Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
| GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
114 responses to “Really chatty today.”
Bl my er/hospital bill (1 night) was almost $180,000. I have not gotten any surgeon/doctor bills.
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https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/04/03/heres-why-trump-will-win-the-tariff-standoff-n4938553
”When Collins pressed him on whether such escalation could turn into a full-fledged trade war, Bessent dismissed the idea. “Not a trade war. Depends on the country,” he said, before explaining that history favors the United States in such disputes.
“Remember that the history of trade is, we are the deficit country. The deficit country has an advantage,” he explained. “[The others] are the surplus countries. The surplus countries traditionally always lose any kind of a trade escalation.”
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Tina, hospital expenses these days are staggering. Without insurance I don’t know what the average person would do. When we were first married we oftentimes paid out-of-pocket, had a high deductible and managed our health care within our means. However, the last 2 intensive radiation treatments my husband went thru cost $100,000 each – shocked me!
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Wow. I hope you had your own room for $180k. And champagne.
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lol. Private room yes. (No other patient).
limoncello was ordered. Maybe.
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Fortunately good insurance. But the cost is crazee, janz
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I think most providers stick it to people with insurance to cover those without insurance. There can also be issues with reimbursements. In PA, a provider who treats an injured worker, is reimbursed pursuant to a fee schedule for workers compensation.
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Bill said….”Since both exporting and importing countries are damaged, they may – and probably should – oppose high tariffs.”
Fully agreed. I guess the issue is what to do when one side imposes high tariffs on the other. It appears that US policy has – for generations – been to politely ask them to stop. As you point out, tariffs imposed by other countries on US imports to their countries hurts the US economy.
Assuming the best outcome is to get other countries to lower their tariffs, how would you propose the US achieves that goal?
Chicon
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Luna is loco, imo….
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Years ago, Rush Limbaugh had a heart scare while vacationing in Hawaii. Once they found out he was paying himself, the price dropped substantially. I don’t recall the difference, but it was surprising.
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DJI down 4% today. Winning, right?
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Yep, the market would’ve been better today if Kamala won.
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Said by nobody at HHR.
Stealing from Tina’s playbook now?
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The market will be okay, Bitter. You’ll win in the end. And you’ll loathe Trump anyway.
All are true.
Chicon
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Tina stole from the existing A-hole playbook of Jason and Bitter.
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He’s a terrible person. He might still be a good President. Both can be true.
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Mike Pence to receive the JFK Profiles in Courage Award for “putting his life on the line on January 6th.”
Decline, Mike, or join the Liz/Adam Psycho Wing of the Republican party.
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Depends is rushing to be the top rino. Maybe he can answer why an nsa director should not reach out to the Russians (foreign counterparts).
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Maybe he can also ask his corrupt ex chief of staff.
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Do we also look into waltz or does he get a free pass? Wasn’t his staff member Alex Wong the one who set this up.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/breaking-pentagon-inspector-general-launches-investigation-pete-hegseths/
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Collins (of CNN) attempted to raise concerns from U.S. allies, questioning what the administration would say to countries like South Korea and Japan, which are now facing increased tariffs. Bessent’s response was direct: “Well, I would say they’ve been doing it to us for a long time. And, if they don’t like tariffs, then why do they have them?”
I’m guessing they have tariffs because they see a benefit to them. The answer seems simple – lower yours. It seems they like the current set-up, and are squealing like pigs. Sounds like Trump is right over the target….
Chicon
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Deadenders love high tariffs on our goods.
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I really don’t care about this issue. However, the Keebler Elf had other options (namely not closing Congress down).
EricLDaugh
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President Donald Trump ENDORSES Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s effort to allow expectant/new parents to vote in Congress by proxy – Punchbowl Trump: “I don’t know why it’s so controversial.”
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Trump joins with the Dems. Will Tina finally call him a RINO?
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Harmeet Dhillon confirmed as assistant ag. She should have been the ag. Bionduh is subpar.
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Crazy day! Was out fishing all day and received text alerts about a few stocks on my watch list. Bought a couple. Not really a market timer, but the yields just worked for me. Don’t see dividends at risk so I’ll just reinvest and ride the chaos.
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Bitter wrote – DJI down 4% today. Winning, right?
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Bitter, on the other thread you said you were 57 years old. You’ve lived through the flash crash, the Y2K crash, the dot com bubble, and the great financial crisis. If you were regularly funding your retirement accounts throughout your working years (hopefully at least through payroll deductions), you would have seen that the nice portfolio you have now was due to buying during those downturns. Hopefully, you’re doing the same now. Downturns can be very beneficial when you’re in the accumulation phase like you are now. Don’t sweat the volatility
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I was not finding enough because employers did not match until current job. I plan on dying at my desk anyway.
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make sure your taking advantage of the over 55 catch up provisions and contributing extra to your employer sponsored retirement plan now.
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https://x.com/MarkReid42/status/1907506390622757241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1907506390622757241%7Ctwgr%5Eb85e592e3d06627b602d1623eaf1e2bc229da268%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F712416%2F
-Thought I would share this, not sure if anyone else linked to it.
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“DJI down 4% today. Winning, right?”
-Bitterlaw,
You do know that markets, sometimes, do go down?
Or……there is a guy named Madoff that would like you to invest with him…..shall I give him your name?
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Been busy all day.
Dentist for a cleaning in the morning, and then working outside on the fish pond for hours, and hours and hours.
Bitter,
Thanks for using the TNT.
It blows up the old thread.
Big tariff fight in the last thread…
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Cash Cow has been doing a lot of research about earthquakes and tornadoes.
Both of which happen a lot in the springtime.
She thinks that this is due to where the earth is in orbit around the sun.
And also thinks the movement of the earth’s magnetic poles plays a part as well. the magnetic pole would affect the molten inner earth core of molten iron….
***********
Could she be on to something?
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“It blows up the old thread.”
-Nice!
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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/04/03/trump-weighs-in-on-proxy-voting-proposal-n2654974
-Specific rules about when.
Glad I waited a day to opine.
Will Miss Daisy like what Trump is doing here?
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I just watched the end of Saving Private Ryan. If the end doesn’t move you, you are dead inside.
Uh oh. Glory is on next and I can’t stay up to watch it. Great movie.
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I hated that movie. The script, the acting, you name it.
Third rate crap.
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Tom Hanks is the most unconvincing Army captain in a combat situation that i have ever seen.
Geezus.
I know, the plot didn’t help, but still.
And before Bitter says I don’t like his acting because of his politics, I thought he did a good job as the destroyer Captain in Greyhound, a movie 50 times better than Saving Private Ryan.
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And yes, Glory is a good movie.
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Ryan or Glory?
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Ok. So you hated Ryan. GFY
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The Dday landing at the beginning and the battle at the end are the only two reasons to watch Saving private Ryan. Two moments of great filmmaking in an otherwise crap movie.
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Ryan is a chick flick with a great opening and good closing as a wrapping.
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Wall Street set to decline some more, but main street is flourishing. Jobs surging and old is hitting lows not seen since 2021. Here is more on the jobs report from this AM –
US Payrolls Unexpectedly Soar To 228K, Above Highest Estimate
After today’s shocking retaliation by China, which hiked tariffs on US goods by 34%, the jobs report was an afterthought. To be honest, it would have been an asymmetric afterhought any way, as any upside would have been viewed as stale and not reflecting the new tariff reality, while any miss would have cemented the recession case. And while the market is certainly far more focused on the ongoing trade war, in the end, the March jobs report ended up being far stronger than expected, as the US added a whopping 228K jobs, the highest since December and more than double the 117K in February (revised lower from 151K)…
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typo above -old = Oil
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Trump says Doge found something “horrible” and “incredible” yesterday, but he would not divulge further details to reporters.
Guesses? Maybe he discovered Michelle really is Big Mike??
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Meanwhile, in Canadaccp, unemployment worsened last month.
6.7%-unemployment rate
Loss of over 32,000 jobs
I hope Fidel’s son is enjoying “retirement.”
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so. Since I’ve been MIA for the past few months I’ll start my comeback by saying WTF is going on.
I’ve literally been involved in, or delve deep into politics since I was in 3rd grade (nerd…I know) but I’ve never actually stepped away like I have the past few months because I just can’t believe what’s going on.
I have also seen first hand the devastation some of the ignorant and knee jerk decisions have had on real people’s lives overseas.
I’m willing to admit we may look back in a year or two and say, wow…maybe he did know what he was doing, but as of now, all I see is chaos, absurd decisions and a 100 seat gain by the Dems in 2026.
someone prove me wrong
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Vic, imo nobody can prove you right or wrong at this point. Hell, even years from now there will be fierce arguments about it. But, for right now, just opinions.
I hope you and the boys are well!
Chicon
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Trump was hired to turn sh!t upside down. He’s sure doing that.
Chicon
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Dow down another 1300 points.
I am sure the “let’em eat cake” and “f–k those that depend on their retirement investments to survive” will be out in force.
Same with those who sneer and despise the 40 million Americans that shop at WM under the “I can afford higher prices, f–k’em”
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I’m willing to admit we may look back in a year or two and say, wow…maybe he did know what he was doing, but as of now, all I see is chaos, absurd decisions and a 100 seat gain by the Dems in 2026.
someone prove me wrong”
You must be a “concern troll”.
But who cares if the Dems sweep 2026, the important thing is to punish all our allies and trading partners with stupid tariffs and trade wars.
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“Let them eat cake.”
****
I really like cake.
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Vic – Some specifics please.
interesting time to be alive!
Dow down again……that never happened before…..
But, if you are so worried about it, call your reps and make sure they extend the Trump tax cuts, cut spending, and add in more of those goodies like jo tax
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No tax on tips or OT pay
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Cash Cow thinks genetically modifying bananas so they have zippers can be as real game changer on the world market.
Comments?
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China puts 34% tariff on the US.
JPMorgan late Thursday raised the odds of a recession this year to 60% from 40%.
Dow down another 1400 points.
Aren’t trade wars wonderful?
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“I have also seen first hand the devastation some of the ignorant and knee jerk decisions have had on real people’s lives overseas.”
-definitely more detail needed
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Don’t catch your banana in the zipper!
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Dow down again……that never happened before…..”
Actually the Dow tanking 3000 pts and 8% over 2 days IS a rare occurrence, but thanks for sharing.
WSJ:
NASDAQ to enter bear market, down 20%.
CNBC:
Small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 becomes first major U.S. stock measure to enter bear market”
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I like bears.
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I like bears in West Virginia, as long as I am in NY
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He won’t be retired long since Trump has guaranteed his party is going to win with his trade war.
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Ex nazis have thoughts
TARIFFS: German Minister of Trade Habeck is calling US tariffs equivalent to Russia’s war on Ukraine and is calling for an equal response from Germany to the US as it has delivered to Putin.
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Globalist Klaus Schwab RESIGNS As World Economic Forum Chair
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“I have also seen first hand the devastation some of the ignorant and knee jerk decisions have had on real people’s lives overseas.”
F–k’em.
International trade is for the globalists, here in America we are a self sufficient island with zero interests beyond the beach.
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EricLDaugh
BREAKING: Ric Grenell just advised President Trump to cancel the $5B American loan for France’s TotalEnergies African LNG project after French President Emmanuel Macron called on companies to stop investing in the U.S. Two can play this game.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-payrolls-unexpectedly-soar-228k-above-highest-estimate
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We need more Gubment jobs.
-freepasser
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Folks,
Just wanted to pop in here and remind about TBIL. This is the ticker symbol for 3-month treasuries. Yielding 5% (will vary base on interest rates).
This is also NOT the time to be leveraged, unless you love the game.
Good luck to all.
Big Joe
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I’m ok with market breaks and intermittent bear markets. This is when I’ve always made money dollar cost averaging and buying solid companies/indexes on the cheap. Let’s see what the Fed does with interest rates at the next meeting.
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Said by nobody at HHR.
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Agreed, Fla.
I’ve been waiting for a full year for a pullback. The pullback (and more) is here. Just waiting to see where it all settles. The current prices are enticing, but its never a good practice to try to catch a falling knife as they say.
In the meantime, keeping cash in TBIL is a true no brainer.
Big Joe
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I can buy $100,000 of tbil from a Schwab account? Looks like dividend is a pinch above 4%
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A correction was overdue. Market seemed to be going up too much last year (when trump looked like a sure thing to win it all)
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That’s right Tina. You can buy it just like any other stock at Schwab. I’m seeing a 4.92% yield on Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TBIL/
Big Joe
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And no state taxes right, just federal? Thanks
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Tina,
Treasuries are exempt from state and local taxes. TBIL is an ETF and theorectically qualifies as tax-free. You’ll want to do your research here to confirm and may need to manually claim the exemption if your broker doesn’t do it for you.
Big Joe
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very true big Joe. I’ve never been much of a market timer. However, when I see some solid companies with very little risk of dividend cuts hit that sweet yield spot, I start accumulating. Never blow my wad but start moving. It’s worked very well for me. Non risk capital at those TBIL rates is a no brainer as well. Good luck to you as well!
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Thanks bj.
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I’m in agreement with Tina & Fla2025 in looking at the stock market drop as a healthy correction – one that was to be expected in lieu of the tariff turmoil too.
In other news some more people have been confirmed to fill out Trump’s agenda oriented administration. Harmeet Dhillion now leads the Civil Rights Division. Dean Sauer is the new US Solicitor General. And Mehmet Oz made it thru the confirmation hearings to become Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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So much good news, amazing the stock market is tanking.
Maybe the market is smarter than the Cultists.
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Hey Big Joe, hope you are well.
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Thousands line streets in Lithuania in farewell for US soldiers victims of tragic accident.
Putin and the HHR Putin Toadies hardest hit.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/04/04/such-a-lovely-farewell-from-the-lithuanians-for-our-fallen-soldiers-n3801454
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”According to Norm Eisen—the man who practically wrote the Deep State’s playbook on color revolutions, all things anti-Trump, and lawfare in the US—he and Chief Justice John Roberts are not only good pals, but they even spent a week together in the Czech Republic. According to Norm, the two BFFs were there working on “American rule of law” issues.
Hmm…
Norm was so proud of this that he actually bragged about the trip and made it very clear that Roberts isn’t corrupt—he’s just a “close friend” who happened to fly overseas and stay at Eisen’s posh 150-room palace to collaborate on transatlantic political projects.
Really…
And no, that’s not just weird; it’s a massive conflict of interest and could also explain a lot.”
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https://revolver.news/2025/04/resign-justice-roberts-secret-friendship-with-norm-eisen-has-been-revealed/
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Question to the Cultists.
Is their hero Rand Paul wrong?
Senator Rand Paul:
Tariffs are taxes and Americans are paying the price. From $5,000 hikes on cars to $10,000 more for a new home and 70 cents more per gallon of gas. Working families can’t afford this. It’s time to terminate the Trump tariffs—before it’s too late.
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“Putin and the HHR Putin Toadies hardest hit.”
This applies to nobody at HHR. Loser comment, even for Jason.
Chicon
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This applies to nobody at HHR. Loser comment, even for Jason.
Chicon”
LOL
Says the guy who mostly writes BS that “applies to nobody at HHR” on a daily basis.
You gotta love the hypocrisy.
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But yes, it certainly “applies” to the Putin Toadies and sycophants here… Chicon, NYC, Janzam, Tina, Albertus Idioticus.
They are entirely onboard with Putin’s expansionist plans which include threatening Balticl States like Lithuania.
The beautiful tribute Lithuanians gave our fallen soldiers, and the fact they appreciate their sacrifice, is a slap in the face to Putin AND to Chicon and the other Putinistas here.
Deal with it.
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Suggesting someone here would be upset that the people of another country show respect for dead American soldiers is ugly.
Jason should apologize.
Chicon
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Suggesting someone here would be upset that the people of another country show respect for dead American soldiers is ugly.
Jason should apologize.
Chicon”
Zzzzz…..
No free lunch.
I bet watching that video just ate away at Chicon’s guts.
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Jason’s descent into insanity continues. He has more difficulty discerning fantasy from reality every day.
Chicon
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Rand is wrong on attributing tariffs to gas price rise.
trump 1 clearly refuted that. Lowest gas prices (energy prices).
So far, year over year gas prices are down 40 cents (source Aaa)
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Speaking of apologizing, is Chicon going to apologizing for shilling for Putin’s war crimes in Ukraine?
No?
Didn’t think so.
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Jason’s descent into insanity continues. He has more difficulty discerning fantasy from reality every day.
Chicon”
Wow, that video really triggered Chicon.
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Jason sez….”I bet watching that video just ate away at Chicon’s guts.”
Jason is one sick bastard….
Chicon
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Rand is wrong”
Wow.
Is he wrong about?
Working families can’t afford this. It’s time to terminate the Trump tariffs—before it’s too late.
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Jason is one sick bastard….
Chicon”
No, what is sick is the fact that video bothered you and your mentor Putin.
THAT is what is sick.
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He is also wrong on car prices based on trump,1.
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We know why the freepassers are triggered.
The resignation of Klaus Schwab.
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Charles Schwab resigned?
Oh well, my portfolio was down to nothing anyway.
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Is Rand Paul wrong?
“tariffs are bad for the country, bad for prosperity, bad for the economy.”
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Poor Rand.
I bet he was sure he would never make Tina’s RINO list.
There was precedent for that. Trump, who was never a Republican or a conservative just like Rand, also had not made the list.
Oh well.
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Chicon, Jason’s ranting and slandering of others is just a byproduct of a weak ego
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Tina, Jason is worried that his next pair of Nike’s might cost more and that his 401k took a dip. He doesn’t care about today’s jobs report because he has a job and he only cares about things that impact him.
Chicon
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tic took video explaining why Trump is purposefully crashing markets. It actually makes sense too.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-shares-tiktok-video-claiming-he-is-purposefully-crashing-the-market/
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Good point, Jan.
Chicon
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Mayor Adams gets it…..
New York City Mayor Eric Adams admitted during a podcast on Wednesday that he believes the “deep state” is real.
“I don’t want to sound [like a] conspiracy theor[ist], but there’s a permanent government,” Adams told Andrew Schulz on his “Flagrant” podcast. “There are people that see presidents and mayors come and go. Their attitude is, ‘We’ll wait you out.’”
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Damn. Eric Adams? The Cult embraces another radical leftist.
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TNT at 3:00.
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