The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues

I have to wonder, at what point do actual kidnappers start using this tactic? I mean, ICE claiming “Those weren’t our guys!” wouldn’t be believed by anybody at this point.

Dementia Donny apparently thinks he can put tariffs on illegally smuggled fentanyl.

I must admit that it would be a good idea, if it worked :rofl:
Almost as good as imposing tariffs on things the government buys. Like weapons.

He really does seem to have latched on to “tariffs” as some sort of magical thing that can do anything he wants them to do.

I’ll miss these updates when you go, @Smapti.

FIFE, Wash. - Police identified and charged a 26-year-old Washington man for impersonating an immigration agent, after allegedly stalking a Ukrainian market with fake “ICE” decals on his car.

Authorities say around 5 p.m. on March 16, an SUV with fake “ICE” decals — impersonating U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — stalked the parking lot of the Emish Market in Fife, Washington.

Apparently, according to another article, the Ukrainian man did this as a YouTube stunt. It said [emphasis mine], ‘Court records say the SUV bore white “ICE” lettering and a Homeland Security-style decal, but it was misspelled as the “S.U. Department of ICE Deliveries.”

There’s a Ukrainian market in Fife? I have been gone a long time.

I actually have heard of people staging fake ICE raids, either for social media posts or to harass people or businesses.

THE PRESIDENT’S BRAIN IS MISSING, Liberation Day edition;

“An old fashioned term that we use – groceries. I used it on the campaign. It’s such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it.”

“In 1913, for reason unknown to mankind, they established the income tax.”

“Maybe the numbers won’t show”

"“Prime Minister of Japan, ahhh, Shinzo, was – Shinzo Abe – he was a fantastic man.”

“European Union, they’re very tough. Very very tough traders. You know, you think of European Union – very friendly. They rip us off. It’s so sad to see. It’s so pathetic. 39 percent. We’re gonna charge them 20 percent. So we’re charging them essentially half. Vietnam – great negotiators”

“Canada tariffs cans of milk”

“Thigh Thailand”

And people think this thing is gonna be able to serve a third term?

Hell, I’ll be surprised if he makes it through his second term. Between his physical deficiencies, his unhealthy lifestyle, and his mental decline, I have a feeling that something is going to give before 2028.

I knew there was a large Russian population here when I moved up. I assumed there were Ukrainians as well. Just did a quick search and found this:

Washington state is home to more than 60,000 Ukrainian Americans and has welcomed over 16,000 Ukrainian refugees since the war began. Feb 13, 2024

Fife is half a state away from me. Haven’t gone there.

Trump has placed tariffs on two uninhabited islands off the coast of Antarctica, and for some reason the Norwegian island of Svalbard is subject to a lighter tariff than the rest of Norway.

Ditto for Arizona and not just Spanish but also Diné and Hopílavayi.

It’s the new Sharpie.

Masterful gambit, sir

YouGov pays people to do polls. I wouldn’t, necessarily, put much stock in their results.

I do YouGov polls and always answer honestly( I know that’s not helpful to your point). They don’t pay much (it’s a point system with a reward after each benchmark). I completely agree that it’s easy for bad actors to influence the outcome but it takes a LOT of surveys to earn even a $15 gift card. I guess I can’t picture too many ne’er do wells with the time and patience to slog through the sometimes very long surveys.
Geez, that screen shot looks like the survey I took earlier today.

I do too. I couldn’t count the times that I got bored with the poll and just clicked randomly.

Don’t do that, they notice and suspend accounts for it.

I’ve definitely gotten board, especially when there’s not a “not applicable” choice. When I get one of those, I add constructive comments.

Paul Krugman responds to Trump’s speech, via the Rachel Maddow Show and Blog: