It's like a children's taunt: You act like you're so big but you're not.
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Trump and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week.
The top left corner of The NYT right now:
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156 ટિપ્પણીઓ:
Must be another day ending in "y."
I’ve supported him since 2016. He’s losing me with the war.
Other than losing Tulsi, what was bad about the week? The big elections wins? As I saw someone put it, a President with a 30% approval rating doesn’t win like Trump has, which tells you such polls are wrong.
The quick statement at the beginning of the article about the badness of the week is: "New poll numbers show his approval rating has hit a second-term low. He is weighing whether to restart a bombing campaign in an unpopular war against Iran. Gas prices are high and inching higher heading into Memorial Day weekend. And his grip over Republican lawmakers is beginning to slip after he proposed a pair of deeply unpopular spending items, prompting an unusual revolt from the Senate."
A sustainable conflict and state sponsored terrorism has a nostalgic following that the NYT empathizes with. Trump should take a knee to these special, peculiar, liberal corporations and interests in Diversity, arbitrage, and redistributive change schemes.
The S&P says otherwise
“He’s losing me with the war.”
How can he win back your support? By winning the war? Or by losing the war?
So the week Trump’s endorsements rid the Congress of two of his biggest obstacles to reform and the IRS settlement goes his way, which comes at a time of DNC turmoil over their ridiculously AI-edited unofficial “autopsy” landing with a thud, is his worst week yet?
Amazing anyone gives corporate media any respect at all.
With its complete lack of objectivity, what passes as the press is nothing more than the publicity branch of the Democrat Party. The one thing a free press needs more than anything else is the populace’s trust. They’ve squandered that. The press is dying as a result, and it’s a slow suicide.
We are flooded with polls from fake organizations with dubious backgrounds and questionable methodology. One that last week showed Kamala comfortably ahead of Vance in a potential 2028 matchup does its poling via pop ups on video games. It’s was founded a few weeks ago by a guy whose day job is as a graphic artist.
Gas prices follow refining capacity. Energy prices follow Green boondoggles. Consumer prices are affected by a hit on arbitrage economics, foreign and domestic. They wanted to keep the first Iraq war open, too, with no fly zones, occupation, etc. Then there are the medical, academic, and asset valuation inflationary forcings.
Can you imagine how awesome things could be if he had a good week?
Have they ever in 10 years declared a “good week” for Trump?
1. I don’t believe these Fake News polls?
2. Would the NYT ever write a story that Trump had a good week?
3. The NYT was silent about the high gas prices under Biden and how Biden created horrible inflation.
Trump wins a settlement with his adversaries and pays it forward to Americans unjustly harmed by Democratic political kingships.
Big Trump man
Can't you hear me when I call?
Big Trump man
Can't you hear me when I call?
Well, you ain't so big
You're just tall, that's just about all
https://youtu.be/0zNL3GH9N68?si=tSXzAVdoRC3fQVb2
CC, JSM
Me? I count myself proudly as among the great many right-thinking and virtuous people who back down immediately whenever confronted by the face of indications.
“How can he win back your support? By winning the war? Or by losing the war?”
False dichotomy. Watch O’Reilly, a moderate Trump supporter. For the past couple of weeks, he’s been talking about how Trump may have blown the remainder of his presidency on this war. As to winning or losing, it’s impossible for me to know whether Iran really was acquiring the ability to deliver a nuke. How the hell would I know?
When Trump recovers the nuclear dust and a new regime takes over in Iran, it will all be worth it. And what kind of story will the NYT write then?
Trump Victorious! World Saved from Nuclear Destruction! Iran Free!
The old media's purpose was to entertain and inform. The legacy / modern media's purpose is to persuade, misinform, and entertain. All 3 of those functions are failing, when considering the larger corporate organs that run them, and all 3 are extensions of Progressive political policy. Once you accept this premise, the harder you examine the behavior, the more it makes sense. Polls don't inform voters of sentiments, polls are designed to manufacture it. Movies aren't designed to entertain, they're designed to reinforce Progressive policy and deliver it while pretending to entertain.
When I come across questions in the "how the hell would I know?" category, I think about the leadership elected to decide those questions for us. I ask myself if that leadership tends to answer the questions I do know something about, in a way consistent with my knowledge. Trump does that for me. CC, JSM
I love the end of the “quick statement” that fails to reveal that the very senators now enjoying their last term led the pitiful and petulant “revolt” in the Senate. GOPe really wants to keep a death grip on the Party although GOP voters keep telling them that we prefer Trump’s leadership over theirs. This is another point corporate media overlook because it is inconvenient to their narrative and yet another thing NYT subscribers don’t know about the people they hate.
"Not all powerful" leaves quite a bit of space. What's the opposite of a humblebrag? Complimentsult? "Nyah, nyah, Trump isn't LITERALLY THE GOD-EMPEROR! Stupid MAGA chuds!"
Begley, you and I know the headlines will be more like:
Trump Brings Iranian Hazmat to US National Forests
Gulf Countries Stand Down Military - Will The Region Be Safe?
Iranians Demonstrate Against Loss of State Subsidies
CC, JSM
“How the hell would I know?“
Okay, I see. You believe Trump is being hoodwinked by bad intelligence the way W. Bush fell for intel of Iraq’s phantom “weapons of mass destruction.”
Short version: The President continues to do what he was elected to do.
We will miss Tulsi, though. Prayers for Abraham and the family.
O'reilly and blown well thats unfortunate
I'm starting to think they don't like Trump much at the New York Times.
How dare he protest when we put him in jail and bankrupt his family
How dare he kill stumpy khomeini
GOOD NEWS: NOAA predicts a below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
h/t Wattsupwiththat.com
Thus the political climate change and first-order forcing of chaotic weather vanes in the news.
We will miss Tulsi, though. Prayers for Abraham and the family.
Indeed. But, she made the right choice in the grand scheme of life. Fair winds and following seas.
We dont have to spell out that you can make a dirty bomb with unprocessed uranium do we?
The smug snug ultra powerful cocoon inhabited by the NYT has been made possible by institutions that were once the foundations of our national greatness. This is what decadence looks like.
Remember when the price of eggs was a precursor to the end of civilization as we know it? Come on guys, some here were all over it. Admit it.
There was one early press conference where the esteemed White House press corps asked a half dozen questions about it. They wouldn’t give it up.
I paid $1.46 for a dozen eggs at Aldi yesterday.
Now it’s gas prices. When they go down (they will) it will be the price of Winibagos.
You see how this game is played?
“Okay, I see. You believe Trump is being hoodwinked by bad intelligence the way W. Bush fell for intel of Iraq’s phantom “weapons of mass destruction.”
The mind reading stunt is a favorite social media tactic. Intel hasn’t exactly been Trump’s friend, right. They were in on the Russia collusion hoax, remember?
Which officials the anonymous ones that told thet werent working on a bomb
Frankly we gave the iraqi regime 18 months before we got to baghdad they could move a lot of in in that time
You can usually tell by the bylines of people who got everything wrong before
Carlos slims vanity project looks at a city and state that is collapsing and says 'it will be fine'
As to winning or losing, it’s impossible for me to know whether Iran really was acquiring the ability to deliver a nuke. How the hell would I know?
Let me answer this way. If, after such militarily devastating losses, Iran can "win" a war without a nuke by, say, holding world energy traffic through the Strait hostage through asymmetric warfare, what would their capabilities be if they were permitted over the next several years to build thousands more missiles tipped with conventional weapons exactly as they had over the last several years? To be used at a time of their choosing. Presumably when they could back those enlarged conventional threats with some form of reconstituted nuclear threat (explosive, dirty or EMP) against retaliation.
That was and is the Iranian regime's long game. Trump decided now was the time to interrupt that threat for good.
Politically Unpopular ideas - Never stopped the NYT's or the Democrats.
Looks like they had only one khorramshahr in the bullpen
Tails you lose heads we win
I've supported Trump since 2016. I support him more now, if that's possible, because of the war with Iran. It's about time someone did something to punish this death cult for all the death and destruction they've caused worldwide over the past 47 years, not least of which was to the people of Iran. 90/95% of Iranians do not support the regime, I'm sorry they have to suffer through this, but the price of liberty and freedom is always high. God bless our fallen heroes on this solumn weekend. God bless America. God bless Donald Trump. And, God bless Iran. May they survive and prosper.
The right should learn from Italy where conservatives raised their standing by criticizing Trump while pledging to get immigration under control and aligning with mainstream EU democratic institutions. The left must understand why so many voters were drawn to Trump’s agenda and once again become parties of the working class that have credible positions on immigration.
Meanwhile, Trump himself has hit a nadir in approval rating at just 37% according to a just released NYT/Siena poll. He is deeply underwater in approval rating on every top voter concern, from the war in Iran to affordability to immigration.
Charlie Currie,
Beautiful.
Aren’t those klan hoods made mire palatable dressed up in blue with white(!) stars. Talk about your overt subliminal messaging.
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy,
Despicable.
Trump is essentially negotiating with himself on these issues since his counterpart is his personal lawyer. Brazen corruption taken to an entirely unimaginable place. It's even too much for this supine, feckless, derelict Republican Conference.
We are at that time 6 months before the election where whatever Republican is behind in the polls by 50 points!
It is so utterly retarded at this point.
Only a retard believes the polls the NYTs cites 6 months before an election. This is so old.
Trump doesn't sit around worrying about his poll numbers week to week.
The mean girls always think everybody else cares as much about what they think as they themselves do.
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...
Trump is essentially negotiating with himself on these issues since his counterpart is his personal lawyer. Brazen corruption taken to an entirely unimaginable place. It's even too much for this supine, feckless, derelict Republican Conference.
lol
A retarded seal pops in to say something his masters keep repeating.
you are such a joke at this point. Have fun in November.
Shouting Thomas said...
I’ve supported him since 2016. He’s losing me with the war.
What war?
Do you even know what is happening right now?
Trump serially exceeds the worst forecasts of what he will do
The MAGAtards should make a motion in the court of public opinion to start treating the NYT as a "hostile witness" (to history) just for the sake of future historians. The NYT is today a revealed as a factional partisan propaganda media source (ie, state media) and not an institutional "paper of record" as they always try to portray themselves. Fuck those people.
Take your time. The US declines; China rises. Iran endures. No hurry here. Regime change in Iran was always a simplistic delusion. Netanyahu has led Israel up into the box canyon of all time. The Americans are going to go home; just like in Saigon in 1975.
Going to war is like a mobile phone contract: very easy to start, impossible to leave, and gets very expensive when you're abroad. It may be a while before we find out the extent of their inexpertise.
Bob Boyd said...
Trump doesn't sit around worrying about his poll
It looks like they’re trying to convince voters he had a bad week. His candidates won and detractors complained. They whine about his settlement and donation, bilartisanly, because the rinos lost and are hurt. That’s not a bad week for Trump
I was right in the middle of 9/11, only a couple of miles from ground zero. Like everybody else, I got all whooped up to retaliate. After all, what were a bunch of ragtag sheep herders going to do against American’s might? 20 years later, the U.S. ran with its tail between its legs, and left behind billions of dollars of military equipment. I try to remember that when I get whooped up about war.
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...
Take your time. The US declines; China rises. Iran endures. No hurry here. Regime change in Iran was always a simplistic delusion. Netanyahu has led Israel up into the box canyon of all time. The Americans are going to go home; just like in Saigon in 1975.
LOL!
These retards actually believe what the NYTs is telling them.
Bush let al queda and taliban regroup in pakistan early on leaving bin ladens part, iran waa allowed to be a forward base into saudi and iraq thats just for atarters
Now penning these wolves in guantanamo was ok but then the lawyers got involved
Shouting Thomas said...
I was right in the middle of 9/11, only a couple of miles from ground zero. Like everybody else, I got all whooped up to retaliate. After all, what were a bunch of ragtag sheep herders going to do against American’s might? 20 years later, the U.S. ran with its tail between its legs, and left behind billions of dollars of military equipment. I try to remember that when I get whooped up about war.
Having been a participant I will tell you that Donald Trump is not George Bush.
George Bush was a traitor and he started a war then told us not to win it. Whether he was a stupid puppet or an evil shithead he used us and set ROEs that ensured we would never win.
You need to go look at how Trump is prosecuting this war differently than Bush. He is using the military as leverage and he is hitting the enemies where it hurts.
He has also correctly identified our enemies. You will note that China and Russia are getting along with us right now.
Europe is the problem.
Well, I guess that’s it. Trump’s reelection hopes are officially over.
Some of his moves were bewildering but then tenet and powell were bought and paid for by prince bandsr
Western europe let itself be invaded for the decade before by the saracens
The vaunted afghan army after 20 years evaporated like a cloud
If you accept that first paragraph as analysis instead of propaganda you need to learn to be a better person in modern society. You are part of the trouble
Trump's losing his grip on Republican law makers that never wanted to pass legislation they claimed to want passed. It is like John McCain giving his thumbs down on ending Obamacare, when he ran as President wanting to get rid of it. Trump, nor the constituents of these lawmakers, never had control over them; except at the ballot box, which is becoming more secure and therefore responsive to voters.
Why did Massie and Cassidy and those types think that the people in their states, who voted for Trump in 2024, would support candidates who want to block him at every turn?
Trump doesn't sit around worrying about his poll
Is that a dick joke?
"it’s impossible for me to know whether Iran really was acquiring the ability to deliver a nuke. How the hell would I know?"
They are enriching uranium to weapons grade level. They're not doing that on a lark.
Americans will be spending $2 billion more on gasoline over the four day Memorial Day weekend compared to a year ago, according to GasBuddy estimates, or roughly $22 million more every hour. ~ @GasBuddy
https://bsky.app/profile/gasbuddyguy.bsky.social/post/3mmgzwcfouc27
He vanquished two weasels found a whole bunch of fraud
Actually they cant becaise we blew up their reactors and the power stations that ran them
"Actually they cant becaise we blew up their reactors and the power stations that ran them"
IOW, the war has stopped them from building a bomb. For now.
In Massie's case, it is interesting to contrast him with someone like Ron Paul in 2002. Politically the two politicians are very similar -- both "anti-interventionist", highly ideological and principled small government conservatives, with close associations to white Christian nationalists (including all that goes with that). Both were the bane of the mainstream Republican Party. Ron Paul opposed the Iraq War and the expansion of the national security state after 9/11. In his mid-term re-election he was heavily targeted by Bush/Cheney -- although nowhere near the money dumped into the Massie race. Ron Paul survived his primary. A few years later he ran for president with an enthusiastic, but marginal political base. In 2008, his failed political campaign helped to provide inspiration for a more institutionalized form of his style of activist politics via the Tea Party (which culminated in the ultimate absurdity, Trump's takeover of the Republican Party). Ron Paul's campaign also helped to launch the career of his son Rand Paul and Tom Massie.
Unlike 2008, where George W. Bush was completely discredited and where the party didn't even want to associate with him at its convention, I think that Republicans are going to have a much harder time doing this to Trump. In a different world a politician like Massie might have a lane to run in 2028. However, I strongly doubt that Trump's Republican Party is going to have any place for a candidate like Massie.
Unlike the UK, the U.S. political system is absolutely brutal for third parties given the fragmentation of our political system, the money and organization required to run campaigns, etc. So where exactly does Massie's vote go, if it leaves the Republican Party?
Trump will likely continue to be highly unpopular, but it is not clear to me that the Democrats have a clear, unified vision for how best to take advantage of this situation.
Trump is like 34-0 on his endorsed candidates, is closer to retaining both the house and senate with more redistricting progress, dnc is broke, democrat autopsy led to more infighting, progress on democrat fraud, omar is in so much legal trouble she can’t talk. If that’s a bad week for Trump…
NYT(D) Maoist = can go f itself.
Leland @ 9:26, kinda sort of but not quite. Yes, Republicans often claim and promise legislation they never intended to pass. Infrastructure comes to mind.
Obamacare was something they hated with a passion but also cashed in politically- long lines, doctors leaving in groves, rounding up grandmothers to plead their cases in front of death panels, etc.
By the time they finally had the power to kill it, it was way too popular and they were way too committed. It would have been politically suicidal to gut it and suicidal to backtrack.
McCain had terminal cancer. He was the dead man walking that saved the Republican’s sorry asses.
Dems do not lead = they spend all their time and energy keeping their insane base in a state of rage.
Thomas
At no time since Trump has engaged Iran has Iran said they don't have any weapons grade uranium. They have said they won't give it up.
Two other things have come out of this. China has to pay market price for their oil. China can no longer sell Iran their weapons. Which don't work anyway.
A non nuclear Iran is a good thing. China forced to deal in the marketplace like everyone else is also a good thing.
It's time to end the castro family commie cruelty.
Leland @ 9:26, kinda sort of but not quite.
Yes, Republicans campaign on promises they never plan to keep and yes, they certainly hated Obamacare. But they also scored big time politically with their perfected fear mongering- long lines, doctors leaving in groves, rounding up grandmas to plead their cases in front of death panels. So yeah, they were all in, fully committed. To backtrack would be like admitting Biden legitimately won.
But by the time they got power to rip it root and branch, it was way too popular and embedded in our health system. It would have been politically suicidal (which is why the big hits in the Ugly Bill don’t hit until after the 2026 election). They faced backlash from their donors and handlers if they didn’t fulfill their promise and backlash at home if they did.
John McCain had terminal cancer and was simply a dead man walking that saved their sorry asses.
There are a lot of regular commenters here who seem to see Trump as Triumphant and Unstoppable. But please check the ever-falling poll numbers on his job approval. They have been in serious decline for over a year and are now under 40% approval. "Direction of the Country" results are no better.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating
Just an old country lawyer said...
Short version: The President continues to do what he was elected to do.
We will miss Tulsi, though. Prayers for Abraham and the family.
5/23/26, 7:53 AM
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Trump was elected for the following reasons
1. To get control of the border
2. Address the increase in the cost of living.
3. Because he is not Biden or Harris.
He succeeded on the border. His implementation of the retarded tariffs made him fail on the cost of living. While he is not Biden or Harris he quickly reminded the majority of voters why they got rid of him in the first place.
People did not vote for tariffs, the ballroom, the enriching of his family, and Trump’s general assholishness (he would be in a much better position if he had retired his Truth Social account on Inauguration day.
He has guaranteed that a third impeachment will occur. His endorsement of a corrupt and immoral candidate for the Senate increases the chances that not only will he be impeached, but that a trial will occur.
The Iran war should be more popular. The cause is just, but Trump refused to sell it - instead he just we just woke up one day and we were at war with no explanation. He has compounded the problem by being inconsistent in his public statements (going from annihilation to a deal is close over the course of hours ).
In short, we are now over nine years into the Presidency being an absolute clown show. The majority of Americans does not like it.
One data point that jumped out at me is that Trump’s overall approval is 39% and his approval for handling the economy, war and tariffs is 29%. I think that lower number might be more reflective of his true approval. Republicans might be critical of individual initiatives and the IED’s he has planted for our economy, security and sanity but, when asked about the golden idol, himself, they all revert back to MAGA. No one in their right mind should still be backing Trump but being out of their minds has become MAGA’s most recognizable trait.
Meade,
Far be it for me to put words in thomas' mouth but I think he is saying something I have said before.
Nobody here and few in the broader population has any way of knowing what is happening in Iran other than what the media, including $, blogs, comments etc and govt tell us. For the most part, not even what got tells us but what media tells us govt tells us.
So does Iran have nuclear dust or ability to make nukes?
I have no idea, all I can do is trust pdjt and his team.
Rightly or wrongly.
And I do trust him.
John Henry
Trump doesn't care about the poll numbers, nor does he care about the midterm elections. The Democrats are not going to get enough seats in the house and send it too convict him after an impeachment. Thus, he will still be able to rule by executive order Fiat.
With regard to Iran, he is looking to totally remake the Middle East so that Israel can provide the technological know-how to transform the oil-rich monarchies into true economic powerhouses. This will make his family Rich beyond all of his fever dreams.
Do you know what is happening right now, Achilles?
How?
I suspect you know no more than we which is only what I am told. And I know how untrustworthy that generally is.
John Henry
Original Mike said...
They are enriching uranium to weapons grade level. They're not doing that on a lark.
How would you know that?
I believe it is probably true but I have no way to know.
I thine that was Thomas point. It was certainly mine and has been more generally for decades.
John Henry
You want proof of how exceptional Trump is as a leader?
1) They opposition needs to lie endlessly, and ignore his successes.
2) Even if he believed his policies would get him impeached by the Dems, or even imprisoned, he would stay the course. Only our greatest Presidents have had that resolve, and other than Lincoln, maybe none of them.
Amen, bagoh, amen.
Just to beat a dead horse that refuses to die.
What is the value of reading the NYT?
It can't be to soothe the anxiety that the truth would bring, because they substitute the truth with even scarier lies.
It certainly doesn't make you better informed, just the opposite.
The admission that "I read it in the NYT" should be as embarrassing as saying I got it from some guy sleeping on the sidewalk. He was sleeping at the time, but I heard him mumbling something about "fuck Trump".
--- A non nuclear Iran is a good thing. China forced to deal in the marketplace like everyone else is also a good thing.
Rusty, I could not agree more. And Trump may not pay attention to polls. (Ha ha ha ha ha!!) But not just the polls, but also measures like Consumer Confidence have been falling and continue to trend lower.
Whatever is happening in public sentiment, which is hard to explain with stocks high and relative peace for the average American, it also makes Trump more vulnerable than one might think. A lot of people enjoy Trump but do not like him. If it were to be shown as demonstrably true that his financial dealings have been flat-out crooked -- not merely opportunistic, cynical, and self-dealing, which are already the case IMO -- a lot of the public could turn against him quickly, I think and fear.
Maybe things have been too good. And the public wants more bread and circuses than even our Treasury and Congress are trying to give us.
Or maybe Americans got by with the free money we were given during the last two prior administrations. And now a squeeze is on with every little expense rising -- taxes, fees, insurance premiums, all of it, a silent squeeze.
Whatever it is, a fickle public could easily turn on this man and might even fall for some of the BS that the left is always ready to sell.
You are incorrigible how many times do you have to fall for thelies the false premises no 1,023
"How would you know that?"
"I believe it is probably true but I have no way to know."
"I thine that was Thomas point."
Undeniably true. And a useless approach.
If you take the position that nothing is knowable, what's the point of commenting on this blog? What's the point to anything?
More pablum for adult babies. Trump backed candidates wiped out GOP traitors and libtard shitheads in primaries across the country? There, there, little libtard, don't cry. Trump is poopy head. Orange Man Bad.
Fine vots for the dissolution of your country but dont pretend otherwise
You don't know there even is a war going on in Iran. How could you possibly know?
We are in a pause
The war/no war goes on and that hurts Trump, but otherwise wasn't it just a week like any other?
That's actually a riff off a children's book. I read it when I was little.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Polls, schmolls
You can please all the people some of the time
Some of the people all of the time
But you can never please all the people all the time
If Iran wasn't enriching uranium to develop nuclear weapons, why are they now refusing not to enrich uranium to develop nuclear weapons??
It seems like one of their major sticking points in negotiations. If they weren't doing it in the first place, why refuse that portion of and agreement?
Kai Akker writes: “Or maybe Americans got by with the free money we were given during the last two prior administrations”
I can see past the current bond market crisis to the sunlit uplands beyond. But we're only half way there on the bond market correction. Rates are going to stay higher for longer -- with longer constituting its own negative drag. More and broader repricing is in store.
The inflation is embedding and will be hard to wring out. Persistence will be a problem. Persistence defeats happy talk.
It is hard to cut deficits in a slowing economy, particularly when the funding is for necessary public consumption to support basic needs. Bread riots in the street are the logical consequence of lack of fertilizer in the fields.
There will be political upheaval which will increase uncertainty premiums.
The global order is transforming. The US is not very efficient anymore compared to rising peers.
The value of stability got underpriced by the leading political powers in Washington, Moscow, and Jerusalem. Palo Alto likes instability; it wags the Washington dog. Beijing is going long on stability. Possibly a new leader for people around the world that like to eat every day.
The bond market has to price all of this. No days off.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/05/the-week-in-pictures-messy-massey-edition.php
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...
Americans will be spending $2 billion more on gasoline over the four day Memorial Day weekend compared to a year ago, according to GasBuddy estimates, or roughly $22 million more every hour. ~ @GasBuddy
https://bsky.app/profile/gasbuddyguy.bsky.social/post/3mmgzwcfouc27
But they will still be spending less than they were when Biden was President.
Nobody is buying your stupid shit.
Over a six montb period the dow is up nine percent some who panicked caught thr knife
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...
Kai Akker writes: “Or maybe Americans got by with the free money we were given during the last two prior administrations”
I can see past the current bond market crisis to the sunlit uplands beyond. But we're only half way there on the bond market correction. Rates are going to stay higher for longer -- with longer constituting its own negative drag. More and broader repricing is in store.
But they are still lower than when Biden was President.
You are only going to get people as stupid as you to believe this crap.
bagoh20 said...
Just to beat a dead horse that refuses to die.
What is the value of reading the NYT?
So you know what the tools and harem girls are being told.
This is a window into what Slims the Mexican Oligarch wants his retard readers to think and do.
What is the plan for after Trump? Of course, the left will immediately make the next Republican into "Hitler". Watch how terrible the next Republican front-runner gets portrayed, despite how badly that failed against Trump. If the media were simply accurate and unbiased, I don't think a Democrat could win national office for a long time. They have had 10 years of >90% negative coverage to indoctrinate people against one man, and he's not running anymore. What happens when the TDS loses the "T"? The DS is still there. If it gets transferred to a new target, then it clearly was not Trump causing it.
Were drowning in his carp look at all the details the roundup missed
If you don't know by now, Trump is a master at politics. He's really good at this game.
He's moving the Overton Window on the J6 patriots. The president has me changing my rhetoric from "J6 criminals" to "J6 patriots." Why? I'm trying to keep up with the son of a bitch, that's why.
He sues the IRS (weird), while he's in office (super-weird) and then he works out a deal with his underling (can you keep up?) and dismisses the lawsuit in a settlement (people do that, we like to encourage it, frees up court space), and then all of a sudden there is a $1,776 (I can remember that number) billion fund for the J6 patriots.
And he picks the number 1776 to remind us all that it's 2076, and now I'm thinking, "Boston Tea Party," he's got that criminal action out of the history books and now we're back in the here and now, celebrating patriots. Even if they are criminal patriots.
It's illegal to toss tea into the Atlantic Ocean. That's not your tea! It's some kind of crime. And Americans who stayed awake in history class are like, "Patriots. Not criminals."
So that's a master class in reframing a debate. You say, "Slush fund!" And poor RINO attorneys try to figure out the legal problems with all these moves. Can you keep up, boy? And I ask you, I ask anybody, who in their right mind tries to bribe nobodies? You bribe powerful people in the government. You might bribe billionaires. You bribe people when you want stuff. Donald Trump wants nothing from the J6 patriots. He's rewarding them for what they did. That's not a slush fund to bribe people.
You know what this money is? Reparations.
Obama lite coming up Its the only way out. I said this 3 months ago, Iran isn't giving up anything,they have been fighting since the 12th century,yu have a nitwit in the top seat in US trying to prove he's BETTER THAN AND CANT BOMB HIS WAY OUT OF THIS.I served during Viet Nam and you see how successful bombing was then, as went ram with our tails in '72. Righties love WAR, big $$$ Military machine, build ships and bombs and the rich get richer. I buried many of my friends and Vets because the top just loves WAR! Now the draft again give me a break you know"I AINT NO SENATORS SON" Policies what a joke..Chicken Hawks ALWAYS love WAR.
Do nothing Senators couldn't get their $500k from the government for spying on them. Do nothing Senators couldn't pass ballot security. They couldn't do proper oversight and stop fraud. (Apparently citizens do a better job of that than US senators with all their staff and lunches with lobbyists) Do nothing Senators can't balance the budget, but they get super angry when Americans like Carter Page or grandmas who walked into an open door into the Capitol might get some compensation for being harassed. Do you know how many people spent life savings on lawyers to defend themselves against Mueller? Byron York interviewed the lawyer for the lady who wanted a tougher anti-Russia platform at the GOP convention. Because Mueller's team of legal thugs wanted to interview her, she had to hire a very expensive DC lawyer. That burnt through hundreds of thousands of dollars.
You may think she didn't need to do that. Just look at G. Pappadapoulos. Look at guys who just advised Ukrainian politicians the same as Dem Podesta's did. They went to jail.
They went to jail so Democrats could hang their bodies onto their artificial dossier story so they could run media stories based on this bullshit, and win the mid-terms. They literally hacked the election in a way far more powerful than any Russian facebook ads.
But nobody, except one lawyer, went to jail. For forging an email so he could wiretap Carter Page, this lawyer went to jail for 2 weeks. He didn't lose his law license.
The Democrats who started the fake dossier accusing an American of being a traitor, benefitted from their crime and nobody went to jail from their side. They all got immunity.
How much is immunity worth?
Many were small businessman veterans who were crushed by the regime
You might even call it, Reparations for honkies. Just a few. Not all the honkies. That would be expensive. (And weird). This is reparations for Trump's most rabid fan base. The ones who were punished for associating with him, as he tried to "stop the steal."
Why is this a master class in politics? Because the Democrats really did steal the 2020 election. My assumption back then was that Trump was wrong. He was a sore loser, and it was sour grapes. I hadn't investigated or done a lot of research. I just trusted the system. That's what we've always done. Accept the vote and move on.
He did not accept it. He seemed to me obsessed and kind of crazy about it. He would not let it go. I thought the problem was with Trump (boy, he really likes power) and not with the system. But what if Trump was right? What if the Democrats did steal the 2020 election?
What convinced me that Trump was right was how insane the Democrats went to stop him from running again in 2024. They laughed and bragged about how they were going to arrest him. They couldn't wait to get his mug shot. That backfired. Then they sent the FBI in to invade his house. What the fuck? The entire Republican party united behind Trump.
The Democrats were desperate to keep Trump from running again. Four criminal simultaneous criminal prosecutions, in an election year. It wasn't just Republicans who noticed that shit. A ludicrous sexual assault allegation. Nazi, nazi, nasi, rapist, rapist, rapist.
Why were they so afraid of a loser? Who's afraid of a loser? Why were they obsessed with a loser? Assassination attempts. Joe Biden, so drunk with power, insists on running again, despite a secret Parkinson's diagnosis and dementia issues. The Democrat party completely fell apart. And Trump did the unthinkable and won. The American people had voted -- and the Democrat narrative was turned upside-down.
If they did steal the election -- and Trump has moved on from that, it's yesterday's news -- it's completely fair and above-board for Trump to reward the patriots who stood with him at his Waterloo. The machine politicians who tried to keep him out of the White House are now getting embarrassed, as Trump rewards the outsiders (J6 patriots) and gives the shaft to the insiders. Chris Matthews used to call his show Hardball. Well, this is how you play it.
Good week, Mr. President.
Well the Iran War is not "unpopular" on my block. Now my high school buddy with a raging case of TDS has other views--but then he mostly keeps his head where the Sun don't shine.
Trump ended the second Iraq war with a well-placed missile up an Iranian asset. Good will hunting in Iran proper.
Althouse mocks them and the NYT changes the headline.
Power!
Howard (11:01) was going well until this: “This will make his family Rich beyond all of his fever dreams.” The continuous haranguing by the lefties about the need for billionaires to make money off of government service by compromising themselves is projecting on them the need of crooked Democrats to grift millions while in public service. Never mind that it defies logic.
Meade (7:31): “How can he win back your support? By winning the war? Or by losing the war?” A good question indeed!
Mike,
I suspect that most people comment on this blog for the same reason I do.
Entertainment.
Know able or unknowable have little to do with it.
Most people are, like me, knowledgeable about certain things
If Thomas talks about church music, I believe him. If he says he thinks Iran is working towards nukes, I'll agree with him but he has no more knowledge about this than you or I do. Basically none, one way or other.
That is not a negative comment on any of us
John Henry
St Croix @ 12:42, there it is again. It’s not whether one likes Trump or hates him, but the reasoning pattern.
“Trump said the election was stolen.”
I didn’t believe him initially.
Democrats investigated him, prosecuted him, raided Mar-a-Lago, and opposed him.
Therefore the election must have been stolen.
Notice what’s missing from that chain: evidence of election theft.
The conclusion comes not from election evidence but from later events and loyalty conflict.
The concern isn’t Trump. The concern is a mindset where: if events support the leader it’s proof. If institutions disagree it’s corruption. If courts reject the claims, it’s cover-up. If supporters are prosecuted, it’s persecution.
At that point almost nothing can falsify the belief because contrary evidence becomes further evidence.
That pattern has shown up repeatedly in history and it should concern everyone regardless of party. It never has turned out well.
Indefinite
You say we are in a slowing economy but how would you know?
There is over $200 billion in new manufacturing construction underway in the US just in 2026. Plus probably double that in equipment and machinery.
I get the number from the census bureau. So the question of trust.
But I work in manufacturing. I talk to people whose plants are expanding. I talk to machine builders dealing with the good problem of too much business. I travel a lot and see new manufacturing plants going up.
I read the trade press about new plants
And so on.
Is it $200bn? I have no way of knowing. It is definitely one hell of a lot and certainly could be.
That's not a sign of a slowing economy.
https://www.packagingdigest.com/packaging-business/should-your-packaging-facility-make-its-own-electricity-
John Henry
The link is to a recent article I wrote about the ongoing expansion, focusing on the power supply issue
I guess that makes me media and raises the question of trust, doesn't it?
John Henry
Multiple, independent sources to promote signal diversity and optimal decoding. Go forth and read with discernment.
how much money has the Trump extended family made from the middle east? +7 The Trump extended family has generated billions in revenue and investments from the Middle East, primarily through Jared Kushner’s private equity firm Affinity Partners, major crypto ventures, and real estate licensing and golf deals across the Gulf.The primary streams of wealth include:Kushner's Affinity Partners: Jared Kushner secured roughly $2 billion in capital commitments from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund and manages over $4.8 billion in total foreign investments—largely from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar. With a standard management fee (often 1.25%), this yields his firm well over $100 million annually in fees.World Liberty Financial: Just days before the presidential inauguration, the Trump family sold a 49% stake in their cryptocurrency venture to a UAE government-linked company. The deal was valued at $500 million, with $187 million paid upfront directly to Trump family entities.Real Estate and Licensing: The broader Trump family has profited heavily from the booming Gulf economies. Projects like the upcoming Trump Tower Jeddah and Trump Plaza Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, along with other resorts in the Arabian Peninsula, generated an estimated $28.1 million in 2024, alongside an additional $50 million linked to regional Saudi deals.
Notice what’s missing from that chain: evidence of election theft.
You're making the mistake that David French made. This is not a legal claim. It's not a lawsuit. He's not pursuing criminal sanctions. He's rewarding people who tried to stop the steal, and failed. He doesn't have to prove it to your satisfaction. Or a judge's. He doesn't have to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. That's not what this is about.
This is a political question, not a legal one. Have you heard that term before? He is taking steps to recognize and reward some of the J6 patriots. This is a determination that is being made outside of the judicial system (a system which showed a lot of bias against Donald Trump, and his most rabid followers). Trump doesn't have to prove it to a judge's satisfaction. If he wants to give them medals, he will give them medals. If he wants to give them some of the $1.776 billion in cash, he'll do that.
He's not even repeating the original allegation, that the election was stolen. He's moved beyond that. What he's doing here is rewarding the people who believed it (as Trump himself believes it).
Why are Democrats fighting so hard to stop voter ID? Aren't Democrats worried about election fraud? Why are Democrats so opposed to what the American people want?
Do you not see the flywheel in effect? Trump is rewarding the people who tried to stop the steal (with him) in 2020, and he simultaneously moves to protect future elections from brazen fraud and theft.
Again, we do not have to "prove" that crimes happened in 2020 to take steps to prevent future crimes. And Trump is now, not just talking, but acting as if he was right, and the Democrats cheated in 2020. He is acting as if the American people confirmed his judgment in 2024. He's making a leap of faith, that the USA will ultimately see the J6 patriots as heroes, who tried to stop a steal, and were unfairly targeted and punished by a mean political machine.
St Croix, I think you just illustrated the concern.
You moved from: “Democrats stole the election”to “It doesn’t matter whether it can be proved because this is political, not legal.”
But the entire moral justification for “stop the steal” was that the election actually WAS stolen.
If that claim no longer needs evidence, courts, proof, or legal standards because belief itself is enough, then we have shifted from evidence to loyalty.
“Trump believed it.”
“Supporters believed it.”
“They acted on it.”
“Therefore they should be rewarded.”
That is precisely the pattern that worries people outside of the tribe.
In a constitutional republic, attempting to stop certification is either justified because the election was stolen, or it was not.
If belief alone is the standard, every faction can justify extraordinary actions whenever they lose.
Achilles writes: “But they will still be spending less than they were when Biden was President.”
Gas prices are up ~80–90% since Biden took office
(January 2021: ~$2.39/gallon).
Current levels (as of May 21–23, 2026):
National average regular gasoline: ~$4.53–$4.62 per gallon.
This is a significant net increase, even after the 2022 peak (~$5.03) and later declines. Prices are volatile and mainly driven by global oil markets, but the overall rise since early 2021 holds.
RJW said...
That is precisely the pattern that worries people outside of the tribe.
In a constitutional republic, attempting to stop certification is either justified because the election was stolen, or it was not.
If belief alone is the standard, every faction can justify extraordinary actions whenever they lose.
These people have absolutely no self awareness.
This describes Democrats PERFECTLY.
We are going to pass the SAVE act after we remove a few more Democrats from the Republican Party. 80% of the country wants the SAVE act.
Photo ID ends the democrat party.
Nobody will have to worry about stupid people like you who don't even know you are describing yourself.
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...
Achilles writes: “But they will still be spending less than they were when Biden was President.”
Gas prices are up ~80–90% since Biden took office
(January 2021: ~$2.39/gallon).
Current levels (as of May 21–23, 2026):
National average regular gasoline: ~$4.53–$4.62 per gallon.
This is a significant net increase, even after the 2022 peak (~$5.03) and later declines. Prices are volatile and mainly driven by global oil markets, but the overall rise since early 2021 holds.
You are such a retard you don't even realize you completely destroyed your own argument with that.
LOL democrat voters are just the dumbest people on the planet.
Assume the avg American drives 15m miles/yr and gets 30mpg. They will use 500 gallons per year
Average cost 1/21-1/25 $3.46
Avg cost 1/25-today $3.36
Americans spent $50 more annually on gas under Brandon than under Trump including the recent spike
Avg cost per gemini
John Henry
Achillies, you just switched subjects.
The discussion was: Can belief alone justify extraordinary actions to stop certification.
Now it is SAVE Act and voter ID.
Also, SAVE Act doesn’t equal voter ID.
Most states already have some form of voter ID. The SAVE Act debate is largely about documentary proof of citizenship and registration requirements, more obstacles for legitimate voters, not simply showing an ID at the polls.
More importantly, none of that answers the original question: If one side sincerely believes an election was stolen, does that belief alone justify attempts to stop certification?
That question applies to everyone.
Trump's week just got worse with a negotiated peace deal.
Achilles, you just switched subjects.
The discussion was: Can belief alone justify extraordinary actions to stop certification.
Now it is SAVE Act and voter ID.
Also, SAVE Act doesn’t equal voter ID.
Most states already have some form of voter ID. The SAVE Act debate is largely about documentary proof of citizenship, registration requirements, and more obstacles to prevent legitimate votes from voting, not simply showing an ID at the polls.
More importantly, none of that answers the original question: If one side sincerely believes an election was stolen, does that belief alone justify attempts to stop certification?
That question applies to everyone.
Direction of the country stats are stupid. Piss off your base and your approval plunges nut most of those people are not voting for anyone else. It’s a meaningless statistic like time of possession
If that claim no longer needs evidence, courts, proof, or legal standards because belief itself is enough, then we have shifted from evidence to loyalty.
It's insane that you think every truth is not true until it is validated by the American judicial system. Stay the fuck in Article 3, numbnuts.
It's like you want judge-rule from Brazil, without free speech and without equal protection. It's like you want illegal immigrants coming here, and voting. It's like you want to stack the unelected branch with more dictators, so you can have a one-party state forever. It's like you don't know what a person is, you don't know what a woman is, and you don't know aht a baby is. It's like you hate Israel, the Jews, and anybody who loves them. It's like you want room to commit fraud, to steal money from the treasury and to steal elections so the graft will continue. It's like you believe in punishing people for the crime of being Republicans. Or white men. It's like racism is your policy and censorship is your platform. Only official journalists can speak, and only judges in black robes can tell us what the truth is.
Interesting shift.
The topic was whether belief alone justifies extraordinary actions.
The response became a catalog of everything supposedly wrong with Democrats.
That is less an argument and more tribal bundling:
“You questioned this belief, therefore you must also support all these other things.”
It still doesn’t answer the original question.
On another note, I continue to hear the repeated claim from a Trump X that Biden sent in 270 FBI agents to stir that mob. Remind me again who was president on that date and how a private citizen has that authority.
"and only judges in black robes can tell us what the truth is."
And when the judges in black robes don't tell the truth you want to hear, more judges need to be added until they do.
The topic was whether belief alone justifies extraordinary actions.
Why don't you take your question and apply it to the transsexual debate.
Heritage has an election fraud map by the way.
The Secret HIstory of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election
"In a way, Trump was right."
"There was a conspiracy unfolding behind the scenes..."
We dont have to spell out that you can make a dirty bomb with unprocessed uranium do we?
Total falsehood presented behind a calm aura of certainly. How unusual on the internet! Too bad to see narciso engaging in it.
Because no, one can't “make a dirty [i.e., radioactivity dispersing] bomb with unprocessed uranium.” Not even if the uranium were enriched (which is more radioactive, but still not very), but unenriched natural uranium is hardly radioactive at all (“depleted uranium” even more so)—with a radioactive “halflife” of the age of the earth—4.5 billion years.
Nor is (natural) uranium particularly rare: approximately 10 grams (1/3 ounce) out of every cubic meter (yard) of ordinary dirt worldwide, on average, is uranium. So, on a breezy day, when dust is visibly blowing off a vacant lot or adjacent field—you're breathing in uranium.
As a result putting uranium in a dirty bomb will accomplish nothing with a goal of “poisoning the populace.” To make an effective dirty bomb one must employ highly radioactive isotopes. Uranium doesn't qualify in that department.
But what Iran can do with its admitted near half ton of 60% enriched uranium is (not make dirty bombs) but real atomic bombs—up to about a dozen of them, each with a yield of more than 1,000 tons of TNT—deliverable in shipping containers anywhere that one can send a shipping container (as physicist Matt Caplan points out in a paper from last year).
Croix @ 6:58, Interesting. We went from election certification to trans issues.
That feels like an exit ramp rather than an answer.
I’m still on the original question:
Can sincere belief alone justify extraordinary political actions?
Oh, and Biden sending in the FBI to prod the mob, or, uh, Antifa, or, uh, peaceful protestors, or, uh, tourist ticket holders who didn’t even notice how pissed some were when they meandered into the Capital and smeared their feces on our walls while chanting for the handing of Pence, remind me again how he did this when Trump was the president?
We went from election certification to trans issues
We were never on "election certification." You were on election certification. You know how boring this 10-year-old issue is to me? Super-boring. Damn if I'm getting in the Republican weeds about the vote count from 2016. You can cry in your beer with Mike Pence. I don't care. I'm actually glad Trump lost the 2020 election, because this term has been glorious.
You might reflect (or not) at the mistakes the Democrats made in Joe Biden's administration. (That autopsy report was hilarious). Instead of winning with grace, the Democrats tried to spike the football into his skull. They arrested him and, full of beans, charged him with 88 felonies in an election year. Utterly backfired.
Also, it's bad taste to use the term "autopsy" to discuss Joe Biden's campaign. But they did it anyway. Unofficial and unapproved. Autopsy on the down-low.
"You might reflect (or not) at the mistakes the Democrats made..."
People who operate emotionally and intellectually at the "Me want!" level don't do a lot of reflection.
RJW said...
Achilles, you just switched subjects.
The discussion was: Can belief alone justify extraordinary actions to stop certification.
Things we know happened:
1. Trump was in the lead by millions of votes at Midnight close of election day.
2. Democrats closed and boarded the windows of ballot counting stations in deep blue cities in 6 states and kicked all republicans out of those buildings.
3. 5 hours later they announced Biden was ahead by millions of votes.
4. Every challenge and attempt to audit was blocked after that.
5. Democrats and evil fascists in the government resorted to censorship to block any discussion of the obviously stolen election and tried to throw Trump in jail.
No seriously go fuck yourself. Nobody bothers to take you seriously because you are all just dishonest pieces of shit.
Trump is not the baddy. He is a Profile of COURAGE. That's why the Left/DNC hate him. He has destroyed their corrupt use of taxpayer money. He is in the process of destroying their Judicial Tyranny. He has exposed their election wicked ways.
Our Democracy is not under threat by Trump; it is under threat from the Left/DNC.
Achilles, St Croix, et al, notice what happened.
We went from justifying a settlement slush fund to potentially award convicted felons under a weak premise of being legal rather than political.
We then saw the off-ramp exist discussion shift of “that wasn’t what we were talking about”.
We then went from if belief alone justified the Capital seizure and disrupting the electoral process to; Trump led at midnight, windows, censorship, fascists, insults.
And that cuts to the heart of it because even if every one of those claims were true, the question still remains: Does sincere belief justify attempts to stop certification?
Because that principle applies to everyone.
Also, election night leads are not final results. Different states count differently, mail ballots came later in many places, and that was discussed extensively before the election.
Again, my concern isn’t left or right.
It is whether belief itself becomes enough.
Another issue still remains- how was Biden or Democrats able to pull such a stunt when Trump was in charge, why does Trump continue to claim Biden and Democrats were in charge at that time, and explain how and why the cult village people refuse to even acknowledge that one simple historically proven time line reality lie.
That is just one of the many examples where Trump is flat out lying to you in broad daylight but to even admit that would be donning the blue jersey. You are simply forced to accept every alternate fact that reinforces your acceptance to the tribe.
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