Anonymous wrote:Trump kills major project backed by company donating $5 million to his White House ballroom

"A firm that cut millions of dollars in donations to President Donald Trump's plan for a massive new ballroom wing of the White House has suddenly found one of its flagship energy projects canceled by the Bureau of Land Management with no explanation."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-solar/#

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/us/politics/iowa-trump-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk8.BKb2.Mbn_85ZgZgBa&smid=url-share

As a former Iowan, I read this article with great interest. I have no doubt most farmers would vote for Trump again.

Anonymous wrote:Lovesick Trump supporter threatens to murder ICE agents over visa snag for Colombian fiancée
Florida man Tristen Elijah Giroux allegedly became enraged after becoming stuck in a phone tree while calling U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to previously unreported court filings

"A lovesick MAGA fan in Central Florida is facing federal charges after he allegedly threatened to torch the White House and assassinate ICE agents after he was unable to get a live person on the phone at a government immigration office.

Tristen Elijah Giroux, 30, had been calling U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to complain about how long it was taking to process a visa for his Colombian fiancée but found himself stuck in a phone tree, according to a recently unsealed criminal complaint reviewed by The Independent.
As Giroux tried and failed last week to make himself understood to the “interactive voice recognition system” at USCIS, his frustration boiled over, says an FBI probable cause affidavit attached to the complaint. When his demands to speak to a customer service representative went nowhere, Giroux first lashed out at the virtual operator as a “dumb c**t b***h,” then lost patience altogether, the affidavit states.

“I’m gonna burn down the White House.” Giroux said on the recorded line, according to the affidavit. “I’m gonna go choke out every ICE member I see. Kill them all.”

When the FBI arrested Giroux at home the next day, he assured them that he was a Trump supporter and claimed he was “disgusted” by the ICE protests he had seen on TikTok, the affidavit contends. Meanwhile, it says Giroux told officers that navigating the byzantine process to bring his fiancée into the U.S. legally has been “so difficult.”

https://apple.news/AHn9WqydwSeqMWLdn2bQGqA

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Anonymous wrote:Trump is quickly screwing over his voters in mass quantities.

I doubt he will leave anyone affected.

I hope everyone who voted for him FAFO.

And when MAGA whines, tries to blame Biden etc, the response needs to be SIT DOWN AND STFU, this is ALL on you. 100%. There's no debate, it's just fact.

But his supporters only read FOX news and other maga news sources and they selectively report information or outright avoid reporting the facts so that nothing is the Republicans’ fault. I’m always shocked when I look at the Fox News website-Trump can have spent the day trampling on the Constitution and they will ignore that and have a big headline about some immigrant somewhere who was found exceeding the speed limit.

Anonymous wrote:This Trump voter is crying as she sobs through the pain Trump is costing her financially. Trump is draining her bank account.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/comments/1nvorzf/maga_girl_regrets_her_vote_because_donny_is/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=action_bar

DALLAS — If a coal mine has a canary that gives an early heads-up, perhaps an early indicator for the oil and gas industry would be the quarterly Dallas Fed Energy Survey. It’s not as cute as a canary, but it is useful for gauging the goings-on in the Texas petro industry.
I reported earlier this year on a downbeat first-quarter report from the Dallas Fed that we would keep watching this. We do so because oil and gas production contributes billions of dollars to the Texas economy.

In its report last year, the industry boasted more than 492,000 jobs here with an average pay of $128,255. The Texas Oil and Gas Association also figures it indirectly supports another 1.5 million Texas jobs

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But when the Dallas Fed tapped into petro company sentiments, they found a well of pessimism about the current market. And among this usually very conservative-friendly crowd, they found many criticisms of Trump administration policies.
Several execs complained about the president’s tariffs. Some examples: “Tariffs have pushed pricing higher” ... “Tariffs continue to increase the cost of production” ... “Tariffs are increasing our supply costs”.
One added “...with tariffs on foreign tubular goods, [input] prices are up, and drilling is going to disappear”. Another had this take on the big Trump tariff announcement earlier this year: “After Liberation Day, we cut our drilling budget in half from 10 wells to 5 wells”.
The gusher gets broader from there. One respondent told the Dallas Fed, “The uncertainty from the administration’s policies has put a damper on all investment in the oilpatch. Those who can are running for the exits.”
Another complained that, “The previous administration vilified the industry, buried it in regulation and cheered the flight of capital under the environmental, social and governance banner. Wall Street and pension funds walked away, and even private equity shifted from fueling growth to engineering exits. Now the current administration is finishing the job. Guided by a U.S. Department of Energy that tells them what they want to hear instead of hard facts, they operate with little understanding of shale economics. Instead of supporting domestic production, they’ve effectively aligned with OPEC.”

Anonymous wrote:Trump kills major project backed by company donating $5 million to his White House ballroom

"A firm that cut millions of dollars in donations to President Donald Trump's plan for a massive new ballroom wing of the White House has suddenly found one of its flagship energy projects canceled by the Bureau of Land Management with no explanation."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-solar/#

Anonymous wrote:Texas and Florida have the largest percentage of people in financial distress.
https://x.com/TheMaineWonk/status/1965123409878110399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1965123409878110399%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

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Anonymous wrote:Longtime Florida insurance agent Alan Reynolds, 65, predicts many of his customers will allow their policies to lapse when the price hikes become clear. An independent who leans conservative, Reynolds, of Port St. Lucie, called Obamacare flawed but said he favors the continuation of the enhanced subsidies “and not pulling the rug out from under people.”

His family is also affected. The loss of his wife’s subsidy means she is likely to pay about $1,200 or more each month, up from about $500 in 2024, he said. “I voted for Trump,” Reynolds said. “I didn’t expect this.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-republicans-attempts-kill-obamacare-181730782.html

I don't know why he did not expect it, he was told it would. Stupid is as stupid does.

If he “didn’t expect this” I hope his clients understand just how very bad he is at his job as an insurance agent.