Is it a swallowing fish or speeding thru the water contest?
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At this point, I’m thinking “At least he’s a real doctor”. It’s nuts to think that Dr. Oz is the most qualified person in the entire government.
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I’m feeling very strongly Liberated. It is the New Golden Age.
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Yes, I too feel like he’s raining a golden shower down upon us (and like his diet contains too much asparagus).
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Golden showers for the whole global economy! Did they even say thank you?
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That jobs number is way higher than expected. And doesn’t seem to comport with the increase in unemployment?
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That’s how trickle down always has worked out for the people.
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But how could they eat my face???
Likewise:
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Why tariffs? Not economic but political reasons.
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[…]
Whether any outside sources have tried to use the stock to manipulate anyone or not, it has certainly been a place where Trump loyalists have come to profit. Attorney General Pam Bondi owns about $2 million worth of shares in TMTG. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon serves as director of TMTG and was gifted $826,000 worth of shares in January 2025. FBI Director Kash Patel got his own “gift” of $826,000 worth of shares at the start of the year, too—after he filed his financial disclosures to the government. Intelligence Board nominee Devin Nunes is currently the CEO of TMTG and is sitting on more than $20 million worth of stock holdings—plus, he gets a salary and bonus from the company, which netted him $1.6 million last year.
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[Eric trump] The first to negotiate will win - the last will absolutely lose. I have seen this movie my entire life…
While I have no sympathy for any of the trump offspring, that really does say so much about their family life, doesn’t it? No wonder those “kids” are so fucked up.
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It’s almost like the whole economy depends on trade and supply chains outside the USA or something. That’s wild! Who would have expected all those businesses to be interdependent like that? 
I’m calling my safe word. It’s not helping.
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I hit a wall, so:
I think that’s an unusually unsatisfying think piece for Corey Robin. He’s usually more direct than that.
I do agree that a romance around individualized heroism often overshadows the greater effectiveness of collective action, if that’s what he’s trying to say.
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