Something fucky is going on over on Bluesky. A lot of posts about this (Amazon to show tariff costs to consumers) seem to be intermittently showing as deleted. Another one here (but seems to have the same issue):
Apparently God-Emperor Trump has declared it "a hostile and political act." I guess we'll see shortly if Bezos has any balls ...
I mean, holy shit ...
Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Safe communities rely on the backbone and heroism of a tough and well-equipped police force. My Administration is steadfastly committed to empowering State and local law enforcement to firmly police dangerous criminal behavior and protect innocent citizens.
When local leaders demonize law enforcement and impose legal and political handcuffs that make aggressively enforcing the law impossible, crime thrives and innocent citizens and small business owners suffer. My Administration will therefore: establish best practices at the State and local level for cities to unleash high-impact local police forces; protect and defend law enforcement officers wrongly accused and abused by State or local officials; and surge resources to officers in need. My Administration will work to ensure that law enforcement officers across America focus on ending crime, not pursuing harmful, illegal race- and sex-based “equity” policies.
The result will be a law-abiding society in which tenacious law enforcement officers protect the innocent, violations of law are not tolerated, and American communities are safely enjoyed by all their citizens again.
Seriously, America, it's time to wake up ...
Congrats, Skadden and Kirkland & Ellis. You're going to be providing free legal advice for the next 4yrs (or more) for the most vicious and unrepentant LEOs the country has ever seen.
So are the Canadians going to elect Carney to make Trump his bitch? Fingers crossed ...
Oh - and bonus points to Carney for raising a daughter who by all accounts seems to be poised, engaged and not at all vapid like her U.S. counterpart ...
Probably referring to that sexual assault accusation by Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who made the accusation during election season and then proceeded to ask for Russian citizenship shortly thereafter (no red flag there). The GQP's other favorite stories about Biden are (1) his daughter Ashley's passing reference in her diary to taking "showers with my dad (probably not appropriate)" and (2) his weird hair sniffing thing. I've never heard anything remotely credible about him actually sexually assaulting anyone - but, you know, BoTH sIdEs!11!
It's the Tucker Carlsen defense - "nobody in their right mind would have believed me, so you can't hold me responsible when some do ..." Of course, this disregards the fact that 40% of the country is ABSOLUTELY that fucking stupid and totally believed it.
So, once again, dumbfuck doesn't know what words mean. Somehow, he's concluded that a "deal" is him unilaterally setting a tariff rate. And he's done that 200 times. Or he will do that 200 times within 3-4 weeks ...
I'm sure the market will find this very comforting somehow, though.
Porsche has managed to do its magic on the Taycan, which handles well. Obviously, you have to pay the Porsche tax up front, deal with chewing up tires a bit more frequently than an ICE car and be prepared to throw it in the trash at 8 years (given the prohibitive price to replace the battery). But it is possible to get an EV that actually handles well if you have the cash.
Crazy times when you have to start making requests for the next Android update to allow you to take pictures / videos without unlocking the phone AND prevent the deletion of those pictures while still locked. IYKYK.
ETA: Apparently, you can hit the home / power button after taking a pic and that cuts off access to that picture until you unlock the phone. If someone grabs the phone out of your hand while you're shooting, they can delete whatever pictures / videos you took in the most recent session, though.
While it's true that the DOJ has mis-attributed that statement to the SCOTUS order, it looks like Xinis may have given the DOJ some wiggle room in her April 10th order, which states "To this end, the Court hereby amends the Order to DIRECT that Defendants take all available steps to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the United States as soon as possible." Still, disingenuous as fuck, but when dealing with this administration, Courts have to be exceedingly precise or risk getting stuck in the mud arguing over the meanings of words.
I mean, yeah - if you have to pick between the unscrupulous trading partner that has cheated around the edges and the one that recently pulled out a knife and stabbed you square in the back, I'm thinking I'm going with the former. That shit ain't good for the US - which is exactly why you don't declare a trade war on the entire globe at the same time.