Republicans clearly believe Trump’s lies on tariffs

How else can you account for the difference?

To the extent that they ever were, consumer confidence metrics are clearly not a useful measure of general economic moods but just one more indication of how everything is seen through the partisan lens. ⁦‪@NeilIrwin‬⁩.bsky.social http://www.axios.com/2024/12/06/t…
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt.bsky.social) 2024-12-07T15:40:43.761Z

Republicans believe Trump’s lies that other countries will pay for the tariffs. Democrats don’t.
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2024-12-07T15:46:26.524Z

Covers: Rocket 88

“Rocket 88” is considered by many (including me) to be the first rock’n’roll song. It was recorded by Ike Turner and his band. Jackie Brenston was the singer and author. Turner was a bad guy but a great musician.

Missouri Republicans are trying to undo the voters decisions on abortion and paid sick leave

The GOP just won’t accept losing

Mojo Magazine – 60 greatest Bob Dylan songs

A great article in an excellent magazine. Each song has a writeup by a musician.

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Washington Post on the earliest country recording – it was by a Black man

The earliest known ‘country’ recording has been found. The singer? A Black man. http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen…
— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) 2024-12-01T12:56:31.114Z

BlueSky post on music mashups

Amazing mixes in the thread here
— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2024-12-07T13:47:23.586Z

Trump’s terrible idea to impound funds

He just wants power

Trump wants to 'impound' money Congress appropriated — but this 50-year-old law could get in the way http://www.alternet.org/trump-congre…
— Heidi Warren (@unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social) 2024-12-06T20:55:55.735Z

Trump and his advisers believe that a president can unilaterally ignore Congress’ spending decisions and “impound” funds if he opposes them or deems them wasteful.My latest video for @propublica.org on @mtredden.bsky.social’s story below. Check it out!youtu.be/loC-UTFPizQ?…
— Jose Sepulveda (@josesepulveda.bsky.social) 2024-11-29T20:09:24.907Z

Vought has been explicit. He wants to challenge any claim that the President/executive branch does not have the power to unilaterally "impound" or block federal spending, even if it has been authorized by Congress. Musk/DOGE will likely use this. Expect lawsuits. Supreme Court involvement.
— Eric Lipton NYT (@ericlipton.nytimes.com) 2024-11-23T01:05:29.829Z

Vought and other Project 2025-era argue Trump had unconstrained power to block whatever funding the executive branch doesn’t like. This is wrong. Our explainer here protectdemocracy.org/work/impound…
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter.bsky.social) 2024-11-21T12:34:09.198Z

Covers: The Chain

Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” was covered by the Highwomen

Trump is filling posts with billionaires

They will look out for themselves. They will cut services to people to pay for the tax cuts for the rich. Rich people not in the next administration are sucking up to Trump.

Besides Donald Trump, Elon Musk and his fellow DOGE head Vivek Ramaswamy, at least 11 billionaires will be serving key roles in the administration. Whether it acts as a government for billionaires could test and potentially tarnish Trump's populist legacy. trib.al/gExhwrT
— Axios (@axios.com) 2024-12-06T12:59:19.748Z

NEW: A month after securing the White House with populist promises to working class voters, Trump is stacking his administration with billionaires and ultra-wealthy business leaders.www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…
— Cat Zakrzewski (@cqzakrz.bsky.social) 2024-12-06T20:08:01.089Z

I bet he is! Billionaires–already people with enormous freedoms due to their wealth– feel that it is an affront to have their grand schemes curbed by regulations. Read Brooke Harrington's work on this.
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social) 2024-12-05T03:36:27.307Z

America now has 815 billionaires who currently hold a record $6.7 trillion in wealth.The bottom 50% of Americans control $3.7 trillion in wealth.When 815 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
— Inequality Media (@inequalitymedia.bsky.social) 2024-11-22T00:30:04.798Z

Sure…it's just a coincidence that a half dozen major tech billionaires all supported Donald Trump in 2024 during a campaign that saw more digital and online than any political campaign in history. pic.twitter.com/aEookMn0Le
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) November 12, 2024

Look at how much those dastardly immigrants are screwing you over pic.twitter.com/U9lHfWuh73
— Secular Talk (KyleKulinskiShow@bsky.social) (@KyleKulinski) November 9, 2024