Hannity. Remember when Howard Dean did that weird scream on stage at a campaign rally? Hannity played that over and over and over again on his radio show. He just would not let go of it. I stopped listening after hearing Howard Dean scream relentlessly. I never went back to listening to him.

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I am not sure Rush will ever be replaced.

I am sure there is no replacement.

100% agree!

Barrett has been a huge disappointment.

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Barrett has been a huge disappointment.

100% agree she is a complete coward and John Roberts is both a coward and a turncoat.

^^^ I do think coward describes them. I think they're...especially Barrett, afraid for their lives and families and the hassle they foresee...real or not. Barrett has already had a taste of this and I think she's fearful.

https://www.newsmax.com/politi...dkt_nbr=010124min7dc

Kevin O'Leary: Tariff Ruling a 'Nightmare' for Businesses

Investor and "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary blasted the Supreme Court's ruling Friday that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in issuing broad emergency tariffs.

O'Leary called the 6-3 decision a "nightmare" and said the high court "created a mess" by ruling that the IEEPA does not authorize a president to impose broad-based tariffs, marking a major rebuke of Trump's use of emergency powers to reshape U.S. trade policy.

"There's nothing wrong with reciprocal tariffs," O'Leary told CNN's "The Arena with Kasie Hunt." "If a country adds a 10% [value added tax] – and we don't call it a VAT tax in the U.S., we'll just do a 10% tariff.

"There's nothing wrong with that. That's the stable tariff negotiation that's gone on forever.

"But you've got situations where punitive tariffs were used during this period the Supreme Court looked at and ruled on this morning and said, no you can't do that, that's a tax. And Congress wasn't consulted."

O'Leary said American companies might now have to pursue refunds on roughly $150 billion in tariffs already paid to the federal government in order to comply with the ruling. Some economists have suggested the total exposure could exceed $175 billion. O'Leary said, "no one ever thinks about the small business guy."

"Where does he sit in this now?" he said. "He has to somehow go get this back from Treasury, the $150 billion, and distribute it to the people that paid it or he won't be compliant.

"I wish the Supreme Court had called me, I know this sounds ridiculous, before they ruled on this because I would have said to them, Wait a second, wait a second. This isn't going to help the people that employ half the people in America.

"This is not going to be easy. This is an additional cost on us. This is a major compliance cost."

O'Leary said he's going to ask for guidance when he's at the State of the Union on Tuesday "because my head is getting squeezed from the top and the bottom to be compliant and every business in America is going through this right now."

"There are people that want their money back within the distribution shareholder and lender system," he said. "And for me, and I'll tell you right now, you're the first to hear it.

"I'm setting up a resource called wondertrust.com hiring, if not hundreds, thousands of accountants and lawyers because I don't know how else to be compliant and I'm going to use them with my companies.

"Or just what else are we supposed to do? Because everybody wants their money back. And I wish, I don't know what the policy is going to be on that. It's not a great afternoon for me, to be honest with you."

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfr...dkt_nbr=010502iu4ain

Trump Raises Tariff to 15% After High Court Ruling

President Donald Trump announced Saturday morning that he will raise the existing 10% worldwide tariff to 15%, escalating his administration's trade agenda a day after a Supreme Court ruling addressing his tariff authority.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump blasted what he called a "ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday" by the high court, saying that after a "thorough, detailed, and complete review," he would act immediately.

"Please let this statement serve to represent that I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries… to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level," Trump wrote.

He added that during the "next short number of months," his administration will "determine and issue the new and legally permissible Tariffs," describing the move as part of what he called an "extraordinarily successful process of Making America Great Again — GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!"

The Supreme Court's ruling this week addressed the scope of presidential authority in imposing tariffs, with the justices weighing limits under existing trade and emergency powers statutes.

While the administration has characterized the decision as flawed, Trump signaled that it still leaves room for higher duties within what he called "fully allowed" and "legally tested" levels.

Tariffs have been a central pillar of Trump's economic strategy, which he argues protects American workers, reduces trade deficits, and pressures foreign nations he says have "been 'ripping' the U.S. off for decades."

Critics, however, warn that broad-based tariffs risk higher consumer prices and retaliatory measures from trading partners.

Saturday's announcement underscores that, despite legal scrutiny, the administration views expanded tariffs as a key component of its economic and trade policy moving forward.

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...ency-powers-tariffs/

President Donald Trump announced he is imposing a ten percent global tariff on top of tariffs already in place after the Supreme Court struck down his duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

Trump’s announcement came during a press briefing the White House scheduled on short notice after the 6-3 ruling against the IEEPA tariffs, in which Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with liberal judges to rule against the president.

The 10 percent global tariff Trump is imposing on Friday is not under IEEPA but under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which Justice Brett Kavanaugh emphasized is another vehicle for imposing tariffs in his dissenting opinion.

“Effective immediately, all national security tariffs under Section 232, and existing Section 301, tariffs… remain in place, fully in place, and in full force and effect,” Trump said.

“Today, I will sign an order to impose a 10 percent global tariff under Section 122, over and above our normal tariffs already being charged, and we’re also initiating several Section 301 and other investigations to protect our country from unfair trading practices of other countries and companies,” he added.

Section 122 empowers the president to address “large and serious” balance-of-payments deficits through import surcharges of up to 15 percent.

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Along with Section 122, Kavanaugh pointed to Sections 201 and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as well as Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as pathways for future tariffs.

“The Supreme Court did not overrule tariffs. They merely overruled a particular use of IEEPA tariffs,” Trump stressed during the briefing.

“It’s okay, because we have other ways, numerous other ways,” he went on to add. “The ability to block, embargo, restrict license, or impose any other condition on a foreign country’s ability to conduct trade with the United States under IEEPA has been fully confirmed by this decision.”

Trump also expressed that he is “ashamed of certain members of the court” after the ruling, while praising Kavanaugh. He notably nominated Coney Barrett and Gorsuch to the court in his first term.

“Others think they’re being politically correct, which has happened before, far too often with certain members of this court… when in fact, they’re just being fools and lap dogs for the RINOs and the radical left Democrats,” he said at one point.

Greatest POTUS in our history!

^^^ See above.

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... Critics, however, warn that broad-based tariffs risk higher consumer prices and retaliatory measures from trading partners.

While on the face of it, higher prices may not be palatable. But I'm not sure it's a bad thing given the potential long term gains. And if so, these so called critics are being very short sighted and they should be called out explicitly.

In addition, instead of being afraid of retaliatory measures for what is implied as unfriendly actions by us, perhaps those trade "partners" are now finally facing retaliatory actions from us that are long overdue in the face of their abuses.

Let's describe this in Trumps terms. We are now the ones taking reciprocal steps to even out prior trade imbalances.

It was our turn to move. DJT is doing this.

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Originally posted by konata88:

While on the face of it, higher prices may not be palatable. But I'm not sure it's a bad thing given the potential long term gains. And if so, these so called critics are being very short sighted and they should be called out explicitly.

Something that never seems to be accounted for is the loss of overall wealth within the country when we export dollars. e.g. If I buy a thingamabob made overseas where $100 goes to the foreign supplier, that $100 is forever gone from our economy. We actually export over $4 trillion dollars every year. Money circulating in an economy multiplies, so the overall wealth grows. That $4T we export grows foreign wealth while depleting out wealth.

Now if I spend an extra few dollars to buy an American made thingamabob, no money is exported, so it stays within our economy. Eventually some of it comes back to me. That means my true cost in the long run is less than the receipt said I paid for it.

It would be interesting to know what the actual net cost of exporting dollars is.

The impact to me on price of goods has been zero in terms of tariffs. The benefit for our country has been huge. Boggles my mind that some cannot wrap their head around that.

Glad he has a solid plan B.

Wait, you mean Trump was right? Again? Shocking.

Armed man shot and killed after ‘unauthorized entry’ into Mar-a-Lago: Secret Service

Published February 22, 2026 9:05am EST

A man in his early 20s was shot and killed early Sunday after allegedly breaching the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, FLorida, the U.S. Secret Service announced.

The Secret Service said the incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. when the suspect made an "unauthorized entry" at the property.

The individual was observed near the north gate carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can.

Agents and a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office confronted the man who was pronounced dead at the scene.

No Secret Service or Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office personnel were injured, and no Secret Service protectees were present at the property at the time, officials said.