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#idiocracy
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White House aides prep new #tariffs on imports worth trillions for April 2, laying the groundwork for an escalation in global economic hostilities that #Trump has called “Liberation Day.”
The admin has already unnerved investors with duties on #Canada, #Mexico & #China, & yet, advisers are readying a move to dwarf all previous tariffs.
#economy #finance #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/19/trump-tariffs-imports-liberation-day/
The Washington Post · Trump aides prep new tariffs on imports worth trillions for ‘Liberation Day’
But #Jan6 was a peaceful protest?
#Trump’s Attorney General #PamBondi on Tuesday labeled a recent spate of attacks on #Tesla dealerships across the country as acts of “#DomesticTerrorism” directed at #ElonMusk, as Trump allies have pressured the #DOJ to take aggressive action.
#law #USpol #broligarchy #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/politics/tesla-vandalism-domestic-terrorism.html?smid=url-share
The New York Times · Pam Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Consequences
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#Words & #Facts have lost all meaning
Via Marisa Kabas
#Trump plans to issue an #ExecutiveOrder designating #fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by Kabas. Source at #State speculates purpose is to designate #cartels as #terrorist orgs/justify #military ops in #Mexico / #Canada.
#law #geopolitics #USpol #WMD #war #idiocracy #kakistocracy #insanity
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-fentanyl-weapon-of-mass-destruction-executive-order-draft-scoop
The HandbasketTrump to declare “illicit” fentanyl “Weapon of Mass Destruction," per draft EOA copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
You can't make this shit up. After threatening and belittling Denmark and the entire European Union, now the Trump regime is begging them to spare some eggs.
The United States has become the world's laughingstock. Depose King Trump. Stop the madness.
Flash news: An increasing number of intelligent and educated people don't want to live in an idiocracy... :-D
"Last week, Aix Marseille University, France’s largest university, invited American scientists who believe their work is at risk of being censored by Donald Trump administration’s anti-science policies to continue their research in France. Today, the university announced that it is already seeing great interest from scientists at NASA, Yale, Stanford, and other American schools and government agencies, and that it wants to expand the program to other schools and European countries to absorb all the researchers who want to leave the United States.
“We are witnessing a new brain drain,” Éric Berton, Aix Marseille University’s president, said in a press release. “We will do everything in our power to help as many scientists as possible continue their research. However, we cannot meet all demands on our own. The Ministry of Education and Research is fully supporting and assisting us in this effort, which is intended to expand at both national and European levels.”"
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On Friday, several #DOGE employees arrived at the #UnitedStates Institute of #Peace [#USIP], accompanied by 2 #FBI agents, according to Gonzo Gallegos, the institute's communications director. They left after a brief discussion about the institute's status.
The institute is not part of the federal #ExecutiveBranch, but is instead an #independent, #nonprofit agency that was established by #Congress in 1984.
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#Trump’s #ExecutiveOrder said those agencies should eliminate all operations not codified in #statute as well as "reduce the performance of their statutory functions & associated personnel to the minimum presence & function required by #law."
So far, #Musk's #DOGE has produced potential cuts of >100k #jobs across the 2.3M-member federal civilian workforce, the freezing of #ForeignAid, & the cancellation of thousands of programs & contracts.
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In addition to #USAGM, #Trump's order also targeted the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service [#FMCS], the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars [#WilsonCenter], the Institute of #Museum & #Library Services [#IMLS], the US Interagency Council on #Homelessness [#USICH], the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund [#CDFIfund], & the Minority Business Development Agency [#MBDA] for cuts.
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The states argued #Musk violated the #Constitution by wielding #power only ofcls confirmed by the US #Senate can exercise under the #AppointmentsClause, & sought the materials through…discovery.
#Chutkan said her order focused mainly on who at #DOGE was making cost-cutting decisions & how far they could go.
"Defendants argue that the 'inner workings of government' are immaterial to an Appointments Clause claim,” she wrote.
A US judge has ordered #ElonMusk & his Department of Government *Efficiency* to turn over a variety of records & answer questions describing their efforts to slash federal spending.
Wednesday night's decision by US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan in Washington, DC, came in a lawsuit by 14 Democratic state attorneys general against #Musk, DOGE & #Trump.
#law #USpol #kleptocracy #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-orders-doge-musk-produce-cost-cutting-records-2025-03-13/
Ruining tourism is another weird way to punish US businesses, while also traumatizing innocent people for political terrorism purposes.
It's all so horribly stupid. #idiocracy
ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV · Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border
These #Words Are Disappearing in the New #Trump Administration
As Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents.
#language #lexicon #idiocracy #law #FreeSpeech #hate #bigotry #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U4.jG-_.8PguMhaAVg8I&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The New York Times · The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump
As Trump took the oath of office -he was flanked by some of the world’s wealthiest people in the Capitol. The billionaires present that day -incl. Musk, Bezos & Zuckerberg -had never been richer, flush with big gains from frothy stock markets.
7 weeks later... The start of Trump’s 2nd term has delivered a stunning reversal for many of those billionaires with 5 having lost a combined $210B in wealth.
We're not
for the #oligarchs.
#USPol #Recession #Idiocracy #Resist
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-10/billionaires-at-trump-s-swearing-in-have-since-lost-200-billion
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No one in the news will hold him to this. No one will force him to say he can't actually define the words he reads.
This would be a political death to a normal person on any other situation. But because there is always another issue just lurking around the minute- our hungry media folks just chase their tail looking to be the first to break the new lie.
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The release was done to satisfy #Trump’s #ExecutiveOrder, Caldwell wrote. And the colonel had also been asked to send photos of the #water to Washington [cuz Trump doesn’t read], acc/to an official familiar with the request…. Trump posted a photo of water flowing from Lake Kaweah on X the next day.
After hearing concerns from elected ofcls & their constituents “about potential flooding of downstream lands,” the agency reduced the water flow, Caldwell wrote.
Exclusive: #ArmyCorps knew #Trump order would waste #California #water, memo shows
The #ArmyCorpsOfEngineers colonel responsible for releasing #reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #science #wildfires #drought #agriculture #farms #crops #DrinkingWater #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/07/trump-water-release-california-fires/
The Washington Post · Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows
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"DEI judge," influencer Jack Posobiec complained on X, suggesting that she was a "diversity, equity & inclusion" hire - presumably because she is a #woman. [#Trump hired her]
Their criticism of her comes despite Justice #AmyConeyBarrett consistently voting in favour of conservative cases, from ending the landmark #RoeVWade #abortion rights to expanding #gun rights.
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The #CDC’s move comes amid one of the largest #measles outbreaks the US has seen in the past decade, with >150 cases & 2 deaths in #Texas & #NewMexico. The outbreak has been fueled by declining #vaccination rates in parts of the #UnitedStates where parents have been falsely persuaded that such shots do more harm than good.