Thursday, January 23, 2025

Yes, Inflation Is Back as Egg Prices Soar



Surging egg prices are the first sign that inflation has returned. Threatened tariffs would boost the prices of many goods and services.



Any chance that MAGA cultists will blame their Dear Leader for rising egg prices at some point, or nah? - Jon Cooper








The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump


Mexico Builds Wall to Keep Out Violent Jan 6 Criminals. - Andy Borowitz








You Just Watch, Trump Will Blame California For These Fires and Deny Aid




Trump: "Gavin's got one thing he can do. He can release the water that comes from the north."









Yesterday they renamed it the Gulf of America. Today it's snowing on the Gulf Coast. I'm not saying I did it... but I'm also not saying I didn't. - godpod











Republican Shenanigans


This is the worst kind of déjà vu. - John Collins

 








Yep, He's Gonna Pocket That FEMA Money Somehow
President Donald Trump floated the idea of eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency, stating that he would prefer that states take responsibility for recovering from disasters.








I already miss the youthful coherence of Joe Biden. - Andy Borowitz







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Lincoln freed the slaves.
Trump freed the terrorists. - Alex Cole







Trump Wants To Hurt Biden So Bad...








So sorry I called Elon Musk's gesture a Nazi salute. I was so sure. His amplifying antisemites on X, pushing replacement theory, palling around with Andrew "hey Jew!" Tate, supporting Germany's far right AfD, threatening the ADL, it all made me to jump to conclusions. Mea culpa. - Jeremy Newberger














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Business/Tech News


Donald Trump has cancelled the $35 a month Insulin cap.

Prices are expected to almost instantly go back to $1500 a month.

Insulin costs $2 to make. - BladeoftheS








CNN Needs To Get Rid of the Deadwood at the Top not the Bottom. Who In The Hell Does Their Marketing?
CNN is set to fire hundreds of employees on Thursday as the network prepares to restructure itself for the second term of President Donald Trump...Although the job cuts are very extensive, they will not affect CNN’s recognizable names and anchors. The network has a large number of staff that totals about 3,500 across the globe. Back in October, CNN formed a digital paywall that charges users $3.99 per month to view content.











the gulf of mexico should’ve been renamed to sea señor. - signulll




Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Trump's immigration crackdown met with defiance from local police





Several police departments won't assist with immigration enforcement if no crime has been reported.




Day 1: Nazi salutes
Day 2: Threatening a bishop with deportation

Pace yourself lads, you’ve got four years. At this rate you’ll be on ‘drop-kicking infants into a volcano’ by Easter. - Nick Pettigrew









The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump


Let me put it in words you might understand. Mr. Trump, f--k off. - Andres Vistisen, Danish MEP on the sale of Greenland




From Europe With Love...





Trump Sure Knows A Lot Of The Darkest People
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others conducted more than $200 million in illicit trade using bitcoin.











Let’s be clear: President Trump didn’t just pardon protestors.

He pardoned people convicted of assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy.

It is a betrayal of the highest order of our Capitol Police officers who risked their lives to keep us safe. - Sen. Chuck Schumer









Right wing authoritarians want to deport a bishop for quoting Jesus.

And if you think that's bad, you should see what the right wing authoritarians did to Jesus. - John Fugelsang









Republican Shenanigans


Reporter: “You said the images of the attacks stirred up anger in you. You said the nation was embarrassed. How do you reconcile that with the pardons?”

Marco Rubio: “I work for Trump.”

*Fact-check: He works for the American people. - TheTNHoller
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Melania Was Really Mad. She Was Clenching Her Teeth The Whole Time.
President Donald Trump demanded an apology from the Episcopal Church on Tuesday after Washington Bishop Mariann Budde made pointed remarks toward him during a national prayer service.










American politics has an ingrained philistinism and anti-intellectualism that has been the cause of infinite mischief.
Irving Kristol (born OTD in 1920)








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So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and send crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us. - Heather Thomas







Live on CNN, Michael Fanone just told Oathkeepers founder Stewart Rhodes, "Go F**k yourself." 
It wasn't edited or beeped out.








I'm SHOCKED, I Tell You. SHOCKED!
CNN journalists avoided mentioning the most sordid elements of President Donald Trump’s past—including his felony conviction and two impeachments—during inauguration day broadcasts after the network’s top boss told them to show some deference to the most powerful person on earth.








What I'm understanding is that MAGA cult members will be so thrilled with the racism and misogyny that they won't care that prices go up and their bank accounts are drained. - muellershewrote







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Business/Tech News


Prime Minister Trudeau: "If the President does choose to proceed with tariffs on Canada, Canada will respond, and everything is on the table."









I Hope This Shuts Up The Prince Harry Haters, But It Won't.
Prince Harry secured a major legal victory against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) Wednesday, with the media giant offering an “unequivocal apology” and agreeing to pay substantial damages for “unlawful” intrusions into his personal life.








How y’all doing and holding up? Thank you all for not giving up in this fight.








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Time To Deflate Photo
The Temple of the Moon is an important Inca construction, linked to fertility. It is located between Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu, Peru. 


Peace.



Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Trump Press Secretary Pushes Back on Kilmeade Asking About Jan. 6 Pardons: 'I Don't Think It's Causing Much Controversy'




Trump Press Secretary Pushes Back on Kilmeade Asking About Jan. 6 Pardons: 'I Don't Think It's Causing Much Controversy'
Newly installed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back on Brian Kilmeade’s question about President Donald Trump’s controversial pardons of Jan. 6 defendants during a Tuesday morning appearance on Fox & Friends.




I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers. - Rebecca Shaw







The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump



The only time Trump freed more terrorists than tonight was the time he agreed to let 5,000 Taliban prisoners go free. - Rick Wilson








Trump pardoned neo-Nazis and Elon musk gave two Nazi salutes. Not a single media outlet has pointed it out.  This is how fascism thrives. - Tea Pain









1,500 Insurrectionists Let Back Into Society. What Could Possibly Happen?
A man who turned his father in to the FBI told CNN on Monday he was “terrified” of his release and had purchased a gun after President Donald Trump pardoned 1,500 people concerning the January 6, 202,1 Capitol riots.








If only we were merely living in an SNL skit. - George Conway









Carrie Underwood shook everyone’s hand but Kamala’s. - Chris Evans










Trump Loses Citizenship After Signing Order Requiring Americans to Speak English. - Andy Borowitz









Shortly after Trump was sworn in as president, the official portrait of Retired Gen. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was removed from the Pentagon hallway where portraits of previous chairmen are displayed.

Donald Trump is a tiny and petty man









Republican Shenanigans


Donald Trump: I am going to get revenge on everyone who came after me over the last four years 

Joe Biden: Okay I will pardon those people so you can’t weaponize the justice department against them 

Media: What reason could Biden possibly have for pardoning these people??? - Skylar Johnson







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Donald Trump took the Constitution webpage off of the White House's website.

This comes after Donald didn't put his hand on the Bible to take the oath that he'd defend the Constitution.

Vile man. - Art Candee









Haven't These Afghans Been Through Enough? Trump Doesn't Think So.
Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.









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That Biden should have to issue preemptive pardons for men and women who defended the Constitution is a sad comment on Trump's vengeful nature. - Stephen King








Leonard Peltier Pardoned By Biden! It's About Damn Time.
Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president Monday, commuted the life sentence of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and of escaping from federal prison.









Trump's inauguration day gave me the same feeling as seeing the second tower hit the WTC. - Devin Duke








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We're going to find out in a few months that Musk used Starlink to hack the "vote-counting" computers, aren't we? - Molly Ploofkins







Anyone Talking Bets That Trump Will Seize Greenland?
President Trump said Denmark will “come along” on the potential sale of Greenland and emphasized the U.S. and others need the Arctic island to fortify international security in the region.








International Space Station Crew Delay Return by Four Years. - Andy Borowitz









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Time To Deflate Photo
The world's largest marine science museum, Zhuhai Chimelong Marine Science Museum in south China's Guangdong Province, shows off its spaceship-inspired architecture. 

Peace.