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Tim Walz Perfectly Explains Why Trump Running The Country 'Like A Business' Is A Bad Idea
May 09, 2025
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz criticized President Donald Trump during an interview with MSNBC host Jen Psaki, stressing just why the people who elected Trump to run the country "like a business" were completely misguided.
Walz particularly lamented the impacts of Trump's ongoing trade war with Canada and Mexico, noting that Trump has a history of scuttling deals and "a proven track record of being an absolute failure."
He said:
"The thing that drives me insane with Canada and Mexico is he's the guy who negotiated the deal and then he turns around and [scuttles it]. Two things about that are wrong. No, we don’t need to run government like a business because we’re not in the profit-making, we’re in [the business of] improving lives and looking toward the future."
"This guy has a proven track record of being an absolute failure. I think the opening for the Democrats is to work with the business community. My [state is] home to many large Fortune 500 companies that are put at risk by this."
"I'm calling people out on this. They need to stand up. He threatens them. He threatens universities. Thank goodness Harvard is standing up to them. But that's how he gets done."
"He doesn't get it done through competency. He doesn't get it done through results. He gets it done through fear and intimidation. ... I wish he could have been weirdly obsessed with pickleball rather than with tariffs. That's where he could spend his time but it's on this tariff thing that doesn't work."
You can hear what he said in the video below.
Walz is correct considering Trump's business track record is riddled with failures and questionable decisions.
Trump Shuttle Airlines folded within two years (with a crash in the early months), Trump Mortgage collapsed within a year after hiring an executive who had wildly inflated his credentials, and ventures like Trump Steaks, Trump Magazine, GoTrump.com, Trump The Game, and Trump Vodka all failed.
Trump University shut down after a $40 million lawsuit from New York’s attorney general, while multiple casino and hotel ventures—including Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza Hotel, Trump Casino Resorts, and Trump Entertainment Resorts—ended in bankruptcy.
According to Forbes, Trump would be $400 million richer today if he had simply invested his inheritance into an S&P 500 index fund instead of running these businesses.
His companies have also been notorious for stiffing vendors—leaving contractors, small-business owners, and suppliers unpaid. Unsettled debts include $2.98 million for hotel repairs, $100,000 owed for pianos, $90 million in unpaid bills at the Taj Mahal, and $5 million in liens at his D.C. hotel.
Walz also called out Trump for saying that children may simply have to deal with having “two dolls instead of 30” as a result of his trade war.
The new tariffs are expected to trigger major shortages for both businesses and consumers. Online retailers like Temu have already responded with price increases and now show “import charges” at checkout, highlighting the tariff impact—sometimes doubling the original cost of an item.
This didn't seem to bother Trump, who last month said that "maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally."
Walz finds that unacceptable:
"He told you he would end the war in Ukraine, he would bring prices down, eggs, and now telling people... When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has?"
“Government — just big enough to fit in your bedroom, your womb and apparently now in your toy chest. It’s insane. It’s a command economy with him dictating, there’s no free market principles.”
You can hear what he said in the video below.
Many concurred with Walz's assessment.
Walz is also right to worry.
Major retailers like Walmart and Target have warned Trump that customers could soon face empty shelves and rising prices. Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Management, has cautioned that the U.S. could face “COVID-like” shortages and widespread layoffs across sectors such as trucking, logistics, and retail.
Although Trump has recently signaled some flexibility on tariffs, experts say it may be too late to prevent a supply shock that could ripple through the economy into the holiday season.
Even if tensions ease, restarting transpacific trade carries its own risks: the freight industry has downsized to reflect lower demand, so a sudden surge in orders could overwhelm shipping networks, leading to costly delays—much like the chaos seen during the pandemic when container prices soared and ports were clogged with cargo ships.
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People Reveal Red Flags That Scream "This Couple Won't Last!"
May 09, 2025
Love is not a many-splendered thing.
Ok, maybe it is for some, but not for most.
I can't tell you how many times I've seen a could and knew in my soul it was a dead-on-arrival situation.
So you try to warn people.
You try to wave the red flag.
And then what happens?
Redditor No-Slip69420 wanted to hear about the times people knew that a certain love story was not going to last, so they asked:
"What screams 'This couple won’t last?'"
Smash!
"The groom smashed the cake in the bride’s face when she didn’t want him to."
- Apprehensive_Yam73
"High predictor of impending divorce."
- Funandgeeky
"Totally agree with this! That being said, I WANTED cake on my face. I had to beg my wife to do it and settled with her getting some frosting on my nose. I know I married the right one because she repeatedly asked me if I was sure and obliged me."
- node_of_ranvier
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Corrections
"One person is extremely annoyed at and correcting the super mundane things that the other says and does."
- PurpleLilyEsq
"My mom does this to my stepdad, and I try super hard not to do that to my partner. I'll catch myself and consciously shut my mouth. I love him very much, and even though he does some things differently than I do the job still gets done. He is not allowed to fold my laundry, though. LOL."
- Kakes_69
Changes
"When one person completely changes their personality to suit the other. One of my friends started dating a guy who was, in my opinion, a real jerk. I guess he felt superior to other people. He was condescending to people who worked for him, rude to wait staff, etc. Anyway, my friend turned from being a confident professional woman into a submissive shadow of herself."
"I was pretty sure she wouldn't be able to keep her act going indefinitely, and sure enough, as soon as they were married and she started expressing her opinions, the whole thing fell apart. They were divorced within a year... which probably wasn't a surprise to anyone who knew her."
- Bay_de_Noc
A Bad Share
"When they share a Facebook account. Someone has already cheated by that point."
- Best_Answer69
"The opposite is true of older people. My grandparents share the same account, and they’re ‘til death do us part. I think Grandpa likes it when Grandma shows him pictures of us, but he isn’t interested in maintaining his own account."
- fartmachiner
"Yeah, lol. My aunt and uncle share a Facebook account, and it’s not a jealousy thing. The same goes for my brother-in-law’s parents. It’s an old-people thing, where usually, one partner has no interest in maintaining a social media account but still wants to be in the loop with life."
"In both relationships, they’re stable, happy, and very much still in love/death do us part."
- schickschickschick
AMEN!
"The preacher officiating at the wedding gives a sermon about infidelity. True story..."
"She was hot and rich. He was less hot and more rich. I don't know which one screwed around first, but the marriage didn't last a year."
"The sermon may have been inspired by one or the other's parents, rather than by the newlyweds' own previous conduct. It was still prophetic, though."
- fubo
AWFUL
"Most couples that I've seen are 'social media couples' and end up having AWFUL relationship problems. And we usually find this out during a public breakup or when one kills the other."
- RugratChuck
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Contempt
"Eye-rolling. Scientifically speaking, it symbolizes contempt and is a strong predictor of relationship failure, as presented by John Gottman, who studies relationships. He names contempt as one of the four horsemen of ending a marriage."
- WarrenChanWL
"Contempt, defensiveness, and criticism hurt a lot and make you genuinely sad. But no one can be prepared for the state of destruction that stonewalling and silent treatment leaves the mental health in."
"The real way to deal with it is to not deal with it. But if you don't know that, you will pour yourself into fixing a problem that doesn't need that much effort - they just want you to squirm, beg, and kiss their feet. All self-value and self-respect are thrown out of the window to resolve the problem you think you have with the person you love."
"The problem is always fabricated, and you try to fix a fake problem by giving yourself away into a black hole. The actual problem is always much, much less. They make communication way harder on purpose."
"If you receive the silent treatment, bail the f**k out. It's like quicksand, it gets worse the more you fight."
- ItsNotProgHouse
Attachment Styles
"An intense sense of urgency, especially around relationship milestones."
"I understand being excited about a new partner, but if you feel like the world will end if you spend a week or two apart or don't move in together/meet the parents/get engaged or married ASAP, then you're not in love. You're infatuated, which isn't sustainable in a healthy way."
"My therapist helped me look into attachment styles. There are also tons of free resources out there about them. The urgency can be a sign of anxious attachment. The ideal is to work towards secure attachment. Shifting even slightly in the direction of secure attachment brought me a peace I can hardly put into words."
"Also, finding a partner that is communicative and honest. And being that partner, as well! I haven't had to guess where I stand with my partner since the first couple of months we met (~1.5 yrs ago). And I try to make sure he doesn't have to guess with me either. That took away a lot of urgency and panic."
- CamelApprehensive229
2 Years Apart
"I married into a family with a relative who was constantly in different relationships. Predicted she'd be divorced within 18 months. I was right. Nobody was surprised. She was in her early 30s, already been married twice, had three kids with three different fathers. Only one was from a marriage, and the kids were 2 years apart."
"Oh, and she planned each one. She cheated on her 2nd husband (didn't feel any guilt or remorse) and would bring a new guy around every year. We all knew she was marrying her 3rd husband because she thought he had money. Turns out he didn't."
- EmbarrassedPick1031
Too Spicey
"When one is so insecure they belittle the other to feel better about themself. I once had dinner with a now-divorced couple, and there was a spicy dish. The wife casually said, 'Husband can't handle spicy food.' Husband replied out loud, 'Whatever, I'm literally better than you at like 100 other things.'"
- JJGBM
34 Years
"When someone spends a lot of time in conversation talking about how happy their marriage is. That's someone trying to convince themselves."
"I mean, hey, if someone asked me, I'd say I've had an outstanding 34-year marriage to a woman who creates life and love and beauty wherever she goes. But I don't feel a constant need to yap about it in conversation."
"So if you know someone who is talking about their blissful marriage, know that they likely need some marriage counseling pretty soon."
- AnybodySeeMyKeys
Clearly...
"When one is clearly gay but everyone knows except the girl. I met a couple at a doctor's visit. And I remember thinking, is she not aware he is gay? Anyway, I forgot about it. They had a child, so I was worried but then thought maybe I was wrong; hopefully, I was wrong. I was not. He was gay; they separated."
- Fragrant_Bid_8123
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Dopamine
"Love bombing in the first couple of weeks. Yes, we love that you love each other. But you hardly know each other, and you haven't sat down with the realities of life and living together. You are in love with being in love. The dopamine will wear off, and who you are as a person and how you deal with stress, daily tasks, and friends/family are all just as important."
- Everyoneheresamoron
Mismatch!
"When there is a massive communication mismatch. I knew a couple where one partner was always very forthright and the other kind of meek. Partner A would express an opinion on anything from what to do for dinner to when they should start trying for kids. Instead of just saying that they disagreed and having an actual conversation, Partner B would subtly imply it, and Partner A would either actually not get it or pretend to."
"This, of course, resulted in Partner A nearly always getting what they wanted, Partner B feeling steamrolled into every life decision, and Partner A angry that Partner B was always quietly unhappy. It ended poorly, though both are in much better relationships now."
"Communication is, in my opinion, both the main cause of so many relationship failures/unhappy relationships, and yet it's also one of the issues that a committed couple can fix (given the time, will, and often a good therapist)."
- Conscious_Writing689
Hey Jerry!
"Get in a sh**faced drunken argument at their own wedding Jerry Springer style. Also, shoving the wedding cake into the face. It was a harbinger of things to come. Also, the groom belongs to a hardcore fundamentalist sect, and the preacher uses the event as a pulpit to give a fire-and-brimstone sermon instead of just giving the couple a blessing. Oh, there was no music or dancing allowed. I walked out of that one."
- TwinFrogs
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Pay attention to the red flags!!
They are waving for a reason.
Sometimes, we're too blinded in the relationship to see the crimson.
So then, we must turn to others for help when "something" seems off.
Anything that resembles an episode of Jerry Springer is a HUGE red flag.
And as always... COMMUNICATION is KEY!!
A lesson never learned.
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Vance Roasted After His Brother Gets Walloped In Ohio Primary Following Vance's Endorsement
May 08, 2025
On Tuesday, the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, held their primary election to determine who would earn a spot on November's mayoral ballot.
The city's mayoral race is nonpartisan—no parties appear next to candidates' names on the primary or general election ballots. The top two vote getters in the primary, regardless of their party affiliation, vie for the office.
Tuesday's primary saw three people on the ballot:
- incumbent Democrat Aftab Pureval
- Republican Brian Frank
- Republican Cory Bowman
But only one candidate had an endorsement coming straight from the Trump administration.
Evangelical pastor and coffee shop owner Cory Bowman received the support of Vice President JD Vance midday on Tuesday. Bowman shares a father, Donald Bowman, with James Donald Bowman, a.k.a. James David Hamel, a.k.a. J.D. Hamel, a.k.a. J.D. Vance.
Vance posted on X:
"Hey Cincinnati! My brother Cory Bowman is running for mayor and is on the ballot today for the primary. He’s a good guy with a heart for serving his community. Get out there and vote for him!"
But Vance's endorsement failed to bear fruit—or votes.
Incumbent Democratic Mayor Pureval garnered 82.53% of the vote, compared to Bowman's 12.91% and Frank's 4.6%. Vance can now see what a real landslide victory looks like, having no personal experience with one himself.
MAGA Republican President Donald Trump and Vance won just 48% of the vote versus 42% for former Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
People were no more supportive of either Bowman brother on social media.
JD Vance holds NCAA trophy, it breaks. JD Vance visits the Pope, he dies JD Vance visits India, a war breaks out. JD Vance endorses his brother, brother gets creamed. I'm sensing a pattern.
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— Jeff Lazarus (@jlazarus.bsky.social) May 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
JD Vance broke the National Championship trophy, then visited the Pope who died the next day, then visited India and a terrorist attack happened and war broke out, then endorsed his brother for mayor who lost 83-11%. What’s next on the agenda?
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) May 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
JD Vance’s younger brother getting demolished in the race for Cincinnati mayor after Vance endorsed him. You hate to see it. 🤣
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— Mike Nellis (@mikenellis.bsky.social) May 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Remember when JD Vance endorsed his brother for Cincinnati mayor? Voters overwhelmingly rejected him. 82.5% to 12.9%. That says everything
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— Lil A 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@lilatheofficial.bsky.social) May 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The Repudiation Tour in OH continues!! Great job Cincy!!!! The next one to toss out in the primary next year is Vivek Ramaswamy. Ohio, stand up for yourselves!!!! #Ohio
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— Bock Sam (@bocksam.bsky.social) May 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
JD Vance visits Pope. Pope dies. JD Vance visits India. War breaks out. JD Vance endorses his brother. Brother crashes and burns. I dunno 'bout y'all, but Bubba Vance beginning to sound like the Kiss of Death...
— bluesmaster (@bluesmaster.bsky.social) May 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Not a good look, JD.
The two winners of the May 6 mayoral primary election will face off in the general election on November 4.
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Ellen DeGeneres Just Tried To Mow The Lawn At Her Sprawling UK Estate—And It Went South Fast
May 08, 2025
Say what you may about Ellen DeGeneres, but we can all agree that she's always tried to find the funny side in a situation, even if it's something that should be as mundane as mowing the lawn.
DeGeneres left the talk show scene in 2022 after allegations ran rampant about her running a toxic workplace, so when President Donald Trump was elected for a second term, it seemed the perfect time for the entertainer and her wife, Portia de Rossi, to look for greener pastures, namely in the U.K.
Instead of traveling a lot, the former talk show host has developed a hobby of flipping houses, which gives her different projects to work on, followed by a fresh location and "new perspective" to live in for a while.
She's already flipped more than 50 properties, and the latest is a beautiful property in the Cotswolds region of the British countryside, and the yard is made up of rough terrain—wide, rolling hills and vegetation that will challenge even a high-quality lawnmower.
But DeGeneres decided to give it her best try on a lark. And, thinking this new adventure might lead to some comedic moments, de Rossi decided to press that record button—and the results did not disappoint.
DeGeneres starts off mowing slowly on a large yellow riding lawnmower, sporting her new look of dark brunette hair.
But then the video cuts to a scene of DeGeneres and the lawnmower creeping back up one of the property's steep hills as a man attempts to push them back up. The incline proving too steep, the video cuts again, this time to both DeGeneres and the man pushing the lawnmower and de Rossi giggling in the background.
You can watch the video here:
Some fans were thoroughly entertained by the attempt.
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While others were distracted by the beautiful, open countryside.
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It's unclear how much of DeGeneres and de Rossi's decision to move to the U.K. was based on the presidential election or what they will do when future candidates are sworn in, but it's clear for the time being that the pair are enjoying the fresh air, change in lifestyle, and of course, trying new things.
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Buttigieg Epically Drags Education Secretary For Confusing A.I. With 'A1 Steak Sauce'
May 08, 2025
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg mocked Education Secretary Linda McMahon during an MSNBC appearance after she recently went viral for confusing AI with A1, the steak sauce brand.
McMahon slipped up during her appearance at the ASU+GSV Summit last month. While discussing the state of modern education, she brought up the role of AI in today's classrooms.
She said:
“You know, [on the subject of] AI development. I mean, how can we educate at the speed of light if we don’t have the best technology around, you know, to do that?"
"I heard—I think it was a letter or a report that I heard this morning, I wish I could remember the source—but there’s a school system that’s gonna start making sure that first graders, or even pre-K, have A1 teaching every year starting that far down in the grades."
“And that’s a wonderful thing. Kids are sponges. They just absorb everything. Wasn’t all that long ago that it was, ‘We’re gonna have internet in our schools. Woo!’"
"Now, OK, let’s see A1 and how can that be helpful? How can it be helpful in one-on-one instruction? How can it be helpful in absorbing more information for those fast learners?"
"It can be more one-on-one directed. Those are the kinds of things and innovations that I wanna see continue to develop.”
You can hear what she said in the video below.
Speaking with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki on Tuesday, Buttigieg mocked McMahon’s “A1” blunder and pointed to it as further evidence that she’s unfit for the role:
"You’ve got the Secretary of Education saying that we need to make sure kids are trained in something she calls ‘A1’ which means she doesn’t understand that it’s AI, which means she doesn’t understand artificial intelligence."
"Like I love A1 Steak Sauce, but A1 steak sauce is not one of the most important things confronting humanity right now. Artificial intelligence is. And somebody who doesn’t understand that probably should not be leading an important federal agency."
You can hear what he said in the video below.
Many agreed.
Buttigieg also took the time to blast the Trump administration’s cabinet over “Signalgate” and the mishandling of classified information, calling it part of a troubling “pattern.”
He said sending “incredibly sensitive information to the wrong people” was more than just a mistake—it underscored that many officials “don’t know what they’re doing.”
Leading the Defense Department, he said—taking aim at Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has continued to downplay the scandal—is “one of the most important jobs of anybody in the human species,” and when you’ve got the secretary of defense “playing fast and loose with classified information,” it raises serious concerns.
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