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apnews.com/article/just... Justice Department deal ends a ban on an aftermarket trigger. Gun control advocates are alarmed

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If the Trump administration gets a loyal federal judge to rule that the Supreme Court is in some way “an arm of the Executive branch,” I suppose that the case would escalate to the Supreme Court! Would the justices have to recuse themselves (conflict of interest)?

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I wonder if the Qatar 747 will come complete with hidden bugging devices so Emir Tamim’s people can keep up with what Trump’s people are saying? (And of course tracking devices)

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Car part of the UK “deal” - 10% tariff on the 1st 100,000 cars; 25% thereafter. Annual exports; prices: RR: 1,700; $355K+ Bentley: 3,200; $220K+ Aston Martin: 700; $245K-$3M McLaren: 780; $220K-$1M Jag/Land Rover: 100,000; $50K-$75K Mini Coop (the only “people’s car”): 26,000; $29K-$35K

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Per USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) April 2025 Forecast: Prices for all food are predicted to increase 3.5%, Grocery prices +3.2%, Restaurant prices +3.8%, Beef & veal +6.3%, Poultry +1.0%, Eggs +54.6%, Prices for fresh vegetables to decrease by 2.5% www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...

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If the court permits this, let’s see what happens when a Muslim madrasa wants government vouchers. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...

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open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... “If the Trump regime can secretly arrest and then disappear people who are legally in the US…without any sort of court proceedings and then argue that, because they’re now outside the US there’s nothing they can do about it, they can do the same to you and me.”

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open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... Most of these movements in the past (California: Pico Act in 1859, Prop 3 in 2017, Proposition 9 In 2018, State of Jefferson since 1941), were to create more Senate seats for Republicans. Tom Hartmann talks about plans that would create the seats for Democrats.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b... Gifted article

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substack.com/@lincolnsqua...

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Per several reliable sources, it costs about $20,000 to deport one person. These are horrible inhumane deportations. What if a $10,000 incentive were offered to leave voluntarily? People could plan their exit strategy, have resettlement $; families stay together. Cutting cost to taxpayers in half.

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And here I thought nothing could surprise me anymore.

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open.substack.com/pub/robinsny...

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I got pirated by Meta! You can search in this article to see if Meta pirated your book or other publication to train their AI. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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open.substack.com/pub/robertre... .

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... We spent over $23m on Trump’s golf outings so for this term. Plus additional federal funds to reimburse local law enforcement agencies. $240K/day for Palm Beach sheriffs, plus $45m more to protect Trump thru EOY. Inflated $ for agents to stay at Trump properties.

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What happens to the Charles Calvin Rogers State Veteran Nursing Facility under construction in W. Virginia? The Dept of Veterans Assistance broke ground in 2023, funded by WV and Fed $ DOD removed an article about Rogers, the 1st Black person to receive the Medal of Honor, from its website

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I’m afraid that if they privatize the Postal Service, we can’t trust voting by mail anymore. I think they would destroy (blue) ballots as directed. The final blow to any remaining chance of fair elections. I wonder - could ballot watchdog groups be put on the property of privatized PO businesses?

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open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... Trump/friends buy puts (bets that a stock will fall) He then announces a tariff, aimed at those stocks, driving them down. They cash in the puts & buy calls bets a stock will rise) on those stocks. He then delays the tariff. Trump/friends again triple their money.

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Media pushes that Trump has “reined in Musk,” (Musk “can only make recommendations,” and “isn’t in charge of DOGE.”) What BS! They’re insulating Musk by substituting sacrificial lamb Amy Gleason as “Head of DOGE” And to protect the administration from lawsuits about civilian-Musk issuing orders.

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open.substack.com/pub/shanealm... Hmmm…Shane Almgren explains Musk, Vance & Thiel’s long-planned agenda to take over the govt, and Trump is just a dementia-addled old man along for the ride, ranting about windmills and magnets, content to just sign large pieces of papers for the TV cameras all day.

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open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Robert Reich writes about Social Security and about Trump/Musk profiting off their cryptocurrency scams

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Listen to The Weekly List podcast for a discussion on the important themes behind the news. A burgeoning rebellion underway as flood the zone becomes, but a drip. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the...

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thedeepdive.ca/cooking-the-... Lutnick says the govt will remove some spending categories from GDP measurements, aligning with Musk’s push for “efficiency.” “Governments historically have messed with GDP,” The change would exclude expenditures that Musk claims don’t create direct economic value

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This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record) I don’t remember seeing anything like this before

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The tag team of While House bullies - Vilifying Zelenskyy, and so by extension vilifying Ukraine, turning them into a pariah, and justifying an end to US aid.

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China announced 15% tariffs on imports of chicken, wheat, corn and cotton from the US, as well as 10 percent tariffs on imports of sorghum, soybeans, pork, beef, aquatic products, fruits, vegetables and dairy products. Also some interesting tie-ins about Fentanyl:

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Maybe dem reps could hold their own state of the union on the Capitol steps. Steal the spotlight. Let members like AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Max Frost, and the DNC make remarks. Norms don't exist. Buck them.

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substack.com/@johncleese/... .

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youtu.be/eeiIsPI6aA8?... Texas Rep Greg Casar on distributing food overseas

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Did Zelensky “storm out of the white house;” “leave the meeting early,” or not? Accounts differ. No AP or Reuters, but Russia’s TASS was there filming. NYT: “…[Zelensky] stormed out of the White House…” HCR: “…Trump abruptly ended [the] meeting…he asked Zelensky…to leave the White House.”

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www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...

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www.bbc.com/news/article... Will this pave the way to disenfranchising non-English speakers for the next elections? And…will Melania have to learn English?

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Maybe they’re aiming to reduce population. Torpedo health care & medical research so the sick will die; remove assistance so the poor will starve; polarize and arm the citizenry so they’ll kill each other. And worldwide, don’t help with humanitarian crises, pandemics, disasters, etc

apnews.com/article/just... Justice Department deal ends a ban on an aftermarket trigger. Gun control advocates are alarmed

If the Trump administration gets a loyal federal judge to rule that the Supreme Court is in some way “an arm of the Executive branch,” I suppose that the case would escalate to the Supreme Court! Would the justices have to recuse themselves (conflict of interest)?

I wonder if the Qatar 747 will come complete with hidden bugging devices so Emir Tamim’s people can keep up with what Trump’s people are saying? (And of course tracking devices)

Car part of the UK “deal” - 10% tariff on the 1st 100,000 cars; 25% thereafter. Annual exports; prices: RR: 1,700; $355K+ Bentley: 3,200; $220K+ Aston Martin: 700; $245K-$3M McLaren: 780; $220K-$1M Jag/Land Rover: 100,000; $50K-$75K Mini Coop (the only “people’s car”): 26,000; $29K-$35K

Per USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) April 2025 Forecast: Prices for all food are predicted to increase 3.5%, Grocery prices +3.2%, Restaurant prices +3.8%, Beef & veal +6.3%, Poultry +1.0%, Eggs +54.6%, Prices for fresh vegetables to decrease by 2.5% www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...

If the court permits this, let’s see what happens when a Muslim madrasa wants government vouchers. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...

open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... Most of these movements in the past (California: Pico Act in 1859, Prop 3 in 2017, Proposition 9 In 2018, State of Jefferson since 1941), were to create more Senate seats for Republicans. Tom Hartmann talks about plans that would create the seats for Democrats.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b... Gifted article

substack.com/@lincolnsqua...

Per several reliable sources, it costs about $20,000 to deport one person. These are horrible inhumane deportations. What if a $10,000 incentive were offered to leave voluntarily? People could plan their exit strategy, have resettlement $; families stay together. Cutting cost to taxpayers in half.

And here I thought nothing could surprise me anymore.

open.substack.com/pub/robinsny...

I got pirated by Meta! You can search in this article to see if Meta pirated your book or other publication to train their AI. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

open.substack.com/pub/robertre... .

What happens to the Charles Calvin Rogers State Veteran Nursing Facility under construction in W. Virginia? The Dept of Veterans Assistance broke ground in 2023, funded by WV and Fed $ DOD removed an article about Rogers, the 1st Black person to receive the Medal of Honor, from its website

open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... Trump/friends buy puts (bets that a stock will fall) He then announces a tariff, aimed at those stocks, driving them down. They cash in the puts & buy calls bets a stock will rise) on those stocks. He then delays the tariff. Trump/friends again triple their money.

open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Robert Reich writes about Social Security and about Trump/Musk profiting off their cryptocurrency scams

Listen to The Weekly List podcast for a discussion on the important themes behind the news. A burgeoning rebellion underway as flood the zone becomes, but a drip. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the...

This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record) I don’t remember seeing anything like this before

The tag team of While House bullies - Vilifying Zelenskyy, and so by extension vilifying Ukraine, turning them into a pariah, and justifying an end to US aid.

China announced 15% tariffs on imports of chicken, wheat, corn and cotton from the US, as well as 10 percent tariffs on imports of sorghum, soybeans, pork, beef, aquatic products, fruits, vegetables and dairy products. Also some interesting tie-ins about Fentanyl:

Maybe dem reps could hold their own state of the union on the Capitol steps. Steal the spotlight. Let members like AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Max Frost, and the DNC make remarks. Norms don't exist. Buck them.

substack.com/@johncleese/... .

youtu.be/eeiIsPI6aA8?... Texas Rep Greg Casar on distributing food overseas

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...

www.bbc.com/news/article... Will this pave the way to disenfranchising non-English speakers for the next elections? And…will Melania have to learn English?

Maybe they’re aiming to reduce population. Torpedo health care & medical research so the sick will die; remove assistance so the poor will starve; polarize and arm the citizenry so they’ll kill each other. And worldwide, don’t help with humanitarian crises, pandemics, disasters, etc

Here we are - very sad www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/p...

Are you now or have you ever been a homosexual?