Originally published at: ‘Successful Businessman’ Trump Mobilizes Business Economists Against Him - TPM – Talking Points Memo
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Tired of Winning Yet? President Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has notched a new accomplishment for the bumbling autocrat: drawing the ire of economists that businesses rely on…
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Speaking of success -
You know, the company with all the government contracts already -
Palantir Technologies reported 53% growth in earnings from U.S. government contracts in its second-quarter earnings, the latest sign that the company is getting a boost from the Trump administration’s push to hasten adoption of AI technology.
In another boon to the company’s US government business, Palantir announced last week that it signed a deal rolling up contracts with the US Army for a value of up to $10 billion over the next decade.
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Reposting:
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I posted some on this yesterday -
The Art of Blowing Up the Deal
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/senate-heads-home-deal-speed-confirmations-irate-trump-124319271
Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’
Even Faux News reported on it (I did not read this article as I refuse to remove an adblock for them.) But the headline says it well.
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I took Econ 101 way back.
It always amazed me how they could pull “variables” out of their butts to make their “equations” work.
Why I only got a C+. Being a Chem major, I had a hard time wrapping my head around these gymnastics.
The only part that made any sense was “Supply & Demand” really is a thing.
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Pfizer is advertising heavily for their Covid treatment (Paxlovid), but without their cutesy signature tagline of “If it’s Covid, Paxlovid”}. This is a straightforward, text on solid background talking about diagnosis and that they have a treatment for it.
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“ Fidelity to Trump, that is.”
Number one requirement for what’s left of the federal work force.
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The successful businessman schtick has always been ludicrously transparent bullshit. He tried to turn the Eastern Shuttle into a luxury airline.
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There is always a summer rise in covid cases. It’s still quite a lot smaller than it was ca. 2020-23.
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## Musk Is the Gift that Keeps on Giving…to Trump
Was Elmo’s falling out with Donnie all a performance?
Is this administration modeling bad melodrama?
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Any comment on the Arkansas AG? Is he saying the 1A does not apply in Arkansas?
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This person is among the worst of the Trump’s lot.
We lost it when the GOP took away the dignity of work decades ago.
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“This unprecedented attack on the U.S. statistical system threatens the long-standing credibility of our economic data infrastructure,”
Say it with me: That is the GOAL.
MAGAt KKKult: “Thank you for confirming that what we are doing will have the effect we intend it to.”
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Besides being racist, it is stupid.
How many farms are located in or near the “inner city.” And of course, “inner city” is a loaded term. Pretty sure he doesn’t mean the Upper Eastside.
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“Look, Dennis! There’s some lovely filth over ‘ere!”
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Central Park is arable land. He could shoot recalcitrant farm workers on Fifth Avenue!
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