The Trump Tariffs thread

[akenbennu]

Still waiting for all the tariff money to be clawed back since it's illegal. Any day now.

 

[K1052]

Still waiting for all the tariff money to be clawed back since it's illegal. Any day now.

In all probability SCOTUS will decide that it's fine. Mostly because they are not so much a court interpreting law as 5 people who want to help Trump out wherever possible up to and including ignoring black letter law.

 

[akenbennu]

Sorry, I forgot my /s. I agree the current SC won't lift a finger to put it back in the hands of Congress. They'll probably say Congress needs to repeal the emergency powers for tariffs to the President, which won't happen with this jellyfish spined group.

 

[Heartbreaker]

Investigate all they want. Felony charges still require grand juries to indict, and they haven't been so keen to do that with flimsy bs evidence DOJ hacks have been putting up.

And just a few days after firing the last US Attorney, Comey has been indicted by the Grand Jury:

Attorney General Bondi, Director Patel Statements Regarding Indictment of Former FBI Director James Comey

Today, a federal grand jury has charged former FBI Director James Comey with serious crimes related to the disclosure of sensitive information.

www.justice.gov

You keep thinking the rule of law is still functioning. It isn't. This is a Trump dictatorship.

Some resistance remains, but every day there is less.

 

[akenbennu]

And just a few days after firing the last US Attorney, Comey has been indicted by the Grand Jury:

Attorney General Bondi, Director Patel Statements Regarding Indictment of Former FBI Director James Comey

Today, a federal grand jury has charged former FBI Director James Comey with serious crimes related to the disclosure of sensitive information.

www.justice.gov

You keep thinking the rule of law is still functioning. It isn't. This is a Trump dictatorship.

Some resistance remains, but every day there is less.

The DoJ is no longer an independent arm of the executive branch but Trumps personal legal team.

 

[K1052]

And just a few days after firing the last US Attorney, Comey has been indicted by the Grand Jury:

Attorney General Bondi, Director Patel Statements Regarding Indictment of Former FBI Director James Comey

Today, a federal grand jury has charged former FBI Director James Comey with serious crimes related to the disclosure of sensitive information.

www.justice.gov

You keep thinking the rule of law is still functioning. It isn't. This is a Trump dictatorship.

Some resistance remains, but every day there is less.

There is a reason they went to VA for this not DC. Also they no billed a third of the charges. Comey also drew a Biden appointed judge. And Comey's lawyer is Patrick Fitzgerald.

Hopefully the DOJ lawyers assigned to this case have a ritual humiliation kink.

 

[akenbennu]

There is a reason they went to VA for this not DC. Also they no billed a third of the charges. Comey also drew a Biden appointed judge. And Comey's lawyer is Patrick Fitzgerald.

Hopefully the DOJ lawyers assigned to this case have a ritual humiliation kink.

I have to think the judge takes one look at this and goes "Malicious prosecution" and tosses the case.

 

[K1052]

More tariff related one of the fun things I'm reading about across all kinds interests and purchases that would have been exempt under de minimis is that the government and shippers are basically incapable of charging the correct tariff. This is resulting in giant bills because the item is wrongly classified. Like you order a lamp from the UK and somehow a steel code from China gets applied and there is no way to fix it.

People be mad.

 

[lxskllr]

There's a couple things I want to order from Scandinavia, but won't because of tariff uncertainty. I have no idea what kind of bill I'm dealing with, and being right is of little consequence when up against a criminal bureaucracy. There's some things I might be willing to battle out in court, but salmiak and knäckebröd aren't it, so fuck me I guess. I'll just have to buy from a US maker(lulz).

 

[Brainonska511]

And just a few days after firing the last US Attorney, Comey has been indicted by the Grand Jury:

Attorney General Bondi, Director Patel Statements Regarding Indictment of Former FBI Director James Comey

Today, a federal grand jury has charged former FBI Director James Comey with serious crimes related to the disclosure of sensitive information.

www.justice.gov

You keep thinking the rule of law is still functioning. It isn't. This is a Trump dictatorship.

Some resistance remains, but every day there is less.

IDK, losing cases left and right and having to pull an extremely weak case out of the hat with a political hack appointee that was 1 for 3 on getting true bills from the grand jury doesn't seem like strength to me.

 

[K1052]

IDK, losing cases left and right and having to pull an extremely weak case out of the hat with a political hack appointee that was 1 for 3 on getting true bills from the grand jury doesn't seem like strength to me.

Decent chance it gets dismissed at the prelim by a judge angry the DOJ is wasting everybody's time with this obvious bullshit.

 

[Heartbreaker]

IDK, losing cases left and right and having to pull an extremely weak case out of the hat with a political hack appointee that was 1 for 3 on getting true bills from the grand jury doesn't seem like strength to me.

It also doesn't seem like democracy. This kind of malicious prosecution is not a minor thing. It can ruin lives.

 

[Brainonska511]

It also doesn't seem like democracy. This kind of malicious prosecution is not a minor thing. It can ruin lives.

Yes, it can do that, and it already does happen, but I'm not too worried about Mr Comey here.

 

[Brainonska511]

Trump the tyrant is on full display — but his acting out highlights how weak he is

Trump got his Comey indictment Thursday and issued a memo directing "domestic terrorism" investigations. And yet, both provided more evidence that Trump is losing.

www.lawdork.com

Lashing out because people don't love him. He can't get public support for his bullshit.

 

[K1052]

More or less a total disaster for any company that delivers anything in the United States.

https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3lzqkwd6cf22s

 

[IronWing]

More or less a total disaster for any company that delivers anything in the United States.

https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3lzqkwd6cf22s

What is Trump hoping to get out of Modi?

 

[K1052]

What is Trump hoping to get out of Modi?

My understanding is that the teamsters want this because Trump's tariffs have dramatically reduced imports thus the need for trucks (and their drivers). The companies on the other end of it are going to have kittens though because it will shoot up delivery costs.

 

[Indus]

More or less a total disaster for any company that delivers anything in the United States.

https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3lzqkwd6cf22s

This is something I don't actually mind because I actually drive and there's a shit ton of bad truck drivers.

Getting them off the road would be good theoretically but sadly they're just likely to be replaced by high on drugs American truck drivers.

Foreign drivers don't have a monopoly on dumbass shit.

 

[nakedfrog]

This is something I don't actually mind because I actually drive and there's a shit ton of bad truck drivers.

Getting them off the road would be good theoretically but sadly they're just likely to be replaced by high on drugs American truck drivers.

Foreign drivers don't have a monopoly on dumbass shit.

Do you realize your own post doesn't hold up logically?
1) You support restricting CDLs for non-citizens because "there's a shit ton of bad truck drivers"
2) You acknowledge there's no reason to believe this restriction will improve the situation

 

[Brainonska511]

This is something I don't actually mind because I actually drive and there's a shit ton of bad truck drivers.

Getting them off the road would be good theoretically but sadly they're just likely to be replaced by high on drugs American truck drivers.

Foreign drivers don't have a monopoly on dumbass shit.

There are a fuck ton of bad drivers. It doesn't matter what they drive or where they were licensed. We basically give out licenses like candy in this country and they're extremely difficult to take away from people that are objectively bad at driving.

 

[K1052]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[IronWing]

It’s not even taco Tuesday.

 

[Fenixgoon]

This is something I don't actually mind because I actually drive and there's a shit ton of bad truck drivers.

Getting them off the road would be good theoretically but sadly they're just likely to be replaced by high on drugs American truck drivers.

Foreign drivers don't have a monopoly on dumbass shit.

Maybe deregulation of trucking back in the 80s wasn't the best idea after all...

We have far more CDL holders than positions. The reason there is a"driver shortage" is the job sucks ass and companies abuse their drivers. There will always be a "shortage" until that changes

 

[Indus]

Maybe deregulation of trucking back in the 80s wasn't the best idea after all...

We basically give out licenses like candy in this country

This!

And locals pay the price:

Minivan driver charged after German tourist killed, nearly decapitated in horrific NYC hit-and-run crash

The hit-and-run minivan driver who allegedly plowed into a married couple from Germany – killing and nearly decapitating a woman and seriously wounding her husband – has been charged.

nypost.com

Beloved crossing guard, 63, struck and killed by truck in Queens

The victim loved her job as a crossing guard and had been doing it for the NYPD since 2010.

abc7ny.com

 

[nakedfrog]

I don't think you need a CDL to drive a minivan.