@petergleick

Anything that functions with utility is being attacked.

They will go after the Dog Catchers at some point.

A draft of the #ExecutiveOrder designating #fentanyl as #WMD was distributed likely sometime last week to US Departments of #Commerce, #Defense, #Justice & #State.

Those agencies met on Friday, per a read out of the meeting Kabas reviewed, to discuss concerns.

@chris

It is totally logical, which is why BigOil fights it.

@petergleick

It all about the money.

"There are so many dark spots and bloodstains. Someone should start a casualty count page or site for all the people who are dying as a result of the Trump/Musk rampage."

#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media
/8

"'Considering his assault on virtually every government function that helps ordinary people — suggests another dimension to his revenge tour. It is almost as if he wants to inflict pain not just on a specific set of individuals but on the entire nation as well.' America is the woman who dared to leave him; he's the obsessed ex-boyfriend bent on punishing her for daring to consider her needs instead of his."

#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media
/7

(continued from /5)

"who were shoved aside or just not noticed by the new kids in town, and the collapse of the US economy will be expensive, for thee and for me if not for them. …

Jamelle Bouie, who's about the best writer left at the New York Times, proposed an explanation or rather just described accurately what so many media people can't bring themselves to say:"

#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media
/6

"I am tired of mainstream media pretending that neutrality and gullibility are the same thing. They need to stop saying this is about efficiency– or as NBC recently put it 'cost-cutting efforts'--because the government actually had experts on costs and expenditures and efficiency in place," (continued in /6)

~ Rebecca Solnit

#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media
/5

https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/outrages-and-idiocies-week-seven-of-the-stupid-coup-2/

"The truly concerning aspect is how easily the media has normalized this behavior [the insane Tesla commercial at the White House, i.e.].. By treating it primarily as a quirky story about Trump buying a car rather than a serious breach of ethical norms, they're laying the groundwork for more of this behavior."

#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media #Tesla
/4

https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-media-treated-trumps-tesla-stunt

"It’s only beginning to dawn on Americans, Canadians, Europeans and the rest of the world that Trump is perfectly serious about annexing Canada, Greenland and perhaps other territories by forceful means."

~ Timothy Burke

#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media #Canada
/3

https://timothyburke.substack.com/p/the-news-believe-that-the-worst-is

"The central problem, which the mainstream-media coverage elides, is that Trump doesn’t seem to understand how tariffs work. He talks about them as taxes on foreign countries, when in fact they are taxes on imported goods, generally paid for in the form of increased domestic prices. …

The press should revisit the issue of his mental fitness – as well as constantly put the trade war in its proper context."

#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media
/2

"So, the stock market’s been sliding like bacon grease on a hot griddle. On Monday and Tuesday all three major indices had their worst days since August, and fears of a looming recession are already here. And only 50 days into Dear Leader’s reign!"

~ Marcie Jones

#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs #firings #workers #FederalGovernment #Tesla #insanity
/20

https://www.wonkette.com/p/newsmax-host-trumps-big-balls-are

“I’m going to say this at risk of my job. But what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane. It is about the eighth reason we’ve had for the tariffs. …

Insanity is not a strategy. I’m sorry."

~ CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman

#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs #firings #workers #FederalGovernment #Tesla #insanity
/19

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnbc-reporter-shreds-trumps-insane-tariff-moves/

@flexghost All #Americans need to be disgusted by this. The blatant #corruption which saturates our #justice #system and #government has been on full display the moment #DirtbagDon stepped into #politics.

Unfortunately, the #damage has been done, #confidence has been lost, and there's no undo. Once this raging #asshole is sworn in, the #unhinged #insanity will #reign again.

The #unitedstates used to be the beacon of #hope for many people. Now it's just the #punchline to any number of #jokes.