So let me get this straight.
Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom.
Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land.
Don Jr married the daughter of Epstein’s banker, and a startup his fund backs just got a record $620M Pentagon loan.
Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5B in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted.
And I know: “But what about your paintings, Hunter?”
Please.
Mr Witkoff has gone to Moscow eight times to negotiate peace… zero times to Ukraine. Most Americans know this is not right. Don’t pretend to be neutral when the facts are obvious. Can we get someone serious in the position to do this right?
@Robertwaldeck@BJenningsEdTech The most obvious solution to this to me is to give the city equity in the team. Want half a billion from a city for your sports team? Pony up equity or at least a profits interest. It’s appalling how one-sided these stadium deals are.
Are you ever going to find out what’s going on with the president’s hands? Why the continuous IVs? Why does he disappear for multiple days at the turn of the month?
Are you so scared of CNN’s billionaire owner that you won’t ask basic questions?
@freemymarkets@ThatchEffendi His mental and physical decline is obvious to everyone now and it’s accelerating. I’ll be genuinely surprised if he finishes his term.
If you remember, the Reflecting Pool was #5 on American's top list of concerns in the 2024 election, right behind "An Extravagant and Ostentatious Ballroom," "A Golden Statue of Trump," "Wiping Out That School for Girls," and MelaniaCoin.
The idea that this guy is being treated as an authority on Christianity is just absurd. He is re-framing what it means to be Christian for his own ends, and it should be obvious.
This guy worked directly with the CIA and an Iran-Contra criminal to privatize the most Orwellian Bush-era surveillance proposal, creating Palantir in the process, wants to tear down representative government and replace it with a private company run by a CEO/dictator, promotes borgifying humanity and frames it as necessary, and funds and helped create numerous companies that help commit genocide and blow children to smithereens. He embodies the opposite of what are ostensibly Christian values. Let him redefine what it means to be "Christian" at your own risk.
Also, no one would even consider calling this guy "Christian," let alone an authority on it, a few decades ago. But now the PayPal mafia bros largely control the digital realms that now dominate public discourse and have successful bought up a legion of podcasters/influencers, so they can make a large segment of the public believe whatever they want I guess.
In today's world, Emperor Palpatine could also probably successfully frame himself as a well-meaning authority on who and who isn't a baddie.
Economy then vs now:
GDP growth:
2024 2.8%
2026 1.6%
Inflation:
2024 2.9%
2026 3.8%
Wages:
2024 rising faster than inflation
2026 rising slower than inflation
Unemployment rate:
2024 4%
2026 4.3%
Jobs added per month:
2024 >120,000
2026 76,000
Jobs vs Unemployed:
2024 7.6 million job openings vs 6.9 million unemployed
2026 6.8 million job openings vs 7.2 million unemployed
National Debt
2024 $35.5 trillion
2026 $39 trillion
Deficit
2024 $1.8 trillion
2026 CBO projection $2 trillion
Uninsured Americans:
2024 27 million
2026 CBO projection 30 million
Gas prices per gallon:
December 2024 ~$3.00
Today $4.43
I must say, I wouldn't have expected so many Americans to bow down to one person. To lend themselves to a mass political cult. I thought we were made of sterner, prouder stuff. The republican spirit (note the small "r") is wanting.