The feeling when the NYT starts running the ticker on a random Tuesday to try to keep track of the general madness of it all
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/01/us/trump-news-updates
"The April Fools are in charge of the federal government. They are as ignorant as they are evil. And while we mock them mercilessly (and rightly so): No one is laughing."
~ Greg Olear
#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #LiberationDay
/5
https://gregolear.substack.com/p/this-is-not-an-april-fools-day-joke
#Brexit gave UK citizens an education in why being a member of the EU was in fact a good thing. I fear that #Trump and #DOGE are giving US citizens a similar lesson in the benefits of federal government and rule of law by dismantling them piece by piece. No doubt the judiciary will be targeted next when US laws and the constitution get in the way of the President’s sovereign will. #BrexitBrokeBritain #Trumpland
Why do I Hear Panic in the Administrations' Voices. Vortex of Chaos. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/1/2313805/-Why-do-I-Hear-Panic-in-the-Administrations-Voices?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web #Trump
Tuesday’s elections are first major test of backlash to #Trump and #Musk https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/1/2313822/-Tuesday-s-elections-are-first-major-test-of-backlash-to-Trump-and-Musk?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web #Wisconsin
#Trump threatens to pull billions in funding if Harvard doesn't bend the knee https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/1/2313730/-Trump-threatens-to-pull-billions-in-funding-if-Harvard-doesn-t-bend-the-knee?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_2&pm_medium=web
Liebe Tagesschau,
Könnt Ihr mal bitte bitte bitte bitte bitte damit aufhören, auf diesen Dreck reinzufallen?
#Project2025 und #Musk und wie sie alle heißen zerstören die erfolgreichste bürgerliche Demokratie der Welt, und Ihr berichtet weiter darüber, wie #Trump die "die Zone mit Kot flutet".
US-Präsident nährt Spekulationen - dritte Amtszeit für Trump?
US-Präsident Trump gibt sich unschuldig: Die Menschen würden ihn bitten, 2028 erneut als Präsident zu kandidieren, erklärte er und befeuerte damit einmal mehr Spekulationen über einen Verbleib im Amt. Aber lässt die Verfassung das zu?
"The mass culling of the labor force of the Department of Health and Human Services began on Tuesday morning. And early indications are that it’s a bloodbath.
~ Sam Stein
#RFKJr #Trump #healthcare #HHS #FDA #vaccines #vaccination #medicine #research #Texas #measles
/4
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/innocent-brutal-prison-abroad-deportation-ms-13-court-salvador
"A president who talks openly about going for a third term, who signs executive orders which contradict his country’s constitution, who got a rigged supreme court to grant him immunity, who ignores court orders, who has his underlings hand out massive million dollar cheques to people to induce them to vote, even though it is explicitly against state law. To watch the United States is to watch the law dissolve into authoritarian government."
"We should all take a good hard look at what’s happening in the US. Not the noise or the clamour, but the bleak constitutional reality of it. This is what happens when you give up on the rule of law."
~ Ian Dunt
#Trump #authoritarianism #Constitution #LawandOrder #ThirdTerm
/1
https://iandunt.substack.com/p/want-to-know-how-trump-gets-in-just
"But while this [talk of a third term] can seem like classic Trump 'shiny object' distraction stuff, I think it’s worth paying a little more attention to it. That’s because grassroots Trump supporters, at least, are open to it."
Will Sommer
"New trade barriers are going to reduce demand for US exports while increasing the cost of living domestically. This will only worsen conditions in the manufacturing sector."
~ Chris Lehmann
#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #LiberationDay
/4
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-liberation-day-tariffs/
"A Fox News poll finds that Trump is sliding on the economy, with the public turning against tariffs in particular. And an Associated Press survey also has terrible news for Trump on this front. Notably, all these negative consequences kicked in well before the tariffs have even started."
~ Greg Sargent
#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #LiberationDay
/3
https://newrepublic.com/article/193408/trump-hit-two-brutal-polls-econ-gop-tariff-panic-goes-nuclear
Via Rupar:
Murphy: "Democrats should stay focused on the central storyline. This week, Republicans are gonna be voting on a procedural step to try to cut Medicaid by $880b... it is not a coincidence that #Trump is floating this idea of running for a 3rd term during a weak when an outright theft is happening."
"There have been incompetent presidents before, but I’m not sure we’ve ever seen this degree of shambolic chaos, a combination of 1) the dumbest, least qualified people, with 2) the worst objectives, and 3) the most sweeping ambition."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #LiberationDay
/2
https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/they-cant-even-make-the-trains-run
Jay Kuo greets Trump's announcement that tomorrow will be "liberation day" with new tariff announcements by saying,
“'Liberation Day,' my ass. ...
Liberation Day is really more about the rest of the world liberating itself out from under the yoke of U.S. trade bullying, all while families and farmers find themselves 'liberated' from their savings and their incomes."
#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #LiberationDay
/1
#politics #trump #immigration #polls #alt
From Josh Marshall
This observation from Adam Carlson is one of the most clarifying I've seen about the standing of the White House. The President's approval is down significantly across a variety of metrics but that decline is being significantly muted by relatively strong approval on border/immigration.
[Rascism and cruelty is alive and well in America]
![This observation from Adam Carlson is one of the most clarifying I've seen about the standing of the White House. The President's approval is down significantly across a variety of metrics but that decline is being significantly muted by relatively strong approval on border/immigration. Josh Marshall
Graph showing disapproval of Trump overall 49.5 approve 48.3 . Disapproval up on the economy, inflation, prices, cost of living. But Immigration muting disapproval because of approval of border security and immigration policies. [Rascism and cruelty are alive and well in America.]](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/263/424/042/900/160/original/cd4584340450cba1.jpeg "This observation from Adam Carlson is one of the most clarifying I've seen about the standing of the White House. The President's approval is down significantly across a variety of metrics but that decline is being significantly muted by relatively strong approval on border/immigration. Josh Marshall
Graph showing disapproval of Trump overall 49.5 approve 48.3 . Disapproval up on the economy, inflation, prices, cost of living. But Immigration muting disapproval because of approval of border security and immigration policies. [Rascism and cruelty are alive and well in America.]")
Denmark rebukes tone of Greenland criticism after Trump sends Vance https://www.byteseu.com/884165/ #Branch #Denmark #donald #DonaldTrump #executive #ExecutiveBranch #GREENLAND #JD #JdVance #Modular #ModularStory #N4NPolitics #Negative #Overall #OverallNegative #political #PoliticalScience #Politics #Science #story #trump #Usha #UshaVance #vance
Via Kyle Griffin:
The DNC, DGA, DCCC and DSCC, along Leader Schumer and Leader Jeffries, have filed a lawsuit against the new #Trump executive order requiring voters to prove they're U.S. citizens before registering to vote in federal elections. The Elias Law Group is handling the case.
