Trump's America

[GURPS]

Who Brings the Joy?​

Kamala Harris launched her campaign with the claim that she would be bringing the politics of joy. That lasted for about a day and a half. The joy in this year’s campaign came from Donald Trump and his fans. The simple “Trump dance” that he performs to “YMCA”–so simple that I might be able to do it–has swept the country. If you watch a college or pro football game, or pretty much any other sports event, you might see someone doing the Trump dance.

But that isn’t all: news anchors, politicians–including the newly elected President of Argentina–and many others have succumbed to the craze. Thus:

 

[GURPS]

Letting Their Freak Flags Fly: More and More Secret Trump Voters Revealing Themselves​

But that could be changing since President-elect Donald Trump cruised to a landslide victory over far-left Vice President Kamala Harris. Even in blue states, the red wave materialized.

The times they are a-changin':

They’re donning MAGA hats in cafes, celebrating on social media and flying Trump flags: Supporters of President-elect Trump in deep blue cities and states are no longer keeping it to themselves.
Why it matters: Trump improved on his 2016 and 2020 margins in almost every state, including in most big, blue cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

• Many Trump voters in those cities saw his victory as validation, and are acting accordingly.
• Some residents of liberal enclaves tell Axios they've seen more Trump yard signs go up after the election than before it.
• And many supporters of Vice President Harris are grappling with the fact that their neighbors might not have voted the way they did.

 

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[SamSpade]

One of the replies said something that surprised me.

Since they have different ingredients in the ones they sell in Europe - they already possess the ability to make the products WITHOUT the additional crap. So how hard can it be to just make it the same way HERE?

 

[BOP]

Who Brings the Joy?​

Kamala Harris launched her campaign with the claim that she would be bringing the politics of joy. That lasted for about a day and a half. The joy in this year’s campaign came from Donald Trump and his fans. The simple “Trump dance” that he performs to “YMCA”–so simple that I might be able to do it–has swept the country. If you watch a college or pro football game, or pretty much any other sports event, you might see someone doing the Trump dance.

But that isn’t all: news anchors, politicians–including the newly elected President of Argentina–and many others have succumbed to the craze. Thus:





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I love it so much!

Edit: this is pretty clever as well.

"Everybody's doing a brand new dance now (come on baby do the MAGA motion).

A chugga-chugga motion like a railroad train now (come on baby do the MAGA motion)

Come on come on do the MAGA motion with me."

 

[BOP]

One of the replies said something that surprised me.

Since they have different ingredients in the ones they sell in Europe - they already possess the ability to make the products WITHOUT the additional crap. So how hard can it be to just make it the same way HERE?

I've been asking that very question for several years now.

If I were conspiracy-minded, I'd want to know why.

 

[GURPS]

More tough Texas ladies were in the news this week. Texas ABC affiliate WFAA ran a delightful election story headlined, “Shelley Luther, salon owner who defied COVID shutdown orders, talks journey from county jail to the state legislature.”




They say the third try is the charm. In 2020, a state judge ordered hairstylist Shelley Luther to jail for contempt after she kept open her Dallas hair salon during lockdowns. The Texas Supreme Court had to weigh in and order her early release. Afterwards, a fired-up Shelley ran for Texas Senate in 2020, and lost. She tried again two years later, running for Texas House in 2022, and lost.

This year, with two previous campaigns and an expunged criminal record under her belt, Shelley won a seat in Texas House District 62.

Besides the border, one of Shelley’s top issues is “limiting the Governor’s emergency powers.” She told WFAA she looks forward to discussing her jail experience with Governor Abbott, whose emergency order put her behind bars. “I’m not mad about it,” the former hairdresser insisted. “I’m really not.”

Of course not.

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[GURPS]

Migrants LIVING FEAR Now FLEEING Cities Back To Their Countries To Escape Trump Mass Deportations!​

 

[Sneakers]

I'm sure many are leaving, but I'll bet many more are going to find places to hid like roaches when the lights get turned on.

 

[stgislander]

Tom Holman said last night that if you self-deport, you still are able to apply to immigrate the proper way. If we catch you and deport you, you will never be able to come back in legally.

 

[GURPS]

In a very politely worded (for him) post on Truth Social yesterday, President Trump announced he’ll be ordering a +10% “fentanyl tax” on China, to be applied on all Chinese goods, until fentanyl stops flowing over our southern border. Let the Chinese figure out how to stop it with their Mexican buddies.



For anyone who thinks Trump’s +10% fentanyl tax on China isn’t fair, just wait. The President-Elect remembered our northern and southern neighbors as well. Mexico and Canada will have to pay a +25% fentanyl tax until the caravans of illegal invaders and the rivers of addictive, life-wrecking chemicals stop.



In other words, Trump is making Mexico and Canada pay to secure our borders. I am enthusiastically pro-tariff and will happily defend them anytime, assuming they are intelligently levied.

Most importantly, Trump can unilaterally impose these tariffs.

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution vests power to lay and collect ‘duties’ (tariffs) in the Congress, not the Executive. But over the years, Congress has delegated some of its tariff powers to the President. For instance:

• Under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the President may impose tariffs whenever imports are deemed a threat to national security. If Democrats find a tweeted meme is a threat to national security, well, how about fentanyl?
• Under the Trade Act of 1974, the President may impose tariffs to address unfair trade practices or violations of trade agreements. Might dumping South America’s insane asylums and prisons into the U.S. be an unfair trade practice?
• The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) is the law Biden used to sanction Russia for invading Ukraine. Under IEEPA, the President enjoys broad powers to regulate financial transactions in response to a national emergency, almost certainly including tariffs, although this hasn’t been tested.

Is the border invasion a credible national emergency? President Trump has repeatedly said he will immediately declare a national immigration emergency. I’m decidedly unenthusiastic about emergency powers. But maybe the best way to prod the courts into finally saying what is and is not an emergency will be for Democrats to lose their minds when a Republican President does it.

But here’s the question with which to entertain yourself today: might the Trump Effect kick in right now? Might these three countries believe Trump and start cleaning their acts up today, not waiting around to see if the President-Elect really means it?

Can you recall another President in our lifetimes wielding this much power even before taking the oath?

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[Sneakers]

The tariffs are good. I imagine part of this is to nudge manufacturing and jobs back to the US, and I really dislike buying Chinese stuff. Problem is, I don't see most of that happening. US companies won't find it cost effective to make something here for the same price as overseas, even with tariffs.

Just yesterday, I needed a small fuse panel for a project. Found exactly what I was looking for, but only available from overseas. Nothing made or available in the US fit my needs. Stinks. A stupid $13 item.

 

[GURPS]

Things are happening so fast, you occasionally need to stop and look around, or you might miss something. I had barely reported Trump’s social media tariff threats against Canada and Mexico yesterday when a pair of headlines landed like returning SpaceX rockets. First, Newsweek rushed out a story headlined, “Migrant Caravans Not Reaching Border, Claudia Sheinbaum Says After Trump Threats.”



‘Sheinbaum’ is very strange for a Mexican surname, so frankly, I doubt it. It sounds more like a Brooklyn haberdasher. In any case, Ms. Sheinbaum is Mexico’s tightly-coiffed lady president. She did not even wait hours after Trump tweeted he planned a +25% border tariff on Mexican imports for facilitating our border invasion by escorting migrants from its southern border to our border in caravan loads.

But “Caravans of migrants no longer reach the border,” Sheinbaum declared yesterday, while waving around a letter she plans to send to Trump soon. She also insisted Mexico was cracking down on fentanyl. Sheinbaum said she’ll be speaking with President-Elect Trump soon. So.

☕️ THE UN-RESISTANCE ☙ Wednesday, November 27, 2024 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠

What a great week! And it's only Wednesday. Trump's triumphant nomination; Middle East peace deal; Trump tweets solving border problems in real time; a Cal. high-rise signals doom for Democrats; more.

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[GURPS]

In Huge Blow to Joe Biden, Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Texas Governor Abbott to Build Razor Wire on Border Wall​

 

[GURPS]

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran one of the most encouraging stories I’ve seen all year, headlined “Sales of Bibles Are Booming, Fueled by First-Time Buyers and New Versions.” Not just a little; the sub-headline added, “Publishers attribute a 22% jump in Bible sales this year to rising anxiety, a search for hope, or highly focused marketing and designs.” Hint: it’s probably not rising anxiety or creative Bible marketing techniques.



The sales figures contradict what elite media believes is the nation’s zeitgeist. “The demand for Bibles is rising,” the Journal marveled, “despite evidence that the country is growing increasingly secularized.”

Behold the post-pandemic’s steady annual growth in Bible sales (for 2023 and 2023, compare the light blue columns):



Though the words “covid” and “pandemic” were conspicuous by their absence in the Journal’s article, the chart shows Bible sales growing steadily ever since Year Zero. They couldn’t possibly have missed the connection; why the Journal ignored it remains a mystery.

Intriguingly, the Journal quoted several small influencers and podcasters. Pictured above is Cely Vazquez, 28, a video podcaster (1.1 million followers) and reality TV show veteran. Cely recently TikTocked her very first Bible purchase from Barnes & Noble. Good for her.

The story also quoted another influencer, Amber Cimiotti, 38, a mother of two in Henderson, Nevada. Amber partly attributed the increase in Bible sales to podcasters and Tiktokers like herself “sharing easily digestible stories about Christianity.”

Seems like it could be a podcast thing.

So … here’s my question. The same period of time — postpandemic — was the same time during which folks started abandoning corporate media in all its forms, both news and entertainment, in growing favor of user-produced, independent, direct-to-consumer content. The recent election, for example, is widely considered to be the first podcast-election. Fox News, four days ago:



Could people’s preference for independent media be moving other needles as well? People are being exposed to more ideas that cannot be found on institutional media. It’s probably fair to say that regular secular folks get zero positive exposure to Christianity on corporate media. But it’s completely different on independent media, where the distribution of Christians is closer to real life.

Do the fantastic rising first-time Bible sales figures reflect a growing spiritual awakening? If so, has that awakening been fueled, at least in part, by the massive loss of trust in corporate media caused by its fraudulent pandemic coverage? Is this wonderful development more unanticipated covid fruit? Is it growing along with free speech, unleashed by Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter?

What do you think?

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[GURPS]

Trump HUMILIATES Justin Trudeau After He BEGS For MERCY Over TARIFFS DESTROYING Canada's Economy!​

 

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FDA may outlaw food dyes ‘within weeks’: Bombshell move would affect candy, soda and cakes, revolutionize American diets​

The Food and Drug Administration will decide on a ban of certain food dyes in the coming weeks after receiving a petition to review the safety of Red 3, NBC News reports.

“With Red 3, we have a petition in front of us to revoke the authorization board, and we’re hopeful that in the next few weeks we’ll be acting on that petition,” Jim Jones, the deputy commissioner for human foods at the FDA, said during a Senate meeting this week, per NBC.

According to the FDA, the agency has reviewed the safety of Red 3 —which is derived from petroleum and found snacks, beverages, candy and more — in food and drugs “multiple times” since it was first approved in 1969, but the petition has requested for the additive to be reviewed once more.

 

[GURPS]

Has MAHA already begun? Last week, the LA Times ran a conspiratorial story headlined, “How the FDA allows companies to add secret ingredients to our food.” The article ultimately explains the problem this time is not so much the FDA, since a law passed by Congress established a sneaky category of processed-food ingredients acronymed GRAS — “generally recognized as safe.”



Without diving into that particular problem, which lets companies self-regulate potentially harmful novel ingredients, there does seem to be a quiet revolution underway. Last week, top FDA officials testified at a Senate committee hearing and made a number of remarkable concessions.

For example, the New York Post ran a story after the hearing headlined, “FDA may outlaw food dyes ‘within weeks’: Bombshell move would affect candy, soda and cakes, revolutionize American diets.” At that Senate hearing, the FDA’s deputy director said the agency was reviewing a citizen petition to remove Red Dye #3, a common chemical and food additive made from petroleum and linked to cancer in several studies.

Both articles mentioned, without making any direct connection, the appointment of Robert Kennedy, Jr., as the next Director of Health and Human Services. I’ve noted before the rising of what appears to be the “MAHA Effect.” If nothing else happens, we are already witnessing a huge improvement, just from all the new attention sketchy processed-food ingredients are receiving.

They say politics is downstream from culture. Maybe the politicians just realized where the health culture is headed. Progress!

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