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I just CAN NOT www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...

NEWS: Consumer sentiment PLUNGED 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the second-lowest reading on records going back to 1952. April’s reading was lower than anything seen during the Great Recession.

Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid. Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.

Federal officials said they were doing wellness checks on children who arrived unaccompanied at the border. School administrators turned them away. (via @laist.com)

US hairdressers and aestheticians report clients are opting for less expensive services and canceling appointments—worrying signs that US consumers are retrenching

The CDC's cruise ship inspectors have been laid off, as well as agency's head epidemiologist for investigating cruise ship outbreaks That baffled health officials since this program is paid for by cruise ship fees, not taxpayer dollars www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

BREAKING: China raises tariffs on all US goods from 84% to 125% with effect from April 12

Senator Murphy on the Trump grift and likely massive insider trading scandal that just took place

RETWEET BY SHAMS: Luka wiping tears after watching Mavs tribute video 🥺 [ESPN can be followed @espn.com]

So has the WH actually formally, legally papered the tariff pause or…are they actually still operational?

48 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 09, 1977, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

This just happened

on.mktw.net/3EobMBp Another Trump reversal: Social Security to allow all claims to be done over the phone, changing earlier rule for identity verification

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

Free bus fare in Richmond through June 2026, you simply love to see it folks.

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

Guys, guys, guys. It’s not math. It’s not finance. It’s not economics. It’s all about psychology. Abnormal psychology. Read the DSM-5’s chapters on Cluster B personality disorders. And then it all becomes clear. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/b...

Meanwhile, when reporters last week visited Hope Florida's headquarters to review its IRS documents, an employee told them the request “will be returned in the order it was received” and shooed them away, despite federal law requiring such documents be available immediately upon in-person request.

Illegal attempts to access IRS data was an article of impeachment against Nixon.

All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.

There is absolutely no way the US can host the World Cup or the Olympics

Let's repeat it for folks in the back. When Bill Clinton cut 300,000 + jobs from the federal workforce, he did it with the APPROVAL of Congress after review and a VOTE! He did NOT illegally take it upon himself to drastically slash entire agencies and programs - with NO plan for continued service.

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

Paige & UCONN got it done! 🏀

Salinas, California. Locals -- vividly! -- show their disgust for January 6th convicts "meet and greet" in their neighborhood: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeEq...

BREAKING: In a reversal, all NOAA Research sites will now remain online with "no interruption in service," according to the agency. NOAA had previously moved to cancel the research division's cloud services contract. Story for @bloomberg.com (free link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...

If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks. The website to check linked in the reply. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

More than 500 firms signed an amicus brief outlining why the president’s targeting of law firms to do his bidding is “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself.”

Liar Greg Abbott says he has refused to set a special election to fill the seat of recently diseased Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner because he says Harris County doesn’t do their elections properly.

It sure looks like they’re going all in on the “the executive branch can ignore court orders if it thinks the court lacks jurisdiction” thing

🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸

Here he is today, deeply concerned about economic hardship caused by his tariff scheme.

Ouch.

WHAT THE F**K!