Grace Under Pressure

“Who are they protecting?” As Trump escorts Maxwell to a country club facility where she awaits her pardon for not mentioning him in “new testimony” that Trump’s lackeys are currently coordinating. No one is asking to hear new testimony from Maxwell. What people are asking for is to release the evidence collected. Unless the goal is to protect Trump, which it obviously is. Obvious to anyone who doesn’t lick Trumps taint, or defend him daily like it’s their job.

Exactly. Trump Devotion Syndrome. Only sycophants defend this day in and day out. Cult followers. Seek help.

Only sycophant cult followers defend Trump anymore. Even regular Republican normies that claimed "ultra-MAGA" credentials are turning on him. Tick-tock on this failed administration, 2028 will be here soon enough.

So of course, and so predictably I’d add, the petulant baby bich is now threatening to fire the BLS director because he didn’t like the number. Wanna be dictator that cult members elected, this is the outcome. Pathetic.

Also the flat growth for this year means over 5 years that percentage is even lower, but I don't want to argue math. That return isn't anything to sneeze at honestly. Thought it was here, but maybe it's another thread. It's true about high interest rates being good for the rich. Take a few million, ladder up on CD's. Good return, basically zero risk? Manage that and hit the boat with a cocktail and a steak. It's good, no judgement. But I actually agree with Trump on Powell lowering rates. Mortgages are important for middle class, don't forget them. Housing market is fubar'd for young families trying to get even a decent house. But there's pent up demand to sell, if/when people see rates drop under 5% supply is going to increase quickly. A lot of folks haven't moved if they're at a 3% mortgage, which many are, even if they want to move. Those flashy CD rates may come down a little, but that high net worth household will be fine. Stay put, or shift into some other assets with slightly higher risk, ooh the horror. Other developed countries have been cutting rates, it's time for Powell to start.

GDP, unemployment rate, inflation, stock market performance, and mortgage interest rates. If there's another indicator of the economy, state it here. Maybe tourism? None of these measures are better in 2025 vs. 2024. They're all the same or worse. Mostly worse. Over Trump's first term and so far this first year of his final term, he's likely the worst president on those measures since Jimmy Carter. Meanwhile the Mar-a-Lago crowd, who is privy to his schedule of ridiculous "tariffs on" and "tariffs off" announcements and other arbitrage opportunities, they leverage that information to enrich themselves more. Not the rally goers. He does not give a damn about those key indicators, or the broad economy of the country. He would easily just tell people to make up a number, or worse. He only cares about what's good for him.

Terrible job numbers released today. GDP contracted in quarter 1 2025, artificially up in Q2 due to tariff timings. Inflation still at 2.7%. International and domestic tourism down double digits. Stock market tanking today on all this news. Trump inherited a good economy from 2024. The fact is that 2025 numbers show a weakened economy. Weakened by a dope who should have just done nothing. Great job MAGA. Sabotaging America so Trump and his Mar-a-Lago friends could grift more. Rubes.

What I "get from this" is that posting videos of dudes is gay. NTTAWWT.

"Derr liberals heads are exploding!!" Grow up.

Nice to see guys admit they are into dudes.

So basically we've reached the point where everyone knows Trump and Epstein were best friends, and Trump had sex with underaged girls, but MAGA doesn't care and will actively defend Trump anyway. Its got to be embarrassing defending a pedophile rapist. Sad, really.

They know this. All of the "whatabouts" and bringing up obscure lengthy unrelated details is just a smokescreen. Donald Trump is a traitor, always has been. He doesn't care about America, or MAGA, or you. Only himself. And when Russia offers to help with money, or cheating in the election, he accepts it no problem.

Apologies, forgot the audience. Over time, we've been building more and more sophisticated instruments since the telescope was first invented. With the advent of Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope, along with other recent generations of telescopes, we've been able to detect more and more objects, including those that may have been too faint to detect previously. So yes, we've been able to detect these types of objects more recently because we've developed more sophisticated telescopes. Sheesh.

It's likely that interstellar objects pass through our solar system every few years or so, but only in the last decade or two have we been able to detect them with our instruments.

Yup, like fish in a barrel. Many angles to this issue are brutal for Dem candidates. Bathrooms and sports, game over. They better figure out how to message better on this or come election time there's going to be 30 "tranny" threads on the first page.