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Simian Silverback

@simiansilverback.bsky.social
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I don't like tooting my own horn, but I am a great ape. I have written two books. The first was a novel. The second analyzed litigation challenging the 2020 election. Both were written using a pseudonym because of pervasive bias against gorillas.

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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 19h
If a general loses battle after battle, he gets replaced. If a coach loses when the team should have won, the coach is fired. But for some reason Democrats keep the leadership that led to Trump being president and the GOP running Congress. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQjw...
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Leader Jeffries on PBS News Hour
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 19h
I watched Hakeem Jeffries being interviewed. I can't say that he put me to sleep; but half way through each answer I wished that I was asleep. Dem approval ratings are in the toilet, but Dems keep the leadership that brought them to these historic lows. Weird. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQjw...
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Leader Jeffries on PBS News Hour
YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The willingness to break the law in broad daylight is amazing. Not new, of course, but amazing. wapo.st/4xKcu1B
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Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’
A TV ad boosting President Trump and saying that it was paid for by the U.S. government is airing in two major markets despite a federal law against using tax funds for "propaganda."
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most people are unaware of the damage Meta does because it is substantially immune from tort claims, and because its influence is embedded in algorithms nobody ever sees. This article explains the problem and offers a solution. danielbrucestageman.substack.com/p/its-2026-w...
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It’s 2026. Why Is Social Media Still the Wild West?
How Congress Can Protect Us from a Rogue Industry
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I hear a lot of people quick with opinions about what Ed Sheeran should have done. So far none of them have known a thing about his contractual obligations or what it would have cost him to renege. High horses must be selling cheap. So many people ride them.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Every day Trump does something outrageous. BUT on Sept. 4 he threatened to stop trading with countries "with which we have a deficit." He's like Cleavon Little in "Blazing Saddles," holding a gun to America's head, "Do as I say or the bitch gets it!" It's beyond stupid. This is batshit crazy!
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Referring to the Federal Reserve, Trump writes, “LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT.” Competition is stiff, but I think this is the most irrational thing the man has ever said. Seriously bonkers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
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Trump Renews Attacks on Fed After Rate Increase (Gift Article)
This month, the president threatened to halt a broad swath of trade if interest rates were not cut, a possibility he resurfaced on Wednesday.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In this article Pete Buttigieg explains why Dems, if they gain power, must institute actual reforms, and not just reel back Trump's excesses. Note that he does this w/o dehumanizing the opposition. Take notes, Dems. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Buttigieg: Democrats Need to Get Serious About Amending the Constitution
The former transportation secretary spoke with The Atlantic’s editor in chief about what comes next for Democrats should they win big in November.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Inflation is 3.4%. Trump says investors should buy bonds that pay 1%, meaning their investment will depreciate 2.4% a year. How will this work? By stopping the import of cheap goods so that domestic businesses can charge even more. King Canute, meet the tide. www.nerdwallet.com/finance/lear...
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This article is written by KARL ROVE. If you do not understand the significance of Karl Rove saying, "The GOP’s stables need a cleaning," ask your parents. They'll get it. www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
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Opinion | Why I’m Voting for a Texas Democrat
Bo French’s bigoted tweet after a football game is part of a long and ugly pattern.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is how a Treasury secretary loses credibility: Argue both that the bond market is in “very good shape,” outperforming other countries; and that it is victim to a “fever dream” that is distorting the bond market, possibly because financiers have it in for Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/b...
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Bond Market Rebukes Bessent by Sending Borrowing Costs Ever Higher (Gift Article)
The Treasury secretary had dared “Bloomberg terminal bros” to bet against him and they did.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A Trump loyalist explaining that there is "plenty of evidence," it just hasn't been found. “There’s plenty of evidence in all of these cases . . . It just takes time to get there, and some people want to get there a little faster than others — and you can’t do that.” thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Joe diGenova resigns from DOJ position investigating Trump foes
Joe diGenova, a Trump ally tapped to lead a sprawling investigation into many of the president’s perceived enemies, resigned from his post late Thursday, indicating concerns over the strength of th…
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump thinks that if tariffs make imported goods more expensive someone will make those goods here. It was starting to work for the beef industry. But when folks started blaming him for hamburger prices, he screws the ranchers, and the ranchers say, "At least he isn't a Democrat." wapo.st/4r8jnrH
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Ranchers’ loyalty to Trump wavers as some bristle over beef imports
Rural Americans, including some who say they feel “betrayed” by Washington policies, could seek change at the polls in November.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I hereby offer an irrevocable assignment of my right to Trump's $5,000 "dividend" for only $10.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Chuck Todd does a pretty good job explaining the gerrymandered mess Missouri is in right now. A federal judge ruled that voters will be disenfranchised if a new districting may is tossed. It is ironic to argue not adopting a new map will disenfranchise voters. That was the point of the new map.
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Missouri GOP Created A MESS: Will They Have To THROW OUT Their Election? | Chuck Todd Politics
YouTube video by The Chuck ToddCast
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
April 1, 2026, Trump says we cannot afford medicare or medicaid. Sept. 9, he says we can spend $1 TRILLION to bribe voters. FYI, the entire 2026 Medicaid budget $604B. $1.2T for Medicare. The cost of daycare proposals vary wildly, but all much less than $1T. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump hates socialism, which involves using public money to help the disadvantaged. His proposed $5K giveaway is using public money to help the GOP, which is doing quite well, at least monetarily. See the difference? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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‘Pretend That I Am Running’: 7 Takeaways From the G.O.P. Midterm Convention (Gift Article)
At a first-of-its-kind midterm convention, President Trump mostly offered retreads and self-congratulation. Then, he offered to pay Americans $5,000 apiece if Republicans kept power.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
People speculate about why Trump ran for president, and why he won. David Pecker, publisher of The National Enquirer testified at Trump's trial that he showed Trump a poll of Enquirer readers. This was after decades of Trump promoting himself in that paper. Enquirer readers wanted him to run.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress authority over tariffs. If Trump exercises tariffs he must rely on a statute passed by Congress. Which means that Congress can immediately end the trade war with Canada. Dems should immediately sponsor a bill and make the GOP act on it.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There's a meme out there claiming when Dems take power they cannot return to "normal." It says, "Two terms under Obama got us Trump." Nonsense. Obama left office with a 60% approval rating. Is it possible Dems lost to Trump because they ran flawed campaigns, not because of excessive normality?
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am see posts faulting "the media" for not doing more to challenge the party in power. It's the media's job to report the news, not to repeat old news. It is the opposition party's job to remind folks of what's important. Don't blame "the media" when the DNC fails to do its job.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Anytime I thank someone and they say "It was the least I could do," I ask them for money.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
People want to reform the Supreme Court, which is good, but some Dems want to make it bigger, which is bad. This article explains why. danielbrucestageman.substack.com/p/make-the-s...
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Proof that corporate America thinks its customers are stupid: Companies boast that their profits were increased by tariff refunds, but also claim that they pass the refunds onto consumers. BS. Reducing prices to reflect the new absence of a tariff is NOT passing refunds onto consumers.
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Corporate America’s Profits Are Booming—and Signal More Good Times Ahead
Tariff refunds and the ever-resilient U.S. consumer are fueling the heftiest rise in big-company profits in years
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Just finished reading "Red Notice" by Bill Browder. This book, which describes in detail Russia's fascist kleptocracy, should be required reading for anyone who shrugs off Trump's deference to Putin. www.amazon.com/Red-Notice-F...
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice - Kindle edition by Browder, Bill. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
President Trump has ingeniously discovered the solution to international conflicts; and yet the Strait of Hormuz still is not named the Strait of America.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Here is MAGA's spin on the Iran war. Thiessen fails to offer any evidence that Iran was developing a nuke. Moreover, he says, "Even if Iran were to reach an agreement to give up its nuclear weapons, they would cheat on it." So, there can be NO agreement. Only . . . what? wapo.st/4gxlTmv
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Opinion | What the disloyal leaks about Iran prove about Trump
Trump did what past leaders should have: Take an enemy at its word.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's time sane people took over the term "Trump Derangement Syndrome." DTS is seeing obvious graft and still believing Trump is honest. It's looking at failed economic policies and still thinking he is a financial genius. It's hearing lie after lie and still believing him. DTS -- own it!
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump has handed Dems in all border states a gift. Anyone running for House or Senate in those states should campaign on the promise to sponsor a bill to return the U.S. relationship with Canada to the status it was in before Trump's election. It's a no-brainer.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The MAGA thought police anger me, but MAGA opponents must recognize that some of our allies can be equally intolerant of diverse thinking. AOC says "Woke 1.0 was crazy." But the PC police haven't retired. They have just moved on to different issues. People can be wrong and still deserve respect.
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What AOC gets right – and wrong – about ‘Woke 1.0’ | Francine Prose
Recent comments by AOC have reignited a fiery debate about ‘wokeism’. But what are we really talking about?
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Often, on any given issue the extremes of both sides are wrong. Joe Lonsdale is a judgmental prick who thinks people get what they deserve (and he deserves to get a lot). On the other side, folks who think the homeless should camp wherever they want for as long as they want. Housing First!
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How one billionaire’s crusade against homelessness became Trump’s playbook
Long before Silicon Valley embraced Trump, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale wanted to remake the government. Through the Cicero Institute, he has shifted the nation's approach to homelessness. Now, hi...
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One thing about this grift Trump may not have considered: If he is selling access to his social media posts, those posts cannot be immunized "official acts" under Trump v. United States. They can be used against him in a later criminal trial. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump sued over $100,000-a-month early-access offer to Truth Social posts
Suit alleges subscription offer aims to sell privileged access to information generated in president’s official capacity
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trump says he may use the military to stabilize the bond market. WTF? youtube.com/shorts/xMKiK...
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Trump Cites MILITARY as Ultimate Bond Market Intervention
YouTube video by Better American Media
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Otherwise hugely profitable tech companies are draining cash reserves in the pursuit of AI which loses money every time I (or you) uses the service. They have issued $182B to $244B in corporate bonds in 2026. The key questions: Is this sustainable? For how long? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/o...
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Opinion | America Is About to Get More Expensive (Gift Article)
The impact from the bond market sell-off could prove more enduring, wide-ranging and globally consequential than prior episodes of market volatility.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Given Trump's unpopularity, Dems might want to make this a campaign slogan.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trump posted this graphic comparing the ongoing Iran war to other wars that were completed. It was a stupid comparison, like boasting that a baby is so much smaller than you. To keep it real I have created a graphic that shows the CURRENT comparison. See, musical-figolla-9de6df.netlify.app
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
On wealth tax, Cuban argues "What about founders of promising start-ups who are billionaires only on paper?" How can a person has billions, but "only on paper"? Either the business is worth B's, or it isn't. Maybe the tax would inspire honest valuations of risky ventures. wapo.st/4gBjit4
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Is the Iran war to stop it from getting a bomb? Dems should remind voters that last March Trump's Dir. of Nat. Intel. testified that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon. In June Trump said nuclear facilities had been "completely and totally obliterated." The message is, Trump lies. Trump lies.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Frank Bruni reminds Dems that THEY are the America First party trying to protect capitalism from the corrupt oligarchs presently running the country. This fits hand-in-glove with my own insistence that Dems need to tie political reform to kitchen table issues. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/o...
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Opinion | Buttigieg and El-Sayed Are Claiming Faith and Family for the Democrats (Gift Article)
Flag, faith and family don’t belong to one political party.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is a very short but amusing story about a "4D" movie. I wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience, or if this viewer was just unlucky. letsmoseyon.com/one-dimensio...
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One Dimension Too Many in Eindhoven
We had been away from home for two weeks and were tired of seeing things. I also was tired of doing things, but Denise’s shopping muscles are indefatigable. She braved the oppressive heat and wande…
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Why not make it illegal for any Internet application to remove clothes from a person without that person's written and notarized consent? And mercilessly punish the forging of such consents. Some creeps would file fraudulent consents, but others would think twice. wapo.st/3Sa0JD0
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Her childhood photo. Thousands of explicit images. One woman’s nightmare.
A Wyoming woman alleges in a federal lawsuit that her stepfather used the Grok chatbot to transform a childhood photo into child sexual abuse material.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Is expanding the court a good idea? Consider this: What if the GOP congress said, "We agree," and expanded the court while there was still time for Trump to name three new judges. It's not as dumb as creating a new agency on exec. corruption to be led by POTUS, but it's close. wapo.st/45rx1wn
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Angry at the Supreme Court, liberals push a slew of plans for overhauling it
As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing adding more justices, limiting their terms and more.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My mantra has been that for Dems to win they must champion structural changes to a corrupt system. Packing the SC is not one of them. This would result in a growth cycle until the SC had a court the size of Trump's ballroom. Dems need leadership that looks beyond the next election.
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Top Democrat Targets Supreme Court for Changes
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says that a “variety of different options” are on the table if Democrats regain power.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The WSJ says "some" companies are passing rebates on to customers. It mentions two: FedEx charged a line item for the tariff. It had no choice. IDEX sells to businesses, not consumers. Trump tariffs remain a stealth tax on American consumers, one that benefited corps. www.wsj.com/business/tel...
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Tariff Refunds Are Here—and Turbocharging Earnings
Apple, Nike and FedEx are just a few companies recovering big sums, and some are passing at least a share on to customers
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
American companies that paid Trump tariffs are getting rebates. Does anyone remember Trump saying China was paying the tariffs? Or that consumers would not see higher prices because of the tariffs? www.wsj.com/business/tel...
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Tariff Refunds Are Here—and Turbocharging Earnings
Apple, Nike and FedEx are just a few companies recovering big sums, and some are passing at least a share on to customers
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I cannot figure out why Dems have given Trump a pass on his failed tariffs. The tariffs were a tax on American consumers. But when the tariffs were predictably outlawed, who gets the refund? Corporations. GOPers like to say they have cut taxes. Dems should be campaigning on this stealth tax!
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A federal judge found, as was perfectly obvious, that Blanche engaged in a corrupt deal to benefit the president. Congress confirms Blanche after he agrees not to enforce part of the deal. Which is like promoting an embezzler after he agrees to give back some of what he stole.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Chuck Schumer's cure for epic corruption in the executive branch is to create an oversight agency controlled by the executive branch. If the Dems don't dump this guy as Senate leader . . . maybe the entire party is just too dumb for words. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is an interesting take on life. I like this article, maybe enough to finish reading it. www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
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The Ordinary Miracle of Existing
Being alive at all is the most extraordinary stroke of good luck any of us will ever experience.
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Simian Silverback @simiansilverback.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
He wants to be the bride at every wedding, and the corpse at every funeral. www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
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Trump Cropped Out Of Spain’s World Cup Victory Photo
FIFA posted a photo of Spain lifting the World Cup trophy to social media—but President Donald Trump, who lingered on stage, appears to be carefully cropped out.
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