Health of the US economy expected to drop for the sixth month in a row...https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-economic-outlook-remains-dark-as-major-forecast-sees-sixth-straight-drop/ar-AA1HgoLW?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4f95a63403674fe099103307b7abe374&ei=49

Perhaps the heavy handed ICE tactics will trigger a nationwide immigrant worker "Stay at Home" movement a.k.a a general strike that would certainly drive the point home as to why immigrants are needed in this country!

What's up with the heavy handed ICE tactics being used in San Diego and LA? I suppose they feel CA is a target rich environment. Why don't they concentrate on "helping" the RED States that wanted immigrants gone in the first place?

I had filled out the application. The Phily SSA office is the one working on my application and asked me to show my ID to the Manassas office who asked if the noncitizen box was correct. Luckily, I had my Passport and Official Birth Certificate with me. They corrected the file. DOGE shenanigans?

Just great! Another science quack is joining the Trump administration in a senior role. We already have unvaxxed kids with measles overdosing on Vitamin A because another anti-vaxxer science quack is encouraging it. Now, we can hardly wait for Hydroxyman to give us his pearls of wisdom...

My local SSA had staffing cut by 45%. I had to do a walk-in to SSA office to prove my ID. Took 3 hours. I presented my Real ID. The clerk said I was listed as a non-citizen. Luckily, I had my Passport along with me. corrected my record but I wonder if the Muskateers are mucking with the database.

So SSA is having to resurrect people from the dead now! Who knows whether or not these problems were caused by the Muskateers who might have mucked around with the SSA database when they got rid of those people over 115 YO. Folks over 115 YO were not collecting benefits. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

100 days and 100 of the most hilarious, horrific, and heinous things done by the Trump administration Opinion: A painstaking look at 100 of the top blunders, mishaps, and mistakes of Trump, his loyalists, and his minions, from John Casey.

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Analysis | One hundred days of Trump 2.0: Falsehood after falsehood, again and again The president’s Time magazine interview features 32 false or misleading claims.

After the first 100 days...He is still trying to gaslight everyone. wapo.st/3GwOf29

Tracking Trump, Day 100:

• A historically low approval rating
• Reviewing progress on campaign promises
• 10 charts that illustrate Trump's presidency

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Will reducing IRS staffing by 50% actually pull in more tax dollars? My uncle worked for the IRS auditing insurance companies. I recall him saying that he typically recovered $38K/hour that he was auditing their books. With folks like him gone, exactly how will the rich pay their fair share?

Tesla's next Annual Shareholder Meeting is scheduled for June 13, 2025. I would expect stockholders will want someone booted out after this self-inflicted bloodbath if they don't see a turnaround!

Here is another key topic. You may have heard MAGA followers as being in a death cult. This article supports that statement. GOP gun ownership was at 48% while DEM gun ownership was at 20% in 2022. No surprise, gun loving red states have much higher gun violence. www.congress.gov/118/meeting/...

The First Buddy can't fly rockets or sell cars and trucks these days. Perhaps he needs to get back into his swim lane where he is supposed to know something about operating those companies instead of taking a sabbatical and disrupting government operations that he obviously knows nothing about.

It might be easy in Trump's mind. However, moving production facilities costs $$$ and takes planning and time. Plus their consumables might cost more. Then there is the disparity of foreign labor costs vs domestic labor costs. Companies will look at the bottom line and go with the cheaper option.

He says "Only I can do it!" Well he is right...in one month, he made a number on inflationary moves, started a tariff war with our primary trading partners, started firing/downsizing Fed workers/agencies without much of a plan, and put Putin ahead of all of our allies.

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$277M to buy into a co-presidency. www.youtube.com/watch?v=id0d...

Tomorrow, Donald Trump is going to talk about how America is Great Again, thanks to him.

The truth? Food and other costs are up. Corruption is way up. And he’s making Russia great again, while making America look small and weak.

An awful start to an administration.

Here are 3 more if you need another bracket: 1) J6 people he pardoned were actually “assaulted by our government” and that “they didn’t assault.” 2) Canadians “like” his idea of Canada becoming the 51st US state. 3) “Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China..."

True, he could care less about putting Americans first. I have no doubt that those alleged Trump "pee" tapes actually exist.

I had anticipated that Trump 45 was on the verge of announcing a withdrawal of the estimated 24 thousand US troops from South Korea to bolster his bromance with Kim. Sadly, Trump 47's recent performance over Ukraine makes withdrawal all the more likely. Something about his America first mentality.

Get your fix on Canadian or Mexican food items before the tariffs kick in on 4 March. Alas, I am going to eat fewer avocados since I don't think they have any frozen avocado products. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Putin's lapdog (no insult intended to you Doods!) is doing his master's bidding. Vance (who wrote the glowing foreword for the Project 2025 book) happily plays along because he wants to please the boss. We all saw the Russian buildup at the Ukraine border and know which side started the war.

He is selling golden tickets to the US for $5M. Who is in line first? Perhaps Russian oligarchs! Oh, I fully expect Putin's puppet to release the oligarch's mega yachts to those Russian golden ticket holders. I suppose those yachts have been used to move money to US and documents to Russia...

Today proved that if Trump is unable to fulfill his duties JD Vance is more than capable of being the most ginormous asshole in the world

When donates bigly, one expects a payback. Pretty sure that 47's head of DOT, etc would rubber stamp approvals for robot-taxi operations as requested. Interesting, since FSD can't even navigate out of my community. Faux brick sidewalks seem like barriers. Had to ease it forward three times.

I agree! Not buying anything tomorrow. Some personal finance advice that I have followed in the past was to have a "no buy" month early in the year to allow finances to recover from excessive spending over the holidays. We will abstain from buying much of anything in March. Join me, shall you?

I agree! Not buying anything tomorrow. Some personal finance advice that I have followed in the past was to have a "no buy" month early in the year to allow finances to recover from excessive spending over the holidays. We will abstain from buying much of anything in March. Join me, shall you?

The People’s Guide to Project 2025 We read Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership so that you don’t have to.

MAGAts, others who voted for 47 or who didn't bother to vote and indeed many folks in general don't know what was in the 900 page Project 2025 document. Below is a handy reference that lets you jump to key features. Things are going to go from bad to much worse. democracyforward.org/the-peoples-...