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Record high stocks, historically low unemployment, lowest murder rate in history, & average lifespan just hit 79 years old, highest ever. Yet U Michigan consumer sentiment just hit 50 year lows. By data things have been far worse in past 50 years. So why are people so unhappy?
George Washington declined to be featured on currency when he was living, fearing it would be reminiscent of a monarch.
Congress in 1866 passed the Thayer amendment, which stated "no portrait or likeness of any living person shall be engraved or placed upon any of the bonds, securities, notes, or postal currency of the United States."
Has Kathy Hochul ever drained a free throw with any Knicks players?
President @realDonaldTrump did, in a suit, alongside Jamal Crawford, Penny Hardaway, and Isiah Thomas.
(The Apprentice, Season 4, Episode 9 — 2005)
Anyone who knows my father knows he probably knows more about Sports than just about any human being not in the business. Kathy’s failed soundbite ain’t gonna land well… just like her policies.
This is Ken Paxton's mugshot.
He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud.
He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery.
He was impeached by his own party for corruption.
Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas.
Together we will stop him.
This is amazing.
The New York Times put together a graphic of how much time cabinet members spend kissing up to Trump in meetings.
"On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered Mr. Trump, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents."
North Korea.
How Trump lost Senate Republicans, w @ShelbyTalcott
- His juice is LOW after Cassidy lost and Trump endorsed against Cornyn, per senators and aides
- Senate Rs hated the Paxton endorsement and saw the attack on parliamentarian as low blow
- Politically, the anti-weaponization fund is "unexplainable. And that's the problem," said Sen. Cramer. McConnell using Dems' words: "slush fund"
- Timing for $1.8 B fund was terrible coming before the reconciliation vote ->"This is a delay of the administration’s making," GOP aide says
- GOP spent two weeks wrangling over ballroom security before deciding to drop it; the WH indicated to Rs it could threaten to veto a reconciliation that's not to Trump's liking
- Grassley told Blanche admin needs to coordinate more with Congress. Meeting w Blanche an "absolutely shitshow," per person briefed
- WH official: “No one should be doubting how he’s able to bend everything to his will"
- Sen. Lankford on jilted GOP senators: "None of them are punitive enough that they’re not going to do something to poke him in the eye. But they also represent their state.”
Here's how the corruption works:
Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump
Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it
Friday: FDA changes the policy
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“Bringing in James Harden to win a championship is like electing Donald Trump to fix your country.”
- @maxkellerman
(Via Game Over / h/t @NBA__Courtside )
it was october 2024. the US economy was the strongest major one in the world. inflation was nearing 2%. the US economy had added over 2 million jobs that year. russia was losing in ukraine. china was rapidly falling behind the US. and 77 million morons voted to blow it all up
A mind-blowing-but-true fact about Trump's stock trading.
Trump traded up to ~$700 million in stock in Q1 of 2026.
The 535 Members of Congress made ~$635 million in trades in 2025.
Trump bought and sold more stock in 3 months than all of Congress put together did in a year.
Reporter: The DOJ has this new fund — $1.7 billion. Why should taxpayers pay for the January 6ers?
Trump: Because in my world, loyalty outranks law. They broke the rules for me, so you pay the bill for them. That’s the transaction.
Maddow: So in January, Trump buys hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock in Nvidia. Then a week later, his commerce department approves the sale of Nvidia chips to China.
Also in January, Trump buys between 50,000 and $100,000 worth of stock in AMD. One week after he buys it, his commerce department approves AMD doing business in China as well.
The following month, in February, Trump buys millions of dollars worth of stock in Dell. Nine days after he buys millions of dollars worth of stock in Dell, Trump veers off script in a speech in Georgia to tell the crowd literally, quote, go out and buy a Dell computer.
Then in March, Judd Legum at Popular Information reports that Trump repeatedly buys up Thermo Fisher stock, and then he goes and visits Thermo Fisher on a presidential visit and praises the company.
That same day, Trump bought hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock in Apple. And then that same day he bought the stock, he did another event where he singled out Apple and Apple CEO Tim cook for praise. Apple a great company.
Then after that, Trump buys Micron stock. The very next day, he calls into the Fox News channel and tells them Micron is one of the hottest companies.
CNBC reporting Trump makes seven separate purchases of Palantir stock. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Palantir stock. Then he gets on truth social and praises Palantir.