Vietnam buys $10B per year to the U.S.
Who gives a shit if they tariff themselves 10% or 0% on it?
We buy $150B per year from Vietnam.
And we just self taxed ourselves 50% on all of that for no reason at all.
We deserve what is coming for us.
Economically illiterate society electing economically illiterate leaders to make economically illiterate decisions.
When Obama was president we never wore Obama hats or flew Obama flags. We didn’t paint Obama on the sides of our vehicles and most of us never claimed Obama was the greatest president in history. Something is very different about Trump supporters. What do you think it is?
A coal lobbyist runs the EPA
A pharma exec runs HHS
An oil lobbyist runs the DOI
A Raytheon lobbyist runs DOD
A Verizon lawyer runs FCC
A Goldman Sachs exec runs Treasury
A private equity kingpin runs Commerce
And you wonder why stimulus funds become corporate handouts.
The Supreme Court has started issuing decisions remotely in order to protect their own safety.
One of their first remote decisions was that Wisconsin voters will have to show up in person and risk their lives if they want their votes counted.
NEW: After assuring the public about the government's coronavirus preparedness, Senate Intel chair Richard Burr, in one day, sold off up to $1.6 million is stock.
A week later, the market began its fall.
His committee was receiving daily briefings.
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Trump expresses frustration about water efficiency, says sinks don’t have enough pressure and people have to flush toilets multiple times. He says he has directed the EPA to look at opening up water standards. It’s called rain, he says, referring to states with lots of water.
Voters in Georgia: if you are one of the people who has been removed from the rolls (your status says “pending” on the SOS site), you can still vote if you bring your ID and the name matches. Media! Please include this in your stories and ensure your headlines are not misleading
Rebecca White, Dr. Ford’s friend who gave sworn statement to SJC that Ford told her about the Kavanaugh incident last year, sends a statement about the hearing:
Judge Kavanaugh just said Burwell v. Hobby Lobby was about "abortion-inducing drugs." That's a GROSS misunderstanding of the case, which was about insurance coverage for contraceptives. It's further proof of Kavanaugh's hostility toward women's reproductive freedom. #WhatsAtStake