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Highest unemployment rate since Oct 2021.

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He is truly fighting woke.

ICYMI here is a quick explainer on why the strikes in the Caribbean are illegal and why you should care (hint: you might be next) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

President Trump at UNGA: “I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell.” Gosh.

Free-market reformer needs a bailout.

"If you don't let me live in the fort I built in your garage without your permission, I'm going to be SUPER MAD AT YOU!!!"

(Bloomberg) - For the first time since at least the 1990s, China hasn’t bought any US soybeans at the start of the export season, a sign that Beijing is once again using agriculture as leverage in its trade fight with Washington. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Exactly this

Cartoon: For me, not for thee

This is why they’re deleting studies

Accurate

📅 Comparing to past presidencies: most presidents start terms with positive nets. Trump has bucked that trend—twice.

🇺🇸 Trump’s net approval is trending negative: more people disapprove than approve of his performance. #freakenfinally!

No words.

Being an FBI informant doesn’t make raping underage girls “OK.” Not then, not ever. Remember when leaders were actually expected to have character and morals?

No notes

How? How is this happening in the US? Sickening.

Egregious human rights violations from what is supposed to be a civilized country. Just sickening. Trump and his administration are depraved. apnews.com/article/alli...

Extremists, right-wing influencers and GOP lawmakers spent the days after the tragic Texas floods pushing conspiracies about "weather weapons." On Sunday, a weather radar system was vandalized and one extremist group is taking credit with @mollytaft.com www.wired.com/story/texas-...

Aaand here’s @jessicatarlov.bsky.social getting the highest honor a TV personality can receive 🏆

Another perfect sign from Chicago.

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

🌮 Trump’s Terrible TACO Wednesdays 🌮 Nothing says “authentic” like a taco bowl at Trump Tower and a tweet about the wall. Serving hypocrisy hot, every Wednesday. 🔥 #TACOtwist #BorderlineRidiculous #IHopeTheTacoDoesntStartaRecession

Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba: "Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."

The U.S. doesn’t run a trade deficit with the UK—the US runs a surplus. Trump’s ‘deal’ is theater: a solution in search of a problem, sold like a blockbuster that bombed at the box office.

First 100ish days? Cruelty and chaos aren’t just rising—they’ve been promoted. Feels less like leadership, more like live-streamed collapse.

What a great episode. Fully recommended. pca.st/episode/f50b... @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social

Arresting judges. Threatening allies. Lying about trade deals. Trying to sell campaign merch from the White House. Floating a 2028 run. Deranged. Dangerous. Undemocratic. We must retake our democracy.

Read this slowly. This is not normal. This are horrible times.

Wow. George Santos sentenced to 87 months in prison for fraud.

I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism. It’s disgusting and dangerous. If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign. Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness. To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.

The week was dominated by news about the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also concern over tariffs and Robert F. Kennedy's work as Health and Human Services secretary.

Doug Burgum groveling for Trump's appreciation. The FCC pick is wearing a gold pin of Trump’s head. Congress is dreaming up third terms and Mount Rushmore tributes. Marco Rubio’s defending it all while looking like he just swallowed a frog. The saddest part? They’re proud of it.

Trump inherited the cheat codes—booming economy, global alliances, unmatched power—and still managed to brick the controller and rage-quit the game. All because he read one Reagan-era op-ed on trade deficits in 1984 and thought he cracked geopolitics. The greatest self-shot in history.

The emergency isn’t coming. It’s here. People are disappearing. Rights are being erased. Power is consolidating. Then they came for the socialists… Niemöller’s warning unfolding in real time? When they come for you, who will be left to speak? #NeverAgain #DemocracyDiesInSilence

I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period

Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."

If the Supreme Court no longer matters, we don’t have a democracy—we have a costume party with gavels. If we’re cozying up to an El Salvadoran strongman, what does that make us? Defenders of freedom? Or just another fan club for authoritarians?

This is in fact what we have done. Foolish, shortsighted, appalling.

We are on Russias side. The orange fatty is straight traitor

So I get it now. The art of the deal. Blink blink.

For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...

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🔥 90 days to pull off 150 trade deals? Please. These are the same folks who slapped tariffs on a penguin-inhabited island because ChatGPT spit it out. Next up: sanctions on Narnia.