Probably make bets as to how much make up they will be covering him with. Gloves? Ball cap because they get his wig on?
Probably make bets as to how much make up they will be covering him with. Gloves? Ball cap because they get his wig on?
The weird thing is **if** he does have an ailment of some kind, if they were just honest about it most would move on. It’s the fact they ALWAYS go to such absurd extremes to hide it.
The sad thing about this is there is a semi good chance they put out some bs about anti-depressants and attempt to ban them. If not altogether, at least for children. They are going to end up doing more harm than good.
All this hoopla they are doing showing their hand - doesn't it just give cartels the ability to move into population centers? On top of preparing whatever weapons they do have if not working to acquire more to respond? I can't imagine they will just let the US wage war on them without a fight.
Then why would any other country want to buy aircraft or anything else from them? And then the US government under this admin would expect Lockheed to give them a discount or build the stuff for free.
If one didn't know better he is just regurgitating stuff he saw in a movie or tv show. Like his brain is recalling thing he watched years ago and now believes it's something that really happens
The whole thing is kind of ridiculous. They created a "crime" and trying to fire her based on an accusation. Not even, as far as I know, brought any actual charges. This is their play. Hoping to pressure people to quit to avoid costly trials and such.
We have Polis in CO. I wouldn't count on him to do much in opposition. More of a keep head down and hope he goes away type. He would try to placate whatever to try and stay off the negative side of Trump.
"what do you do for a living?" "Take my meds, it pays me pretty good"
It would fit Trump's profile. He does nothing that might make him look small. He will test the waters and find a place that the governor or mayor says little in opposition
The underlying problem is if there are still competitors to the one company the US has a stake in, at what point do they start trying to force Intel into everything. Government gets nothing if they start (pe continue) losing to other companies.
So he is still traumatized by a movie that came out 3 years ago?
So did it go from 600 to 950? Honestly, at this point I don't know why any country is even bothering. Regardless of what "framework" they agree to, Trump is going to make up whatever terms he wants and they will never put anything to make it a legal deal.
Notice he left out CBS. He got what he wanted with them. My guess is he and the FCC will try and wrangle the same kind of deal with the "monitor" this is why they should never try and placate him because he will always find another reason to extort.
And who is going to calculate all that out? Employers dont separate the half part out. It's the full amount over 40. Someone will have to do all the calculations just to see if you are going to be eligible to take it. They make it difficult on purpose.
Catching up on Sunday talk shows and all from today. I moved to Evans district in CO. A seat Dems hope to take. I will not vote for any Dem that supports keeping Jeffries as the speaker in the house. Even if that means leaving it blank.
This sounds like "we are going to when because Trump is unpopular" This moron believes Dems can ignore the gerrymandering, rounding up of people, etc, and all will be fine. No fight, just hope it works out. What good will it be for them to win if they appear to want to do nothing.
I don't even understand what the US gets out of this financially. Dividends wouldn't be enough to even be noticeable in the budget. This has to be about trying to get data or info. I can't imagine Trump is going to just accept 10% without some other ideas.
It kind of looks like they spackled his hand and then couldn't find the right color paint
Why would any reputable company risk using Intel chips now. Let's be honest, if there is anyone that thinks Trump won't interfere in this company because he thinks he knows best. He will use whatever leverage he has. Assume they will want some kind of data out of them from devices.
I think most rational people would consider gerrymandering to be bad. But if Dems don't respond in some way the GOP is going to set up a single party rule in the federal government. The GOP is already abdicating their duty in Congress to Trump. It would be even worse.
I am pretty sure he is cherry picking. They currently are out spending whatever the tariffs might have reduced. The deficit is actually growing despite the tariff income.
One has to wonder how much this is going to hurt Intel. Why would any foreign country trust them with the US govt involved. It's never just about "owning" 10%. Its about them thinking they can dictate what the company should or shouldn't do "or else"
This appears to be their next boogeyman for midterms. They want to remove empathy and help for the homeless. They want to make the public angry at them for being homeless and having to see them while you are out and about. It's the road to sweeping them up and hiding them from public view.
Are they planning on sitting on the Texas border and firing off? Seems that would put border towns in a really scary place. This feels more like an excuse, hope cartels respond, falsely say the Mexican govt is allowing, part of it to give them the excuse to "invade" Mexico.
This is a very quick way to lose elections that Dems should be able to win. And it's very possible they will by primarying those they don't or are not being seen as "doing enough". They seem very intent on trying to keep some status quo instead of adjusting to the moment.
I would be interested to know what laws the US Congress could pass that would stop Russia from going into Ukraine or any other country for that matter.
One has to wonder if this is such an ordeal, see how fast GOP run states remove their mail in ballots. And try to say they are full of fraud, even though they themselves actually administered the process.
Honestly, this will hurt the small brewers more than anything. They most likely don't have the ability to eat any of this added cost. Colorado is full of them, especially in mountain towns. And they happen to be some of the best places to go for a little bites, a beer and some good views.
So state's rights, but also has to do what the federal government wants based on whatever random thing Trump decides. These folks really do not have one single ideology they actually believe in. It's whatever is or will work in their favor at the moment.
It seems to me the more he does these meetings and press conferences the more it is evident he is not running a single thing behind the scenes. He seems to know nothing more than whatever someone feeds him and that's about the extent of his interest in anything related to being president.
The whole message the GOP is sending is to reward Russia. The invader is rewarded all because they want to spout how they "solved" the war. So why wouldn't Putin just go to the next country and get a little more land? Why not China in Taiwan? Israel and Gaza? This is the new standard it seems.
So then what was the point of having a meeting without Ukraine representation? This is all just trying to backpedal what the President states goals of the meeting were which makes the whole thing pointless.
Nobody has any clue what Trump actually "negotiated" with Putin. I would not for one second be shocked if we found out Trump promised not to get involved if Russia attacked Poland or some other NATO country. Once he was done giving up Ukraine for "peace".
If Mamdani does win I sure hope he remembers this when all these same folks run to try to attach themselves to him for their own benefit. Hopefully he keeps them all at arms length like they are doing him now.
Can't they do something like his "Michigan man of the year" award. Just make up a fake ceremony and give him a "peace prize"? All he needs is something to brag about at every press conference.
odd to try and make this argument while it's also being reported the monthly debt climbed despite all the new tariff income. They are spending more money now than any admin before them. that's with all the cuts and impoundment of funds allocated. All this before a good chunk of the BBB kicks in.
Almost 3% over what it was a year ago, when the same people tell you know the economy is great, but a year ago it was in the toilet. It was the biggest issue Dems had a year ago because a huge chunk of voters thought it was too high then.
All said and done, Trump does not care what happens to Ukraine. He just wants to be able to say he stopped the war. Just wants that opportunity to make a big announcement and brag he did something regardless how it impacts a whole other country and its people.
All the self declared "alpha" males of DC are going to run to tv shows to tell us how scared they are to be in DC
How long till we get to the point, especially if they need to control or bury news, they attempt to kick out the mayor and install their own people in DC local government? I wouldn't put it past being on Johnson's, GOP radar after they get back from vacation.
Trump, despite all his bluster, does not hate China. He is envious of China and its leaders ability to control everything. He thinks he can be like them but, in his own mind, better.
If this does indeed happen, what's to then stop this admin from going to another group of companies that export to China and wanting a cut. Why does it stop with China?
Would assume there has to be some legal paperwork involved here. Does Congress not have a role in any of this anymore? Maybe not, but I would think they would need some kind of bill or something that gets voted on. Surely the president can't just unilaterally make deals to take cuts of corps profits
In general the only problem with private is there is a fairly good chance he is going to want something in return. And it surely won't be to the benefit of anyone but him, most likely related to midterms.
The GOP is really setting this up to try and blame states that don't or cant make up the funding they are cutting. "We didn't kick you off Medicaid, the state did. Medicaid is still available"
This is the same as they don't want to cure cancer patients, they want to be able to treat them for years because it's more profitable. Sick Americans are a pharma gold mine and they are going to fight tooth and nail to keep it that way.
The funny thing is they have to try to put it down but it literally has sports, plus those other things. I'm sure the parties and social events are a blast too.
It would be interesting to see how they came up with this 10x more number.
Fairly concerned about tomorrow's fire danger. Winds will be unusually strong for August standards (30-40 mph) across our northern mountains. Plus, it's been bone dry + scorching all week. Be smart, Colorado. #COwx
Notice they start with Biden as though it's all some nefarious plot. this same thing happened under the first Trump term, Bush, etc. I think they are clearly signaling they are not going to get accurate data as much as data that makes Trump get the feels.
I get not renewing at the end of whatever. But how can they just on a whim terminate a written contract? At least without paying out some kind of penalty? I get why they want to do this. So they can gut the agencies without all the legal aspects of having to deal with the unions.
But think of all the overhead costs being saved by elimination of employees. HR, benefits, taxes, payroll, etc. my guess is one far outweighs the cost of the other. It's not just the shrinking of low level employees but would trickle up to other areas of employment within a company.
They might claim to only pass on 60% of the tariff cost but they are going to make it up somewhere. Less product for the same price. Raise prices on non-tariff products. All so they can try to avoid the ire of this president.
And all this is before states have to start figuring out huge budget holes due to loss of Medicaid funding and loss of FEMA emergency help. And that's what we specifically know about. 2026 is shaping up to be a really rough year assuming all this stays intact that long.
I wholly agree. Small businesses were already going to be at a much bigger disadvantage because of the policies this admin is implementing. The tariffs are going to be the nail in the coffin for a huge majority of them.
The fear should be that they will absorb tariffs in the short term but at some point try to recoup that money by raising prices on non-tariff items. By a litter here and there. Assuming these tariffs will be around for the long term. But that's anyone's guess.
I honestly can't understand this admin thinking. Outside of just wanting to be able to make big announcements of future investments that might never happen. Trump basically wants every CEO to do what Apple did for tariff relief. That appears to be the game at the moment.
Companies are not going to eat these tariffs. They might try to slowly raise prices over time but there is no way they are going to report lower earnings to investors solely because they are eating millions in extra costs.
But also to build in the US is currently pretty expensive with all the tariffs. I suppose they could all say they will, let him make his big announcement and then never build anything here
100% tariff on 250 or 500$ chip, company mine as well just build it overseas with chip installed and take the lower tariff on the finished product. Between this and Steele tariffs I am almost convinced he is wanting manufacturing overseas to collect the tariff
Also, if you have 10 companies flying drones, doesn't that require some kind of low level traffic control and air lanes? Or the US government is just going to let it wild west its way around.
Drone delivery is designed to replace delivery drivers at its core. They are basically attempting to help companies slash employees ( or self employed contractors) And why does the US need drone dominance? Dominance over who exactly if it's just a US thing?
Apple is simply trying to get a carve out and competitive advantage over other phone manufacturers. They all know how to manipulate this President. It's all about the big announcement. Follow through is fairly optional.
Depending on the cost of the chip being used...it.iterally migtr be cheaper in some countries to build the product overseas with the chip already installed and pay the lower tariff. Tough sale to build a factory in the US with 50% tariffs on steel. Not sure what Trump is expecting to happen here.
These folks are going to be shocked when they find out there are not many, if any, that are going to be willing to not only not work on a farm but also uproot their whole lives to be close enough to one to get a job at one.
Isn't this just setting up any joe that is declined to claim bias because they are conservative? Who is going to decide its bias or just normal banking business? Is this even enforceable as an EO? Basically telling banks they HAVE to do business with folks they don't want to do business with.
They were slower than they expected and working overtime to kill the one industry that is making jobs a positive number.
If they can drag it out long enough, then it might be able to get prolonged through court. I'm not really confident Dem states will go fast enough to counter the changes. Or Dems might have to run on the GOP ticket in new districts and do the good ol switcheroo if they can pull out a couple wins.
If they don't get the data they want there is a good chance they will just "doge" this whole thing and do it themselves to get the results they want people to believe and make Trump happy over reality. They are never going to accept their agenda is killing this economy and country as a whole.
To have Stephen Smith on the left you would you would people in Congress not hell bent on fighting harder against their own party more than the opposition. Dems first have to get over being worried about how they are going to be portrayed by the right on TV.
We all know where this is going. He will put some MAGA serving person in there that will tell us how there are all these "mistakes" in the data and make a lot of changes in all the data to make it look better than it actually is. So Trump can boast about how great things are regardless of reality
The thing they all appear to believe and what Americans to believe is it's really easy to gain all they are going to lose back. Just got to let Trump do Trump things that will **eventually** be great!
They could probably sell a ton of these if they were not almost 70k and low range. They are really great looking EVs. And fun. which has been kind of missing from the EV market.
They don't care about small businesses because they generally can't eat Trump's tariffs or give Trump anything he wants. Trump wants these large corps to eat these tariffs so the public in general don't revolt and he can claim some bs about prices not being impacted.
At some point this is going to get worse. I would venture to guess people losing higher paying jobs are running to lower paying jobs because it's still more than unemployment and a chance to get insurance. Eventually those are going to run out.
I know there are always revisions for previous months but these revisions seem really big. 144k to 19k? Trump already got the headline he wanted but it seems like that should be a huge ordeal. We are going to crash out just in time for Christmas.
It's a dumb argument but if there are so many, why is Trump having to find people that have lived here for over 20 years to deport? Go after them at their hearings? Biden deported plenty of folks that needed to be. He just did it properly and without needing billions of dollars and masked mobs
Besides the weirdness of the money, which makes no sense. Where is all this natural gas going to come from? There is literally no way we can even hold our own end of these deals in providing the sheer volume he is saying all these countries combined are going to buy every year.
what they are not saying is how much money and resources it's going to cost states to implement and manage all these changes. They know a good chunk of states won't bother with investing what's needed and just let people fall off. They are going to let the states take the blame for all that coming
Except China. Which scares them the most because it will have the most impact on the holiday season. I'm guessing they believe they can just bs their way through everything else and convince the public they are actually spending less money on goods and services.
Isn't the wage growth also dropping? It seems at some point these two things are going to be problematic. No matter how much this admin tries to convince the public the rising prices they see are not real.
So, India thought they were in the midst of negotiations and Trump just says "nah, taking too long" and torches the whole thing. I still don't get why foreign leaders are going along with all this bad faith nonsense so Trump can boast about making a deal that likely will never see the light of day
mostly convinced these companies, universities, etc are making a long bet that the GOP won't be in control in 3 years and can get a dem president, Congress to overturn or change most of what they are agreeing to just to get by. Hopefully Dems learn to play hardball and tell them all to kick rocks
What's amazing is how much of an issue the GOP made every time Pete used a private flight to do government business instead of commercial flights (which he did a lot). Now it seems taking workcations on gov money is par the course and completely acceptable
Is this on top of the tariff already imposed on meds coming from the EU or will they be exempt or that part of the framework be adjusted? They seem to want us all on employer based insurance but also want to make it all so expensive most won't be able to afford it.
Even worse is if he tries to use the money he is extorting via these "trade deals" to fund it. Most of this "investment in the US" has to go through private companies in some way. Crazy maybe, but I have to come expect the absolute worst. Rules, laws and corruption are long out the window.
Are these universities just hoping they can appease Trump and these other lunes long enough till, they hope, they are out of office? Because I am almost 100% positive as soon as Trump needs a fight to distract he will turn on them again and demand more.
They are going to burn this country to the ground trying to protect Trump and whomever else they are trying to protect They open this can of worms and I have no clue what happens next but it's not going to be good. The more they push this the more it's showing how guilty a bunch of people are.
It never gets old how much these "conservative" talking heads love to visit blue cities and states so they can claim how bad they are and how much of a bad time they had. Shockingly they never have pics or videos of anything they actually witnessed, just scary big bad cities.
Been hearing this type of argument for a bit. but when people actually had to pay more they voted for Trump in part because they thought stuff would be cheaper. Not to mention these same folks will use the high prices and child labor they are all for now against any Dem.
If this was the case then why didn't she use that in her trial? Or is this newly discovered as of this weekend?
So far what I'm reading, US and EU are not even saying the same things of what's included in this deal. I would hope some news orgs would get the actual language of the deal in writing instead of "Trump says"
I think the EU might have buckled on this. He is trying to do the same thing to China and others and keeps backing off. And honestly, there is nothing that says in a few months he won't decide he is going to raise them again unless they cave to something he wants.
Congress basically set this up to blame states for drops in Medicaid. Remove federal dollars, states can't fill gaps and have to drop folks. They will say nothing wrong with Medicaid it's the state's fault. Probably focusing on blue states the most. Assuming their own voters won't punish them much
Try and get all the talk and news off Epstein. they are going to start going after people under Obama first, not sure they have the fortitude to go after Obama and Hillary directly. What they want is this big show, and for Obama and Hillary, etc to get involved on their own and change the news cycle
It's what they are not saying. The program itself will probably be fine. The problem is they are going to force states to pay (cutting federal money to states) to keep folks on it. Which we all know a good chunk can't and another chunk flat won't even try.
It's possible they are making this up to "steal" 550b to use for something and for Congress to approve whatever is based on it being a "bonus" I'm not sure this is so much a mistake as it is for future bs.
it would seem they don't want Americans to be consumers but try and force other countries to become bigger consumers while trying to pretend the US is going to be some manufacturing provider to it. Unfortunately they are determined to find out it's not going to work while driving us off the cliff
Wouldn't this effectively make insurance way more expensive? Especially over the long term as people would not find health issues early enough and cost tons more to treat, if ity all. Maybe to a point companies will pay less or cut that benefit all together to save money.