Gwendolyn Alley, Art and Wine Predator

Trump’s 2018 tariffs slapped a 25% tax on steel and 10% on aluminum. Economists found they raised prices, hurt U.S. manufacturers, and killed more jobs than they created. Consumers ended up footing the bill. Now he wants to raise them to 50%. Because if it failed at 25%, why not try it again but dumber. Get ready for higher prices on everything.

Plantir, owned by Peter Thiel, is collecting sensitive personal and financial data on American citizens to create detailed profiles for the government. Thiel once wrote "freedom and democracy may not be compatible," and "capitalism and authoritarianism" are. Do you get it yet?

The most important rocket scientist in the Apollo program, the head of NASA's Launch Operations Center, and the guy who invented the moon rover were all immigrants.

HHS has acknowledged they messed up the citations with the MAHA Report, using studies that don't exist to support its conclusions. They've added new citations...that make more mistakes and don't support the report's conclusions. notus.org/health-science…

This ketamine, ecstasy and mushroom-using government contractor, the richest person in the world, sacked thousands of excellent government workers, caused the deaths of thousands of poor children in foreign lands, stole Americans’ data and destroyed government services but he did pick up billions more in government contracts while he was in town!

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the lack of healthy food options on Native reservations a “genocide.” Now the Trump administration has ended a program intended to fix the problem. propublica.org/article/tribal…

"I can't seem to face up to the facts I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire" Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Official Video) youtu.be/CJ54eImz88w?fe… via @YouTube

From @HC_Richardson May 28, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

Discovering Virginia Wine + Cuisine via the Governor's Cup Case 2025: 3 Red Blends with Ham, Gratin, Greens winepredator.com/2025/05/10/dis… via @artpredator

i love everyone, but it appears that sometimes you have to explain things in child terms. j crew had to raise prices bc of tariffs (confirmed to me by j crew). the $79 price is a promo price; $118 is the retail price. if you want to compare sale prices, april is still lower

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Trump’s pardons of Republicans convicted of tax crimes seem in keeping with his favoring of the wealthy, Trump’s commutation of the sentence of a gang kingpin seems an odd counterpoint to his administration’s stance on undoc'd immigrants: @HC_Richardson open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

Visiting Tuscan Vineyards and Enjoying @FattoriaMaliosa 's Procanico to Celebrate #WorldBiodiversityDay winepredator.com/2025/05/22/vis… via @artpredator

Economist @RobertReich: Americans making $17k- $51k will lose $700 a year; Americans w/incomes of less than $17k will lose more than $1k a year. But if you are among the top 0.1% of earners, you’re in luck: you’ll gain nearly $390k/yr says @HC_Richardson open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

Happy #ChardonnayDay! Celebrate with these #NapaValley #Chardonnay from @FloraSprings, @frogsleap, @SmithMadrone, @SequoiaGrove winepredator.com/2024/12/18/enr… via @artpredator

Oh the irony… ‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Says He Will Die Soon From Same Cancer as Joe Biden yahoo.com/news/dilbert-c… via @YahooNews

Bruce Springsteen doubles down after Trump calls him 'dried out prune' yahoo.com/news/bruce-spr… via @YahooNews

BREAKING: Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder broke out an acoustic rendition of Bruce Springsteen's "My City of Ruins" at their show last night to support Springsteen in his fight against Donald Trump. This is awesome. America is waking up.

GOP insists spending is out of control but does not reflect reality: discretionary spending has fallen more than 40% in the past 50 years. What's driven rising deficits? Bush and Trump tax cuts added $8 trillion + $1.7 trillion to debt says @HC_Richardson open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

Instead of saving $, GOP Big Beautiful Bill blows the budget deficit wide open by extending 2017 tax cuts for the wealthy and corps. CBO thinks extensions wd cost $4.6 TRILLION over ten years. Cuts to Medicaid will hit in 2029, reports @HC_Richardson. open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…