Trump's market crash is keep a few things out of the headlines.
Worth reading.
One Party’s Selling a Big Lie; the Other Can’t Sell the Truth
Shorter version.
Republicans set public opinion with a host of propaganda outlets screaming crazy shit 24-7-365.
Democrats react to and move toward that public opinion by because their consultant class is in charge.
Rich people control both parties.
Voted for Trump in droves. They can't be too happy about this.
Mexico announces $4b plan to boost food self-sufficiency amid US tariffs
Mexico will invest over $4 billion over the next five years to strengthen food sovereignty and reduce import reliance in response to new US tariff measures, the government announced Friday.
Once again, Trump's tariffs and the near 20% fall in markets around the world are on front pages all around the world.
There's no doubt they are THE NEWS of the day/week.
Here's what Fox has on their headline page today.
Who is really "FAKE NEWS"?
QOTD.
The single most amazing thing to me, maybe, about the Donald Trump era is the apparently inexhaustible supply of supposedly smart and sophisticated people who think they can get over on a psychopathic grifter, who has destroyed everything he has ever touched, and ruined the lives of everyone who either trusted him, or even pretended to do soFrom LGM: My date with Ted Bundy is not going as well as I had every reason to expect it would
What FDR built, Trump wants to tear down
Our collective memory of the bad things before FDR and how government can be good for us has faded. I'd guess most US voters don't know much if anything about FDR, child labor, company towns, why we have unions, FDA, EPA, financial collapses, etc. Trump is leading the charge of the historically ignorant.
Read Jack London's, People of the Abyss for a close look at how bad raw capitalism can be without government standing up for workers.
We need better Democrats.
Cory Booker broke a filibuster record with a 25-hour speech about moral courage and resisting fascism, then turned around and voted to arm a government committing genocide. pic.twitter.com/EySNDrNUbb
— Current Affairs (@curaffairs) April 3, 2025
Trump's tariffs are on front pages all around the world.
There's no doubt they are THE NEWS of the day/week.
Here's what Fox has on their headline page today.
Who is really "FAKE NEWS"?
Lots of tariff talk today.
Thoughts on the Trump Tariffs - A non-hysterical look from the Conversable Economist.
Tariffs by Chatbot: Trump’s Trade Policy as AI-Generated Farce
I see a back-office discussion at the White House Wednesday morning.
- "He's really going to go through with it? We don't have anything planned?"About that formula. --> How to read the White House's tariff formula
- "Yes! You better think up something quick!"
- "I know, lets have one of the computer types run it through one of those new AI things."
Trade Wars are bad.
The comment section of The Heisenberg Report is always good.
Republicans, in the Senate at least, may be growing some balls.
Republicans weigh using the power of Congress to rein in Trump on tariffs
Senate passes measure to revoke new Canada tariffs as four Republicans break with Trump
I personal view is that this round of tariff BS is going to be typical Trump.
Stock market indexes are down about 5% today (10%+ overall) on Trump's beautiful tariffs.
Here's what Fox has as the main headline (4pm-ish).
