That boy aint right.
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I mean, pretty hard to tell since I don’t work for a reporting agency, but that many credit pulls and cancellations close together, along with the rapid increase and decrease in available credit, plus multiple closed accounts isn’t going to do you any favors.
Do any of your current cards have a credit score option on them? Will be interesting to see how that changes.
2·3 hours agoSeems prudent, Trump is only 4 years younger and I hope Vance’s people are working on the same thing.
Official links on this:
“The 25% tariff will be applied to imported passenger vehicles (sedans, SUVs, crossovers, minivans, cargo vans) and light trucks, as well as key automobile parts (engines, transmissions, powertrain parts, and electrical components), with processes to expand tariffs on additional parts if necessary.”
“The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical vulnerabilities and choke points in global supply chains, undermining our ability to maintain a resilient domestic industrial base.”
That’s partially true, it wasn’t the pandemic, it was losing all the Ukranian vehicle wiring harnesses at the same time as the pandemic.
"TARIFFS WORK: Studies have repeatedly shown that tariffs can be an effective tool for reducing or eliminating threats to impair U.S. national security and achieving economic and strategic objectives.
A 2024 study on the effects of President Trump’s tariffs in his first term found that they “strengthened the U.S. economy” and “led to significant reshoring” in industries like manufacturing and steel production."
Hmmm… if only there was a source for that…
"Trump imposed tariffs on solar panels and washing machines at the start of 2018, moves that might have pushed up prices in those sectors even though they also overlapped with plans to open washing machine plants in Tennessee and South Carolina.
His administration also levied tariffs on steel and aluminum, including against allies. He then increased tariffs on China, leading to a trade conflict and a limited 2020 agreement that failed to produce the promised Chinese purchases of U.S. goods.
The Federal Reserve kept inflation roughly on target, but factory construction spending never jumped in a way that suggested a lasting gain in manufacturing jobs. Separate economic research found the tariff war with China did nothing economically for the communities hurt by offshoring, but it did help Trump and Republicans in those communities politically.
When Trump first became president in 2017, the federal government collected $34.6 billion in customs, duties and fees. That sum more than doubled under Trump to $70.8 billion in 2019, according to Office of Management and Budget records.
While that sum might seem meaningful, it was relatively small compared with the overall economy. America’s gross domestic product is now $29.3 trillion, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The total tariffs collected in the United States would equal less than 0.3% of GDP."
One of the big things I learned during the pandemic… Vehicle wiring harnesses largely come from Ukraine.
So when Russia invaded, new car supply tanked. People were unable to return lease vehicles because there wasn’t enough new stock to trade in for. Completed vehicles sat unsold because the wiring couldn’t be completed.
This is true, or, you know, be forced to use secure government equipment and not burner phones. :)
My wife is calling this “WhiskeyLeaks”. LOL.
11·3 hours agoDropsite isn’t banned because of credibility, it’s banned because we don’t allow blogs. Full stop.
You could be the most award winning journalist in the world on Twitter or Facebook, you’re still getting removed because we don’t allow Twitter or Facebook.
1·3 hours agoEveryone who wants a job, house, bank account, doctor, etc. etc. needs at least an ID card.
It’s not possible to function in modern society without identification.
It isn’t voter suppression. Again, look at a blue state that tied voter registration to state ID:
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/12/26/oregon-voter-turnout-dropped-75-percent-2024-election/
“Since 2012, the last election before the new system, the percentage of eligible Oregonians registered to vote has increased from 75% to 94%.”
Registrations are up.
Look at the election turnout in Oregon compared to national turnout since enabling motor voting in 2016:
2016 - 80.33% vs. 59.2%
2018 - 67.8% vs. 53.4%
2020 - 78.5% vs. 65.3%
2022 - 66.9% vs. 46.8%
2024 - 75% vs. 63.4%Turnout is up. Nobody is being disenfrachised here, more people are registered, more people are participating. All of that TERRIFIES Republicans.
Sources:
https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/Voter_Turnout_History_General_Election.pdf
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/voter-turnout-in-presidential-elections
https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2022:_Analysis_of_voter_turnout
The point being motor voting and vote by mail works, even if it is tied to a state ID and it’s not a Republican thing.
Look at the election turnout in Oregon compared to national turnout since enabling motor voting in 2016:
2016 - 80.33% vs. 59.2%
2018 - 67.8% vs. 53.4%
2020 - 78.5% vs. 65.3%
2022 - 66.9% vs. 46.8%
2024 - 75% vs. 63.4%Sources:
https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/Voter_Turnout_History_General_Election.pdf
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/12/26/oregon-voter-turnout-dropped-75-percent-2024-election/
“Since 2012, the last election before the new system, the percentage of eligible Oregonians registered to vote has increased from 75% to 94%.”
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/voter-turnout-in-presidential-elections
https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2022:_Analysis_of_voter_turnout
Well sure, but at a rate of 0.109% per year, it would take 459.63 years to cross the 50% mark for “most”. :)
Guardian isn’t “Questionable”.
“MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY”
We’d allow that.
I mean, I’ve been watching the new one for 3 years now, they have a building, and it’s mostly open, but they still can’t get the range functional.
I don’t know if it’s bad management, poor funding, or a lack of permitting or whatnot, but if they can’t pull it off with an actual operational business, it doesn’t give me much hope. :(
Agreed, but isn’t he also a Boomer? :)
The Friends setting is SUPER easy to miss and even set to private, you have to flip the slider so you won’t appear on other people’s friends lists.
NGL, I almost missed it coming in to do these screenshots. I can’t shake the feeling that I’m STILL missing something, but then the only thing people will see is what I pay my yard guy. :)
No, I’m tired of dealing with all the bullshit here so I’m just fucking with you now.
We don’t link to blogs, they’re a substack blog. Deal with it. Don’t like it? Fuck off.
Oregon, a blue state, like super blue, sapphire blue, the bluest blue that ever blue, has been doing this since 2016.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Venmo isn’t exactly transparent about this.
You might think “Easy, go into settings, mark it ‘Private’, right?”
Well, no, your past transactions can still be visible so now you need to change that:
And then your friends list is a THIRD setting:
5·5 hours agoJust curious, what flaws?
Remember!
Well, I know what cover I’m getting…
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