Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 41.0 / 56.0 | -15.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 45.1 / 53.1 | -8.0 |
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +21 | 207 | 228 |
Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 41.0 / 56.0 | -15.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 45.1 / 53.1 | -8.0 |
| GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +21 | 207 | 228 |
The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
61 responses to “Everybody’s working for the weekend.”
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Bueller? Bueller?
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“Weekends were made for Michelob”
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Grey Goose is the official vodka of HHR. Is there an official beer?
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Breaking
What was hailed by Democrats as a narrow 734-vote victory for Allison Riggs in the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court race is now spiraling into electoral chaos, as a court ruling has cast doubt over tens of thousands of ballots that could flip the outcome in favor of conservative challenger Judge Jefferson Griffin.
In a stunning decision filed Thursday, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that approximately 65,000 ballots—cast by voters with incomplete registration information, missing photo identification, or submitted by individuals who have never lived in North Carolina—may be invalid under state and federal election law.
The 2-1 decision was authored by Judges John Tyson and Fred Gore, both registered Republicans. Judge Tobias Hampson, a Democrat, dissented from the majority opinion.
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Breaking: Ed Martin Expands Probe Into Biden US Attorney Matthew Graves’ Unlawful Use of 1512(c)(2) Obstruction Charge to Lock Up J6ers
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Does anyone know the political make up of the N Caroline count. Would a flip to the conservative candidate change the balance to a conservative majority?
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bitter wrote – Grey Goose is the official vodka of HHR. Is there an official beer?
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One vote for Guinness here.
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Just a difference of opinion on the law, not politics from the bench or nothin’!!
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/04/04/now-they-gone-and-done-it-guess-why-a-federal-judge-blocked-venezuelan-deportations-n3801460
I guess we’ll just have to wait months or years for an appeal.
Chicon
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My first cheese burger post surgery. Just the patty with mustard and no bun. It went well (so far).
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The Supreme Court has narrowly ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing administration officials to block millions of dollars in DEI-centered grants to teachers. The 5-4 ruling lifts a lower court’s order that allowed the Department of Education to continue issuing the grants in eight blue states that sued over the freezing of the grants.
“The decision is not a final ruling in the case, and the dispute could ultimately return to the Supreme Court,” reports The Hill.
Five of the justices on the conservative wing of the court ruled in favor of the administration, while Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three liberal justices in dissenting.”
Have the Cultists called for Robert’s impeachment yet?
You know they want to.
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Maybe the “beotch” gets a temporary reprieve she she voted the “right” way…
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I would second the Guinness, one of my favorites, but if is a “foreign” beer so drinking it would make you a communist globalist. Besides, who will be able to afford one after the 545% tariff is imposed.
So let’s help the PA economy and go with a Troeg’s Perpetual IPA.
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Maybe the judge can go fetch the illegal herself. She is powerless.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/breaking-obama-judge-orders-trump-admin-return-alleged/
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NC SC is currently 5r to 2d I think.
Here is the article Tina referenced.
https://www.aol.com/news/court-decision-disputed-north-carolina-184857235.html
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I thought Guinness counts as a soup.
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say what you want about President Trump, but at least he’s consistent –
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Trump is certainly consistent, he has been a protectionist and isolationist for 60 years.
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Dow down 2200 points, 5.5%.
The “let them eat cake” crowd will stand up and clap.
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“I thought Guinness counts as a soup”
That’s sacrilegious. It’s only the best elixir known to mankind and a mandatory accompaniment to any premier league soccer game.
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Fire at Disney Epcot in FL on March 23.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/13849546/disney-world-fire-orlando-smoke/
Fire at Disneyland in CA today
https://www.the-sun.com/news/13944667/disneyland-fire-california-garage/
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Again, I like cake.
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Jason wrote – The “let them eat cake” crowd will stand up and clap
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Not sure what that means but I certainly welcome the market retrenchment and the ability to deploy some capital at these new higher yields.
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I’m Irish and can’t stand Guinness. Not Mexican, but beers that come from south of the border are better lie Carta Blanca and San Miguel. Glad I stocked up lately.
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I’m going to piggy-back off of the “at least Trump is consistent” comment, by posting a lengthy piece, and excerpt, annotating this observation of “consistency.”
”In this 1991 hearing, Representative Helen Bently is pointing out an ongoing erosion of U.S. manufacturing. Notice how she references current trade deals and “fair trade” versus “free trade”, sound familiar? It should.
What you will find in all of Donald Trump’s positions, is a paradigm shift he necessarily understands must take place in order to accomplish the long-term goals for the U.S. citizen/worker as it relates to “entitlements” or “structural benefits”.
All other politicians, and even Presidents, begin their policy proposals with a fundamentally divergent perception of the U.S. economy. They are working with, and retaining the outlook of, a U.S. economy based on “services”; a service-based economic model. Consequently, their forecasted economic growth projections are based on ever-increasing foreign manufacturing dependency, and a self-fulfilling prophecy of service-based economics.
While this economic path has been created by decades old U.S. policy and is ultimately the only historical economic path now taught in school, Trump intends to change the course entirely.”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/04/04/the-apoplexy-over-the-trump-tariffs-is-the-trillions-at-stake-part-of-our-decades-long-discussion/
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Soccer? Zzzzzzzz
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”soccer? zZzzzz
Forgive him Lord for he knows not what he says…
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My wife wants to tour the Guinness brewery on our trip to Ireland. My daughter and I don’t drink so it may not happen. My son does not care one way or the other.
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but I certainly welcome the market retrenchment”
Yeah, f–k the millions of people’s retirement funds. F–k the retirees who depend on income from their 401ks to survive. F–k the firemen, policemen, teachers, etc. whose pensions funds are invested in the market.
It is good for FLA 2025, the Marie Antoinette of HHR.
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Jason wrote – It is good for FLA 2025, the Marie Antoinette of HHR.
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LOl! C’mon dude, that’s a little extreme. Even Big Joe (no fan of Trump) noted earlier, retrenchments are a buying opportunity. I’ve already made a few moves and I’ve got my eyes on a few others. This is how markets work Jason. You’d be well advised to scout out a few opportunities and make a move when you’re ready. Market breaks like this are an opportunity if you play the long game. It’s not political or an endorsement of anything. Just a market fact.
Bitter, hit the brewery. It’s a fun tour with loads of history. You won’t regret it.
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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25879948-24a910-order/
Sc decision about the education grants. The conservatives cited Court of Federal Claims as the proper jurisdiction
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I have toured breweries. I will probably go but I’m not drinking it. Nothing against Guinness.
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They also specifically reference the Tucker Act.
Told yah. District judge also failed to secure bond on her order to order repayment.
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Are the retired people living off their 401(k)s buying stocks. Probably not most of them.
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Jason,
Hey, i replied to your post from a week or so ago and it never showed up . It was a good one too. Maybe I’ll summarize it tonight
Big Joe
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bitter wrote – Are the retired people living off their 401(k)s buying stocks. Probably not most of them.
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sure they are. Smart ones will be rebalancing, which is selling the bond portion of the portfolio to increase and buy the stock portion of the portfolio in order to maintain their prior allocation ratio. 5ey will be well served doing this.
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What was the name of the stock again, big Joe? Sorry, I forgot where you posted it.
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Nope, Bl, gubment pension and other investments (rentals).
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But, as we have recognized, the APA’s lim-ited waiver of immunity does not extend to orders “to en-force a contractual obligation to pay money” along the linesof what the District Court ordered here. Great-West Life &Annuity Ins. Co. v. Knudson, 534 U. S. 204, 212 (2002). In-stead, the Tucker Act grants the Court of Federal Claimsjurisdiction over suits based on “any express or implied con-tract with the United States.” 28 U. S. C. §1491(a)(1).
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Tina, government retiree but no TSP?
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Shh fla2025, I have it, but don’t look at it. lol.
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That G fund is like inflation proof gold. Never get rid of it.
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Must be nice where every retired worker has endless funds to buy stocks.
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Bitter, reallocation is not “endless funds”. Just taking advantage of a situation with strategic buying and selling.
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I kept it in the c fund. Prolly broke the retirement rules.
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Meant to switch it in January. I did not like last years stock market rally that was largely unabated. Felt a correction was due no matter who won.
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BL, 32.25 years of gubment service. You are welcome.
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I think the g fund was returning 4 to 5 percent in the last few years. It is inflationary proof and not bad.
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Tina, letting it all roll in the c fund makes sense if you don’t need to make withdrawals because the income from your pension and rentals covers all expenses. However, the C fund is now more expensive (I.e. higher expense ratio) than typical S&P funds offered at places like fidelity. Moreover, be cognizant of the problem with an inherited TSP for your heirs should you pass. An inherited TSP must be fully liquidated by the heirs of the inherited individual when they die, causing immediate tax liability upon death for the heirs of your heir. This is a quirk in the federal TSP. You don’t have this at other private institutions like vanguard or fidelity. Heirs of your heir can inherit the tax deferred account. They can’t do that at the tsp. Research it if you are unfamiliar with this. Unlike the C fund, though, the G fund is not replicable anywhere other than the government tsp. You’re getting intermediate term yields for a money market type instrument.
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Thanks, fl.
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Soccer?
the increase in popularity of soccer in the U.S. has paralleled the decline of America, and I think it plays a big part in that decline.
Sport where everyone runs around on a big field, you can’t use your hands, and you get yellow and red time out cards.
Silly.
Almost as silly as ice hockey.
As least in ice hockey you can be pretty sure some big fights will break out. And fans might throw octopi on the ice.
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I have now seen a photo of the D.C. guy who they rounded up with the illegal aliens gang members and shipped off to El Salvador.
I do not think he is a gang member.
He has an innocent looking face.
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Federal regulations require the posting of bonds in tro matters. This would help in the number of cases sought. The Marxist judges are bypassing laws and often lack jurisdiction.
@shipwreckedcrew
Another interesting aspect of SCOTUS granting stay today – Majority noted the absence of a bond made the Govt claim of irreparable injury stronger because the Plaintiffs had not committed to returning funds if they ultimately lose on the merits. Message to District Judges – start requiring bonds.
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Hey Tina,
The ticker symbol is TBIL.
And just to reiterate, the yield will vary based on interest rates.
You can also buy the treasure notes, that will lock up your principal for the term, but you will get the yield for the full term.
If the Fed drops rates to 0 tomorrow, TBIL’s yield will also drop to 0. The notes will retain the yield until maturation.
Big Joe
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Thanks bj. I researched it and many recommend this over a money market fund.
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You didn’t have any useful job skills, either? That’s why I became a lawyer.
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Mimes and chess players use their hands more than soccer players. Let that sink in.
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Tina, strong recommendation. For the same amount of funds you would use to buy TBIL, just sell c fund shares in your tsp and buy G shares. Then, with the funds you had to buy TBIL (presumably in your taxable account) , purchase a low cost S&P fund (VOO is a good etf). As a former government employee, you are blessed to have access to the G fund and it should be used for all your fixed income investing. As good as TBIL is it is not better than that G fund, which is paying you intermediate term yields for a short term/demand investment. TBIL cannot match this.
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Jason sez….”Yeah, f–k the millions of people’s retirement funds. F–k the retirees who depend on income from their 401ks to survive. F–k the firemen, policemen, teachers, etc. whose pensions funds are invested in the market.”
This translates to “I got caught all-in on the stock market”.
Jason doesn’t give a crap about the average Joe; it’s all about Ja-Ja…..
Chicon
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Chi killed the thread.
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TNT
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