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William Lindsey :toad:"Trump’s son Eric appeared to confirm that the tariffs are a shakedown when he posted: 'I wouldn’t want to be the last country that tries to negotiate a trade deal with [Trump]. The first to negotiate will win—the last will absolutely lose. I have seen this movie my entire life.…'” <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/mob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mob</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MobBoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MobBoss</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sanctions</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bullying</a> /2

William Lindsey :toad:"It is not at all surprising that Trump sees the appeal in sanctions. It is no different from a mob boss moving into town and sending his thugs to every business on Main Street, roughing up the proprietors and asking for protection money so they don’t get pushed out of business. … It’s a mentality fit for someone repeatedly linked to organized crime."~ David Dayen<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/mob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mob</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MobBoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MobBoss</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sanctions</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bullying</a> /1<a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-03-theyre-not-tariffs-theyre-sanctions/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-03-theyre-not-tariffs-theyre-sanctions/</a>

Adeline<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpsTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpsTariffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EricTrumpisaDoofus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EricTrumpisaDoofus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArrestTrumpMuskPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArrestTrumpMuskPutin</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈They've already been extorted once, and now they are again. I'm sure he'll stop then though, yep...../s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TimCook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trumpcession</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a>

NonilexThe termination emails were riddled w/mistakes — w/employees’ names, the month of April & even the institute’s title misspelled in places — a telling sign of the rushed & haphazard nature of the operation….By Saturday morning, the terminated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USIP</a> headquarters staff were already discussing filing a class-action lawsuit & were debating whether to sign their termination documents.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tyranny</a>

NonilexIn the latest action, employees were instructed to sign a 4-pg letter ordering them to return all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USIP</a> property while agreeing to forgo all future claims against the institute. It ordered them not to disclose any terms of the agreement in exchange for 1 month of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HealthInsurance</a> & a monthly stipend paid for an unspecified period. Those who refuse to sign, the letter said, will lose all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benefits</a> as of Monday.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColumbiaUniversity</a> changed its president on Friday evening, one week after the university bowed to a series of demands from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin, which had moved to withhold $400M in essential federal funding.The abrupt exit of Columbia’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, made way for the university’s 3rd leader since Aug: Claire Shipman, the co-chair of the university’s board of trustees.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomOfExpression</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Columbia</a> President Is Replaced as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Threatens University’s FundingKatrina Armstrong is leaving the post a week after the university agreed to a list of demands from the White House.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomOfExpression</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/columbia-universitys-president-resigns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=404E7892-C925-4B3E-8805-4DB6629DBFDD" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/columbia-universitys-president-resigns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=404E7892-C925-4B3E-8805-4DB6629DBFDD</a>

Nonilex3 people familiar…said the US had revised its proposals. The latest draft gives <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> NO future <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> guarantees & requires it to contribute to a joint investment fund ALL income from the use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturalResources</a> managed by state & private enterprises.…It stipulates that Washington is given first rights to purchase extracted resources & *recoup* all the money it has given Ukraine since 2022, +INTEREST at a 4% annual rate, before Ukraine gains access to the fund's profits.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EXTORTION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EXTORTION</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin, which has reoriented Washington's policy towards endorsing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a>'s narrative about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>, has been pressing Kyiv for weeks to sign a deal giving Washington a stake in Ukraine's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resources</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zelensky</a> has repeatedly said he accepts the idea, although he would not sign an agreement that would impoverish his country. On Thurs he said Washington was constantly changing the terms but that he did not want the US to think he was opposed in principle.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mineral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mineral</a> deal not final; summary shows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> demands more incomeThe latest U.S. proposal would require Kyiv to send Washington ALL profit from a fund controlling Ukrainian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resources</a> until Ukraine had *repaid* all American wartime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aid</a>, PLUS INTEREST, according to the summary, reviewed by Reuters.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StandWithUkraine</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-suggests-temporary-administration-ukraine-end-war-2025-03-28/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-suggests-temporary-administration-ukraine-end-war-2025-03-28/</a>

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