@jacktorry1920
Author of "The Last One Out -- Yates McDaniel, World War II's Most Daring Reporter." 麦克丹尼尔 Available on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. Former Washington bureau chief for Columbus Dispatch and Dayton Daily News.
“Trump is trying to reinvent 1950 with his tariffs. He should be planning for 2050.” When I saw this CNN headline I immediately thought of Joni Mitchell (you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone) and this @thebulwark.bsky.social piece I wrote in late 2023.
www.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-...
I think Ira Hayes, one of those six guys raising the flag, is considered a national hero. I don't think he claimed to have bone spurs.
The first official sign that Trump is already slowing the global economy:
OECD has just downgraded both the US and global growth forecasts - and raised its inflation forecasts - for 2025 and 2026. Org primarily blames rising uncertainty and trade wars.
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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So we're hitting the crisis point, with the apparent defiance or evasion of court orders on deportations and immigration, plus shutting down agencies, cancelling grants, and firing civil servants contrary to existing law. And claims from DOJ that Article II of the Constitution enables autocracy.
I really don't know how this is sustainable/endurable for four years, by America as a country or Republicans as a party or me as a person.
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
Best line of the day on Trump's market crash: Brownie, you're doing a heckuva good job."
Well, I guess we’re going to find out if Smoot-Hawley works in a 21st century global economy. The market is betting against it.
Lying, then lying about their lying lies. Pathetic.
“These are not savings,” said Lisa Shea Mundt, whose firm, The Pulse of GovCon, tracks federal spending. “The money’s been spent. Period. Point blank.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Just when you think Trump's trade wars can't get stupider: We're threatening (more) lumber tariffs, this time on supposed "national security" grounds.
Hope you weren't hoping to build more houses anytime soon
Life has been a whirlwind for Ohio State coach Ryan Day since OSU won the national title. @joeyrkaufman.bsky.social caught up with Day yesterday. It's a good read. www.dispatch.com/story/sports...
Folks, get mad and stay mad. Republicans have the power to stop a lot of Trump's bullshit but they will only do it if they fear for their seats.
“At one point, McCormick…was pointedly asked about the firings of hundreds of workers at the CDC which is based in Atlanta: “Why is a supposedly conservative party taking such a radical and extremist and sloppy approach to this?”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
"It’s hard to say which is worse, Trump’s moral depravity or his stupidity, but both have been on vivid display in the past ten days vis-à-vis Ukraine." @monacharen.bsky.social calls this the top depredation of many. I agree, despite tough competition for No. 1. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-jo...
“Trump’s Revenge Now Includes His Takeover of the Kennedy Center” by Elizabeth Bumiller
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Biting my tongue here. Being prudent. The news speaks for itself.
Trump administration fires and then tries to rehire nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-fi...
NBC News confirms: An IRS employee affiliated with Elon Musk's DOGE has accessed an IRS system that holds sensitive taxpayer information. @msnbc.com
If only someone had warned them
www.ft.com/content/a7c9...
If only someone had warned them www.wsj.com/business/dea...
Trump has his enemies list, and GOP lawmakers have theirs. The latter might just include your ability to feed your family. wapo.st/4gIuFMu
At @munsecconf.bsky.social, Natalia Pouzyreff, the Deputy of the French National Assembly, takes a little dig at JD Vance, noting that freedom of speech is better in Europe than in Russia.
Earlier, Vance addressed the conference and argued that Europe doesn’t respect free speech.
Breaking: For the second day in a row, the AP reporter on pool duty who tried to attend a POTUS event was blocked from entering the Oval Office. The reporter was there to cover the swearing-in ceremony for Tulsi Gabbard.
One more chart illustrates how inflation is normally firmer at the start of the year but has been especially stiff in the post-pandemic high inflation environment
January 2025 was a bit worse than January 2024. (These are NSA figures)
God strikes back: Dozens of faith groups just sued the Trump administration over assaults on religious liberty, via new directive allowing ICE raids at churches
wapo.st/42SKlto
Kennedy: "I call that a soft landing.... It seems to me that you and some of the ladies and gentlemen [who are your colleagues] deserve some credit for that."
Powell is asked about the wisdom of certain uses of tariffs:
"The standard case for free trade and all that largely still makes sense. It didn’t work that well when we had one very large country that doesn’t play by the rules."
My latest column —
#Tariffs
