My father in law was just bragging about how the treasury earned over $100B in tariffs so far as though it’s not just foreign companies importers passing that cost on to consumers.
It’s literally just a $100B sales tax hike. So far.
Edit: yeah, the cost is paid by importers, not exporters. So it’s literally a tax on US-based importers passed on to US consumers.
I would hope that Canada would accept refugees persecuted by an oppressive dictatorship the same as any other country. Not only do I hope that, I’m pretty sure they would.
I mean she probably adds some Russian espionage
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Yep. Important to not assume the election was fraudulent. But there is a case filed to interrogate some anomalous results in at least some districts. It’s definitely possible that foul play was involved.
Some reasons to suspect foul play:
https://www.planetcritical.com/p/cyber-security-experts-warn-election-hacked
https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-they-didnt-just-change-the
Only if it’s wheelchair accessible though
Irony & Stephen being an arch-ghoul notwithstanding, federal law does supercede state law (Art 6 Sec 2). Like, Nebraska couldn’t just legalize murder. They could stop enforcing that law, but it’d still be illegal and the federal gov’t could take action.
And Mike Johnson tells his son every time he cums
Sleepy Trump is what we’re going with? Not Dozin’ Donald? Not Drowsy Donnie? Not Tired Trump? Not Tuckered Out Trump?
We can’t win if we can’t meme
The Donald Slump ^tm
Learn what you need to do to follow recipes, and then you’ll learn the rest over time. Cook things you like to eat.
Don’t get a bunch of junk for your kitchen. You only need basic things and can buy them as you go.
- Knives - you only need a chef’s knife (8" or 10") for most kitchen tasks and a paring knife for small things. Optional: bread knife (i just use a chef’s knife), filet knife, boning knife, cleaver.
- Pots and Pans - get all stainless steel and/or cast iron/enameled cast iron. Don’t buy aluminum or nonstick. Frying pan. Saucepan. Big pot and/or Dutch oven (can use as a soup pot on the stove or in the oven for other things, enameled recommended). Baking sheet (and a silicone matt for nonstick).
- Other: peeler, box grater, garlic press (way easier than mincing garlic), citrus juicer, steamer insert for a pot, measuring cups and spoons, cutting board (plastic is OK - bamboo is another good budget option, one for meat and one for plants recommended)
Know what it means to steam, boil, simmer, sautee, bake.
Keep your knives sharp.
Learn the basic cuts (dice = .5 - 2cm cubes, mince = very tiny little pieces, julienne/batonnet/chiffonade - strips of stuff of various sizes).
The key to cutting anything is to break it down into manageable, regular pieces that you can easily turn into cubes or rectangles.
Since you have difficulty tasting:
Don’t over-salt. You can always add more, but you can’t remove it.
Acidity and fat are important to make food taste good. Vinegar is often a hack to make food taste better.
Adding MSG to your food is also a great way to make it taste better.
Learn what herbs and spices belong in different kinds of food. Some can go in a lot of different cuisines and dishes - like salt, pepper, garlic, onion, parsley, and chives. But others have more niche uses, and some combinations are very typical of specific cuisines. Buy individual spices, not spice mixes. Dry spices are stronger than fresh spices, so if substituting dried for fresh, you will use less than you would use if they were fresh.
The head chef of Alethea (3 star michelin restaurant) totally lost his sense of taste for years and still ran one of the best restaurants in the world.
Liberalism has a different meaning than how it is used in American politics. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism
And what ghoul will he pick to replace himself? Not optimistic.
The headline is disingenuously framed. He isn’t saying he’s gearing up for a presidential bid. He’s saying he’ll throw his weight in to build up support for the party. Idk that that’ll do any good, but it isn’t a bad thing for him to do necessarily.
He’s an established guy who a lot of moderates and libs have historically liked. Plus, I guarantee he knows a lot of big money donors who he might be able to convince to put their money toward a more progressive candidate - that could be useful if he was willing to support a more progressive direction & agenda. Now will he do that or just insist on more of the same bullshit that ran the party into the ground…? Seems like he might not exactly have his finger on the dying pulse of american democracy, so to speak
And/Or
Are relevant here as very concise and somewhat less concise definitions, respectively.
Some of it actually might be. They kind of got the liberal base riled up for a potential government shutdown, then decided to back down after doing that. I think even the mainstream libs are upset.
Baiscally, POTUS invited Zelenskyy to the White House for a meeting to discuss potential terms for a peace deal with Russia. In a press conference, Trump and Vance basically blamed Zelenskyy for the war, told him that by not capitulating to US and Russian demands, he was gambling with WWIII, said that Ukraine doesn’t have any “cards” - that they can’t have a say in peace deals involving them, and literally started yelling at him and lost any sense of decorum. All of this was after Zelenskyy proposed a version of Trump’s “give us all your rare earth minerals” plan that involved US Ukranian mining partnership - so already a partial capitulation.
It was a… bad… PR and diplomatic decision. It weakens US leadership globally, further erodes soft power, is going to make China evaluate if Taiwan has “cards” in the way that Ukraine does not, etc. It was disastrous for US foreign policy and further marks a decline in its importance glabally.
Voting is an important tool to help contain fascism in liberal democracies while building serious social movements. (Socialist - but hopefully this isn’t actually unpopular with most socialists).
TL;DR: approval down 1% from 45% to 44% over 6 days. Was at 47% on Jan 20. Disapproval up to 51% from 41% though since January.
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