands and the war is over, he’s back threatening to blow up power plants and bridges.

'There Is Only One Majority in This Country, That's the Working Class,' Says Mamdani | Common Dreams "It's time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of what it is that we're pursuing and not as part of the appendix."

“[A] democratic socialist politics is one that should be judged on its delivery, like any ideology. And what we’re showing in this city is we can we can pursue the big things like universal childcare and do the pothole politics at the same time.”

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Earlier this week, another global flotilla mission left Spain to deliver food, medicine, and water to Gaza.

We are calling for an end to inhumane blockade to Gaza and to allow these supplies in.

The world is watching. History will remember.