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Man Picks Supreme Court Justices, Gets Mad When They Do Their Job
Read more . . . →Trump is publicly raging at Barrett and Gorsuch — two justices he personally appointed — because they had the audacity to rule that the president can’t just make up taxes whenever he feels like it. The man hand-picked judges to rubber-stamp his agenda and is genuinely shocked that two of them decided to read the Constitution instead. Meanwhile Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas voted to let him keep the money. Three out of five ain’t bad when you’re trying to build an authoritarian judiciary, I guess. The fallout is spectacular. Over 2,000 companies including Costco and FedEx are now suing for...
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The Only Thing He Reshored Was the Recession
Read more . . . →The Supreme Court ruled Trump’s tariffs illegal and now US businesses are owed $130 billion in refunds while 98,000 manufacturing jobs vanished on his watch. The only thing he reshored was the recession.
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Bringing the Factories Back Was Always Just a Red Hat
Read more . . . →98,000 manufacturing jobs gone in 12 months. The tariffs that were supposed to bring the factories back got ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, and the government won’t even refund what they took from importers. “Bringing the factories back” was always just a red hat.
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