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BREAKING: Markets are now dumping after rallying during Trump's tariff press conference.

Watch the markets and Trumps comments LIVE here: https://t.co/XDfkXKZnry

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

Via Max Berger:

The bad news is that #Trump is about to crater the US economy.

The good news is that it’ll be a lot harder for Trump to consolidate authoritarianism if we’re in the midst of a recession.

#Trump claims that many countries have targeted the #US w/ “non-monetary barriers,” like currency manipulation, subsidies, exorbitant taxes & theft of intellectual property.

Trump specifically talked about the #EuropeanUnion’s value-added tax, which he has long despised. #VAT rates are common outside of the United States, & the U.S. is actually an outlier for not having one.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #TrumpTariffs #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol

I did some quick math and replacing Income Tax with Tariffs on goods would equate to replacing $3.3 trillion with roughly $680 Billion. If that's correct, the country's screwed.

Is there an #Economist who can verify?

The U.S. will skip a key Ukraine defense meeting for the first time, as Pete Hegseth won’t attend or even join virtually. No senior Pentagon officials are expected to go. A clear signal that the U.S. is shifting away from supporting Ukraine.

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/04/02/in-first-hegseth-to-skip-multinational-meeting-on-ukraine-support/

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

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

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.