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Santa Clara County Dem Party<p>Trump's senile, insane plans continue to devestate America so drugged-up Musk, sociopathic Vance, and madman Putin can pick over the corpse of our country. Let's amplify these stories so we can stop them from destroying us.</p><p>Trump's tarrifs give us the worst year since 2020. You know COVID (which Trump also made sure was a disaster). <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/stock-market-today-live-updates-trump-tariffs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/04/02/stock-mark</span><span class="invisible">et-today-live-updates-trump-tariffs.html</span></a></p><p>While we panic, sundowning Trump goes to golf in Florida. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-jets-off-to-watch-golf-as-us-economy-goes-up-in-flames/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/trump-jets-o</span><span class="invisible">ff-to-watch-golf-as-us-economy-goes-up-in-flames/</span></a></p><p>An actual economist explains how stupid this is. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/trumps-idiotic-and-flawed-tariff-calculations-stun-economists" 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/03/trumps-idiotic-and-flawed-tariff-calculations-stun-economists</span></a></p><p>Newsweek also explains the stupid math behind Trump's tarrifs. <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-reciprocal-tariff-math-explained-2054743" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/donald-trump-reci</span><span class="invisible">procal-tariff-math-explained-2054743</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/santaclara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>santaclara</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CAPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAPol</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1967671/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1967671/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump Jets Off to Watch Golf as U.S. Economy Goes Up in Flames <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.Politics <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a></p>
MicroWave<p><strong>RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.world/post/27758944" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.world/post/27758944</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>U.S. companies say Canadian retailers are turning away products </p><p><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11106170/buy-canadian-us-companies-impact-canada-retailers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/11106170/bu</span><span class="invisible">y-canadian-us-companies-impact-canada-retailers/</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/GOPCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPCult</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/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</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/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a></p>
All The Brazilian Politics<p>Paraguay demands explanation from Brazilian government over espionage </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brazil</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/paraguay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paraguay</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/04/02/paraguay-demands-explanation-from-brazilian-government-over-espionage/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brasildefato.com.br/2025/04/02</span><span class="invisible">/paraguay-demands-explanation-from-brazilian-government-over-espionage/</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>South Korea's Constitutional Court will rule on Friday whether to remove or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/04/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-yoon-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">04/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-yoon-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asiapacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asiapacific</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/southkorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southkorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yoonsukyeol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yoonsukyeol</span></a></p>
Aure Free Press :verified:<p>BLOODY THURSDAY! </p><p>Dow nosedives 1,600 points, S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq drop the most since 2020 after Trump's tariff onslaught<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AureFreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AureFreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/headline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>headline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <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/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</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/Breaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Breaking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/stock-market-today-live-updates-trump-tariffs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/04/02/stock-mark</span><span class="invisible">et-today-live-updates-trump-tariffs.html</span></a></p>
AkaSci 🛰️<p>Larry Summers:<br>trump's "reciprocal" tariffs scheme "is to economics what creationism is to biology, astrology is to astronomy, or RFK thought is to vaccine science. The Trump tariff policy makes little sense EVEN if you believe in protectionist mercantilist economics."</p><p>Or as someone famously said, Voodoo economics.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a><br>12/n</p>
AJ Sadauskas<p>One of the perverse things about Trump's tariff taxes appears to be that it, in some cases, they will make American-made goods *more expensive* than imported ones.</p><p>How so?</p><p>Imagine this.</p><p>There are two identical products that sell for $100.</p><p>One is manufactured in Australia, one is manufactured in the US.</p><p>For both products, there's $75 worth of parts and components made in China.</p><p>The Australian-made product is hit with a 10% tariff tax. That's $10. So it would retail in the US for $110.</p><p>The $75 worth of Chinese-made parts in the American-made product are hit with a 34% tariff tax. That's $25.50. So it would retail in the US for $125.50.</p><p>So if I'm not mistaken, it works out $12.50 cheaper to export the Chinese-made parts to a low-tariff-tax country like Australia to assemble before importing them to the US, than it is to just assemble them in the US.</p><p>Also, how is it not inflationary to make the cheapest product in the market $110 rather than $100?!</p><p>It gets even worse for exports.</p><p>Let's imagine the EU reciprocates Trump's 20% tariff tax on imports from the US.</p><p>That $125.50 US product gets slugged with an additional $25.10 tariff tax in the EU. That's $150.60.</p><p>The net result is American goods end up far *less* competitive.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Videos from New Ellijay Television<p><strong>Our Side of the Ledger (The Hastening)</strong></p> <p><a href="https://vod.newellijay.tv/videos/watch/3529d6af-d241-44a0-b9f7-bf53ba995bd6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vod.newellijay.tv/videos/watch</span><span class="invisible">/3529d6af-d241-44a0-b9f7-bf53ba995bd6</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Mangione in many ways embodies exactly what MAGA hates: an Ivy League graduate who had “learned to code” and whose rhetoric about the healthcare system could have been ripped from the pages out of a Bernie Sanders speech. (In fact, the University of Pennsylvania from which Mangione graduated, just had $175 million in funding suspended by President Trump, who takes issue with its policy on transgender athletes.)</p><p>Bondi says that Mangione’s alleged act involved “substantial planning and premeditation,” another criteria that creates the aura of terrorism, rather than just conspiracy.</p><p>Then comes the most absurd claim of all, with Bondi saying that because there were “bystanders nearby,” Mangione’s actions “may have posed grave risk of death to additional persons.” (Mangione reportedly decided against using a bomb for the explicit purpose of avoiding harm to anyone else.) Under this logic, the government could choose to prosecute any arsonist or perpetrator of road rage as a terrorist. It’s hard to think of any violent crime that doesn’t hypothetically endanger bystanders.</p><p>Charging individuals with terrorism or labeling them as terrorists is inherently a political decision on the part of the government. Currently there are only three individuals in American jails awaiting execution for crimes labeled terrorism:"</p><p><a href="https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigi-mangione-becomes-a-political" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kenklippenstein.com/p/luigi-ma</span><span class="invisible">ngione-becomes-a-political</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
James McCarty Yeager<p>the great ruben bolling smacks one outta the park <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/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</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/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disaster</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/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a></p>
Houston Public Media<p>More Houston-area residents than not are against using state funds to pay for Texas students’ private school tuition, according to a study released this week by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/04/03/517739/slight-majority-of-houstonians-against-school-vouchers-kinder-institute-study-finds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">houstonpublicmedia.org/article</span><span class="invisible">s/news/education-news/2025/04/03/517739/slight-majority-of-houstonians-against-school-vouchers-kinder-institute-study-finds/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EducationNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Local</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/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GovGregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovGregAbbott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KinderInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KinderInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivateSchoolVouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSchoolVouchers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RiceUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiceUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasLegislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasLegislature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasSchoolVouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasSchoolVouchers</span></a></p>
Mike_V<p>It’s referendum time on Saturday. <br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vancouver</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/is-vancouver-fed-up-with-its-mayor/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewalrus.ca/is-vancouver-fed-</span><span class="invisible">up-with-its-mayor/</span></a></p>
Houston Public Media<p>Five Democratic state lawmakers from Houston are urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special election for the vacancy in Texas' 18th Congressional District after the Republican governor did not put the seat on the May 3 ballot.</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/04/03/517736/democratic-lawmakers-from-houston-urge-texas-governor-to-call-special-election-for-vacant-congressional-seat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">houstonpublicmedia.org/article</span><span class="invisible">s/news/politics/2025/04/03/517736/democratic-lawmakers-from-houston-urge-texas-governor-to-call-special-election-for-vacant-congressional-seat/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Local</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>National</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/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CongressmanSylvesterTurner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CongressmanSylvesterTurner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoustonDemocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoustonDemocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpecialElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialElection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasGovernorGregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasGovernorGregAbbott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TX18thDistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TX18thDistrict</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USHouseOfRepresentatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USHouseOfRepresentatives</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Really Keir Stramer has only one sensible strategic option after the Liberation Day tariffs:</p><p>Stop prevaricating &amp; obstructing a rapprochement with the EU, quickly conclude a better trade arrangement &amp; gain the UK better access to a major &amp; wealthy neighbouring market.... regional trading blocs are likely coming quick &amp; we need to be well-connected to the European one, not at the end of a string to a putative US economic zone...</p><p>Whether he does this is another matter....</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
James McCarty Yeager<p>cause and effect, how does it work? <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/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</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/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disaster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
CBC Montreal<p>Quebec court upholds ruling that found parts of law abolishing school boards unconstitutional<br>The Quebec English School Boards Association called today's decision a recognition of the anglophone community's constitutional right to manage and control its institutions.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Quebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quebec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-english-school-board-court-appeal-1.7501412?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/qu</span><span class="invisible">ebec-english-school-board-court-appeal-1.7501412?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>The pharmaceutical industry is lobbying Wes Streeting to reduce the NHS rebate on bulk medicine purchases, which they claim constrains their investment in the UK.</p><p>Streeting says he will review the scheme &amp; expects to modify it to lessen the rebate; what you think about this will depend on how you view the profitability of the sector (one of the most profitable in the global economy)... but given the NHS budgetary crisis, more money for Big Pharma is less on treatment!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <br>h/t FT</p>
James Russell<p>MURICA OVER PENGUINS!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumptariffs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trumpeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trumpnomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpnomics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/maganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maganomics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/magacession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magacession</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politicalcomedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalcomedy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politicsmemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicsmemes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politicalhumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalhumor</span></a></p>