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Canvases By Peter<p>DT's arrogance in his escalating 'Tariffs Tantrum' risks losing Chinese minerals deal which US needs to survive..</p><p>"DT confirms 104% tariffs on Chinese goods as part of unfolding global trade war"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/trump-global-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/08/trump-global-tariffs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Idiocy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Narcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Narcissism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RemoveTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RemoveTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentEvents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trade</span></a></p>
xs4me2<p>Get this crook out of the White House…</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/08/us/trump-news-tariffs?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/04/08/us</span><span class="invisible">/trump-news-tariffs?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
JonChevreau<p>Who will 47 bail out this time? <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USpol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/who-gets-the-trump-bailout-this-time" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">paulwaldman.substack.com/p/who-gets-t...</a><br><br><a href="https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/who-gets-the-trump-bailout-this-time" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Who Gets the Trump Bailout Thi...</a></p>
Tariq<p>The largest deployment ever of B2 bombers has been deployed to Diego Garcia. </p><p>An attack on Iran wood be catastrophic.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>Social Security Website Crashes Blamed on DOGE Software Update</p><p>The Social Security Administration has been a target of Elon Musk over false allegations of rampant fraud. </p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/social-security-website-crashes-blamed-on-doge-software-update-2000586092" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/social-security-we</span><span class="invisible">bsite-crashes-blamed-on-doge-software-update-2000586092</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPCult</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a></p>
:startrek: Ted<p>"Thankfully, we have yet another option. In the face of the overwhelming terror, this is something we’ve seen less of. There have been ads mocking Musk: “Tesla: Now with white power steering” or “Tesla: goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds — the swasticar.” </p><p><a href="https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/what-to-do-if-the-insurrection-act-is-invoked/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">what-to-do-if-the-insurrection-act-is-invoked/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/insurrectionact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrectionact</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Artizanne<p><a href="https://xkcd.com/3073/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">xkcd.com/3073/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Simples...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Michael Magras<p>Nice article on the importance of the humanities in the United States, and the sheer mean-spiritedness of DOGE and the current administration in attempting to defund the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opinion/humanities-cuts-tennessee-neh-doge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E4.o6pA.FztNFG2nZ08g&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/humanities-cuts-tennessee-neh-doge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E4.o6pA.FztNFG2nZ08g&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Mercurius Goldstein<p>People who continue to blag on about Trump’s “mental illness” (and other ableist slurs) instead of focusing on his fascism &amp; Nazism are really telling on themselves.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
sheislaurence<p>"The soul of our country right now I think needs redemption. All of us have to expand our hearts. The only way we get from here to there is start to embody &amp; inhabit the best of our virtues &amp; values. The civic gospel of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> will not be real anywhere until it is real in the hearts of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a>. You cannot point fingers &amp; ask other people to live that spirit, you've gotta embody it".<br>Why Sen.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoryBooker</span></a> is revolutionary by virtue of being a true man of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WODiYBR_184" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=WODiYBR_184</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
jbz<p>If you don't stop Trump, Trump won't stop with you.</p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
MollyNYC<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eunews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eunews</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Alcoholism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alcoholism</span></a> and other types of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SubstanceAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SubstanceAbuse</span></a> are normalized in certain milieus, professions, corporate cultures, etc…</p><p>…and it’s increasingly clear that the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration is one of them.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Nomdeb<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@mloxton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mloxton</span></a></span> And not only in the Trump regime, but these kinds of people - DOGE for example - are out there in the private sector in droves, telling themselves that they are efficient and competent, and super, and mostly the dismal reality of their skillset remains hidden. Now we can see their work product publicly, and what a load of codswallop, what a myth, that the private sector is smart, efficient, well run. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PrivateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSector</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PublicSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSector</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
jbz<p>Otro "El ultimo que apague las luces" en la historia gringa. </p><p>fbi disbands crypto enforcement team</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=wYM_izqXkrM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=wYM_izqXkr</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Alan Lewis<p>FROM FACEBOOK<br>Mastodon Post</p><p>:</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> </p><p>:::</p>
caoimhín o'cuilleain<p>Another woman general staff officer fired at the Pentagon. No reason given. A vice admiral, that's 3 stars.</p><p><a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shoshana-chatfield-admiral-to-nato-fired-senior-military-officers-ousted/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/shoshana-chat</span><span class="invisible">field-admiral-to-nato-fired-senior-military-officers-ousted/</span></a></p>
Sheepie<p>Here's the federal employees thing. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-mass-firings-02e218d2b7ee59925ddcb597b6b0a4fe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/supreme-cou</span><span class="invisible">rt-trump-mass-firings-02e218d2b7ee59925ddcb597b6b0a4fe</span></a><br>And the gestapo abductions without due process to El Salvador thing. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-deportations-el-salvador-9988b667199e1b02fc0a6a83570225c1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/supreme-cou</span><span class="invisible">rt-trump-deportations-el-salvador-9988b667199e1b02fc0a6a83570225c1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
jbz<p>Not prosecuting financial crimes, including crypto related scams, is the one thing to do when facing a recession that'll force a lot of people to gamble their savings away, desperate to keep some standard of living. </p><p>Almost like they know it's collapsing and wanna make it even easier for the donors to profit from your last drop of blood on the way down. </p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Hermey G<p>So what I'm reading is that Donald Trump is now in the proverbial catbird seat with regards to insider trading.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UsPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsPol</span></a></p>
Sheepie<p>A court rules those sent to El Salvador must be returned only to be overruled by the Supreme Court.<br>A court rules federal employees must be re-hired only to be overruled byt he Supreme Court.<br>Gee, I wonder what's going to happen here? Something about counting chickens. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-media-court-white-house-events-access-f346a0efe87c1dec4d6f90e6041abd09" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-ap-me</span><span class="invisible">dia-court-white-house-events-access-f346a0efe87c1dec4d6f90e6041abd09</span></a></p>