Paul Loop
@ploop52
Left liberal; ally; SDSU grad; Dodger *and* Charger fan — for balance; ink-stained wretch in a previous life.
Red = where the vast bulk of debt comes from: spending on the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned about 70 years ago and barely taxed corporations. Green = where the military-industrial complex/conservatives (including Silicon Valley war mongers) will steer the media.
Someday, the Grey Lady will learn that "bullshit" is a perfectly acceptable synonym for "outlandish," but this will do in the meantime....
100% Trump's fault. The peak price of Brent crude oil under Biden was $104/barrel in 2022 — in the thick of the inflationary backwash from the COVID-19 pandemic. By the time Biden left office, the price was in the $70s and stayed there until Trump and Israel started the catastrophic war in Iran.
OK, Californians, let's play another round of "Find Your Candidate!!!"* *This list is alphabetical. It will be *worse* in November, when the names will appear in random order on the ballot.
Joe Biden and the Democrats saved me, literally, thousands of dollars this year.
clipped from a Reddit page and I don't know the real source. I don't have the skills to add shitty patio tables and umbrellas to the Rose Garden.
Speaking of the NYT. It is extraordinary that Peter Baker could produce a story based on this premise in 2025.
The mayors of the municipalities Trump has threatened to invade with U.S. military troops (so far). Clockwise from upper left: Memphis mayor Paul Young; Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass; New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell; Washington D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser; Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson.
This azzhole with numbers is like watching a toddler texting. Today he said he has highest approval eveer. 71% love him because of tariffs, he says. 1) That's Republicans; 2) it's a shitty number at that from his own party. In the real world: 37% in the conservative-friendly Gallup poll.