James Carville backs Graham Platner: “We’ve got a fucked up guy who could be 100x more fucked up than he is and he’d never be as fucked up as what we’ve got in Washington. This country is about to lose it, the whole goddamn thing. We gotta win this. If we got a person that’s understandably got issues, good. Maybe people oughta see it and maybe we oughta be reminded what these stupid wars have brought about and the consequence of said stupid wars that stupid Susan Collins’ been for all of her political life”
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, the media finally asks Donald Trump how his tariffs fit into his plans to lower costs. Trump responds by saying that these tariffs will increase prices. This is a stunning admission.
Let’s all hope that this turns out to be true…
According to The Washington Post, Trump and his aides are now considering imposing foreign tariffs only on "certain sectors deemed critical to national or economic security.”
Previously, Trump had vowed to slam "universal tariffs" on foreign imports as high as 20%. The threat was lambasted by experts who correctly pointed out that it would tank the economy.
Despite Trump's claims to the contrary, it would be American consumers who end up footing the bill as companies pass the cost off on them.
The Post's Jeff Stein reports that three anonymous sources have stated that Trump backpedaling on this issue "would jettison a key aspect of Trump’s campaign pledge, at least for now" but "no decisions have been finalized and that planning remains in flux."
"Preliminary discussions have largely focused on several key sectors that the Trump team wants to bring back to the United States," Stein wrote.
"Those include the defense industrial supply chain (through tariffs on steel, iron, aluminum and copper); critical medical supplies (syringes, needles, vials and pharmaceutical materials); and energy production (batteries, rare earth minerals and even solar panels)," he added.
For all of our sakes, let's hope that Trump caves.
On the debt ceiling, it's worth noting that one-quarter of the federal debt, from the founding of the Republic to 2021, was accumulated during the first administration of Donald J. Trump.
BREAKING: President Biden drops a bomb on MAGA world by announcing that he will veto a formerly bipartisan bill that would add 63 permanent judgeships because Donald Trump would now be the one to fill 22 of the seats.
You have to fight fire with fire...
Biden promised to veto the bill which has already passed in the Senate and is set to be voted on by the Republican-controlled House this week.
The bill was designed to add judgeships to help with the backlog at federal courthouses across the country. However, if the choice is between having too few judges or having 22 new MAGA ones, it's better to not have the judges at all.
"Under this legislation, we all promised to give the next three unknown presidents a certain number of judges," said Congressman Jerry Nadler. "Because no one can tell the future we were all at an equal disadvantage, but for this deal to work, the bill had to be passed before Election Day."
It's encouraging to see Democrats strategically wielding power like this. Joe Biden has a responsibility to protect the American people from Donald Trump as best he can.
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There’s been a lot of talk about Joe Biden pardoning Donald Trump to “heal the country” or end the “weaponization” of the justice system.
Bullshit. What Trump did was too serious. And no, this isn’t a “both sides” issue. Accountability matters.
#RuleOfLaw#NoPardon
🚨NEW: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) has introduced a constitutional amendment to create term limits for U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
RETWEET to thank @SenPeterWelch for standing up for our democracy!