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April 22, 2025
Tryin' Times - Roberta Flack
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April 20, 2025
Beethoven Sonata no.5 op.24 "Spring" - 2nd Movement
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April 20, 2025
Mofro - Cracka Break
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April 19, 2025
Former President Bill Clinton's Full Speech - Oklahoma City Bombing 30 Years Later
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April 13, 2025
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul - Hank Williams Sr.
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April 13, 2025
Beethoven String Quartet in F op 59 No 1 'Razumovsky' 3rd Movement
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April 10, 2025
Dr. Strangelove: Fluoridation
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April 10, 2025
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"How is this not market manipulation?": Furious Dem Asks Trump Trade Rep 'WTF' as Tariffs Get Pulled
Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford grilled trade representative Jamieson Greer on President Donald Trumps abrupt tariff pause during a committee hearing Wednesday, asking How is this not market manipulation?
Tariffs are a tool, they can be used in the appropriate way to protect U.S. jobs and small businesses, but thats not what this does, Horsford said of Trumps strategy which Greer tried to defend. So if its not market manipulation, what is it? Whos benefiting? What billionaire just got richer? The Democratic representative proceeded to spotlight how Republicans all left the hearing because they dont even wanna defend this.
Meanwhile, the speaker [Mike Johnson] is rushing to the floor to pass a budget reconciliation to screw America by passing the biggest tax cut in history on the backs of the American people, Horsford added. WTF! Whos in charge? Because it sure doesnt look like its the trade representativeyou just got the rug pulled out from under you.
Sen. Adam Schiff also took a jab at Trump on social media, criticizing the president for creating giant market fluctuations with his on-again, off-again tariffs These constant gyrations in policy provide dangerous opportunities for insider trading, the California senator continued. Who in the administration knew about Trumps latest tariff flip flop ahead of time? Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the publics expense? Im writing to the White Housethe public has a right to know, he concluded.
More at https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-steven-horsford-grills-jamieson-greer-on-trump-tariffs-pull/
Tariffs are a tool, they can be used in the appropriate way to protect U.S. jobs and small businesses, but thats not what this does, Horsford said of Trumps strategy which Greer tried to defend. So if its not market manipulation, what is it? Whos benefiting? What billionaire just got richer? The Democratic representative proceeded to spotlight how Republicans all left the hearing because they dont even wanna defend this.
Meanwhile, the speaker [Mike Johnson] is rushing to the floor to pass a budget reconciliation to screw America by passing the biggest tax cut in history on the backs of the American people, Horsford added. WTF! Whos in charge? Because it sure doesnt look like its the trade representativeyou just got the rug pulled out from under you.
Sen. Adam Schiff also took a jab at Trump on social media, criticizing the president for creating giant market fluctuations with his on-again, off-again tariffs These constant gyrations in policy provide dangerous opportunities for insider trading, the California senator continued. Who in the administration knew about Trumps latest tariff flip flop ahead of time? Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the publics expense? Im writing to the White Housethe public has a right to know, he concluded.
More at https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-steven-horsford-grills-jamieson-greer-on-trump-tariffs-pull/
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April 4, 2025
45 percent of our imports are inputs into American manufacturing
A fun fact from Jared Bernstein just now on MSNBC. The context was Trump tried to use tariffs to grow American manufacturing in his first term and left the sector worse off as a result.
April 3, 2025
"They send us wine and cheese and Mercedes; that's not rape and pillaging. We send them paper in response to that."
Steve Liesman dunking on MAGA Joe Kernan this morning. The comment is at the end of the clip:
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