the tariffs that, again, the courts already ruled were unconstitutional. Trump doesn't have the authority to levy taxes/tariffs. And yet, he keeps ordering tariffs around for bullshit national security reasons.
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I cannot understand why Trump just says "Do these things that break the law" and everyone just fucking does it.
I was actually shocked that he didn't just coerce everyone into halting birthright citizenship
I mean, didnt he? He just put out an executive order to attack birthright citizenship immediately after and in response to the supreme court upholding that its a constitutional right. He doesnt give af what courts say, or the law says.
Because all the pedo-enablers are currently in power because they entertain the pedo president, specifically. Hence they do whatever he says because that's how they stay in power. You can see from some recent movement in the Reps that they do know they need to offboard at the right moment, and they're starting to prepare for that, but right now it's how they stay in power.
And, it adds that since Trump is constantly extracting the money of american taxpayers for his personal wealth via the control the presidency gives him, this system enables Republicans to largely get away with the same thing, hence they probably not only gain power but also massive wealth from it.
The POTUS has no power to levy taxes without an act of congress.
There are a bunch of acts of.congress that give discretionary power to the POTUS for certain specific taxes in response to certain international actions.
Here's a plausible sounding website found from a quick web search.
https://legalunitedstates.com/can-trump-still-impose-tariffs/
A national security threat created by Republicans decades ago by ~~allowing~~ encouraging the export of American jobs to foreign countries in order for corporations to take the lazy path towards improving profits via slave labor freely available in other countries.
The entire GOP establishment and their corporate benefactors sold out our futures for a quick and easy profit. They should be held criminally responsible for destroying this country for their own gain.
I doubt they will ever be held criminally responsible, but perhaps you could hold them gravitationally responsible? Maybe by dropping them off a building?
There's a particular trumpet sound that describes this situation perfectly
Here comes the brass tax.
We finally got down to it.
The move is part of the Trump administration’s broader tariff strategy, which it says will encourage people to buy American-made goods and attract investment from foreign companies.
So...isn't this just an admission that it really has nothing to do with national security?
Well Trump wouldn't need to do that if those crazy terrorist libtards would stop chasing him with them.
Article on this from Reason Magazine, the only major-ish outlet that's reported on this so far. In fact, it looks like they originated this story: https://reason.com/2026/08/05/trumps-newest-tariffs-could-protect-america-from-the-national-security-risk-of-brass-instruments/
On the plus side, RFK Jr said eating aluminium foil is perfectly healthy. He even offered to teach some abdominal exercises that can help roll the foil around the roadkill in your gut, to help keep it unfresh between digestion cycles, which are totally a thing, too.
Wtf am I reading??
He Used Italian marble in the bathroom renovations at the White House.
This is all nonsense.
All of the rules and laws he wants apparently have no jurisdiction on him. Just like hiring undocumented immigrants in his businesses
Old man yells at cloud.
Or at this point, old man yells at anything to distract you from the epstein files.
thank mr skeletal 🎺
can you blame him?
it is his dooty
It's not every day that ClassicFM gets to report on issues of national security.
leaving the US with less domestic production
You’re about 40 years late on that one. I know MAGA is just rich people living out their “what the Gipper should’ve done!” fantasy, but you can’t just try and pick up where he left off.
Someone tell the Evangelical Nutters that Trump is trying to prevent the Apocalypse by stealing all the ~~firstborns~~ trumpets.
Ska bands are now under constant watch.
Brass Against the Machine
Brass Against is a rock+brass band that started doing covers of Rage Against The Machine, they also cover other rock and metal acts. Pretty cool.
Yeah, I thought of them, wasn't sure about the name. Shortened like this it could also be a reference to Rise Against.
The revolution will have the most epic marches.
I couldn't help but think about Severance's season 2 finale
Anything to make you forget he's a sex offender pedophile drug addict with a hole in the top of his mouth
He's paranoid someone will hide a gun in one. He's lived most of his adult life afraid and the older he gets, the more afraid he is. It's the same reason he eats fast food. He thinks it would be harder to poison him that way.
The table is set for the long-awaited sequel to Brassed Off
A group of national security problems declares yet another thing as a national security threat.
Trump watched Eagle Eye and thinks Zuckerberg is going to try to assassinate him with a brass band.
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You can not make this up. The next person stating that this or that plot line or twist does not make sense needs to stop for a moment, take a deep breath and have a sip of water.
I am waiting for a real life deus ex machina moment next.
trump does something stupid film at 11.
Does Trump have any brass instrument investments? This feels like an episode of The Goon Show... (In "Lurgi Strikes Britain", the fictional Lurgi/Lurgy illness is used to boost sales of brass band instruments, which supposedly protect against the disease.)
John Paulson, a major Trump supporter, has an investment firm that owns musical instrument manufacturer Conn-Selmer. Probably just mere coincidence.
Which makes little sense because Conn-Selmer doesn’t just manufacture brass instruments and saxophones, they also exclusively import a lot of the European and Asian “alternatives” (i.e. illusions of choice). The Selmer (not Selmer (USA)) part of Conn-Selmer are made in France and like half of the other brands are Chinese or Japanese.
I mean, regardless of what happens, Conn-Selmer has a practical monopoly, but even though Conn-Selmer does manufacture in the US, they probably still rely on importing metals, right?
Entirely un-oniony article
Watch trump putting ICE agents in the polling booths, just as Mussolini used to do
Goldfinger have been real silent since this dropped
First they came for immigrants...
French horns need to be the first to go folks.
Pretty sure you mean Freedom Horns, good sir or ma’am.
Mmm what about gym equipment?
What about it? The country is in the vast middle of an obesity epidemic.
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