They may be the "liberal msm" but they never had to pay $787.5 million for reporting lies.

And Fox News' lawyers established in court that "no reasonable viewer" should believe them.
www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-karen-mcdougal-case-tucker-carlson-2020-9

That scheme of transporting through non-tariffed countries is exactly what happens, even before these latest tariffs came up. Even though it's illegal, when businesses move $billions in cargo and buyers look for lowest costs they typically choose the cheapest way to do it.
www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-firms-demand-crackdown-tariff-evading-chinese-importers-2025-03-05/

Also, Trump is extra full of crap when he says foreign companies pay the price, because when the US market price jumps 25%, domestic producers will not stubbornly stick to the lowest price. They charge as much as they can and make the sale.

Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China are in effect. Here's what could get pricier
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-what-will-cost-more-inflation/

* The typical American family could face higher annual costs of between $1,600 to $2,000
* Gas prices to rise 40 cents per gallon ("drill baby drill" won't fix it)
* Automobile and electronics prices will probably take a few months to show the full cost rises
* Many fresh fruits & vegetable prices will rise much sooner


Trump tariffs: U.S. pauses tariffs on some Canadian, Mexican imports until April 2
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/trump-tariffs-live-updates-businesses-warn-of-ripple-down-effects-from-tariffs-because-of-rising-costs.html

* President Donald Trump granted temporary tariff exemptions for Canadian and Mexican goods covered by the North American trade agreement known as USMCA until April 2.
* About 50% of Mexican imports and 38% of Canadian imports are covered by the trade agreement, according to a White House official.
* Trump is poised to enact “reciprocal tariffs” April 2 on foreign nations that have import taxes on U.S. goods.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico should be spared when such reciprocal tariffs come into effect. *Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his goal remains to get “all tariffs removed.”
* Thursday’s tariff exceptions excluded those imposed on China. The country is standing tough, saying it’s prepared to fight “any type of war” with the U.S.

So Trump suspended many of the tariffs on Mexican & Canadian imports for another month, which aside from making Trump look unserious, it only adds a delay to the idiotic consequences of a trade war, and businesses don't do as well in an unpredictable environment.

Ever hear the allegory about the boy who cried wolf? The president repeated numerous lies and exaggerations in a 90-minute, rambling monologue, and I'm supposed to sort out the truth buried in that heap of garbage? Neat.

Meh. Don't care. Trump lies so much and about so many things, it's wasted time chasing them all down. Go ahead and be upset with me for not blindly accepting the story, but maybe you should be more concerned when the president is so disconnected from facts that he cannot be believed by people. That's the time we're living in.

And if you're that upset about childhood cancer, maybe ask why the Trump Administration tried to block funding for cancer research.
www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/22/nx-s1-5305276/trump-nih-funding-freeze-medical-research

State of the union: Trump lies so much, people can't tell whether the kid even had cancer. Why should we be so proud of accomplishments when trump makes that stuff up? You see Democrats being rude, and I see people fed up and pushed beyond civility.

I watched a little bit, but during the few minutes I did, he was just lying a bunch, and whining about Democrats, and repeating stuff he's been saying for weeks. Maybe the speech got better, later on, but I didn't stick around for it.

I vote every election. We've got mail-in voting in California, so it's super easy. But yeah, my vote is just one of 22 million in the state, and elections are rarely close, here.

Maybe you can find a link to whatever made you think Democrats say government ID is racist.

Companies were already coming back to the US under Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act. But yeah, Trump will take credit for that, like he took credit for Obama's economy, too.

However, it may not take long to undo all that progress. Already inflation and unemployment are up. So are spreading cases of bird flu and measles. Measles was formerly eradicated in the US, but now it's back and Trumps HHS appointee is a vaccine skeptic, so yay progress.

But I guess it'll be nice for you when billionaires get their tax cuts while Trump piles $ten trillion onto the national debt. At least we won't have to worry much longer about Social Security as it goes away, thanks to DOGE, or the redundant "department" that is pretending to do what the GAO was already doing. How's that for efficiency.

Most of the "red" states require photo ID to vote.
ballotpedia.org/Voter_identification_laws_by_state

I wouldn't mind states requiring photo ID if it wasn't such a hassle to get. But states don't give them freely, and the SCOTUS has ruled that poll taxes are unconstitutional. Requiring a paid ID is a form of poll tax. States should just make it easier to get official identification. Short of that, they could start using biometrics, where voters could identify by a fingerprint or iris scan. Of course, that'd freak out the privacy activists.

By some accounts, it's already WW3. Russia has brought Belarus and North Korea into the conflict. Many other countries side with Ukraine. And while Trump claims to want to end it, he's not really helping. Trump should know that Ukraine needs security guarantees, but doesn't offer any beyond his own belief that Russia will not try anything while Trump is in office. Never mind that Russia started planning to invade Ukraine while Trump was in office last time, and without guarantees, there's nothing stopping Putin from doing it again, even while Trump is in office. And what do you think Russia could get up to in 3½ years?

I never said having government ID is racist.

Requiring particular government ID just to vote is disenfranchising voters because those ID cards aren't free to the public. They cost money just to apply, and require specific documentation that may not be available, and cost more money to produce. It looks like you've never had to request a certified copy of your birth certificate. Also, government offices where those IDs are issued are often under-staffed and crowded, and going to get that card can take all day or several days. If you're working a full-time job, it may not be practical to take one or more days off just to put that together.

All for your statistically insignificant vote.

The solution is to get security guarantees. All Trump could give was "Well, Putin didn't break any promises with me."

You say the bank is closed, but it's not up to you. There are other European countries that know they're next, once Putin is done in Ukraine, so the EU is gathering to put up a permanent security force in Ukraine, on top of any cease fire that Putin can promise, since Putin's reneged on his Ukraine peace agreements dozens of times.



Since Trump is taking Putin's side--preaching Kremlin talking points, it's unlikely that Ukraine will work with Trump, and will be taking cover from the EU. Trump's made the economic deal with the US impossible, so France, UK and Germany will increase their cooperation. France suggested sending troops to Ukraine, even before Trump's meltdown, last week. Now that the minerals deal is off, and Trump's losing his mind, it's pretty clear that Europe are on their own for a while.


What goodness do you see in Putin? The guy invaded Ukraine, and his country's combat losses are estimated to exceed a million soldiers, not to mention equipment. It's not just the economics of the Ukrainian people, but Putin invaded, killing hundreds of thousands and actually kidnapping tens of thousands of children off to Russia. Now, what "path to peace" do you think Russia could agree to, beyond total capitulation from Ukraine?

Republicans are in charge, all right, so now they'll have no excuse as the economy collapses. Watch inflation hit double digits and see if anybody believes it's Biden's fault, this time.

You understand that they're fighting in Ukraine, right? This isn't up to Zelensky to stop fighting. They have to get Russia to stop fighting. And it's not that Putin says he wants peace, but what are they going to do about guarantees about peace? Ukraine could agree to a cease fire tonight, but that wouldn't stop Putin from invading in another few months or years. Russia and the US agreed to guarantee Ukraine's security back in 1994 when Ukraine gave up their nukes. Then in 2014, Putin annexed Crimea. How's that for peace?

Mail-in voting isn't an answer to the cost and trouble of obtaining certain government-issued identification. Mail-in voting is just a better alternative to waiting in line to vote. In some places in the US, people have to wait hours in line to vote, because voting machines and poling places are poorly distributed.

Voter ID laws are just stupid all on their own. The government doesn't need to see our ID card. They know who we are from the place we live, the bills we pay and the people we know. Those laws are just a way to disenfranchise voters who certain politicians don't like. Republicans do better in elections where fewer voters vote.

No chance illegal immigrants can register to vote in California. Without their birth records in the databases, they instantly get flagged as ineligible. While they could go to polling stations and cast provisional ballots, those ballots wouldn't pass validation or get counted, and casting those votes is a crime, so they'd be putting themselves at further legal risk for a statistically insignificant vote.

Not only in America. I'm sure other countries have similarly advanced computer networks, like in Germany and Japan.

Yes, the West is supporting Ukraine, but for more than just weakening Russia. It's supporting a democracy in a region where there are too many authoritarians and socialist states. Supporting Ukraine leads China to believe that the West could support Taiwan in a military conflict. Also the West gets valuable military intelligence on weapons development and Russia (and China)'s military capabilities. We see how good Iran's drones and North Korea's artillery are, too. We assess their communications and tactics. In short, they're awful, and we can see that.

But this is not simply a proxy war, and we'd all like to see it ended soon, but good luck getting Putin to stop with anything less than all that he has taken so far, and not have to pay any reparations.

Not at all what happened. Back in February '22, before Russia invaded, Zelensky worked to negotiate security agreements from Russia and NATO countries, while Russia was insisting that they weren't going to invade (pay no attention to their forces gathering near the borders) and Biden flat-out exposed everything to make it clear Russia was going to invade.

There was no pressure from the West for Ukraine to fight Russia. Back then, everybody assumed Russia would roll over Ukrainian forces and take the entire country in a few days. The West famously offered to get Zelensky out of there--a flight out of the country, and he said "I need ammunition, not a ride!"
edition.cnn.com/2022/02/26/europe/ukraine-zelensky-evacuation-intl/index.html

Voter ID laws sound like a good idea, but they're not really necessary, considering all the information the government already collects on everybody. Without looking at your driver's license, they already know your name, age, address, recent purchases, payment history, and your signature is digitized in their databases. I can look up my ballot receipt by giving the number of my address (leaving out the street name) and the day of birth (no month) plus my zip code. requiring government ID cards is redundant and just keeps legal citizens from voting.