Trump’s unprecedented assault on the Federal Reserve's independence iS DANGEROUS & BAD FOR OUR ECONOMY Just as Trump failed to understand the huge problems his tariffs would create, he fails to understand the serious damage his attacks on the Fed could cause. www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

Donald Trump won the election by promising to reduce prices, especially grocery prices, on Day One. It hasn't happened. The price of ground beef is up 13%, eggs are up 11%, and coffee prices have jumped 21% TRUMP ISN'T DELIVERING ON HIS ECONOMIC PROMISES. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

If you look closely, you can see the bone spurs that self-described "war hero" Donald Trump used to dodge the draft & avoid serving in Vietnam Trump actually called himself a war hero for ordering U.S. pilots to risk their lives & bomb Iran. They're the war heroes, not the cowardly draft dodger

TRUMP IS “BRAZENLY ANTI-WORKER” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler: “Trump talks a good game of being for working people, but he’s doing the absolute opposite. He is stripping away regulations that protect workers. His attacks on unions are coming fast & furious." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It's delusional for anyone to think that RFK Jr. and Donald Trump are making America healthy again. With Kennedy's war against science, truth & vaccines and Trump's war against Medicaid, their movement should be called MAKING AMERICA UNHEALTHY AGAIN www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Trump is DANGEROUSLY UNDERMINING the rule of law & our democracy with his unusual governing style—GOVERNMENT BY SHAKEDOWN He is shaking down universities, law firms & US trading partners in ways that violate federal law & the Supreme Ct does nothing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @thefarce.org

Donald Trump has a distinctive & dangerous style of governing—Call it GOVERNING BY SHAKEDOWN Trump has systematically sought to shake down leading universities, prominent law firms & America's trading partners—usually violating federal law in doing so. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump boasts that he's winning his trade war, but ordinary Americans are big losers in the war Trump’s tariffs will cost the typical US household $2,400 in 2025. The Yale Budget Lab says apparel prices will soar 37% & shoe prices 39%. AMERICANS LOSE BIG-TIME www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

BLAME THE SUPREME COURT for paving the way for Texas's shameful race-to-the-bottom on gerrymandering In 2019, Chief Justice Roberts & the conservative majority issued a horrible ruling—no matter how egregious the gerrymandering, we'll let it stand www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @thefarce.org

Very regrettably, the Supreme Court keeps ruling in favor of Donald Trump, the most authoritarian president in history & keeps issuing rulings that undermine our democracy. The court forgets, We're supposed to have a government of laws, not of strongmen. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #epstein

MORE ON EPSTEIN & TRUMP—Epstein aide went to FBI because she was upset that Epstein was pursuing girls & young women while building friendships with prominent people, including Trump & Bill Clinton She said Trump once thought Epstein was giving her to Trump for sex www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...

Ever since Trump returned to power, he has conducted an unprecedented assault against the rule of law. Thankfully, federal district court judges have bravely stood up to him & his illegal actions Sadly SCOTUS has been very pro-Trump & has tied these judges' hands www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As the Democratic party fights to rebuild from a devastating election defeat, the presidents of two of the nation’s largest labor unions—Randi Weingarten & Lee Saunders—have abruptly quit the DNC, exposing serious tensions over the party’s direction www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @thefarce.org

Disgraceful and inexcusable. Trump's authoritarian, ice-hearted thugs arrest New York City's highly respected comptroller, Brad Lander. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump is having TANTRUMS because so many judges have ruled against him He should realize there's a simple way to get judges to stop overruling him: STOP taking all these ILLEGAL, VINDICTIVE actions & stop issuing all these destructive, lawless executive orders www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"If there's justice in the world, @elonmusk will never be able to repair his reputation—at least not without devoting the bulk of his fortune to easing the misery he’s engendered." Experts estimate DOGE's cuts have resulted in >300,000 deaths & huge misery & hunger www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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The Supreme Court has been far too pro-Trump. Will the want be remembered as cowardly enablers who helped the most authoritarian, lawless president consolidate power? Or do they want to be remembered for standing up to a bully to protect our laws & our democracy? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump lied outrageously when he said Joe Biden caused the economic downturn in the first quarter Economists say there was one overriding reason the economy tanked in the first quarter: uncertainty & alarm about Trump's tariffs. But Trump will never admit that www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...

Candidate Trump wooed labor unions & union members, but Trump 2.0 has repeatedly attacked America's unions Unions have grown increasingly angry & disgusted with Trump "We've been facing a barrage of attacks from the Trump administration," said AFLCIO President Liz Shuler slate.com/news-and-pol...

While Trump delusionally says “We’re celebrating the most successful first 100 days in history,” last week’s economic news refutes Trump's BS. The economy actually shrank in the 1st quarter. Trump dishonestly blames Biden although his tariffs caused the downturn www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...

In Donald Trump's first 100 days back in office, he has made a strong case that his 2nd term will be by far the worst presidential term in history In 100 days, his new term has shown itself to be the most lawless & authoritarian in US history www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @lolgop.bsky.social

Don't miss this terrific discussion of our nation's Trump-created, anti-democratic CONSTITUTIONAL CRISES--with the brilliant Laurence Tribe, Pamela Karlan, & Sherrilyn Ifill. Moderated by Fintan O'Toole. This discussion was sponsored by @nybooks www.nybooks.com/online/2025/... @lolgop.bsky.social

Trump's tariff war is the dumbest economic policy any president has ever adopted. His tariff stupidity singlehandedly caused vast & needless damage to stock markets, industries & diplomatic relations across the globe. Stock markets lost over $10 trillion in value www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump and Elon Musk are seriously screwing up our Social Security system, and many seniors are angry as hell. Six-and-a-hall-hour waits to have calls answered. Long lines outside Social Security offices. Musk's slashing the staff leads to serious staffing shortages. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...

Trump’s many anti-union actions are already spurring some employers to take a more hostile stance toward unions as labor leaders voice fears that Trump's & Musk's anti-worker moves will embolden more companies to fight harder against unions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @lolgop.bsky.social

There is no method to Trump's tariff madness. His tariffs will hurt everyone--U.S. consumers, investors & industries. They'll hurt our allies & poor countries like Bangladesh & their workers All the tariffs do is satisfy Trump's ego & his misbegotten grievances www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs result from a combination of impulsiveness, impetuousness & ignorance—although some economists say that idiocy & economic illiteracy also play a big part. The world's stock clearly markets agree, losing trillions in value this week www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's time to call out Trump's BS that he's pro-worker. If any workers are still holding on to the notion that Trump is pro-worker, his move to terminate union bargaining rights for 1 million federal workers should disabuse them of that notion www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @lolgop.bsky.social

Like a car in desperate need of a tune-up, Trump's 25% auto tariffs are likely to backfire They'll cause sticker prices to soar & they'll anger consumers & cause auto sales & auto production & jobs to fall, at least short term. And they will slow economic growth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Donald Trump won't admit it but his tariffs might take a serious toll on the American economy Trump hopes his tariffs will create many factory jobs in the US, but by one measure his tariffs will cost an astronomical $40 million per each manufacturing job created www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump's tariffs are a lose-lose proposition for the US Trump is like Elmer Fudd with his shotgun, shooting every which way. Elmer Fudd's gun often blew up in his face by mistake. With his tariffs, Elmer Trump is on his way to shooting the U.S. economy by mistake www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Chief Justice John Roberts views himself as a cautious, conservative institutionalist, but it increasingly looks as if history will view him very differently—as a deeply flawed chief justice who paved the way for the US to become an authoritarian state under Trump www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Because of John Roberts & the horrible Citizens United ruling he engineered, Elon Musk has been able to donate an obscene $13 million to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race John Roberts has done grievous harm to our democracy & has paved the way to authoritarianism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump says he inherited an "economic catastrophe" from Biden. The opposite is true. By standard economic measures, the U.S. economy was in excellent shape when Biden left office--with low unemployment, strong growth & a big drop in inflation www.theguardian.com/business/202... @lolgop.bsky.social

This is not how anyone should treat workers -- or any human beings, for that matters. Trump, that suppose champion of workers, and his billionaire sidekick are really treating workers like dirt, like something to stomp on. They seem to have a sadistic attitude toward workers @lolgop.bsky.social

Trump won over many American workers by vowing to fight for them. But ever since he returned to the White House, he has taken a large & rapid-fire number of anti-worker, anti-union actions. "He says he’s a champion of workers. He’s just not” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @lolgop.bsky.social

Exactly right. Look at what Trump has done- anti labor assaults that directly help the anti union actions of Space X and Amazon. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

While running for president, Trump repeatedly vowed to battle for American workers. But ever since he returned to office, he has taken a surprisingly large number of anti-worker actions” "Trump is showing that his promises to be a champion of workers are hollow” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“THE MOST LAWLESS PRESIDENT EVER” Laurence Tribe, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars, said: “Without any doubt Donald Trump is the most lawless president we have ever seen in the history of the United States.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

THERE’S GROWING ALARM ABOUT TRUMP’S LAWLESSNESS Laurence Tribe, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars, said: “Without any doubt Donald TRUMP IS THE MOST LAWLESS president we have ever seen in the history of the United States.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A BIG THUMBS DOWN FOR TRUMP’S THREATENED TARIFFS >> Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz >> “Virtually all economists think that the impact of Trump's tariffs will be very bad for America and for the world... They will almost surely be inflationary.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a history professor at New York University, said: “Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.”

The Biden Administration’s TOP labor official, Julie Su, warns that Trump might fall far short on his promises of delivering to America’s workers. “You can’t be pro-billionaire and pro-working class,” Su said. “YOU CAN’T BE PRO-ELON MUSK AND PRO-WORKER.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su voices doubts that Trump will deliver to America’s workers. “It’s one thing to say you’re pro-worker and it’s quite another thing to do it. You can’t be pro-billionaire & pro-working class. You can’t be pro-Elon Musk & pro-worker.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It’s dumb and craven for Christopher Wray to resign as FBI director. He should force Donald Trump to fire him well before Wray’s 10-year-term as FBI director ends. That would once again show that Trump has huge contempt for time-honored rules and practices. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

If Trump wins, it will be the first time in US history that a candidate wins based on a such huge lie—that we have “the worst economy ever” TRUMP IS LYING—The U.S. economy is very strong. Unemployment is low, inflation is way down, job growth is at record levels www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A long-time union activist—Dan Osborn—has a good chance of winning a Senate seat in Nebraska & ousting the pro-corporate GOP incumbent With his message based on workers’ rights & corporate greed, Osborn is modeling a promising way to defeat Republicans www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/o...

Billionaires are trying to buy the election for Trump Timothy Mellon gave $125 million for Trump Miriam Adelson gave $100 million Elon Musk gave $75 million Dick Uihlein $40 million Sadly, these billionaires care more about lower taxes than preserving our democracy slate.com/news-and-pol...