USA Political Discussion Thread 2025

[marsvolta]

the chaos continues...

‘Never been done’: Why Republicans might approve a budget whose numbers don’t match up

really, i think they are just getting people ready for the worst. Trump has already decided what money gets spent on what anyways so... he can just make the figures up himself!

there you go.... parliamentarian? whats that?!

Senate GOP leaders vow to plow ahead with budget votes

“It’s not a ruling by the parliamentarian,“ Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), the No. 2 GOP leader, added. “The Budget chair gets to decide which baseline to use.”

there are no rules now. just tyranny.

 

[luvsdaty]

 

[Harmony-bc]

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He just looks so greasy lol

 

[luvsdaty]

 

[uncleg]

It would be nice to go somewhere hot without leaving Canada

Isn't that what your place is for ?

 

[Harmony-bc]

Isn't that what your place is for ?

Good point. My place is cosy with hot passion 😘

 

[masterblaster]

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kid rock such a loser, Pamela Anderson could only take him for 4 months of marriage.

 

[marsvolta]

just saw Maria Bartiromo claim the Trump tariffs were "genius" and time for consumers to get "weaned off of cheap China goods"!

i hope US consumers enjoy their $6 toothbrushes!

 

[uncleg]

just saw Maria Bartiromo claim the Trump tariffs were "genius" and time for consumers to get "weaned off of cheap China goods"!

i hope US consumers enjoy their $6 toothbrushes!

Me too...hate people with bad breath.

 

[apple9927]

The economy is in a freefall. Just scored 99% percent new CCM FT6 Pro Skates under 400 bucks OTD on ebay. Had 16 watchers at the time. Now is the time to buy stuff if you can get stuff off ebay and facebook. People are desperate to unload goods.

 

[PuntMeister]

Just…just…just…put your political preferences aside for a sec, and consider objectively that the tarrif “Liberation Day” cometh, what’s really will be the impact?

Meh, just another belch?

Oh shit—best move to gold RFN?

Crap, there goes my RRSP/401K valuation?

Woot! Buy the dip opportunity?

An artificial correction is among us. A real overvalued market correction was inevevitable anyway. So will THE SHIT plunge, spike, and inevitably plunge again?

….Regrettably, media has become largely irrelevant. But $ still talk.

 

[Mrmotorscooter]

 

[oldshark]

 

[JimDandy]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/business/elon-musk-tesla-sales-nightcap/index.html

Musk's empire is self destructing and I love it!!!!

Tesla stock is down 6% today alone. Musk has pissed off the left leaning people in North America and Europe, who were his primary customers for EVs.

And the far right are unlikely to begin buying EVs to replace leftie purchases .They don't generally give a damn about the environment. And do you think a Texan is going to give up his Ford F150 for one of those god ugly Tesla trucks LoL???

JD

 

[licks2nite]

Hunter Biden in drug rehab

 

[marsvolta]

Stellantis halts production at assembly plants in Canada, Mexico after Trump auto tariffs

This will also bring down some US production.

Time to retool Canadian auto to support BYD. Some of BYD's electric offerings are killing it anyways...

 

[marsvolta]

Treasury secretary: ‘My advice to every country right now is do not retaliate’

Bessent has been pretty well spot on in that whatever he communicates, people should do the opposite.

 

[overdone]

Stellantis halts production at assembly plants in Canada, Mexico after Trump auto tariffs

This will also bring down some US production.

Time to retool Canadian auto to support BYD. Some of BYD's electric offerings are killing it anyways...

yeah, let's get in bed with the Commies

that's the solution to a demented old man who won't be around in 4 yrs

not to mention reality

we'll never be able to produce the electricity to have electric cars for everyone

not that they are even practical

hybrids, have and are the answer for now, 75% less emissions, actual proven tech

but why go with common sense

China, yeah, fuck

 

[masterpoonhunter]

Buddy of mine who winters in Arizona told me they are running Teslas off the road down there, that the convicted felon rapist supporters are keeping really really quiet. Said a lot of the dRumpf Vance signs have disappeared. He's a builder and noted that building materials in the last 2 days just went up 20-25%. People are getting pissed, and this is a red leaning state.

Meanwhile my opinion only but given the US is no longer a reliable trading partner and will not be until the fuckheads in the administration are removed in one way or another, I am leaning towards Canada taking more or less an at war footing. Retool some of the auto industry into whatever makes sense in infrastructure and yeah I know its specialized and global etc etc. Definitely draw on Canada's deep expertise in nuclear tech to get on with building a couple of big ice breakers and get some nuc sub tech going. Deploy some SMR's into the remote areas. Hey, the Canadian Telsat was a pioneer in satellite communication, get going on that end of things, we've got lots of companies in the game. Kick out the nazi's starlink. Lumber? Hell we've got lots of it. Anything fucknuts is taxing, we keep and build ourselves or sell to countries that are friendly.

What a fucking shit show.

 

[marsvolta]

yeah, let's get in bed with the Commies

that's the solution to a demented old man who won't be around in 4 yrs

not to mention reality

we'll never be able to produce the electricity to have electric cars for everyone

not that they are even practical

hybrids, have and are the answer for now, 75% less emissions, actual proven tech

but why go with common sense

China, yeah, fuck

point taken. sure, hybrids are fine too...

i guess my point is just that we kick the US out. Toyota and Honda already produce auto products here... we just swap out any tariff loving US based auto for other international auto makers.

but i couldn't care less about buying stuff from "commies". and i totally dispute your claim that we wouldn't be able to generate enough electricity for cars for everyone. its fundamentally obvious that if everyone can have a hybrid, which essentially generates electricity from gas... then we can generate enough electricity for all automobiles! just that it wouldn't necessarily be "green" or carbon neutral electricity.