Joe Ferguson forever

cool, you agree. so do you believe tariffs will help, hurt or be neutral? Yes, we need to live within our means both individually and as a nation. I'm actually a fan of living below means. To do this on an individual level, we need to cut back or stop debt spending. Increasing income is the other unlikely alternative. For the nation, cutting spending is necessary but on an analytical and controlled basis. It needn't and shouldn't be done overnight. give people and the economy a chance to adjust. Revenue can be increased by increasing taxes on the top earners. They pay the vast majority of taxes already but also get the most economic and political benefit.

Josh Allen is too smart to take on a job that he is unqualified for. He's one of the best in the world at his current job. Why would he change? Hegseth has never been the best in the world at anything including the job of disinformation presenter on Faux news. I can see why he wants a job he's unqualified for but not why anyone would want him. Unless the person hiring wanted a yes man... send her this article https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/contributor-can-hegseth-ever-regain-the-trust-of-the-troops/ar-AA1BNSbh That’s Hegseth’s predicament. He clearly cares about troops. He clearly made a mistake. But now he’s a part of U.S. military leadership, and the onus is on him to show integrity and accountability he's so recently demanded. If he does not handle his next steps well, then the leader who argued the loudest about removing double standards from the Pentagon will set a dangerous double standard. Because everyone knows that any “normal dude” who did what Hegseth did would face immediate consequences. In fact, Hegseth’s subordinates launched an investigation on March 21 that promised if anyone is found “responsible for an unauthorized disclosure,” then the individual “will be referred to the appropriate criminal law enforcement entity for criminal prosecution.” Hegseth himself said in 2016, discussing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server: “Any security professional — military, government or otherwise — would be fired on the spot for this type of conduct and criminally prosecuted for being so reckless with this kind of information.” Yet the attorney general said on Thursday that there is not likely to be an investigation into the administration's breach of security protocols.

Ironic but unsurprising that the leader of the party that constantly cites the constitution is open to attacking it at the foundation. This won't be the only instance if his supporters continue.

We live in a global economy. We can't survive as an island. No one outside the US is going to buy American manufactured goods after our competitors apply tariffs to goods hat are already relatively expensive due to expensive labor. The US market alone is not big enough to sustain, much less grow, many businesses.

As I said, it's about labor costs. That issue will not change with tariffs. Prices will go up however. investments will go down or at least growth will slow. And some small and large biz will go belly up. Will we come out better off overall? Will unskilled jobs increase and compensation for them increase? I don't see how nor do many economists but trump seems confident. I don't find that the least bit reassuring. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/04/01/donald-trump-trade-war-already-backfiring-corporate-america/ But Trump’s hope of a low-skilled jobs boom is doomed. Johnson has already tried hard to manufacture his goods in America. “I would love to have my product made in the USA. That would be really great to have on my website,” says Johnson. “So I’ve tried a lot of places. All the way from an individual guy where he made things in his shed at the back to several larger companies. I once flew to Wisconsin to meet with a company there. But mostly they just can’t deliver. “I cannot get my product in America in the quantities that I want to sell it. I’ve tried numerous places, they’re extremely slow. I would just be out of stock constantly.” The fundamental problem is the high cost of labour in America. US factories will have five or six employees on the factory floor, says Johnson. In Asia, there will be 100, plus another 30 in an office answering emails. Just one tidbit from the article. the remainder is equally depressing.

Glad to see bipartisan agreement here. 14 to 2! I'm very surprised. 2 people on the board want an American king, however.

barbaric and uncivilized. no place for it.

nope. the transition began on election day.

The debate was in June 2024. This was 2 years earlier. His admin hid his frailty. At the debate, a confident arms length diagnosis of Parkinson's can be made. Parkinson's often presents and advances without cognitive involvement. That is much more difficult to ascertain at arms length. Either way, he was too ill to run again and should have stepped aside long before he did.

Biden was not a good president. Whatever good he did was more than erased by his insistence on running despite serious medical issues. His legacy will be that of letting a tyrant back in the white house. but here's the difference: When progressives saw him in that debate, we jettisoned him. trump has had more than his share of issues which should disqualify him from consideration by his own party. Jan 6 was more than enough. But you "patriots" still think he's fantastic. Jettison him? Nah, let's buy his coins and hats and sneakers and bow at his every whim...

When they tell you who they are, believe them. But 9 to 1 agaiinst a 3rd term on this maga heavy board must mean something.

Yes. And quantum leaps better than the wannabe orange king. We disagree again. But if you were to run along I wouldn’t complain

Yeah, pretending that as president you’re going to upend the constitution is hilarious. He’s an #######. A huge narcissist with an unending lust for admiration. A 3 rd term run is definitely within his personality profile. But I love the thought of Obama running against him.

on the bright side, it's 5 to 1 against here. I hope that's representative of both sides but I doubt it.

you better stay away from aspirin. https://www.drugs.com/sfx/aspirin-side-effects.html over 30 years and thousands of patients for me. people like Fauci, much more.....

the switcheroo is definitely in play: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-hints-at-a-third-term-in-nbc-news-interview-what-the-22nd-amendment-says-about-it/ar-AA1C0wqm. If it came to this, would a majority in congress agree? If so, we're f'ed. definitely time to move elsewhere. Personally, I think the coming recession will embitter even uninvested maga's. prices are going way up unless he changes his tariff strategy. Theoretical and actual inflation are different especially for those living paycheck to paycheck. and yes, putinism is winning or at least unfettered capitalism is losing. when 50% of the citizens hold less than 10% of the wealth, something's gotta give...

there has been only one instance where a constitutional amendment has been overturned: prohibition. trump maybe like liquor to some maga's but it ain't gonna happen. So how does he do it? Stop elections altogether?

trump reiterated that he is seriously considering a 3rd term. He says sees several paths to it. Some must include changes to the 22nd amendment or ignoring it. Do you support his efforts? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-third-term-white-house-methods-rcna198752

you're so slow it hurts to read your thoughts. At the same time, it's kind of entertaining and reassuring...

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-million-dollar-giveaway-cdea66e0dcbaa53dd183e1d10bee2b35 Given my market losses, $1 million would be very tempting. kind of like trump offering $1 mil to sleep with you married daughter. That would be a solid "no".

I'm not going to bother finding a reference to prove you wrong because you'll stubbornly and stupidly reject it.. I lived it. Our ICU was about 80/20 unvaxed to vaxed throughout the pandemic. that doesn't include the ones who died before getting to the ICU. Thank God for evolution. Hopefully you were born sterile. probably because you went doctor shopping for someone who agrees with you. Even in medicine, some stupid people make it through. My class had a couple.

I convinced zero patients who were initially against vaccination to change their mind. that said, all of the docs, nurses, manager, staff in my clinic were immunized. Smart folks. You can't fix stupid.

the hospital interviewed 10 nurses, 6 of whom had varied tumors. Some were benign. Yes, they say it's not environmental but they don't know for sure. I remember an investigation into a cluster of unusual infections in a specific clinic. Couldn't find the cause for a long time but eventually found a contaminated stopper on a lidocaine bottle that needles were inserted into to draw up the med. Sometimes it takes a while. But given that there were various tumors both benign and malignant in this group, there is likely no common agent causing all of them. there have been 16 studies showing no correlation between vaccines and autism. the one that did show it was retracted https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evidence-on-vaccines-and-autism

What you are illustrating is our success in battling vaccine preventable illnesses due to new vaccines. This is a good thing. There is no link between vaccines and autism. This has been disproven repeatedly. Parents need someone to blame. children’s health defense’ ceo is a lawyer. She links to rfk jr. wonder if she works with him suing pharmaceutical companies. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/about-us/our-team/

and it looks like there were only 6 nurses. maga!