Right now, it seems canadians, specifically the canadian government (and Ontario) are doing more to warn Americans about the cost of tariffs than any Americans are. Don't believe it? (thread)
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Mar-2025 07:46:28 JST JamesWNeal
The Canadian billboards include the following messages:
“Tariffs are a tax on hardworking Americans.”
“Tariffs are a tax at the gas pump.”
“Tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill.”The Canadian billboards have been spotted in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan, Ohio and New Hampshire.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Mar-2025 06:55:48 JST JamesWNeal
@Lana I am a "boomer," which means I know a lot of people of the same generation. While I've heard all the stereotypes in your post, I have never met a single boomer who ever felt the way you describe - not in 1995, not in 2025.
Generational warfare based on inaccurate stereotypes does nothing but drive people apart and honestly, Trumpers do enough of that for all of us.
If you'd like to talk to a boomer about what we think, well I'm here.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 23:24:00 JST JamesWNeal
Remember when we blamed algorithms for our timelines being filled with memes and garbage and only the most shocking news? Then we migrated here and to Bluesky and I have bad news for you. We are barely better on our own. Algorithms just helped bring out the worst of us. Sorry, TL;DR amirite?
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 09:46:39 JST JamesWNeal
Zuck decides independent fact-checkers are eating into the bottom line (not that he's pointing that out) & so he's decided the best way to profit from his user base is to put them to work, force them to correct each other and do it for FREE! At Meta, you're not just the product, you're the workforce
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Superstition Spring. Superstition Mountains as seen from Lost Dutchman State Park. 35mm scan. from a recently rediscovered stash of .tif files. #Photography
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 01:45:06 JST JamesWNeal
Monument Valley, shot so long ago all I can say for certain is it was after 2002, as we drove down in my 2002 Forerunner. 35mm transparency, digitized using a Nikon SuperCoolscan 4000ED. #Photography
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 17:19:43 JST JamesWNeal
Tonight Donald J. Trump put out a message to every major exporter in Canada, Mexico and China. The message:
"you can donate to my transition and if it's enough, I might find a way for you to avoid the tariffs."
It's a protection racket, people.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 05:19:50 JST JamesWNeal
If you look at Trump's posts, there is always a grain of truth to them.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:38:52 JST JamesWNeal
Pete Buttigieg: "He’s really doubling down on the crazy uncle vibe this evening."
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 14:05:21 JST JamesWNeal
Please be aware that at some point in the next 2 months, people you never heard of will come out of the woodwork and accuse
#kamalaharris and #TumWalz of exactly the kinds of things that have sunk candidates in the past. It will be timed to make it difficult to find out who paid them to lie before the damage has been done. Also be aware that Roger Stone is still out there, Steve Bannon will be getting out of jail, and the guy who came up with the Swift Boat smear is already working for Trump -
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 06:53:47 JST JamesWNeal
My voice likely will get drowned out in the din, but I too, have things to get off my chest.
(1) they did basically pull the rug out from under Joe. The big money interests who won’t back a Republican, but didn’t really like how progressive Joe had become either. The “we need new blood” interests who saw a scratch and decided to rip open a major wound.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 06:53:46 JST JamesWNeal
(2) Even the “damn if Joe has to step down in a second term we’re gonna get that AAPI Kamala” crowd. Together, they convinced enough of the electorate that Joe couldn’t pull it off that his ratings took enough of a nosedive he became convinced himself that he needed to bow out for the good of the country.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 06:53:45 JST JamesWNeal
(4) We’re about to see what a lame duck president can do to leverage his “ain’t no reason to hold back now” position. I doubt the House is going to pass anything he might put up, but that’s entirely the point. Biden can Executive Order the hell out of anything he wants, and as court challenge after court challenge comes in, the American people are going to get a preview of just what could become reality if we keep the White House and dominate congress.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 06:53:45 JST JamesWNeal
(3) The “democrats in disarray” and the “all is lost” lines are bullshit so long as we keep our heads in the game. Kamala’s already getting major financial and political backing and at least one of the people some folks want to fight her for the nomination, Gretchen Whitmer, has said no.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 06:53:44 JST JamesWNeal
(5) Trump’s totally fucked himself with anybody who may have been on the fence, but still sees Biden as a good man. His statements today are going to be viewed by most Americans who respect Biden for his lifetime of service as just a step away from going to his funeral, standing outside the church and calling him names. No, Biden’s not “weak” for stepping down. It took more courage and humility than Donald Trump could even comprehend to make the decision he made today.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 06:53:43 JST JamesWNeal
(6) I fully expect that Kamala Harris is going to tell us that Joe’s asked her to pick up the ball and run with it. The past four years have been her administration too, and as she said, on every key decision, Biden respected her enough to give her what she asked, the same thing he asked of Obama - to be the last person in the room with him.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 06:53:42 JST JamesWNeal
(7) Some rich folks ain’t a gonna like that much, because she’s not going to suddenly give them the pass they were hoping for when they worked so hard to push Biden out. Will she be her own woman? Damned right and heaven help any person or organization she sees as taking advantage of the rest of us.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 06:53:41 JST JamesWNeal
(8) I’m clear-eyed about this. We had one set of problems standing in the way of a much better tomorrow and right now we’ve traded them for another set. But the question of whether she could get major financial support was answered in a hour. The question of whether most major Democrats - and donors would also support her got answered just as quickly.
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JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 06:53:40 JST JamesWNeal
(9) As for the call for an “open convention,” here’s something to remember. Every single person who might be looked to as a competitor has the ability to say “no, not me. I’m in for Kamala 100%.” Hell, they could all show up at the convention, stand up and say “I’m throwing all my support behind Kamala.” Anyway, if more follow Witmer’s lead, anyone left standing is just going to look like a spoiler - and NONE of them are household names, so seriously people, that’s just not gonna happen.