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#US #Trump #Tariffs #HeritageFoundation
#ShitShow

This is the absolute best: Bloomberg 4 min interview to Andrew Hale, Sr policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, Yes, that one.
4 min demolition of Trump's tariffs in a factual ("if you have a capital account surplus, you must have
an equal and opposite sign current account deficit") and somewhat hilarious manner (what's he gonna do? "tariff the penguins in their manipulation of their pebble currency?")
Priceless

youtube.com/watch?v=HJWLrQ6WmY

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@HonkHase
Yeah, I have to admit, this doesn't come to me with any surprise.
#Microsoft has contracts with #military and military contractors, therefor it shouldn't be surprising, that any #tech in their #portfolio is open for sale, especially the dual-use ones. 😕

What surprised me in the last weeks, that #arabic family clans in #Gaza protested loud enough against Hamas, that (at least first) Al Jazeera ignored it, while international outlets seemed to pick it up.
But the #worst in my humble opinion that I didn't notice any loud response out of the other Arabic countries to support these protests, yet. I think this is equally irresponsible, as it looks like the definition of "collateral damage" the IDF takes into account on the behalf of the #israel government.

This whole #shitshow there is straining my tolerance for ambiguity to the max.

I couldn’t even make this shit up if I tried. These assholes are a fucking 🤡 show.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans:
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
By Jeffrey Goldberg

#USpol #shitshow

theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Atlantic · The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War PlansBy Jeffrey Goldberg

Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

The criticised a TV event involving #Trump & #Vance, referring to it as the “biggest #shitshow ever presented live on TV”

Haltbakk Bunkers praised #Zelensky for his restraint, accusing the U.S. of “putting on a #backstabbing TV show” and declaring that the spectacle “made us sick.”

Company stated: “No Fuel to Americans!”

ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norweg

UK Defence Journal · Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over UkraineHaltbakk Bunkers will cease supplying fuel to U.S. forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.

#uspolitics
#shitshow
Question: Philosophically, must the first amendment allow for malicious lying and intentional brainwashing type of reality bending on a mass scale in popular media outlets for purposes of manipulating masses of citizens for gain and then aspiring to cancel the rights of everyone not in the cult of the dictatorship?
Its complicated, but I'm focused on how we allowed Fox news in particular to become a disinformation monster. We seem to have "freedomed" ourselves into cage.

What do we think on this?