Don’t worry! All that tariff money will cover it!

/s

We just ping-pong between these “coal is dying” and “coal is thriving” articles and I honestly can’t keep up.

I’d think they’d pick a writing teenager instead.

…I’ll see myself out.

That calculation only matters if opinion still carries weight, which it doesn’t. Trump controls all the levers of power, with only Congress having any POTENTIAL to countermand him, and by the time the midterms come around, the institution will likely be so neutered and weakened in the face of unchallenged executive power that it won’t matter.

I’m NOT saying give up or trying to be defeatist, but there is no room to feel like things are “turning around” until he is well and truly GONE. Until then it’s all just noise.

They’re in no rush. Every day the shutdown goes on, Trump and cronies can get rid of employees they couldn’t get the courts to let them fire, and that’s not counting the ones who quit because they can’t afford to be without income.

Meanwhile, Trump can executive order anything he considers critical to be essential and therefore funded anyway, and none of the machinery of fascism misses a beat. There are no jobs reports to alarm people that employment is collapsing, and the stock market keeps climbing.

Meanwhile, Congressional republicans cry crocodile tears. “Oh, no! Please don’t play hardball with us!”

This is what happens when you try to exert leverage when you don’t have any left.

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

20-50k worth?

Water wet, say experts

Maybe we’re all a little flag fatigued, and we don’t need to analyze every behavior of a bunch of jumped up apes on a scorecard of correct and incorrect answers for every decision they make?

I get that we are all hyper-aware of just how bad it can get if we don’t pay attention to warning signs in 2025, but can’t someone do something a little quirky without it being an indicator of virtue or flaw?

Of course not, Mcfly… They don’t work… UNLESS YOU’VE GOT POWAAHHH!

I didn’t imply it was. The fact we’re in the middle of it doesn’t make the idea bad.

They can decide to stop doing the work of normalizing prices increases on behalf of their suppliers any time they choose.

I actually kind of appreciate this.

This is like separating out the tax from the total in the US. If the price is the price, you just get used to it.

If you see the increased prices as a surcharge, broken out, the suppliers don’t get away with their price increases. You have to see it looking you in the face every time. Maybe it’ll motivate people to action.

I was gonna say this, but OP also said “something you enjoy”…

…I happen to agree with that last one.