The (Tariff) Pandora’s Box With $130 Billion in It ​Plus, some aren’t happy with how JB Pritzker is spending his money, and the DHS funding impasse drags​ on

(WSJ) Brief update on the Supreme's decision on Trump's illegal tariffs, the thousands of lawsuits by companies to retrieve their "fair share" of the tariff funds, and the issue regarding consumers getting some of that "rebate" from companies. A long process.

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It's all about the #EpsteinFiles

Want to know how I learned about this grotesque display?

Trump Outbursts over Oil Shock Go Off Rails as His Aides Quietly Panic As Trump’s handling of soaring oil prices due to his war grows shakier, an international relations expert explains why this saga will likely get worse—and what it reveals about Trump’s deeper failings...

Great point from @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social: From Minneapolis to the Mideast, Trump keeps discovering that he can't bully and bullshit his way through. Failure to grasp real-world complexities keeps blowing up in his face.

On the pod, Nick is so illuminating:
newrepublic.com/article/2077...

@knecessary.bsky.social

I’ve got another candidate for the one-way AI assisted rocket to Mars.

The guy who bankrupted casinos has caused the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.
The team that accidentally invited a reporter to a top secret military discussion was taken by surprise when the Iranians closed the Strait of Hormuz.

@rob-rogers.bsky.social

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

WTF! This is deliberate misogyny: using AI to suppress the economic power of educated women bc they vote Democratic while boosting working-class men in jobs AI can't easily replace. It's misogyny, disturbing, & fascist! We see it & are calling it out. None of us, including men should stand for it!

These Torment Nexus guys are the scariest true believers out there.

Talarico: "There's another war in the Middle East. There's a cost of living crisis. There's a secret pedophile ring & no one has been prosecuted. So the people responsible are trying to distract us with the same old culture wars ... what do the American people care more about -- pronouns or prices?"

Trump said the Strait was open. His own Energy Secretary posted proof it wasn’t — then deleted it. Now three tankers are burning off Iraq. Iran isn't stopping. The White House can't get its story straight. #sheshed

Semi-sentient pig bladder.

I’m deceased.

💀

Let’s talk about the true enemy, they go by the letters GOP, guardians of the pedophiles. Rapist of children, and when they do show up in church, they act as if God is completely fooled by their behavior. God is not fooled

The multi-national oil companies operating in the US make a lot of money. The average American gets screwed. Which pretty much sums up Trump and the Republican Party’s approach to the economy.

I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.

So @josephcox.bsky.social watched over six hours of this deposition featuring DOGE staffer Justin Fox who, when asked how he defined “DEI” kept saying he needed to refer to the EO.

Highlights here:

The Madness is unreal @middleageriot.bsky.social

Masks off

Warren Remarks After Senate Passes Biggest Housing Bill in 30 Years YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

America is in a housing crisis. Today, the U.S. Senate is doing something about it.

I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

Voter Fraud ~ The Facts: Data Analysis of the Heritage Foundation Database (1999-2023) 77: Non-citizens who successfully cast a ballot over 24 years. 10: Undocumented immigrants who voted. 1 Billion+ Ballots: Estimated total votes cast in the U.S. (1999-2023) 0. 00000764: Minuscule % of ALL Votes The Bottom Line: Even using data from a conservative organization looking for fraud, the instances of non-citizen voting are statistically microscopic.

❇️ FACTS:

The 2020 election was NOT rigged.

Trump LOST both the popular vote AND the electoral college in 2020.

The (bullshit) SAVE act is designed to disenfranchise voters.

Republicans are on the WRONG side of history and they’re ANTI-American.

Republicans can NOT win unless they CHEAT.

Epstein email with text overlaid by an Instagram user @go_coiff_yourself To: From: Subject: Alert - Can Ron Lauder give JE a museum tour? September 14, 2017 9:30 AM : Can Ron Lauder give JE a museum tour? OVERLAID TEXT: Ron Lauder, Welcome to the show. Ron Lauder is the sole heir to The Estée Lauder Companies, founded by his parents Estée Lauder and Joseph Lauder in 1946. Lauder is a longtime Republican Party donor and supporter of Donald Trump. He ran in the Republican primary for mayor of New York City in 1989. Lauder has repeatedly come to the defense of Israel in public and is seen as an ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He is mentioned in the files at least 900 times.

Epstein email with text overlaid by an Instagram user @go_coiff_yourself From: Sent: To: Subject: Nina K Wednesday, January 24, 2018 2:58 PM Jeffrey Epstein Happy belated Birthday Hi Jeffrey. I hope you are well! Sorry I missed your birthday.... Happy belated Birthday and all my best wishes for this +1111 Please let me know if you have some time next time you are in NY. I would really appreciate and be very grateful if you could help me connect to some «eople at the Estée Lauder companies. Thank you Jeffrey! Best, Nina OVERLAID TEXT Major Beauty Brands owned by Estée Lauder: AERIN Beauty Aramis Aveda Balmain Beauty Bobbi Brown Cosmetics Bumble and bumble Clinique Darphin Paris Deciem Dr Jart Glam glow Jo Malone Kilian La Mer Lab Series Le Labo Mac Miod Origins Smashbox The Ordinary Tom Ford Two Faced

So, we are absolutely not supporting Estée Lauder brands anymore. In addition to pushing for annexation of Greenland, Ron Lauder (major stakeholder, board member, and sole heir to the fortune) is an Epstein buddy. Second pic lists Lauder brands. Hard, hard, hard pass.

Fetterman is reprehensible and unfit to be in office! He should resign immediately. He was not elected to be a GOP lapdog, nor contribute to the criminal enterprise of this war and other things. Resign!

Trump is spending $1 billion a day waging war on Iran. Meanwhile...

Trump's sons are investing in a drone company that could soon receive Pentagon contracts.

And of course Trump's Big Oil donors stand to gain windfall profits as the price of oil skyrockets.

War is a racket.

I know you're concerned about the war and how it impact gas prices but please remember that what you pay at the pump increases the profits of oil companies I am good at politics

CHRIS HAYES: “are you a yes, or no on the supplemental appropriations bill to continue to fund this war?”

SEN. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: “I’m a hell no on any more money for this war.” 🔥

I appreciate Senator Van Hollen’s clear-cut answer here. No gameplaying!

Since Trump’s fraudulent election there have been 28 democratic flips in the house and 0 republican flips. HELL YES

None of them have been as moronic as trump