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And now it’s official. 84% additional tariffs (Bringing the total to 104% of declared value) on commercial shipments from China start exactly 3 hours.

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The Texas State Comptroller reported in 2006 that the 1.4M unauthorized immigrants in TX contributed almost $18B to the gross state product and $1.58B in state revenue while costing the state about $1.16B in services used. #IRS This was the first and the last time Texas conducted such a study. 🤔

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Trump dag 79: oa Zelfdeportatie voor bijna miljoen migranten, versoepeling regels kolencentrales, crypto crimeteam ontmanteld en voor het eerst keurt meerderheid Trump’s beleid af: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-79... #trump100

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@lizmat just released another Rakudo Weekly Newsletter, and starts with Steve Roe's HARC Stack Shallow Dive. Enjoy! rakudoweekly.blog/2025/04/08/2... #RakuLang

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This seems very plausible (even likely) to me: only ray of hope is that it's still 13 days away and things are going sideways FAST at the moment: https://medium.com/@aletheisthenes/on-april-20th-2025-the-united-states-will-cross-the-point-of-no-return-0aecac04cfc3

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Finally. More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations were planned in the US by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labour unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and elections activists. www.latimes.com/world-nation...

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Doing groceries this weekend? Here’s another list of brands NOT to buy 🇺🇸👎 #BuyEuropean instead. 🛒 🇪🇺💪 👇

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🔴 Russia has requested the United States to unblock $500 million worth of aircraft parts that were purchased by Moscow.

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"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." ~ All the President’s Men

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It looks as though Trump saw us shoot ourselves in the foot with Brexit and thought "We should do that, but with a much bigger gun and in both feet"

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EU, UK, Canada, Mexico, and Japan should form a trade agreement that excludes the USA, impose 10% tariff on all US products and services, limit US banks to trade in stocks and money. Do not negotiate with Trump, that's exactly what he wants. robertreich.substack.com/p/what-canad...

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Brilliant!

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ALL Trump’s decisions and their impact: Trump day 70: Trump threatens Putin with tariffs and Iran with bombings, does not rule out a third presidential term. Musk wants to abolish the Fed & more: reportersonline.eu/trump-day-70... #trump100

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@lizmat just released a new Rakudo Weekly Newsletter and starts with a blog about the evolution of web component modules in Raku. Enjoy! rakudoweekly.blog/2025/03/31/2... #RakuLang

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Fox News is now engaged in a 24 hour operation to convince Americans that invading Greenland is normal.

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An elderly holocaust survivor confronts ICE and Tom Homan. His bravery after what he has experienced and endured shows his incredible indomitable spirit even the Nazis couldn’t crush. #MomSky

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Trump dag 69: oa Trump sluit militaire actie Groenland niet uit, ontslaat meeste medewerkers Institute of Peace, visa ingetrokken per mail, Europese bedrijven krijgen anti-DEI-brieven en verbod op pridevlaggen op overheidsgebouwen in Utah: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-69... #trump100

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Happy Mother’s Day! (My cartoon for @theguardian.com books)

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Bluesky is not as bad as Facebook. Yet. On Facebook I have blocked over 1,000 accounts who were sending me spam, asking me to date them, whatever. Blocking them was not enough. I had to make my profile 'for friends only'. It is starting here too on Bluesky. I already blocked 9 guys. Men.

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In my life there have a been plenty of shit US VPs (Dan Quayle anyone?) but the Sofa Raping Care Bear has got to be the worst.

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Are we great again yet?

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Why aren’t you wearing a suit? Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?

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New Rubio order (leaked to me) directs the State Department to spy on student visa holders and applicants social media for "a hostile attitude toward U.S. citizens or U.S. culture (including government, institutions, or founding principles).” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

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On this day in 2022, Olga Sukhenko - the head of the village near Kyiv - was killed along with her family. After the village was occupied, she organized the evacuation, delivered medicine and bread. She was abducted along with husband and son. Their bodies were in a mass grave.

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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

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Orange Cheeto

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Elon Musk’s own AI tool says 75% probability that Trump is a compromised Russian asset: x.com/chrisgailus/...

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@lizmat released another Rakudo Weekly Newsletter, starting with the future of Red and the release of the new Rakudo compiler, 2025-03. Enjoy! rakudoweekly.blog/2025/03/25/2... #RakuLang

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