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Suspension of the de minimis administrative exemption for imports $800 or less

161 points · 154 comments · burnt-resistor

bayarearefugee · 1790027758 · focus · HN ↗
goes into effect 12 days before a midterm election that is already starting to look like a blue tsunami.
It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.
1. yieldcrv · 1790034974 · focus · HN ↗
  10 years of believing your color coded wave of choice is going to happen and still winding up with a 50-50 senate
  the seats necessary to alter that aren't even open, how gullible do people have to be? well, not very, independents are the largest bloc now, but of the remaining partisans... hello? your algorithm is fake
  1. gs17 · 1790035872 · focus · HN ↗
    > the seats necessary to alter that aren't even open
    Seems to be anyone's win right now: <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/senate/2026/toss-up" rel="nofollow">https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/senate/2026/toss-up (and RCP is considered to be conservative).
    yieldcrv · 1790036582 · focus · HN ↗
    a 51% Senate gets to do agency appointments, judge appointments, and particularly SCOTUS
    but it cant pass any laws. they’re still cooked by the filibuster (until they get bored of it)
    stouset · 1790045208 · focus · HN ↗
    SCOTUS has an unassailable majority unless Democrats grow a spine and pack the court or multiple conservative members have serious and unforeseen health issues. Neither seems all that likely.
    bryanlarsen · 1790036850 · focus · HN ↗
    Nate Silver now has it at a 66% chance that the Dems take the senate. (<a href="https://www.natesilver.net/p/expert-ratings-are-ignoring-signs" rel="nofollow">https://www.natesilver.net/p/expert-ratings-are-ignoring-sig...)
    Granted, 66% chance is still essentially a toss up.
  2. _DeadFred_ · 1790040388 · focus · HN ↗
    'Kamala is no different than Trump, and she didn't earn your vote, you should just stay home' vibes.
    We have learned Kamala was in fact much, much different than Trump, and many peoples rights have been trampled because of this sort of nonsense fatalism.
    yieldcrv · 1790048285 · focus · HN ↗
    the adults are talking about the Senate, one of the chambers of Congress. Has almost nothing to do with the President, especially not how they are elected.
    [deleted] · 1790053269 · focus · HN ↗
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