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"The story goes Bessent could get Trump's ear regarding the bond market damage from his tariffs, only after a White House adviser managed to use a fake meeting to lure away Pete Navarro from the Oval Office." Faisal Islam: Trump could be ready to retreat on tariffs www.bbc.com/news/article...

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“It’s hard to see how Trump would have acted any differently if he were a Russian asset than how he has acted in the first 100 days of his second term.” Huh. You don't say. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

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01/05 Reform UK: Britain’s Populist Grift Machine. How a party with no real power is poisoning British politics. Reform UK did not emerge from a grassroots surge of political energy but was instead the product of calculated rebranding, carried out by familiar faces from

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The dictators are in it together and they're in it to extinguish democracy everywhere. Liberal democracies of the world: unite, or die.

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Feel like the fact that tariffs are a regressive form of taxation (meaning the burden will be greater on lower income folks than higher income ones) needs to be emphasized more. In addition to paying higher prices, we’ll also be experiencing more wealth redistribution upward.

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This is what a rigged economy looks like: In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker. This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker. That has got to change.

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Powerful and necessary! 🗣️⚡ 🎥 The Guardian #Democracy #HumanRights

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Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...

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Trump and the CCP are both liars. Different styles, but both tell lies all the time.

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"the dysfunction is now a major distraction for the president — who deserves better from his senior leadership" I disagree. Trump is getting exactly what he deserves. He chose those guys. Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details ‘Month From Hell’ Inside the Agency www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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It might be falling apart for Trump - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Well... let's try to be optimistic. Maybe Trump's desperation for something he can claim as a successful outcome will overcome his stupidity and ineptitude.

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China seems to be doing well out of this whole mess. Japan and China have long been big trading partners (about balanced) and even the EU might be persuaded to overlook China's help with Putin's invasion... China Tries to Turn Key US Ally Against Trump - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/china-news-l...

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Yes please.

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"in 2022, Congress barred any U.S. recognition of Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia. The measure was written by a Republican senator from Florida named Marco Rubio"

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Basically, Trump isn't very clever. Trump is “desperate” to make a deal—China isn’t, analysts say - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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It seems ...inappropriate to be welcoming tourists from a country which is engaging in a brutal invasion of a European country.

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One of the world’s great economic thinkers has come up with an idea that will increase trade, lower prices, improve access to goods and boost economic activity.

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Trump (soon): Although President Xi hasn’t called me and China won’t talk to us, he’s a good man and I know he really wants to call and say how much he respects me with tears in his eyes so I’m going to do him a big favor and cut the tariffs. I think he learned his lesson. MAGA!

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This looks exactly like what's going on: "Trump and his team... looking for an excuse to walk away from these negotiations, throw the Ukrainians under the bus, and get on with their more desired objective of developing ties with Putin."

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Such a United States would be so welcome in the world today!

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Terrifying. The Emergency Is Here | The Ezra Klein Show - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN1o...

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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

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While Trump is spreading falsehoods about a Japanese "bowling ball test," it turns out that America's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration supports the introduction of "test procedures simulating a head-to-hood impact." The new standard could save lives. www.nhtsa.gov/press-releas...

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Japan's government refuted Trump's false description of a "bowling ball test" for cars. Japan's tests are in line with international standards used in the EU and South Korea. The U.S. uses proprietary safety benchmarks that only include 3 of 43 international standards. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

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Only a few years till we have real walking talking autonomous robots.

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This follows logically from Trump's choice of people for his cabinet.

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(re US military aid) “If it suddenly turns out that countries and organisations can demand payments for aid given unconditionally in previous years, it will make recipients more cautious, and could reopen difficult issues from previous decades around the world.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Remember the venomous attacks on Hillary Clinton about an email server?

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"Chinese investors hold stakes in British water companies, airports and energy infrastructure, while the proposed nuclear power plant at Bradwell B in Essex is being developed in part by China General Nuclear Power." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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We are urged to “trust the president’s instincts” as the global economy shudders. Chinese citizens were once told to “just follow” Mao’s instructions, including “those we fail to understand for the moment”. The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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"the threat of the US washing its hands of the ongoing peace efforts suits the Kremlin more than Kyiv" Trump's threat makes Ukraine mineral deal look like business move www.bbc.com/news/article...

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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

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