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Watters: Do you think the American people are starting to feel the golden age?

McCarthy: Do I think? I know. I see it. I work with a lot of people in the AI, defense, and health care… entrepreneurs are so excited pic.twitter.com/NVE9IJIqTe

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 23, 2025

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Ai, defense, and healthcare have been in a "golden age" for awhile. Not sure that's the "golden age" referred to by the political campaigns.

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If these are the golden years, I'd hate to see the bad years.

40-50 year olds now just gonna get 4 side hustles to survive??

Job growth is stalling meaningfully in the US pic.twitter.com/hNFuLufpmM

— Markets & Mayhem 🤖 (@Mayhem4Markets) August 11, 2025

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Exactly the point.

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Ancient: 1 job per household
Old: 1 job per person per household
New: 2-3 jobs per person per household!

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Our President keeps telling us how wonderful the economy is, but I just don't see it. My son's best friend just got laid off last week. He is 24 years old. They sent an E-mail to those laid off attributing it to increased costs due to tariffs. They didn't even have the decency to fire them in person. Unfortunately, I would bet that is not uncommon these days. Direct human interaction seems to be on the decline. In hiring and firing.

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That's outrageous. Strange times ahead for sure. Everyday it seems more apparent that tariffs are a failed experiment

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Failed in a matter of a few weeks ?

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Strange how other countries have been 'failing' with their tariffs on the US for the last 30 years.

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Indeed. Revisit this in 6 months to a year and the tariffs will have worked just fine, just like Trump/Scott Bessett said

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Hard for me to understand college graduates who don't realize most other countries have been hammering the US with tariffs for decades.

Common sense would suggest such tariffs are a benefit to these countries or they wouldn't be employing them for so long.

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Lmao you dont understand why US consumers would be upset with higher taxes on their goods?

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Obviously the consumers of other countries realize the benefits involved or they would have demanded their tariffs be removed long ago.

WWII ended with unconditional surrenders from both Germany and Japan. That was a very unique situation.

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Trump on Intel boss: "He walked in wanting to keep his job and he ended up giving us $10 billion for the United States. We do a lot of deals like that. I'll do more of them." pic.twitter.com/NZJHuFTcCt

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 22, 2025

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This is how hou know even conservatives know Trump is full of B.S. They would be going apeshut if they actually believed what Trump said.

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there you go again, making "shut" up.

One of the many pathologies of globalism is that it taught our corporations to think of themselves as citizens of the world, with no superseding obligations to their home country. A few decades down the road, and we were in a situation where our largest, wealthiest, and in many cases most national security sensitive companies were deeply in bed with the Chinese government (via parastatals) and directly balancing and/or triangulating in order to protect equities in an irritably intolerant China (at the expense of equities of a far more tolerant USA). It even got to the point where companies were actually suppressing pro-US and/or anti-China messaging in their ads, products, and workforce.

That's why we are seeing this step with Intel. USG representation on the board will stop the corporate slide into quiet Chinese vassal-ship. We don't have to take stakes in all the companies. Just a few. The rest will see the writing on the wall and take steps to avoid the same fate. In the meantime, the asset side of the US balance sheet just got bigger. Whenever the problem abates, the shares can be sold to reduce debt.

What it is not is a slide into socialism. If Trump were intent on government ownership stakes throughout the private sector, he would not be proposing to sell Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac.

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Just read what you just said. The government could take a stake in companies throughout the private sector, and as long as Trump intends to sell Fannie Mae&Freddie Mac, it's not socialism. Whew, what a load.
LOL no, the load is you making such a flimsy straw man. I said no such thing.

First, I didn't say it's socialism, I said it is bad and a precursor to nationalizing private companies we deem necessary. Guess who else did that?
I didn't say you were a socialist. I merely pointed out that taking a minority share of a single private company is not a socialist agenda.

And second, if the government actually started strong arming companies throughout the private sector into giving it shares, I'd hesitate to call it socialism; it would be closer to communism, though on its own, not outright communism.

I wonder if you see the slide in politics, you have lubed the slide up, gotten 13 fire hoses plumbed in, and you're teetering at the top, strapped to a JetSki. You are just about to endorse the nationalization of companies, because the motherland requires it.
Again, taking an 11% share of a single company is not a nationalization program.

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I not at all a fan of the USG owning shares of private companies. But I can see what's at play here. It makes sense. We will know soon enough if Trump is intent on an outright USG takeover of the Tech industry. In the meantime, we have no reason to suspect he will. Such would be inconsistent with everything he's said and done throughout his life, to include governance in his first term. If that changes, I'll be screaming about it, more loudly than I have been screaming about big Tech being in bed with China. What I'm not going to do is continue to allow our Corporations to show equal deference to our greatest geopolitical rival. Our companies are going to be American First, or they'll face consequences.

Trump: I have a slob, like Pritzker, criticizing me. They say he's a dictator, he's a dictator. A lot of people are saying maybe we like a dictator. I'm not a dictator. I'm a man with great common sense. I'm a smart person pic.twitter.com/a7z8iJVDhL

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 25, 2025

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Trump on Intel boss: "He walked in wanting to keep his job and he ended up giving us $10 billion for the United States. We do a lot of deals like that. I'll do more of them." pic.twitter.com/NZJHuFTcCt

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 22, 2025

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This is how hou know even conservatives know Trump is full of B.S. They would be going apeshut if they actually believed what Trump said.

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there you go again, making "shut" up.

One of the many pathologies of globalism is that it taught our corporations to think of themselves as citizens of the world, with no superseding obligations to their home country. A few decades down the road, and we were in a situation where our largest, wealthiest, and in many cases most national security sensitive companies were deeply in bed with the Chinese government (via parastatals) and directly balancing and/or triangulating in order to protect equities in an irritably intolerant China (at the expense of equities of a far more tolerant USA). It even got to the point where companies were actually suppressing pro-US and/or anti-China messaging in their ads, products, and workforce.

That's why we are seeing this step with Intel. USG representation on the board will stop the corporate slide into quiet Chinese vassal-ship. We don't have to take stakes in all the companies. Just a few. The rest will see the writing on the wall and take steps to avoid the same fate. In the meantime, the asset side of the US balance sheet just got bigger. Whenever the problem abates, the shares can be sold to reduce debt.

What it is not is a slide into socialism. If Trump were intent on government ownership stakes throughout the private sector, he would not be proposing to sell Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac.

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Just read what you just said. The government could take a stake in companies throughout the private sector, and as long as Trump intends to sell Fannie Mae&Freddie Mac, it's not socialism. Whew, what a load.
LOL no, the load is you making such a flimsy straw man. I said no such thing.

First, I didn't say it's socialism, I said it is bad and a precursor to nationalizing private companies we deem necessary. Guess who else did that?
I didn't say you were a socialist. I merely pointed out that taking a minority share of a single private company is not a socialist agenda.

And second, if the government actually started strong arming companies throughout the private sector into giving it shares, I'd hesitate to call it socialism; it would be closer to communism, though on its own, not outright communism.

I wonder if you see the slide in politics, you have lubed the slide up, gotten 13 fire hoses plumbed in, and you're teetering at the top, strapped to a JetSki. You are just about to endorse the nationalization of companies, because the motherland requires it.
Again, taking an 11% share of a single company is not a nationalization program.

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I not at all a fan of the USG owning shares of private companies. But I can see what's at play here. It makes sense. We will know soon enough if Trump is intent on an outright USG takeover of the Tech industry. In the meantime, we have no reason to suspect he will. Such would be inconsistent with everything he's said and done throughout his life, to include governance in his first term. If that changes, I'll be screaming about it, more loudly than I have been screaming about big Tech being in bed with China. What I'm not going to do is continue to allow our Corporations to show equal deference to our greatest geopolitical rival. Our companies are going to be American First, or they'll face consequences.

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Excellent. I agree.

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Trump on Intel boss: "He walked in wanting to keep his job and he ended up giving us $10 billion for the United States. We do a lot of deals like that. I'll do more of them." pic.twitter.com/NZJHuFTcCt

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 22, 2025

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This is how hou know even conservatives know Trump is full of B.S. They would be going apeshut if they actually believed what Trump said.

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there you go again, making "shut" up.

One of the many pathologies of globalism is that it taught our corporations to think of themselves as citizens of the world, with no superseding obligations to their home country. A few decades down the road, and we were in a situation where our largest, wealthiest, and in many cases most national security sensitive companies were deeply in bed with the Chinese government (via parastatals) and directly balancing and/or triangulating in order to protect equities in an irritably intolerant China (at the expense of equities of a far more tolerant USA). It even got to the point where companies were actually suppressing pro-US and/or anti-China messaging in their ads, products, and workforce.

That's why we are seeing this step with Intel. USG representation on the board will stop the corporate slide into quiet Chinese vassal-ship. We don't have to take stakes in all the companies. Just a few. The rest will see the writing on the wall and take steps to avoid the same fate. In the meantime, the asset side of the US balance sheet just got bigger. Whenever the problem abates, the shares can be sold to reduce debt.

What it is not is a slide into socialism. If Trump were intent on government ownership stakes throughout the private sector, he would not be proposing to sell Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac.

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Just read what you just said. The government could take a stake in companies throughout the private sector, and as long as Trump intends to sell Fannie Mae&Freddie Mac, it's not socialism. Whew, what a load.
LOL no, the load is you making such a flimsy straw man. I said no such thing.

First, I didn't say it's socialism, I said it is bad and a precursor to nationalizing private companies we deem necessary. Guess who else did that?
I didn't say you were a socialist. I merely pointed out that taking a minority share of a single private company is not a socialist agenda.

And second, if the government actually started strong arming companies throughout the private sector into giving it shares, I'd hesitate to call it socialism; it would be closer to communism, though on its own, not outright communism.

I wonder if you see the slide in politics, you have lubed the slide up, gotten 13 fire hoses plumbed in, and you're teetering at the top, strapped to a JetSki. You are just about to endorse the nationalization of companies, because the motherland requires it.
Again, taking an 11% share of a single company is not a nationalization program.

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I not at all a fan of the USG owning shares of private companies. But I can see what's at play here. It makes sense. We will know soon enough if Trump is intent on an outright USG takeover of the Tech industry. In the meantime, we have no reason to suspect he will. Such would be inconsistent with everything he's said and done throughout his life, to include governance in his first term. If that changes, I'll be screaming about it, more loudly than I have been screaming about big Tech being in bed with China. What I'm not going to do is continue to allow our Corporations to show equal deference to our greatest geopolitical rival. Our companies are going to be American First, or they'll face consequences.

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Unbelievable…

Men should not be competing in women’s sports. Thank you Attorney General Miyares for standing up for common sense and the law. Women and girls have the clear civil right to equal treatment under the law and fair treatment in competition. Roanoke College violated those rights for… https://t.co/opo27S0QfL

— Governor Glenn Youngkin (@GovernorVA) August 25, 2025

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Government to take ownership in more companies.

— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) August 25, 2025

DOGE Announces Another $2B in SavingsYou Won't Believe What They Found RedState

BREAKING: President Trump threatens to impose "200% tariffs or something" on China if they do not provide the US with magnets.

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) August 25, 2025

NOW - Trump says he'll allow 600,000 Chinese students into the U.S. pic.twitter.com/8h0S9O1Ib6

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 25, 2025

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— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 24, 2025

JUST IN - India will continue buying Russian oil despite Trump's threat of 50% tariffs, says India's Ambassador.

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 25, 2025

JUST IN - Trump signs Executive Orders to end cashless bail in Washington and nationwide, tasking the DoD with creating a special National Guard unit to address public disorder and imposing a one-year jail term for burning the American flag.

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 25, 2025

Q: "On the Department of War, how do you plan to do that? It requires an act of Congress to rename the Defense Department..."

President Trump: "We're just going to do it. I'm sure Congress will go along if we need that...Defense is too defensive. We want to be defensive, but we… pic.twitter.com/tfj3jhGVhY

— CSPAN (@cspan) August 25, 2025

Several months ago, DOGE discovered who stole 400,000 Social Security numbers. Elon said there was going to be an arrest the next day. It's August 24 and there still hasn't been an arrest. Why not?@AGPamBondi

— Steve Ferguson (@lsferguson) August 24, 2025

This approach has been working for him so far...

Reporter: It requires an act of congress to rename the Defense Department

Trump: We’re just going to do it. I’m sure Congress will just go along pic.twitter.com/oVybEUGwMg

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 25, 2025

It appears that Trump has just fired Fed Governor Lisa Cook pic.twitter.com/OeW3rNDvHn

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 26, 2025

Ingraham: how is allowing 600,000 students from China putting America first?

Lutnick: If you didn't have those 600,000 students you’d empty them from the top. All the students would go up to better schools and the bottom 15% of universities and colleges would go out of business… pic.twitter.com/P8SbGsRH2y

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 25, 2025

Lutnick on Rand Paul calling the Intel nationalism "a step toward socialism": "That is not socialism. I'll tell you what that is. That's the best businessman in the United States of America, in the Oval Office, doing fair things for us, the American taxpayers." pic.twitter.com/uFp8oPbrUO

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 25, 2025

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Lutnick on Rand Paul calling the Intel nationalism "a step toward socialism": "That is not socialism. I'll tell you what that is. That's the best businessman in the United States of America, in the Oval Office, doing fair things for us, the American taxpayers." pic.twitter.com/uFp8oPbrUO

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 25, 2025

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Thats the way I'm looking at it

On the hunt for immigrants than can come in and make more than the average American?

Lutnick: We're going to change green cards. The average American makes $75k a year. The average green card recipient makes $66k. We’re taking the bottom quartile. Why are we doing that?

Donald Trump is going to change it. That's the gold card that's coming. And we're going to… pic.twitter.com/jy5XRusOu2

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 25, 2025

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It appears that Trump has just fired Fed Governor Lisa Cook pic.twitter.com/OeW3rNDvHn

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 26, 2025

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President Trump has the authority to fire a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for "cause". Claiming two different homes as your "principal legal residence" in order to secure state tax advantages, as well as lower mortgage and insurance rates is mortgage fraud and… pic.twitter.com/U7XmE0zxg3

— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) August 26, 2025

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JUST IN - Trump signs Executive Orders to end cashless bail in Washington and nationwide, tasking the DoD with creating a special National Guard unit to address public disorder and imposing a one-year jail term for burning the American flag.

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 25, 2025

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I am just thankful Trump dedicated part of his presser today to battling the Chinese carp problem. I will sleep much better at night knowing he's on top of this.

Flag burning, whether it’s 🇺🇸 or 🇮🇱, is covered by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Neither Congress nor the President nor a Judge can make it illegal. https://t.co/oYZLqVVFOt

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) August 25, 2025

BREAKING: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis accepts offer for a second Gavin Newsom debate.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) August 26, 2025

AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST! pic.twitter.com/4XOjmi3EXv

— U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL) August 25, 2025

boognish_bear said:

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Lutnick on Rand Paul calling the Intel nationalism "a step toward socialism": "That is not socialism. I'll tell you what that is. That's the best businessman in the United States of America, in the Oval Office, doing fair things for us, the American taxpayers." pic.twitter.com/uFp8oPbrUO

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 25, 2025

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We used to let companies fail and allow another one or a competitor to rise in its stead. You'd think we'd have learned by now the hazard of government propping up failing or failed companies.

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AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST! pic.twitter.com/4XOjmi3EXv

— U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL) August 25, 2025

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Luv it.

Teddy Roosevelt….the perfect comparison to Trump.

NEW - Trump and RFK Jr. are allegedly planning to ban the COVID vaccine "within months" — Newsweek

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 25, 2025

A Vice President within Walmart's Global Tech division (allegedly) accepted $30,000-$120,000 daily kickbacks from Indian staffing agencies to favor H-1B visa workers.
This scheme lead to the sudden termination of 1,200 American contractors- a pattern echoed by a 2023 TCS…

— B.A. Feldman🇺🇸 (@AIinAmerica) August 25, 2025

boognish_bear said:

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A Vice President within Walmart's Global Tech division (allegedly) accepted $30,000-$120,000 daily kickbacks from Indian staffing agencies to favor H-1B visa workers.
This scheme lead to the sudden termination of 1,200 American contractors- a pattern echoed by a 2023 TCS…

— B.A. Feldman🇺🇸 (@AIinAmerica) August 25, 2025

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Unless the rules have changed, any employee of WalMart that accepts gifts, kickbacks, or personal preferred pricing from any vendor or contractor is up for termination. One of their better company rules.

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AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST! pic.twitter.com/4XOjmi3EXv

— U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL) August 25, 2025

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Luv it.

Teddy Roosevelt….the perfect comparison to Trump.

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boognish_bear said:

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Flag burning, whether it’s 🇺🇸 or 🇮🇱, is covered by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Neither Congress nor the President nor a Judge can make it illegal. https://t.co/oYZLqVVFOt

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) August 25, 2025

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Today, President Trump will sign an executive order cracking down on those who burn the American flag.

Before Democrats pretend to be outraged, here's Hillary Clinton in 2006:

"I hope....we can pass a law that criminalizes flag burning and desecration." pic.twitter.com/z6UUoQuJuE

— Christian Collins (@CollinsforTX) August 25, 2025

It's free speech, detestable as it is.