FUN FACT: Communists didn't increase gas, diesel, and grocery prices with a war on Iran and stupid tariffs.
Trans people didn't.
Immigrants didn't.
Socialists didn't.
Muslims didn't.
LGBTQ didn't.
trump DID.
And Republicans LET him.
FIRE those bums on November 3rd.
When a power hungry ego obsessed President knows he’s a lame duck and will soon lose power, he turns to war.
On the world and the people.
My God help us, what is this lunatic planning
I did not support this and America did NOT vote for this.
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“I love the inflation.” -Donald Trump
“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation at all.” -Donald Trump
“Affordability is a hoax.” -Donald Trump
“Nobody gives a shit about housing. -Donald Trump
“If gas prices rise, they rise.” -Donald Trump
Vote them the fuck out this November!
People keep saying Trump term II is the most corrupt administration ever, so I built a model to find out if it was true.
I took the UN's definition of corruption, turned it into eight criteria and 100 points, and scored the leaders history remembers for looting their countries: Marcos, Suharto, Mobutu, Abacha, Obiang, Putin.
Then I put every president since Eisenhower on the same scale, both parties, with every exoneration counted right alongside the convictions.
Nixon scored 41 and no other American President scored over a 25.
Trump's second term scored a 91, which ties him with Suharto and Mobutu and puts him above Marcos and Abacha.
So he is not only the most corrupt president in American history. At this pace he finishes his term level with the most corrupt rulers of the last hundred years.
PSA: don't come in my comments arguing about the results if you haven't read the full article, because ignorance is a choice.
Full article is up now on my Substack (link in bio) and it's free.
It’s easy to point fingers at Democrats for blocking the bill, but in its current form, there were legitimate reasons to object to it.
Some of us repeatedly warned that Trump was damaging the industry with his crypto scams, while much of crypto stayed silent, or worse, made excuses for it.
This lack of self-awareness is real problem...
https://t.co/jLPGg1c51V
Clarity didn't pass because Republicans refused to amend the bill to meet the following requests from Democrats:
1. Make presidents divest large crypto interests or genuinely separate themselves from them. The purpose was to prevent a president from regulating an industry while personally profiting from it. A version of this was backed by both Democrat Ruben Gallego and Republican Thom Tillis.
2. Let state attorneys general enforce the ethics rules against the president. Democrats did not want enforcement to depend entirely on the president’s own Justice Department. The final Republican proposal gave states some power, but Democrats said it still did not clearly let them take direct action against the president.
3. Don't let the Office of Government Ethics simply waive the restrictions. Democrats objected to language that could allow senior officials to keep crypto-business relationships after receiving an ethics-office exemption.
4. Stop presidents and other senior officials from launching or profiting from new crypto tokens while in office. This was aimed at conflicts like a president simultaneously holding office and benefiting from meme coins or crypto businesses affected by government policy. Republicans ultimately accepted substantial restrictions in this area.
Context: Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure reported more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto ventures. The White House says his finances are managed by his children, although Trump remains the beneficiary. So Congress was writing crypto rules while the president had major financial interests in that same industry.
In a nutshell, the argument for Dem's demands was straightforward: someone making the rules shouldn't have a large personal financial stake in the industry being regulated, and the rules shouldn't depend on that person's own administration for enforcement.
So instead of just pointing fingers at Democrats for not passing the bill, why aren’t we asking why Republicans refused to agree to these terms?
i’m driving to DC right now and this is the price of fuel in the Midwest. Every lever Congress and the President can pull to affect the price of fuel have been pulled in the wrong direction. This is political malpractice seven weeks before an election.