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 
70 responses to “Three days for a thread is enough. Starting over.”
Zzzzzz…
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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.
Chicon”
Exactly. Every one there was 100% responsible for their own actions.
The FBI, whatever “assets” they had present, did not coerce or force anybody to attack police officers, destroy public property, and steal public and private property.
Those that did that, it is on them.
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“In a significant ruling with constitutional implications, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade has struck down a broad set of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump earlier this year. The court found that the administration’s actions exceeded the statutory limits of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), and, in doing so, violated the Constitution’s separation of powers.
The ruling is a decisive pushback against the use of emergency declarations to bypass congressional authority on trade, and it places new judicial limits on how far future presidents can go in using IEEPA as a tool for tariff policy.Two Tariff Programs, One Core Problem
The court reviewed and ultimately invalidated two related tariff programs:
While the factual justifications differed, the legal question in both cases was the same: Does IEEPA give the President this kind of unilateral authority to set tariffs?
The court said no.”
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I think Trump will have have trouble reversing this decision, this is not some rogue judge, this court has legitimacy to decide this type of issue. Having said that, I don’t know enough about the composition of this court to know if it is ‘political” or not.
Also I doubt Congress would approve these tariffs.
So this might be good news for the American consumer.
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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.”
-Just to remind everyone: The BBB is a reconciliation bill, so the Republicans only need to get majorities in each chamber of the legislature. It should be pretty easy to roll back spending amounts to 2019…….but it doesn’t look like that will happen.
“Take what you can get.” is Quichuan for “Thank You Sir, May I have Another!?!?”.
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https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/poland-sets-gun-ownership-record-argentina-drops-minimum-age/
-Poland and Argentina seem to be places to visit in the coming years.
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https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/poland-sets-gun-ownership-record-argentina-drops-minimum-age/
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Link about -un ownership in Poland and Argentina – not allowed to post those types of articles? It won’t let me post it
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Well, anyway, Poland and Argentina seem to have growing numbers of citizens possessing fir-arms. Good for them.
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https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/05/28/the-biden-autopen-scandal-just-got-worse-n4940224
“”During the Biden administration, hundreds of billions of dollars were funneled towards pet green projects, while the American fossil fuels industry was punished, and there is no evidence that Biden ordered it, directed it, or was even aware it was happening in his name,” Turner added.”
-BUT OF COURSE, the “more-conservative-than-Trump” Republican Congress has not yet CUT OUT all of this boondoggle $$$ from the budget talks.
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https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1927005368112058488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1927026974519709941%7Ctwgr%5E10db37152a6819ccf689ce2dce1cb5289016054c%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F722591%2F
-Elon tried.
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NYC’s link released
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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/05/28/federal-trade-court-rules-president-trump-cannot-initiate-tariffs-under-international-emergency-economic-powers-act-all-tariffs-blocked/
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So, a district judge “transferred” this case to these NY COMMIES. This one won’t survive appeal.
Clear error by the court on so many levels
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Start with section 301/302 of the trade act. There was a finding by the us trade rep and his work is 200 plus pages.
“Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, requires that the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) take action, which may include imposing tariffs, where “the rights of the United States under any trade agreement are being denied” or “an act, policy, or practice of a foreign country” is “unjustifiable and burdens or restricts United States commerce.” 19 U.S.C. § 2411(a)(1)(A)–(B). The USTR may impose duties also where the USTR determines that “an act, policy, or practice of a foreign country is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts United States commerce.” Id. § 2411(b)(1). This power is conditioned on extensive procedural requirements including an investigation that culminates in an affirmative finding that another country imposed unfair trade barriers under § 2411(a)(1)(A) or (B) or § 2411(b), and a public notice and comment period. See id. § 2414(b).”… [source]”
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Comgress has granted the president tariff power over 100 years. There is numerous case law. This case will be overturned.
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Lol – what a twist of words here by the court of leftist commies:
“With these principles in place, the court turns to the interpretive question at hand. Recall that both TWEA and IEEPA authorize the President to “regulate . . . importation.” See 50 U.S.C. § 4305(b)(1)(B); id. § 1702(a)(1)(B). The court in Yoshida II noted that “[t]he express delegation Court Nos. 25-00066 & 25-00077 Page 29 in [TWEA] is broad” and includes the power to “impos[e] an import duty surcharge.” Yoshida II, 526 F.2d at 573, 576. While the words “regulate . . . importation” may exist in identical form in IEEPA, those words do not confer unlimited tariff authority.”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Expansion_Act
This is just one act here stating president has the power.
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Very informative interview by Bongino.
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1928065194594312379?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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It should be pretty easy to roll back spending amounts to 2019…….but it doesn’t look like that will happen.”
LOL
If it was easy, it would have happened.
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I think the issue is not whether the President can impose tariffs, it is what justification he used. Somewhat akin to the deportation issue.
The Court let stand the tariffs and aluminum, steel and other items. It is saying he can’t use the Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as justification.
It seems like he could still impose the tariffs using another justification.
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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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As i said above, I don’t know the composition of this trade court.
If it is indeed composed of leftist judges bent on thwarting Trump’s agenda for political purposes, fine with me if it is reversed, even if I agree from an economic and ideological view that these tariffs are wrong and should be eliminated.
In a perfect world, the argument for free trade, free markets and free enterprise should win out in the battle of ideas, not mandated by courts.
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The gop-e Deadenders love foreign aid and USAID
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The Cult think all aid is bad because they can’t see the difference between food and water to desperate people and frivolous aid on woke projects.
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Guy Amoresano
@gvincentamore
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It is difficult to imagine the overwhelming damage this court has done to all of the trade negotiations that are presently in progress. In one swoop, the Court has deprived the United States of all of its leverage at the bargaining table. Who needs enemies when we have the judiciary.
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Goldman Sacks came out with statements equivalent to saying this international court ruling was a “nothingburger,” having various workarounds availing themselves for the purposes Trump wanted. What did surprise some was the speed in which the Trump legal team appealed this ruling.
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Two of the three judges on the trade court leaned conservative – one appointed by Reagan, the other by Trump.
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What did surprise some was the speed in which the Trump legal team appealed this ruling.”
I hope this is ok with Chicon….
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Two of the three judges on the trade court leaned conservative – one appointed by Reagan, the other by Trump.’
Not surprised.
There is nothing “conservative” about tariffs.
Nothing “conservative” about economic isolationism.
For decades these were the banners of the fat cat union bosses, the failed AFL-CIO agenda, of people who gave the Democrats hundreds of millions to defeat conservatives.
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Quick appeal here and in the Voice of America Grants
Beotchy and Souter May had to work ot. Hope the estrogen injections have happened.
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12 cents of every USAID dollar was directed towards charitable purposes. The rest of that dollar went into the pockets of opportunists, or into covert operations abroad, usually managed in some way by the CIA.
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Bitter,
Give me a day or two to do laundry and rest.
Then I will be ready for your next secret assignment.
The Scotland trip was very successful and we accomplished a lot that will benefit the U.S> and HHR.
Scotland officials readily agreed to remove all tariffs from U.S. made goods in exchange for the the U.S. removing all tariffs on Scotch Tape.
They also agreed to allow us to charter a Scotland branch of HHR.
I did fail in my attempt to get them to use American bacon for breakfast, and the refused the idea to call their haggis “Merle Haggis”.
There is also no interest in Trump’s idea he floated to make Scotland the 51st state. I have not told Trump about that yet.
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Free trade, free markets, free enterprise was something Republicans believed in, not Democrats.
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The state department and us aid have a lot of fraud with their “aid”
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Eric CIAramella’s Dirty Whistle
@TheAndersPaul
Here are the New Nellie Ohr docs if anyone doesn’t have link. Yeah. She lied to Congress. Yeah. The FBI and DOJ knew. Yeah. They hid it Per usual. They protect their own. https://grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/nellie_ohr_fbi_analysis.pdf
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Arrest him.
amuse
OBSTRUCTION: Top Tennessee Democrats putting the lives of ICE agents and their families in danger. The mayor has posted the identities of ICE agents working in Nashville on the city’s website allowing cartels to target them and their families. Democrat State Rep Justin Beh has admitted to blocking ICE vehicles in an effort to allow illegal aliens to escape arrest.
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According to the laws and principles of Walt…]
Tariffs are good when they are 1) implemented to protect a country’s emerging industries (which helps business owners, stockholders, workers and the local and national governments that get revenue from these industries) 2) to prevent unfair trade by countries whose governments subsidize the manufacture of steel and other critical goods and 3) to protect various industries critical for national defense (such as shipbuilding, military aircraft, etc,)
At one time in our history, they were an important source of revenue for the federal government. Less so today.
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Walt, thank you for your successful mission to Scotland on behalf of HHR.
Many here think HHR’s influence and outreach should be limited to America, but I favor an HHR operating on a global scale. Limiting the exceptional expertise, knowledge and guidance expressed herein (using myself as an example) to America only would be a disservice to others around the world who would deprived of such benefits.
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Give me a day or two to do laundry and rest.”
Walt’s wife just announced she is onboard with 50% of that agenda.
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Tina
May 29, 2025 at 11:13 am
The state department and us aid have a lot of fraud with their “aid””
This is true. They were also funding a lot of woke NGO’s with agendas that are not in our interest.
But you don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. I personally witnessed (a long time ago) a lot of worthwhile USAID projects and aid in South America that were not only helpful for the local populations but were also very beneficial to America’s image and reputation.
USAID should go back to its original purpose, aid without fraud and aid without a woke agenda.
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Walt – Thank you. I believe that our work in Ireland, N. Ireland, and Scotland will be very advantageous to HHR. I would suggest a trip to Wales but I can’t really think of a reason to go there.
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I personally witnessed (a long time ago) a lot of worthwhile USAID projects and aid in South America that were not only helpful for the local populations but were also very beneficial to America’s image and reputation.
When USAID was first enacted it carried out its mission statement in contributing to charitable acts abroad. But, with the passage of time, that aid became exploited and repurposed for more covert operations the CIA did not want associated with the State Department. It now is often referred to as the “CIA’s Slush Fund.”
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I was listening to a conservative radio host in Philadelphia. He is getting Cult callers blasting Bongino and Patel for having joined Deep State by refusing to say Epstein was murdered in prison. Thankfully, the Phillies have a doubleheader today so I can listen to that while I work.
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I think I would support most “CIA covert operations”, probably not all of them.
Covert operations are an integral part of the CIA.
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He is getting Cult callers blasting Bongino and Patel for having joined Deep State by refusing to say Epstein was murdered in prison.”
Right, they both said they reviewed it and are satisfied with the the conclusion he killed himself.
But of course the conspiracy theory morons won’t let it go, it does not support their narrative.
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Seems like Biden’s doctor agrees to testify before Congress.
I think its a dead end because of doctor-patient confidentiality.
Of course, he would have to answer questions like “were you pressured to withhold information or alter it”, etc. but I doubt he will answer any questions directly connected to Biden’s health.
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Covert operations are an integral part of the CIA.
Which is why they are not assigned to Deep State.
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In the you can fly illegals in/but not out of country we get this from the Marxist
https://x.com/PhilHollowayEsq/status/1928125409410818052?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Breaking. Trumps tariffs reinstated by the court of appeals. (Reuters)
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A larger investment on the horizon from John Deere:
”According to the company website, John Deere will invest $20 billion in the United States over the next decade, with hometowns where these investments will go seeing a projected $25 billion impact.
Factories in Tennessee, North Carolina, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois will see new expansions, new assembly lines, or new factories altogether. Additionally, the company boasted a majority of the raw steel used in these factories will be from the United States.
A more specific breakdown showed new assemble lines in Waterloo, Iowa; an expansion to the factory in Greenville, Tennessee; a new excavator factory in Kernersville, North Carolina; a 60,000-square-foot expansion to the factory in Moline, Illinois; and a 120,000-square foot expansion in Missouri.”
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According to Fox News….”Supreme Court rules 8-0 to curb judicial authority in environmental cases”
This might be a harbinger of things to come with SCOTUS and other Federal/District junctions ‘overreach’.
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Mollie Hemingway (The Federalist Society) coined it best today during the WH briefing….
“What you’re seeing is an attempted judicial coup against the President”.
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How many new job?
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“How many new job?”
-They ordered 10,000 robots from Optimus.
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Jonathan Turley also created a phrase for how the district judges are acting —->. “Judicial Tyranny.”
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From the NY Post:
”A federal appeals court put the brakes Thursday on a lower court order that overturned most of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
A full 11-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the federal circuit stayed the order by the Manhattan-based Court of International Trade while the White House appeal is heard.
The Court of International Trade had ruled that Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by imposing a 10% flat duty rate on dozens of countries around the world — as well as 25% tariffs on Canada and 20% tariffs on China and Mexico in response to illegal fentanyl trafficking.
The tariffs had been challenged by a dozen states and five small business — which the appeals panel gave until June 5 to respond to Thursday’s stay”
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CNN’s
@JakeTapper
reflects on his coverage of Joe Biden’s mental decline: “I would not say I was incurious. I would say that I was one of the many people who was asking about this and was lied to over and over… I don’t know what more we could have done.”
To be fair to Jake, he would have done the same with Trump, no doubt.
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oh no
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/fbi-director-kash-patel-information-fbi-operatives-partners/
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Janzam- Rubio is one of the worst secretary of state’s ever and shouldn’t be deporting ppl for free speech so judges stopping Trump on that issue is probably a good thing.
Also Rand Paul clearly stated that Trump’s tariffs were unconstitutional from the get go.
I think the neocons are trying to trick Trump into doing to the Iran hoax.
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Bongino is a liar much like Patel.
We already know the Epstein CTTV jail footage was destroyed he has nothing to release.
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RIP Bernie Kerik, age 69.
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Rubio is another foreign agent
https://x.com/World_Affairs11/status/1928054594334077398
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This may very well be my favorite meme ever: YOU are paying taxes to the Epstein client list.
https://x.com/AgoristN/status/1922997719859068951
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oh no. FBI Assets did not make J6ers do anything they did not want to do.
Fixed it for Tina.
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Bunu is back but that is what HHR wanted when the filter was changed.
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“Me driving home knowing there won’t be a second date but at least now she knows what is Bitcoin and who really control the media.”
https://x.com/browserdollar/status/1923688780940062900
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NT
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