DiabloWags said:

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MinotStateBeav said:

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What Trump/Bessent are trying to do.

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And the market is saying TARIFFS are WRONG.
They are INFLATIONARY and hurt economic growth.

Basic Econ. 1

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AntiochWags - What was the inflation rate when President Trump tariffed China - Billy- in 2016?

Previously, Trumps tariffs had revived steel and aluminium.

USA Today, Peter Navarro: "Enter President Joe Biden: He handed out a complex web of exemptions for other countries and alternative trade arrangements that severely weakened the effectiveness of the Trump tariffs. Predictably, imports once again surged, and by 2024, U.S. aluminum capacity utilization had plummeted to a dangerous 52%, with smelters shutting down and American jobs disappearing."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/02/28/trump-tariffs-aluminum-steel-canada-mexico-economy/80694166007/

NEW: Elon Musk plans to double DOGE staff amid federal government cuts - Fox Business

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 11, 2025

movielover said:

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DiabloWags said:

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MinotStateBeav said:

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What Trump/Bessent are trying to do.

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And the market is saying TARIFFS are WRONG.
They are INFLATIONARY and hurt economic growth.

Basic Econ. 1

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AntiochWags - What was the inflation rate when President Trump tariffed China - Billy- in 2016?

Previously, Trumps tariffs had revived steel and aluminium.

USA Today, Peter Navarro: "Enter President Joe Biden: He handed out a complex web of exemptions for other countries and alternative trade arrangements that severely weakened the effectiveness of the Trump tariffs. Predictably, imports once again surged, and by 2024, U.S. aluminum capacity utilization had plummeted to a dangerous 52%, with smelters shutting down and American jobs disappearing."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/02/28/trump-tariffs-aluminum-steel-canada-mexico-economy/80694166007/

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Yeah, Peter Navarro is an unbiased and objective observer.

The blind leading the blind, truly.

1. The DOGE website is garbage. The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.

And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.

So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything… pic.twitter.com/beVYFVKbI9

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 12, 2025

I'm sure this lady will be fired shortly, because this does not seem to be efficient at all.

Outrageous. Trump government official who enforces DOGE cuts firing employees for “poor performance”, works as an influencer during business hours, filming in her government office. pic.twitter.com/4OZtWvTiOG

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) March 12, 2025

chazzed said:

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I'm sure this lady will be fired shortly, because this does not seem to be efficient at all.

Outrageous. Trump government official who enforces DOGE cuts firing employees for “poor performance”, works as an influencer during business hours, filming in her government office. pic.twitter.com/4OZtWvTiOG

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) March 12, 2025

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You just can not make this stuff up.

movielover said:

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DiabloWags said:

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MinotStateBeav said:

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What Trump/Bessent are trying to do.

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And the market is saying TARIFFS are WRONG.
They are INFLATIONARY and hurt economic growth.

Basic Econ. 1

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AntiochWags - What was the inflation rate when President Trump tariffed China - Billy- in 2016?

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Trump's tariffs during his first term were akin to a $625 per household tax increase per year, according to the center-right group called the Tax Foundation.

His tariffs this time around are far more sweeping and less targeted than his first term.

Please try and educate yourself with the basics before posting.
It would help facilitate a more informed discussion.

PolitiFact | New Trump tariffs could put even more downward pressure on economy because they're less targeted

We need to cut federal money from Harvard.



The entire class, "How to use AutoPen"

McLaurine Pinover: Trump official tasked with defending DOGE cuts posted fashion influencer videos from her office | CNN Politics


https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/opm-spokesperson-fashion-influencer-videos-invs/index.html

"As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency's chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for a side hustle: aspiring Instagram fashion influencer.

In at least a dozen videos filmed in her OPM office, political appointee McLaurine Pinover modeled her outfit choices for the day, while directing followers from her Instagram account to a website that could earn her commissions on clothing sales."

When the POTUS has monetized his office (merch, crypto meme coins, hawking Teslas, etc.) how can this be considered wrong?

bearister said:

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McLaurine Pinover: Trump official tasked with defending DOGE cuts posted fashion influencer videos from her office | CNN Politics


https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/opm-spokesperson-fashion-influencer-videos-invs/index.html

"As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency's chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for a side hustle: aspiring Instagram fashion influencer.

In at least a dozen videos filmed in her OPM office, political appointee McLaurine Pinover modeled her outfit choices for the day, while directing followers from her Instagram account to a website that could earn her commissions on clothing sales."

When the POTUS has monetized his office (merch, crypto meme coins, hawking Teslas, etc.) how can this be considered wrong?

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You do realize people working with DOGE come from other professions right? When are we getting the Bearister Meme Coin?

The inflation rate is down to 2.8%!

The Trump Effect! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/znZNNnkgSX

— GOP (@GOP) March 12, 2025

MinotStateBeav said:

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bearister said:

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McLaurine Pinover: Trump official tasked with defending DOGE cuts posted fashion influencer videos from her office | CNN Politics


https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/opm-spokesperson-fashion-influencer-videos-invs/index.html

"As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency's chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for a side hustle: aspiring Instagram fashion influencer.

In at least a dozen videos filmed in her OPM office, political appointee McLaurine Pinover modeled her outfit choices for the day, while directing followers from her Instagram account to a website that could earn her commissions on clothing sales."

When the POTUS has monetized his office (merch, crypto meme coins, hawking Teslas, etc.) how can this be considered wrong?

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You do realize people working with DOGE come from other professions right? When are we getting the Bearister Meme Coin?

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800 followers doesn't mean you have a profession as a fashion influencer.

If I had done something like that at work and was caught, I'd be suspended without pay immediately and fired within a week or two.

"Previously when it posted new claims, DOGE, Mr. Musk's government-restructuring effort, had included identifying details about the cuts it took credit for. That allowed the public to fact-check its work by comparing its figures with federal spending databases and talking to the groups whose funding had been cut.

This time, it did not include those details. A White House official said that was done for security purposes.

The result was that the group's new claims appeared impossible to check."


DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find DNyuz


https://dnyuz.com/2025/03/13/doge-makes-its-latest-errors-harder-to-find/

Concerning.

Trump's first month in office showed federal spending of $603 billion in February — $36 billion higher than last February.https://t.co/cFBIwYlj8C

— Axios (@axios) March 13, 2025

chazzed said:

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Concerning.

Trump's first month in office showed federal spending of $603 billion in February — $36 billion higher than last February.https://t.co/cFBIwYlj8C

— Axios (@axios) March 13, 2025

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with mandatory expenses and inheriting a spending bill/budget having an increase of 36B is probably as close to flat as possible

Nothing to see here

Just Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Bernie Sanders saying we need to “cut the waste, fraud, and abuse” out of Medicare

Yet now they oppose Trump doing just that?

This is why we need to pass the DOGE Act to make these crucial spending cuts permanent so… pic.twitter.com/lUct29gbd3

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) March 13, 2025

Please tell me this is fake...

OMG this is not AI, it's real. It's a must watch.

2011. Obama announces a DOGE department and puts Joe Biden in charge of it! 😂

"Nobody messes with Joe." 🤣 pic.twitter.com/obGsYHzmMr

— MAZE (@mazemoore) March 14, 2025

So they didn't dig in and focus. Even the Liberal press in his second term called Obama "feckless".

There is absolutely no way this guy would ever do a Nazi salute.

Musk Retweets ‘Hitler Didn’t Murder Millions’ Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversyhttps://t.co/ow7xMxhFH3 pic.twitter.com/iTvok4m6Hw

— Forbes (@Forbes) March 14, 2025

sycasey said:

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There is absolutely no way this guy would ever do a Nazi salute.

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Liberals Defeat Nazis By Painting Swastikas Everywhere And Torching Immigrant Businesses https://t.co/0chIStmKwC pic.twitter.com/SQNOwP4Mv4

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 12, 2025

Deport the f&cker. He supports terrorist groups

Maybe some owners are pissed about owning a crappy product that falls apart?

So nice to see our President the other day violating the Hatch Act and promoting a truck that falls apart.




On Thursday, EV enthusiast site Electrek reported Tesla delivery agents as saying all outbound vehicles have been stopped amid concerns that the glue holding the exterior stainless steel panelling in place is failing.

The issue isn't new but it has remained unaddressed. Owners living in cold weather conditions in particular have been warning about it for weeks, posting images of sharp-edged metal trim protruding from their vehicles and flapping in the wind while driving. Some have even taken to reporting the problem to the federal traffic safety authority NHTSA, Road & Track reported last month.