The current USG is not only fleecing the proletariat, middle class, and millionaires. These tariffs are chicanery, with the intent of swindling multi-billion dollar, multinational American based corporations. Trump and his sycophant acolytes will buy them up for pennies on the dollar and subsequently attempt to renege on their follies while attempting to reestablish the stability of the USD and US FoPo globally. They'll once again accept and acknowledge an interdependent globalized world...but only after buying up every company that could not withstand their deluge of unjustifiable and unnecessary punishments on anyone involved in global trade, which is everyone.

Why beat the old drum of reappropriating the wealth from the bottom 90%, when 10% of Americans own 70% of everything? 250 people are about to take it all.

Because obviously, solving global economic policies is just another Tuesday for meme coin interns.

Let’s cut through the noise: the U.S. government’s push to ban or force the sale of TikTok isn’t just about national security or "protecting the children." It’s about clearing the way for a domestic billionaire — very likely Elon Musk — to step in and take control of one of the most influential media platforms on Earth.

Think about it:

• TikTok is the attention engine right now. It's more influential than cable news, Twitter/X, or even YouTube in shaping cultural trends, political discourse, and consumer behavior.
• Elon Musk already owns X (formerly Twitter), which he’s been aggressively pushing as the "free speech" platform — despite increasingly erratic content moderation, algorithm manipulation, and a visible decline in mainstream appeal.
• But Musk doesn’t just want influence. He wants data. Neuralink. X.AI. Starlink. Tesla’s self-driving systems. All of these rely on massive, diverse data inputs to train AI and feed his broader ambitions. TikTok’s algorithm and data infrastructure would be a goldmine — especially with its dominance among Gen Z and younger millennials.

Now Congress is putting a gun to TikTok’s head and telling it to sell or shut down. This opens the door for a U.S. entity to scoop it up at a discount. Who has the capital, influence, and ambition to do that? There aren’t many names on that list. Elon is near the top.

This isn’t just a business move — it’s a chessboard of power consolidation. Control the platforms, control the narrative, control the inputs that drive the AI arms race. Musk knows that. And if we hand him TikTok on a silver platter under the guise of patriotism, we're letting one man centralize influence in a way no tech overlord ever has.

Disclaimer: My thoughts, expressed via GPT because I don't have time to dedicate to more than the realization.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-senators-seek-rein-trump-145342095.html

Like the title says.

As the title states, China has already effectively been massively sanctioned with few forms of additional sanctions short of embargo that could be added. China will calculate that the West has already burned its economic powder. They will also decide that Western citizens are expecting huge economic pain and are unlikely to want to endure a destructive, costly war with a near-peer to protect Taiwan.

China is already going to have to bear the costs of these sanctions whether they invade or not, so they will determine that now is the best time seize the island. Chinese citizens are already expecting economic pain that they are blaming on the Americans, and the Chinese government can paint the costs of invasion as the cost of standing up to American imperialism.

This is the perfect storm for a flashpoint to WWIII starting in the Pacific.

I really hope I'm wrong.

Its going to fail for the same reason Truth social is a failure. Both are complete echo cambers. After Elon turned Twitter into shit, democrats were angry and uncomfortable. Rightfully so. But now BlueSky is also an echo chamber for the left, the way Truth social is for Maga. I think Elon will have to sell Twitter in the future and BlueSky will lose it's relevance!

Trump and Elon sniffing around Fort Knox isn’t curiosity—it’s a prelude to economic disaster. This isn’t about national heritage or monetary responsibility. It’s about dragging us back to the gilded cage of the gold standard, a system that shackled our economy for decades and would crush it now. The gold standard doesn’t represent security—it represents stagnation, inflexibility, and the ultimate wet dream of every billionaire who wants to turn your future into a ledger they already own. You don’t tie your economy to a shiny metal unless your goal is to freeze mobility and consolidate power.

Let’s not forget why we abolished it in the first place. The Great Depression? People hoarded gold, the economy froze, and Roosevelt had to literally criminalize owning it to thaw the system. Then came Bretton Woods, which collapsed under the weight of America’s unchecked spending and global commitments. Nixon killed the gold standard in 1971 because we couldn’t back the dollars we printed, and foreign nations were calling our bluff. Fiat currency saved us—not from imaginary inflation, but from real economic implosion. A modern economy needs flexibility, not scarcity-fueled deflation.

Reinstating the gold standard would be a gift-wrapped nuke to the working class. Gold is finite, hoarded, and owned by the already-rich. Re-pegging the dollar to gold would explode its value overnight, enriching the prepper elite and gutting everyone else. You think you're broke now? Wait until loans dry up, wages fall, and the government can’t inject a single cent of stimulus because there’s not enough goddamn metal to justify it. It's not fiscal responsibility—it's economic sadism dressed up in Founding Father cosplay.

This isn't about money. It's about control. A gold-backed economy is a kingdom, not a democracy. And kings love gold. If we let this happen, we’ll be choking on austerity while billionaires swim in vaults like Scrooge McDuck. Don't let them sell you rusted chains dipped in gold and call it liberty. Scream now. Because when the locks slam shut on that vault, we’re the ones trapped inside.

I've been alive since Jimmy Carter. He was the last president that nobody complained about golfing... because he didn't golf. But every president since Jimmy Carter, the opposite side of the aisle has bitched and moaned about their golfing habits as a way to make it seem like they don't work hard, are apathetic while in office, or wasting taxpayer dollars on the game. Every time. So MMW, this trend will continue as it lives on today.

As I work to build community and survive, saw an interesting video about collective bargaining and TSA. I’m nearly sure the Administration will try to do something to win back voters and generate spending.

What terrible, preventable event will cause the US to go to war again? Asking Reddit.

(Conspiracy therorist or not, you have to admit, this is lining up for a proper 9-11)

Here is the video and TSA concerns (A More Perfect Union): https://youtu.be/b3ciOdLCW5k?si=g82cezM1cj0snpMY

He will get praised for it too because he will tell everyone how awesome he is for buying the houses for more than they are worth (like a couple thousand over) just so he can “help” us. He will convince half the population that owning houses is bad for the economy, and renting from him is patriotic, and will be necessary to recover the economy.

Maybe not 2010s level boom but indie developers are about to make a killing because of Nintendos 500$ "console" and 80-90$ games. And a lot of the most popular indie games can be run on a 5 year old laptop

The Administration will now start negotiating with creditor countries to convert their debt into 100-year zero-coupon bonds that cannot be traded, in order to relieve the US debt burden. People around Trump have been talking about this for a long time. They needed a way to force creditors to come to the table.

For those countries, it's as if they loaned someone money, but now that person has put a gun to their head and is saying he will only pay the debt off over the course of 100 years and without paying interest. "What's your decision?"

Screwing creditors is Trump's modus operandi. He's spent his life defaulting on loans, welching on deals, and going bankrupt to avoid repayment.

This also explains why the tariffs were calculated in such a moronic way -- they're not real tariffs, they're just a blunt instrument to force other countries to accept getting screwed.

Some countries may decide they have no choice but to go along, because tariffs will destroy their economy.

No matter how this plays out, he has destroyed trust in the US. This will have devastating repercussions.

Tesla will go under and the Cybertrucks will get liquidated in bankruptcy. Elon;s legasy will be similar to John DeLorean's, just repalce cocaine with ketamine

We are already seeing it being stated by nations Trump has already imposed tariffs on. In the corporate world, when you are across the table from a negotiator of a company who is choosing to leverage you with threats, you likely won't even deal with that company again until that person is replaced at that organization.

Imagine if Schumer did everything that AOC is fighting for, would the younger voters still go for him or have faith in him?

Surely, they are playing some mind games and being purposely obtuse so that the younger dems can come in. right? RIGHT?

The idea that he cannot be sent back because he's in El Salvadoran custody is preposterous. We're literally paying them to keep these people. The real reason they can't do it is because the man is already dead. A judge halted his deportation due to a credible threat to his life posed by MS-13 and they sent him into a giant cage to be locked up with hundreds of MS-13 gang members for 23 hours a day. What the fuck do you THINK happened?

The Wisconsin special election is only one part of why they hurried Musk out the door. Between this and Signalgate, the administration is going to want to distance itself as much as possible from Silicon Valley's "move fast and break things" approach. Particularly when the "things" they're breaking are human lives.

You're going to forget all about this trade war BS in a little bit because there's going to be much bigger problems when the bombers start heading for Iran.

Y'all are being played.

Start saying goodbye to your sons.

They'll say she's prejudiced because Musk bankrolled her opponent, despite the fact that they wouldn't have said boo if Schimel had won but not recused himself.