Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

By "America First" tRUmp means that America is the first country he wants to destroy. Everyone else is second.

Hamas threatens protesters, as new mass rallies against terror group held in Gaza
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-threatens-protesters-as-new-mass-rallies-against-terror-group-held-in-gaza/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Judaism, Israel, and Antisemitism @judaism-israel-and-antisemitism-DanHakimi

A shockingly straightforward headline from CNN: www.cnn.com/business/liv...

#Trump again criticizes the creation of the #IncomeTax in the US in 1913, arguing that it’s a mystery why the nation ever instituted one. American policymakers embraced the income tax for 2 reasons: to collect more taxes from the #rich & to pay for a growing federal govt.

Conversly, #tariffs disproportionately burden #LowIncome Americans, who spend more of their earnings on goods that tariffs make more expensive.

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

Via Pat Dennis:

what i've seen so far will be a disaster for our economy. Prices are going to spike on things the middle class buys, like clothes.

Middle class spends a higher percentage of income on physical goods. Rich people spend on things like gardeners and masseuses. No #tariffs for them

#TrumpTax

"They made a fortune" with the US, says President Trump as he announces a 49% tariff on products from Cambodia, one of the more impoverished countries in Asia. "This is kind reciprocal."

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 🍳🍖)