“If he does impose the additional 50%, US companies would pay a total rate of 104% on Chinese imports.”

This was the bit of information I was confused about before reading this article. I was under the impression that we were already charging over 50%, and for some reason I didn’t realize that we can charge more than a 100% tariff.

As others have already said, JFC we are cooked.

It’s so un-American to not buy weapons from us. Who do these Europeans think they are?

I’m old enough to remember when Elon released “the twitter files” in an attempt to demonstrate how the federal government supposedly exerted egregious pressure on private media in violation of first amendment right.

Didn’t he already do this same sort of fuckery with Solar City and Tesla?

I stopped smoking cigarettes. I’ve moved on to cigars.

Good, this gives me a little hope that the rest of the world is starting to understand how awful the US is, and that there just might be a few actual consequences for that awfulness.

Unchecked capitalism

Fascists of a feather fuck up the world together.

“Israel says it has conducted extensive air attacks on Hamas targets in Gaza, the largest since the ceasefire began.”

This heading sounds like something out of The Onion. Israel’s got some real talent there, simultaneously doing a ceasefire AND repeatedly attacking Hamas.

Literally just slave trade.

Lucky didn’t ‘go’ anywhere.

Were the owners of this vehicle up to date on their door opening subscription?

I will say it again. The word “terrorist” is just meaningless now. It’s just a cudgel that government and corporate demagogues use to victimize innocent targets and distract from their own unjust violence.

I agree, but people need to acknowledge that this is a Democratic Party project as well.

The meaning of the word “terrorist” has become meaningless after being abused by governments like the US for decades. It’s now just a rhetorical key they turn to justify fascist actions like this arrest.

I’ve heard that National Parks have been unable to buy supplies like toilet paper because of this.

That might be the most titan-looking expression that I’ve ever seen in a photo of a human.

At this point, why would they ever trust the US to abide by any treaty agreement? We have created the conditions in which their safest course is to race to nuclear capability as fast as possible. As far as I can tell, the only reason they might want to negotiate some kind of agreement with the US, is as a stalling tactic to facilitate their nuclear program.

What do you call a dozen burned teslas?

A good start.

I’ll be here all week. Tip your waiter.

Given that my comment explicitly decrying anyone thinking about killing Rick Scott was modded, I can only assume that the mods are advocating for killing Rick Scott. It’s a madhouse.