Costco did not pass on the tariffs onto it's customers but if it did, Costco is a very good corporate company for its members and would/will reimburse whatever amount you are owed.
They did for some things, but ate the cost on some other things. Consumer electrics and most of the other crap in the middle of the store saw the prices bump up.
It's too bad that we don't have some department that monitors government efficiency. That feels like the kind of thing they would go after first. Right?
We shall make a separated powers group that monitors, records, and files lawsuits against those who are using government tax funds for their own personal gain, or coast on the coattails of the administration while enacting no meaningful change.
I expect it to take on a bunch of wealthy business types, so we need a cutting name while cutting these people down.
I propose the name - Ministry Against Government Apathy.
The shorthand should catch on soon, I don't know of any group that uses that name.
Alina’s contemptible defiance is radiating mad Milton Waddams vibes. “This decision will not weaken the justice department and it will not weaken me. But if they take my red stapler, then I’ll set the building on fire.”
i think her first temp appointment was fine, the court itself did not want to keep her after her temp appointment but trump kept her on illegally at that point
Trump's second term kinda proves that a lot of America would. They voted for a convicted felon that tried to overthrow the government 4 years prior lmao. A guy that presented 0 actual policy on the campaign trail lmao. All you need to do is make them fear minorities and boom, the presidency is yours.
But she had limited federal court experience and no experience as a prosecutor, and New Jersey’s two Democratic senators indicated they would block her confirmation in the U.S. Senate.
"Merit-based" == a MAGA lawyer with zero prosecutor experience so close to becoming a powerful AG?
Republican voters are idiots who fell for it.
This shit is why every election at every level is so goddamn important. We're hanging by a thread here, we need all the help we can get to at least slow our downfall by blocking Trump wherever we can.
"Merit-based" == a MAGA lawyer with zero prosecutor experience so close to becoming a powerful AG?
Being wildly unqualified (or even in direct conflict) for a position is pretty on-brand for MAGA. What i want to know is how she got around being the one to cost him the E Jean Carrol case to not only still be "inner circle" but to get this position.
She cost him hundreds of millions. I mean, sure, he is never going to pay it. But still. He has thrown people under the bus for a lot less.
This shit is why every election at every level is so goddamn important.
This is also why apathy and disgust are cultivated to get people to stay home. It's not new--George Carlin was telling us in the 1990s, "if voting mattered, they wouldn't let you do it." Now we have added TikTok rage porn radicalizing people to not vote, or to "protest vote" to teach the Dems a lesson, so the GOP continues to win. Elections matter, but we've persuaded a good percentage of people to either be paralyzingly cynical and apathetic, or to be so idealistic that anything that isn't a complete overhaul of the entire "system" isn't worth showing up for.
We are in the middle of a slow-motion coup attempt. I won’t pretend otherwise.
Critically, however: we are in the middle.
It isn’t over yet; it won’t be for quite some time; and there are a whole lot of people really not helping the situation by leaning into apathy and pretending otherwise.
“It’s over; there will be no midterm elections.”
You know who seems to be most convinced that the midterms will be going ahead?
Elected Republicans.
With bad faith actors, you have to focus not on what they say, but how they act - and right now, the Republicans up for reelection next year are acting terrified.
This coup needs to be resisted in all ways, across all fronts; and of this, voting is only a small part - but an important part; one in which the population will be able, for the first time, to meaningfully strike back against the fascists.
Resist in the meantime; but be sure to vote in every election between now and then, and in every election after!
God, George had some truly shit takes. I think a lot of his standup is good, but a lot of it is just edgy Reddit atheist stuff. And before you say, "Well he was one of the first to say this stuff, that's why it sounds so trite!", that's not even true. People have been saying this stuff for eons. Maybe this is a misread of Carlin on my part as just a casual fan, but his cynicism was so annoying.
Agree with everything you said, except she was illegally occuing the role as Actinf United States Attorney not Attorney General (or Assistant/ Deputy Assistant Attorney General)
Vast majority of US Attorneys are prior Assistsnt United States attorneys. Many of them were former state prosecutors from well known offices or federal clerkships as well. Alina is a fraud and the entire profession, especially federal prosecutors and agents, knows it
Its wild to see this unprecedented shit happen in all these different professions yet hear these clowns bitch about “DEI”
That isn't actually a requirement sadly, you can literally run for office from prison, and technically hold office from prison as well but the latter has never been tested.
However he is still disqualified from holding office under the 14th amendment after his insurrection and coup attempt:
Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection and Other Rights
Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
That said, in a baffling decision MAGA SCOTUS ruled that states could not themselves determine candidate eligibility.
Back to her main legal hustle, here’s a sampling of her legal background prior to US attorney:
“Habba has also held the position of general counsel for her second husband's parking garage company.[24] She has represented clients in various legal cases including a student seeking a refund for college tuition after University of Bridgeport moved classes to an online format”
Resigning is a strange way to call leaving a position you were never legally appointed to and then found to be illegally practicing law on behalf of the nation.
She should be disbarred for taking the job in the first place. Either she knew she wasn’t legally qualified, or she didn’t, and both options mean she’s not qualified to be a lawyer.
I worked in that office as a prosecutor for close to twenty years under multiple USAs stating with Sam Alito. She was woefully unqualified for that job even though she had the advice/counsel of career prosecutors to prop her up in any decision-making on a daily basis. The first USA to be appointed there who had no prior prosecutorial/trial experience was Chris Christie. His appointment began the slide into often appointing U.S.Attorneys who were pure political appointments. Sad.
Has AP sunken so low it’s really publishing this kind of headline now? I had to check the article to see if it was an edited headline on Reddit… nope! That’s what they published.
Can't resign a job you never had in the first place, bitch. Good riddance, though I'm sure she will get a golden parachute to some other sycophantic position in this corrupt administration.
I humbly announce my resignation from leading the Federal Board of Excellent Badgers. As the Secretary of Badger Excellence it has been my pleasure to ensure that our nation’s badgers are the best in the United States. The fact that I was never appointed legally to this position, nor the fact that the position itself is make imaginary should detract from my sadness as I step down from this role.
Now go after her for fraud for everything she signed while pretending she had the position, and for theft for the paychecks she collected that she wasn't entitled to.
I too can resign from jobs I never actually held as evident by my resigning from my role as president of Super Earth to start my new career as a Helldiver
So the money she made during her time??? Will that be paid back or did she just get paid all that money plus company kick back things and don't have to return anything? haha "its cool when they do it. But when I do it.... 20 years plus pay everything back with interest."
These were all thrown out already. This is just Trump admin giving up the ghost on these phoney visibly illegitimate appointments. The courts were pissed that they wouldn’t effing leave or resign or take a screaming hint and once they made that clear it is now TACO time. Some of these losers were still signing pleadings or having the AG desperately appointing them as special attorneys which also doesn’t work. Outstanding username, btw.
She was only Trump's lawyer because everyone competent either quit or refused to work for him -- either because he wouldn't pay or the case was a lost cause. Then she was so incompetent any slim chance Trump had she immediately botched. Failing up has never been more appropriately applied.
Can you resign from a job you were never legally entitled to hold?
I'm resigning as president of the United States
Don’t tease us
Can we sue her to get her pay back?
This! If and when this is all over we need to drag all these idiots to court to get our tax dollars back. With fines and interest.
Costco is suing the administration for the tariffs. Do you think they’ll refund us our portion of the winnings?
Costco did not pass on the tariffs onto it's customers but if it did, Costco is a very good corporate company for its members and would/will reimburse whatever amount you are owed.
They did for some things, but ate the cost on some other things. Consumer electrics and most of the other crap in the middle of the store saw the prices bump up.
I believe the plan is to give free hotdogs for everyone.
I’m here for that!
She’s acting a “Senior Consulting” role — which is mafia talk for a no-show job she’s getting paid for
It's too bad that we don't have some department that monitors government efficiency. That feels like the kind of thing they would go after first. Right?
We shall make a separated powers group that monitors, records, and files lawsuits against those who are using government tax funds for their own personal gain, or coast on the coattails of the administration while enacting no meaningful change.
I expect it to take on a bunch of wealthy business types, so we need a cutting name while cutting these people down.
I propose the name - Ministry Against Government Apathy.
The shorthand should catch on soon, I don't know of any group that uses that name.
this is kinda an interesting question, I'm wondering if r/law has any answers. if someone posts there, please send me a link
No, because that was someone elses job; the one who paid her salary or signed off on it, youd have to sue them but you cant.
I'm sure she wiil get a huge payout.
This is 'merica. You can sue anybody, for anything. You may not win. But you can start the process, at least.
Any president willing to resign without a controversy gets my vote. Congratulations! You're back in!
I refuse your resignation. Get back in there, u/Unrefined5508, and don’t come back until we have a national health plan.
In 2 weeks..
Took taco a decade to come up with a concept of a plan. I came up with one in 10 seconds.
My plan involves Medicare for all.
I was really looking forward to seeing what you could do.
I declare... bankruptcy!
Please dont go!
We don’t accept your resignation.
Thank you for your service!
I wish you could resign for him.
please stop, I can only get so hard... the pleasure is too great
Please don’t. We need you
You deserve a Kohl's Peace Prize© 🏅
I’m resigning as Pedro Pascal’s wife
Quick, let’s consult Lindsey Halligan on the question.
Ask Kramer!
He doesn't even really work there...
She was legally entitled to it. For the first 120 interim days.
Or resigning from a job that you’ve already been told by the courts that doesn’t exist for you?
Trump will give her a hefty severance package.
lol no she's not, she was disqualified by the courts because she was illegally appointed. You're already fired, you can't quit now.
“You can’t fire me I quit!”
But I'm not even firing you, that would mean you had that job. I'm clarifying the fact that you were never even part of the team
"but I don't even really work here!"
"That's what makes this so hard."
I don't know what this is supposed to be.
It's almost like you have no legal training whatsoever.
We fixed the glitch. So *insert name* wont be receiving a paycheck anymore.
Alina’s contemptible defiance is radiating mad Milton Waddams vibes. “This decision will not weaken the justice department and it will not weaken me. But if they take my red stapler, then I’ll set the building on fire.”
Great! So, uh, *insert name* has been let go?
Problem solved! We prefer to avoid confrontation whenever possible.
Habba… habba… habbout she’s not going to work here anymore.
"I never wanted to be a part of your stupid team!"
You would think a lawyer would crafty onto those subtleties, but if she understood the law she would stay away from that traitor.
"You can't quit, we never hired you!"
Good. No unemployment protection if she quits.
i think her first temp appointment was fine, the court itself did not want to keep her after her temp appointment but trump kept her on illegally at that point
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to fire you"
"But I don't even really work here."
"That's what makes it so difficult"
Nonstop shitshow. Shocking.
The real question is, will America vote for this shit again in 3 years? Another Republican that causes chaos like this?
Trump's second term kinda proves that a lot of America would. They voted for a convicted felon that tried to overthrow the government 4 years prior lmao. A guy that presented 0 actual policy on the campaign trail lmao. All you need to do is make them fear minorities and boom, the presidency is yours.
"Merit-based" == a MAGA lawyer with zero prosecutor experience so close to becoming a powerful AG?
Republican voters are idiots who fell for it.
This shit is why every election at every level is so goddamn important. We're hanging by a thread here, we need all the help we can get to at least slow our downfall by blocking Trump wherever we can.
Being wildly unqualified (or even in direct conflict) for a position is pretty on-brand for MAGA. What i want to know is how she got around being the one to cost him the E Jean Carrol case to not only still be "inner circle" but to get this position.
She cost him hundreds of millions. I mean, sure, he is never going to pay it. But still. He has thrown people under the bus for a lot less.
Come on. You know how she got the job despite being a terrible attorney.
I'm still waiting for him to appoint an astronaut for the next manned mission. Same kind of vibes.
This is also why apathy and disgust are cultivated to get people to stay home. It's not new--George Carlin was telling us in the 1990s, "if voting mattered, they wouldn't let you do it." Now we have added TikTok rage porn radicalizing people to not vote, or to "protest vote" to teach the Dems a lesson, so the GOP continues to win. Elections matter, but we've persuaded a good percentage of people to either be paralyzingly cynical and apathetic, or to be so idealistic that anything that isn't a complete overhaul of the entire "system" isn't worth showing up for.
We are in the middle of a slow-motion coup attempt. I won’t pretend otherwise.
Critically, however: we are in the middle.
It isn’t over yet; it won’t be for quite some time; and there are a whole lot of people really not helping the situation by leaning into apathy and pretending otherwise.
“It’s over; there will be no midterm elections.”
You know who seems to be most convinced that the midterms will be going ahead?
Elected Republicans.
With bad faith actors, you have to focus not on what they say, but how they act - and right now, the Republicans up for reelection next year are acting terrified.
This coup needs to be resisted in all ways, across all fronts; and of this, voting is only a small part - but an important part; one in which the population will be able, for the first time, to meaningfully strike back against the fascists.
Resist in the meantime; but be sure to vote in every election between now and then, and in every election after!
There WILL be elections. Putin’s Russia, Xi’s China, all dictatorships have elections in this day and age.
Whether or not they will matter is the questions.
God, George had some truly shit takes. I think a lot of his standup is good, but a lot of it is just edgy Reddit atheist stuff. And before you say, "Well he was one of the first to say this stuff, that's why it sounds so trite!", that's not even true. People have been saying this stuff for eons. Maybe this is a misread of Carlin on my part as just a casual fan, but his cynicism was so annoying.
Agree with everything you said, except she was illegally occuing the role as Actinf United States Attorney not Attorney General (or Assistant/ Deputy Assistant Attorney General)
Vast majority of US Attorneys are prior Assistsnt United States attorneys. Many of them were former state prosecutors from well known offices or federal clerkships as well. Alina is a fraud and the entire profession, especially federal prosecutors and agents, knows it
Its wild to see this unprecedented shit happen in all these different professions yet hear these clowns bitch about “DEI”
Oh you mean DEI? As in she wasn’t hired based on merit?! Say it ain’t so gestures to the rest of the admin
A reminder that oversight and qualifications actually matter in public office
Under normal circumstances, yes. We are nowhere near normal. It's so far behind us that we can't even see it with the JWST.
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She was appointed in March. That's 9 months ago and under normal circumstances, she would have never gotten the job.
It's like saying you change your oil on a regular basis when you just went to jiffy lube for your first one at 50,000 miles.
An exception these days tbh.
*except if you’re Trump
Well the only real qualifications to be president are to be born in the US, over 35, and elected to the office. Trump does meet those conditions.
And not an insurrectionist
And mentally competent enough to hold office
And faithfully execute laws and not commit quid pro quo bribery and corruption
Hes disqualified.
And to not be a felon. Which he doesn't.
Can't legally own a firearm, can be in commander in chief of the military.
We have some work to do after this is all over.
That isn't actually a requirement sadly, you can literally run for office from prison, and technically hold office from prison as well but the latter has never been tested.
see: Eugene Debs
This is not a requirement.
However he is still disqualified from holding office under the 14th amendment after his insurrection and coup attempt:
That said, in a baffling decision MAGA SCOTUS ruled that states could not themselves determine candidate eligibility.
“You can’t tell me I don’t work here, I quit!”
That's sort of like resigning from your job as a pilot because they found out you never learned to fly an airplane.
I resigned from ice maintenance after my drunken joyride on the Zamboni
It’s not called resigning….
I resign as Dairy Queen. Someone else worthy enough will take the crown in time
In a show of solidarity, I resign as Burger King.
You cannot resign from a job you held illegally and were terminated from. Get your facts straight.
Considering she never was the top federal prosecutor per a judge, the word “resigning” doesn’t really work in this headline.
She's not resigning, but her law career is over. Who would hire an incompetent traitor like this for legal work? Look for her soon on OnlyFans.
I must respectfully decline that invitation.
This is 90% of the reason I wanted Lauren Boebert to lose. The clock is ticking.
I would be so surprised if she didn't already have content floating out there somewhere.
That’s an insult to onlyfans workers.
More like an insult to all workers.
She will be the face of one of those "injured in an accident" law firms that finance TV ads on local sports networks and highway billboards.
Her law career may be over, but her lobbying career is just getting started.
Nah she's gonna be streaming WOW from her office/house.
she will be a legal analyst of fox or newsmax, she is completely unqualified so perfect for them
Hey Everyone, I am resigning from being Superman!
She lost EVERY case representing Trump.
Back to her main legal hustle, here’s a sampling of her legal background prior to US attorney: “Habba has also held the position of general counsel for her second husband's parking garage company.[24] She has represented clients in various legal cases including a student seeking a refund for college tuition after University of Bridgeport moved classes to an online format”
Resigning as top federal prosecutor impersonator. Fixed it for ya.
"Resigning"
You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means.
I am here by notifying you that I am resigning as CEO of Apple.
How the fuck can she resign from a position she legally never held?
Can you resign from a job you didn’t legally have? Asking for an oranged friend.
Get fucked, shit goblin.
Resigns? How does that happen? SHE GOT FIRED
I'm also resigning from my job as President of the Universe
I resign from the position of King of the galaxy. I will now accept my $1B / yr pension payment from the worlds governments.
I'm resigning as the Queen of England. Same, right?
Implants will only take you so far...
She doesn’t need to resign. She never had the job in the first place. She just says she resigned to save face.
How can she resign from a position she doesn't actually have?
"I don't really even work here."
-Kramer
Hard to resign from an illegally held position.
I appoint myself President of the United States.
I resign my position as President of the United States.
How do you resign from a position you never legally held?
Good, now do the Orange Fascist.
I resigned from Burger King last week after I jumped the counter and started taking orders.
Can't resign if you never legally held the position.
Resigning is a strange way to call leaving a position you were never legally appointed to and then found to be illegally practicing law on behalf of the nation.
I’m sure she’ll do just fine on Fox News replacing the wine soaked Jeanine Pirro as their “Legal Expert”.
oh what happened baby girl?? I thought you were good at faking smart
Now it's disbarrment time.
She did say at one point she would choose beauty over intelligence. Too bad she had neither to choose from.
I thought she was never even supposed or legally able to perform that job? How can you “resign” from a job you don’t have?
Breaking News: I’m stepping down as Pope.
"You can't fire me... I quit!"
Can’t resign from what you never had. She was removed.
She should be disbarred for taking the job in the first place. Either she knew she wasn’t legally qualified, or she didn’t, and both options mean she’s not qualified to be a lawyer.
Bondi's comment on this development was especially ridiculous:
"Make no mistake, you can take the girl out of New Jersey, but you cannot take the New Jersey out of the girl."
This whole administration is like a reality show on Bravo.
“Woman stops showing up to building she wasn’t allowed in”
Ah yes, and I am breaking up with Natalie Dormer.
I worked in that office as a prosecutor for close to twenty years under multiple USAs stating with Sam Alito. She was woefully unqualified for that job even though she had the advice/counsel of career prosecutors to prop her up in any decision-making on a daily basis. The first USA to be appointed there who had no prior prosecutorial/trial experience was Chris Christie. His appointment began the slide into often appointing U.S.Attorneys who were pure political appointments. Sad.
She was denied the position no need to resign
Has AP sunken so low it’s really publishing this kind of headline now? I had to check the article to see if it was an edited headline on Reddit… nope! That’s what they published.
She didn’t resign, she was removed/disqualified.
Can't resign a job you never had in the first place, bitch. Good riddance, though I'm sure she will get a golden parachute to some other sycophantic position in this corrupt administration.
You can't resign from a job you never had. Otherwise, I have decided I am retiring as CEO from Google, and I'd like my golden parachute, please.
I humbly announce my resignation from leading the Federal Board of Excellent Badgers. As the Secretary of Badger Excellence it has been my pleasure to ensure that our nation’s badgers are the best in the United States. The fact that I was never appointed legally to this position, nor the fact that the position itself is make imaginary should detract from my sadness as I step down from this role.
Real "You can't fire me, I quit!" energy.
Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba to stop showing up to job she never had. Hopefully that headline makes a bit more sense.
Said she's going back to handjobs.
Now go after her for fraud for everything she signed while pretending she had the position, and for theft for the paychecks she collected that she wasn't entitled to.
‘’top’ is a stretch - maybe ‘prosecutor’ too
This was the one with the gaming laptop, no? What surreality
My resume is about to get a major overhaul. I can’t wait to list all of the positions I resigned from that I never held.
"Will the next unqualified sycophant please step forward?"- DJT
The amount of make up these Trump allied women wear is astounding.
First smart thing she's done in a LOOOOOOOOONG time
I too can resign from jobs I never actually held as evident by my resigning from my role as president of Super Earth to start my new career as a Helldiver
Hahhaahha "resigning" sure thing Jan.
Did she write it in crayon? On a bar napkin?
I will also be resigning from this job I never legally got
The clown show continues to fail
She’s going to Habba tough time finding work after this!
Well, if I can't have this job, then I resign!
We the people: you're fired! Her: I quit! At least now she won't be getting unemployment benefits.
As she is on the brink of being disbarred
Did she ever even Habba qualification for that job to begin with?
I’m alina towards a no
Oh look, another person purposely playing the Trump game gets their life ruined lmao
Pretty sure she nibbled on a dick.
How do you resign from a job that isn’t or never was legally yours….no, lady you were TERMINATED and should be charged with a crime.
She needs to go to jail.
I resign as surgeon-in-chief at John Hopkins Hospital. Why no, I’ve not a license to practice, but I did get take a First-Aid and CPR course once…
I also resign as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
So the money she made during her time??? Will that be paid back or did she just get paid all that money plus company kick back things and don't have to return anything? haha "its cool when they do it. But when I do it.... 20 years plus pay everything back with interest."
Such a bummer for Republicans. First Vietnam vet George Santos resigns from the Space Marines, now this.
Most corrupt and least qualified administration in our history.
Now put the handcuffs on her. There is now way that what she did was a serious crime. Edit: was not
You can’t fire me, I quit!
How do you suit from a job you didn’t even legally have or legally qualify for and were illegally appointed to?
Ad a NJ resident, F off Alina, we hate you.
She is not resigning. She was basically “ YOUR FIRED “ apprentice style.
These were all thrown out already. This is just Trump admin giving up the ghost on these phoney visibly illegitimate appointments. The courts were pissed that they wouldn’t effing leave or resign or take a screaming hint and once they made that clear it is now TACO time. Some of these losers were still signing pleadings or having the AG desperately appointing them as special attorneys which also doesn’t work. Outstanding username, btw.
May they all follow her example, from Krasnov all the way down.
Thats great news, get the lying b*tch out of there!! She shouldn’t have been there in the first place.
I’m resigning as CEO of Amazon
How does she still have a law license?
How do you quit a job you never had?
Resigning from a job she doesn't have Legally, that's a new one.
If I could, I'd post the Joe-Biden-handing-you-the-L image.
She was only Trump's lawyer because everyone competent either quit or refused to work for him -- either because he wouldn't pay or the case was a lost cause. Then she was so incompetent any slim chance Trump had she immediately botched. Failing up has never been more appropriately applied.
It’s sad to see her go like that. The going away party must have been standing room only.
I misread that as "Trump's forever lawyer" and was temporarily confused xD
How soon until she releases a pretty underwhelming sex tape?
You can’t resign from a job you don’t have!
One of the most "brilliant" legal minds of our time... lol
Oh nooooooooooo. Anyways
Disqualified you mean?
... Not Long After Court Determines She Is Not, In Fact, Any Federal Prosecutor At All
“This decision will not weaken the Justice Department"
Interesting self-own, Ms. Habba. I'll allow it.
She has nice feet tho
She didn't resign, she never legally held the position to begin with.
she never legally was the top. get it right media!
"resigning" when she was never legally appointed. wow
Im resigning as an astronaut
Resigning after failing to be confirmed and rejected by the judiciary. Fox News here she comes
Hey some good news finally
Can someone resign from a make believe job?