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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA): "I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"

Trump has cut the part of the FDA that notifies doctors and the public when there is a safety problem with a drug or a medical device. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

"I think this is the first time a politician in Canada has crossed that line to officially say they want to interfere to control research topics."

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lisa Rothstein. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/QAnwGsj

How to understand the stock market if you only watch Fox News

Fuck yes they are

Military pilot Jo Ellis said she had to hire private armed security for her family because of the false claims, which went viral on social media. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

Desi Lydic on the public spat between Musk and Navarro that's tearing the Trump administration apart

imagine being this pathetic, servile and eager to gulp up the slop

There is a very well researched video by Medlifecrisis on yt shining a light on this very issue, absolutely worth a watch!

🌱 Degrowth Tuesday tea Breaks: Academia & Degrowth Chapter 1 - History Academic journals (and their CEOs) duck all the costs making all the profit 1/23

Not sure how these people sleep at night

You cant make this shit up wtf

The only dollar you can rely on

Just a reminder, there are plenty of other EVs less expensive than Tesla and you won't get dirty looks from people.

Yup!

you can't spell "tariffs" without "FFS"

i know it’s a fraught word but these are degenerate people

Ukraine agreed to a full ceasefire that Russia refused to comply with. Over the past week, Russia further escalated its attacks on Ukrainian cities, killing dozens of civilians. In the face of uncertainty, Ukrainians say they don't believe a ceasefire can be achieved in the foreseeable future.

President Trump has frozen billions of dollars in federal funds in an attempt to rid higher education of what he calls its woke ideology. Our reporter spoke to the president of Princeton University, Christopher L. Eisgruber, who has vowed to fight. Listen to "The Daily."

Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

NEW | Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 8, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar040825 Key Takeaways 🧵(1/12) 1/ Ukrainian forces recently captured Chinese nationals fighting in the Russian military in several areas of Donetsk Oblast.

⚡️ Europe warns US that sudden troop reduction may destabilize NATO's defenses, Bloomberg reports.

Three House Republicans. Four Senate Republicans. That's it. That's the math.

U.S. President Donald Trump has inadvertently hit Russia’s economy after his "Liberation Day" tariffs caused oil prices to drop drastically on April 7, with potentially massive ramifications for the Kremlin's ability to fund its ongoing war in Ukraine.

Usually what happens when stocks go down is that investors switch their money to 10 year US bonds because they're considered a safe bet. The more people buy, the more the price goes down. People don't appear to be buying US bonds. The presumption is they're no longer a safe bet. This is bad.

Breaking News: President Trump signed an order aimed at expanding the mining and use of coal in the U.S. Coal usage in the U.S. has declined over the decades as utilities have switched to cheaper and cleaner electricity sources.

2800 people turned out in Youngstown Ohio last night for a town hall with Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Local GOP congressman Michael Rulli won't do events like this with his constituents, so Democrats are doing so in his district: www.youtube.com/watch?v=krWH...

BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop barring the Associated Press from the White House press pool, finding that it had discriminated against the outlet over its editorial decision not to adopt “Gulf of America” in its news stories. More details coming:

⚡️Russia launches mass drone attack on Kharkiv, injures at least 1 person. At least 15 explosions rocked Kharkiv late on April 8, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. One person was injured, according to preliminary information.

"Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Monday temporarily blocked a trial judge’s order directing the United States to return a Salvadoran migrant it had inadvertently deported."

The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.

⚡️Footage reveals no military personnel in Kryvyi Rih restaurant targeted by Russian attack. Security footage shows no military personnel were present at a Krivyi Rih restaurant, despite Russian claims of military targets amid a Russian attack on the city on April 4, France 24 reported on April 7.

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I have no respect for ANY athlete that visits this White House. You are unAmerican if you do so, as is anyone who supports or enables this administration. Let me repeat that. You actions are in *direct* opposition to the Declaration of Independence.

Welcome !

Am I depressed because of what's happening or am I depressed because of the people who somehow didn't see it coming? Both. It's both.

When I started up my UX newsletter I didn't realize how much it would obligate me to read up on industry news, and how absolutely depressing those news would turn out to be. To paraphrase Grand Moff Tarkin: fear will keep the designers in line.

You can't spell "Obi Wan" without "bi"

We had trade deficits because we used to be rich and could afford to buy things from everywhere. He's such an idiot.

salem, oregon 4.5.25

One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months. I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.

The first rule of the Dunning Kruger club is you don't know you're in it

“He tried to kill his own Vice President. Do you think he cares about you?” -Barack Obama

Don’t remember where I saw this library flyer a while back but it’s great

Tomorrow will be an awful experience to go through but it’s important to know that the days to come after tomorrow will actually be much worse.

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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.