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The 26th Thread about *rump
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Herbert77060
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It won't let me view the link.
fixed it
Olde Hornet
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Germany issues warning to United States amid 'deep rift'
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned of “a deep rift” between Europe and the United States, arguing that the latter “will not be powerful enough to go it alone.”
In his address at the Munich Security Conference Friday, Merz urged Europe and the U.S. to “repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together” in what he referred to as an “era of great power rivalry.”
Switching to English as he addressed American “friends,” Merz nodded to Trump’s contentious relationship with NATO, insisting that “being a part of [the alliance] is not only Europe’s competitive advantage. It’s also the United States’ competitive advantage.”
While he acknowledged that the existing global order has long been flawed, Merz—when discussing the “under destruction” theme of this year’s conference—argued the “international order based on rights and rules is currently being destroyed.”
skyvolt2000
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View: https://youtu.be/bE4zJs59eKk?si=nTlGRlFJSPh90KUp
Trump puts out a fake list of folks in the Epstein files.
Elvis and Janis Joplin are on it. Epstein was a teenager when those two died.
Even Vice President Dan Qualye is on it.
Trump puts out a fake list of folks in the Epstein files.
Elvis and Janis Joplin are on it. Epstein was a teenager when those two died.
Even Vice President Dan Qualye is on it.
Olde Hornet
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Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report
Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report
John Paulson, who is worth an estimated $4 billion, previously spoke out against offshoring American manufacturing jobs
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Cue the sad trombone: Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson — a major Trump donor and advocate of tariffs — is shuttering his Ohio brass instrument plant and offshoring work to China, according to a new report.
Paulson’s company Conn Selmer, the nation's top maker of orchestral and brass instruments, notified employees it will shift most of its East Lake plant operations to Asia by July, triggering about 150 layoffs, The Guardian reported.
Employees were informed of the decision last month, when they expected to negotiate a new union contract, according to United Auto Workers Local 2359, which represents the workers.
The employees said the company unveiled a new plant in China in 2025, and that work has slowly shifted to that location. However, workers in Ohio had previously been told their jobs were not in jeopardy.
Workers there expressed deep dissatisfaction with the decision, with one saying, “It really pisses me off,” while another said they felt “betrayed.”
skyvolt2000
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Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report
Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report
John Paulson, who is worth an estimated $4 billion, previously spoke out against offshoring American manufacturing jobs
Cue the sad trombone: Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson — a major Trump donor and advocate of tariffs — is shuttering his Ohio brass instrument plant and offshoring work to China, according to a new report.
Paulson’s company Conn Selmer, the nation's top maker of orchestral and brass instruments, notified employees it will shift most of its East Lake plant operations to Asia by July, triggering about 150 layoffs, The Guardian reported.
Employees were informed of the decision last month, when they expected to negotiate a new union contract, according to United Auto Workers Local 2359, which represents the workers.
The employees said the company unveiled a new plant in China in 2025, and that work has slowly shifted to that location. However, workers in Ohio had previously been told their jobs were not in jeopardy.
Workers there expressed deep dissatisfaction with the decision, with one saying, “It really pisses me off,” while another said they felt “betrayed.”
These are the folks who could not endorse Harris-who SAVED union jobs........
They better be glad Harris is not petty.
skyvolt2000
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I went to early vote yesterday at the library.
For some odd reason there was a longer line. I made it in and discovered there was two side. One for Democrats and one for Republicans.
A set of voter stations and a set of 3 judges for each party. So each side would have their own lines and ballot box.
I voted and turned my ballot in. 150+ had already voted. Mind you they had been open since 8. It was now Noon.
NOBODY had come to vote for the party in RED. NOBODY.
Can you image how this looks everywhere else in a city that is pure BLUE? Especially BLACK CHURCHES?
WHO would want to vote red? Where folks KNOW unlike in the past you didn't have it like that in the open. That is unintentional voter intimidation going the other way.
For some odd reason there was a longer line. I made it in and discovered there was two side. One for Democrats and one for Republicans.
A set of voter stations and a set of 3 judges for each party. So each side would have their own lines and ballot box.
I voted and turned my ballot in. 150+ had already voted. Mind you they had been open since 8. It was now Noon.
NOBODY had come to vote for the party in RED. NOBODY.
Can you image how this looks everywhere else in a city that is pure BLUE? Especially BLACK CHURCHES?
WHO would want to vote red? Where folks KNOW unlike in the past you didn't have it like that in the open. That is unintentional voter intimidation going the other way.
ECSU_NCCU_Christopher
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You already have people in the comments section on those videos talking about how other media outlets will not show this, etc. Basically they are saying that black folks should listen and follow this woman in the video solely based on her being black (Because her opinion aligns with their opinion on President Trump). None of them take into account actual facts on what President Trump has done a few days ago, let alone his whole life that show how anti-black he is.
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CEE DOG
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The education system failed this lady. If she and her family took accountability for her grandson living a street life the outcome would have been different. It starts at home.
skyvolt2000
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Yeah but when folks have tried to say that-you get accused of not supporting black women or being a c**n.
What she don't get is when folks have TRIED to help with issues-folks like her and enablers don't like what is being offered. Because it required accountability for everyone.
LAW DAWG
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Actual and factual, well said!
bernard
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Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president
The decision does not affect all of Trump's tariffs but invalidates those implemented using an emergency law.
www.nbcnews.com
LAW DAWG
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He'll find another way to do it because he intentionally operates outside of the law. It is a circular type of thing, it is easy to see. Pick any law to claim authority for unilaterally imposing tariffs, spend a year fighting any challenges to that authority in the lower courts all the way up to the high court. If the high court rules against him again he'll just repeat the cycle by cherry picking another law, always buying himself a year's worth of time, before a final ruling from the high court is issued again.Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president
The decision does not affect all of Trump's tariffs but invalidates those implemented using an emergency law.
skyvolt2000
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Olde Hornet
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Example of the corrupt Supreme Court - they are not justices, they pawns of the wealthy.
WASHINGTON — Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch pulled no punches in taking aim at his colleagues on the Supreme Court for a lack of consistency in approaching broad assertions of presidential power made by Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
Gorsuch was part of the 6-3 majority that struck down most of Trump’s tariffs on Friday, but he wrote a separate 46-page opinion that chided several of his fellow justices over how they approached the case.
His colleagues were effectively applying the same Supreme Court precedent differently under Trump than they did under Biden, he argued, writing: “It is an interesting turn of events.”
His invective focused on a theory known as the “major questions doctrine,” which adherents say bars sweeping presidential action not specifically authorized by Congress. The conservative-majority court embraced the doctrine while Biden was in office to strike down broad plans, such as his effort to forgive student loan debt.
In tariff case, Supreme Court justices bicker over treating Trump and Biden differently
WASHINGTON — Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch pulled no punches in taking aim at his colleagues on the Supreme Court for a lack of consistency in approaching broad assertions of presidential power made by Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
Gorsuch was part of the 6-3 majority that struck down most of Trump’s tariffs on Friday, but he wrote a separate 46-page opinion that chided several of his fellow justices over how they approached the case.
His colleagues were effectively applying the same Supreme Court precedent differently under Trump than they did under Biden, he argued, writing: “It is an interesting turn of events.”
His invective focused on a theory known as the “major questions doctrine,” which adherents say bars sweeping presidential action not specifically authorized by Congress. The conservative-majority court embraced the doctrine while Biden was in office to strike down broad plans, such as his effort to forgive student loan debt.
Olde Hornet
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Analysis: These two new economic numbers blew a hole in Trump’s rosy narrative
The trade deficit was down 0.2% in 2025, not down ‘78%’
Trump has for years highlighted the trade deficit – the difference between the value of US imports and exports – as a supposed example of how the US is being “ripped off” by other countries. (Many economists disagree with his characterization.) On Wednesday evening, he posted a celebratory message on social media.“THE UNITED STATES TRADE DEFICIT HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 78% BECAUSE OF THE TARIFFS BEING CHARGED TO OTHER COMPANIES AND COUNTRIES,” the all-caps post began.
The next morning, though, the Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed the actual 2025 trade deficit in goods and services. It was nearly identical to the 2024 deficit, down just 0.2% — nowhere close to Trump’s professed “78%” decline. And the trade deficit in goods, the items subject to Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, was up 2.1% compared to 2024.
Economic growth in fourth-quarter 2025 was 1.4%, not ‘5.6%’
The Bureau of Economic Analysis on Friday released another key set of figures — estimates on real gross domestic product (GDP) growth. These figures, too, were far from the number Trump had been touting.Trump told the World Economic Forum in late January that “fourth-quarter growth is projected to be 5.4%, far greater than anybody other than myself and a few others had predicted.” He specified in a Cabinet meeting and a Wall Street Journal op-ed later in January that he was referring to a projection for the fourth quarter of 2025 from a model run by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Then, in an early-February interview with NBC, he made it sound like 5.6% growth had already been achieved, saying, “I’m very proud of it: 5.6%. You know, we have a GDP of 5.6 despite a shutdown.”
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