The New Coffee Room

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/03/senate-mehmet-oz-medicare-medicaid/82791406007/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-confirms-national-security-council-firings-waltzs-signal-chat-woes-snowball

@Horace said in Trumpenomics:

I’m a little surprised the Democrats would want to save Trump from himself on this. I am sure there are plenty of congresspeople on that side who would like to see tariff havoc wrought by Maga. It’s not a political win for them if they block these tariffs, and the economy does well for the next few years.

Yep. The Dems might be saying to themselves, what if we try to block him and the damn things work?

Farmland. Good farmland.

Has outperformed the stockmarket since about 1900, IIRC.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-running-for-reelection-as-independent/ar-AA1CdNDK?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Yeah, when Dems do that, y'all say their positions have "evolved".

And lads and lassies, let me truly invigorate you...Anybody who puts all of his eggs in one (stockmarket) basket is a fool. The market will go up and it will go down.

I understand what Trump is trying to do. I do not know if it will work. It is an attempt to grow the middle class into something more like what the country was when blue collar workers without extensive training could still make enough money to afford a small house and a used car.

It is also strategic. You cannot depend on steel, aluminum, chips, etc, for national defense, when those commodities come from adversarial nations or nations prone to a threat of instability.

@jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics:

It's not current market conditions. They've been consolidating and off-shoring for quite some time.

Tends to be pretty painful. Keep close watch on the eye.

@LuFins-Dad said in Trumpenomics:

@Jolly said in Trumpenomics:

When was the first time Trump proposed tariffs?

Forty years ago.

Yeah, and Reagan smacked him around over it pretty damn good. It’s okay to criticize him, Jolly.

I just explained that Trump's view on tariffs is nothing new.

It's fine to criticize Trump, if it's warranted. Around here, demonize is a more common modality.

When was the first time Trump proposed tariffs?

Forty years ago. Be he right, be he wrong, this is not new.

Use them or lose them...

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/04/01/trumps-latest-move-ought-to-keep-iran-up-at-night-n4938475

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/04/01/at-howard-university-the-percentage-of-black-men-is-small-and-declining-n3801379

Speaking of cross species sex, how are ewe doing?

I think Doc may have been his best role and the one he'll be remembered for.

Whatever works for him. He'd gotten in pretty bad shape.

@jon-nyc said in There's Maga, then there's MAGA:

If neither Darwin, Spencer, or Wallace had ever lived, I’m pretty sure anyone who looked at her would independently theorize that man came from lower orders of ape. Then when she opened her mouth all doubt would be removed.

Funny observation from a person that looks like an orangutan.

Maybe it's just an opening gambit in cross-species breeding.

It's gonna happen...

@Axtremus said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:

Gmail ...

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/mike-waltz-signal-gmail-security

Much ado about nothing.

@AndyD said in "It's a bloodbath".:

It's just more savings to pay for the wall.
You remember Trump(CF) back in 2016 saying he'd make Mexico pay for it?

He's the worst deal maker, but an excellent snake oil salesman.

Thou sayest.