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‘Apocalyptic’: Trump Plan Would Be ‘Science Demolition ...

2025-04-13T17:36:21Z

‘Apocalyptic’: Trump Plan Would Be ‘Science Demolition Derby’ Experts Warn

Trump’s proposed 2026 budget reportedly seeks to effectively dismantle the scientific research arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shut down critical weather laboratories, and slash the agency’s budget by more than 25 percent. NOAA serves as the primary source of weather forecasting in the United States and is a vital contributor to global forecasting efforts.

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/04/apocalyptic-trump-plan-would-be-science-demolition-derby-experts-warn/

No, Donald Trump Does Not Know What The Hell He Is Doing Only ...

2025-04-13T17:20:46Z

No, Donald Trump Does Not Know What The Hell He Is Doing

Only Congress can save us from the consequences of his trade war right now. So … bon courage.

“I know what the hell I’m doing!”

That boaster-in-chief Donald Trump would say something like this is not surprising in the least. With his taking the wheel of a healthy economy and driving it headlong toward a cliff, that a single American can still believe him — now that is a surprise.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-trade-war-disaster_n_67f99409e4b0c859a8c0bd9e

Shock poll: Consumer confidence plunges to 2nd lowest level in 70 ...

2025-04-13T16:41:30Z

Shock poll: Consumer confidence plunges to 2nd lowest level in 70 years
fallen to its second-lowest level since the early 1950s

"Consumers report multiple warning signs that raise the risk of recession: expectations for business conditions, personal finances, incomes, inflation, "The share of consumers expecting unemployment to rise in the year ahead increased for the fifth consecutive month and is now more than double the Nov 2024 reading and the highest since 2009"

https://www.alternet.org/consumer-sentiment-plunges-to/

'Death Master File': How DOGE won 'a momentous ...

2025-04-13T16:35:40Z

'Death Master File': How DOGE won 'a momentous internal battle' over an illegal 'novel strategy'

Two security guards in Woodlawn, MD physically walked out Greg Pearre, a staffer at the U.S. Social Security Administration who pushed back against a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) scheme to falsely label “6,100 living immigrants as dead,” the Washington Post reports.

THE TAKE-OVER OF A FASCIST GAME SHOW PERFORMER!

YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!

https://www.alternet.org/doge-social-security/

@nprofile…larl Hope it's not too late.

2025-04-13T16:26:40Z

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Hope it's not too late.

RFK Jr.’s long, complicated history with the measles vaccines ...

2025-04-13T07:16:18Z

RFK Jr.’s long, complicated history with the measles vaccines

The theory that MMR vaccines led to autism first took hold with a since-retracted 1998 study by Andrew Wakefield. As the disbarred British physician rose to prominence in the anti-vaccine world, so did Kennedy — who repeatedly defended his debunked research.

JFK Jr's A DANGEROUS MENTAL CASE

BOBBY'S OWN FAMILY CONSIDERS HIM UNBALANCED

AUTISM IS GENETICALLY CAUSED

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/politics/rfk-jrs-long-complicated-history-with-the-measles-vaccines/index.html

Trump’s retribution sends a chilling message to dissenters ...

2025-04-13T06:47:41Z

Trump’s retribution sends a chilling message to dissenters

Donald Trump’s White House has a threatening message for anyone who might even be perceived to disagree with the president: Don’t. Or else.

Even though he has promised to end what he viewed as “weaponization” of the Department of Justice, Trump is treating people who disagree with him more like the “enemy from within” he talked about during the presidential campaign.

FASCIST COWARDS WAY OF COPING

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/politics/trump-krebs-khalil-taylor-crackdown-dissent-what-matters/index.html

Trump trades the Oval Office for The Octagon with UFC appearance ...

2025-04-13T06:35:30Z

Trump trades the Oval Office for The Octagon with UFC appearance

FAKE COMMANDER IN CHIEF
ENJOYS
FAKE MARTIAL ARTS WITH MAGA FAITHFUL

“President Trump and the UFC are cultural icons. He is a fan of the sport and the elite competitive spirit of all the athletes who step into the Octagon,” White House communications director Steven Cheung told CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/politics/trump-ufc-miami-fight/index.html

Trump isn't just punishing law firms — he's attempting ...

2025-04-13T03:18:51Z

Trump isn't just punishing law firms — he's attempting to rewrite history

Trump issued an executive order targeting another law firm in his retribution spree. Trump appears to be using these orders not only to punish lawyers for representing certain clients, but also to rewrite history. And the law firms that capitulate to his extortion are helping.......

The latest order targets Susman Godfried, whose primary sin appears to be representing Dominion Voting Systems

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-punishing-law-firms-rewriting-election-history-rcna200923

Take Back America From the Oligarchs America is not being lost. ...

2025-04-13T03:09:01Z

Take Back America From the Oligarchs

America is not being lost. It's being taken.

Taken from the factory worker in Michigan whose job was shipped overseas. From the farmer in Indiana watching crops wither while markets close, subsidies disappear, and tariffs crush their bottom line. From the mother in Ohio who can't feed her children because her food stamps have been cut. From the young man in Kentucky forced to choose between insulin and rent......

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/take-back-america

Trump and Musk’s Attack on Government Is an Attack on Equity ...

2025-04-13T02:51:38Z

Trump and Musk’s Attack on Government Is an Attack on Equity and Stability

The role of government is to regulate those forces in society that would, if left to their own devices, advance their own interests at the expense of society. Now they are running amok.
Trump and Elon Musk’s shared goal of fully privatizing public services from the postal service to Social Security and Medicare will destabilize society, broadening the wide chasm of socioeconomic inequalities

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-musk-attack-government

How Will GOP Fight Back Against Political Fury Unleashed by ...

2025-04-13T02:47:33Z

How Will GOP Fight Back Against Political Fury Unleashed by Trump?

Two words: voter suppression.

In an America that feels on edge right now, few things in the nation’s capital are more precarious than the GOP’s fragile hold on power in the U.S. House. The Republicans’ current 220-213 majority is one of the smallest in modern times. And with crucial votes just ahead on issues like Trump’s proposed tax cuts that favor billionaires and corporations, every vote counts.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/gop-voter-suppression

Gulf Of Willful Ignorance Because our current regime remains ...

2025-04-13T02:35:26Z

Gulf Of Willful Ignorance

Because our current regime remains laser-focused on the vital issues of these dark and baleful times, the House just had a hearing on a bill by inimitable Klan Mom MTG to retool the Gulf of Mexico into a glorious new Gulf of America.
Irked Democrats took to trolling with some creative alternative names, but MapQuest and the Internet are way ahead of them. Like, Gulf of Covfefe, Gulf of Putin's Bitch, Gulf of Wu-Tang, Gulf of End Times.

https://www.commondreams.org/

Could We Be Entering a ‘Movement Moment’ Against Trump? How ...

2025-04-12T05:50:11Z

Could We Be Entering a ‘Movement Moment’ Against Trump?

How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.

“I have gone through, in my life, a number of social movements,” the radical historian Howard Zinn said in 2008, “and I have seen how at the very beginning of these social movements — or just before these social movements develop — there didn’t seem to be any hope.”

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/could-we-be-entering-a-movement-moment-against-trump/

Judge‘Apocalyptic’: Trump Plan Would Be ‘Science Demolition ...

2025-04-12T04:02:46Z

Judge‘Apocalyptic’: Trump Plan Would Be ‘Science Demolition Derby’ Experts Warn

Trump’s proposed 2026 budget reportedly seeks to effectively dismantle the scientific research arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shut down critical weather laboratories, and slash the agency’s budget by more than 25 percent.

NOAA serves as the primary source of weather forecasting in the United States and is a vital contributor to global forecasting efforts.

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/04/apocalyptic-trump-plan-would-be-science-demolition-derby-experts-warn/

Trump’s Climbdown for the Ages The president has started ...

2025-04-12T03:16:16Z

Trump’s Climbdown for the Ages

The president has started scaring members of his base, and there’s life in the establishment yet.

Donald Trump scared people he hadn’t scared before. He didn’t use to scare his policy allies—small-business people, workers, retirees. He did this week. Fear dampens reflexive support. Politicians need reflexive support from the bottom of their base as a platform from which to move. The president weakened his position.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-climbdown-for-the-ages-tariffs-trade-policy-8fd8b570?mod=opinion_trendingnow_article_pos1

US Health Secretary Kennedy has pledged "a massive testing ...

2025-04-12T03:10:07Z

US Health Secretary Kennedy has pledged "a massive testing and research effort" to determine the cause of autism in five months.

Experts cautioned that finding the causes of autism spectrum disorder – a complex syndrome that has been studied for decades

Kennedy, who has promoted debunked theories suggesting autism is linked to vaccines, said on Thursday that a US research effort will "involve hundreds of scientists from around the world."

ALREADY BEEN DONE, BRAINWORM!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0z9nmzvdlo

Ex-Blackwater CEO’s new pitch for Trump 'could be a ...

2025-04-12T03:02:20Z

Ex-Blackwater CEO’s new pitch for Trump 'could be a precursor to deporting US citizens'

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and defense contractors are aiming to cash in on deportations to a Central American prison/holding facility.

Prince — the brother of President Donald Trump's former education secretary, Betsy DeVos — hopes his proposal can skirt U.S. immigration laws by designating a section of a sprawling El Salvadoran prison as American territory.....

https://www.alternet.org/erik-prince-trump/

Everything Trump is doing makes perfect sense if you understand ...

2025-04-12T02:57:21Z

Everything Trump is doing makes perfect sense if you understand one simple fact

Everything Donald Trump is doing and will do makes perfect and sudden sense if you understand one simple fact: For him, it’s all a show.

He views the White House as a sound stage, like the set made to look like a boardroom where he performed for NBC on The Apprentice. He sees the people around him as a supporting cast, who can each be easily and quickly replaced (and often are)

https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/everything-trump-is-doing-and-will-do-makes-perfect-and-sudden-sense-if-you-understand-one-simple-fact/

'Dystopian' Trump Plan for Massive Expansion of ICE ...

2025-04-12T02:54:09Z

'Dystopian' Trump Plan for Massive Expansion of ICE Detention Centers Exposed

"This expansion is a disastrous waste of billions of taxpayer dollars that will only line the coffers of the private prison industry," said one ACLU attorney.

The ACLU on Friday revealed new details about the Trump administration's plans to expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in 10 states across the nation, with private prison corporations—whose share prices soared

https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-detention-centers

'Very Dark Stuff': Judge Rules Palestine Activist Mahmoud ...

2025-04-12T02:12:16Z

'Very Dark Stuff': Judge Rules Palestine Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported

"If Mahmoud can be targeted in this way, simply for speaking out for Palestinians and exercising his constitutionally protected right to free speech, this can happen to anyone," one of his lawyers warned.

A U.S. immigration judge in Louisiana ruled that Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident and former Columbia University graduate student, can be deported.

CAREFUL WHO YOU CONFIDE IN!

https://www.commondreams.org/news/mahmoud-khalil-deportable

'Trump has eclipsed Jesus himself': Here’s what really ...

2025-04-11T16:38:26Z

'Trump has eclipsed Jesus himself': Here’s what really drives evangelicals’ MAGA rage

A rising group of conservatives is increasingly challenging conventional ideas about empathy, often calling it "sinful."

Amanda Marcotte, a senior writer at Slate, wrote in an article published Friday that the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement considers empathy to be a weakness and that sentiment is what makes them support Trump, who she referred to as "incapable of empathy."

https://www.alternet.org/incapable-of-empathy-how-misogyny-drives-the-maga-anger/

LIVE UPDATES Consumer Sentiment Plunges on Recession Fears; China ...

2025-04-11T16:33:17Z

LIVE UPDATES

Consumer Sentiment Plunges on Recession Fears; China Hits Back Again on Tariffs

Gold prices scale new highs, while Treasury selloff extends

A closely watched survey showed consumer sentiment souring to one of the lowest levels in a decade, as fears about recession build. Respondents also said they were braced for prices to surge 6.7% in the year ahead—a level of pessimism about costs last seen in the inflation-wracked early 1980s.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-11-25?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_1

Live Updates: China Raises Tariffs on U.S. to 125% as Tit-For-Tat ...

2025-04-11T16:29:47Z

Live Updates: China Raises Tariffs on U.S. to 125% as Tit-For-Tat Trade War Escalates

Beijing’s latest retaliation came after the White House raised its levy on Chinese goods to 125 percent, on top of an existing 20 percent tax. Stocks in Europe were volatile, following losses on Wall Street a day earlier.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/11/business/trump-tariffs-stocks-china

Trump, Like other Historically Powerful Authoritarians and ...

2025-04-11T05:17:44Z

Trump, Like other Historically Powerful Authoritarians and Autocrats, is a Master of Spectacle and Distraction.

He uses a powerful political and social experience machine to captivate his MAGA followers through entertainment and emotional conditioning.

Unlike Democrats and traditional Republicans who support democratic institutions and the rule of law, Trump's movement has built an effective echo chamber, enabling his authoritarian populist agenda to threaten America's multiracial democracy.

‘Strongman Vibes’: Trump Plans Military Parade Amid Market ...

2025-04-11T04:41:58Z

‘Strongman Vibes’: Trump Plans Military Parade Amid Market Crashes and Federal Job Slashes

Trump is reportedly planning to spend millions of taxpayer money to honor himself on his 79th birthday in June.

In 2018, “Trump angrily and reluctantly canceled his plans after military leaders said it would cost $92 million and after District officials complained that heavy military equipment—tanks and planes included—would tear up the roadways and cost $21 million”

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/04/strongman-vibes-trump-plans-military-parade-amid-market-crashes-and-federal-job-slashes/

Noem Slammed for Pointing Assault Rifle at Law Enforcement ...

2025-04-11T04:33:06Z

Noem Slammed for Pointing Assault Rifle at Law Enforcement Officer

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—is facing sharp criticism from veterans and firearms experts after appearing to point her assault rifle at a law enforcement officer during a video she filmed to promote her exploits.

“Noem is pointing the M4 muzzle at an agent with an open dust cover, indicating a chambered round. It’s the worst possible place to point it. No one stopped her, including the agent”

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/04/noem-slammed-for-pointing-assault-rifle-at-law-enforcement-officer/

DOJ Accused of ‘Abuse of Power’ After Sending Armed Marshals ...

2025-04-11T04:29:08Z

DOJ Accused of ‘Abuse of Power’ After Sending Armed Marshals to Whistleblower’s Home

A former U.S. Department of Justice pardon attorney delivered sworn testimony before Congress on Monday, accusing her former agency—now under the leadership of Attorney General Pam Bondi—of “corruption and abuse of power.”

She claimed that armed U.S. Marshals were sent to her home to deliver what she described as a “warning” from the DOJ, cautioning her about the risks of testifying.

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/04/doj-accused-of-abuse-of-power-after-sending-armed-marshals-to-whistleblowers-home/

The disgusting secret to Trump's political success What the ...

2025-04-11T04:02:34Z

The disgusting secret to Trump's political success

What the f#*k led us here?

Racism is the answer.

The American-attacking Trump's ascension to power and ability to maintain it while being the stupidest, dishonest, and most bigoted man in history is unfathomable.

Just four years after threatening to blow up our ballots, he's incinerating our life savings and making measles great again, but tens of millions of Americans still support him.

https://medium.com/@1947ghw/how-trumps-repulsive-campaign-strategy-worked-ff92b1e41342

'Beyond parody': Fox News, Trump Cabinet slammed for ...

2025-04-11T03:16:08Z

'Beyond parody': Fox News, Trump Cabinet slammed for 'Dear Leader' praise as market dives

Trump, on occasion, has accused Fox News and Fox Business of not being sufficiently supportive of him.

And Fox News' competitor, Newsmax, prides itself on being to the right of Fox News and even more pro-Trump.

And Gertz is highlighting a recent example: Fox News' response to Trump announcing, on April 9, a 90-day postponement of most non-China tariffs.

https://www.alternet.org/trump-tariffs-gertz-fox-news/

Paul Krugman: 'Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak' Nobel ...

2025-04-11T03:06:43Z

Paul Krugman: 'Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak'

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman joined other economists Thursday in delivering some harsh words for Trump’s shifting tariff policies and those who think he’s doing a good job.

“Anyone sounding the all-clear on tariffs, or Trump economic policy in general, should be kept away from sharp objects and banned from operating heavy machinery,” Krugman, wrote in a Substack post titled “Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-krugman-trump-tariffs_n_67f7fa44e4b09493c8d87c87

Does the disillusioned MAGA base now realize they voted in an ...

2025-04-11T02:51:38Z

Does the disillusioned MAGA base now realize they voted in an irresponsible, vengeful authoritarian?

There is an anti-intellectual attitude and restrictions on access to historical and scientific information due to numerous closures, such as Museums, Library Services, the Department of Education, and more.

Our beloved democracy is perilously close to collapse if we take a close look at what is being gradually crumbled away.

TIME TO ORGANIZE A NATIONAL STRIKE AGAINST AUTOCRACY!

What Would a General Strike in the US Actually Look Like? Calls ...

2025-04-10T03:33:11Z

What Would a General Strike in the US Actually Look Like?

Calls for a general strike in the US are growing. It's important to understand how to organize one, given their key role in overcoming tyrants around the world.

Something is in the air: A perception that American democracy and livable conditions for working people may only be saved by the kind of large-scale nonviolent direct action variously called “general strikes,” “political strikes,”

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-would-a-general-strike-in-the-us-actually-look-like/

Capitalist Disorganization Has Enabled Trump’s Dominance The ...

2025-04-10T03:28:11Z

Capitalist Disorganization Has Enabled Trump’s Dominance

The GOP is now a hegemonic force in US politics. But much of that dominance is predicated on Donald Trump’s personal rule, itself made possible by internal GOP weakness and business elites’ political disorganization.

This hothoused within the party an atmosphere of contention, rhetorical extremism, and anti-liberalism that allowed Trump to come in

https://jacobin.com/2025/04/capitalist-disorganization-trump-republicans-trade

Trump’s “Pincer Attack” on Journalism Is Working. But ...

2025-04-10T03:21:12Z

Trump’s “Pincer Attack” on Journalism Is Working. But There’s Hope.

The second Trump administration has aggressively gone after the media in its first few months. It’s kicked news organizations out of the Pentagon. It’s barred other newsrooms from access to the White House. And Trump supporters in Congress have targeted federal funding for public media.

In late March, the heads of NPR and PBS testified on Capitol Hill to defend public broadcasting from Republicans

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-npr-pbs-defund-public-media/

@nprofile…8f5r Because the Republicans have the majority.

2025-04-10T03:12:19Z

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Because the Republicans have the majority.

@nprofile…667d Guess I'm still confused. Are you in favor ...

2025-04-10T03:10:04Z

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Guess I'm still confused.

Are you in favor of ending all those programs?

Don’t Believe RFK Jr.’s Flip-Flop on the Measles Vaccine In ...

2025-04-10T03:02:35Z

Don’t Believe RFK Jr.’s Flip-Flop on the Measles Vaccine

In his first sit-down interview in his role as Secretary of the HHS—which was taped Tuesday and aired on CBS News Wednesday morning—Kennedy claimed to endorse the vaccine after a record both long and very recent of pushing baseless treatments.

“The federal government’s position, my position, is people should get the measles vaccine, but the government should not be mandating those,”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/rfk-jr-measles-flip-flop-is-never-coming/

Democrats Grill Officials on Insider Profits From Trump’s ...

2025-04-10T02:57:44Z

Democrats Grill Officials on Insider Profits From Trump’s Tariff Reversal

Leading Democrats are raising questions about whether insiders profited from Trump’s sudden reversal

“Who in the administration knew about Trump’s latest tariff flip flop ahead of time?” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asked in a Bluesky post Wednesday. “Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the public’s expense? I’m writing to the White House—the public has a right to know.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/democrats-grill-officials-on-insider-profits-from-trumps-tariff-reversal/

Watchdog Says Trump Tariff Pause Lays Bare 'Just One More Con ...

2025-04-10T02:51:52Z

Watchdog Says Trump Tariff Pause Lays Bare 'Just One More Con on Working People'

"He claimed that the so-called 'reciprocal tariffs' would protect American jobs, but these reckless tariffs were never designed to do that," she said of Trump. "He just wants to wield threats as a schoolyard bully while giving his billionaire buddies sweetheart deals."

Gut public interest protections for the benefit of Big Tech, Big Pharma, and other corporate giants."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-pauses-tariffs

Trump caught 'immediately contradicting' top Cabinet ...

2025-04-10T02:47:31Z

Trump caught 'immediately contradicting' top Cabinet official on why he paused import tax

“He announced it on a tweet. Wtf? Who's in charge?” demanded Rep Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) of Trump's U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer. “… It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. Is this market manipulation?”

“It's not market manipulation, sir,” Greer assured.

“Well, then what is it? Because it sure is not a strategy,” Horsford said.

https://www.alternet.org/tariffs-trump-china/

'Is this market manipulation?' Rumors swirling over ...

2025-04-10T02:40:25Z

'Is this market manipulation?' Rumors swirling over potential Trump admin insider trading

Questions are swirling over possible insider trading, market manipulation, and "pump and dump" schemes.

The President, just minutes after the markets opened Wednesday morning, had declared it a "great time to buy." Less than four hours later, upon news breaking of his "pause" announcement, stock prices surged.

https://www.alternet.org/insider-trading-trump/

DANGER! DANGER! DANGER! AUTHORITARIAN BEING CREATED! House votes ...

2025-04-10T02:15:53Z

DANGER! DANGER! DANGER!
AUTHORITARIAN BEING CREATED!

House votes to limit judges’ power to rein in Trump.

By a vote of 219-213, the GOP passed the "No Rogue Rulings Act" to limit judges’ ability to issue the kind of nationwide injunctions that have arguably kept the White House from consolidating government power through executive actions. The bill restricts judges’ decisions to apply only to the original plaintiffs that brought the suits.

https://www.alternet.org/judges-oppose-trump/

Last Friday, Trump Stated that It's A Great Time To Get Rich! ...

2025-04-10T02:02:44Z

Last Friday, Trump Stated that It's A Great Time To Get Rich!

ASK YOURSELF: WHO'S BENEFITING?

Under the threat of worldwide tariffs imposed on friend and foe alike, the stock market lost billions of dollars, allowing those in the top 1% to buy low, anticipating the chance to sell high.

Then, on the eve of the tariffs being enacted, Trump took a 90-day pause on putting them in place. Am I the only one who sees the blatant insider trading?

'Just one more con': Outrage grows over Trump's ...

2025-04-10T01:46:54Z

'Just one more con': Outrage grows over Trump's chaotic about-face

"He claimed that the so-called 'reciprocal tariffs' would protect American jobs, but these reckless tariffs were never designed to do that," she said of Trump. "He just wants to wield threats as a schoolyard bully while giving his billionaire buddies sweetheart deals."

https://www.alternet.org/tariff-flip-flop/

None of Us Are Safe Anymore, Especially If You're Not White! ...

2025-04-09T20:40:28Z

None of Us Are Safe Anymore, Especially If You're Not White!

The implications of the government’s position” are that “not only noncitizens but also United States citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal”.

We should be terrified if the government can disappear anyone, imprison them in a Salvadoran dungeon, and prevent any court from affording redress.

Trying to explain President Trump's tariff mania is ...

2025-04-09T20:23:14Z

Trying to explain President Trump's tariff mania is pointless.

How can American manufacturing thrive if it can't import the materials it needs to create plants and make goods?

Where should capital originate from?

How can you repair relations with trading partners if they treat you as a threat?

How can you revitalize working-class neighborhoods if your trade policies will likely destroy as many blue-collar jobs as they create?

He has always been a malignant narcissist and is mentally ill.

@nprofile…667d Love the policy? Which policies are you about, ...

2025-04-09T19:52:00Z

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Love the policy? Which policies are you about, Memphis?

'This Is Cowardice': House GOP Sneakily Tries to Shield ...

2025-04-09T19:49:16Z

'This Is Cowardice': House GOP Sneakily Tries to Shield Trump Tariff Powers

House Republicans have reportedly inserted language into a procedural measure that would effectively prevent the chamber from voting on resolutions to curtail Trump's authority to impose tariffs unilaterally, a move that Democratic lawmakers condemned as spineless.

"This is cowardice of a kind our predecessors in this body frankly could not have imagined

https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-on-trump-tariffs

Acting IRS Chief Out Over 'Unconscionable' Deal to Share ...

2025-04-09T17:50:58Z

Acting IRS Chief Out Over 'Unconscionable' Deal to Share Taxpayer Data With ICE

"The Trump administration's political efforts to use immigrants' tax data against them should send chills down the spine of every U.S. taxpayer who disagrees with this administration," said one watchdog.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/irs-commissioner-resigns

'Enough Is Enough': Dems Aim to Force GOP on Record as ...

2025-04-09T17:48:21Z

'Enough Is Enough': Dems Aim to Force GOP on Record as Trump Tariffs Wreak Havoc

Congressional Democrats—and a small but growing number of Republicans—are throwing their support behind last-ditch legislative efforts to wrest tariff authority from U.S. President Donald Trump as he unilaterally plunges the nation into a full-blown global trade war, with potentially catastrophic consequences for workers, businesses, and the worldwide economy.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/congress-trump-tariffs

At the Smithsonian, Donald Trump Engages with Historical ...

2025-04-09T17:45:29Z

At the Smithsonian, Donald Trump Engages with Historical Narratives

The urge to manipulate historical narratives is not exclusive to the Trump Administration; rather, it is a prevalent trait among authoritarian leaders worldwide.

The start says, “America currently finds itself in a state of division between two contrasting factions: those advocating for a woke revolution and those who uphold the principles of the American Revolution.”

No Paywall:
https://medium.com/@1947ghw/at-the-smithsonian-donald-trump-engages-with-historical-narratives-f46ea26b5d6e

Despite his claims of restoring the rule of law, President Trump ...

2025-04-09T04:19:12Z

Despite his claims of restoring the rule of law, President Trump is actively working to undermine it.

Despite his claims of restoring the rule of law, President Trump is actively working to undermine it.

Nearly immediately after becoming office, President Trump pardoned hundreds of violent felons and started breaching the law.

Dismantling agencies established by Congress, terminating career public officials without reason

No Paywall:
https://medium.com/@1947ghw/despite-his-claims-of-restoring-the-rule-of-law-president-trump-is-actively-working-to-undermine-d6e798e36bc7

ICE-IRS Deal Blasted as 'Bad Policy. Bad Economics. And ...

2025-04-09T03:40:15Z

ICE-IRS Deal Blasted as 'Bad Policy. Bad Economics. And Cruel.'

"The administration is shattering what little trust remains between immigrant communities and the government and putting critical revenue streams at risk," said one critic.

Migrant and privacy rights advocates this week are sounding the alarm over a deal signed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to hand sensitive taxpayer data over to immigration authorities

https://www.commondreams.org/news/irs-ice

Trump is surrounded by Republicans who are afraid to criticize ...

2025-04-09T03:39:06Z

Trump is surrounded by Republicans who are afraid to criticize him.

"Who will tell the emperor he’s buck naked?" Rampell writes. "Not his Cabinet. Not his donors or corporate executives. And certainly not Congress. After President Donald Trump launched his multifront trade war — leading to one of the worst market massacres since World War 2 — his closest confidants and aides have been unwilling to call him out or rein him in."

https://www.alternet.org/rampell-trump-cowardice/

'I wonder why': VP brutally mocked after Usha Vance says ...

2025-04-09T03:30:58Z

'I wonder why': VP brutally mocked after Usha Vance says he’s 'very lonely'

The second lady told the Free Press, "I don't know that he’s asking me for advice so much as it can be a very lonely, lonely world not to share with someone."

Photographer Thomas Keepout tweeted, "Usha Vance: My husband is very lonely #LiarVance Ha ha ha ha sorry. At least he hasn't been kidnapped and trafficked to a foreign prison!"

https://www.alternet.org/usha-vance-interview-free-press/

'I rebuke you in the name of Jesus': GOP rep explodes at ...

2025-04-09T02:44:18Z

'I rebuke you in the name of Jesus': GOP rep explodes at Johnson in closed-door meeting

The rising tension between GOP members over the controversial budget and the recent battle over a petition allowing new mothers to vote by proxy is prompting Republican infighting. At one point, Rep. W. Gregory Steube (R-Fla.) called Speaker Johnson a liar and said, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus!" according to three sources.

https://www.alternet.org/gop-rep-johnson-budget/

What would a US-China trade war do to the world economy? If they ...

2025-04-08T18:44:58Z

What would a US-China trade war do to the world economy?

If they were to engage in an all-out trade war that slowed their growth down, or even pushed them into recession, that would likely harm other countries' economies in the form of slower global growth.

Global investment would also likely suffer.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2089vznzo

Tariffs of 104% on China will start tomorrowpublished at 13:31 ...

2025-04-08T18:42:17Z

Tariffs of 104% on China will start tomorrowpublished at 13:31
13:31Breaking

Tariffs of 104% on Chinese imports will be collected beginning at 00:01 local time (05:01 BST) tomorrow, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirms.

CEOs Break Silence on Trump Trade War Ken Griffin, the ...

2025-04-08T18:39:21Z

CEOs Break Silence on Trump Trade War

Ken Griffin, the billionaire who runs hedge-fund firm Citadel, called the tariffs a “huge policy mistake”

It is wrong to tell a middle-class or economically challenged family “it’s going to cost you 20%, 30%, 40% more for your groceries, for your toaster,” Griffin said, according to the report. “Even if the dream of jobs coming back to America plays out, that’s a 20-year dream. It’s not 20 weeks. It’s not two years. It’s decades.”

https://www.wsj.com/business/trump-tariffs-ceo-reactions-11ccd78b?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_2

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Unions Need to Mount a Militant Response to Trump’s Assault Too ...

2025-04-08T03:48:36Z

Unions Need to Mount a Militant Response to Trump’s Assault

Too many unions have responded to Trump’s historic attacks on federal workers with little more than words. To beat back his anti-union assault, organized labor needs to break with decades of timidity.

With this cowardice, these unions are apparently leaving themselves room to kiss the ring later on. — they just had to toe the line when the Fascist government ministry snapped their fingers.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/unions-need-to-mount-a-militant-response-to-trumps-assault/

Trump's game of chicken over tariffs leaves world guessing A ...

2025-04-08T03:40:28Z

Trump's game of chicken over tariffs leaves world guessing

A day before Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs are scheduled to kick in, the US president appears locked in a high-stakes game of chicken, with the world's economy hanging in the balance.

Some nations are scrambling to make nice with the White House to end this game before it reaches a potentially devastating climax.

China, in contrast, is playing a different game, one of retaliation and resistance.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn80r185vmro

'We're Turning Into a Dictatorship': Trump Tariffs ...

2025-04-08T03:36:27Z

'We're Turning Into a Dictatorship': Trump Tariffs Seen as Ploy to Further Consolidate Power

Trump's sweeping tariffs "a political weapon designed to collapse our democracy."

Analysts puzzling over the bizarre formula the Trump administration used to calculate its country-by-country tariff rates are wasting their time, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said in a response to the American president that has gone viral in recent days as global markets continue to nosedive.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-tariffs-democracy

Patriotic Millionaires Unveil Platform to 'Beat the ...

2025-04-08T03:34:07Z

Patriotic Millionaires Unveil Platform to 'Beat the Broligarchs'

"Our economy should be judged on how well it takes care of working people, not on how many billionaires it mints in a calendar day," said the founder of the economic justice group.

Patriotic Millionaires unveiled a "bold, surprisingly simple economic framework" to stop the oligarchy from amassing more power at the expense of working people and "permanently stabilize the economic lives of working people"

https://www.commondreams.org/news/patriotic-millionaires

'Very bad thing for the future': Elon Musk and Trump ...

2025-04-08T03:16:55Z

'Very bad thing for the future': Elon Musk and Trump break on this key issue

Musk urged the president away from the tariff precipice, but apparently to no avail.

Musk opposed tariffs in Trump’s first term. His electric vehicle company, Tesla, even went so far as to file suit against the Trump admin. to end a tax on Tesla’s parts imported from China. Trump, meanwhile, has supported tariffs since the 1980s, and he has yet to update his opinion after nearly 40 years.

https://www.alternet.org/elon-musk-trump-tariff/

Nothing Like This in American History: Trump's Rule-of-Law ...

2025-04-08T03:06:22Z

Nothing Like This in American History: Trump's Rule-of-Law Problem

Although the highest court could challenge the president, it has few resources to enforce its rulings.

When John Roberts's shock verdict last July granted Donald Trump unlimited immunity from criminal prosecution for official activities, he outlined his limitless presidency. He said the executive should be "vigorous and energetic" and empowered to act "boldly and fearlessly".

No Paywall:
https://medium.com/@1947ghw/nothing-like-this-in-american-history-trumps-rule-of-law-problem-4fdc4ca76c13

'Grossly corrupt': Roberts sparks outrage after siding ...

2025-04-07T23:39:58Z

'Grossly corrupt': Roberts sparks outrage after siding with Trump over federal judges

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked a district court order demanding Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia be returned to the US by midnight tonight. The Trump administration removed Garcia despite his legal status, claiming without evidence that Garcia was involved with gangs that Garcia’s wife says he was trying to escape in Venezuela.

https://www.alternet.org/corrupt-john-roberts-trump/

The Role Of Anarchists In Promoting Free Speech The most ...

2025-04-07T19:31:49Z

The Role Of Anarchists In Promoting Free Speech

The most noticeable change in American speech during the long Trump administration may have been the change from “free speech” to “constitutionally protected speech.” These two phrases mean pretty much the same thing, but they have very different meanings. “Free” means an unrestricted, universal right that everyone has (like the saying “It’s a free country”), while “protected” means fortified and safe from possible threats

https://medium.com/@1947ghw/the-role-of-anarchists-in-promoting-free-speech-6ea01b6dc157

The Role Of Anarchists In Promoting Free Speech Two critical new ...

2025-04-07T08:38:12Z

The Role Of Anarchists In Promoting Free Speech

Two critical new studies show that the rights we have today for free speech were made possible by the hard work of social activists and reformers a hundred years ago.

https://medium.com/p/6ea01b6dc157/edit

IMO Don't be taken in by Trump! The scope of discussion ...

2025-04-06T21:49:53Z

IMO

Don't be taken in by Trump!

The scope of discussion between billionaire power brokers and multinational commercial entities is purposely limited by these tariffs. However, this is simply the tip of a complex economic dynamic.

Clandestine networks develop despite official limits. Alternative routes without tariffs will always allow business transactions to sidestep officials. Oligarchy and multinational corporate leadership guide market dynamics.

Money always talks, we little people walk.

Iran rejects ‘meaningless’ direct talks with US As war of ...

2025-04-06T17:11:03Z

Iran rejects ‘meaningless’ direct talks with US

As war of words over nuclear weapons deal escalates, FM Araghchi says he wants talks on ‘equal footing’.

Trump upped the ante last week, saying: “If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing.”

Araghchi questioned Washington’s sincerity in calling for negotiations, saying on Sunday, “If you want negotiations, then what is the point of threatening?”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/6/iran-foreign-minister-rejects-direct-talks-with-us

Elon Musk backs ‘free trade zone’ between US and Europe Elon ...

2025-04-06T17:08:27Z

Elon Musk backs ‘free trade zone’ between US and Europe

Elon Musk calls for a US-Europe free-trade zone with zero tariffs while EU plans a response to US import duties.
U.S. President Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House

His comments came days after Trump announced an array of tariffs on imports to the US, including plans to impose 20-percent tariffs on imports from EU members, including Italy, which has a significant trade surplus with the US.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/5/elon-musk-backs-free-trade-zone-between-us-and-europe

Trump’s tariffs end ‘world as we knew it’: UK’s Starmer ...

2025-04-06T17:06:13Z

Trump’s tariffs end ‘world as we knew it’: UK’s Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the introduction of sweeping global tariffs by the United States has created a “new world” governed by “deals and alliances” rather than rules.

Starmer made the remarks in an opinion piece published in The Sunday Telegraph newspaper as countries around the world braced for further fallout from US President Donald Trump’s new tariff regime, which sent markets plummeting

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/6/world-as-we-knew-it-has-gone-uk-pm-starmer

Yemen Is Acting Responsibly To Stop Genocide And The U.S. Is ...

2025-04-06T01:55:43Z

Yemen Is Acting Responsibly To Stop Genocide And The U.S. Is Bombing Them For It

The U.S. is bombing Yemen because Yemen is acting, as required by international law, to stop the genocide and unlawful siege in Palestine.

This is not an editorial opinion. It is a statement of both law and fact

Because to perpetrate a genocide in plain sight requires the suppression of the truth and the obscuring of the law.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/yemen-is-acting-responsibly-to-stop-genocide-and-the-u-s-is-bombing-them-for-it/

You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It’s ...

2025-04-06T01:46:03Z

You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It’s Everywhere.

People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—but what they fear he will do next.

Hands off Social Security.
Hands off public health grants.

Hands off student visas.
Hands off women.

Hands off trans people.
Hands off our tax dollars.

Hands off Greenland.
Hands off books.

Hands off 401ks.
Hands off immigrants.

Hands off Mahmoud Khalil.
Hands off grocery prices

Hands off unions

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/hands-off-donald-trump-fear-new-york-city/

'There Will Be Blood': JPMorgan Hikes Odds of ...

2025-04-06T01:31:23Z

'There Will Be Blood': JPMorgan Hikes Odds of Trump-Triggered Recession to 60%

"The president single-handedly wiped out Americans' retirement savings overnight and subjected businesses to intense whiplash with his increasingly erratic and chaotic policies

Alarm over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs continues to grow, with stocks plummeting and JPMorgan warning that "the risk of recession in the global economy this year is raised to 60%, up from 40%."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-tariffs-recession

April 4, British comedian/actor Russell Brand was charged with ...

2025-04-06T01:26:59Z

April 4, British comedian/actor Russell Brand was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault by the UK Metropolitan Police.

Trump is treated not just as a fellow Christian, but something closer to a savior figure by the Religious Right….

Being a bully is admired in the MAGA movement. In MAGA Christianity, actual repentance would be dismissed as 'woke.'

No wonder it was the perfect landing spot for Russell Brand."

https://www.alternet.org/russell-brand-marcotte-salon/

Donald Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy Trump opened the ...

2025-04-05T05:02:45Z

Donald Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy

Trump opened the affair, which he had billed as America’s “Liberation Day,” with a rant about the dire state of the nation that could have been from 2017 cities and towns “raped” and “pillaged”; factories “ransacked”; a country “ripped off.” The apocalyptic bluster, like the loud red tie and the strange riffs about Canadian milk and radical-left lunatic judges, was familiar stuff—we’ve heard this so many times before.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/donald-trumps-ego-melts-the-global-economy

Debunking the Fallacy Behind Trump’s Disastrous Tariffs ...

2025-04-05T03:30:39Z

Debunking the Fallacy Behind Trump’s Disastrous Tariffs

America’s trade deficit is a measure of the profligacy of America’s corporate ruling class, more specifically the result of chronically large budget deficits resulting from tax cuts for the rich combined with TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS WASTED ON USELESS WARS.

Trump’s tariffs will not close the trade deficit but will instead impoverish Americans and harm the rest of the world.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/debunking-the-fallacy-behind-trumps-disastrous-tariffs/

Canada’s Inequality Is Driven by Billionaire Wealth Canada’s ...

2025-04-05T03:25:47Z

Canada’s Inequality Is Driven by Billionaire Wealth

Canada’s inequality crisis is driven by both billionaire wealth and runaway housing costs. Without a meaningful fix, both democracy and economic growth will be distorted
Extreme inequality is fueled both by the super-rich at the very top and growing divides in the housing market amid a shortage of homes. These inequalities damage our economy and social fabric, lower economic growth, worsen health and social outcomes

https://jacobin.com/2025/04/canada-wealth-inequality-billionaires-housing

Tariffs Aren’t Enough to Protect Good Auto Jobs Automakers have ...

2025-04-05T03:17:53Z

Tariffs Aren’t Enough to Protect Good Auto Jobs

Automakers have long used the threat of relocating to discipline workers, which has led the UAW to embrace Trump’s tariffs. But tariffs won't solve the problem of competition from nonunion firms or eliminate management’s ability to exploit nonunion labor.

Essentially auto manufacturing is already so integrated across North America that the administration has left carve outs for Mexico and Canada.

https://jacobin.com/2025/04/trump-tariffs-auto-uaw-jobs

Trump Promised Free Speech Defense and Delivered the Opposite His ...

2025-04-05T03:07:32Z

Trump Promised Free Speech Defense and Delivered the Opposite

His time in office has seen one of the worst crackdowns on free speech in recent American history.

One visa holder, a French scientist here for a conference, was barred from entering the United States and sent back to France not because of anything pro-Palestine he said.

Instead, authorities went through his phone and found private messages he had sent that were critical of Trump’s science policies.

https://jacobin.com/2025/04/trump-free-speech-crackdown-disssent

As the stock market falls, Trump haunted by his discredited ...

2025-04-05T03:01:25Z

As the stock market falls, Trump haunted by his discredited campaign promises

“You can’t really watch the stock market,” the president said last month. As retirement accounts take a severe hit, it's a little late for that.

“They say the stock market will rule if I’m elected,” Trump said, failing to identify who “they” might be. He added, in reference to Joe Biden: “If he’s elected, the stock market will crash.”

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/stock-market-falls-trump-haunted-discredited-campaign-promises-rcna199774

US Court Orders Return of Man Trump Sent to Salvadoran Prison in ...

2025-04-05T02:48:25Z

US Court Orders Return of Man Trump Sent to Salvadoran Prison in 'Error'

A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the return of a Maryland resident who the Trump administration mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador last month, according to The Associated Press.

Immigration lawyer Ava Benach wrote: "The right decision. How the government reacts will tell us so much about how far down the road to autocracy we are."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-judge-el-salvador

Major bank now predicting Trump policies will drive US into a ...

2025-04-05T02:30:02Z

Major bank now predicting Trump policies will drive US into a recession by end of 2025

On Friday, Bloomberg reported that JPMorgan Chase chief economist Michael Feroli told the bank's clients that real GDP growth is now likely to contract by the fourth quarter of the year "under the weight of the tariffs," and that this would likely impact Americans' jobs and personal finances. He estimated that rather than the previous forecast of 1.3% GDP growth this year

https://www.alternet.org/trump-policies-recession/

'Lunatics and losers': Trump criticizes ruling against ...

2025-04-05T02:21:34Z

'Lunatics and losers': Trump criticizes ruling against far-right leader in late night post

“The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech, and censor their Political Opponent, this time going to so far as to put that Opponent in prison,” Trump wrote in a late-night post on his social platform

“It is the same ‘playbook’ that was used against me by a group of Lunatics and Losers,” the president added.

https://www.alternet.org/trump-far-right/

This. Will. Not. End. Well': George Will slams Trump’s ...

2025-04-05T02:17:32Z

This. Will. Not. End. Well': George Will slams Trump’s 'fanciful assumptions' on economy

Another Never Trumper who is vehemently critical of Trump's tariffs is veteran Washington Post columnist George F. Will. In his April 4 column, however, Will emphasizes that tariffs are only one of the reasons why Trump is problematic on the economy.

Trump's economic agenda, from taxes to tariffs — which are themselves taxes — is variable

https://www.alternet.org/trump-economy-george-will/

'What on Earth?' GOP Senate chiefs of staff left puzzled ...

2025-04-05T02:07:12Z

'What on Earth?' GOP Senate chiefs of staff left puzzled by Stephen Miller’s 'arrogant' presentation

Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller reportedly disrupted a lunch gathering Thursday for GOP Senate chiefs of staff to defend Trump's controversial tariff policy with a confusing and "arrogant" presentation

Miller, who is also Trump's homeland security adviser, alluded to the British Empire and left the aides asking one another, “What on Earth was that?

EVIL.

https://www.alternet.org/the-right-wing/trump-stephen-miller/

Trump Cabinet official now 'looking for an exit door' ...

2025-04-05T02:00:19Z

Trump Cabinet official now 'looking for an exit door' after 'hurting his own credibility'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is allegedly leaping for a window after dashing his “credibility” against the rocks of Trump’s disastrous tariffs,

“Some [sources] have said to me, he’s looking for an exit door to try to get himself to the Fed, because in the last few days he’s really hurting his own credibility and history in the markets,”

https://www.alternet.org/trump-cabinet-official-exit/

During a Past Measles Outbreak, RFK Jr. Dismissed Concern as ...

2025-04-04T04:45:50Z

During a Past Measles Outbreak, RFK Jr. Dismissed Concern as “Hysteria”

He also pushed debunked science and a conspiracy theory.

But scientific studies had debunked the notion of a link between autism and vaccines.

An infamous 1998 study conducted by a British medical researcher named Andrew Wakefield—based on just 12 children—that tied the measles vaccine to autism had been discredited years earlier and retracted by the journal that had published it.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/robert-f-kennedy-jr-measles-outbreak-hysteria-hhs-cdc/

Trump’s tariffs: Which countries will hit back – and which ...

2025-04-04T04:21:06Z

Trump’s tariffs: Which countries will hit back – and which likely won’t?

China’s promised “countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests” in response to US “bullying,”

Taiwan labelled the tariffs “deeply regretted” Trump’s announcement of a 32 percent tariff on its exports.

Australian said the tariffs were “not the act of a friend” and “totally unwarranted”.

the EU, called the measure a “major blow to the world economy”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/3/trumps-tariffs-which-countries-will-hit-back-and-which-likely-wont

Trump Just Bet the Farm Thomas L. Friedman Trump is a ...

2025-04-04T04:10:23Z

Trump Just Bet the Farm
Thomas L. Friedman

Trump is a go-with-my-gut kind of guy. What I find most terrifying about what Trump is doing today is that he seems to be largely relying on his gut to bet that he can radically overturn how America’s institutions have operated and the way the nation relates to both its allies and enemies — and get it all right. As in, America will become stronger and more prosperous, while the rest of the world will just adjust. Next question.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/opinion/trump-tariffs-us-security-stability.html

Steve Rattner on Just How Bad Things Will Get Under Trump’s ...

2025-04-04T04:06:08Z

Steve Rattner on Just How Bad Things Will Get Under Trump’s Tariffs

Paul, Weiss might make a deal with him. Columbia University might make a deal with him. But it’s not as if the global economy has an address in Lower Manhattan and he can just sign an order and make them build a fleet of factories.

What is it that he doesn’t either understand about the economy, or is it not about understanding? It’s about projecting some kind of command and control authority.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/opinion/trump-tariffs-economy.html

Why Did Trump Spare Russia From New Tariffs? The Trump ...

2025-04-04T04:00:15Z

Why Did Trump Spare Russia From New Tariffs?

The Trump administration says sanctions imposed on Moscow mean the U.S. does little trade with Russia, but questions persist about the motivations.

When President Trump unveiled major new tariffs on Wednesday, one big economy that he did not target was Russia.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Wednesday that Moscow was spared because sanctions imposed on the country after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/business/economy/russia-us-tariffs-trump.html

Law Firm Kirkland & Ellis in Talks With White House to Avoid ...

2025-04-04T03:56:38Z

Law Firm Kirkland & Ellis in Talks With White House to Avoid Executive Order

The largest U.S. law firm by revenue tries to avoid being the next Trump target

Kirkland & Ellis, the largest U.S. law firm by revenue, is in talks with the White House to avoid an executive order similar to those levied against several of its rivals

The firm, which has some 4,000 lawyers and brought in about $9 billion last year, is one of the White House’s next targets for sanctions

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/law-firm-kirkland-ellis-in-talks-with-white-house-to-avoid-executive-order-939a9f56?mod=hp_lead_pos6

The Rest of the World Is Bracing for a Flood of Cheap Chinese ...

2025-04-04T03:50:14Z

The Rest of the World Is Bracing for a Flood of Cheap Chinese Goods

President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs risk domino effect across the globe as Chinese goods look for new markets

President Trump’s jumbo tariffs on China threaten to create a new problem for a global economy already stressed over trade: a $400 billion deluge of Chinese goods looking for new markets.

https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/china-trump-tariffs-global-trade-99f023d8?mod=WSJ_home_supertopperbottom_pos_5

The White House Whirlwind That Led to Trump’s All-Out Tariff ...

2025-04-04T03:45:47Z

The White House Whirlwind That Led to Trump’s All-Out Tariff Strategy

They were struggling to square the president’s seemingly contradictory goals for sweeping new duties. He wanted them to raise significant revenue for the government, as well as provide a durable signal for companies to invest in the U.S., according to people with knowledge of the discussions. Those goals would align with a permanent, across-the-board tariff.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tariff-rollout-decisions-46dc0959?mod=WSJ_home_supertopperbottom_pos_1

How will India navigate a world on the brink of a trade war? The ...

2025-04-04T03:39:05Z

How will India navigate a world on the brink of a trade war?

The tariffs are "fundamentally reshaping the global trading system", says Agneshwar Sen, a trade policy expert at Ernst & Young India. This will require a "fundamental revaluation of trading strategies" as new supply chains emerge, he adds.

As it becomes more difficult for Chinese goods to enter the US, these will have to find other markets. And there are few others that are as large as India.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39jn2ldyrko

Canadian workers on edge as car plant hits pause over US tariffs ...

2025-04-04T03:28:07Z

Canadian workers on edge as car plant hits pause over US tariffs

Fear and anxiety are running high in Windsor, Ontario, after carmaker Stellantis announced it will temporarily shut down its assembly plant in the Canadian border city next week as a result of Trump's car tariffs.

Derek Gungle, who is among the 4,500 people employed at the plant, says the temporary pause in operations was "kind of expected".

North America's most popular cars, like the Ford F-150.

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