“Consumer sentiment fell for the fourth straight month, plunging 11 percent from March. This decline was, like the last month’s, pervasive and unanimous across age, income, education, geographic region, and political affiliation. Sentiment has now lost more than 30 percent since December 2024 amid growing worries about trade war developments that have oscillated over the course of the year. Consumers report multiple warning signs that raise the risk of recession: expectations for business conditions, personal finances, incomes, inflation, and labor markets all continued to deteriorate this month. The share of consumers expecting unemployment to rise in the year ahead increased for the fifth consecutive month and is now more than double the November 2024 reading and the highest since 2009. This lack of labor market confidence lies in sharp contrast to the past several years, when robust spending was supported primarily by strong labor markets and incomes. Note that interviews for this release were conducted between March 25 and April 8, closing prior to the April 9 tariff partial reversal,” says the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers statement.

“Year-ahead inflation expectations surged from 5.0 percent last month to 6.7 percent this month, the highest reading since 1981 and marking four consecutive months of unusually large increases of 0.5 percentage points or more. This month’s rise was seen across all three political affiliations. Long-run inflation expectations climbed from 4.1 percent in March to 4.4 percent in April, reflecting a particularly large jump among independents,” the very leftist, rigged, etc statement continued.

CNN reports this is the second-lowest reading in the Wolverines’ surveys since 1952.

The Chinese communists on Friday announced tariffs on US imports would increase from 84 percent to 125 percent, their third increase since convicted felon President Trump began his stupid trade war and for which the US rate on imports is now 145 percent, the New York Times reports.

Constellation Brands, the US importer of Modelo, Corona, and Pacifico beers, says sales dipped 1 percent last quarter, something the company blames on convicted felon President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, who aren’t shopping as much, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Constellation CEO Bill Newlands told the Journal some Latino shoppers are shifting their shopping to large retail chains in an attempt to blend into a crowd, and are no longer frequenting smaller convenience stores or bodegas that primarily serve Hispanic consumers.

“It’s so hard to watch as Highly Qualified and Respected Ambassadors, who we desperately need representing our Country in Faraway Lands, are purposefully meant to wait as the Democrat Senators take maximum time for every single one of them, even though they were confirmed with Bipartisan Support, also at maximum time, and only done to hurt our Country. A process that should take a matter of minutes is forced into taking months, making it very hard on the new Ambassadors’ families, and not good, at all, for the Good Ole’ USA. In a true sense, in numerous cases, what they do is actually a Threat to National Security. John Thune and the Republicans are doing a great job, but nothing much can be done when the Democrats make everyone sit, day after day, pushing the limits. The level of hostility is not to be believed!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Thursday. He voiced no such similar complaint when that piece of shit Tommy Tuberville was doing the same thing to military officers over a non-existent abortion measure.

A transgender Army National Guard pilot has filed a lawsuit against some MAGA D-lister over false claims she was at the stick of the Blackhawk helicopter that collided with American Eagle Flight 5342, killing 67 people over the Potomac River on Jaunary 29th, USA Today reports.

The complaint filed by Jo Ellis, who transitioned last year, alleges that Matt Wallace “knew the public wanted to blame someone for this unspeakable tragedy and he knew a transgender Black Hawk pilot was the perfect villain for his story,” the complaint states. “Once Defendant planted his inane theory that the collision was intentionally caused by the helicopter and that the helicopter was piloted by Plaintiff, a transgender Black Hawk pilot, the theory went viral.” Ellis seeks unspecified damages against Wallace for the false claims and misgendering her on his podcast.

Billionaire edgelord Elon Musk on Wednesday was attempting to road test Starlink’s viability over Path of Exile 2 when he abruptly quit after getting one too many trolls in the chat annoying him, with one pretending to be alleged baby mama Ashley St Clair, the Independent reports.

A Milan, Italy-bound American Airlines flight out of New York City’s JFK International Airport turned around Monday night, about four hours out over the Atlantic Ocean when a passenger – already angry over not being permitted to sit in the exit row with a baby – freaked the fuck out over not being served what if any inflight meal he had specially ordered in advance, CBS News reports.

“We kind of noticed a scuffle in the back. They were asking around if there were any police officers or Army members, or somebody who could help because there were no air marshals on,” passenger Krystie Tomlinson said. Other flier Mike Scigliano said the crew at first had announced “were telling everyone that there were technical issues on the plane, which is even scarier.”

“There was apparently somebody in the back, he was charging at the stewardesses. At some point, he charged past all of our seats and tried to barge into the pilot’s cabin. Apparently, the whole thing started because of a meal choice they didn’t get. I guess they asked for it ahead of time. They never got exactly what they wanted. They also wanted to sit in an exit row. They had a baby with them, so they told them they couldn’t and apparently those two things are what pushed the person over the edge,” said Tomlinson, who added that after landing back at JFK at 3:30 AM, she “asked to use the American Airlines lounge to breastfeed and change. They said you can go in if you pay $79.”

The rebooked flight to Milan took off at 11 AM on Tuesday, 16 hours later. There’s no information available yet on the man’s identity or what if anything the fucking asshole’s been charged with.

Convicted felon President Trump is yammering to reporters after declaring victory on hour 15 into his trade war with most of the rest of the world.

The fat bastard waved the white flag to everyone except China, as you might have heard, and Scott Bessent wasn’t in the mood to explain why it’s not actually a huge victory.

From a Blueprint Research survey of Wisconsin voters: “Only 4 percent of independents say Musk’s endorsement of [loser Brad] Schimel made them more likely to support him, while 33 percent say it made them less likely to (29 percent ‘much’ less likely). Republicans, meanwhile, were largely unmoved by Musk’s endorsement: 83 percent say it didn’t affect their vote, compared to 63 percent of independents and 48 percent of Democrats who say the same. 52 percent of Democrats say Musk’s endorsement made them less likely (48 percent ‘much’ less likely) to support Schimel.”

“Similarly, 29 percent of independents say Musk’s opposition to [winner Susan] Crawford made them more likely to support her (20 percent ‘much’ more likely), while just 4 percent say it made them less likely to support her. Again, Republicans were mostly indifferent (79 percent say it did not affect their vote), while 53 percent of Democrats say it made them more likely (47 percent ‘much’ more) to support her.” In related news $TSLA is at $229 per share, down from $479 on December 17.

“This is a GREAT time to move your COMPANY into the United States of America, like Apple, and so many others, in record numbers, are doing. ZERO TARIFFS, and almost immediate Electrical/Energy hook ups and approvals. No Environmental Delays. DON’T WAIT, DO IT NOW!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Wednesday, non-specific as to what the hell he’s talking about with Apple.

They’re going to start making iPhones and laptops in the United States “NOW”?

Not backing down from making convicted felon President Trump look like a stupid asshole hell-bent leading his nation’s economy to certain ruin, Chinese dictator Xi Jingping’s regime on Wednesday slapped an 84 percent additional tariff on US imports, CNBC reports.

“The United States is alarmed by the arrest of US citizen Paul Chambers in Thailand on lèse majesté charges and the Computer Crimes Act, and we are closely monitoring the situation. The US Department of State takes its responsibility to assist US citizens abroad seriously, and we are in communication with Thai authorities regarding this case. This case reinforces our longstanding concerns about the use of lèse majesté laws in Thailand. We continue to urge Thai authorities to respect freedom of expression and to ensure that laws are not used to stifle permitted expression.”

“As a treaty ally of Thailand, we will closely monitor this issue and advocate for the fair treatment of Paul Chambers. Consular officers from the US Embassy in Bangkok are providing all appropriate consular assistance to Mr Chambers. We have requested access to him to ensure his well-being and to provide any necessary support,” said the US Department of State in a late Tuesday press release.

It’s not even clear what the hell Chambers said. A CNN article quotes his lawyer Akarachai Chaimaneekarakate as saying “He was accused of publishing a blurb on (Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies’) website in connection with an ISEAS webinar in October 2024 about military reshuffles,” whatever that’s supposed to mean. CNN doesn’t have the “blurb” handy.

Either way, it’s rich of this crew to be worried about Chambers while they revoke the visas of students at American universities who would dare question the Netanyahu Regime.

Dominican former New York Mets pitcher Octavio Dotel and Monte Cristi province Governor Nelsy Cruz were among 44 crushed to death Tuesday when the roof collapsed at an historic nightclub in the Dominican Republic’s capital of Santo Domingo on Tuesday, Reuters reports.

Larding it heavy with “patriotic” bullshit, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday confirmed to reporters that a lot of shit is about to more than double in price. “When America is punched, he punches back harder. That’s why there will be 104 percent tariffs going into effect on China tonight at midnight. But the president believes that Xi and China want to make deal, they just don’t know how to get that started,” said Karoline and here we gooooooooooo…

Asked by CNBC’s Eamon Javers for comment on the recent shitposting between ketamine-brained edgelord Elon Musk and demented felon “economic advisor” Peter Navarro, White House Press Secretary Krazy Karoline said simply “Whatever. We are the most transparent administration in history, expressing our disagreements in public.” Guess there’s been dumber spin from this regime.

Whatever.