"THE FAR LEFT MEDIA WILL NOT SWAY US FROM OUR MISSION!!!!"

I get the sentiment. It would be good to see Trump fail spectacularly (or succeed in demolishing America) so Republicans lose Congress. But we are all in the same boat, most of us anyway. He goes down, he takes a lot of Americans with him. So I'd rather not help him destroy things, or hurt the economy so badly that the population feels it. He's doing enough damage on his own.

What that means in terms of the CR, I don't know. I'd be inclined to vote no on principle, but there are enormous dangers with either path.

*real* Federal elections.

I'm wondering what the line is where the latter will be involved.

This is what Trump wants, to control the masses. We've seen this movie, The Hunger Games

... EVERYTHING HE SAYS AND DOES IS FOR PUTIN!
Don't think for one second that it isn't. Which makes him a traitor. And if you support a traitor, you ARE a traitor.
And do NOT give Republicans one iota of support, or cave in to their evil demands. They are rotten to the very core of their being.
This is a no-win situation, but one course of action makes you complicit in their crimes, while the other at least leaves you with your honor and self-respect intact.
I'm looking at YOU, Chuck.

but still the S&P 500 is headed for its 4th weekly loss, according to another article there.

https://finance.yahoo.com/

and got their fellow whales to stop the bleeding. Going into the weekend with another loss would have been disastrous. I expect some early profit taking Monday, then we'll see how things settle out after that.
There's no reason for anyone to think tRump's policies will have a positive effect on the economy. Today was "irrational exuberance."

Cars are already up in price. My father in law said avocados have doubled at Costco.

Do not spend unless necessary.

I am prepared for the fallout of a recession. My job as a public school teacher will be made harder with less sales tax but we can’t keep giving to dictators like Musk, Trump, Vance, or DeSantis! They are all wicked people.

Over 50%?

12 month inflation expectation: from 4.3% in February to 4.9% in March,

5 year inflation expectation: from 3.5% in February to 3.9% in March

A headline says that the inflation expectation is at a 34 year high
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-sour-on-economy-as-inflation-expectations-hit-highest-level-since-1991-145631578.html

post bad survey/polling numbers. How dare they! Next new target, University of Michigan's Dean, faculty and staff. No polls/surveys, no bad news, much like the rationale of "stop the covid testing, there's too much testing. If we stop the testing, there won't be any more covid"

If you fear for your income and see the price of goods rising, you trim back your spending.

You forget discretionary items, push the idea of a replacement items that you really would like but don't need right now, off to a future date.

Essential items like food sees you look for cheaper alternatives, and if you home cook, tend to minimize on the more expensive ingredients.

We went through that in the COVID years. And earlier economic downturns.
Purse strings pulled firmly tight.
Does NOT feel good doing that.