(so many rationally unanswerable questions unasked by media folks interviewing republicans @#$!)
Probably.
To paraphrase Ben Aaronovitch, like drunk young men doing the “don’t hold me back” pose while hoping that some of their mates care enough about them to do hold them back and beging secretly relieved when the constabulary shows up. Nobody gets their face smashed in, but they can still put out face-saving bullshit like “If the cops wouldn’t have showed up I would’ve [insert heroics of choice].”
Hollywood makes the majority of its money overseas.
When the tariffs start flying; they lose Bigly.
Based on past history of mayors being assaulted and worse, I’m not sure this was ever a routine practice. The buildings in which pols work have security, but the elected officials themselves…not so much. This is why those news reports 
was threatening members of Congress who could not afford to hire round the clock security for themselves and their families were such a concern.
Fortunately, there are many others like…
Rep. Jasmine Crockett during a hearing chaired by MTG on transgender athletes…
…or Jordan Klepper from The Daily Show covering the regime’s transgender military ban:
Contact the groups already organizing, share about new groups we find, and continue the resistance.
https://bbs.elsewhere.cafe/t/protests-and-strategies-for-protest/5353
For those concerned about why these efforts are decentralized, I think Stacey Abrams makes a very good point in the video linked here:
Or maybe it’s cricket.
While the Falklands/Islas Malvina thing was ramping up, Punch had several suggestions how to deescalate. One of them was a crash programme to introduce cricket in Argentina, as no two cricketing nations had ever gone to war.
He seems a bit thirsty. Maybe someone should offer him a nice cup of tea…
An Indian government source told AFP that Pakistan had violated the ceasefire. A senior Pakistani security source said it was India that had started the ceasefire violations.
Doesn’t seem like they did a very good job there.
I wish instead of the headlines talking about Trump trying to tariff the film industry they would talk about how Trump can’t just do this legally, never mind how would it even work and who would pay for it. It’s just more mouth noises and incomplete ideas sucking the oxygen out of the room.
there is a conspiracy theory (which i mostly don’t entertain) which goes: trump-land particularly hates the west coast (cuz it’s quite progressive over-all), therefore the tariff terror is primarily focused on Chinese, far east, trade. and therefore…
‘We Currently Have No Container Ships,’ Seattle Port Says
Published May 08, 2025 at 6:30 AM EDT Updated May 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM EDT
Another shipping port official voiced concern about the drastic decline in imports as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
“I can see it right over my shoulder here, I’m looking out at the Port of Seattle right now, and we currently have no container ships at berth,” Seattle port commissioner Ryan Calkins told CNN on Wednesday.
“That happens every once in a while at normal times, but it’s pretty rare,” he added. “And so to see it tonight is I think a stark reminder that the impacts of the tariffs have real implications.”
Newsweek has reached out to the Port of Seattle via email outside of business hours for further comment.
Why It Matters
Several port authorities have observed a similar drop in cargo volumes over the past few weeks, warning that such a decline could have significant and adverse effects on consumers—who may face rising prices and limited product availability—as well as the supply chain-linked sectors of the U.S. economy.
What To Know
Calkins told CNN that the current situation would impact the job security of longshoremen and those dealing directly with the freight, as well as industries responsible for transporting imports nationwide.
“And that’s hundreds of jobs right here in our region and across the country,” he said, adding that his port had not witnessed such a significant downturn in activity since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
…still think the tariffs, if there’s any (evil) rationale to them at all, are a means of increasing federal income as the regressive tax they are, to partially offset the yuge tax cut for the rich which is to be extended, maybe -sigh-
Yeah, Trump so reflexively turns to “tariffs” (which he clearly doesn’t understand) as his only response to anything international, and it doesn’t matter to him that it makes no sense, but it’s crazy how much everyone goes along with it and pretends it does. Sometimes it gets mentioned, as an aside, that movies are services and you can’t tariff a service, and while regulation could be made that could have some impact, no one has any idea what that would look like (and it would likely have to come from legislation).
I’m sure relevant federal agencies controlled by Trump stooges will come up with some performative bullshit to make Trump happy, but I doubt it’ll do much/anything, and it certainly won’t be a “tariff,” so I don’t know why anyone is planning for one.
I’m pretty sure the rationale is simply that no country should do business in the US without the don getting his cut, and this is his best idea for that.
Addressing the fundamental reality that 70% of the money that CMS spends, and that’s what Medicare, Medicaid, the exchanges, CHIP [is]. [A total of ] 70% of the money we spend is on chronic illness, and we’re not getting our money’s worth.”
So for folks listening right now, it’s your patriotic duty to be as healthy as you can, and it’s our job to help you get there, make it easy to do the right things. At the same time, we’ve got to make wise decisions, because we’re stewards who have to protect the money for the population that Hubert Humphrey described,” Oz said.
Eugenics out loud, folks. “These people are not worth the money. If you are not healthy and able-bodied, that is your own fault, not ours.”
Fuck it’s even worse than that maybe… Strikes me this is also the same party motivating people with “patriotic duty” to consume ivermectin and vitamin a in lieu of seeking real medical help when they are sick. They are intentionally making healthier people less healthy and then fast tracking them to their deaths.
These people are just really eager to kill off as many US citizens as they fucking can.
Munchausen presidency.