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The Shit Administration (Episode 3)

From NBC:

Trump’s chief economist calls for lowering aggregate demand, increasing labor supply to address inflation

In an appearance on CNBC, Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said Trump would try to increase the supply of workers in the labor force by lowering businesses’ taxes to make it easier for them to hire.

“He wants inflation under control,” Hassett said. “To do that, you have to increase supply and reduce aggregate demand. So you got to cut spending and you got to increase supply.”

This is what economists call a recession. “Increase the supply of workers in the labor force” is where we lose jobs and wages get suppressed. “Reduce aggregate demand” is where we can’t afford to buy anything.

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The Shit Administration (Episode 2)

Scrolling down into this MSN report on Trump at today’s National Prayer Breakfast, Trump says this about the aircraft crash on January 29:

President Donald Trump, during the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning, referenced the tragedy that killed 67 people when a plane and helicopter collided, saying he was struck by the odds of such a thing happening and comparing it to two golf balls colliding in the air.

“The odds of that happening are extremely small,” he said. “It’s like, did you ever see, you go to a driving range in golf and you’re hitting balls, hundreds of balls, thousands of hours. I never see a ball hit another ball.”

Sure. Amazing metaphor Mr. President. So, what will happen if when we fix this system? (Emphasis added)

So we’re going to have the best system and, a lot of money, but it’s not that much money. And it’ll happen fast, and it’ll be done by total professionals. And when it’s done, you’re not going to have accidents. It’s just not they’re not they’re virtually not possible to have.

“Virtually not possible” to have air traffic accidents? What about the golf balls, Mr. President? I hope you’re not trading one tragedy for another.

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The Shit Administration (Episode 1)

Update: The Shit Administration decided to rescind the order described below on day 9. What does that mean? Does that mean there is a permanent decision so that research facilities can relax? lol. It does not. Chaos.

From AP News

“The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,” wrote Matthew Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The awful person who said this, Matther Vaeth, is in charge of every federal research grant. That’s not all that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) oversees, but the research grants alone affect the Dept of Labor (DOL), Dept of Defense (DOD), Dept of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) amongst other federal departments.

For the past few days, and extending to who knows when, the federal government stopped funding all this research and turned off the sites used by researchers. The government has given no notices or advisement to researchers, universities, and other research facilities. It’s a mess.

This is 12 8 days into the Trump administration, and it’s all set up to rid us of the scourge of DEI and transgenderism. Cancer research is stopping because there may be a black person involved.

12 days. 8! Days!

It’s also a perfect time to fuck around with research grants.

Oh, also: No more kings.

Update 01.28.25 5pm: Temporary block until Tuesday