Blake Cramer
You'll never talk about how much extra this administration is costing you on a daily basis. You're actually cheering the fact you're paying extra for everything for no ing reason.
How are gas prices in your area. Today. Not 2 months from now when/ if it finally goes down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...k-permits.htmlTexas Restaurants Are Forcing a Reckoning Over Immigrant Labor
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“I think this, right now, is worse than the pandemic,” he said.
About 50 percent of Texas restaurants reported that they were not profitable last year, up from 38 percent in 2024, according to the Texas Restaurant Association.
Some of that has been a consequence of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration: In Texas, where by some estimates nearly 10 percent of the work force is undo ented — compared with about 4.5 percent of the U.S. work force — restaurant owners have said that the crackdown has created a chilling effect among their workers, regardless of their immigration status.
Now as they feel the strain, the Texas Restaurant Association and business leaders across the country have started a coalition, called Seat the Table, demanding that Congress and the White House create work permits for “long-term, law-abiding immigrants playing critical roles from farms to restaurants.”
Across the country, roughly 42 percent of restaurant operators said they were not profitable last year, according to the National Restaurant Association, a slight uptick from 2024 as food and labor costs have steadily increased for years.
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Mr. Lash, co-founder of Farm to Table, said he understood why Republicans “would be a bit fearful” to take a stand on work permits, given the perspective that the country should keep more jobs for U.S. citizens.
“But let’s be realistic, it’s not as if immigrant labor is coming in and literally getting American citizens fired and kicked off of farms,” Mr. Lash said. “They’re working jobs that people either American citizens don’t want or can’t perform. People don’t understand how physically demanding these jobs are.”
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Republican, did not respond to a request for comment about whether he would support calls for work permits. Senator John Cornyn of Texas, also a Republican, declined to comment.
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Stock market today: S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit fresh records as market rally resumes
US stocks rose to fresh record highs on Wednesday after Trump extended the US ceasefire with Iran and as investors fielded a rush of earnings leading up to Tesla’s (TSLA) results.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led the indexes higher, jumping 1.6% to close at a new high. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose more than 1% to also hit a fresh record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) gained around 0.7% following a losing day for Wall Street stocks.
Oh look, Trump gooses the market while nothing actually happens.Stock market today: S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit fresh records as market rally resumes
US stocks rose to fresh record highs on Wednesday after Trump extended the US ceasefire with Iran and as investors fielded a rush of earnings leading up to Tesla’s (TSLA) results.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led the indexes higher, jumping 1.6% to close at a new high. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose more than 1% to also hit a fresh record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) gained around 0.7% following a losing day for Wall Street stocks.
On Friday.
Right before the markets close.
Again.
Have you sensed a pattern here at all, TSA?
Serious question.
Coward.Stock market today: S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit fresh records as market rally resumes
US stocks rose to fresh record highs on Wednesday after Trump extended the US ceasefire with Iran and as investors fielded a rush of earnings leading up to Tesla’s (TSLA) results.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led the indexes higher, jumping 1.6% to close at a new high. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose more than 1% to also hit a fresh record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) gained around 0.7% following a losing day for Wall Street stocks.
There's a lot of serious questions he's avoiding. He's in full clown mode.
Oh look, turns out it was all bull to goose the markets before they closed.
Again.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2048076814669496548
Looking forward to Trump's saying a deal has been struck Monday morning right before the markets open.
Again.
one week ago
you can't get whiplash if you don't have a spine
This is all going to end up with a worse JCPOA redux and ing idiots are going to declare victory.
...until the grass needs to get mowed again; an unwritten ceasefire deal is an inherently unstable scenario, but maybe close to the best we can get right now
the Gazafication of Lebanon has merely been paused, in Iran it would seem to be fully intended
Last edited by Winehole23; 04-25-2026 at 11:36 PM.
Has any international agreement in Trump2 been put in writing?
good question, not sure
the advantage of not writing it down is that any deal can be whatever Trump says it is, the drawback is that deals don't stay done
(just pfa, i would guess not written down deals outnumber deals with a negotiated text, just look at IEEPA tariff "deals")
in passing, being non-agreement capable tends to reduce US influence to countries that can be directly corrupted and coerced
like Eswatini, e.g.
I'm old enough to remember how well telling people "the economy is just fine, there's something wrong with your head" worked for Joe and Kamala in 2024
Pretty impressive to beat Trump's covid year.I'm old enough to remember how well telling people "the economy is just fine, there's something wrong with your head" worked for Joe and Kamala in 2024
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