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The CCP boogeyman can be used to justify anything, apparently

Tariff??

Article I Section 8 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; … To...

Available evidence of where the incidence of a tariff falls. I’m not going around and around on this again. On one side is the consensus of economics and on the other side is the gut feel of an orange game show host.

Ok. Continue to ignore all available evidence. The consumer doesn’t bear the brunt of the tariff just like Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

If MAGA’s message becomes “you have to vote for us because we’re not the other guys,” it’s worth noting that was D’s losing message in 2024. Not going to resonate with normal, non-political people when everything in their daily lives gets more expensive. Just like in 2024.

Wasn’t the question

If MAGA’s platform was exactly the same, except they shifted their economics to embrace unilateral free trade, would you support them?

Sums up the Trump/Vance administration nicely

I’d add Shapiro to the competency basket.

He should celebrate her…”principles” are for suckers and losers

Way to read the article

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/fair-weather-democratic-free-traders-tariffs-protectionism-policy-ece50ad7?mod=opinion_lead_pos9 Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren decries President Trump’s tariffs as “economic sabotage” and urges Congress to stop them. But when running for president in 2019, she...

Performative bullshit winning out over competent governance Both sides issue

The people driving that +9 for Booker on the D side are clowns

https://www.wsj.com/business/that-new-charge-on-your-bill-call-it-a-this-tariff-isnt-our-fault-fee-ed05e7a2?mod=hp_lead_pos5 An extra fee is showing up on more shopping bills lately, and it carries a not-so-subtle message: These tariffs weren’t our idea. From bathroom-fixture makers to toy...

Reminds me a bit of the Obamacare debate, and healthcare more generally, where a majority of people answer that they’re content with their personal situation, but assume everyone else’s situation sucks. Or the “college is a scam” folks who think most people’s kids shouldn’t go to college, but...

This is after Trump runs again in 2028, right