Both Sides: Why we don't fuck with the GOP
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These are the two things that negate their spin, in a nutshell.
If there was some hack or exploit (which there wasn't), it would only go to cement the reason why these types of apps should not be used to discuss this type of information.
If it was just an error or mistake, just admit that. Look at how much time, energy, and resources are being committed to covering up a base level fuck up. Just pick someone to fall on the sword, give them a nice severance package, and move the fuck on. People would still be unhappy, but they'd get that was how the game is played.
How can a group of people collectively be this bad at being shady?
That's what they're trying to do with tulsi but she ain't going down easy...lol
Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public
A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
She has a fair argument that it shouldn't be her. Hegseth is the least qualified person to hold his position in probably ever. Sliding him out and replacing him with someone with relevant military experience is just a layup. It would almost seem competent.
Which is why, again, it's confusing why cronyism on this doesn't follow the basic principle of dropping dead weight. Like I said, they are really bad at this.
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Truth!
They Knew She Brings That Hot Fire
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White House Correspondents’ Association Drops Amber Ruffin As Headliner For Correspondents' Dinner
Ruffin was announced in early February as the featured headliner for the April 26 dinner.
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President soul glo dropped her hun. Weak shit.They New She Brings That Hot Fire
White House Correspondents’ Association Drops Amber Ruffin As Headliner For Correspondents' Dinner
Ruffin was announced in early February as the featured headliner for the April 26 dinner.
I have no idea what those words together even mean.
The decision came Saturday in a letter to members by the association’s president.
“The WHCA board has unanimously decided we are no longer featuring a comedic performance this year,” wrote Eugene Daniels, the association’s president, in a letter Saturday to members that was obtained by multiple media outlets.
Eugene Daniels
Shocked trump allowed him to stay onThe decision came Saturday in a letter to members by the association’s president.
“The WHCA board has unanimously decided we are no longer featuring a comedic performance this year,” wrote Eugene Daniels, the association’s president, in a letter Saturday to members that was obtained by multiple media outlets.
Eugene Daniels
50 is transactional. My mantra having seen some shit in corporate America/private side.
When smart people do dumb things, it’s because of money.
A quick google search will tell you why 50 is supporting.
Blacks owned black slaves too.
The decision came Saturday in a letter to members by the association’s president.
“The WHCA board has unanimously decided we are no longer featuring a comedic performance this year,” wrote Eugene Daniels, the association’s president, in a letter Saturday to members that was obtained by multiple media outlets.
Eugene Daniels
Any surprise Trump doesn't want comedians and after all his retaliation on the press, that they would fold and not have a comedian?
Usually it was a freedman who bought family members, not chattel slavery.
While I don't doubt there were free men while bought slaves with good intentions...the point is there were black men who traded and owned slaves and treated them as horribly as white slave owners since that was the nature of the institution...it was how it was done. And that practice has continued through out the centuries and in different fields...
Ever notice how black record labels treat their artists just as bad any cac or jew label?? How many people claimed to get fucked over by bad boy, def jam, no limit, death row, murder inc, rockafella etc...and all of those people will say that's how business is done.
Black people have always played the game by the rules cacs set. Why should 50 be any different?
Canada warns Trump on tariffs: Retaliation is coming April 2
By Max Saltman, Betsy Klein and David Goldman, CNN
5 minute read
Updated 9:33 PM EDT, Sat March 29, 2025
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Trucks cross the Peace Bridge at the Canada-US border in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, February 3.
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CNN —
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told President Donald Trump Friday that his nation will retaliate against the United States with tariffs of its own if Trump presses forward with his promised levies – potentially escalating what is already developing into an ugly and damaging trade war. Trump responded that he’s open to deals – but potentially after his tariffs go into effect.
The leaders of the bordering nations spoke Friday before the White House’s expected tariffs go into place April 2 – a day Trump has been calling America’s “Liberation Day.” The call came a couple days after Trump announced new tariffs on automobiles and parts on Wednesday, upending decades of free trade between the nations.
In a statement Friday, Carney’s office said Canada plans to implement retaliatory tariffs on US goods next week in response to Trump’s promised import taxes. But Carney offered no specifics – including timing and the scope of the retaliatory tariffs.
“The Prime Minister informed the President that his government will implement retaliatory tariffs to protect Canadian workers and our economy, following the announcement of additional U.S. trade actions on April 2, 2025,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a press release.
Still, Carney and Trump sounded a hopeful note after the call – a noticeable change in tone from the fractious relationship between former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Trump.
Friday’s call was the first between the two leaders. Carney’s office described it as a “very constructive conversation,” and Trump said in a social media post that the call was “extremely productive.”
“The leaders agreed to begin comprehensive negotiations about a new economic and security relationship immediately following the election,” the statement said, referring to Canada’s federal election scheduled for April 28.
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In the interim, ministerial-level talks around trade are expected to “intensify to address immediate concerns,” the statement added.
Nevertheless, Carney warned yesterday that Canada’s relationship with the United States had fundamentally changed given the Trump administrations’ tariff threats and said Canada has “a number of measures that we can take in response.”
Trump says he’s open to deals
Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One Friday, expressed some openness to cutting tariff deals with other countries as he plans to unveil a significant batch of reciprocal tariffs in the coming days. But he suggested that any deals would be made after they go into place.“Well it’s possible if we can get something for the deal – but, you know, we’ve been taken advantage of for 40 years, maybe more, it’s just not going to happen anymore. But yeah, I’m certainly open to it,” Trump said when asked if he was open to making deals with countries like the United Kingdom that have discussed reducing tariffs on the US.
Pressed on whether that would happen before the tariffs are announced, he said, “No. Probably later.”
Trump also reiterated plans to announce pharmaceutical tariffs “soon.”
“We’ll be announcing it soon, but we have to bring pharmaceuticals, drugs and pharmaceuticals, back into our country,” he said.
Trump declined to provide a specific rate for those tariffs, but said it would be “enough to get the drugs and the pharmaceutical companies bringing their product into our country – we never want to have to rely on other countries, like we did during Covid.”
He downplayed a shift in tone regarding Canada following his Friday morning call with Prime Minister Mark Carney, saying, “I’ve always loved Canada and we had a very good conversation.”
Tariff escalation
Canada has already threatened and imposed a number of retaliatory measures against the United States.When Trump temporarily imposed 25% across-the-board tariffs on almost all Canadian goods, Canada immediately placed a 25% tariff on more than $20 billion of US imports, including dairy products, meats, grains, wine, beer, apparel, footwear, motorcycles, cosmetics and certain pulp and paper products. Canada also threatened additional tariffs on $86.2 billion of goods in the future if the tariffs didn’t come off (they mostly did – at least until April 2).
“This is a very dumb thing to do,” said Trudeau on March 1, directing his remarks at Trump. “We two friends fighting is exactly what our opponents around the world want to see.”
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford also imposed a 25% surcharge on electricity sent to New York, Minnesota and Michigan, which he estimated would add around “$100 per month to the bills of hardworking Americans.” Ford said if the tariffs didn’t come off, he wouldn’t hesitate to shut off all electricity Canada delivers to America.
Trump fired back, threatening a 50% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum – up from the 25% tariff he imposed on March 12. Ford and Trump ultimately backed off their threats, and Ford dropped the surcharge.
But the escalation shows “there are no winners in a trade war,” as Canadian and Chinese leaders have repeatedly said during the tit-for-tat trade spat with the United States.
It’s unclear how the Trump administration might respond to retaliatory tariffs from Canada. He has threatened a tariff of up to 250% on Canadian dairy – a high but ultimately meaningless threat, because the United States imports very little dairy from its northern neighbor. But Trump has also said he would place significant tariffs on Canadian timber, which could do real damage to the price of lumber in the United States.
After the European Union retaliated against US steel and aluminum tariffs with retaliatory tariffs of its own, Trump threatened a 200% tariff on European alcohol. The EU has since delayed its retaliation, and Trump hasn’t followed through with his threat.
A warning sign flares as the Trump White House refuses to moderate its shock politics
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
6 minute read
Updated 9:01 AM EDT, Fri March 28, 2025
By John Berman, CNN
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Rep. Elise Stefanik’s swift rise was a barometer of the power of Trumpism.
But a sudden interruption in her ascent reveals warning signs for the White House and caps a tough week in which the inevitable reverberations of President Donald Trump’s political shock therapy began to threaten his agenda.
Trump withdrew Stefanik’s nomination to serve as US ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday, indicating concern about a special election in her seat given the already-tiny Republican majority in the House.
It was a bitter blow for the New York Republican that will deprive her of a platform she could have used to speak for Trump’s “America first” policies and to build her own profile ahead of a possible tilt at even higher office in years to come. It was also a poor reward for her loyalty to the president and her journey away from mainstream Republicanism, which critics say suppressed principle for ambition. Trump promised Stefanik would be returned to the House GOP leadership after giving up her No. 3 spot and suggested she may get an administration post down the road.
But the setback for Stefanik was a rare admission by the president that even his trademark brashness and zeal for unchecked power cannot always supersede political logic. And his reversal on Stefanik is a sign of political vulnerability only two months into his already-turbulent second term.
Democrats might be flailing in response to Trump’s shock-and-awe return to the Oval Office. And the GOP is still rock-solid behind a president who uses intimidation to enforce party loyalty. But he is not immune from political gravity. And he just endured a nightmare week in which several potentially damaging political crises were directly attributable to his approach and strategy.
Trump’s growing challenges
The White House is still trying to quell the controversy over secret details of pending military strikes in Yemen posted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on a group chat that mistakenly included a journalist. The episode made Trump’s national security team look like amateurs and highlighted the risks of picking senior officials who lack experience but look good on TV and share their boss’s disruptive tendencies.By Erin Burnett, CNN
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There are also signs that Elon Musk’s purge of the federal government is beginning to create confusion that could threaten vital services and cause a political backlash. The Social Security Administration backtracked on another reform measure as staff cuts imposed by the Department of Government Efficiency caused long waits at agency offices and scared benefits recipients.
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Another signature Trump initiative — his vow to quickly end the war in Ukraine — is also foundering. The White House claimed it had forged a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea after talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday. But the deal came with Russian demands for the lifting of banking and agricultural sanctions that Europe wants to maintain. Even Trump, who has been bombastically predicting that his friendship with President Vladimir Putin would bring peace, admitted the Russians might be “dragging their feet.”
The economy is also looking dicey. New data this week showed consumer confidence at its lowest level since January 2021. Americans expect higher inflation this year, and increasing numbers think a recession is coming, according to the latest Conference Board survey.
The gloom may reflect the impact of the president’s erratic implementation of tariff policies that are likely to increase prices and Trump’s own lack of focus on the costs of groceries and housing, which helped him win the election.
Economic analysts predicted Thursday that newly imposed tariffs on auto imports — including from Canada and Mexico, with which the US car industry is deeply integrated — could push up the cost of new vehicles by thousands of dollars. Their warnings captured the risk Trump is taking with the economy. His policies create even more pain for cash-strapped consumers in the short and medium term in return for an idealized view of a new “golden age” based on a manufacturing renaissance at some unspecified period in the future.
“We’re going to charge countries for doing business in our country and taking our jobs, taking our wealth, taking a lot of things that they’ve been taking over the years,” Trump said in the Oval Office on Wednesday. “They’ve taken so much out of our country, friend and foe. And frankly, friend has been often times much worse than foe.”
The president will take a further risk with consumer confidence next week with his promised reciprocal dollar-for-dollar tariffs against foreign nations that impose duties on US goods. If this hikes prices, as many experts expect, all eyes will be on whether Trump is willing to stay the political course.
Sudden alarm over the GOP House majority
All this explains an unpredictable political dynamic that convinced Trump not to risk a special election in Stefanik’s seat in upstate New York, which she won by 24 points less than five months ago.The decision appears also to have been shaped by growing concerns among Republicans in Florida that have prompted Trump and GOP leadership to intervene in a special election for the House in a deep-red district, CNN reported.
Related articleRepublicans grow concerned about Trump’s handpicked candidate in Florida special election
GOP candidate and state Sen. Randy Fine is still tipped to win Tuesday, but a closer-than-expected race would represent a huge morale boost for Democrats and a potential ill omen for Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Ironically, the election is to replace former Rep. Mike Waltz, who left to become national security adviser and who helped cause the biggest scandal so far in Trump’s new term by adding Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the group chat coordinating strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Waltz won the seat in November by 33 points, but the Democratic candidate taking on Fine, Josh Weil, has run an aggressive campaign focusing on Musk’s assault on the federal government and the risks to Medicaid and Social Security.
Concern over the special election is a reminder of one of the political factors that will do most to shape Trump’s second-term legacy — the minuscule GOP majority in Congress. This will severely test the legislative skill of House Speaker Mike Johnson and the unity of the Republican coalition as Trump seeks to push complex bills, including the delivery of a massive tax cut, through Congress this year.
The White House is keeping a tally of Trump’s wins
While confronting the political consequences of some of Trump’s own policies and political style, the White House is remaining relentlessly upbeat, portraying the last two months as the most successful start to any presidency.It announced a new $20 billion US investment by Hyundai this week, which includes nearly $6 billion to build a new steel plant in Louisiana. On Thursday, Trump announced the arrest of a 24-year-old man whom the Department of Justice described as a “major leader” of the MS-13 gang.
The White House has accused the media of focusing on the Yemen group chat scandal while ignoring what it says is the great success of US strikes against Houthi militants who have been disrupting commercial shipping in the Red Sea for months.
Differing narratives about Trump’s presidency reflect the sharp divides in the country that have only been reinforced by the whiplash start to his second term. In many ways, the president is honoring promises he made on the campaign trail at an extraordinary clip. Video of deportations of undocumented migrants and alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador are an important metric of success to many Trump voters, even if they horrify human rights advocates. The president’s defense of US workers with tariffs is a direct response to the pain felt by his voters. And his assault on elites — from top universities to top law firms — with executive action is fulfilling the hopes of many MAGA voters for a takedown of the Washington establishment.
In an unprompted moment this week, Hegseth insisted, amid the recriminations of the Yemen text thread scandal, “I know exactly what I am doing.” Trump has been implicitly telling the country the same thing ever since reassuming office.
But a tumultuous week is leaving many Americans asking whether his determination to carry out his promises is leading the country down a risky road.
