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If you're losing 5-6 to Utah Valley in the NCAA baseball regional at *your* stadium, there are more things wrong than just one critical...

If you're losing 5-6 to Utah Valley in the NCAA baseball regional at *your* stadium, there are more things wrong than just one critical call.

Sort of like Oregon State losing in Corvallis to St. Mary's.

https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2025/05/oregon-baseball-coach-mark-wasikowski-fumes-over-critical-call-in-6-5-loss-to-utah-valley.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

One of Safeway's $5 Friday deals was 2 32 oz containers of Zoi Yogurt. Thank goodness they limit it to 2; there were only 2 strawberry...

One of Safeway's $5 Friday deals was 2 32 oz containers of Zoi Yogurt. Thank goodness they limit it to 2; there were only 2 strawberry left and the rest were vanilla. Should have gone in the morning.

Not "errors". These are intentional acts, acts of incompetence, or negligence.If the heads of ICE, CBP, State, and DHS were held...

Not "errors". These are intentional acts, acts of incompetence, or negligence.

If the heads of ICE, CBP, State, and DHS were held in contempt in prison until every last person illegally deported were brought back, we'd never see another "error" again.

#USPol #Immigration
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/trump-administration-deports-fourth-immigrant-court-order-violation-00378173

And in the last two months, as he became the TACO man and the courts have broadly blocked his agenda, his poll numbers have slightly...

And in the last two months, as he became the TACO man and the courts have broadly blocked his agenda, his poll numbers have slightly rebounded.

So instead of having a national strike to get rid of him, we get to have Trump for at least all of 2025, if not for four. And maybe the GOP won't lose the House.

But in the meantime, a thousand changes have been made to alter the trajectory of the country, with most of its effects going unnoticed for years until it's way too late to reverse course.

From the second day after the election, I laid out the strategy of why people need to be allowed to feel the full brunt of Trump's will...

From the second day after the election, I laid out the strategy of why people need to be allowed to feel the full brunt of Trump's will to get it. For the first two months of his administration, he was doing spectacularly well in driving his poll numbers down.

Of course that made ppl mad and they said Democrats need to fight and looked down on them. So the pundits said that Democrats need to fight.

And I said no, you have to let him screw up everything spectacularly, then strike back hard.

It's frustrating to hear people say "Democrats need to fight and stop Trump" then later say "people need to feel effects...

It's frustrating to hear people say "Democrats need to fight and stop Trump" then later say "people need to feel effects of Trump to turn against him".

Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller have both recently spoken about disappointment that Trump is being stopped, such that people will never feel the pain of his actions and understand what he's doing.

#USPol
https://youtu.be/k95BFlUrLjc?si=j_Zq6w_tH4rT5Tr9&t=564

What really happened is, ahead of the tariffs and retaliatory tariffs was a surge of imports and exports.As soon as the tariffs went into...

What really happened is, ahead of the tariffs and retaliatory tariffs was a surge of imports and exports.

As soon as the tariffs went into effect (before they were paused, blocked, and something, something...), both dropped.

This is not what the administration laid out at all. They wanted trade to be balanced. What we ended up with was a trade deficit roughly where it was, one year ago.

#USPol #Economics

'“I would argue this is exactly what the administration laid out, and this is so far what is playing out,” Joe LaVorgna, the chief...

'“I would argue this is exactly what the administration laid out, and this is so far what is playing out,” Joe LaVorgna, the chief economist at SMBC Nikko Securities and a former Trump economic adviser, said on CNBC.'

🤣 Whatever you want to believe, I guess.

#USPol #Economics

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/trump-tariffs-imports-economy-inflation-00376354

This is what jealousy looks like, if the rumor is to be believed. A man who could only get into an Ivy League school with his daddy's...

This is what jealousy looks like, if the rumor is to be believed. A man who could only get into an Ivy League school with his daddy's money, is upset his son couldn't get into the Ivy League despite his billions.

But, this will hurt state universities and small, private liberal arts colleges the most. Tuition will have to go up substantially at these schools.

Private unis, especially prestigious ones, will always have tens of thousands of applicants to draw from.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/state-implements-reviews-of-harvard-visa-applicants-social-media-accounts-00375921

Don't overreact to, and misunderstand this ruling.This is not about due process or a lack thereof; it's about unitary power to roll...

Don't overreact to, and misunderstand this ruling.

This is not about due process or a lack thereof; it's about unitary power to roll back executive actions of the prior administration. You'll want a future Democrat to have this power, too, to immediately reverse Trump's EOs on DEI, trans care, etc.

The first day of a Democratic POTUS should have hundreds of EOs ready to sign, rolling back all of Trump's excesses.

#USPol
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/30/supreme-court-trump-cuba-nicaragua-haiti-venezuela-legal-status?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

You know what would be really great? Universal healthcare.It'd be a lot easier to implement a "free childbirth" policy with...

You know what would be really great? Universal healthcare.

It'd be a lot easier to implement a "free childbirth" policy with universal healthcare. But more important than the marginal life cost of birth is the lifetime cost of health insurance and services.

#USPol #healthcare
www.vox.com/policy/414914/childbirth-health-insurance-free-bipartisan-congress-babies-pronatalism

This is why I don't have a problem with any proposal that taxes wealth in addition to income. The grand transfer of wealth to the rich...

This is why I don't have a problem with any proposal that taxes wealth in addition to income. The grand transfer of wealth to the rich comes through many ways.

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https://youtu.be/cf3fn3trH7M?si=g262egzoc7pCCq4u&t=937

"I gave the European Union a 50% tax uhh...tariff...and they called up and they said, 'Please, let's meet right now, please...

"I gave the European Union a 50% tax uhh...tariff...and they called up and they said, 'Please, let's meet right now, please let's meet right now.' And I said, 'Okay, I'll give you 'till junine [sic]."

That time yesterday when TACO man tried to quell the TACO moniker, and in the process, admitted the tariffs were a tax, just as his brain began to melt.

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See: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/what-to-know-covid-shots-rfk-recommendationIt's all about shifting costs. The worst hit will be...

See: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/what-to-know-covid-shots-rfk-recommendation

It's all about shifting costs. The worst hit will be poor Americans in red states with the bare minimum Medicaid programs.

499 years of Easter. From 1600 - 2099, what day Easter falls on, as outlined by the Census Bureau's statistical tool.- Earliest Easter,...

499 years of Easter. From 1600 - 2099, what day Easter falls on, as outlined by the Census Bureau's statistical tool.

- Earliest Easter, March 22
- Latest Easter, April 25
- Dates with highest number of Easters, March 31 and April 16 (4.4% each)

#easter #random
https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates-frequency.html

#WNYC radio schedule for this day, Thursday, May 29, 2098.GTK, when making plans for the...

#WNYC radio schedule for this day, Thursday, May 29, 2098.

GTK, when making plans for the future.

https://www.wnyc.org/schedule/2098/may/29?scheduleStation=wnyc-fm939

RFK Jr. tempting fate:cancelling HHS investment into Moderna's Avian Influenza vaccine development while looking to import a Republican...

RFK Jr. tempting fate:

cancelling HHS investment into Moderna's Avian Influenza vaccine development while looking to import a Republican billionaire's farm of ostriches exposed to Avian Influenza.

An interesting time to live through, and perhaps, die from.

Had RFJ Jr. taken the horse dewormer sooner, perhaps his brain would have survived intact. Just kidding -- we know he destroyed his brain w/ his heavy drug use in his youth.

#USPol #AvianInfluenza #Brainworm #Dewormer

And now that you know what to look for, you can spot these secret Russian nuclear bases in Google Earth!#Russia

And now that you know what to look for, you can spot these secret Russian nuclear bases in Google Earth!

#Russia

About those leaked documents of Russian nuclear bases...#Russia...

About those leaked documents of Russian nuclear bases...

#Russia
https://danwatch.dk/en/serious-security-breach-russian-nuclear-facilities-exposed/

Since hitting peak in mid-2022, the Federal Reserve has been winding down its holdings of Treasuries.(Increase of holdings = quantitative...

Since hitting peak in mid-2022, the Federal Reserve has been winding down its holdings of Treasuries.

(Increase of holdings = quantitative easing; decrease of holdings = quantitative tightening)

For the last two months, they've been maintaining their holdings. This suggests a great deal of uncertainty in the future of the US economy.

#USPol #Economics