Coffee Talk with Tiff

October 3, 2025 12:34 pm EDT Tiff Coffee Talk with Tiff 0
Coffee. Photo by Jonathan Thursfield.

It’s Friday.

“War from within”

Show more =’s And this is gonna be a major part for some of the people in this room. That’s a war too. It’s a war from within.

President No New Wars Unless You are in an American city: You know, the Democrats run most of the cities that are in bad shape. We have many cities in great shape too, by the way. I want you to know that. But it seems that the ones that are run by the radical left Democrats, what they’ve done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, they’re very unsafe places and we’re going to straighten them out one by one. And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. That’s a war too. It’s a war from within. Controlling the physical territory of our border is essential to national security. We can’t let these people live. You know, we had no people enter in the last four months, zero. Even I can’t believe that.


President Shitshow’s public schedule for…

10/03/2025:

The government shutdown rolls into Day 3…

Senators will try again to reopen the federal government with votes on funding bills scheduled on Friday, as the shutdown stretches into its third day.

Behind the scenes, lawmakers from both political parties are having informal discussions to craft a deal that could get enough Democrats to support a funding measure.

One possible option is a shorter funding extension through Oct. 31, which Democrats say could keep pressure on Republicans to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies — originallyput in place during covid-19 — before the open enrollment period begins on Nov. 1.

Washington Post. 10/03/2025.

If anyone would like to read the article, please let me know in the comments.

CNN’s Harry Enten went through some polling on who voters blame for this shutdown…

FYI: Since my dad is on social security, I googled to make sure he’d get his check this month. Google says via several media outlets, he will. Services at Social Security Offices will be hindered, longer wait times, some offices might shutdown, but the checks should be sent on time.


Flash News…

Bad Bunny.

President Donald Trump’s administration is warning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will attend Super Bowl LX following the news that Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny is headlining the halftime show.

Corey Lewandowski, an adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, appeared on Benny Johnson’s podcast The Benny Show on Wednesday (Oct. 1) and warned attendees about the likelihood of federal agents at the NFL’s largest event.

“There is nowhere you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else,” Lewandowski said.

He continued with threats that ICE would “find” and “apprehend” undocumented immigrants before placing them in a detention facility.

“So know that that is a very real situation under this administration, which is completely contrary to how it used to be,” he said.

To be clear, Puerto Ricans (including Bad Bunny) are, in fact, U.S. citizens.

Complex.com. 10/01/2025.

Found in the Night Owl…

Tomi Lahren: The thing I want to talk to you about is that I’m about ready to do my commentary on it, but do you think Bad Bunny is a good choice for the Super Bowl?

Krystal Ball: I’m not that knowledgeable about him, but it seems fine, and I don’t know why it’s a big deal. Um, seems like a great American artist, so sure.

Tomi Lahren: He’s not an American artist, but…

Krystal Ball: He’s Puerto Rican. That’s part of America, dear.

I used Tomi’s own YouTube channel to check the transcript; I was real curious if she acknowledged at all that he is an American. She did not. Tomi just went on to say he said mean things about ICE. One take away though is her comments are currently on and she is being trashed. The majority seems to think Tomi having Krystal on was a huge mistake.

FYI:

I saw this comment in the comment section under the tweet shared…

The 1901 opinion via googling it, told me that the case was over levying duties against PR.

Further googling…


President Dead Inside set a deadline of Sunday for Hamas to accept a “peace deal” or else “all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas.”

The text:

Hamas has been a ruthless and violent threat, for many years, in the Middle East! They have killed (and made lives unbearably miserable), culminating with the October 7th MASSACRE, in Israel, babies, woman, children, old people, and many young men and women, boys and girls, getting ready to celebrate their future lives together. As retribution for the October 7th attack on civilization, more than 25,000 Hamas “soldiers” have already been killed. Most of the rest are surrounded and MILITARILY TRAPPED, just waiting for me to give the word, “GO,” for their lives to be quickly extinguished. As for the rest, we know where and who you are, and you will be hunted down, and killed. I am asking that all innocent Palestinians immediately leave this area of potentially great future death for safer parts of Gaza. Everyone will be well cared for by those that are waiting to help. Fortunately for Hamas, however, they will be given one last chance! Great, powerful, and very rich Nations of the Middle East, and the surrounding areas beyond, together with the United States of America, have agreed, with Israel signing on, to PEACE, after 3000 years, in the Middle East. THIS DEAL ALSO SPARES THE LIVES OF ALL REMAINING HAMAS FIGHTERS! The details of the document are known to the WORLD, and it is a great one for ALL! We will have PEACE in the Middle East one way or the other. The violence and bloodshed will stop. RELEASES THE HOSTAGES, ALL OF THEM, INCLUDING THE BODIES OF THOSE THAT ARE DEAD, NOW! An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time. Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas. THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

I don’t link to his bullshit. 10/03/2025.

This is a serious issue, but I can’t lie. When I read all that. I auto thought this gif…

Excited Fuego GIFfrom Excited GIFs

Was giving the same energy.


Economic Watch

Today, should’ve been jobs report day. It wasn’t.

Speaking of the economy…

President Broke it Can Fix it!

Speaking of the art of the deal maybe no deal…

Under the deal, which was announced in May, the U.A.E. promised to invest in the U.S. in exchange for up to several hundred thousand Nvidia chips a year. But the investment hasn’t materialized after months of talks, baffling some administration officials who don’t know the reason for the delay, the people said.

The future of the agreement is largely in the hands of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who initially championed the deal. The Commerce Department’s approval is critical to getting the deal done because the agency has to give Nvidia and others involved permission to send the chips to the U.A.E.

The commerce secretary has pressed the Emiratis to finalize their U.S. investments before his department authorizes the delivery of the chips, some of the people said. Those prolonged conversations have slowed the deal, they said.

This summer, Lutnick and some administration officials also worried about national-security risks because the U.A.E. is close to China. That relationship fueled fears that the chips could benefit China’s AI industry, and held up the deal.

The negotiations have high stakes for Lutnick, who has come under fire for the rollout of tariffs and a new $100,000 fee for applicants seeking H-1B visas popular among tech companies. Tension with Nvidia, the world’s biggest company with a nearly $4.6 trillion market value, could be a major test between the White House and the company. 

Huang and various Nvidia executives have complained privately about Lutnick’s tactics and the slow progress to other administration officials, some of the people said. Sacks and others in the administration are also annoyed, they said. One senior administration official said Lutnick hasn’t held up the deal, but other administration officials contended he had slowed the process down.

The U.A.E. is progressing ahead with its agreement using a 1:1 ratio of the nation’s investment in the U.S. in exchange for billions of dollars worth of Nvidia’s chips, the senior administration official said. At least $1 billion will be sent from the U.A.E. to the U.S. in exchange for at least $1 billion worth of Nvidia chips by the end of the year, according to the official. The U.A.E. would have to pay separately for the chips, some other people said.

WSJ (gift link). 10/02/2025.

This is an open thread

Have a great weekend everyone!

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