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 
152 responses to “Memorial Day. Remember the sacrifices.”
Always.
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KAMALA: “I am unemployed right now. HAHAHAHAHA.”
And some people don’t believe in God.
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“North Korea authorities have detained three shipyard officials over the recent failed launch of a naval destroyer, an incident that leader Kim Jong Un said was caused by criminal negligence, state media said Sunday.”
These poor bastards are blamed for a brand new destroyer tipping over sideways upon launch and ending up half submerged in water, all in the presence of Rocket Man.
“Detained” is North Korean for executed.
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RIP Phil Robertson.
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“I’m not happy with what Putin’s doing… he’s sending rockets into cities and killing people — and I don’t like it AT ALL. We’re in the middle of talking and he’s shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities. I don’t like it at all.”
Well, I am sure Chicon, Tina and janzam are happy about it, so there IS that….
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Special Memorial Day prayers and deepest gratitude to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice to this great country
The New York Times had a hilarious piece about how the democrats belief that demographics is their destiny blew up in their faces . It’s behind a paywall, however Powerline did a decent summary of it. It’s well worth a read –
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/05/does-the-democratic-party-have-a-future-2.php
excerpt –
This is particularly delicious:
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Slapped macaroni
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/macrons-office-downplays-awkward-plane-moment-as-first/
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Still remember today was called Decoration Day before the change to Memorial Day. And thinking of Memorial Day it brings to mind the scene in the movie ‘Taps’ where George C. Scott was reading from the Book of Remembrance. Actually, Taps will be played at 3pm Washington DC time as part of the National Moment of Remembrance.
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Taps was filmed at Valley Forge Military Academy in Radnor.
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She also refuses to take the arm he offered to walk down the stairs.
She is like 20 years older than he is, so maybe she thinks she is entitled to hit him.
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I have been commenting on this political realignment for years here.
Amoral Scumbag used to get all riled up when I called the 2014 election (the one he claimed was the model for R wins until eternity) a R dead cat bounce. He also hated it when I said the only way the R could survive as a national party was to trade in its traditional coalition (rural voters + suburban voters) for a working class coalition including blue collar workers in all demographics (including blacks and Hispanics) and small business owners, retaining the rural vote and a (dwindling) share of the educated suburban vote.
In order to accomplish this the party had to evolve into a much more protectionist/isolationist posture and a much more populist message.
It lost me in the process because I don’t agree with much of the new message but at the same time I have recognized that this was the path for the party to remain viable.
Finally, as I have stated many times this change did not come as a result of Trump, the wheels were already in motion way before him, and he capitalized on the movement rather than starting it. In a way, his longstanding isolationist/protectionist rhetoric gave him a credibility that the “traditional” Rs (aka Jeb) did not have.
These kind of realignments are usually not fleeting, look at the shift in the South and in WV, KY, and TN, for example which have now lasted for several decades.
But there are challenges for the R to keep its inroads in the blue collar and minority vote. It has to deliver to keep them.
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Arrived at our hotel in Edinburg.
Norton House Hotel and Spa.
Visited Glamis Castle today. Childhood home of Queen Elizabeth. A grand place. Great tour.
Also visited St. Andrews. Saw the golf course. Pretty stark. only very small (and deep) sand traps and bi trees or bushes of any kind anywhere. In other words, no place to pee while you are golfing.
Enjoyed walking about the town of St. Andrews and wandering about the ruins St. Andrews cathedral and cemetery, and seeing the ruins of the castle. Great pizza at Zizzi restaurant.
WE have the Scottish show tonight after dinner.
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WAPO front page on Memorial Day is a tribute to Obrego Garcia.
No, not a joke.
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Trump is wrong. Nothing “happened” to Putin.. He was KGB thug and killer before, and still is.
President Trump: Yeah, I’ll give you an update. I’m not happy with what Putin’s doing! He’s killing a lot of people. And I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin! I’ve known him a long time. Always gotten along with him. But he’s sending rockets into cities and killing people. And I don’t like it at all. OK? We’re in the middle of talking and he’s shooting rockets into Kiev and other cities! I don’t like it at all.
Unknown reporter: Mr. President, what do you want to do about that?
President Trump: I’m surprised. I’m very surprised. We’ll see what we’re going to do. What am I going to tell you? You’re the fake news, aren’t you? You’re totally fake. Any other questions? I don’t like what Putin is doing, not even a little bit. He’s killing people. And something happened to this guy, and I don’t like it.
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I guess this makes it ok –
“Biden aide admits staff ‘acted undemocratically’ because Trump was ‘existential threat’ to democracy”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14750863/biden-aides-undemocratic-donald-trump-democracy-alex-thompson-jake-tapper-book.html
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https://x.com/Ejmiller25/status/1926079975683133750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1926079975683133750%7Ctwgr%5E4e8b16e0140fbe8c713953bb92577372d0fd805e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F721002%2F
“Ultimately, almost all the gnashing of teeth can be boiled down to Trump 2.0 being the first GOP admin in 40 years to actually ensure the electorate is represented throughout executive branch. Everything else is noise.”
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A blessed Memorial Day to all those who gave the greatest sacrifice, and to those who have put themselves in harms way to protect our freedoms and this country.
GF, Jason, Thank You for your service. (not sure who else to Thank). I believe Marv also served?
Cheers!
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/23/colleges-endowment-tax-trump-tax-bill/83789405007/
-Is 21% the rate we pay for long-term gains? I’m ok with charging the university endowments that rate. Or lower it for everyone. 15% or 10% would be better.
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RIP, Charlie Rangel.
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Bonnie Prince Charles (Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart) was only 25 years old when he snuck into western Scotland to begin rallying support and troops to try to overthrow George II and Hanover line of kings
25 years old.
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On an unrelated note, I did ear a bit of haggis.
I did not die. Yet.
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Walt, they have canned haggis, you can sneak some cans in your luggage.
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I guess this makes it ok –
“Biden aide admits staff ‘acted undemocratically’ because Trump was ‘existential threat’ to democracy”
Yep, the ends justify the means.
Unfortunately, too many people here believe the same thing, no different than the Dems and the MSM.
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Walt was probably raised on mammoth tartare, haggis won’t kill him.
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Hoping to get a postcard today from either Bitter or Walt. I know mail is slow over the holidays.
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I guess I am smarter than the “neuroscientist”….
“Dem Neuroscientist Sam Harris says he *ACTUALLY FELL FOR* the claim that Biden was sharp behind the scenes — but finally just realized it was false
“Neurologically speaking, that is an intelligible claim to make about a person.” “That’s what I assumed was true. Because of how effective this cover-up was, I no longer believe that to have been true.”
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“Because of how effective this cover-up was….”
Reminds me of people unable to see Deep State operating right in front of them….
Chicon
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Zzzzzzzzzz
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Deep State operating right in front of them….
Not very “Deep” if it is right in front of us. Even unicorns do a better job of being secretive.
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operating right in front of them….”
The least secret secret cabal in the history of secret cabals.
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I hear some children of Cultists can’t fall asleep because of the Deep State under the bed.
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It seems like even those that believe in the Deep State admit it is neither deep or a state.
What is left?
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I often wonder how the people that believe 9/11 was an “inside job”, that explosives were planted in the Twin Towers and that no plane ever hit the Pentagon, etc. reconcile their belief with the fact a conspiracy like that would have to involve thousands of people to pull off and not ONE person has ever come forward to admit to the plot.
Same with the Deep State. You would imagine that a secret “state within a state” operating inside the Federal Government would forcibly involve thousands of people, yet not ONE person has ever admitted to belonging to it and not ONE shred of evidence has ever been produced that such an organization ever existed.
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@NolteNC
Hey, remember when #GOPSmartSet told us Trump would crash the stock market. “Experts”
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Rasmussen is saying, for the first time in their polling history, a majority of Americans say the country is on the right track.
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Breaking News……This is CNN…..
Anyway, Consumer Confidence has soared….as well as other indicators…
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/27/consumer-confidence-for-may-was-much-stronger-than-expected-on-optimism-for-trade-deals.html
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Trump would crash the stock market.”
He did crash it.
Experts 1 x Cultists 0
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The stock market is still 2500 pts lower than the 2025 high and 3000 under the 2024 high.
However, it is 4500 pts higher than the 2025 low. Thank God for Trump.
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The market today is reacting favorably because Trump backed down on the asinine 50% EU tariffs, at least temporarily until July.
The tariffs Gods taketh, the Tariff Gods giveth.
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in any case, I am stocking up on my main staple from Europe.
Grey Goose.
Since Trump made a deal with the UK, not too worried about gin (Tanqueray) and single malts (Macallan 12 and Laphroaig 10).
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Trump: Putin ‘playing with fire’.
Look, if Trump finally realizes that Putin is playing him for a chump and that the only way Putin will negotiate in good faith is if Trump threatens him with massively arming Ukraine so that the cost for Russia economically, politically and militarily is too great to pursue the war, I will give him credit for it.
Better late than never.
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i guess CNN admits Trump is very influential. He is even influencing the King’s agenda.
Their headline is “King Charles visits Canada in rebuke to Trump’.
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i hope Australians like word salads along with shrimp on the barbie…
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there is so much about this world that we know and we don’t know“
I can’t believe this woman did not win, this is just so profound.
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IF Trump did begin sending more military aid to Ukraine, would Tina stop the “grifter” nonsense?
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I missed the low in the stock market. It’s all trumps fsult
-freepasser
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It’s the first rise in consumer confidence in 5 months. It was falling at the end of last year.
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IF Trump did begin sending more military aid to Ukraine, would Tina stop the “grifter” nonsense?”
Of course.
Trump’s military aid would be much better, just like his tariffs are the best tariffs in the history of mankind.
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I missed the low in the stock market”
Sorry that happened to you, Tina.
I didn’t.
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Trump using social media now to attack Putin has summer of 2020 BLM riot vibes.
He is in over his head again.
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Trump joins a long list of Western leaders who thought they could play nice with Putin. Remember the George W ranch visit…LOL
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Despots like Putin only understand one language: force.
Everything else they consider weakness.
Trump forgot that Putin has a lot invested in this war, he didn’t sacrifice hundreds of thousands of Russians and hundreds of billions and become an international pariah (well, not to the Chicons, Tinas and janzams of the world of course) to get the Donbas territory that he already controlled and Crimea.
His investment is in making Russia great again, either in the mold of the old USSR or Peter the Great’s vision of a Greater Russia, and so he is not going to give that up for Trump’s version of Let’s Make a Deal.
He will have to be either bought off (expensive) or fought off (expensive).
Trump should be prepared for both alternatives.
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This may be why CA is in such dire financial straits.
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
This is Los Angeles Detective Robert Rand Here’s how much he makes – Base Pay: $146,734 – Overtime: $178,091 – Other Pay: $18,748 TOTAL: $343,572.25 PER YEAR This is one detective in LA, now multiply that statewide in California. Taxpayers are getting DESTROYED by Democrats
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Taxpayers are getting DESTROYED by Democrats”
But they keep voting for them in CA anyway.
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@EricLDaugh
BREAKING: In a sign of a SURGE in support, President Trump was just found to have a +6 approval rating, 52%-46%, by the Democracy Institute polling – and by a MASSIVE margin of +14 points, Americans say he is “fixing” America.
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Tina killed the thread.
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Trump threatening to allow Ukraine unrestricted use of its US weapons to attack Russia itself.
Any objections from the HHR Putin sycophants and toadies?
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@EricLDaugh
If the 2024 election were held today, Donald Trump would defeat Joe Biden by 7 points in the national popular vote – YouGov poll
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That would give Trump NM, NH, VA, ME, MN, maybe NJ.
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Where is the Cult? Shouldn’t they be calling Trump a warmonger and armchair warrior by now?
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The NJ Governor race will be a referendum on Trump. All of the Democrats are running against Trump instead of each other. Ciattarelli has Trump’s endorsement in the GOP primary.
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Trump replies to a social media of DeSantis referring to congressional RINOS that are not cutting deficit spending to the promises made and NOT completely codifying the DOGE waste and Trump uses this post to call Massie and Rand Paul RINOS…LOL…can anyone explain this to him.
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https://x.com/trumpdailyposts/status/1927581521956724798?s=61
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“I think a bill can be big or it could be beautiful. But I don’t know if it could be both.”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk tells CBS Sunday Morning’s @Pogue he was “disappointed” to see the Trump-backed “big beautiful” spending bill, which passed in the House last week.
Musk said he believes the legislation “increases the budget deficit” and “undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing”
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Bad Trump is back.
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Elon’s right to call out the ‘big, beautiful bill’—it’s set to balloon our deficit by $3.8 trillion. DOGE isn’t the problem; it’s been pinpointing $1 trillion in savings. Time for real fiscal discipline, not scapegoating. Let’s focus on efficiency and American prosperity first.
This is a huge betrayal of Musks efforts and support of Trump.
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Trump: Pass the Big, Beautiful Bill!
Johnson: We will pass it!
Conservatives: Way too much spending!
Grifters: Pass it or else!
Trump: Primary any Republican who votes no!
Musk: Guys, it’s really bad.
Grifters: Why won’t the GOP cut spending?! Only Trump is fighting for us!
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Elections have consequences. Rs only have a very small majority in the House.
I think this bill is about what is attainable.
It has a lot of good in it, a lot. It has a lot of spending.
Take what you can get.
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Trump uses this post to call Massie and Rand Paul RINOS”
They are RINOS, I have called them that for years.
Of course, Trump is a RINO too, but that is besides the point.
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The NJ Governor race will be a referendum on Trump. All of the Democrats are running against Trump instead of each other. Ciattarelli has Trump’s endorsement in the GOP primary.”
Trump got within 5 pts of winning NJ. I am not sure he is that unpopular there.
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Where is the Cult? Shouldn’t they be calling Trump a warmonger and armchair warrior by now?”
The silence IS deafening.
Ever since Trump starting seeing Putin for what he really is the HHR Putinistas have been quiet as mouses (rats?)
Where are the Putin lapdogs NYC, Chicon, Janzam, Tina, OA?
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US, UK and allies to lift all range restrictions on weapons in Ukraine“
Is Trump wrong?
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Is it ok for Trump to sell Patriot systems to Ukraine?
Putinistas?
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/05/27/will-trump-send-ukraine-additional-air-defense-systems-n4940191
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Has Trump abandoned Ukraine yet?
Chicon
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Trump at 53% approval
-Rasmussen.
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Finally one Putinista shows up.
After urging the US to abandon Ukraine for years, Chicon suddenly heartened by “well maybe Trump didn’t abandon Ukraine yet”.
The hypocrisy is astounding.
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Come on, Putinistas, answer the question,
US, UK and allies to lift all range restrictions on weapons in Ukraine“
Is it ok for Trump to sell Patriot systems to Ukraine?
Is Trump wrong?
Yes or no will suffice.
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Jason and Bitter were absolutely certain that Trump would abandon Ukraine. Is he doing so? Answer the question….
Chicon
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I can understand the deafening silence here.
Putinistas are just shocked, I tell you, that Trump has acknowledged Putin is a cold blooded killer sending missiles into civilian areas.
Will one of the HHR Putinistas come up with the obligatory “buhhh, Zelensky’s yacht”?
You know you want to.
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Jason and Bitter were absolutely certain that Trump would abandon Ukraine. Is he doing so?”
Yes, Trump abandoned Ukraine and I have been critical of him for it.
However, it seems that reality has set in and he might be reassessing his position.
Now, will the HHR Putinistas reassess THEIR undying loyalty and love for Putin?
Answer the questions.
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I will be more certain that Trump hasn’t abandoned Ukraine when he restarts military aid.
But acknowledgment that Putin is a war criminal firing missiles designed only to kill civilians is a good first step.
Allowing Ukraine to use US weapons to fire into Russia unrestricted is a good second step.
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Check the annals on my predictions on Trump/Ukraine. I’ll wait to see if either Jason or Bitter “forgot” yet again…..
Chicon
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I will add that understanding you cannot trust Putin is another good step for Trump.
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Check the annals on my predictions on Trump/Ukraine.”
LOL
Who was the guy who said “I doubt Trump will want Ukraine conquered under his watch” over and over.
Hint? It starts with a “j”.
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The problem is that Trump’s “peace plan” involved letting Russia keep all or most of the conquered territory since the invasion.
Trump was sure if he could get Zelensky to agree to that it would end the war. He did everything to badger Zelensky into accepting that including suspending aid, humiliating him in the Oval Office, etc. He ignored Putin because he figured he had more leverage with Zelensky.
But now Putin won’t play ball and Trump is mad his plan went up in flames.
I hope he does the right thing and imposes sanctions on Russia and resumes aid to Ukraine.
I will believe it when I see it.
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I just saw Art Laffer on Fox Bidness. He says that tariffs will absolutely not cause inflation.
If I recall, Art even worked for Reagan.
Chicon
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“He says that tariffs will absolutely not cause inflation”
LOL
It will certainly cause inflation for the products affected by the tariffs.
Tariffs are a tax on the American consumer. Period.
Not to mention the damage to US exporters. Latest poll in Canada shows 75% of Canadians are not buying US products.
There are other things that Trump is doing, so as increased energy production and deregulation, that partially offset the general inflation numbers.
But to say tariffs don’t increase prices is asinine.
Laffer is famous for the Laffer curve, which says that if you keep increasing taxes eventually revenues will fall because either people will not pay the taxes or they will decide if is no longer worth it to stay in business or work.
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I am sorry this is happening to Chicon.
After years of attacking Zelensky and shilling for his beloved war criminal Putin, it must kill a Cultist like him that Trump called Putin on his murderous attacks on civilians.
No wonder he is unhinged.
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Mayor Butt was asked what he would do differently if he could go back to 2020.
He said:
Reopen schools sooner.
Worry about immigration.
Worry about inflation.
EUREKA!
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Not yet. Still time for him to abandon Ukraine.
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Not yet.
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Marketwatch is now advocating the TACO trade – it stands for ‘Trump Always Chickens Out’.
This is what happens to a bully when people refuse to be bullied. He backs down. Every time.
Finally, some people have figured out how to respond to Trump’s bullying – either ignore him or laugh at him. Since his greatest need in life is for people to talk about him/worry about him/respond to him, when people laugh or ignore him he just moves on to the next topic and tries to hook someone else.
I’m glad the Democrats can’t seem to figure that out….I just hope the Republicans can.
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True. And the fact is that by suspending aid and isolating Zelensky and the EU and sucking up to Putin he did in effect abandon Ukraine.
But if he is willing to acknowledge that Putin is a war criminal not to be trusted I will give him credit for the realization. If he willing to say look, I tried to make a deal, but Putin is bent on conquering Ukraine and that is not acceptable to me, he gets credit for that.
In the end, what is important is Ukraine’s sovereignty.
It will be interesting that If Trump takes a harder stance on Russia and more pro-Ukraine what will the HHR Putin bots like Chicon, janzam, NYC, Tina say. It will be fun to see their heads explode
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I think for sure Canada, Mexico, China, the EU, Japan, etc. have figured it out.
Unfortunately, the “AFL-CIO conservatives” have not.
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Bill, when will the inflation from the tariffs arrive? I believe some went into effect shortly after inauguration day (drugs + border for China, Mexico and Canada), while the rest began almost two months ago. When should we expect the inflation numbers to rise?
Chicon
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Wake me up when Trump settles on some tariffs – so far he’s been all over the map, delaying every one the day after he announces it.
If he sticks with >100% tariffs on China, and especially eliminates the de minimus tariff exemption, we will stop seeing these goods come in from China completely. Since our CPI and PPI numbers have difficulty with new goods, quality changes, and discontinued goods, I have no confidence the Chinese crap will ever show up in the inflation numbers.
Tariffs on iron & steel, on imported autos, on electronic goods – all will start filtering into PPI and CPI numbers as new contracts are negotiated and new goods imported.
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“Federal Reserve officials at their meeting earlier this month worried that tariffs could aggravate inflation and create a difficult quandary with interest rate policy, minutes released Wednesday show.”
Not my words, but theirs – from the just-released Fed minutes.
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Maybe the Fed folks aren’t as smart as Chicon, janzem, and Tina.
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Maybe the Fed is not reading Gateway Pundit.
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Bill, are you saying that the tariffs in effect today will not cause inflation? My recollection was that the tariffs in effect today would cause inflation.
Chicon
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asked and answered
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I’m not sure why Jason is in a Ukraine Tizzy today. Maybe he’s just excited about more war…..
As explained months ago, Trump (once he decided to try to negotiate an end to the war) was not going to abandon Ukraine because it would look like a loss.
Putin (as suggested weeks ago) is not ready to end the war. Trump will now use military and economic resources to “encourage” Putin.
No surprise.
Zelenskyy succeeded in convincing Trump that Putin is an even bigger impediment to peace than is Zelenskyy. I am a bit surprised he had the emotional control to do so.
Putin, Zelenskyy, Jason and Bitter will get their wish – the war will likely continue. Woot woot!!
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Emil Rove nominated to the 3rd circuit.
Now it’s time for Buffune to sit on the nomination.
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Emil Bove*
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”Participants agreed that uncertainty about the economic outlook had increased further, making it appropriate to take a cautious approach until the net economic effects of the array of changes to government policies become clearer.”
Those Fed minutes are not revealing anything new – no one has a firm grip on the crystal ball. They talk about inflation and the possibility of a recession, while others recently have projected there will be no recession, and the inflationary numbers are not increasing. In the meantime, after taking office 129 days ago, there is still much of Trump’s agenda in flux, with uncertainty bring the economic North Star at the moment. Nonetheless, Bitter, BillW, Jason like to be the crazy chickens running around saying the sky is falling at the first quiver of bad news.
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https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1927798597686337551?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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BTW, do you think the fact the Fed Chairman hates Trump has anything to do with some of the content and direction of his reports.
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Wait a minute , the fed chairperson has thoughts. The same idiot that was in a rush to cut rates under quemala -Biden.
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Tina, good news in those latest posts of your’s regarding the nomination (finally) of Emil Bove to the 3rd Circuit, and the recent verdict regarding access to the treasury.
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This judge looks just as fugly as the Wi judge that enabled the illegal to escape.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/biden-judge-lifts-restrictions-allows-doge-access-treasury/
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Bove is a good pick, but the Senate r leadership sucks. This is becoming a disastrous Rino / do nuffin Congress.
Their approvals are going down , while trumps approval is going up
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Good argument as to why the sc is the sheots under Souter 2.0 and beotchy.
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janzam,
Either you don’t understand how the Fed works or you vastly overestimate the power and influence of the Fed chair. Powell has NO authority to bind the other members of the FOMC, nor does he have any authority over the 12 regional bank chairs.
As for me, I will accept the considered opinion of several hundred economists at the Fed over that of a blow-hard 80-year old who knows almost nothing about macro-economics and will only accept advice from those who promise to kiss his butt.
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meant good article on Souter here’s:
https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/president-trump-has-to-obey-the-constitution-but-so-does-chief-justice-roberts
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The Rs need to move on the eos and the elimination of the agencies. But they are porkers.
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Zzzzzzzz. Maybe Chi should admit Trump was played by Putin. Oh. Wait. He has to keep his Cult status.
Meanwhile, still waiting for the rest of the Cult to call Trump a warmonger and armchair warrior but they can’t imperil their Cult standing.
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Will Dickless say that Bove is qualified, but not on the 3rd Circuit court, or some similar bs?
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hope to get back soon.
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Brace yourself, Bitter…..
“Skittles officially REMOVES the additive “titanium dioxide” from its products in the United States.”
Sorry for your loss….
Chicon
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As for me, I will accept the considered opinion of several hundred economists at the Fed over that of a blow-hard 80-year old who knows almost nothing about macro-economics and will only accept advice from those who promise to kiss his butt.
As for me, I will accept nothing as definitive at this point – experts or non-experts – until Trump’s plan plays out more. Four plus months is hardly enough time to judge an agenda or make accurate predictions regarding the ultimate outcome of his policies. Furthermore, Bill, just how you diss and bad-mouth Trump, I see much of your input here is driven by your dislike of him, rather than a true analytical evaluation of the pros and cons of his administration.
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Skittles is a candy for girls and small children. I don’t know why a man would eat them.
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BillW- Gateway Pundit said the Fed is bad so the Cult says it is bad. You haven’t caught on to their act yet?
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Meanwhile, still waiting for the rest of the Cult to call Trump a warmonger and armchair warrior but they can’t imperil their Cult standing.
If and when Trump callously deals with the war in “winning or losing”:terms like you do Bitter, maybe the label of armchair warrior might be appropriate. However, whenever I hear him address the circumstances surrounding the war, he seems taken aback by the weekly death it has delivered to real warriors of the war. His sympathies are with the people not the politicians and warmongers, Putin or Zelenskyy.
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Jan, maybe Bill can ask his economist buddies how countries with high tariffs on US imports don’t have high rates of inflation.
Canada is at 1.7%
European Union 2.4%
Mexico 3.9%
India 3.1%
https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/inflation-rate-
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“Skittles is a candy for girls and small children. I don’t know why a man would eat them.”
Then it won’t bother you that titanium dioxide is being removed.
Chicon
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I just want Covid vax #23, not skittles.
-Freepasser
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Bitter said he signed up for conservative judges, and would applaud when they were appointed. Applause incoming….
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just went RAPID FIRE on federal judicial appointments as the country is reeling from activist judge rulings.
The names are:
– Ed Artau: Southern District of Florida
– Jordan E. Pratt: Middle District of Florida
– John Guard: Middle District of Florida
– Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe: Middle District of Florida
– Kyle Dudek: Middle District of Florida
– Emil Bove, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
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Back in U. S. from my secret mission to Scotland. Driving toward home from Dulles Airport.
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Chicon, thanks for posting that list of jurist nominations. I’m glad Trump is finally addressing those vacancies.
Also, just finished listening to an interview with Ed Martin. He was associated with the great Phyllis Schlafly for 9 years, learning a lot about the law and life from her. Her conservative credentials are beyond reproach, and ironically, when Trump was still a democrat, she spotted him as the one to lead the Republican Party. When she died in 2016, Trump took time off from his campaign to personally speak at her funeral. It’s interesting Schlafly could see the conservatism in a trump when some here only see his multiple marriages, donation schedule as being enough to discredit his conservative policies.
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Zzzzzzzzz. Nobody at HHR wants more Covid vaccines. Skittles is the soccer of candy – sucks.
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Did they cure cancer yet? That is a more worthy pursuit than candy additives.
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Rubio just announced that all Chinese student visas will be revoked.
Let the gnashing of teeth begin.
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His sympathies are with the people not the politicians.
Trump’s sympathies start and end with Trump. Jason is right. Putin has not changed at all. Trump sounds like a moron when he thinks Putin has ever been anything but a cold-blooded KGB thug.
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Ian Jaeger
@IanJaeger29
BREAKING: 57% of Republican voters in South Carolina will not vote for Lindsey Graham in the primary, according to a new poll.
Lindsey could be on his way out.
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More gnashing of teeth….
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It’s about time. Hopefully, they are conservatives and not just rubber stamps for Trump.
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only see his multiple marriages, donation schedule to extreme leftists including TED KENNEDY, BILL CLINTON, HILLARY CLINTON, HARRY REID, DICK DURBIN, CHUCK SCHUMER, AND NANCY PELOSI AND ABORTION PROVIDER PLANNED PARENTHOOD being enough to discredit his conservative policies.
Fixed it.
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“It’s about time.”
I guess he could spend less time trying to get the Congress to act on the BBB, and the Senate to confirm his cabinet. And he could have spent less time trying to undo the Russia/Ukraine mess. Maybe he could’ve waited on Iran and Middle East peace.
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Not sure why Bitter has a hatred of Skittles, it is pretty high on the list.
https://usabynumbers.com/candy-brands/
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History Channel has an interesting show on Sittimg Bull. History is not pretty. No need to fear it.
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Dickliss, Biden’s Beotch, and goober should know that there may be consequences for voting for 75 to 95% of Dementeds agenda.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14758117/san-francisco-plan-school-kids-liberal-parents-furious.html
Libs hate lowering education standards, too. Who knew?
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Who will be surprised?
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 HOLY CRAP: Kash Patel says a “DEFINITIVE ANSWER” is coming regarding the FBI’s involvement in Jan. 6th.
“The answer to that question will surprise and shock people.”
Conspiracy theorists are about to have another victory
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The answer is that the J6ers were 100% responsible for their own actions. Anything else is spin and excuses.
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NT at 10:00. Deal with it.
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Putin, Zelenskyy, Jason and Bitter will get their wish – the war will likely continue. Woot woot!!”
I guess Chicon is admitting he won’t get his wish, unilateral surrender by Ukraine.
Sorry this is happening to him, I know he has a lot emotionally invested in Putin and the Russians annexing Ukraine.
But look, hope springs eternal.
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Jan, maybe Bill can ask his economist buddies how countries with high tariffs on US imports don’t have high rates of inflation.
Canada is at 1.7%
European Union 2.4%
Mexico 3.9%
India 3.1%”
Zzzzzz…… Chicon thinks this is somehow relevant or significant? What an imbecilic moron.
“US imports”. If these countries have high tariffs on US products but US products are a very small percentage of total consumption then the tariffs would have very little effect on inflation.
Tariffs make a difference in the US because imported products are a much larger percentage of consumption and we are imposing tariffs on a huge chunk of imported products.
So only a complete idiot would compare the effect of “US imports” in countries where “US imports” are not a significant part of the economy with “worldwide imports” in the US, a large part of the economy.
And of course, the 800 lb gorilla in the room is that very few tariffs have been actually implemented. Most are on hold or there is still product in stock on the supply pipeline, so the “tariffs have no effect on inflation” argument is complete intellectual dishonesty.
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“The answer is that the J6ers were 100% responsible for their own actions”
Completely separate from what the FBI did or did not do that day.
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Jason remains a disingenuous pos. Film at eleven.
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Completely separate from what the FBI did or did not do that day.
Zzzzzzz The Cult has been blaming “FBI Assets” for more than 4 years to absolve J6ers for their own actions.
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J6ers and their apologists remind me of OJ looking for “the real killer.”
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true analytical evaluation of the pros and cons of his administration.
As opposed to Jan’s analytical evaluation of Trump? She was so inspired by Trump as Braveheart she named her fish after him.
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very few tariffs have been actually implemented. Most are on hold or there is still product in stock on the supply pipeline, so the “tariffs have no effect on inflation” argument is complete intellectual dishonesty.
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This is a bit misleading. Yea, on a per country basis, the “Liberation Day” tariffs that were delayed involve more countries. However, the tariffs that were implemented on February 4 for China and in early March for Mexico and Canada are still in effect, and although they have been changed, they still exceed the 10% threshold initially implemented. Moreover, China, Mexico, and Canada, may be only 3 countries, but we do over 40% of our imports from them. So, they may not be the “vast majority” of countries we import from but they are material. As for the claim that the “there is still product in stock” for these countries, that is also not likely. While inventories delay price increases, the high volume of imports from China, Mexico, and Canada (easily over $1 trillion in 2024) means inventory stock depletion is already apparent. Fast-moving consumer goods (e.g., apparel, food from Mexico and Canada) turn over quickly (weeks), while durable goods (e.g., consumer goods, electronics, steel, from China) may last longer (months). However, by May 28, 2025, nearly three months after the March tariffs on Canada and Mexico and four months after China’s February tariffs, many inventories have likely been depleted or are nearing depletion, and would definitely be a factor now with replenishing imports. So why aren’t we seeing any material price increases (we DID see a slight increase in monthly cpi from March to April , not annual cpi) ? That’s because the inflationary impact related to these tariffed goods is complex, and based on numerous factors like demand elasticity, profit margins, and the ability of importers to absorb the tariff, among other factors. Will that continue? Who knows. It did in Trump’s first term with smaller and less broader tariffs than what we have now on China, Mexico and Canada. Only time will tell for this go around, but so far, so good as Chicon is noting.
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-BUT OF COURSE, the “more-conservative-than-Trump” Republican Congress has not yet CUT OUT all of this boondoggle $$$ from the budget talks.”
Hey, if it is not conservative enough for “fiscal conservative” Trump, he can always veto it.
At the moment, however, he is calling Rs that don’t support it “grandstanders”.
He is calling the bill “beautiful”.
I hope NYC still considers him a “conservative”, not that NYC would know what conservative is if it slapped him in the face.
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