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UH-OH! Trump’s Economic Advisor Forgets to Blame Biden for Trump’s Latest Rise in Inflation

Posted by on October 14, 2026 at 3:00 pm. 0 Comments :

One of the most prominent promises made by Donald Trump during his 2024 campaign to reoccupy the White House was that he would bring consumer prices down. He swore that he would do that on day one, and that it would be easy. We are now at day 632, and things have only gotten worse.

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The American people are well aware of Trump’s failures with regard to the economy. Despite his lying about this being the “Golden Age,” people know what their groceries cost, and their gas, and their healthcare, and their housing, etc. Trump’s deceit and uncaring attitude are among the primary reasons that he is floundering at record lows for job approval.

SEE THIS: HOW CONVENIENT! Trump Says the Iran War and High Gas Prices Will End – Right After the Elections?

Most experts agree that the dismal economy we are suffering through are due to Trump’s neglect, incompetence, and ego. The war he started against Iran has resulted in higher costs for energy. His ridiculous, unwarranted tariffs account for the rise in virtually everything else. But in Trump’s twisted mind, and the minds of his MAGA-pologists, President Biden – who left office nearly two years ago – is the culprit who caused the fiscal fiasco that has plagued the Trump years.

Political observers have wondered when the timeline would flip from the seemingly endless Biden Effect, to one where Trump actually takes responsibility for his own mistakes and misdeeds. Well, we might be getting close to that now. In an interview on Fox News Wednesday morning, the chairman of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisors, Kevin Hassett, had the following exchange with Fox’s Stuart Varney…

Varney: We got the last Consumer Price Index report before the midterms. In September price is up 0.6%. Moved up a bit, a bit hotter, 3.7% over the last year. Here’s what Kevin Hassett had to say about it this morning.
Hassett: Because the Houties started attacking the Saudi pipeline. And other Iranian proxies from Iraq were attacking refineries and so on. That we had a negative shock to energy again in September. But inside the topline number there’s a lot of good news. [Insert a bunch of Hassett lies] If you look at core inflation, it was basically at the Fed’s target on average over the last three months. But this month was a blip up.

Top Trump econ advisor claims today's high inflation report was a "blip"

— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-10-14T15:53:19.076038849Z

This may be the first time that Hassett has ever answered a question about Trump’s poor performance that didn’t begin with “But Biden…” In fact, the reasons that he does cite are all problems of Trump’s making. It was Trump’s reckless and illegal attack on Iran that led to associated battles in the region with the Houties, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. And the targeting of oil refineries was a possibility that a competent leader would have prepared for.

What’s more, the Federal Reserve’s target for inflation is 2.0%, way below the 3.7% that Hassett is preposterously calling a blip. At least he didn’t blame Biden again. But has he finally recognized how ridiculous that is? Or did he just forget?

While it’s a welcome relief that Hassett didn’t push to blame Biden again, he still tried to downplay any notion that the economy is troubled. But how could he? Trump would have his head. After all, here is what Trump said about the rise in inflation…

Question: Are you concerned about the latest inflation number?
Trump: No, I love it. The numbers were great. I love the inflation.

Q: Are you concerned about the latest inflation number?Trump: No, I love it. The numbers were great. I love the inflation.

— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-10-14T18:34:08.197711334Z

Trump has expressed his love for inflation before. It’s just another indicator of how out of touch he is with ordinary people. And for the record, the video here was cut off right before he explained why he loves inflation. Here is what he said…

“Because as soon as this war is over. You know, I can say it now, something you didn’t know. Did you know we’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil? Nobody knows it.”

HUH? So Trump loves inflation because he’s going to steal Iran’s oil when the war is over? That war, which he said would only last a few weeks, is now in its eighth month. Does he think that the American people love inflation for that period of time, and who knows how much longer?

Furthermore, everybody knows about Trump’s stated intention to steal Iran’s oil. He has said it repeatedly in public. He brags about it saying that “to the victor goes the spoils.” The only problem is that Trump is losing. And therefore, unfortunately, so are the American people. And they know that Trump and his MAGA Republican enablers are solely to blame.

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OH BOY: More Pollution and Higher Gas Bills as Trump Rolls Back Fuel Efficiency Standards

Posted by on September 28, 2026 at 2:54 pm. 1 Comments :

The second occupation of the White House by Donald Trump has achieved something remarkable that anyone not in a coma could have predicted. He has managed to make this term even worse than the catastrophe over which he presided during his first term. And he’s proud of it.

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Trump’s return engagement was marked for failure early on. He stacked his cabinet with fiercely sycophantic flunkies who had little to no experience or qualifications for jobs they were given. Consequently we have an alcoholic Fox News host serving as the Secretary of War Crimes, a heroin addict who doesn’t believe in vaccines as Secretary of Health, Trump’s personal criminal defense lawyer serving as Attorney General, and at least twenty MAGA cult disciples who were recruited from Fox News.

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The resulting disasters should not surprise anybody. We are mired in the eighth month of a war against Iran that Trump said would last only a few weeks. The economy is a mess with a $40 trillion debt and the American people struggling to make ends meet. New outbreaks of disease and food recalls are announced daily. Trump has been granted near blanket immunity by his radical right-wingers on the Supreme Court. No wonder his approval ratings are at record lows as we approach the midterm election. Even Fox News can’t completely ignore it anymore.

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If you think it seems like Trump and his regime are doing everything they can to help Democrats win in November, you aren’t wrong. Trump recently rejected an offer from Iran to end the war. He’s kissing up to brutal dictators like Xi Jinping of China, while chastising faithful allies like Canada. And on Monday he bragged about keeping his promises to – um – raise your gas bills and foul the air?

Trump’s Rapid Response account on Twitter/X posted a comment that said “PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT: Trump rolls back car efficiency standards.” The comment linked to an article in The Hill that reported that…

“The Trump administration has rolled back car fuel efficiency [CAFE] standards requiring automakers to ensure their cars and light trucks were using less fuel. […]

“The administration argued that this would make cars cheaper, though opponents of the move point out that car owners could spend more on gasoline as a result. The change could also lead to more pollution and worsen climate change.”

WINNING? This is what the Trump regime regards as a “promise kept” that is worthy of boasting about? Do they think that the American people are going to appreciate this policy change that Trump is making on his own, without the support of the people or Congress or science?

For the record, Trump, who says that climate change is a hoax, previously lowered the CAFE target to 40 miles per gallon from the Obama era target of 54. Biden raised it back to 50. Now Trump is proposing to lower it even farther down to 35 MPG. Although he may encounter some obstacles. While he appears to be ignoring the administrative procedures required to make these changes, he won’t be able to so easily wave off the likely court challenges.

It’s interesting to note that if Trump’s followers actually read the article to which he linked (doubtful), they might get a different story than the fairy tale that Trump is telling. The Hill quoted Dan Becker, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Safe Climate Transport Campaign, saying that…

“Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks while Trump’s Big Oil and Big Auto buddies reap the short-term profits. This move spells short- and long-term disaster for people’s health, the planet, and even U.S. automakers who’ll sit on the sidelines while clean cars advance around the world.”

If Trump’s regulations remain in place, it will insure that everyone will be paying more for gas, because they will be using more of it. And that bill is coming due right as gas prices are climbing to new heights. Simultaneously, Trump’s plan will cause more pollution, resulting in more expenses related to health care and lost work time. Not to mention the human misery.

But never fear…Trump believes that this is another promise that he kept. The only problem is that it was a promise made to the oil industry and auto manufacturers so that they could rake in more profits at the expense of the working class Americans that Trump couldn’t care less about.

The good news is that those people will soon be keeping their own promise to throw Trump’s MAGA-tists out of office and restore common sense – and sanity – to the government.

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WHUT? Trump’s Chief Economic Advisor Accuses Fox News of Being Part of the Far Left Media

Posted by on September 20, 2026 at 2:59 pm. 1 Comments :

There really is no controversy over the state of the American economy. Every measurable metric points to a severe downturn that began when Donald Trump reoccupied the White House. Inflation is worse due Trump’s tariffs and war against Iran. The GDP keeps trending lower. And the debt has grown to $40 trillion.

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While the American people are burdened with higher costs for everything from groceries, to gas, to healthcare, to housing, and more, Trump and his regime are trying to convince them that everything is hunky dory, but they are just too stupid to know it. No wonder Trump is so determined to keep the free press from reporting the truth about him and his failures.

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On Sunday morning Trump’s chairman of the White House Economic Council was at his regular post on Fox News disseminating MAGA propaganda. Although this time he encountered a speed bump of sorts when Fox’s Peter Doocy asked a rational question that was loaded with facts about Trump’s failing economy…

Doocy: I want to know which of these things sets off alarm bells inside the West Wing. We’re gonna put up a poll. Only 23% of voters thinking the economy is excellent or good. 12% of voters describe their personal financial situation as getting ahead. Or 62% of voters saying grocery prices are a major problem for their families. Do any of those make you think, “we’ve got a problem here?”
Hassett: Look, I’m the White House economist and alls I can say is polls, over and over again, harm impressions about the economy because they poll way too many Democrats…Republicans are basically seeing what we see, which is a very strong economy with low inflation. [Followed by a bunch of lies about how “great” the economy is] What happens is that the far left media…instead of talking about that, they wanna talk about these jimmied polls. I’m not convinced at all.
Doocy: No far-left media here, Kevin.
Hassett: No, but you’re saying what they say.

REALLY? The polling that Doocy cited, and that Hassett is complaining about, are Fox News polls. So now Fox News has to be framed as far left in order for Hassett’s lies to apply. Of course, he doesn’t bother to provide any evidence for his claim that “they poll way too many Democrats.” In fact, this survey included 41% Democrats and 42% Republicans. But that sort of equity isn’t good enough for Hassett, who believes that only Republicans should be polled, and the opinions of the majority – Democrats and Independents – are irrelevant.

If Trump and his flunkies want to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that the American people aren’t struggling to make ends meet, that’s fine with Democrats. It is one of the main reasons that Trump and his MAGA GOP are trailing so badly in the polls leading up to the midterm election. The people know that Trump couldn’t care less about them, and that the Republican Party is beholden only to Trump.

So performances like this one by Hassert are not resonating with voters. They weren’t even meant to. They were aimed only at Trump for his approval. And they aren’t going to move the needle on elections, particularly when they are only aired on networks like Fox, whose viewers have already been indoctrinated into the MAGA hive mind.

That said, Fox’s audience will at least get a taste of reality with questions like the one Doocy posed today, and polls like the one cited in this segment. Will it change their votes? Maybe a few. But it might make more of them less inclined to vote at all. Which is even better, because then other Republicans down ballot won’t get their votes either. So the message from Democrats to Hassett and his comrades is “Please proceed.”

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HOW CONVENIENT! Trump Says the Iran War and High Gas Prices Will End – Right After the Elections?

Posted by on September 9, 2026 at 2:34 pm. 4 Comments :

The catastrophes that have defined the reoccupation of the White House by Donald Trump are numerous and persistent. They include the ongoing war in Iran that is in its seventh month, despite Trump promising it would only last a few days or weeks; the inflationary affects of his idiotic tariffs; the loss of the respect of our international allies; the wasteful costs of his vanity projects; and the hostilities toward the free press and the Constitution.

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The cumulative impact of all of this has been to drive Trump’s approval ratings into record low territory. And with him in that decline are his Republican confederates. Their electoral condition is so dire that they are holding an unprecedented midterm convention in Dallas, Texas. But even that is shaping up to be another Trump-built massive failure…

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On his way to Dallas, Trump stopped for another one his “chopper talks” where provides incoherent non-responses to questions, while insulting reporters. On this occasion Trump was asked a couple of questions that have been weighing on the minds of America’s voters. Let’s begin with an inquiry about his reckless and illegal war against Iran. Trump was asked when he thought it would end. He replied that…

“I think the war’s going to end immediately after the election because they can’t hold out any longer. They’re desperate to try and affect the election so that we can get a nice, weak group of people in there and leave them alone, and let them have their nuclear weapon.”

That was quickly followed up with a question about when he thought the high prices for gasoline would subside. He said it would be…

“Shortly, right after the election – because they’d like to have it that way – but right after the election oil prices are going to be tumbling downward. They’re gonna be tumbling down, and I think for gasoline we’re gonna get them below $2.00 a gallon think it’s going to take a little bit longer than the midterms.”

The common thread that ran through both of those answers is that these problems – both of which Trump created in the first place – would be over after the midterm elections in November. However, there are a couple of problems with those answers.

First of all the midterm elections are still two months away. That means that the war that was supposed to be over in March is going to continue at least until November. And the same goes for the elevated gas prices that are crushing the budgets of American consumers, that Trump also said wouldn’t last very long. And if they did it was okay because he didn’t mind paying more to defeat Iran, which wasn’t a problem until he ripped up the prior agreement with them.

Secondly, by declaring that these problems would be over after the election Trump is trying to convince voters that they shouldn’t be bothered with the burdens that he is imposing on them. Because at some time in the future they will magically disappear just because he says so. Therefore, he wants them to vote for his GOP comrades despite the facts that the economy sucks, and the war rages on, and everything else that Trump has wrecked is still screwed up. Just STFU and vote for MAGA and your dreams will come true. But not until after the election!?!

It’s ironic that Trump is accusing Iran of being “desperate to try and affect the election.” Which is exactly what Trump is trying to do with these comments. What’s more, Trump is also desperately trying to affect the elections with his efforts to obstruct voting, and gerrymandering of districts, and interjecting the federal government into elections that are the jurisdiction of the states according to the Constitution.

Clearly the desperate party here is Trump. And his whining and tantrums just make that all the more obvious. Trump wants people to have blind faith that he will resolve all of their problems by waving his magic wand. But that pitch isn’t even fooling all of his MAGA-tist disciples anymore. Now, with Trump’s declaration that our problems won’t be fixed until after the elections, November – more than ever – can’t come soon enough.

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Trump’s Treasury Secretary Threatens to ‘Blow Up the Global Financial System’ to Get Iran to Surrender

Posted by on August 24, 2026 at 4:23 pm. 0 Comments :

The fiasco in Iran is now in its sixth month. And despite relentless lying by Donald Trump about imaginary victories, the war drags on with no end in sight. The American people haven’t been fooled by Trump’s frequent declarations of victory and every recent poll reflects their disapproval.

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Never mind that, according to Trump, Iran has no ability to fight back. He claims that their financial and military resources have been exhausted and/or destroyed by American bombs. Which isn’t really anything to brag about. Because it means that Trump still can’t defeat what he describes as a broke and defenseless foe.

SEE THIS: Trump Brags that He’s Losing to Iran, a Country He Says Has No Money, Navy, or Air Force

The latest act of desperation on Trump’s part has been to dispatch his Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, to issue some new and typically impotent threats aimed at manufacturing a macho image of a wartime president. The problem with this new PR mission is that it has no substance whatsoever, and worse, it actually works against the Trump regime’s objectives.

Bessent called a press conference to announce a series of proposed sanctions on any country that aids Iran financially. He described his goal as the severing of “every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone.” He calls the mission “Operation Economic Outcast.”

Although Bessent’s presentation ignored the fact that the most potentially effective sanctions have already been in place for decades. and they haven’t been particularly effective. Which led to Bessent’s new proposals that he labeled an “Economic D-Day” that wouldn’t go into effect until January. The press wasn’t impressed, and one reporter asked a pertinent question to get some clarification.

Reporter: You described this as an Economic D-Day, but D-Day wasn’t a threat of an invasion, and the U.S. didn’t give a timeline to Germany. So why not impose the sanctions today?
Bessent: Well, we are giving everyone the opportunity to remedy bad behavior. Why would I want to blow up the global financial system? We believe that it is important to level set and give people a cure period, but they should know that that will move very quickly and that we are serious.”

Let’s break that down, shall we? First of all, Bessent is saying that he doesn’t “want to blow up the global financial system” just now. But that he’s happy to do it in January? So that’s something to look forward to. Furthermore, he thinks the countries that he’s threatening with sanctions need four months to “remedy bad behavior.” During which time the war continues at about $2 billion a day, and unknown numbers of casualties on both sides. and it remains active through the midterm elections.

When (if) sanctions are imposed, they would appear to apply to Iran’s active trading partners, such as China, Russia, Turkey, India, Pakistan, and more. However, neither Bessent nor Trump would identify the countries that might be subject to sanctions, or even reveal what the sanctions would be. And given Trump’s history of making threats that he never carries out – which has earned him the nickname TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) – it would foolish to assume that these sanctions will ever be imposed. And even if they are, Trump likely would exempt his buddies in China and Russia that are longtime supporters of Iran.

So what was the purpose of this press conference and the flaccid sanctions proposed in it? The only noticeable purpose was to present the Trump regime as pretending to be doing something affirmative with respect to the war against Iran. But in reality, it was such a feeble event that it merely reinforced the perception that they are doing nothing of any significance. And with the war continuing through the midterm elections, Trump and his MAG GOP are cementing their prospective losses.

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Fox News Lies that Gas Was Higher a Year Ago (It Wasn’t) But Will Drop When Iran is ‘Finished’

Posted by on August 17, 2026 at 2:00 pm. 1 Comments :

At a time when Donald Trump is scraping the barrel bottom in public approval, it calls for desperate measures by the MAGA media to shore up the ever widening gap between Trump’s Republican Party and the American people, who aren’t falling for the gaslighting they are being fed by the GOP (Greedy One Percent).

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The issues that are dominating the political discourse as the midterm election approaches mainly deal with the economy that Trump has managed to wreck with his inflationary tariffs and his reckless and illegal war against Iran. Trump’s solution to this problem is to pretend that there is no problem, and to insist that everything is going really well – for the wealthy and corporations.

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Naturally, Trump’s Ministry of Disinformation, aka Fox News, is coming to the rescue with a report on the price of gas. In this report their correspondent tells one story while their on-screen graphics tell another…

Fox News: “Trump is asking Americans for patience. Just hang a little bit more for gas because the unified message from here is that gas prices will drop quickly once the operation is finished. The president says that he has to do this to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.”

Notice that the reporter acknowledges that gas prices are currently high, but says that, according to Dear Leader, it’s a temporary, but necessary, increase and that people should be patient. He doesn’t say for how long. Two weeks? Six months? Who knows?

Meanwhile, the video shows a chart that says that gas was $4.13 a year ago, and that it’s less than that today. That, of course, is not true. It was only $3.13 a year ago. So it’s nearly 32% more today.

Some people will dismiss this as an unfortunate typo. However, knowing the reputation Fox News has for deliberately lying, there is a good chance that it was a purposeful misrepresentation of reality to make Trump look good. Media professionals know that visuals have a bigger impact on television viewers than dialog. They will remember what they saw long after they have forgotten what was said.

What’s more, the reporter attributed the higher gas prices to the Iran war, and regurgitated the Trump regime’s line that “gas prices will drop quickly once the operation is finished.” Once again…Two weeks? Six months? Who knows?

The reporter also parrots Trump’s contention that this burden is justified in order to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Trump himself reiterated that in a post this morning on his dedicated propaganda platform, Truth Social, saying that “The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon.” Although there is someone else who might have something to say about that…

UPDATE: Fox News has issued a correction of their gas price report. But they waited until the next day so that their lie could sink in for 24 hours. They also attached a comment unrelated to the “error” reiterating Trump’s self-serving claim that gas prices would fall quickly when the operations in Iran end.

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MAGA Mike Johnson Chokes When Asked on Fox News What the Republican Alternative to Socialism Is

Posted by on August 15, 2026 at 3:41 pm. 2 Comments :

The Republican Party has been scrounging around for a campaign theme with which to compete with Democrats who are trouncing them in recent polls. They have the distinct disadvantage of being led by Donald Trump, whose approval rating is hitting record lows. If the election were held today the Democrats would sweep into majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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So far the best that Republicans can do is to parrot Trump and his recycled 1950s “red scare” rhetoric. But the strategy of calling all Democrats communists isn’t working because voters aren’t as stupid as Trump and his MAGA cult think they are. Voters aren’t falling for malarkey like this…

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Trump followed up the fish gambit with an economic pitch. He told reporters that “the economy is doing unbelievably from the standpoint of Wall Street.” Unfortunately, from the standpoint of Main Street it sucks. So that campaign theme is likely to bomb as well.

Undeterred by reality, the Republican Squeaker of the House, MAGA Mike Johnson, is determined to push the economic story. However, his plans are devoid of any substantive proposals for how the GOP will actually resolve the problems that they and their Dear Leader have caused. So Johnson visited Fox News Saturday morning and had the following exchange with host (and former Trump press secretary) Kayleigh McEnany…

McEnany: If you’re a young person watching this and you’re disenchanted, and you can’t afford a home, and you’re having trouble with healthcare, and you feel failed by the economy, what is the Republican alternative to the socialists which might be alluring to someone that doesn’t have the education about its failures?
Johnson: Well, the answer is not to turn everything over to the government, because that never works. That drives prices up. It leads to famine. It leads to human suffering and poverty for everyone. But the answer is limited government and individual freedom and the rule of law. the things that the Republicans have been fighting for.

FOX NEWS: If you're a young person and you're disenchanted, you can't afford a home, you're having trouble with healthcare & you feel failed by the economy, what is the Republican alternative?MIKE JOHNSON: Well, the answer is not to turn everything over to the government, because that never works

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-08-15T16:30:40.892Z

McEnany actually asked a good question about the financial burdens that many Americans are suffering since Trump reoccupied the White House. It was a straight forward inquiry that gave Johnson an opportunity to explain the Republican plan. But for some reason he didn’t even try. Although his reply at least acknowledged that there is a problem, which contradicts Trump’s delusional insistence that we are living in “The Golden Age” with the best economy ever.

Johnson led off with a hackneyed rant about not “turn[ing] everything over to the government.” Which no Democrat has ever advocated. Democratic Socialism – which, for the MAGA-tists reading this, is not communism – merely proposes to make government more democratic and responsive to the needs of the people. For example, Medicare, public schools, and food and product safety regulations.

Then Johnson concluded by rattling off a series of concepts, not plans that can be implemented. And each of them highlights the hypocrisy of Republican politics. They do not pursue limited government by mandating religious practices. And forcing women to obey the government rather than their doctors when planning families is hardly individual freedom. And a party led by a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist, who exploits his office to enrich himself, and grants pardons to violent insurrectionists and cop-beaters, can’t rationally lay claim to the rule of law.

This is the sinkhole from which Republicans have to dig themselves out of. But they only have two and a half months left to do it. And if they continue to rely on wild-eyed accusations of communism, and oblivious denials of economic hardship, they might as well just give up on campaigning and spend their time on losing illegal wars in the Middle East, sprucing up the White House with gold-plated filigree, and staging professional wrestling matches. Oh, wait. They’re already doing that.

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New Trump Campaign Slogan: The Economy is Doing Unbelievably From the Standpoint of Wall Street

Posted by on August 14, 2026 at 3:11 pm. 1 Comments :

Democrats are excitedly anticipating the upcoming midterm elections. Every poll shows them winning a majority in the House of Representatives, and likely in the Senate as well. Meanwhile, Republicans are suffering from one of the lowest public approval ratings in modern history.

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The dismal prospects for the GOP (Greedy One Percent) are driven by the record low ratings for their Dear Leader, Donald Trump. He is hovering around the mid-to-low thirties, and trending even lower. Republican candidates are desperately trying to convince voters that everything is hunky dory, and their financial burdens are figments of their imaginations. The MAGA Party seems to be running on a reprise of the “red scare” tactics of the 1950s when there were communists lurking around every corner.

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Apparently the communism fear mongering hasn’t been getting the results they hoped for. So now Trump is trying out a new campaign theme that is virtually guaranteed to be even worse. In a Friday morning press gaggle, Trump told reports that…

“I have a lot of things that are happening. A lot of good things. The economy is doing unbelievably from the standpoint of Wall Street.”

HOORAY! Things are going fantastically well for Wall Street. So if you are a big corporation, or someone with investments in them, you’re on Easy Street. If not, stop your whining and be happy for your capitalist overlords who are generously trickling down on you with minimum wage jobs under slave-like conditions.

After all, the corporatist moguls know what’s best for the little people. And Trump is their messiah. He truly understands what it’s like to struggle through these difficult times. Just listen to what he told his MAGA cult rally in Uniondale on Long Island, New York today…

“I just say this: For you to pay a tiny little bit more for your gasoline, just remember…you’re at $4.00 – it’s okay. I’ll never apologize. I did the right thing.”

SEE? It’s OK for YOU to pay a little more (actually about 30% more) for gas (and for groceries, and housing, and healthcare, etc.). So why are you complaining? And Trump, whose incompetence, negligence, and greed are responsible for it all, will never apologize. Because a messiah is infallible and never does anything wrong.

Trump’s stewardship of the economy has been a flaming fiasco. He has increased inflation, exploded the deficit, and cut services for everything from food for low income families, to medicine for seniors, to education and more. And in the meantime he is spending hundreds of millions on ballrooms and statues, and billions on gift jets from Qatar and illegal wars.

So let’s it y’all: “The economy is doing unbelievably from the standpoint of Wall Street.” And “It’s OK to pay more for gas.” Put that message on some red hats. Have some posters printed up. And be sure to vote in November. Which really, REALLY, can’t come soon enough.

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HALLELUJAH! The Affordability Crisis is Over According to Fox News – After Talking to Some CEOs

Posted by on August 9, 2026 at 3:00 pm. 1 Comments :

The American economy is presently in what is called a “K-shaped economy,” wherein the rich are getting richer and the middle-class and poor are struggling to keep their heads above water. It’s a rather common situation during Republican administrations that favor the wealthy and corporations.

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Under Donald Trump this economic disparity has gotten worse. But the only thing that you will ever hear from him and his MAGA cult cohorts is that things are fantastic because the stock market is rising. Never mind that most Americans have no market holdings to benefit from any of that. The delusions that plague Trump prevent him from seeing the economic realities. Or even the realities of his abysmal approval ratings…

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On Sunday morning Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda (aka Fox News) went to work to shore up Trump’s standing on the economy that he has wrecked. The “Curvy Couch” potatoes of Fox and Friends welcomed their network colleague – and Fox’s Senior Trump-Fluffer – Maria Bartiromo to the program to fire up the gaslighting. Bartiromo engaged in the following exchange with the weekend co-hosts…

Griff Jenkins: So Maria, let me pick up on this past jobs report quickly and get your assessment on the fact that, you know, Trump is constantly talking about record markets you mentioned there, rising wages, and what we also see, fewer layoffs. But this week already we’re gonna be hearing Democrats about how horrible the economy is.
Bartiromo: That’s just propaganda. I mean, look, things are going well. And I think we all feel it. Look at where we are right now. You’ve got job creation. You’ve got economic growth. You’ve got $18 trillion of new investments. The president’s main priority has been to put America first […] But when you actually look at what’s going on, things feel pretty good. I’ve spoken with a number of CEOs who tell me that business is up, strongly. And it has to do partly with the “Big Beautiful Bill.”
Rachel Campos-Duffy: I hear you, and that’s all great news, and that’s what Americans need to hear. But what do you think is leading to the disconnect in maybe some voters and Americans not feeling that way? So why is that do you think?
Bartiromo: I think it’s messaging. I really do. I mean the Republicans need to do a better job of telling their story and communicating what the “Big Beautiful Bill” has done for earnings.

And there you have it! Let’s set aside for the time being that they were all lying that the recent jobs report was positive (there was a decline of 23,000 jobs), about rising wages (they are trailing inflation), and about fewer layoffs (which have exceeded 300,000 year to date). So no one should be surprised if Democrats speak to those facts.

Bartiromo’s response, however, was among the most reality-averse imaginable. She is pitching a preposterously rosy economy that includes such fallacies as Trump’s made up “$18 trillion of new investments,” and his “main priority…to put America first.” Which is only true if you believe that fighting a war in Iran, imposing inflationary tariffs throughout the world, and building vanity projects around D.C. are putting America first.

The most ridiculous part of Bartiromo’s commentary was her conclusion that “things feel pretty good” because she’s “spoken with a number of CEOs.” And who would know better than a bunch of rich corporate executives how it feels to be struggling to pay for groceries, gas, housing, healthcare, etc.?

What’s more, if the ungrateful American people who are complaining about such financial burdens were only subjected to better messaging – i.e. propaganda/gaslighting – they wouldn’t feel burdened at all. So maybe it’s time for Trump to have Congress pass another bill that they call the “Everything is Beautiful So STFU Bill.”

That should solve all of the problems that Trump and his MAGA Republican confederates are whining about. It will juice his approval ratings, and stop the electoral Blue Wave that’s coming in November. And it will accomplish all of that without having to actually do anything that actually helps anybody. So it fits the GOP playbook perfectly.

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Lara Trump Brags on Fox News that Donald Trump Got Gas Prices Down – By Screwing Up on COVID!

Posted by on August 2, 2026 at 3:03 pm. 0 Comments :

The mission of Fox News from its inception was to advance the the right-wing, conservative agenda, and to elect Republicans. Thirty years later their commitment to those goals has only grown stronger and they have worked fervently to redouble their efforts on behalf of the GOP’s current kingpin, Donald Trump.

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One of the best indicators of how devoted Fox News is to an ideology is the presence of Trump’s Daughter-in-Lawlessness, Lara Trump, as a host of her own show on the network. For an alleged news enterprise that once brandished the slogan “fair and balanced,” it’s a steep fall from the already low bar they had set for themselves. They even sunk so low as to have Lara interview her Sugardaddy-in-Law on her show.

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On Saturday Lara took on the additional duty of guest-hosting Fox and Friends. During that episode she openly admitted that she and Fox News are not independent journalists, but instead are partisan representatives of the Republican Party. She said that…

“As Republicans, we need to do a better job of reminding the American people what this president and what this party has done for the economy. Don’t forget that under Joe Biden we saw an over 9% inflation, it’s at 3.5% right now. You look at the energy policy of this president. That has been monumental for bringing costs down. Obviously you see gas prices aren’t perfect right now, but don’t forget, $1.77 a gallon during Trump one. We know he knows how to get us there. We have the higher gas prices right now because of Iran.”

There you have it. Lara spoke “As Republicans, we need to do a better job…” Then she enumerated what she believed to be the failures of President Biden and the successes of the GOP under the guidance of Papa Trump. And true to form, she brazenly lied. For instance, while inflation did rise to 9.1% during Biden’s term, he brought it down to 3% by the time he handed off the office to Trump. Since then, Trump has presided over an increase in inflation to 3.5%.

However, perhaps the worst part of Lara’s commentary was her boasting about Trump’s alleged ability to bring gas prices down. She offered as proof the fact that during his first term gas prices declined to $1.77 per gallon. So according to Lara, “he knows how to get us there.”

Which is great to know. All he has to do now is horribly mismanage another pandemic like COVID and gas will once again be affordable. Because that was what happened during Trump’s first term that resulted in $1.77/gallon gas. And it only cost a few more than a million American lives.

In Trump’s second term he appears to be heading the opposite direction. Instead of killing a million Americans in order to bring gas prices down, he’s killing Iranians in order to get gas prices up. If there is some logic in that strategy, it is lost on American consumers, who are also being burdened with higher prices for everything else due to his idiotic and inflationary tariffs.

Lara went on in her commentary to further align herself and her Fox News colleagues with the Republican Party. She added that…

“I think we need to do a better job of messaging that. Because if you leave it up to the legacy media they’re gonna continue to hammer this president on Iran. A situation that, thank God, he’s tackling because no one else would. But I think that’s something we need to hear more from the RNC and the Republicans on.”

So Lara is shamelessly serving as the de facto communications boss of the Republican Party, and doling out advice that she thinks will help their faltering electoral prospects. And in her opinion, the Party’s problems have nothing to do with their unpopular policies that ignore the welfare of the American people. It’s just a messaging problem. Which she seems to think is the responsibility of the media that spends too much time reporting on trivialities like war.

You can’t entirely blame Lara for this. She’s a mouthpiece for the benefit of her family. But Fox News should be endlessly shamed for hiring her and allowing her to disgorge such self-serving propaganda across the network’s programming day. But then, why would they change now after doing that for thirty years?

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