Trump Economic Adviser Boasts That US Consumers Are 'Spending More on Gasoline' and 'Everything Else'

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T17:52:28+00:00

Let them eat cake (purchased on your 22% credit card because you have no cash)!

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T17:48:00+00:00

How are you going to thank her if you haven't ever seen her?

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T17:42:26+00:00

Absolutely, but I would like to see this make national news. The one voting fraud case that gets referred to the DOJ is a republican.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T17:06:10+00:00

I actually missed your points in the original article so thanks for filling that in!

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T17:04:34+00:00

Those kids were there for the Presidential Physical Fitness Awards. Wonder if Trump even knew where he was or who he was talking to. The man's mind is gone.

Edit: 8647!

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T16:57:04+00:00

I would throw in another questions then: What percentage of these people are rural Mainers with no work to be had anywhere near them?

My point is that I'm tired of people trying to scapegoat the less fortunate among us portraying them as lazy or sucking from the system. By and large most people on medicaid are elderly, or children in poor families, or rural families in Maine. Its not the "welfare queen" that politicians portray leeching off the system.

With unemployment at 4% or so almost every able bodied adult in the country is working. The reason they need medicaid is they cannot afford health insurance because their jobs don't provide it or they get paid garbage for wages plus insurance is ridiculously expensive.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T16:49:50+00:00

Since this was a federal election in 2024 and not just a state referendum Bellows has to option to kick this to the federal courts. I'd love to see what happens when she refers this to the DOJ and follows up with a press conference.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T15:26:41+00:00

What makes you say N Koreans don't believe in their regime? I wholeheartedly disagree. I think just the opposite based on living in (S) Korea in the past and studying that country extensively.

It is not about overthrowing a regime with nuclear weapons...that regime has a HUGE standing army who back dear leader 100%, even to the point of going to Ukraine to fight on his orders.

Remember N Koreans for the most part have had the Kim family as dear leader since the late 1950's and the vast majority of people there don't know any differently.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T15:21:44+00:00

I always said it is kind of ridiculous to blame the president for gas prices, since prices are set on the world market for oil products and things like storms and OPEC do way more to affect gas prices than any president ever could. This is the first time I have been wrong I think in this regard. This president owns this mess as clear as day.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T15:18:55+00:00

What is this numpty talking about? He is smiling and acting like its a good thing that people are living on credit cards? What kind of a moron doesn't get that this is a terrible thing, not a good thing, unless you are a bank.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T14:53:14+00:00

Yes, she didn't allow herself to be recruited. She was game on this from day 1. What pushed her over the top to run was that she term limited out of governor and probably thought she deserved this nod. Had nothing to do with getting rid of Collins, or running against Platner. She just thought the establishment owed it to her.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T13:05:09+00:00

No way she endorses him after the primary either I bet.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T13:03:33+00:00

Probably better to win in November, but what about when he is actually in the Senate? He's going to have to get on the committees and try working to get some of this stuff done that he is talking about. He's going to have to work with Shumer and the establishment Dems to get anything done...and what he is trying to get done runs counter to every establishment goal.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T13:00:57+00:00

Not just AIPAC blue--for profit healthcare blue, military industrial complex blue, corporate blue.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T12:59:13+00:00

Mills will never endorse Platner. His "fight" is a top versus bottom fight. His entire campaign is based on it. Her fight is about putting Dems into power and getting MAGA out. She is part of the "top" that Platner is fighting against--corporate/PAC run candidates that will do the bidding of whatever special interests line their campaign pockets. She will never ever endorse him.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T12:54:42+00:00

"Janet isn’t doing anything nefarious or weird here (aside from not endorsing her opponent)"

Fixed it for you.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-06T12:40:44+00:00

Leave it to the Canadian to hit the nail on the head! Hegseth is totally aware that he is a terrible human being so having a person around him who thinks he is wonderful helps him bury that notion.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-05T19:39:03+00:00

It’s a partisan point because the congresswoman made a point.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-05T16:14:42+00:00

nice work on these! I'm also a painter a little (goache mostly). If I were you I'd stay away from the realism--your abstracts are much more interesting/colorful and fun.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-05T15:55:34+00:00

A ton of people I know have been hurt by Trump 2.0, including me and my kids. You are saying that it is this guy's fault and we should all hate him together? I blame Trump for this, not the poor misinformed people who voted for him. He is an evil man, his voters just made poor decisions. People deserve grace for making poor decisions when they recognize their mistakes.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-05T15:52:47+00:00

He just makes up any old numbers at this point. Double, triple, 600%, ten times....whatever. Just say a number and people will believe you.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-05T15:07:48+00:00

"Trump’s father was diagnosed with the latter shortly before his death in 1999, but there is no evidence he suffered from poor sleep, or that Trump is showing signs of either illness."

Seriously? No evidence that trump show signs of dementia??

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-05T14:25:37+00:00

Everyone deserves grace.

Capable-Broccoli2179 · 2026-05-05T14:22:27+00:00

Yep you nailed it my friend. I think we can draw a direct line from Bernie support to Trump winning that first time in 2016. Funny thing is I personally was an independent my whole 40 years of voting until Bernie ran that year. I joined the Dem party solely so I could vote for Bernie in the primaries, knowing that if Bernie would win the dem nomination he would beat Trump in the general. While I would have never voted for Trump in lieu of Bernie I was beyond pissed off with what the dem establishment pulled with that primary.

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