It's the economy, stupid.

[GoCubsGo]

I'm sure no one would dare to tell numbnuts that both of these numbers are a direct correlation to reduced imports from his tariffs as well as the GDP hasn't been a complete number .

[Vrede too]

I'm sure no one would dare to tell numbnuts that both of these numbers are a direct correlation to reduced imports from his tariffs as well as the GDP hasn't been a complete number .

https://bsky.app/profile/patriottakes.b ... xb57oerk2u

No one with a brain believes federal numbers on anything anymore - tariffs, employment, deficit, LEOs, immigration, economy, pollution, AGW and sea level rise, windmills and Israeli birdlife, crypto, ballroom, golf scores, mentions in the Epstein files and so on.

MAGA has infused LYING into everything.

[GoCubsGo]

LOL
Good point.

[O Really]

Orwell was way wiser than even his fans could know at the time. Back during Reagan's first term, we used to say "1984 is just 2 years away" but little did we know that was no exaggeration - just took a little longer to get here.

Does this sound like our reality of 2026?

"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it"

On reality: "Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else".

On control of the past: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past".

On the Party's manipulation: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command".

On the consequences of deceit: "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act".

[neoplacebo]

Many many people will say they do not agree with this approach while tacitly or enthusiastically agreeing with this approach.

[Whack9]

Orwell was way wiser than even his fans could know at the time. Back during Reagan's first term, we used to say "1984 is just 2 years away" but little did we know that was no exaggeration - just took a little longer to get here.

Does this sound like our reality of 2026?

"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it"

On reality: "Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else".

On control of the past: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past".

On the Party's manipulation: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command".

On the consequences of deceit: "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act".

Yeah we're absolutely in a post truth era. I remember when that term was first being thrown around in ~2016. Between AI, social media, bot canvassing, and acceptance of outright incessant lying (see almost any Trump tweet), it's here. Reality is whatever you want it to be. Thing is though, that man-made reality is a house of cards that can come crashing down at any time.

[Vrede too]

Yeah we're absolutely in a post truth era. I remember when that term was first being thrown around in ~2016. Between AI, social media, bot canvassing, and acceptance of outright incessant lying (see almost any Trump tweet), it's here. Reality is whatever you want it to be. Thing is though, that man-made reality is a house of cards that can come crashing down at any time.

Isn't it crashing down already?


Trump Says Credit Card Firms Violate Law If Rates Not Capped

The devil may be in the details, but I approve in principle. Did MAGA know they were voting for yet another "socialist" intrusion on private business choices? They're "free market" adherents, aren't they? Maybe this could have gone in leopard thread, but I'm not sure DonOLD ever revealed that he's a selectively leftist authoritarian during the campaign.

[supesalemgr2]

Yeah we're absolutely in a post truth era. I remember when that term was first being thrown around in ~2016. Between AI, social media, bot canvassing, and acceptance of outright incessant lying (see almost any Trump tweet), it's here. Reality is whatever you want it to be. Thing is though, that man-made reality is a house of cards that can come crashing down at any time.

Isn't it crashing down already?


Trump Says Credit Card Firms Violate Law If Rates Not Capped

The devil may be in the details, but I approve in principle. Did MAGA know they were voting for yet another "socialist" intrusion on private business choices? They're "free market" adherents, aren't they? Maybe this could have gone in leopard thread, but I'm not sure DonOLD ever revealed that he's a selectively leftist authoritarian during the campaign.

While the interest credit card companies charge are outrageous the government has no place getting involved. It is a difficult situation. Much of the problem comes from individuals not paying their bills and the credit cards companies riding down the street throwing cards out to anyone who finds them.

[neoplacebo]

I guess we'll all be eating grass and tree bark before long.....trump is trying to get rid of the Fed chair and I think he wants to install that impish clown Kevin Hassett. He's one of the few who agree with trump that foreign countries pay trump's tariffs. Kevin will be as good a Fed chair as the bum at the corner passed out with a bottle of wine, half of which is spilled on his pants.

[O Really]

Adversaries of the US must be absolutely loving this. A country they weren't able to destroy themselves is crumbling in front of their faces.