Target and Best Buy CEO both say prices are going up.

I lose track of these things…which store is currently not “canceled” by the MAGAts that we should be looking out for to say they are raising prices to cause a .00001% blip on the radar?

Timely, article just came out addressing my comment above ...

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Target has pissed off everyone (including the founder's daughters) at this point.

How do you make a deal with the GOP when Trump has shown he won't honor the terms of the deal?

Keep the hits coming. I hope Canada does the export bans, I hope social security misses payments as an ex-agency head is warning could happen. Just heap tons and tons of bad shit on us, because we deserve it.

The only way people wake up is when things directly affect them. It happened with Covid, now measles, etc. Let's endure some real pain to maybe squeeze some common sense into some heads. It's not all fun and games when the pain isn't just directed at the people you hate. Fuck 'em all. I voted against my self-interest, and I'm in fairly good shape to withstand the pain of the choices made by others. Let them reap the consequences of their stupidity.

There's enormous pressure on dems to go after DOGE. I don't see another CR this time unless it's a very short one to wrap up a deal. I think we're either going to get a budget or we shut down.

:D

The flaw in your thinking is that people would blame him. They won't. Not only do cult members never blame the leader, it is also human nature to not admit you were wrong.

These people will blame whomever FOX News tells them to.

Or we all just forget about it and move onto the next major news story.

"It is Canada's fault that gas has gone up. It is Canada's fault that food is more expensive. It's Canada's fault that electricity is costing more." They are creating an enemy. It is not hard to see what will come next.

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yup. which will then provide cover for annexing them, through force if need be.

Your both right and wrong. Some will never admit they are wrong. But some will. Theres a reason Trump lost to an old Biden the first time. We dont need everybody to change, even just a 5-10% swing is huge

My most MAGA coworker is a great example. 2 months ago I would have never imagined her turning on Trump and she's now hoping for a dem in office in 2028. She gave up on Fox News and is completely unradicalized. She told me today that if she had continued watching Fox she would have never known all the stuff this administration is doing to harm people.

My mom is another. She's turned on Trump and now sends me links to the stuff he's doing. She was a Fox news and Facebook person that told me she hadn't heard any of the stuff I was telling but now goes to other sources to get news.

Lathum, I say this with all due respect...

I’m just not seeing it at all. Everyone here that is pro Trump is still blaming Biden for all the stuff Trump is doing.

The constant theme in everything Trump/Elon/GOP is doing is to destroy Americans' confidence in government. It's why they are trying to dismantle public education, health, social security, to make it unreliable and worthless, as the first step to getting broad public support for privatizing everything.

Everyone agrees that government waste exists and should be tackled. Cutting people, shutting down offices, shuttering entire departments, etc., isn't cutting "waste." That's just the guise under which they start the process of destroying peoples' expectations of what government can/should do to help them, and then they and their billionaire friends will come to the rescue of a self-made crisis to provide the high-cost, privatized solution. With strings, of course! What's so disheartening and frustrating is that it's all so obvious and happening in broad daylight.

I don't know if they're doing this as some 4D chess move. I think they're just incredibly dumb. Resentment politics is a huge part of the conservative platform but the smart ones like Reagan knew not to fuck over their own people.

100%

What we're effectively seeing right now is a private equity has come in to strip the government down for profit so that it can be sold off in bankruptcy.

Yeah, that seems to be the plan. Sell off the buildings at bargain basement pricing and then have some rich folks rent it back to the government at exorbitant prices (just like private equity). Also gut departments and then hire their friends "consulting firms" to fill the void.


It's all a big grift.

I'm not sure why Russia even bothered invading Ukraine. All they had to do was find an asset they could push into the Presidency to hand them the entire country without boots on the ground. Trump should have been the blueprint and would have saved a lot of money and lives.

It would be funny if Canada removed the tariffs on BYD.

Florida AG is investigating charges against the Tates. The fun little tit-for-tat that DeSantis and Trump has is at least entertaining.

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So he can do this again in a couple of weeks. I wonder what the supposed concession will be? A bottle of maple syrup and an avocado?
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/trum...e-lutnick.html

Lots of opportunities for insider trading each time Trump imposes or removes tariffs.

lol

Excited to announce that today, @GOPMajorityWhip and I are launching the Congressional Crypto Caucus.

We hope to build a unified, bipartisan coalition to cement America’s leadership in the future of digital assets and blockchain innovation. https://t.co/qCjSt8PiQD
— Rep. Ritchie Torres (@RepRitchie) March 3, 2025

Wow, I'm glad they made clear this was different than the American Blockchain caucus, because I was afraid they were grifting the exact same way.

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So the Democrats response was to praise Reagan and W Bush tonight. Party is so cooked.

Glad to see that Trump's plan to "drain the swamp" is working so well that after putting up hundreds of federal buildings for sale, he pulled back all of them listed in DC and a bunch from MD and VA, resulting in the majority of the buildings being sold/offices closed being in *checks notes* states that Trump won in November.

Eh Bernie Sanders went after him correctly in one of the rebuttals I watched this morning. I don't ever watch these SOTU circuses because it is always the same.

1-Party in power claps and stands every time the President breathes
2-Party not in power boos, holds up silly signs and disrupts
3-Rinse and repeat every administration.

Trump's selling meals with him for 5 mil. Seems odd for a guy who isn't running for office. I sure hope he isn't just keeping the money.

Hell he was still campaigning during the zelensky meeting

I didn't realize the "reporter" that asked Zelensky the suit question was MTG's boyfriend. That was an obvious setup.

Eggs are over $6 here in SC

Trump says he's using tariffs to fund a sovereign wealth fund that he'll control. He's literally stealing everything he can.

Bernie was on his own and a good speech. The official Dem response was Slotkin, who's mostly supported Trump in her votes talking about how bad China, how we need more war, and how cool Reagan is. They'll never learn from their losses.

It's being run by Musk's banker too if you're wondering how Tesla is going to juice their stock.

Idk where to put this but a wild Bald Eagle in Indiana died from bird flu. Seems like that’s pretty symbolic.

The Trump admin's claims that tariffs will mean Americans don't pay taxes is the currently dumbest thing ever.

He doesn’t even know who pays for tariffs, or at the very minimum acts like he doesn’t.

In Indiana, we've been killing symbols of freedom my entire life.

ETA: That's not true. It started when we eliminated the single class basketball tournament.

Also, RIP Gene Hackman

Ontario pulled Jack Daniels and all alcohol from their shelves. :) lol
These reactions are great.

KY bourbon distilleries are up in arms. Who could have seen this coming? Maybe I'll get some cheap(er) Blanton's and Eagle Rare out of this deal.

65% of the state voted Trump.

FAFO!

Keep it coming.

Trump is revoking protected status for Ukrainians.

rare pop-up of a forum post masterclass

10/10

The whole "Biden $8M transgender mice experiments" neatly sums up the entire GOP in one stupid non-story.

Trump had a cabinet meeting and told all the Secretaries that they are solely responsible for their departments, and Musk can only advise and not order changes. This is how they are going to try to get around the Musk illegal shadow-President thing.
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There was going to be dropoff when Trump took office but it's startling how Dems went all in on this during the election.

Gallup: Support for Israel plummets among Americans, reaching "the lowest in 25 years of Gallup's annual tracking" and below 50 percent.

Support for Israel among Democratic voters has crashed, leaving the AIPAC-aligned Democratic leadership totally out of step with their party. pic.twitter.com/vqQJMaTVrN
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) March 6, 2025

Trump already delayed tarriffs on automobile imports, now he is delaying everything specified under the USMCA, until April 2nd. So, market crash, delay tariffs, markets rebound (slightly) again.

And totally coincidentally anyone plugged in on the timing will be able to make billions I suppose?

I’m at a bar grabbing a couple beers and a sandwich while my daughter is at softball practice. This is a very, very, red area. There is a guy at the bar wearing a hat that says “gulf of America 25.” It amazes me how these people allow themselves to be grifted endlessly.

My favorite is the FUCK JOE BIDEN apparel. My young daughter and I caught that one buying balloons on July 4th. Someone should pick that stuff up on sale and use it for Secret Santa (Rainmaker)

I don’t know if this is a smart move but there is a weird sense of satisfaction.

Just saw a video saying British Columbia is going to start taxing trucks going from the lower 48 to Alaska.

Okay, not just Ontario.

Still not sure it's a smart move, but the FU message to Trump brings a smile to my face.

Canada's tariffs to remain despite Trump postponing tariffs on many imports from Canada for a month | AP News

Trump is such a pussy.

Well Trudeau went running to Trump after the election to try and make a positive relationship, and Trump sensed weakness and immediately started with the "Governor" thing. I prefer the current strategy of meeting chaos with strength and resolve.

These aren't just FU Trump moves. Despite how the media portrays it the US is still leaving a considerable number of tariffs on Canada. The others are also not removed, just delayed. There are also additional tariffs scheduled in a week or two I believe, and even more threatened for April 2 on top of the ones that were just delayed to that date.


Throw in continued threats on our sovereignty and the start of anti-Canada propaganda from US politicians and media and why on earth would it be a surprise that we would continue to defend ourselves?

Too many good nuggets, worth your time to read the article. There's some fun stuff and then there's politics.

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I commented about the Noem ad a few days ago. And then I saw this from The Bulwark:

Well, at least she didn't wear a tan suit. That would have been a real scandal.

A new Canadian poll has the Liberals up by 5 points, their largest lead in any poll since August 2022.

That's the funny thing, Canada had a 99% chance of Conservative majority, and the Trump threat is completely reversing this, and we'll likely get the center-left Liberals again. That's what Trump wanted, right?

I still think it's too soon to be overly hopeful on that front. Once the liberal leader is chosen next week the Conservatives will start to unleash their massive war chest on them. Presumably external interference on social media will begin to ramp up as we move into the election period as well. I'd love to think this unified nationalism can carry us through the next 8 weeks to a Liberal victory but it's by no means a sure thing.

I think the Canada hate is more Elon than Trump. Canada stopped a handout for EV buyers which Tesla relied heavily on. Then Tesla committed fraud to take in tens of millions in taxpayer money at the last minute. So Elon is probably just mad about that and that it's being investigated.

Tesla made a suspicious number of rebate requests on last days of Canadian EV incentive | Electrek

So it looks like the Bitcoin reserve will be $20B to start.

I read it's using what's been seized already, so as with most of Trump's EO it doesn't really do anything other than marketing.

Free Speech, Trump version: "You're not supposed to be asking that question ... that's enough"

No, the hate is much, much more Trump than Elon. Don't get me wrong, nobody likes Elon, but the hatred is for Trump.

I meant Trump's weird beef with Canada. I don't think he really gives a shit about Canada, it's more Elon pushing him to be an asshole because they're cutting off his handouts and investigating his fraud.

That's still $20B worth of assets just sitting there propping up some fake internet money instead of being useful.

Sure. I just expected them to route other money into this. GOP still might, but at least they haven't yet.

Incorrect. The Canada 'hate' is much larger than any kind of stupid EV rebate Musk might be miffed about. This is a broad imperialistic play at securing natural resources and trade routes.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...1st-state.html

Nvm

lol These fucking people.

T-6

The master plan ...

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A tough decision for the Dems. My guess is the Senate Dems don't have the stomach to hold out or, if they do, it won't be for long.

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They should not pass it at all. It calls for an increase to defense while decreasing other spending. I think they should let the public know that most of the fraud/waste is in defense and that is where they are dumping more money.

BUT TEH FETANYL! THINK OF TEH CHILDREN!

The Dems are so worthless that I expect them to cave for relatively nothing. They should have spent the past few weeks yelling no votes until the lawbreaking stops. They haven't been working towards any stand.

You're 100% right, if the dems were serious about it then you start prepping the public for the possibility of a shutdown and you tell the public why it's the GOP's fault. Instead, congressional dems would rather state attorneys general, and states in general, do their job for them as an opposition party.

Hakeem Jeffries just wants everyone to be friends and I'm not sure what Adam Schiff even does at this point.

Democrats have all the leverage here. MAGA/GOP controls all 3 branches of government, including the two legislative chambers. Economy is heading into a recession. The next GE is a year and a half away.

If the DNC, any House/Senate Democrat who didn't say one of the following in any public/press appearance should be shut off from fundraising money:

1. MAGA and the GOP have enough votes to pass it on their own. If they can't, that's on them.

2. Trump shutdown.

3. Trump recession.

I haven't looked, but why aren't they trying to pass a budget through reconciliation?

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They have decided to wait for months on the budget and pass a continuing resolution until September. I expect the plan is by then all of the cuts will be made and/or the courts will have said the admin isn't bound to spend what is appropriated.

My mistake was thinking dems would listen to pissed off constituents and draw a line. I feel stupid for assuming by now dems would have a coherent plan and were read to stand for something.

They're going to win back the house in 2026 and nothing will change except we'll get a lot Trump and Elon investigations that amount to nothing.

Probably no investigations. They refused to look at any of the corruption last time.

It's because they support this stuff too.

A good point I heard on the Majority Report this week. Jeffries' political career started after Citizens United. He only knows poitics in the context of doing the bidding of the donor class. He needs to be primaried but he's also bought and paid for by AIPAC so it will be next to impossible.

I am not a political strategist but what does this prep look like? Telling the public that the R's control both House, the Senate and the White House? Explaining why Dems are not voting for funding that would keep the government open? Speaking on how the cuts will affect everyday people like the people who put them in the minority?

Anyone who wants to blame the Dems for the government shutdown despite them being in the minority all over the place does not seem someone who would be convinced by some sort of prep campaign that would appear to tell those people the obvious. I do see a bit more of a online presence that seem to be putting across the D's POV. Whether it is connecting or not is another story. Unfortunately for them, that presence does seem to be fractured among all every wing of the party.

I get the impression that people want the Dems and especially Dems leadership to act more like their counterparts on the other side of the aisle. I get the appeal of that. What I don't know if that sort of action is possible without the Dems' supporters acting more like their counterparts. I know that prep would have worked on the other side

I think leadership and as many Dems as possible say that there are no Dem votes until the lawbreaking stops.

I mentioned this before but this is the big issue with the party. How much money you raise as a candidate is all they care about. It doesn't matter if you can form a complete sentence as long as the money comes in.

So the party is left with people like Jeffries who can't hold a conversation or speak to people. That's why, despite all the talk of having Kamala do podcasts and such, she couldn't. She would have been embarrassed on Rogan or anywhere you have to think on your feet.

Only the old guard can do this. Guys like Obama and Bernie. Even Biden was terrific in interviews before his mental decline. Those are the kind of people they should be backing but they won't. The party should make a committment to not take donations from AIPAC or any other foreign government any longer.

If Trump gets rid of turning your clocks back all will be forgiven in my books.

Yeah, this is one of those things where the Dems don't have to do anything. They should be talking as much as possible about the unpopular stuff going on (they won't because they mostly support it). But there is no reason to help Republicans pass an incredibly unpopular budget.

Pretty simple to say "we won't support any budget that cuts funding to veterans, Medicaid, and food stamps for tax cuts for the rich". They aren't in power and the Republicans have made that abundantly clear. Let them figure out the budget and deal with the consequences. No need to tack on bipartisian support to a budgets that will be political suicide over the next few years

I don't have an issue with it, but it seems oddly political - the GOP has been pushing this for several years.

That said, I'm not sure what I think about it staying dark at the end of December and beginning of January until 9am here. That seems ... unnatural. Worse than it getting dark by 5.

Every time it comes up here the argument is always about kids having to walk to school/bus in the dark and extreme cold. Most likely schools would push start times back but it's doubtful that workplaces would follow suit. Seems like something that would be wildly unpopular with parents once they actually understand the logistics of it all.

I don't know if it's been mentioned here but ESPN is shutting down 538. It's a shell of what it once was, but was still useful for it's polling averages and grading pollsters.

Looks like Anonymous has decided to target X today. That should be entertaining.

It's always a possibility but a service like Twitter is not getting taken down with a DDOS attack. This is likely incompetence or someone didn't pay a bill.

Trump is going to keep on keepin on with his supporters but I get the feeling there will be an Eion crash at some point.