Monday, June 30, 2025

The current policy baseline helps Republicans hide the fact that they are spending like drunken sailors

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Phony Republican current policy baseline says Trump tax cuts will cost $0 going forward, Congressional Budget Office says $3.5 trillion

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 Graham claims sole authority to decide if GOP megabill complies with budget laws ... Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the ranking member of the...

The IAEA's Grossi says neither Israel nor the United States has obliterated Iran's capacity to make war

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Every Republican in the U.S. Senate drank the koolaid this morning and voted for the current policy baseline, including Thom Tillis, Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, you name 'em, they voted for it

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I'm speechless. The roll call vote is here .  Using their magic eraser, the Trump tax cuts will cost $0 going forward.   

Words have a meaning, and Real Clear Politics wants you to think Donald Trump intimidated Senator Thom Tillis to disappear

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NC GOP Senator Tillis Announces Resignation After Clash With Trump Fox News is almost as bad:   Thom Tillis announces retirement from Senate...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Looks like there's a new chart at FRED which tracks Trump's goods-trade deficits lol, $96.5 billion in May

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Republicans are doing an end-run around the Senate parliamentarian to make novel use of the current policy baseline instead of current law, asserting a Democrat precedent from 2022

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 Senate GOP declines to meet with parliamentarian on whether Trump tax cuts add to deficit ... Republicans, however, say that the parliamen...

Republican Senator Thom Tillis from North Carolina will not run again in 2026 after voting to stop Trump's reconciliation bill

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  Tillis won’t run for reelection in North Carolina  Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday announced he will not seek reelection to the Senat...

Good morning to all, except to those who cannot spell yesses and noes

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 Alexander Bolton at The Hill here : ... The vote to proceed to the sprawling budget reconciliation package remained open on the Senate floo...

Trump & Co. played up Fordow from the beginning because they knew they couldn't do anything about Isfahan

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 US did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran’s nuclear sites, top general tells lawmakers, citing depth of the target  ... The comment...

Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin folds like a house of cards, switches his Nay vote to Yea to advance reconciliation bill to the Senate floor for debate

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 Trump megabill narrowly advances in Senate despite two GOP defections Senate Republicans on Saturday narrowly voted to advance a sprawling ...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Republican critic of Donald Trump Don Bacon of purple district NE-2 will not run for re-election

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  Bacon not running for reelection    Update Monday Jun 30:   Don Bacon won’t seek reelection in competitive Nebraska ...

Trump administration fails to intimidate Canada, goes Galt and ends trade talks

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  Trump ends all U.S. trade talks with Canada over digital services tax             ... The first payments from Canada’s digital services ta...

S&P 500 closed at a record of 6,173.07 on Friday 27 June 2025

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  S&P 500 closes at a record Friday, overcoming even more trade angst

Trump is the Uniparty, floats an Iran policy similar to Obama's

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  Trump administration exploring $30 billion civilian nuclear deal for Iran   ... The potential deal would mark a major reversal in policy f...
Friday, June 27, 2025

The weekend help has arrived early at Drudge lol

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  Trump Tax Bill Could Add Over $4,000,000,000,000 Trillion to Debt! Four trillion TRILLION dollars! Now that's a lot of money!        

Core pce inflation in May 2025 rose to 2.7% year over year, which is a rate 80% higher than the 1.5% average rate 2009-2020

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 Daddy's inflation.    

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos buys 55-year old used car

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  The best money can buy: Venice wedding causes stir...

Daddy's inflation

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Peter Thiel's daddy

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