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Retired educator. Twitter quitter. Think critically and demand evidence. Lifetime liberal. "...And Justice for All" The Crew That Is Blue #VetsResist. He/Him/Professor
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Food for thought.

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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

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For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...

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Imagine being a small business with debt, that you used to import products you had manufactured in china. In the time it took to make the products, tariffs were added, that more than doubled your cost. They are crushed Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?

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@augustusoctavius.bsky.social “This administration is not focused on helping small businesses or small people.”

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Social media platforms need to be REGULATED. Imagine if Meta and Twitter were actually held accountable for radicalizing Americans… EXCELLENT conversation you DON’T want to miss:

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#GVerse LMAO!!! If there's one thing that #OrangeBuffoon's tariff strategy proved, it's that we don't need immigrants to do jobs that God-fearin' Americans can do - and do BETTER! Thank you, #NotMyPresident!

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Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history. They aren't even bothering to hide it.

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American author Iris Chang wrote the best-selling The Rape of Nanking detailing Japanese atrocities. Later she researched Japanese brutality during the Bataan death March intending another book. She killed herself prior to the book. Speculation is that she came too close to human evil.

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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

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I agree!!

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About a month ago I posted that I thought Trump's tariffs would not last long. I wasn't thinking they would only last a few days.

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Kid Rock makes music for dudes who are only allowed to see their kids on weekends, but don’t ! 😂😂😂

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“The United States has become a secret-police state. Trust me, I’ve seen it before.” - @mashagessen.bsky.social

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It’s strange, isn’t it? Disabled people are seen as both “inspiring” and “pitiful” by the same society. Two extreme reactions, yet both rooted in the same issue: ableism. #Disability #HumanRights #a11y #Ableism #Cinema #Poverty #AXSChat #Accessibility #WeAreBillionStrong

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Three Filipino scholars were arrested in China for espionage. Not surprising, both China and Russia think every foreigner is a spy. In China people are incarcerated while they are investigated. There is a bounty on foreigners suspected of spying.

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International students are an asset to US universities. No student loans, no grants, just cash. Universities are under attack.

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Without notice or explanation, the Trump administration has stripped several current and former Central Michigan University international students of their right to be in the US, university officials announced Friday! #disorganized #dumbass #StudentsAreNotCriminals

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The Asian markets are all down. This is just the beginning.

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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

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The Bangkok high rise that collapsed was constructed by the Chinese and was supposed to be able to withstand an 8.0 earthquake.

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MAGA is an outdated slogan. MAIA, Make America Imperialist Again is more current and appropriate.

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We no longer have a justice system. We still have a legal system, but it is corrupted by Trump. People who flatter or support him are likely to get a pardon while those who resist are persecuted/prosecuted.

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#Recession Save your money!

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The USD$ is losing value around the world in FOREX (foreign exchange).

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Oh.

submitted 11 days ago • 1253 comments

Asking for a friend...

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Senators Chuck Grassley (R) and Maria Cantwell (D) just introduced a bill to reassert Congress’s power over tariffs. —President must notify Congress on new tariffs within 48 hours of imposition. —Congress must approve them within 60 days or they expire. www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

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Then I’m sure they won’t be asking for government subsidies to compensate for the impacts tariffs have on them.

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NHK's “After the Quake” brings Haruki Murakami’s work to television for the first time to examine the ripple effects of past major disasters across Japanese society.

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These are the same people that were willing to let their grandparents die so they could eat at Arby's again without a mask

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In the 1890s, tariffs reduced government income, increased government expenditure, and undercut foreign investors’ confidence in U.S. reliability, leading to catastrophic effects for ordinary Americans. Tariffs haven't changed.

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They have our business!

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