How Trump’s tariffs will boost my small business
Posted By: Imright, 3/28/2025 12:53:35 PM
In 2003, I witnessed the end of an era as a junior employee of Levi’s when the company closed its last factories in America. We had held out as long as we could. The market had shifted rapidly since NAFTA went into effect in January 1994, and even more so when China locked in most-favored-nation status in 2001. Consumer prices were dropping because of cheap labor — forced labor, in the case of China — and our jeans were expensive by comparison. Consumers said they valued the quality of our US-made products. But they weren’t willing to pay more for it. We were losing market share rapidly.
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“Real Time” host Bill Maher argued in favor of pulling federal funding from NPR, insisting it has to go private in the age of hyper-partisan politics.
During his online “Overtime” segment, Maher read a viewer question asking the panel to react to the testimony of NPR CEO Katherine Maher (no relation) and PBS CEO Paula Kerger, who defended their outlets to the House of Representatives’ newly-formed Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee as GOP lawmakers call to strip them of taxpayer money over their left-wing bias.
It seems that Ukrainian Leader Volodymyr Zelensky has decided on a path that’ll send him clashing with US President Donald J. Trump and his administration.
Besides repeatedly breaching the Trump-brokered partial ceasefire on energy and infrastructure, Zelensky has now made a TV statement that contains at least two very controversial points.
First, he again stated that the hundreds of billions of dollars in US aid to the Kiev regime were NOT ‘loans’, but rather, donations – despite the fact that nothing was ever registered as such.
Secondly, he alerted that Ukraine will NOT sign the reworked rare-earth/mineral exploration deal,
Federal data shows that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has nearly 50,000 detainees as President Trump’s policy of mass deportation of criminal illegals continues.
It is ten thousand more than Joe Biden’s high of nearly 40,000 detentions. Federal data shows that detentions had reached to 47,892 detainees as of March 23. The number exceeds the 39,703 reached during the Biden years. It isn’t yet as high as the 60,000 reached during the first Trump term, but it seems clear that record will be broken.
These are the highest numbers in five years, and it is likely they will soar even higher after proposed additional funding comes through,
The disgraced and irrelevant White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) suddenly decided to dump Amber Ruffin, a Trump-hating comedienne no Normal Person has ever heard of.
Although no one from the White House likely had any intention of showing up for the WHCA’s annual, gawdawful, Republican-smearing, self-important dinner featuring all the fascist smugs in the regime media who relentlessly attack the White House with hoaxes, this DEI-Hire Amber Ruffin was already promising to spend the night tearing into the Trump administration as a gang of “murderers” who “feel like [they are] human beings, but … shouldn’t get to feel that way, because [they are] not.”
The price of eggs has taken a sharp plunge as Americans have watched the cost of the grocery staple shift downward since mid-February, Axios reported Friday.
The drop in prices comes as the nation has been grappling with a bird flu outbreak that has affected egg prices and farmers, per Breitbart News. According to the Axios report, “The average wholesale price of a dozen eggs was $3 Friday, down 8% from $3.27 on March 21, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released Friday.”
“It’s down 63% from a record $8.15 in the Feb. 21 report,” the article reads. “Inventories are recovering amid a sudden and largely unexplained slowdown
Nearly 5,000 voter registrations in the city of Milwaukee have been legally challenged for irregularities, potential fraud, and blatant violations of state and federal law.
The comprehensive legal filing, submitted by concerned citizens Justin Gavery and Joe Nolan, exposes what many conservatives have warned about for years: a broken election system ripe for abuse.
The challenge, backed by the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and a long list of Wisconsin statutes, calls on the Milwaukee Election Commission (MEC) to investigate and take immediate action on 4,878 questionable voter records.
The Department of Justice sued Thursday night to decertify labor unions representing eight federal agencies. The lawsuit was in response to President Trump's Executive Order titled Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs. This executive order vastly expanded the number of agencies granted an exception to the right to unionize under Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978; see Fetterman Sulks, Conservatives Cheer As President Trump Takes Sledgehammer to Public Sector Unions – RedState.
Democrat Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has brazenly declared that he will not cooperate with federal government efforts to secure elections and prevent illegal aliens from voting.
“I would tell them to go to hell,” he said when asked whether or not he would hand over publicly available voter registration data to the Department of Government Efficiency and the Department of Homeland Security to verify the citizenship of voters.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump signed an executive order earlier this week, mandating voter ID and documentary proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections,
RFK Jr. Tells WV Governor He Needs to
Lose a Few Pounds: ‘You Look Like You
Ate Governor Morrisey’ 8 replies
Lose a Few Pounds: ‘You Look Like You
Ate Governor Morrisey’ 8 replies
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a little fun at the expense of West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey (R), casually suggesting he could lose a few pounds. RFK delivered the tough love message at an event in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on Friday.
"The first time I saw him, I said, 'You look like you ate Governor Morrisey,'" he said, eliciting laughter from the crowd as Morrisey sat just outside of camera view to his left.
Kennedy then said he would get Morrisey into shape as his personal trainer. And as any good personal trainer would do, he warned of public shaming if the governor didn't adhere to
Counter-protests organized by Trump supporters are expected at several of the anti-Elon Musk “Tesla Takedown Global Day of Action” protests at Tesla dealerships across the country on Saturday.
Democratic Party politicians and progressive activists are trying to ruin Musk’s electric vehicle business over his leadership of DOGE, President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency aimed at reforming and streamlining the federal government.
A Trump supporter in Columbus, Ohio is organizing a peaceful counter-protest Saturday afternoon starting at 4 p.m. at the Tesla dealership in the Easton shopping district in suburban Columbus.
‘Sheltered’ Ella Emhoff was ‘set
up for positive calls’ by stepmom Kamala
Harris’ failed campaign 2 replies
up for positive calls’ by stepmom Kamala
Harris’ failed campaign 2 replies
Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff was so “sheltered” by her stepmom’s failed presidential campaign that when she volunteered, staffers pre-screened her cold calls to make sure no one said anything mean to her.
“They set me up for positive calls because they didn’t want someone to know they were talking to me and then say some absolutely heinous stuff,” Emhoff, 25, dished during an episode of the “Girls Rewatch” podcast.
The lefty activist daughter of former second gentleman Doug Emhoff admitted cold-calling was “intimidating,” and lamented that other Harris volunteers would be asked questions such as, “Who’s the man behind this?”
May your enemies lack common sense, self-awareness, and the ability to learn from their mistakes or recognize their own interests.
If Confucius did not say anything quite like that, he should have.
In a clip posted Friday to the social media platform X, Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, the comically overmatched and often creepy 2024 running mate to former Vice President Kamala Harris, told what looked like a small gathering of supporters that Democrats needed to form a “shadow government” in response to President Donald Trump’s administration.
“We see one of the first things they do is try and restrict the vote,”
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Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech to the nation notifying the Canadian people that the era of an economic and military collaborative relationship between the United States and Canada is over.
As the majority of Canadians cheer, the Prime Minister said that Canada as a free independent and sovereign nation will now embrace its connections to the United Kingdon and European Union and seek to replace their national dependency on the United States by severing ties in North America and entering a new era of close relations with Great Britain and Europe.
It was the perfect opening. Politically, it was the equivalent of grilling a big, fat, juicy steak in the middle of the African savannah — and then being mystified by the sudden appearance of drooling predators.
C’mon, folks — use your heads! With a power vacuum that big and that tempting, it was only a matter of time.
The Democratic Party is in total disarray. Nobody’s in charge! The Obama-Biden cabal has left the building, Pelosi has health issues, and Schumer is struggling to stave off a rebellion. It’s complete and utter chaos.
Enter the Donkey version of Loki
New York City's waste reduction efforts will commence a new phase next week, as the city's sanitation agency will begin enforcing a law-mandated composting program with fines.
Starting April 1, residents will have to separate food waste from trash or risk receiving a $25 fine from the Department of Sanitation. While mandatory composting became effecting in October 2024, the law passed by City Council established a warning period until April 2025.
What are the food separation rules?
Sanitation officials say they have deliberately kept the rules simple for residents. All food, yard and food-soiled paper waste must be set out in a bin on recycling day.
What should be separated?
Education materials developed by
Tesla has become a lightning rod for violent attacks and vandalism in the months since CEO Elon Musk joined the Trump administration. Now, people who disagree with Musk’s role in politics are hoping to channel their emotions into something peaceful: a day of mass nonviolent protests at Tesla locations nationwide. More than 200 protests are scheduled to take place Saturday during what organizers are calling a global day of action, part of a campaign called “Tesla Takedown.” The organizers are hoping to damage Musk’s political standing by hurting the sales and stock price of the electric-car maker, the foundation of
“We Will Not Allow It”: Zelensky Rejects
New Mineral Draft That Would Recognize
US Support As Loans 20 replies
New Mineral Draft That Would Recognize
US Support As Loans 20 replies
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a Friday press conference that he won't recognize past US military aid as loans, after Washington sent a new draft of the minerals deal to Kiev. "Ukraine received a new agreement project from the U.S. regarding mineral resources, which is an entirely different document from the previous framework agreement," said Zelensky, adding "Ukraine will not recognize U.S. military aid as debt."
"We are grateful for the support, but this is not a credit, and we will not allow it," Zelensky continued. The Ukrainian president also said that they are unwilling to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin "or with someone who would represent Russia,"
Lawmakers and union members gathered on the Minnesota State Capitol steps on Thursday to speak out against Gov. Tim Walz’s plan for thousands of state employees to return to the office. Walz sent out a memo on Tuesday notifying government employees that starting on June 1, at least half of their shifts will have to be in person. The policy would affect about 15,000 of 40,000 state workers. “Workers are angry. Workers are threatening to quit over this,” said Rep. Luke Frederick, DFL-Mankato. “In conversations with the agencies, there’s questions about how even to implement this, about whether there’s even
'Stunning and Brave': Nancy Pelosi Gives
a Disturbing Answer When Asked About Anti-Tesla Violence 18 replies
a Disturbing Answer When Asked About Anti-Tesla Violence 18 replies
Not surprisingly, Democrats who repeatedly told us amid the lawfare campaign they waged against Donald Trump that "no one is above the law" seem not to hold the same view when it comes to the suspected domestic terrorists who are firing gunshots, committing arson, and planting incendiary devices at Tesla dealerships and charging stations across the country. As we reported Thursday, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) is Exhibit A on this behavior, bizarrely proclaiming on Tuesday after the FBI announced an investigative Tesla task force that the Trump administration was engaging in "political weaponization of the DOJ" and "lawfare" because t
Late last night, President Trump signed an executive order "to end collective bargaining with Federal unions" at more than two dozen government agencies. In theory this puts an end to collective bargaining for more than half of all federal workers.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening abolishing union rights at more than two dozen federal agencies and offices, in a major expansion of the administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government.
The White House cited national security concerns for terminating workers’ ability to bargain collectively, but the order applies at agencies with both direct and indirect links to national security.
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk and seven members of the team shed light on the department's cost-cutting mission in an exclusive sit-down interview with "Special Report" Thursday. [Snip] Musk, along with DOGE members Steve Davis, Joe Gebbia, Aram Moghaddassi, Brad Smith, Anthony Armstrong, Tom Krause and Tyler Hassen, added a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the department’s work from the Internal Revenue Source to the Interior Department to Social Security. "This is a revolution. And I think it might be the biggest revolution in government since the original revolution. But at the end of the day, America's going to be in much better shape," he said.
Over a week ago, a video surfaced of a crazed white liberal woman on the New York subway completely melting down over a non-white Trump supporter wearing a MAGA hat.
The footage captured her aggressively harassing the young man, causing a scene, and branding him a racist for no reason other than his choice of headwear. And the best part? She ended up humiliating herself in the process when she chased after him off the subway and wound up face-planting on the platform.
Well, that woman has been identified.
According to a report from the New York Post, she is “an increasingly ‘agitated’ creative director for several luxury brands.”
An Israeli biotech firm says it is nearing human trials for a breakthrough drug that could extend human lifespan by up to 30 percent by targeting the age-regulating protein SIRT-6, which the company says would also improve brain function, organ health, and overall vitality.
On Friday, Israeli news site N12 reported that Tel Aviv-based Sirtlab is preparing to launch clinical trials on a drug designed to stimulate SIRT-6, a protein associated with youth, vitality, and disease resistance. The treatment could be available within three years, pending successful trials and regulatory approval.
Mississippi Abolishes State Income Tax
in Historic Win for Working Families and
Economic Freedom 15 replies
in Historic Win for Working Families and
Economic Freedom 15 replies
Mississippi has officially abolished its state income tax, positioning itself as a leader in the movement for economic freedom and limited government.
Republican Governor Tate Reeves signed the legislation into law Friday, declaring it a “generational victory” and a bold new chapter for working families, entrepreneurs, and freedom-loving Americans across the South.
“We did it, Mississippi!” Reeves wrote in a triumphant post on X. “We just eliminated the income tax!”
While Washington continues to suffocate the American people with taxes, inflation, and runaway spending, Mississippi is doing the opposite —