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I liked the Tucker - Treasury interview. Some eye opening points.

Secretary Scott Bessent definitely has his act together. Go take a look at a few Janet Yellen interviews after watching the Tucker interview of Bessent. You'll sleep a bit easier. The guy definitely has his act together.

More winning!

Secretary of Treasury: ‘It’s Main Street’s Turn to Restore the American Dream’

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent laid out President Trump’s financial policy priorities for the American Bankers Association (ABA) on Wednesday, saying that Main Street America will now take priority.

Bessent speaking at the ABA’s Washington Summit, said, “For too long, financial policy has served large financial institutions at the expense of smaller ones— no more.”

The Treasury Secretary stated that, “It’s Main Street’s turn to hire workers, it’s Main Street’s turn to drive investment and it’s Main Street’s turn to restore the American dream.”

https://amgreatness.com/2025/0...-the-american-dream/


Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Provides Clarity and Details Surrounding 90-Day Pause, Baseline 10% Tariffs and Chinese Tariffs at 125%

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hold press gaggle outside the White House. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gives details on the China tariff increase and the 90- day tariff pause on other countries.

As outlined in the press remarks, 75 countries have contacted the White House to renegotiate their access to the U.S. consumer market. Secretary Bessent noted, each of these new trade agreements needs to be handled independently and “President Trump wants to be personally involved in each one. That’s why there is a 90-day pause.”

Bessent revisited his prior comments and warning to global trade partners about not retaliating to last week’s announcement. The hostile response from China was the triggering mechanism for the tariff increase.
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Bessent, Rubio, Hegseth, Chris White, Doug Burgum, Lee Zeldin, even Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins...every one has been outstanding, loyal to Trump, articulate in describing Trump's vision. The dustup between Peter Navarro and Elon Musk is just Musk's idiosyncrasy. I don't think anything will come of it. As I said yesterday, not wild about Kristi Noem. But overall, probably the best cabinet in my memory, anyway. Personnel is policy, and Trump did a fantastic job with personnel.

FWIW. Trump's not driving the markets on a rollercoaster ride.

The result of it is those of the MSM and those afflicted with TDS.

I am aghast that Schumer's mangina is "agape"

These fuckin' people

https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1910041311832404303

^^^ I think AOC has her eye on Chuck Schumer‘s Senate seat.

I think AOC's backers also have their eyes on Chuck Schumer‘s Senate seat.

This is IMHO the quandary with term limits, yes Schumer is a proverbial PIA, but if you limit him out, you get Super Leftist Progressive replacement.

Schumer is a known quantity, and can be reasoned with to some extent, AOC is pure left trash, bought and paid for by Soros...

So yeah it can get worse, not for NY, because they have both of them, but can you imagine 20 years of her in the Senate?

Anyone who would appear on camera with Crazie Hirono anywhere in view cannot be trusted. Not like I ever trusted Schumer to begin with.

Talk about winning. The libtards are crying because he "caved" after saying tariffs are unfair and not to do them. Can't make them happy.

Kash Patel removed as acting director of the ATF Replaced by Army Sec Dan Driscoll sources say it was because Patel wants to focus on the FBI.

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https://x.com/Mrgunsngear/status/1910101747772645745

Has Trump nominated anyone to be the next ATF Director? This shuffling of responsibilities doesn't do anything.

Nobody has mentioned the 800-pound Gorillas in the room, Amazon and Walmart, or the cancellation of Chinese factory orders. And where is Apple in all of this?

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Nobody has mentioned the 800-pound Gorillas in the room, Amazon and Walmart, or the cancellation of Chinese factory orders. And where is Apple in all of this?

I don't know about Walmart, but both Amazon and Apple were up sharply today.

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AMZN/

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AAPL/

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https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/WMT/

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Nobody has mentioned the 800-pound Gorillas in the room, Amazon and Walmart, or the cancellation of Chinese factory orders. And where is Apple in all of this?

I'm not too worried about those you mentioned. All are big boy companies that have known this was coming since 11/5/2024. They probably knew before that in their heart of hearts. How could they possibly be surprised by tariffs? Pretty sure they know the road might be a bit rocky but have plans in place.

Trump-backed bill to stop 'rogue' judges passes House
Rep. Darrell Issa led the No Rogue Rulings Act in the House

By Elizabeth Elkind | Fox News
Published April 9, 2025 8:05pm EDT

The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to limit federal district judges' ability to affect Trump administration policies on a national scale.

The No Rogue Rulings Act, led by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., passed the House and limits district courts' power to issue U.S.-wide injunctions, instead forcing them to focus their scope on the parties directly affected in most cases.

All but one Republican lawmaker voted for the bill, which passed 219 to 213. No Democrats voted in favor.

The Trump administration has faced more than 15 nationwide injunctions since the Republican commander-in-chief took office, targeting a wide range of President Donald Trump's policies, from birthright citizenship reform to anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.

Issa himself was confident the bill would pass, telling Fox News Digital on Tuesday morning, "We've got the votes."

He was less certain of the bill getting Democratic support, though he noted former Biden administration solicitor general Elizabeth Prelogar made her own complaints about district judges' powers during the previous White House term.

"We're hoping some people look at it on its merits rather than its politics," Issa said.

Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kan., who has an amendment on the bill aimed at limiting plaintiffs' ability to "judge shop" cases to favorable districts, told Fox News Digital before the vote, "A lot of things get called commonsense around here, but this one genuinely is."

"The basic policy of trying to rein in the overuse of nationwide injunctions was supported by Democrats before. It's supported by Republicans now, and I'm hoping [this vote will] be supported by both," he said.

Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, who, like Schmidt and Issa, is a House Judiciary Committee member, told Fox News Digital after the bill's passage, "Many Democrat-appointed lower court judges have conducted themselves like activist liberal lawyers in robes while attempting to stop President Trump's nationwide reforms. The No Rogue Rulings Act limits this unchecked power."

Another GOP lawmaker, Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, told Fox News Digital, "More than 77 million Americans voted for [Trump's] pro-American policies and want to see them implemented quickly. There is no reason that activist judges whose authority does not extend nationally should be allowed to completely stop [his] agenda."

Republicans' unity on the issue comes despite some early divisions over how to hit back at what they have called "rogue" and "activist" judges.

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., who supported impeachment and Issa's bill, told Fox News Digital, "The judicial vendetta against President Trump’s agenda needs to be checked. Nationwide injunctions by activists judges have stood in the way of the American people’s will and in come cases their safety, since the President was sworn into office."

Stutzman said Issa's bill "will stop individual judge’s political beliefs from preventing the wants and needs of our citizens from being implemented."

A group of conservatives had pushed to impeach specific judges who have blocked Trump's agenda, but House GOP leaders quickly quashed the effort in favor of what they see as a more effective route to take on the issue.

Despite its success in the House, however, the legislation does face uncertain odds in the Senate, where it needs at least several Democrats to hit the chamber's 60-vote threshold.

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Kash Patel removed as acting director of the ATF Replaced by Army Sec Dan Driscoll sources say it was because Patel wants to focus on the FBI.

I wonder what's going on here. Hopefully they're just setting this guy up. Otherwise, Kash has some 'splainin to do.

https://www.theblaze.com/shows...nter-to-key-position

FBI Director Kash Patel has made it clear that he rejects the mainstream narrative that January 6 was a massive insurrection and has even suggested that the FBI played a role in inciting the event.

These sentiments stand in stark contrast to his recent appointment of Steven Jensen as the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. Jensen’s past role as Section Chief of the Domestic Terrorism Operations Section, in which he labeled January 6 protesters "terrorists," leading to aggressive efforts to arrest them, has sparked widespread controversy.

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Originally posted by Gustofer: I wonder what's going on here. Hopefully they're just setting this guy up. Otherwise, Kash has some 'splainin to do.

I was always under the impression that Patel was assigned acting director of the ATF as a collateral duty until the ATF was either absorbed into the FBI or some other federal agency. Apparently that's not going to happen so a permanent director has been selected.

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Trump-backed bill to stop 'rogue' judges passes House
Rep. Darrell Issa led the No Rogue Rulings Act in the House
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Thanks Q. Good to see actual news. Now for the Senate…

You know our policy. Just keep that stuff out of here.

A couple of things at the end of another eventful day-

There appears to be a leftist trend on TikTok beginning in the last day or two, that President Trump intends soon to enact martial law, which, of course, will turn out to be entirely false. Each time these loons make outlandish predictions which are in no way connected to reality, they lose more credibility, which they possess only in microscopic amounts.

Secondly, President Trump mentioned today that China is looking for a way out of their tariff mess, and I am inclined to believe this.

https://x.com/jayroo69/status/1909995847732834467

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A judge will block it