Apr 2, 2025 | ECONOMY, RUSSIA!, SECOND REICH
The White House tweeted a series of tweets with the countries included in the “reciprocal tariffs.” Not on the list? Russia. Also absent: Belarus, which has been actively allied with Russia in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Mediaite
Apr 1, 2025 | CRIME WATCH, DEBUNKED, ECONOMY, SECOND REICH
Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future. The Social Security Administration receives billions in free money each year from an unexpected source: undocumented immigrants....
Apr 1, 2025 | CRIME WATCH, ECONOMY, SECOND REICH
Rise and shine…it’s April Fools’ Day. But while most of us are dodging harmless pranks from coworkers or family, the real joke is unfolding in real time, and the punchline is America’s economy. Tomorrow, April 2, marks Trump’s Economic D-Day, a day that’s already...
Mar 30, 2025 | ECONOMY, SECOND REICH
“I couldn’t care less if they raise prices, because people are going to start buying American-made cars,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News. The Hill
Mar 29, 2025 | ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
American taxpayers have now spent more than $26 million in Donald Trump’s second term so the president can play golf at one of his own courses. Trump arrived Saturday morning at his golf course in West Palm Beach, adjacent to the county jail and across the...
Mar 18, 2025 | CRIME WATCH, ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than two dozen unnamed current and former USAID employees and contractors who had challenged the efforts to shutter USAID, which were mounted by DOGE and Musk, a senior White House adviser who...
Mar 18, 2025 | ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS, QUOTES, SECOND REICH
From Twitter/X: “We need 7 million affordable homes in America and 20% of America’s landmass is owned by the Department of Interior. Today, @SecretaryBurgum and I are announcing a partnership between @HUDgov and @Interior to identify and open under-utilized...
Mar 15, 2025 | CRIME WATCH, ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS
Tesla Accused Of Gaming Canada’s EV Rebate Program After 4 Stores Sold 2 Cars Per Minute Wiping Out $43M in Grants Tesla sold over 8,600 cars in just three days at four stores before the rebate program ended. The surge in sales amounted to more than $43.1 million in...
Mar 15, 2025 | ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS, QUOTES
“A world in which human wages crash from AI — logically, necessarily — is a world in which productivity growth goes through the roof, and prices for goods and services crash to near zero,” Andreessen wrote. “Consumer cornucopia. Everything you need...
Mar 15, 2025 | ECONOMY, SECOND REICH
In an emergency address from the Oval Office on Monday afternoon, Donald J. Trump commanded the American people not to check their 401k accounts. “Anyone caught checking their 409s (sic) can and will be deported,” he warned. Borowitz
Mar 14, 2025 | ECONOMY, SECOND REICH
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20, freezing all funds appropriated under the Inflation Reduction Act, which farmers say are necessary to keep their farms and certain projects running. Courthouse News
Mar 8, 2025 | ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
H/T to Ed Krassenstein on X (@EdKrassen) For the ignorant Americans who don’t understand what US Aid to Ukraine actually looks like, please read and share this list: – The vast majority of the military aid we’re providing Ukraine comes directly from...
