Tracking toy tariffs

To be fair, this is a key element of the conservative mind-virus. We can ALL see that everything is getting more expensive, but conservative politicians are -absolutely sure- that if they just keep telling us prices are down, then we'll believe it. And, I've gotta tell ya' folks, it's 100% working on some people already.
 
Oh, the messaging is definitely working far more than some of us realize. I live in the midwest. So many people I know still blame everything on the democrats. They're confident that Trump and his tariffs are going to save them and create lots more American jobs, while layoffs continue to be announced daily all around them and prices only continue to rise. All many of them care about is ending any shred of anything gay/lesbian, trans or anything non-white or non-Christian from the country immediately. Most that felt that way used to try to hide those thoughts or wouldn't be vocal about them, but that has completely changed around me. They're not ashamed of it anymore. I hear the term "woke" used in a negative way by somebody daily.

All I heard during the government shutdown was how everything was the Democrats' fault. When I reminded people that the Republicans hold all branches of the government and can basically do anything they want with no support from the other party, then I heard about the deep state holding down Trump's agenda. I try to avoid talking about politics, but what I see and hear around me is beyond scary. It's like something out of a bad alien invasion movie. That's it, that's all that I'm going to say about it - but it's terrifying. I feel like we've gone backwards decades. I'm even seeing this type of anti-liberal bias in AI tools that I use, mostly because much of that machine learning is utilizing the web and it's finding it there.
 
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Reno said:
Oh, the messaging is definitely working far more than some of us realize. I live in the midwest. So many people I know still blame everything on the democrats.
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It's fun in Canada where US News about US issues and scandals will be inundated with "Great, come for Carney next!"

And you're absolutely right about AI.

I have friends who like to kill time with ChatGPT giving it ludicrous demands, like The Berenstain Bears Go to Epstein, or Tie Charlie Kirk into the Terminator Franchise. Ethics of AI and artistry aside, the past several months I was shown that ChatGPT went from "Hell yeah, that's wild. Here we go" to "I can't do that, even satirically, that's harmful and insensitive, let's soften this up so it isn't offensive or mean spirited".

Real quotes..

But.

Swap Trump to Biden or Vance to Kamala or Obama and you get no protests or disclaimers. Enjoy your mean-spirited SNL skit.

It made me wonder if some contract got signed along the way.
 
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It's fun in Canada where US News about US issues and scandals will be inundated with "Great, come for Carney next!"
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The LEVEL at which US politics infects Canadian politics/life is fucking -W-I-L-D-. You would literally think we live in the United States with how committed Canadian conservatives are to defending Trump and Republicans.
 
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The LEVEL at which US politics infects Canadian politics/life is fucking -W-I-L-D-. You would literally think we live in the United States with how committed Canadian conservatives are to defending Trump and Republicans.
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For reasons that I will never fully understand, the dude is the conservative catnip. He's their ideal candidate.
 
And people really think MAGA survives post his death. HA!

Because that soggy mayo sandwich, JD Vance, is going to lead the party forward. Sure. My ass.
 
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