Docmcconks

Too late

How?

She is unelectable in a general election but nominating her would be right on brand for the party

💯%. I've come to accept how morally depraved Donald Trump is. But I'll never get over how blindingly imbecilic he is.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

The natural

Canadian Car Visits To U.S. Plunge 37% In July—Seattle, Portland, Detroit Hit Hardest Steep year-over-year drop in car and air travel solidifies steep economic losses for U.S. tourism this year.

Steep year-over-year drop in car and air travel solidifies steep economic losses for U.S. tourism this year.

EXCLUSIVE: B.C. paid private nursing agencies $508 million in just two years British Columbia’s health authorities have cut cheques to private staffing agencies totalling a little more than half a billion dollars in just the last two years, in order to have enough nurses to ke...

Ahh yess some brilliant accountability reporting from CTV's @pennydaflos.bsky.social who dug up how much the province is spending on agency nurses vs union nurses. Basically what private vs public health care BC is funding.
Private nurses get almost twice the wage!
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

This is the most pointless of all pointless headlines

How much fluoride has RFK consumed. Dump trucks full I assume?

Such an alpha

Fed, Tariff Fears Send Dow Down More Than 900 Points The Dow industrials fell 2.5% as Trump’s threats to fire the Fed chief exacerbated turmoil from his trade restrictions. The dollar hit fresh multiyear lows against the euro and yen, while gold rose to...

"The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped around 972 points, and is on pace for its worst April since 1932."
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

Nearly 200,000 fewer Europeans flew to the US in March, new data shows - The Points Guy Europeans are joining the increasingly global cohort of travelers opting not to take trips to the U.S.

Europeans are joining the increasingly global cohort of travelers opting not to take trips to the U.S.

Roughly 178,000 fewer Western Europeans arrived in the U.S. by air in March compared to last year…That represents a 17.4% drop…

thepointsguy.com/news/europea...

Prediction:

Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Thanks USA.

Canadians Are Boycotting American Vacations Infuriated by annexation talk, neighbors to the north are keeping their vacations local. That is bad news for popular U.S. destinations.

As Allison Pohle notes, the trend lines keep going in the wrong direction for air travel from the country that traditionally has sent more inbound travelers to the United States than any other in the world.
Actions = Consequences.
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

Tariffs like these raise prices and don't work.

But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher:

The level of stupidity is hard to comprehend. The round table of morons all patting each other on the back for great ideas with not a functional neuron in the room would be nauseating to watch.

He also doesn’t understand the thin margins in most auto sales. He doesn’t understand much at all in fact

Tesla Is Dying, And Polestar Wants To Kill It The industry is exorcising Musk.

“Polestar wants to deliver the final blow. … Polestar is offering anyone who owns or leases a Tesla $5,000 off a lease on a brand new Polestar 3. Combined with their latest $15,000 Polestar Clean Vehicle Incentive, any Tesla driver can buy a Polestar 3 for a whopping $20,000 off.”

Measles is making a comeback The once-eradicated disease is no longer confined to fringe religious groups and international travel.

Community protection from measles is maintained when 95% or more of the population is fully vaccinated.

Today, only 12 states meet that threshold, with some of the worst states (ex: Idaho, Florida) dropping as low as 79.6%.

www.mesoscalenews.com/p/measles-is...

USA makes some great booze whether it’s Kentucky bourbon or California/oregon/Washington wine. They don’t need to take it off the shelves. Sales have fallen off a cliff just like snow bird spending in Florida/arizona. GDP data going to be fun. What a self own.

The Hill Times

Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.

Congratulations to rightwing anti-vax forces: you've reintroduced a deadly, vaccine preventable disease back into American society.

One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S. A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a higher fence around its global commerce.

As President Trump opened what could become a global trade war, a growing number of countries, including America’s closest allies, are forging their own economic partnerships without the U.S.

Dear Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Europe:

100 percent tariffs on Tesla.

It was in no way a pro-Trump movement. It was an anti-Trudeau movement. The liberals are supposed to be a centrist party. They moved so far left the NDP had no real estate.

Perfectly captured.