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Ukraine journalist who died in Russian captivity was tortured and had her organs removed www.cbsnews.com/news/viktori...

You all need to read this. The Signal chat of the world's worst people trying to impose their sociopathic fascist rule on the rest of us. www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

No Words😔

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Art of the deal

The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

This.

Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US.

First came the market manipulation. Now come the bribes.

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit with my grocery store"

Trump's talk of defying the two-term limit to hold onto power underscores the uncertainty about the future of America’s constitutional system with a president whose commitment to rule of law is under question. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/u...

At least 5 of 12 regional Head Start offices have been closed as part of HHS layoffs—leaving families and providers in limbo. A lifeline for low-income kids is being quietly dismantled. Read on to see what’s happening and why it matters. #ProtectOurKids #HandsOff 🧵

BREAKING: Germany is considering the withdrawal of approximately 1,200 tons of gold, valued at around $124 billion, from a U.S. Federal Reserve vault in New York.

Absolutely

Breaking WaPo: Members of Trump's National Security Council, including national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by WaPo and interviews with three U.S. officials. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

As part of the #TeslaTakedown movement, people around the world are coming together today around noon for a Global Day of Action—with over 500 peaceful protests planned at Tesla facilities and public spaces. Our coalition is full of tree huggers, and we’ll be out there standing with you.

Dear Democratic Members of Congress, Stop telling me about what he's doing. We can all see it. Start telling me about what you're doing to stop it! Signed, Americans

FFS! Pete Hegseth is inappropriately bringing his wife along to sensitive meetings -- she's a former Fox News producer And his brother is now serving as a "senior advisor" at the Pentagon -- he's a former podcast producer & social media mgr DEI/NepoBaby hires? 🪓 Hegseth must go!

Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.

The incompetence of this administration is staggering.

The Trump administration announced that 10,000 employees of the Department of Health and Human Services would be fired.

Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10% in tax receipts this year compared with 2024. That would amount to more than $500 billion in lost federal revenue. The reason? Staff cuts and disruptions related to Musk's DOGE. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Walz: "I think we have to assume the very worst in everything this administration does, and we need to prepare for it."

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible and to call on our government to stand up for our citizens who are being denied their rights through arbitrary detention in the United States.

My new reporting: The heads of several US-funded international networks have told their teams to continue broadcasting, ignoring a Trump admin order, because they believe last weekend's terminations were unlawful, according to a person involved in the matter. www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/m...

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evergreen and accurate

Portugal’s Defense Minister dismissed the possibility of ordering the fifth-generation F-35 fighter, aligning with other European nations reconsidering their defense procurement strategies. He pointed directly at the uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration as a key factor in the decision.

New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden. This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.

Can’t we go back to being nice like this?

The United States has not been invited to the March 11th NATO summit on Ukraine in Paris.

BREAKING: Kia’s official Instagram account in Norway just posted this..

Facts

Goldman on Musk: "Notable, somehow none of his $13 billion of government contracts he has determined to be waste, fraud, and abuse."

@aoc.bsky.social: "Every time you see Tom Homan, every time you see Kristi Noem... understand that they are taking attention, focus, dollars, and real resources away from actual drug enforcement, trafficking enforcement, and actually going after and trying to investigate really harmful activity."

Addressing US residents, Trudeau said, "We don't want this, but your government has chosen to do this to you."

Having SNL alum Mike Myers portraying that piece of DOGE shit Elon Musk was the perfect way for Canada to attack the U.S. in retaliation against Trump’s tariff threats.

"The spectacle of the president and vice president of the United States tag-teaming to bully the leader of a U.S.-allied democracy fighting for its life against an autocratic aggressor has appalled observers around the world." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-vanc...

Nobody should be surprised that our Secretary of State is a pathetic, weak, cowardly piece of shit.

MAGA has viral posts going on X complaining that the judge in the USAID lawsuit has dual citizenship.

On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing.

BRB, submitting a series of WaPo op-eds on the personal liberty to get an abortion and how oligarchs strangle free markets.

Stanbury: "We will not give them one single vote!"

The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated over 1,400 employees.