Adventurer, businessman and cat dad. Views and hot takes are my own.
Bozeman, MT
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Ed Johnson retweeted
We don’t need the TSA. Never did. And the pretense to do so was, as we know now, contrived.
Make airports great again.
Ed Johnson retweeted
This is truly amazing. The Deputy White House Press Secretary is claiming that I'm wrong, and that the "tariff rates" on Trump's chart were calculated by "literally" measuring every country's tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers.
To prove it, he screenshots the formula the USTR says was used to calculate the reciprocal tariffs we imposed on other countries. And when you back out the Greek symbols, what is that formula? Trade deficit/imports - exactly what I said it was.
I don't know if the Deputy Press Secretary was misinformed, or is just being misleading. Either way, the Trump administration did not "literally calculate tariff and non tariff barriers" to determine the tariff rates it's imposing on other countries. As I said, it divided our trade deficit with a country by our imports with that country, and then multiplied by 0.5 (because Trump was being "lenient").
Oh, and if our trade deficit/imports with a country is less than 10%, or we have a trade surplus with a country, Trump slapped a flat 10% tariff on that country.
Ed Johnson retweeted
Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.
So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.
Ed Johnson retweeted
Those who defended Azovstal and Mariupol, the Chornobyl NPP, Zmiinyi Island, and our servicemen from various frontline directions. And two civilians who were captured by the Russians in Mariupol.
189 Ukrainians are back home. 189 families are happy again.
I am grateful to our partners who help us in this important cause.
Ed Johnson retweeted
Classic.
ALT A tweet from Representative Nancy Mace that says "Voted against the partisan infrastructure package tonight. Read below for my statement."
🚗❌We hate traffic just as much as you do.
We helped secure $195 million—the largest grant in South Carolina's history from the U.S. Department of Transportation—to kick off the Long Point Road Interchange Project!
#LowcountryFirst
scdailygazette.com/2024/10/2…
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This project was supported by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), which Rep. Nancy Mace voted against.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021370
transportation.gov/briefing-room/…
Ed Johnson retweeted
There are 116 Yellowstone National Park bison on their way to their new home at the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. nbcmontana.com/news/local/ov…
Ed Johnson retweeted
COMMENTS SPARK CONTROVERSY: Bozeman’s City Manager Jeff Mihelich was caught on a post-department head meeting video voicing frustrations over Bozeman Mayor Terry Cunningham. nbcmontana.com/news/local/bo…
Ed Johnson retweeted
Terry Fox was a cancer patient who ran 5,373 km across Canada in just 143 days before he died.
Terry thrilled the entire country. His goal was to receive one Canadian dollar for every Canadian in the population (then 24 million people), and he achieved his goal by raising 24.17 million Canadian dollars in February 1981.
A year after Terry Fox's death, the Terry Fox Foundation was created, which promotes amateur races across Canada and in several countries to support the fight against cancer.
According to the Terry Fox Foundation, more than C$715 million has already been raised for cancer research on Terry Fox's behalf.
Ed Johnson retweeted
Thank you from the fiery infernal engine we keep in place of our heart. ❤️🔥 We couldn't have asked for a better response to Baldur's Gate 3.
Patch 3 is coming September 21 with full support for BG3 on Mac.
Gather your party: larian.club/x_BG3_PartyTime
Ed Johnson retweeted
MESSI'S FIRST GOAL FOR INTER MIAMI AND IT'S A GAME-WINNER 🤯
WHAT A MOMENT
(via @MLS)
Ed Johnson retweeted
Today, some of the books that shaped my life—and the lives of so many others—are being challenged by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. And librarians are on the front lines, fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone.
Ed Johnson retweeted
500 days of the full-scale war.
Snake Island. The free island of free Ukraine.
I am grateful to everyone who fought here against the occupiers. We commemorated the heroes who gave their lives in this battle – one of the most important during the full-scale war.
Glory to everyone who fights for security in our Black Sea!
Honor!
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Ed Johnson retweeted
Mysterious White Powder Found In West Wing Identified As President Biden bit.ly/3O1oEPZ
Ed Johnson retweeted
May The Fourth Be Carrie Frances Fisher Day As She Receives Her Richly-Deserved⭐️ On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Ed Johnson retweeted
Eight years ago Russian opositioner Boris Nemtsov was killed in Moscow, not far from the Kremlin.
This is his speech from 9 years ago.
If Nemtsov has been alive, history might have taken a different course.
Ed Johnson retweeted
Let’s review some of the governing principles of America, @mtgreenee:
Our country is governed by the Constitution. You swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution.
Secession is unconstitutional. No member of Congress should advocate secession, Marjorie.
