@AmericanFreedom Chair | @UChiPolitics Board of Advisors | Partner at Advance Strategies | Former COS @Mike_Pence, Director of Leg Affairs for President Trump
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Our founders never intended for the executive branch to have unilateral authority to tax Americans without Congressional support. This is a good victory for taxpayers.
BREAKING: A federal appeals court has ruled that most of President Trump's sweeping global tariffs are unlawful, potentially dealing a significant blow to the president's effort to reshape the country's trade policy unilaterally.
Read more: abcnews.link/s14lOsK
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Good to hear from you Peter. Glad you’re out of jail.
Brother Mike,
You need to stop being led around by the nose by Marc Short, whose "advice" destroyed your career.
This is just a stupid way to sell books.
Mike Pence Breaks Silence on Presidential Campaign, Hits Out at Tariffs newsweek.com/mike-pence-crit…
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You mean you would have hidden in fear rather than do your job?
Elise Stefanik tells @kaitlancollins she would not have done what former Vice President Mike Pence did on January 6, when he certified the results of the 2020 election.
Community note
According to AP, the woman in the photo is Ohio Rep. Kaptur (D).
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Tariffs aren’t paid by Americans and won’t increase prices but lowering tariffs decreases food prices.
Breaking: President Trump is lowering tariffs on more than a hundred food items, a major rollback that modifies the reciprocal levies he imposed on almost every trading partner on.wsj.com/3LEGb1M
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Why do we need rebates if foreign nations are paying the tariffs ? And how bout Congress exercises its constitutional authority and eliminates tariff tax rather than trying to be central planners redistributing $. ?
Hawley drops new bill providing $600 per person tariff rebate checks hawley.senate.gov/wp-content…
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Quite the contrast watching Ivy League defend terrorists while @SEC schools stand with America. 🇺🇸
@UF | @UofAlabama | @OleMiss
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The idea that tariffs are a “tax cut” is nonsense.
Tariffs are essentially a tax on American consumers and businesses—plain and simple. Importers pay them upfront and those costs get passed down to you.
This is Econ 101.
Leavitt: Tariffs are a tax hike on foreign countries…Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.
Reporter: Have you ever paid a tariff? …They get charged on the importers.
Leavitt: I think it’s insulting that you are trying to test my knowledge of economics.
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Congress passed the law. The Supreme Court upheld it 9–0. If ByteDance doesn’t divest, TikTok must be banned. Failing to act is a gift to the CCP.
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Tariffs aren’t a conservative idea — they’re an old protectionist Democrat policy the president has adopted. To say America becomes a “third world country” without them ignores 249 years of history. IEPA was never meant to let presidents slap tariffs on anyone they want. That power belongs to Congress.
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This election we abandoned our position on life, abandoned our position on marriage, abandoned our position in support of free markets and free trade, abandoned our national security positions, and now we’re the biggest defenders of government run healthcare.
If we’re unsuccessful on Tuesday, it’s time for a serious reckoning within our party.
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VP Pence on what we’ve seen in our party:
🔴 Walking away from a commitment to free market economics
🔴 Embracing broad based tariffs — which are taxes — against friend and foe alike
🔴 Promoting an administration that embraces the state ownership of business.
🔴 Members of Congress promoting price controls
What a time for MIKE PENCE to announce book on "rediscovering" what conservatism means
He's sounding off. Pence told me Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, RFK are part of movements “contrary” to conservatism, and critiqued Heritage
Our convo in The Movement: thehill.com/newsletters/the-…
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.@NikkiHaley does a great job setting the record straight on Tulsi Gabbard’s sympathetic ties to terrorist regimes and her criticism of the Trump Administration’s bold actions against Iran and Qasem Soleimani.
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The United States should have no business importing oil from Russia. What the Biden Administration should do is allow America to become energy independent like it was during the Trump-Pence Administration.
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People underestimate @Kash_Patel because he was one of the first ones out there highlighting the Steele dossier and saying how false the discussion was about a “Russia hoax.” He doesn’t get ENOUGH credit for that to this day.
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10 percent ownership of Intel is a terrible idea.
Friedrich Hayek warned a long time ago about “the fatal conceit” of central planners, and we’ve learned time and again that the market allocates resources most efficiently.
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When the New Right starts sounding like the old Left, it’s time to call it out.
Attacking capitalism, embracing Warren-style corporate crackdowns, and calling for protectionist trade policies won’t make America stronger—it’ll make us poorer and less free.
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The President’s current economic strategies:
⚪️Price controls
⚪️Worldwide tariffs
⚪️State-owned enterprises
⚪️Instructing the DOJ to go after meatpackers
President Trump’s own economic advisors say we’re entering a recession. It’s time to replace his economic team and start over.
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The Liberation Day tariffs are a self-inflicted wound. Trump’s first-term trade policy was targeted—this is a global trade war. It risks recession, fuels inflation, and pushes key allies toward China. A disaster economically and for national security.
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I wouldn’t underestimate @PeteHegseth. He served 20 years in the U.S. military and was awarded the Bronze Star twice in Iraq and Afghanistan. I got to know Pete when he was running @ConcernedVets.
This is a welcome change for a lot of people who want to see change at the Pentagon.
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Is there no irony that the guy who has served in public office for more than 50 years is calling for term limits on the Supreme Court?
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We must stop relying on our enemies in Venezuela and Iran and start unleashing American Energy.
Check out the new ad from @AmericanFreedom: piped.video/watch?v=QvIO-83C…
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Biden’s record spending will only add fuel to the inflation fire
More in the @WashTimes: washingtontimes.com/news/202…
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Pence: There's no room in GOP for "apologists for Putin" | @axios axios.com/pence-theres-no-ro…
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WSJ confirms: Kamala Harris following through with her promise to let the Trump/Pence tax cuts expire would mean a tax increase for 62% of households. wsj.com/politics/policy/kama…
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There are many in the Republican Party today that would prefer the notion of marveling at the cleanliness of Moscow Grocery stores as opposed to actually standing firm with our allies.
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All U.S. adults now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine, meeting Biden's April 19 deadline axios.com/covid-vaccine-elig…
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In an era of political violence, it’s astonishing that not one national Democrat has called for Jay Jones to step aside after encouraging assassination of a political opponent and his family.
There’s a lot of pearl clutching about sombrero tweets, but not one national Democrat can call for their AG nominee in Virginia to step aside.
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There isn’t a free-market champion in this race. The Republican party has shifted away and become a far more populist party, abandoning many of the free-market principles they once held dear.
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Tariffs are taxes on American importers, not foreign nations. Consumer sentiment is tanking, housing numbers are bad, and shipments are down. The idea that tariffs bring in “billions and billions” is false—and the economic pain is just beginning.
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Israel is surrounded by enemies who want them eradicated - they’re also some of our closest and most important allies.
No partisan political consideration should stand in our way of supporting them.
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Medicaid’s grown from 50M to nearly 80M people in just 10 years—that’s unsustainable. Republicans aren’t cutting care; we’re saying able-bodied adults should work. Most Americans agree, and that’s the message we need to lead with.
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It’s a tragedy that pro-lifers don’t have a true standard bearer in either party.
And regardless of what media defenders say, Kamala Harris has consistently voted against any protections for the unborn from conception through birth, including after babies feel pain.
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Even the administration’s top advisors have admitted that we’re entering a recession.
Republicans must return to the conservative trade principles that promote growth and prosperity.
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I think the Trump admin likely welcomed Van Hollen meeting with Abrego Garcia. It highlights where Democrats are—embracing someone who came here illegally, was a wife-beater, and was deported after multiple adjudications. Politically, it plays well for Republicans. Meanwhile, Dems are also fighting to send more taxpayer money to Harvard, which already has a $53B endowment and is failing Jewish students.
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Many think Trump’s trade agenda mirrors his first term – but it’s dramatically different. The scope of his proposed tariffs dwarfs that of his first four years. Narrowly targeted tariffs implemented for national security purposes proved conducive to economic growth in Trump’s first term, but this new indiscriminate tariff policy will harm American consumers.
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New tariffs just kicked in—up to 50% on allies like India, 39% on Switzerland, 100% on computer chips.
Hiring is stalling. Inflation’s creeping up. The economy’s slowing.
Conservatives shouldn’t cheer economic self-sabotage.
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This was always the case.
The Constitution gives Congress—not the executive—the power to tax. Tariffs are taxes, and that authority belongs to Congress.
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The White House has taken a ‘creative’ approach to trade policy, operating as if the President can declare a national emergency under flimsy rationale and seize Congress’s constitutionally delegated power to enact tariffs.
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Article 1 Section 8 : The CONGRESS shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, IMPOSTS, and excises…,
If Congress supports taxing the American people through tariffs they should vote on it
Mike Johnson on the tariffs case before SCOTUS: "I'm cheering for the president that the executive will win on this. Now, I say that as a jealous guardian of the legislative branch of government, Article 1."
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Tax cuts and deregulation under the Trump-Pence admin spurred U.S. economic growth and left American taxpayers, workers, and families better off.
The Republican Party, the conservative movement and the American people would be better served by returning to tested pro-growth policies. wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump…
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The Republican party has increasingly embraced populism as they've walked away from trusted conservative, free-market principles. The party still needs those core conservative values today and beyond. semafor.com/article/09/26/20…
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The best way to "save" TikTok would be to encourage it to divest to American investors. Our intelligence communities have confirmed it’s Chinese spyware and certainly would not be “tough on China” to allow them to continue to gather data on our younger generations.
News — Trump is meeting with TikTok CEO Shou Chew at his Mar-a-Lago Club today, I'm told. That comes hours after the president-elect suggested he might reverse course on the impending ban on the app in the US, as TikTok is now asking the Supreme Court to step in.
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When Republicans talk like Democrats, pandering labor union bosses, they are turning their backs on hard working Americans whose wages rose with the historic Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017.
👀 At @NatConTalk conference, @HawleyMO puts corp tax cuts at top of list of economic policy mistakes from the past generation of Republicans, asks, “Why should labor ever be taxed more than capital? It should not be.” Calls for conservatives to embrace private-sector unions.
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It’s a very polarized nation this time around, but regardless, America is going to be fine. We’ve survived for 250 years. We’re going to keep surviving. Let’s take a deep breath.
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Tulsi Gabbard was a life-long Democrat until her recent conversion. What’s most troubling is that she has praised Edward Snowden and Julian Assange who have leaked American secrets and put our servicemembers in danger. A startling pick for DNI.
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Congress passed a law last year requiring CCP-backed TikTok to divest. Yet ByteDance gets endless breaks.
Why should Beijing take any of these fake deadlines seriously?
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The Tea Party movement started with a push to cut spending and cut the size of government. With the Trump administration turning towards protectionism and tax hikes on our job creators, Sanders and AOC should be excited that the economic policies they've been championing for their whole careers are finally coming to fruition.
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One of the worst casualties of the global war on trade
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Trump’s approval hits a record low at 100 days — and tariffs are a big reason why. 53% say Trump’s policies have made the economy worse.
Time to get back to what worked: tax cuts, deregulation, and pro-growth policies.
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Proposing a 50% tariff does more harm than good. The administration’s economic posturing is all over the place. American businesses and consumers need a steady, consistent message.
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I commend this Jason Riley piece as a reminder of the Gosnell tragedy. Let us recommit to honoring the sanctity of human life.
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Raising the SALT cap might help Mike Lawler politically in blue New York, but it’s terrible policy for conservatives. We shouldn’t subsidize high-tax states at the expense of everyone else. Tripling the cap undercuts what Republicans fought for in 2017.
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Looks like these folks competing in the VP Pageant are okay with VP Kamala Harris rejecting GOP electoral votes in ‘24…Republican voters should not.
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NEW: Rep. Byron Donalds, a possible Trump VP pick, suggested he'd be willing to not certify 2028 election results if he were vice president.
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TikTok remains a national security threat, just as the Trump Administration concluded in 2020. The CCP uses the app to collect data on millions of Americans. The Supreme Court should uphold the law of the land requiring it to divest to investors who do not wish to harm America. That’s common sense.
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The policies of the Biden Administration and the Radical Left in Congress are driving inflation.
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Too many politicians pretend we can save Social Security without touching it. Younger Americans deserve honesty. If we wait until the funds run dry, the changes will be far more painful. Now is the time for real leadership.
No one is going to touch Social Security benefits for those in or near retirement. But younger Americans deserve an honest conversation. Many don’t believe they’ll receive anything because the program is heading toward insolvency. The sooner we save Social Security for our children and grandchildren, the less dramatic the changes will need to be.
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The Harris-Walz team is one of the most far-Left tickets the American people have seen in a presidential race. Everything Kamala Harris has tried to advance is antithetical to the conservative movement.
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Hubris, myopia and inertia: The anatomy of Biden’s failed COVID-19 strategy | @WashTimes
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The White House would be wise to focus less on placating the woke police and focus more on bank failures, planes nearly colliding in mid-air, train derailments, and the continued supply chain crisis.
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The left and many in the media have been proven wrong about 2 major things about the Trump/Pence tax cuts:
First, they helped everyone up and down the economic ladder.
Second, they’ve generated $2.6 trillion more in revenue than was projected.
They need to be extended.
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Bernie Sanders backing this deal tells you everything you need to know.
BIG NEWS: The United States of America now owns 10% of Intel, one of our great American technology companies.
This historic agreement strengthens U.S. leadership in semiconductors, which will both grow our economy and help secure America’s technological edge.
Thanks to Intel CEO @LipBuTan1 for striking a deal that’s fair to Intel and fair to the American People.
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.@Mike_Pence in NH today: “I also want to remind my fellow Republicans, we can hold the attorney general accountable for the decision he made without attacking the rank-and-file law enforcement personnel at the FBI...
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Kamala Harris wants to run away from parts of the Biden-Harris record, while saying she was the last one in the room.
She wants to put forward a plan on inflation or a plan to secure the border as if that wasn’t a part of her responsibilities as vice president.
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Kamala Harris’s first foray into rolling out her policies was a disaster. Her price controls look like something from the 1970s.
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President Trump’s protectionist trade policies are counteracting the pro-growth effects of deregulation and tax reform. While he’s making progress on securing the border, many Americans who supported his plans to fix the economy and curb inflation are seeing trade wars work against those goals.
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Trump’s first-term foreign policy was strong—he isolated Iran, stood with Israel, and advanced the Abraham Accords. But making $1B in crypto, opening a D.C. club with $500K memberships, and taking a $400M jet from Qatar? That’s not exactly draining the swamp.
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Kamala Harris' attempt to blame grocers and food suppliers for high prices is a craven stunt to deflect blame on one of the most vulnerable parts of their economic record—igniting inflation with reckless federal spending. washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Most Americans understand that RFK Jr. is not qualified to be HHS Secretary.
He advocated for abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy.
He wouldn’t take sides on 9/11.
He said the NRA is a terrorist organization.
He advocated against the measles vaccine, resulting in the deaths of 83 children in America Samoa.
This is not just someone who would be too far Left for a Democrat administration, he is obviously far more radical than any Republican administration would ever nominate.
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As I’ve said before, it's not always the best idea to take somebody fresh out of jail and put them in charge of your trade policy.
President Trump’s decision to remove Peter Navarro from trade discussions is good news for the markets.
Trade shake-up: Bessent leads on trade as Lutnick plays 'bad cop' — and Navarro is sidelined ow.ly/jG351065rLx
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Kamala Harris’s “economic plan” released today shows she hasn’t had a private sector job in decades and hasn’t learned anything from the terrible consequences of Bidenomics.
The Washington Post is calling it “populism” and “pro-families” but it’s just more of the same bad big government, big spending that has failed families the last 3 years.
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Crisis after crisis in the transportation sector yet all Pete Buttigieg fights for is auditioning for VP on cable television.
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Providing lethal aid to Ukraine to allow her to defend herself was the right decision, despite many modern appeasers wanting to concede territory to the Russian invaders. America should always stand with those fighting for freedom. nytimes.com/2024/08/15/world…
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The reality is that where much of the trade policy of the first administration was using tariffs to get concessions from China, what you now see is the platform here embracing the narrative that across the board tariffs bring in revenue to the United States which is contrary to what history would show.
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If you keep spending the way the Biden Administration has been spending you're going to keep driving inflation.
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This is a terrible idea. Government interference in the marketplace or interest rate caps never work out. President Trump should not be reaching into Senator Warren’s economic playbook.
If Donald Trump really wants to take on the credit card industry, count me in.
The CFPB will back him up.
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Enjoyed a lively discussion with my friend @JHoganGidley on how the central planners in this Administration want to abandon free markets and join China, Russia, and Iran in launching sovereign wealth funds.
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A lot of people are saying Joe Biden pardoning Hunter was “the fatherly thing to do.”
The Democrats have been saying they believe in the rule of law and there is no two-tiered system of justice, but this shows how hypocritical they have been this entire campaign cycle.
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There’s a big difference between Trump’s first and second terms. Back then, his team was united on Russia. Now it’s divided—appeasers vs. hard-liners. History shows Putin backs down when confronted with strength, and advances when he senses weakness.
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There’s a sense that the markets would look at Trump 1.0 like it would be Trump 2.0 — that’s a mistake.
Trump 1.0 was very friendly to free markets. We’ve seen a change in the Republican party that now favors far more government intervention in the economy and a far more protectionist trade policy.
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The CR will eventually get solved, but it foreshadows how difficult it will be to pass any extension of tax relief — markets just assume it’s going to happen. What’s happening now should give a lot of investors concern about how that discussion will go next year.
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Not to mention Congress passed law and President signed law requiring Tik Tok to divest and there is no legal basis for the extensions ! Troubling trend of going much softer on China in Trump 2.0.
SCOOP: Why Trump is starting ‘not to give a crap’ if TikTok goes dark — at least brieflyhttps://nypost.com/2025/08/08/business/why-trump-is-starting-not-to-give-a-crap-if-tiktok-goes-dark-at-least-briefly/
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The Biden administration should spare America the faux outrage. The hypocrisy is especially rich considering their own Secretary of State Antony Blinken joked that he yearned for "the old days" when "Jews did all the work."
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Leaders of our higher education institutions are so collectively cowardly today. And I find it fascinating to see how many LGBT people are aligning with the Palestinian protests when under the rule of Hamas, and most muslim countries, they would be sentenced to death and killed. In Israel, they would have the rights of every other citizen.
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At Convention, you want to be additive. It’s good to hear from non-conventional voices. But having speakers who refer to job creators as corporate pigs and denounce the national right to work signals a shift away from traditional conservatism within the Republican party.
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I’m not willing to cede the Pro-Life issue. The Democrat position of abortion on demand for all 9 months is what’s really outside the mainstream and I don’t think Republicans are articulating that well.
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If TikTok’s “framework” keeps ByteDance’s algorithm, it keeps Beijing’s influence.
The deal was supposed to end CCP control — if it doesn’t, it’s time to follow the law and ban the app.
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Trump-backed Kari Lake shared anti-Trump 'not my president' meme on Facebook days before 2017 inauguration foxnews.com/politics/trump-b… #FoxNews
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