Nor do you become a $trn gadget company by pricing items past the purchase threshold ...
... esp. when the cost of living for a large portion of the consumer base has been stretched close to the breaking point even before those insane Trump-tariffs were crushing the economy and hiking every single prize.
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#kleptocracy & #corruption on full display:
Exclusive: #SpaceX, #ULA to clinch multibillion-dollar #Pentagon launch contract
#ElonMusk's SpaceX & United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a #US #SpaceForce rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars over the next several years to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive #satellites into #space, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the procurement decision.
#law #Trump #broligarchy #plutocracy #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-ula-expected-clinch-multibillion-dollar-contract-key-pentagon-launch-2025-04-04/
Hey brilliant GOPers always touting your Dear Leader, is this what you meant about #winning?
“Six weeks ago, we had the strongest economy, employment, and stock market in history … all gone in 30 days.”¨
as if agent orange and SissySpaceX are not grift-y and scammy enough, illegal immigrant melania is also looking to get her share of the pie
Always a worthwhile watch. Through a lifetime dedication of actions to help the people #berniesanders is one of the few politicians we can believe in. A message of #hope. #antifa #dei #congress #senate #education #autocracy #oligarchy #fascism #plurocracy #kleptocracy #ruleoflaw #doge #trump #musk
@TheComfortableSpotPodcast How much money do you think Nike will have to 'donate' to the GOP or Trump himself to get that tariff removed?
Because that's what this is - #kleptocracy
How Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs could kill American innovation
The U.S. has used tariffs to protect industry since 1789. That approach decimated American shipbuilding and could do the same to #CleanTech
Democrats stall #Stablecoin bill, citing Trump crypto ambitions
Democratic lawmakers want to add language to the bill that would restrict elected officials and high-level government employees from owning and profiting off stablecoin issuers.
#Recession Risk on the Rise as #TrumpTariffs Reverberate Globally
#Stocks in every sector & every #market tumble drastically, former #US #allies & adversaries alike plan #retaliatory measures.
Meanwhile #Trump plans to golf at his #luxury Florida resort w/ #SaudiArabia LIV tourney this weekend.
#economy #tariffs #inflation #trumpcession #plutocracy #oligarchy #kleptocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump/trump-tariffs-live-stocks-tumble-after-us-imposes-10-baseline-tariffs-2025-04-03/
Has there ever been a known case of a politician attempting Suicide by Mob?
‘One government official, speaking anonymously to The Financial Times, described the U.S. proposal as “robbery.” The British outlet The Times framed it as yet another attempt to “humiliate” Ukraine’s leadership…’
#darkUSA = #kleptocracy https://masto.ai/@meduza_en/114264885229484013
Slim Pickens: the odds of finding someone with any clue about the job they've been hoisted into.
too dumb for even #kleptocracy = #kakistocracy
#DOGE also announced drastic cuts at depts that provide critical #SocialServices including #VeteransAffairs [#VA], which administers #healthcare for #veterans, & the #SocialSecurity Administration, which sends out checks to #retired, #disabled & #widowed Americans [money Americans put into the #SSA out of their own paychecks].
#OPM …has laid off >200 of its own employees & allowed >400 to *opt in* to *voluntary* exit programs since #Trump took office…
…One of #Trump's first acts…was to create #DOGE, [supposedly] to root out waste, fraud & abuse, slash govt spending & purge the federal workforce of low-performing, *disloyal* & unnecessary workers.
…In practice,…DOGE has mostly pursued long-time #Republican #policy objectives, shuttering agencies such as #USAID & the #CFPB, which provide a lifeline to the world's needy & protect Americans from unscrupulous lenders respectively.
