"This is what I voted for!" pic.twitter.com/NT00QkYsuf

— Sam Parker 🇺🇸🧯 (@BasedSamParker) May 30, 2025

You guys thought Trump was going to be different. He is. He's taking intrusive surveillance and personal data gathering to the next level. He's the Masterbaser.

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What a week!

Tom del Bercaro: For all those who claimed the sky is falling . . . and that the tariffs strategy would wreck the economy and cause inflation.

INFLATION IS DOWN: "Inflation rate slipped to 2.1% in April, lower than expected, Fed's preferred gauge shows," CNBC reports.

INCOME IS UP: Personal income increased 0.8% in April "almost TRIPLE the expectations." "They're powerful numbers up 0.6% in January, up 0.7% in February, up 0.5% last month, up 0.8% this month. This is a GREAT four-month start to any year."

CNBC: "The income numbers, really, for the first four months of year they're stellar ... Why don't we give credit where credit is due? Income really shooting up."

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went to hs with TDb. Also Cal. I'll leave it at that.

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Good Morning !

Full Week Trump Approval - 1832 National Likely Voters

All Voters: 52%
Men: 59%
Women: 48%
18-29: 44%
30-39: 60%
40-49: 57%
50-64: 53%
65+: 50%
White: 54%
Black: 32%
Hispanic: 63%
Other: 59%
DEM: 29%
IND: 49%
GOP: 81% https://t.co/1ejk55tqnz

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) May 31, 2025

Latest poll shows 63% of Hispanics and a whopping 29% of Democrats approve Donald Trump's job performance.

movielover said:

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What a week!

Tom del Beccaro: For all those who claimed the sky is falling . . . and that the tariffs strategy would wreck the economy and cause inflation.

INFLATION IS DOWN: "Inflation rate slipped to 2.1% in April, lower than expected, Fed's preferred gauge shows," CNBC reports.

INCOME IS UP: Personal income increased 0.8% in April "almost TRIPLE the expectations." "They're powerful numbers up 0.6% in January, up 0.7% in February, up 0.5% last month, up 0.8% this month. This is a GREAT four-month start to any year."

CNBC: "The income numbers, really, for the first four months of year they're stellar ... Why don't we give credit where credit is due? Income really shooting up.

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Hey Genius, Americans stopped spending last month.

Retail Sales were only +0.1% in April.
Consumer Spending rose only 0.2% in April.

"There is clear evidence that consumers are battening down the hatches," said Olu Sonola, head of U.S. economic research at Fitch Ratings. "The Fed will welcome the favorable inflation reading in this report, but they are likely to interpret it as the calm before the storm."

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He has an affinity for pasta, blondes, and Posches.

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You're a real genius.

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Trump's team was going to tell him about TACO, but They Always Chicken Out.

Minor security checks and paperwork enhancements to Obamacare.

"Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Sunday defended cuts to Medicaid in the budget bill House Republicans passed last month, saying that "4.8 million people will not lose their Medicaid unless they choose to do so."

"Johnson told NBC News' "Meet the Press" that the bill imposes "commonsense" work requirements for some Medicaid recipients and added that he's "not buying" the argument that the work requirements, which would require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work, participate in job training programs or volunteer for 80 hours a month, are too "cumbersome." "

And President Trump pardons rapper NBA Youngboy.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller torches the Democratic Party, saying their ideology is so toxic and unsellable that they have to rig the system just to stay alive:

“Part of the reason why they have resorted to lawfare as effectively their entire political… pic.twitter.com/zpVQ1qymTp

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 1, 2025

HOLY SMOKES: Scott Jennings just read Democrat Rep. Debbie Dingell the obituary of her own party—live on air.

This was savage.

It started when @ScottJenningsKY fired off a brutal summary of the current state of the Democratic Party:

“I’ll defend the Democrats.”

“They are for… pic.twitter.com/bSzFKEwaPI

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 1, 2025

This is how you start your Sunday morning?

Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/gabbard-considering-ways-revamp-trumps-intelligence-briefing-rcna209805

"President Donald Trump's intelligence chief is exploring ways to revamp his routine intelligence briefing in order to build his trust in the material and make it more aligned with how he likes to consume information….


Tulsi Gabbard, pictured here briefing Trump on Ukraine situation

Amuse@amuse: The Static Fallacy of the CBO and the Virtue of Growth

"The Federal Reserve's data repository, FRED, presents one of the most quietly subversive truths in modern economics. Across administrations, tax regimes, and political ideologies, federal tax receipts have hovered around an average of 17.5% of GDP. This single metric, consistent across time and policy, should provoke a complete reconsideration of fiscal strategy. If no matter how high or low tax rates go, the government captures roughly 17.5% of the economy, then the only sane objective is to grow the economy. This is not ideology, it is arithmetic....

"...The CBO consistently underestimates the growth impact of tax and regulatory reforms. When Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed, the CBO predicted modest effects. Instead, GDP growth surged to 2.9% in 2018, well above forecast. Capital investment jumped, business confidence soared, and tax receipts increased. It wasn't magic. It was motion."

"The same fallacy mars the CBO's score of Trump's latest initiative, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Projecting a paltry 1.7% long-term growth rate, the CBO forecasts a $3.8 trillion increase in debt. But a growth rate of just 2.2% cuts that shortfall by more than a trillion. A 2.7% growth rate nearly wipes it out. Add in the revenue from Trump's reciprocal tariffs, conservatively estimated at $2.3 to $3.3 trillion over a decade, and the fiscal picture flips from deficit to surplus. The math is not fuzzy, it is just inconvenient for the central planners."

"Why does the CBO get it wrong? Because its models assume a static world, where tax cuts are giveaways and regulation is costless. ..."

"The Trump agenda focuses on unleashing growth:...

"Trump's approach, often derided as simplistic, is in fact the most sophisticated policy vision in Washington. It recognizes the limitations of static models, the distortions of bureaucratic incentives, and the moral hazards of dependency. It wagers, correctly, that the American people are not liabilities to be managed but assets to be unleashed."

https://t.co/8ETTIjrxfM

— @amuse (@amuse) June 1, 2025

South China news outlet says 65% of the proposed / estimated tariffs will be absorbed by the producers.

DRIVE-BY MEDIA: Very few reporters are ever held to account to their prior false statements. Secretary Bessent is right to remind her… pic.twitter.com/1CWD6BOxVz

— @amuse (@amuse) June 1, 2025

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South China news outlet says 65% of the proposed / estimated tariffs will be absorbed by the producers.

DRIVE-BY MEDIA: Very few reporters are ever held to account to their prior false statements. Secretary Bessent is right to remind her… pic.twitter.com/1CWD6BOxVz

— @amuse (@amuse) June 1, 2025

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That's common sense. The exporters don't want to pay the tariffs, but they will absorb it to the extent that it doesn't affect demand. Ideally, there is domestic competition for the tariffed products.

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hey geniuses, tell this to the markets as they clearly don't understand. The mutual stroking here is phenomenal….
"Ideally there is domestic demand for the tariffed products". "Ideally" huh? That's what you are going with?

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South China news outlet says 65% of the proposed / estimated tariffs will be absorbed by the producers.

DRIVE-BY MEDIA: Very few reporters are ever held to account to their prior false statements. Secretary Bessent is right to remind her… pic.twitter.com/1CWD6BOxVz

— @amuse (@amuse) June 1, 2025

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That's common sense. The exporters don't want to pay the tariffs, but they will absorb it to the extent that it doesn't affect demand. Ideally, there is domestic competition for the tariffed products.

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hey geniuses, tell this to the markets as they clearly don't understand. The mutual stroking here is phenomenal….
"Ideally there is domestic demand for the tariffed products". "Ideally" huh? That's what you are going with?

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As I stated before, the tariffs are too aggressive. Secondly, big business owns most of the news outlets and their supply chain runs out of countries like China. Doesn't Bezos own WAPO? Finally, TDS libs are more than happy to embellish any anti-Trump news.

One source I read estimates the next quarters GDP at 5% to 6%.

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One source I read estimates the next quarters GDP at 5" to 6%.

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I've got $50,000 that says your source is 100% wrong.
Wanna play?

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One source I read estimates the next quarters GDP at 5" to 6%.

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I've got $50,000 that says your source is 100% wrong.
Wanna play?

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I got 50 cents that says his source is right. Wanna play?

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Na.
I wouldn't want to take away from the money that you sock away for your $5.99 Denny's Daily Value Slam.
You might just be one of the cheapest posters in Bearinsider history.

You must be upset about Trump cutting your Medicaid.
Sad really.

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One source I read estimates the next quarters GDP at 5% to 6%.

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I've got $50,000 that says your source is 100% wrong.
Wanna play?

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I got 50 cents that says his source is right. Wanna play?

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Na. I wouldn't want to take away from the money that you sock away for your $5.99 Denny's Daily Value Slam.
You might just be one of the cheapest posters in Bearinsider history.

You must be upset about Trump cutting your Medicaid.
Sad really.

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Why are you such an unhappy, bitter person? He offered a 50 cents bet, you countered with three attempted insults.

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I'm sorry.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that 50 cents moves the needle for you.

If I was still living at home with my parents in their basement and had no expenses, 50 cents would probably move the needle for me too. But it doesn't.

My apologies.

Mexico remittances drop 12.1% in April vs last year.

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One source I read estimates the next quarters GDP at 5" to 6%.

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I've got $50,000 that says your source is 100% wrong.
Wanna play?

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I got 50 cents that says his source is right. Wanna play?

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Na.

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One source I read estimates the next quarters GDP at 5% to 6%.

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"The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's GDPNow model estimates a 4.6% GDP expansion in the second quarter of 2025, according to their website. "

CLASSIC. You read it here first.

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One source I read estimates the next quarters GDP at 5" to 6%.

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I've got $50,000 that says your source is 100% wrong. Wanna play?

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"The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's GDPNow model estimates a 4.6% GDP expansion in the second quarter of 2025, according to their website. "

Ha!

And you still wont bet more than 50 cents.
lol