The policy and politics of Trumpism

[NationalTitles18]

Well, sent her home, with Levaquin...

I hope this is good news. So far it seems to be and that's good.

 

[GrayTide]

Sorry to hear this, Earle. I hope she improves with her current treatment. Keep us updated as to her status.

 

[GrayTide]

 

[jthomas666]

You know the new EPA regs to rollback CAFE standards (because when you're staring in the face of record unemployment, the priority should definitely be cheaper cars)?

Trump's band of merry morons screwed it up...BIGLY.

Obama Auto Standards May Survive Because Trump Staff Can’t Do Math

When regulatory agencies write new rules, they have to follow some fairly complicated legal procedures, which often have to hold up under judicial scrutiny. Historically, agencies win about 80 percent of the time against legal challenges. But Trump’s regulations lose about 90 percent of the time, because his administration is staffed with incompetent hacks.

The courts will soon be fighting over Trump’s plan to weaken auto-emission standards. Trump is highly likely to lose, because, as two new reports show, the incompetence of his regulators reached almost mind-boggling proportions.

The Atlantic’s Robinson Meyer has a deep dive into how Trump’s political appointees circumvented all the nonpolitical experts and tried to come up with cost-benefit studies justifying their decision. Meyer’s account of the bureaucratic car wreck should be read in whole, but here are a few highlights. They mixed up supply and demand, assuming higher prices would cause more cars to be driven:

The agency calculated that as cars got more expensive, millions more people would drive them, and the number of traffic accidents would increase, my reporting shows. This error—later dubbed the “phantom vehicles” problem—accounted for the majority of incorrect costs in the SAFE study that the Trump administration released in 2018. It is what made SAFE look safe.

Their own roster of economists dismissed their numbers:

In December 2018, 11 economists—including some whose research was cited by NHTSA in its flawed study—published a scathing assessment of the NHTSA-led analysis in Science. “The 2018 analysis has fundamental flaws and inconsistencies, is at odds with basic economic theory and empirical studies, is misleading, and does not improve estimates of costs and benefits of fuel economy standards,” they wrote.

They even failed arithmetic. (“At one point, the NHTSA team forgot to divide by four.”) Oof.

 

[92tide]

You know the new EPA regs to rollback CAFE standards (because when you're staring in the face of record unemployment, the priority should definitely be cheaper cars)?

Trump's band of merry morons screwed it up...BIGLY.

Obama Auto Standards May Survive Because Trump Staff Can’t Do Math

bigly morons

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Isn’t this roll back symbolic anyway because California laws will remain unchanged? Car manufacturers aren’t going to build cars that can’t be sold in California.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

I hope this is good news. So far it seems to be and that's good.

They did finally test her for Covid, because of the shadow on her right lung. The result will be interesting. She's still very short of breath...

 

[92tide]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1243940232648630276

 

[92tide]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1245026316870660097

 

[B1GTide]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1245026316870660097

War profiteering. He is a republican, so he need not fear arrest or prosecution. The country we live in.

 

[92tide]

War profiteering. He is a republican, so he need not fear arrest or prosecution. The country we live in.

statues will be erected and streets re-named

 

[MattinBama]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1243940232648630276

Clearly the work of a godly family.

 

[chanson78]

statues will be erected and streets re-named

One day, long after the Chinese version of Jim Crow has been struck down, there will be people complaining about the removal of Trump family statues all across the land that upheld the great 'heritage' of mocking fake news and blaming Chyna that they represented.

 

[92tide]

One day, long after the Chinese version of Jim Crow has been struck down, there will be people complaining about the removal of Trump family statues all across the land that upheld the great 'heritage' of mocking fake news and blaming Chyna that they represented.

to be fair, she always looked guilty

 

[NationalTitles18]

A 3,000% jump in jobless claims has devastated the US job market

The last three weeks have marked one of the most devastating periods in history for the American job market, as first-time claims for unemployment benefits have surged more than 3,000% since early March.

www.cnn.com

Back to back record setting weeks are all on this president.

 

[92tide]

A 3,000% jump in jobless claims has devastated the US job market

The last three weeks have marked one of the most devastating periods in history for the American job market, as first-time claims for unemployment benefits have surged more than 3,000% since early March.

www.cnn.com

Back to back record setting weeks are all on this president.

his experts told him "sir, if we don't do the right thing we could have 30 gazillion unemployed. sir, if you take decisive steps now, we could keep this at 6.6 million". so this is proof of success

 

[NationalTitles18]

his experts told him "sir, if we don't do the right thing we could have 30 gazillion unemployed. sir, if you take decisive steps now, we could keep this at 6.6 million". so this is proof of success

The president betrayed every single American alive today, and thousands that are now already dead thanks to him.

 

[92tide]

The president betrayed every single American alive today, and thousands that are now already dead thanks to him.

he has been betraying this country since his inauguration. i have no expectation that his base will actually become cognizant of this in any large numbers, but i hope this somehow opens up enough people's eyes to how mind-numbingly incompetent this moron is.

every day he will get worse.

 

[NationalTitles18]

he has been betraying this country since his inauguration. i have no expectation that his base will actually become cognizant of this in any large numbers, but i hope this somehow opens up enough people's eyes to how mind-numbingly incompetent this moron is.

every day he will get worse.

He has, but there isn't much to compare to this and unfortunately this will touch everyone in this country, including his base. I have to wonder just how they will react as the number of dead reach the tens of thousands in the next 1-2 weeks. As even more people have to take unemployment. All because of his incompetence in responding to a terrible virus. The virus is not his fault. His failure as a leader is his fault.

 

[92tide]

He has, but there isn't much to compare to this and unfortunately this will touch everyone in this country, including his base. I have to wonder just how they will react as the number of dead reach the tens of thousands in the next 1-2 weeks. As even more people have to take unemployment. All because of his incompetence in responding to a terrible virus. The virus is not his fault. His failure as a leader is his fault.

i'll freely admit that until i see proof otherwise, i am not expecting anything but the absolute worst from him and his base.

i hope i'm wrong