HailHailtoMichigan!

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The armed man shot and killed by Secret Service agents outside President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property Sunday had grown increasingly obsessed with the Epstein files and was also a vocal supporter of Trump … TMZ has learned.


Austin Tucker Martin sent a text message, obtained by TMZ, to a co-worker on February 15, 2026, that read, "I don't know if you read up on the Epstein Files, but evil is real and unmistakable." He continued, "The best people like you and I can do is use what little influence we have. Tell other people about what you hear about the Epstein files and what the government is doing about it. Raise awareness."


Sources who worked with Austin at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in North Carolina tell TMZ ... he became fixated on Epstein following the latest release of information tied to the files. Co-workers tell us he was deeply disturbed by what he believed was a government cover-up and often talked about powerful people "getting away with it."

People close to Martin describe him as well-meaning but increasingly frustrated, particularly about the economy. We're told he often complained that young people need two jobs or roommates to afford moving out. Our sources say he still lived with his parents.

Austin also tried to start a union at work to push for higher wages, but no one signed on. Outside of his job, he was a sketch artist attempting to sell drawings of local scenery and people around town.

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Sad to see. A seemingly nice dude lost his mind because of the conspiratorial slop and paranoid insanity being thrown around all corners of social media.


I feel bad for his parents. They reported him missing and now have a dead son.


For all we know, he descended into madness by reading all the Epstein bs on this very forum!

All because a certain political party is mad that illegals are getting deported. They shut down DHS funding in a fit of rage.


So fricked up.

Meanwhile, ICE operations are going full throttle since they were separately funded anyway.

The military buildup suggests a full scale regime change effort

It’s a fake tweet


Op is a moron

Even Jay Bilas (huge Duke homer) is criticizing the refs

This should mean that markets won’t melt on Monday

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We estimate the Section 122 tariffs apply to $1.2 trillion worth of annual imports (34% of goods imports).

If temporarily in effect for 150 days at 15%, we estimate they raise $43 billion in direct tariff payments ($33 billion net revenue). That compares to $33 billion in direct payments ($25 billion net revenue) at 10%.

In combination with the President's other new tariffs, the average burden per US household will be $700 in 2026. About $250 of that comes from the temporary 15% Section 122 tariffs.

The applied tariff rate:
Pre-SCOTUS with IEEPA = 13.8%
With 10% Sec 122 in effect = 10.3%
With 15% Sec 122 in effect = 12.1%
After Sec 122 expires = 6.7%

The effective tariff rate for 2026:
Pre-SCOTUS with IEEPA = ~10%
With 150 days of 10% Sec 122 = 5.6%
With 150 days of 15% Sec 122 = 6.0%

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I appreciate this. First/2nd generation folk from places like India, China, Japan, Eastern Europe, etc appreciate something that socialists do not:

*prosperity is not the default state, poverty is*

Bernie Sanders is utterly incapable of answering the student’s question.

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What percent of your total costs are cement?

I’d imagine when you add up labor, utilities, other inputs, etc, cement is a small percentage of your total cost.

So a 15% tax on an item that makes up 10% of your total costs shouldn’t be”decimating” you

What is the tariff rate you were/are paying?

Ironically, this is going to have *major* negative repercussions for gdp readings in 2026, as firms will import huge inventories to get ahead of any new attempts at tariffs