Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

India, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam specifically named by President Trump in his Rose Garden remarks prior to signing reciprocal tariffs order. He also says a 25% tariff to be imposed on "all foreign automobiles" at midnight.

Via Angry Staffer:

The right wing influencer machine is telling everyone that #Trump is going to announce the “External Revenue Service” and abolish the IRS today.

What’s actually going to happen if he establishes the ERS is that you get taxed twice.

#Trump called the announcement “our declaration of economic independence” & described it as one of the most important moments in American history.

Trump said his #tariff policies would generate “trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes & pay down our national debt.”

Again, the opposite is true according to most financial experts.

#economy #inflation #recession #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol

Trump revoked the visa of Nobel Peace Prize winner Óscar Arias for daring to criticize him—proof the regime now punishes dissent like a dictatorship. Silencing global peacemakers while empowering fascists is the new GOP brand. This isn't policy. It's authoritarian rot.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-visa-revoke/

COONS: There are people on the Social Security rolls listed as having born 150 or 200 years ago. They are not receiving Social Security payments.

MacCALLUM: I don't think that's true.

COONS: Martha, I'm just repeating back to you what the Trump administration acting Social Security administrator said.

Gross. #Trump is calling his new #tariffs announcement event in the Rose Garden,“Make America Wealthy Again”

They will do the exact opposite.

#economy #inflation #recession #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/02/business/trump-tariffs-liberation-day?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=05B724A4-9BAC-4D02-A7DA-53810A9C318B

Musk stormed into Wisconsin like a wannabe messiah, handed out checks, and declared the fate of civilization at stake. Voters laughed him off the stage and crushed his candidate. His MAGA kingmaker fantasy just turned into a boat anchor dragging the GOP down fast.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/wisconsin-election-musk-trump/682268/

If we tax billionaires out of existence we run the serious, inevitable risk of a healthy middle class & elections decided by voters, not fascist oligarchs.

Do we really want to give up 800 billionaires for universal healthcare, free college, & climate justice?

No Way.

Sincerely,

Leopards Eating Faces Party

Watch now on #CLTV

https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2025/04/winner-elmos-million-dollars-money?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=100775

I do not want your Gemini,
I do not want any AI.
I do not want it in my Chrome,
I do not want it in my home.
Not in my mail,
Even on sale,
Not in my app,
None of this crap.
I do not want it here or there,
I do not want it anywhere!

(with apologies to the estate of Dr. Seuss 🍳🍖)

Steve Kornacki Exits MSNBC for New Deal With NBC News and NBC Sports
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/04/02/kornacki

This is not a cabinet, they are simply bunch of consigliere to a mob boss. This is not an administration, it's simply a government mob of thugs.

“RFK Jr. promised radical transparency; he only got half of that right. This is radical." — Communications staff & workers in #HHS agencies' freedom of information offices among those fired on Tuesday. Flow of info, which was already not great, sure to slow. https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-rfk-job-cuts-communications-foia-operations/

In surpassing Strom Thurmond’s record, Cory Booker has toppled another Confederate monument.

Kudos to you @senbooker.

Mike Waltz Reportedly Used Gmail Account for Gov. Comms

https://www.mediaite.com/news/mike-waltz-used-personal-gmail-account-for-government-communications-report/

Cynthia Williams:

My federal contacts tell me that Purchasing and Warehouse departments were eliminated today at the CDC, FDA, and NIH. What does that mean?

It means that even if scientists aren't fired or are reinstated, they won't have supplies to do their jobs. Starve the system. Then send everyone home.

😱🤬📢