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Gap03

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  1. I predict it's going to go a little something like this ... (And I know the courts have the US Marshal Service, but if you think they're going to arrest Noem or anyone else in the regime and throw them in prison, please pass me some of whatever you're smoking.)
  2. It would appear that Nicholas Grossman's tweets were pretty prescient ...
  3. The Trump admin continues to purge the military of anyone that is insufficiently loyal to them: While it's great to know that there are officers that know Trump, Vance and Hegseth are fucking morons, personally I'd prefer that they keep their heads down and retain their positions for as long as they can. It feels like we're going to need them sooner or later.
  4. QFMFT. I fully expect a Thomas dissent, explaining that "while this might have been wrong, I would have been cool with it if they had just done x, y and z [wink, wink]" ....
  5. Call me when they're perp walking Noem or Stephen Miller in leg irons ..
  6. Non-paywalled NPR story: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5358421/supreme-court-abrego-garcia-deportation-decision Bets on how this turns out? 1. "Oops, he somehow got dead." 2. Trump tells the USSC to fuck off. 3. Trump's attorneys say the Admin has done everything in their power, but the bad man in El Salvador told us to fuck off. 4. Trump actually complies and gets dude back. Most likely is #1. Trump doesn't want to look weak (#3, 4), but also doesn't want to create the clear constitutional crisis just yet (#2), so he requests Bukele "find him dead." BTW - gotdamn the USSC is full of a buncha bitches; another unsigned opinion. Well, at least they got to the right decision.
  7. Nope - baseline 10% tariffs across the board are still in place in addition to the 125% China tariffs. The press really fucking sucks these days. NPR does an okay job here: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5358929/trump-tariff-pause-china
  8. Keep laughing, motherfuckers.
  9. Some of the replies are fantastic ...
  10. I was responding to the posts suggesting the market shouldn't be up given the aggregate tariffs still in place are about the same - the point being that nobody believes any of them will remain in place. The folks profiting from the market manipulation deserve to get Luigi'd tho.
  11. Yeah, but it's now entirely clear that Trump is a bitch and will back down imminently, as soon as other countries give him a twig that he can take a victory lap with.
  12. Very possible. Also possible that China is dumping some of their treasuries to fuck with us, but that would get pretty expensive unless there is a shortage in demand.
  13. And here comes the EU ... Interestingly, it looks like the EU is taking a more measured approach of trying to fuck with red states as much as they can, which I applaud. And if this is accurate, it's pretty clever:
  14. Huh, that's weird - I was told by some MAGA big brains that the real reason for the trade wars was to drive down Treasury yields so Trump could save the country YUUUGE money when it came time to re-finance the country's debt. You're telling me that these people might have been full of shit?
  15. The rich ones, for sure ...
  16. I mean, being complicit in undermining the Constitution and destroying the global economy does come with some risks, right?
  17. I think this goes here ...
  18. That's big of them. I was fully prepared for them to say, "Everyone should have the opportunity to challenge their removal, but the courts have no ability to contest the 'no backsies' clause of the Trump administration's agreements with foreign governments, so, sorry, the best we can do is send a 'I was wrongfully deported" t-shirt to CECOT memorializing your big win in the U.S. courts."
  19. Stock futures up 2.5% - 3% this morning. Markets are doing what they seem to do ... just straight up gambling in the absence of anyone having a fucking clue what the toddler in the White House is going to do. Cool.
  20. I was just curious as to whether John Roberts had any question as to who "Daddy" is at this point - i.e., Trump or Koch / Leo? He obviously owes a lot to the Federalist Society / Heritage Foundation / Kochs. That said, I think he realizes when the Trump admin tells the USSC to fuck off directly in response to a ruling, the gig is officially up - so if he's ever going to go against Trump on anything of consequence from here on out, he'll need as many allies as possible - and Leo and Charles are about as strong as you're going to get.
  21. Does that apply to John Roberts, or just Charles and Leo? It would almost be worth it if John became a cautionary tale for ACB and the rest ...
  22. Everyone time I see that pic, I can't help but think he really needs to add a new song to his rally playlist ...
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