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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic DONALD AND JOHN: The presidential scamp Little Donald and his imaginary publicist John levy some mischievous tariffs! - Brought to you by the Inner Hive, including longtime member John M and new member Joe D. (JOIN at bit.ly/theInnerHive) - READ IT RIGHT HERE👇

Utterly inane / insane courtroom discourse over these critical matters.

"Science in the US is entering a phase resembling the Lysenko era in the Soviet Union." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Beyond stealing Americans' private info, he's leveraging his DOGE bullshit so that Starlink has even more pervasive and enduring control over all kinds of telecom and military operations the world wide. Truly ominous mf'er.

FYI, BREAKING: House Rs have put language into the rule on the Budget Resolution to block the House from being forced to vote on legislation revoking theTrump Tariffs. So a vote for this rule today is a vote in favor of the Trump Tariffs. I gather the vote is now scheduled in the 3:30-4:30 hour.

me this morning www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

wow

Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me

A day when Dodgers and DOGE'ers are uncomfortably crossing paths.

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

Tariffs gonna ignite new factories and manufacturing, right? Apparently Trumpy's big plans aren't just malicious but also stupid. www.bisnow.com/national/new...

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world www.bbc.com/future/artic...

"Office closures, staffing and service cuts, and policy changes at the Social Security Administration (SSA) have caused 'complete, utter chaos' and are threatening to send the agency into a 'death spiral.'" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

NEW: There's no reason to act like Trump is pursuing a trade policy or an industrial revitalization strategy. These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do. prospect.org/economy/2025...

WOW: Thousands are currently protesting in Boston. This is just one of more than 1200 'Hands Off' protests underway today across the nation as people rise up against the Trump-Musk regime. (via Rob Way)