Steve Umstead

Steve Umstead

@steveumstead.com

Business owner, traveler, homebrewer, semiprofessional swim-up bar tester, science fiction author, most importantly: proud father of 2 best young men on the planet. I post some politics, sports, & writing stuff, usually profanity free. South Jersey/Philly

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Steve Umstead reposted

In the past 36 hours: -USA Credit rating has dropped -Trump has threatened Springsteen, Swift, SCOTUS, and Walmart -Trump has rattled on about groceries -Tornadoes have devastated parts of the US no longer covered by NWS …and I’m supposed to care about Joe Biden’s mental acuity in 2023? GTFOH

Whenever I think we are living in the peak dumbest timeline, it turns dumber.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

Trump says movies produced outside the U.S. are a national security threat. So he’s imposing a 100% tariff on all movies that are “produced in foreign lands.”

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Throwing a military parade as a birthday present for dear leader is the sort of thing that ought to instinctively offend a patriot in a democracy.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned. apnews.com/article/army...

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Uh ...

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

JUST IN: A Milwaukee judge has been arrested this morning allegedly because she “tried to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom last week.” There’s not a lot of info on this yet so stay tuned for more as it is released. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...

The actual White House social media. What a timeline we're in. Entire libraries of history books will be filled with this era.

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social

The White House reacts to the New York Times headline on coverage of Thursday evening's meeting between a US senator and the Maryland man the courts have determine was wrongly deported to El Salvador.

I see the "f*ck your feelings" crowd is back in force.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rep. Dan Meuser on the antisemitic arson attack on Josh Shapiro: "The left has to look in the mirror here ... our hearts go out to the Shapiro family on this, but they gotta tone it down too." (Note that the host then blames Shapiro for the attack as Meuser indicates agreement.)

Honestly, can someone tell me if *I'm* the one who's wrong about tariffs? I don't understand how and why he keeps insisting that tariffs are being paid by other countries. This is Economics 101. We are not getting rich on tariffs, we (us little folk) are getting POORER.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

And there it is …

Steve Umstead reposted

Howie Roseman says the #Eagles won't even scout players who have ever been violent with women: “I won’t even watch them. I don't even want to talk. I can't go 'He’s really good, he did it 10 years ago and he learned from it.” It just doesn't work for us." #FlyEaglesFly (🎥: The McShay Show)

Dear Leader

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Pam Bondi brazenly lies, tells Trump that he was "overwhelmingly elected by the biggest majority" and says "you have the authority to determine how the money of this country will be spent."

Steve Umstead reposted

I introduced a bill to ban owning of individual stocks across all 3 branches. After what we saw over last few days, Americans deserve certainty that gov officials, Congress, others aren’t trying to profit from their jobs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

It has been noticeable, to me at least, that Elon Musk is being marginalized in the WH. Trump is holding a cabinet meeting today and Musk won't be there. He hasn't been around all week as far as I've been able to tell. It seems the Wisconsin election caused his star to fade.

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The tariff policy changes every ten minutes. What a joke. It’s nuclear grade incompetence that would be laughable except they’re ruining people’s lives for sport. Just shameful.

This explains the self-inflicted global economic collapse happening in a nutshell. A weak, insecure, stupid toddler wants people to bow to him. Large men, tears in their eyes, saying "Sir, thank you" is his evergreen fantasy. And we're suffering the consequences of 70+ million people indulging him.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "These countries are calling us up. Kissing my ass."

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JFC

WIRED@wired.com

SCOOP: In his first meeting with staff, Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers.

Steve Umstead reposted

DHS secretary Kristi Noem, wearing a $50,000 Rolex, talks about arresting dirtbags while aiming rifle muzzle dangerously close to ICE officer's head

[insert worst person you know meme]

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rand Paul: "We have to start from talking about the truth. One of the things they say with Canada is, 'Oh, there's a 270% tariffs on dairy products going from the US into Canada.' Well you know what the real tariffs is? Zero. That's a big difference between what the truth is."

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Don't be surprised if the "concessions" Donald Trump is looking for from foreign countries in exchange for dialing back tariffs are not "you need to buy more pork from American farmers" but "you need to lease another floor in Trump Tower for ten years."