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To all the Republicans out there who know in their hearts that all this tariff stuff is costly, crazy, and (probably) corrupt, but have stayed silent out of loyalty, fear, or cynical politics: You're welcome back. We're here for you. This is a safe space.
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The @NRO Editorial: Repeal the Tariffs nationalreview.com/2026/11/r…
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The entire point of repeating "it was the war" is to deflect attention away from overwhelming evidence that the central economic idea of the populist right has been a huge political and economic failure.
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Tariffs are Trump’s signature economic policy.
More than that, in fact. They have become the signature economic policy for the entire populist movement that has sprung up around Trump.
And voters hate them.
reason.com/2026/11/04/how-di…
What did Liberation Day achieve? Turns out Trump liberated Texas from GOP rule, along with senate seats in Kansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Iowa, Ohio, and (probably) Maine.
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In case you're wanting to know how Republicans lost South Carolina, please take note of this headline from the New York Times last April.
Congressional Republicans should join Democrats and pass a veto-proof tariff reform bill that returns all tariff power back to Congress.
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Brian Garst retweeted
American farmers were optimistic about tariffs... until they started seeing and feeling the results:
ag.purdue.edu/commercialag/a…
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According to @MorningConsult the #1 most popular TOP priority for Democrats is "Require congressional approval for new tariffs"
Not data center regulation
Not impeaching Trump
Not student loans, or affordable housing, or even health insurance
But requiring congressional approval for new tariffs.
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The Washington Post has a new article exploring whether simply taxing the rich can fund as much spending as many Democrats claim (it cannot) - and it heavily features my latest report on the topic.
washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Market-made billionaires create more value via the economic activity that made them billionaires than via whatever their taxes fund.
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“There is no longer any point in discussing Trump’s motives. Is he still sore about the Hunter Biden laptop business? Is he mesmerized by Putin, as by so many autocrats? Does the Kremlin, as conspiracy theorists allege, have kompromat on him? Who cares? Whether or not he is a Russian asset, he is plainly an asset to Russia.”
washingtonexaminer.com/premi…
The US economy, meanwhile, is still sanctioned by Trump's tariffs.
Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order to exempt Russia from new sanctions legislation that Congress passed last month. nyti.ms/4zDoByS
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Impeach, again.
Congress Must Investigate Trump’s Aid and Comfort to Putin nationalreview.com/2026/10/c…
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This is funny because the other popular socialist taking point is that capitalism provides too many similar product choices.
Hellmann's mayo
McCormick spices
Cholula hot sauce
Frank's RedHot
What do these products have in common? One company could soon control them all.
I have concerns that McCormick and Unilever's $45 billion merger could increase YOUR grocery prices.
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Woke II is also crazy, apparently.
Jenna Bush Hager slams Shane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ monologue as backlash against comedian piles up: ‘It’s not OK’ trib.al/R96oPGb
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Brian Garst retweeted
Illinois is embarrassed by the number of career criminals caught reoffending after slaps on the wrist.
But the legislature has come up with a solution. No, not a solution to the recidivism problem, but a solution to the judges-and-prosecutors-being-embarrassed-by-their-bad-decisions problem. A new law automatically seals the records of every criminal case (with minor narrow exceptions). This means that journalists can’t write stories like this unless they maintain their own parallel records of sentencing instances.
This is unconstitutional. The public has a right to access to the court records, and a government can’t blanket seal such an overbroad category of cases.
@HamLincLaw would love to bring that lawsuit to block this law, but we need a journalist or publication who can show that they’ll be affected by this law to have standing to do it.
If that’s you, and you’re interested, DM or email me.
Getting a 42-month sentence for robbing the Prada store on Oak Street of $46,000 didn’t set him straight.
Months after getting out, he helped rob a utility crew of a $25,000 camera, which made the feds angry.
His sentence: 8 years *federal*
cwbchicago.com/2026/10/prada…
