President Trump: Making America Great Again...

[Commando]

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[myboynoah]

Uh, I believe I had that.

Fed study: Trump tariffs backfired, caused job losses and higher prices

"We find that tariff increases enacted in 2018 are associated with relative reductions in manufacturing employment and relative increases in producer prices," the report by Fed economists Aaron Flaaen and Justin Pierce reads.

MarketWatch first reported the study, noting that 10 primary industries were hit by retaliatory tariffs and higher prices, including producers of magnetic and optical media, leather goods, aluminum sheet, iron and steel, motor vehicles, household appliances, sawmills, audio and video equipment, pesticide, and computer equipment.

[myboynoah]

Pretty horrible.

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[PaloAltoCougar]

Pretty horrible.

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That moron butchers the Franklin quote in the service of a stupid argument (Franklin is believed to have written, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"). It's weird, not to mention an indictment of our education system, that some people think being required to wear a mask is a violation of essential liberty. I assume they feel the same way about seat belts or, for that matter, speed limits.

[myboynoah]

That moron butchers the Franklin quote in the service of a stupid argument (Franklin is believed to have written, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"). It's weird, not to mention an indictment of our education system, that some people think being required to wear a mask is a violation of essential liberty. I assume they feel the same way about seat belts or, for that matter, speed limits.

You had me at "moron."

Looks like they and djt and Dan Bongino have a new place to hang:#parler

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Yes, Dan Bongino, please go hang over there with the other morons.

[Uncle Ted]

You had me at "moron."

Looks like they and djt and Dan Bongino have a new place to hang:#parler

LOL... never heard of Parler so I went over to take a look-see. Found Joe's boat:



Funny stuff over there.

[myboynoah]

lol

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[Commando]

Pretty horrible.

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You know this park is about a mile from my place... I could have definitely joined them in a mask-free afternoon, damn it.

[Copelius]

That moron butchers the Franklin quote in the service of a stupid argument (Franklin is believed to have written, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"). It's weird, not to mention an indictment of our education system, that some people think being required to wear a mask is a violation of essential liberty. I assume they feel the same way about seat belts or, for that matter, speed limits.

Well, now that you mention it . . .

[myboynoah]

Yeah, so djt and the White House are liars. I know, not shocking.

Trump Got Written Briefing in February on Possible Russian Bounties, Officials Say

American officials provided a written briefing in late February to President Trump laying out their conclusion that a Russian military intelligence unit offered and paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan, two officials familiar with the matter said.

The investigation into the suspected Russian covert operation to incentivize such killings has focused in part on an April 2019 car bombing that killed three Marines as one such potential attack, according to multiple officials familiar with the matter.

The new information emerged as the White House tried on Monday to play down the intelligence assessment that Russia sought to encourage and reward killings — including reiterating a claim that Mr. Trump was never briefed about the matter and portraying the conclusion as disputed and dubious.

But that stance clashed with the disclosure by two officials that the intelligence was included months ago in Mr. Trump’s President’s Daily Brief document — a compilation of the government’s latest secrets and best insights about foreign policy and national security that is prepared for him to read. One of the officials said the item appeared in Mr. Trump’s brief in late February; the other cited Feb. 27, specifically.

It's not as if people don't keep records on this, especially the PDB. The facts were going to come out.

CIA Director Haspel's carefully worded statement says more by what it doesn't say.

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[Uncle Ted]

WSJ says... We can blame the NSA for the reason that Drumpf wasn't briefed.

NSA Differed From CIA, Others on Russia Bounty Intelligence
Lawmakers say intelligence contains evidence that Russia paid bounties to insurgent for attacks on Americans

The National Security Agency strongly dissented from other intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia paid bounties for the killing of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, according to people familiar with the matter.

The disclosure of the dissent by the NSA, which specializes in electronic eavesdropping, comes as the White House has played down the revelations, saying that the information wasn’t verified and that intelligence officials didn’t agree on it.

Because of that, President Trump was never personally briefed on the threat, the White House said, although the information was included in written intelligence materials prepared for Mr. Trump and has been known for several months, some lawmakers said after briefings this week at the White House.
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https://apple.news/A-DR4oIpJQWepYtwqFo5lYQ

I thought the NSA was too busy spying on us all to know what the Russians are up to.

[myboynoah]

WSJ says... We can blame the NSA for the reason that Drumpf wasn't briefed.

https://apple.news/A-DR4oIpJQWepYtwqFo5lYQ

I thought the NSA was too busy spying on us all to know what the Russians are up to.

And djt can't read.

[Commando]

Lol if you believe dtj wasn’t briefed you believe anything dtj says in his own defense

[old_gregg]

Lol if you believe dtj wasn’t briefed you believe anything dtj says in his own defense

i do believe that he would have no recollection of it if he was in fact briefed

[myboynoah]

Lol if you believe dtj wasn’t briefed you believe anything dtj says in his own defense

Exactly. How do we know it happened? Because djt and the White House are so forceful in their denials.

There is an inverse relationship to the truth. It's a universal constant.