Trump’s Border Czar Faces Backlash in His Hometown for Locking Up a Local Family
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/04/tom-homan-ice-immigrant-raid-new-york/
The Register: Signalgate: Pentagon watchdog probes Defense Sec Hegseth . “A US Department of Defense watchdog has opened an investigation into its own Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, over his use of instant-messaging app Signal to discuss government business.”
Trump says that he purposely crashed the stock market and wiped out $2.4T of value. This is the Republican Party’s economic policy. Congress has the power to block tariffs.
Brazil does not rule out appealing to WTO against US tariffs
#politics #brazil #economy #geopolitics #UnitedStates
https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/economia/noticia/2025-04/brazil-does-not-rule-out-appealing-wto-against-us-tariffs
Brazil calls off June auction to secure long-term power capacity
#politics #brazil #economy
https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/brazil-calls-off-june-auction-to-secure-longterm-power-capacity-3967492
One big reason why Trump insists on higher tariffs is explained by Liam Nissan:
"So basically, Trump sits back and waits for the captains of industry to all come grovel at his feet, and then he grants them tariff waivers if they pay him extortion money. It's the biggest grift in world history, folks."
#Trump #shakedown #economy #ethics #politics
Chief Raoni welcomes Angelina Jolie to indigenous land in Brazil
#politics #brazil #environmentalism #indigenous
https://agenciacenarium.com.br/chief-raoni-welcomes-angelina-jolie-to-indigenous-land-in-brazil/?lang=en
In connection with this news about a new contract, Josh Schwerin wrote:
"The #corruption is astounding":
"The Department of Energy has awarded Strategic Storage Partners a five-year,
$1.4 billion contract to manage and operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve":
https://www.govconwire.com/2025/04/strategic-storage-partners-14b-doe-contract-strategic-petroleum-reserve/ #politics
https://www.bytesde.com/937515/ China verhängt 34% gegenseitige Tarife für Importe von US -Waren in Vergeltung für Trumps Handelskrieg #GeopoliticalAnalysis #GeopoliticalNews #Geopolitics #Geopolitik #Politics #Politik
Jesse Lee: "Many government programs prevent people from dying.
Eliminating them makes more people die."
#Musk #RFKjr #mismanagement #extremism #destructiveness #healthcare #politics
Trump Picks Golf Dinner Over Dignified Transfer of U.S. Troops’ Bodies https://www.byteseu.com/893089/ #America #Politics #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USPolitics #USA #USAPolitics
Yoon Suk Yeol had a rapid rise in South Korean politics before an abrupt downfall
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise was fast: the former star prosecutor clinched South…
#Politics
https://www.europesays.com/1968995/
Trump "fired several top National Security Council officials as internal fights among factions of the Trump team escalate":
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/03/new-chaos-in-white-house-as-top-nsc-officials-sacked-00006401
#Trump #extremism #NationalSecurity #military #politics
The "Quad" nations of Japan, the United States, Australia and India have called for a continued halt of fighting in Myanmar following its military's announcement of a temporary ceasefire following a massive earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/04/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-ceasefire-quad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia #india #us #myanmar #earthquakes
Noted investment analyst Steve Rattner:
"Trump thinks he's hurting all these people (countries). He thinks everything is, you know, negotiation where somebody wins and somebody loses and he thought he was the winner and we turned out to be the loser."
Stock market drops yesterday:
U.S.: 4.84%
Japan: 2.8%
Europe: 2.6%
U.K.: 1.6%
India: 1.2%
China: 0.6%
U.S. stock market futures are down more than 3% at this time.
https://youtu.be/EQmpWrl7xt8
#Politics
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Josh Marshall: "The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is the agency that manages Medicare, Medicaid and other government health programs. On Monday they were instructed to devise a plan to cut their budget by roughly one third and were given four days to decide what to cut."
#Musk #RFKjr #mismanagement #extremism #destructiveness #healthcare #politics
Trump says things are 'going very well' after worst stock market drop in years over tariffs
Noah Rothman, in response to a claim by Laura Ingraham that "America wasn't founded on free trade": "Among the grievances with the British Crown itemized in the Declaration of Independence is “For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world” and it appears before “For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.” #history #tariffs #politics
