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poli-junkie

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38. Supremes gave him an out.

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:07 PM

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Just like TSF 1.0, tariffs were ruinous but he got rid of them after agreements with Canada etc. Then during TSF 2.0, his hubris didn’t allow him to concede that, yes indeed, tariffs don’t work. So the Supremes helped him out by getting rid of the politically damaging tariffs.

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Once upon a time your post message would have been wnylib Yesterday #9

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How long before the strings are finally cut? BattleRow 19 hrs ago #73

If he's worried about the loss of income to the treasury, why not tax ketchup and all crypto currency transactions? jls4561 Yesterday #2

My suggestion is Tax the filthy Rich like himself... Justice matters. Yesterday #56

INCOMING KETCHUP-TAKE COVER!!!!! Just_Vote_Dem Yesterday #3

F this mess underpants Yesterday #32

Ha! Floyd R. Turbo Yesterday #43

Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #4

I'm pleasantly surprised that SCOTUS did the right thing. Nt spooky3 Yesterday #16

I was surprised that the didn't just Bettie Yesterday #19

Check out #32! Just_Vote_Dem Yesterday #59

I'm hoping he'll suffer a CVA. sop Yesterday #5

Or a heart attack Grim Chieftain Yesterday #27

Darth Cheney did Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #30

Well, there is that... Grim Chieftain Yesterday #31

I'm taping the press conference whenever it happens... OGBuzz Yesterday #37

I hope he isn't too upset. An old guy like that shouldn't get stressed out. Ocelot II Yesterday #6

Yessssss! Hey Joe Yesterday #24

The Supreme's will be sitting directly in front of him maybe 10 feet away. OGBuzz Yesterday #39

Folks in the audience... ultralite001 Yesterday #47

Someone suggested... ultralite001 Yesterday #54

That's right BonnieJW Yesterday #46

A Howard Beale moment! BattleRow 19 hrs ago #74

Has there ever been a criminal who didn't say something derisive about the court? EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #7

Prime Example of: popsdenver Yesterday #58

oh please!!! have a heart attack already! mountain grammy Yesterday #8

TFG is the most absolute waste of oxygen I have ever witnessed UpInArms Yesterday #10

Aw, that's too bad. Poor baby. The idiot, who thinks he's a genius, listened to Navarro, another idiot. surfered Yesterday #11

Poor baby... sop Yesterday #12

A stupider idiot. 2naSalit Yesterday #13

Happy Schadenfreude Day! Ping Tung Yesterday #14

TSF, today: Wednesdays Yesterday #18

dump lost his binkie MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #15

Please o please let him blow up for real Easterncedar Yesterday #17

I wanna see pieces -- hundreds and thousands of blubbery chunks of that shitbag Blue Owl Yesterday #53

They are attempting to save Trump and Repubs in the midterms. kentuck Yesterday #20

Yep. dalton99a Yesterday #22

Unfortunately, the damage to long-term trade with our trading partners has been done. OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #28

Good point with Alito and Thomas being themselves and Kavanaugh saying "I'm still cool! underpants Yesterday #34

Didn't he promise to shoot himself in the middle of Fifth Avenue? struggle4progress Yesterday #21

Just wait for the presser at 12.45 malaise Yesterday #23

But it's the perfect excuse when the stock market crashes and crypto implodes: Auggie Yesterday #25

Spoken like a TRUE felon Tim S Yesterday #26

How soon before tRump orders Pam Bondi to arrest the SCOTUS members Sibelius Fan Yesterday #29

I think we should all get on truth social and tell him to have Pam Bondi arrest the Supreme Court members that BComplex Yesterday #64

#hidetheketchup is trending LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #33

The sector tariffs on Canada are still in place Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #35

Yeah, it doesn't affect us a lot but I have to confess it still put a big smile on my face. Bev54 20 hrs ago #72

Trump said "It would be a complete mess" but whose mess is it, Trump? Towlie Yesterday #36

"It would take many years to figure out ... who, when, and where, to pay" Seinan Sensei Yesterday #66

Supremes gave him an out. poli-junkie Yesterday #38

So Kagan,Jackson and Sotomayor were trying to help Trump out? onenote Yesterday #69

Good. I hope he has a stroke. GoodRaisin Yesterday #40

Hope he "blows up real good" usonian Yesterday #42

How I wish this was a literal headline lame54 Yesterday #44

So... Bascially, the scotus dithered quakerboy Yesterday #45

Lapdog Abstractartist Yesterday #48

The only vote that surprises me... biocube Yesterday #49

the ketchup be flying! lol nt Javaman Yesterday #50

now lets follow the money, where did all that tariff money go to? hmmmm? nt Javaman Yesterday #51

And the diapers are a-overflowin' C_U_L8R Yesterday #52

Oh nuts. For a moment I assumed spontaneous human combustion Raven123 Yesterday #55

tariffs bromeando Yesterday #57

K&R for, waiting for the State of the Union/Tuesday! UTUSN Yesterday #60

Leadership-by-tantrum is his only move Torchlight Yesterday #61

Come on, natural causes! Iggo Yesterday #62

Paging Susie Wiles. . .Paging Susie Wiles. . . DinahMoeHum Yesterday #65

Going down now.... Clouds Passing Yesterday #67

Yeah well good! mountain grammy Yesterday #68

Well he shouldn't have raised our taxes. Emile Yesterday #70

he must have seen this because he was extra pissed at cnn Kali Yesterday #71

This is the Separation of Powers Under the Constitution of the United States exactly as the founding fathers envisioned Shermann 5 hrs ago #75

The argument for Trump's tariffs was so over the top thought crime 1 hr ago #76