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Thank you! Love the meme! 😂

Tariffs are a regressive tax for sure. Plus he can use them as a means of grifting from other countries.

Tariffs wouldn't bring in even close to the amount of money needed.

So. Much. Grifting.

Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Tariffs The tariffs amount to an average tax increase of $1,200 per US household in 2025.

The Trump tariffs will cost an average American family $1100 this year and $1400 in 2026

The biggest tax increase on Americans in decades
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FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs can eventually replace federal income taxes. Experts disagree President Donald Trump has long praised tariffs as key to increasing wealth in the United States, idealizing Gilded Age policies that preceded the implementation of a modern federal income tax.

Trump says that tariffs will replace income tax

Another lie

At their current levels, tariffs will bring in around $350 Billion/year

Income taxes bring in $5.1 Trillion/year

Tariff levels would have to be 15 times what they are now

True, but not satisfying at all.

I hope they do just that.

Government Accountability Office opens investigation into FHFA chief Bill Pulte Senate Democrats wrote to the agency in November asking it to review Pulte's referrals to the Justice Department alleging mortgage fraud.

It is almost impossible to keep up with the fraud and corruption of this administration

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For the kingdom of God depends not on talk but on power.
- 1 Corinthians 4:20

We need new leaders.

Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’ as His Edge on the Economy Slips

I'm sure calling affordability a "con job" by the Democrats is an excellent political strategy by a billionaire con man who doesn't care about average Americans' well being one bit.

Especially with inflation rising and layoffs increasing.

He seems to be blamed for a lot of stuff that goes wrong.

The horror!

Trump seems to call JD Vance incompetent in latest confusing rant With JD Vance tipped to be Trump's MAGA successor, many are wondering just how close the two are and if there could be a split brewing

Did Trump just call his VP incompetent?

Can you make sense of this convoluted rant?

He was asked if Gov. Tim Walz should resign and discussing the debate between Walz and Vance.

" I was saying who was more incompetent. That man or my man. I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent"

You're very welcome, Ray!

Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities The president denied the state’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of rural electricity customers to pay the entire ...

Trump has already made deep cuts to disaster aid and will make more cuts next year.

He denied aid to 2 power companies in rural MI after a devastating ice storm

This area voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2024, but now their utility prices are spiking

Loyalty only goes one way in his world

Of course.

He took a booming economy and tanked it.

It's crazy how some people just keep falling for Trump-related scams.

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The little guy gets the shaft again!

I wonder the same thing. The answer always seems to be NO.

Small businesses cut 120,000 jobs in November, ADP says Economists had been expecting to see a slight overall gain in jobs. The data reflects a difficult business environment for smaller employers.

The job numbers are out for November and they are a disaster

32,000 jobs were lost overall, worse than expected

Small business job losses - 120,000

Trumponomics is taking its toll

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If you were one of the small Trump meme coin investors who purchased $10,000 of the Trump meme coin when it first came out, congratulations!

You have $1260 left.

Better than the Melania coin buyers. They have only $90 left

You were scammed

Excellent analogy. That's what I think every day.

At least 11 Indiana Republicans were targeted with threats or swatting attacks amid redistricting pressure from Trump The threats came after Trump publicly called on state lawmakers to pass new congressional maps that would benefit Republicans.

Last month, Trump and Vance pressured Indiana GOP to redistrict

IN would go from a 7-2 GOP/Dem split to 9-0

IN GOP refused, some publicly

The State rep whose daughter has Downs said his vote was NO

He has since received death threats from the faithful, along with at least 11 other GOP pols

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I am suddenly feeling the need for a Costco run

Noem made decision to continue deportation flights to El Salvador, justice department says Justice department maintains that Trump administration didn’t violate judge’s order to return flights to US

When asked whether she knew about the judge's order when she directed planeloads of migrants to continue, Kristi Noem responded

"This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding."

The point is, SHE doesn't get to determine which orders are lawful and binding

As corporate profits near all-time highs, wages are near lows. Can this last? The U.S. has very high corporate profits, very high asset prices, very high fiscal deficits, very high trade deficits, and very low wages versus history, notes Deutsche Bank. Does something have to gi...

Corporate profits are near a record share of the US GDP

Real time wages are near all time lows

Billionaires are getting tax breaks from the GOP

The playing field in the US is not level

Something needs to give

Thank you, Maureen! 💙