The fact that he thinks he would entertain the idea of running for president tells you all you need to know about Stephen A. Smith..
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The fact that he thinks he would entertain the idea of running for president tells you all you need to know about Stephen A. Smith..
I can't help but wonder if his recent concern about whether or not he will be admitted to Heaven is a tell.....
I can't help but wonder if his sudden concern about not going to Heaven and this is somehow connected.....
Show a real estate developer some rubble and dirt and they will imagine a luxury development.
Show a real estate developer a plot of rubble and dirt and the real estate developer will show you a future luxury development.
And among those 52 GOP senators that voted to confirm him are 4 MDs - Cassidy, Paul, Barrasso and Marshall - who should have known better....
It will destroy the US because tariffs were a key revenue component to fund the tax cuts to the billionaires. The budget deficit will explode without tariffs.... People are going to find out up close how Trump bankrupt his casinos....
Retired 30yr fixed income trader here. I would go to cash and look for opportunities to invest in Europe.
Because prayer has been so effective in keeping us and our kids safe??
A serial bankruptcy filer who has been barred from sitting on charity board and has been civilly found to have defrauded people is the one who should be making monetary policy decisions.....🤣🤣🤣
Wait until the discovery process begins....it will be interesting to see how Cook's mortgage app was selected for review....I predict this case will never be heard.
Sean, the insurance companies are not "hosing" people who drive EVs. The insurance premiums reflect that the cost of repair (and the incidence of "total loss") is much higher than a non-EV car. The wait for replacement parts for a Tesla can be 6 months or more.
We're looking at you, Senator Cassidy and Senator Paul....you, of all Senators, should known better....
I am waiting for some Republican to say "How can ask about Epstein when there is a school shooting???"
If you haven’t noticed that Trump makes up numbers you haven’t been paying attention…his net worth, his apartment size, his golf scores, the value of his assets, his margin of victory, his weight, etc.
See: Vietnam.
Can I point out that it was the optimistic German Jews that stayed in Germany in the 1930's. They believed that things could get any worse and there was a legal framework to protect them. It was the pessimistic Jews who left Germany.
He really has a thing against accomplished women of color, doesn’t he?
Given his relationship with Epstein, of course he would tell the South Koreans to “Get over it. It was a long time ago”. It’s essentially his defense against any woman who claims he was “inappropriate” with.
General Rule of Thump: If you have to tell people that you are not a dictator, you might be a dictator. If you have to tell people that you are a smart guy, then you might not be that smart. If you have to tell people that you have great common sense, you may not have great common sense.
Hiding in plain sight.....do you think he realizes that the history of dictators typically does not end well for the dictator and his sycophants?
Clearly he (or the WH legal counsel) have never heard of Texas v Johnson (1989) or the US v. Eichman (1990). Burning the flag is a 1st Amendment protected act of free speech.
He's an idiot who doesn't know basic math....UPenn/Wharton called...they want their diploma back.
Odds don't mean anything. It is simply a way for prognosticators to never be wrong. "I told you there was a 30% chance!". A "Reichstag fire" is a binary event - it either happens or it doesn't.
Just a small point: Trump proposes giving money, but Congress authorizes the money. Once signed by the President, it is no longer up to him to "give". But then, he failed Civics 101 in high school....
He has no awareness that he is being played like a Stradivarius....
You forgot one thing: That Trump has placed the best, large law firms in a position of conflict in representing those like Bolton, forcing him to find a smaller, less resourced firm to represent him against the government. It was all part of a plan.....
The level of grievance and resentment in this country is stunning...but it explains a lot about what is happening now...
Professor, why are people reluctant to explain why Trump imposed the tariffs. It wasn't because of trade imbalances but rather as a revenue source to fund the billionaire tax cuts. Tariffs are the equivalent of tourism taxes imposed on visitors to pay for new stadiums and arenas.
Finally the Ds are not depending on the Marquis of Queensbury’s Rules to protect them when entering the Octagon to fight the Rs.
Next, they will be upset with Hannukah cards....
Did those election deniers hear the Fox "News" story today...? Asking fro a friend....
No wonder he wants lower interest rates....bond yields and bond prices are inversely correlated....lower yields --> higher prices.
Why would any rational person choose to get their "news" from a company who voluntarily paid $787 Billion to avoid going to trial for knowingly amplifying lies about the 2020 election?
I guess, from Trump's prospective, that it is better to be called a racist and/or misogynist for demanding the resignation of the only Black woman Governor of the FRB than a pedophile with the release of the of the Epstein files in full.
"...my attorneys..."???
Or in the words of that great Texas poet, a native son of Brownsville, "Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose..."
More like a toll gate...
Proving the point that tariffs were never about trade imbalances; it was always about generating revenue to fund the billionaire's tax cuts. The Federal gov't's version of "tourist taxes" imposed by cities and states.
Econ 101 - 2nd semester: When given a choice, companies should grow profitability rather than market share.
If Trump after meeting with the most important European leaders and allies chooses Putin over them, one can only assume that Putin does in fact have kompromat on Trump.
Every accusation is a confession….
You may not be that great, if..... You have to constantly tell people how great you are...
Every minute talking about banning voting by mail is a minute won by Trump because we are not talking about the Epstein files. He is flooding the zone with bullshit...
Because he can't fuck with ballots that are mailed, but he can fuck with machines...
One more data point proving that these folks couldn’t pass the psychological evaluation for the military, so they became ICE agents.
Not so much gullible morons, but morons who "trust" the network that voluntarily paid $787 million because they lied, rather than take the case to court.
A serious question: How do Ds (the minority party) 'demand' resignations at CDC? Wouldn't it be better to work on how to frame this issue for the 2026 midterms?
If Putin actually said this (which I doubt), here is the translation: It is hard for me to manipulate mail-in ballots. Voting machines are much easier to rig.
"Nice little country you have there....it would be a real shame if something happened to it..."
For far too long the Ds have depended upon adherence to the Marquis of Queensbury's rules to protect them when entering the Octagon to do battle with the Rs. When that did not work, they were content with "moral victories". "Moral victories" is just a polite way of saying "loses".
Nice little country you got there....be a shame if anything happened to it.....
Nice little country you got there....be a shame if anything happened to it.....
A case of the arsonist wanting praise for also being the Fire Department.
He couldn't find a place to vacation in the US? Do you think that he knows that American tourists to foreign countries contributes to the trade deficit? So much for America First...
With Trump, every accusation is confession. The Dunning-Kugler Effect is once again showing up in Trump.
Why would any foreign visitor risk a trip to the US for the 2026 World Cup or 2028 Olympics?
Imagine the deficit without the tariffs (or the blood money from colleges and universities)...Proving that tariffs aren't about trade imbalances, but about funding billionaire tax cuts.
Why do I get the feeling that all the "remediation" from colleges and universities is actually a tax hike to fund the tax cuts to billionaires....same is true of the tariffs....
When Trump and his enablers say the Ds are communists, it is just one more example of every accusation being a confession.
"Alternative Facts" 2.0
The Vegas sports book makes the over/under on the August NFP at +850k..
Our next WH Press Secretary, ladies and gentlemen
The Ds are not nearly as adept at telling the truth, as the Rs are adept at telling lies. Part of it is the Rs have bigger and more "state media" than the Ds, but part of it is they just don't know how to market themselves or their product.
It's not just that Dems bitch. It's that they depend on the Marquis of Queensbury rules to protect them as they enter the Octagon with the Rs, only to get kicked in the balls. Also, they are content with "moral victories". Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.
Trump is the 5th grader schoolyard bully stealing the 2nd graders' lunch money while the teachers (GOP Congress) turn their heads away.
Katie, you might be right, but that presupposes that the SCOTUS knows how to read the Constitution (which as of now seems to be in question).
Jackie Kennedy weeps....
It's not CBS, it's their new owner Ellison who is a Trump supporter/enabler.
Just like his club golf championships.....
They already have run out of recruits who failed their psychological evaluation for induction to the military...
Has he ever lost a club championship at one of his clubs? Asking for a friend.... Let's put him in the Golf Hall of Fame (he would be more pleased with that than winning the Nobel Peace Prize).
Talk about arrested development...
They ran out of military recruits who failed the psychological evaluation....
Great news but it speaks volumes about the state of the Senate, even for Republicans....
I guess they ran out of recruits who failed the psychological assessment for the military....
If Biden had said something like that, the press and the Republicans would have demanded a cognitive evaluation. WIth Trump, people just blow it off as Trump being Trump....
He took a seat at UPenn/Wharton that could have gone to a qualified DEI applicant....
The great irony is that he wants his cake and he wants to eat it ....if employment is strong, the Fed doesn't have to lower rates; but if employment is slowing, the Fed may have to lower rates. But the proud Wharton alumnus wants strong employment AND lower rates...ain't going to happen...
And he thinks the payroll numbers were rigged.....
A rising tide lifts all boats. But as Buffett famously said, "you don't know who is swimming naked until the tide goes out...."
A guy who has won every golf championship at the clubs he owns knows something about rigging outcomes.....
Professor, what is equally amazing is that no one on his staff has stepped forward and correct him….everyone knows the Emperor has no clothes except for the Emperor.
You would think that someone would have pulled him aside and tell him his math is wrong by now…
Wharton wants their diploma back….
The guy showing him the phenomenal payroll numbers must be the same person that showed him $1.99/gal gas prices..
Creating another generation of low information/low education voters for the GOP base...
Steve, while folks like you and me get down in the weeds, here is the big picture: Let's stipulate that there were no revisions to May & June and that the July number had come in at consensus. That would be a reversal of ~+300k on a base of 170mm. Most people would call that "rounding error".
Bullies become bullies because they know that the vast majority of people choose to avoid confrontation. It is only when things become untenable that people strike back. The GOP isn’t there yet.
"It's political extortion." Every accusation is a confession
It is also about inflicting financial pain as Smith will have to engage counsel....
"UPenn/Wharton is on the phone, Mr. President. They want their diploma back..."
Which raises an interesting question: will the market view their successors as merely Trump sycophants and if so, how will the market respond?
If Trump knew anything at all about economics, he would know that full employment is a mandate of the Fed. When employment slows, the Fed is more likely than not to ease interest rates. Trump wants employment strong but with lower interest rates.....Not going to happen.
More like embarrassed Trump. Does he not understand that weak employment falls under one of two Fed mandates and would likely lead to lower interest rates?
If you replace the messenger with bad news and someone who doesn't agree with your desired economic policy, what does it say about their successors?
You forgot to mention that he will win the Senior Club Championship....
Democracy 101: Don't trust the sycophant who replaced the truth teller...
It will take generations to repair what Trump has destroyed in 6 months.....
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