Trump's tariff threat risks a trade war with Europe years in the making President Trump's threat to impose 50% tariffs on imports from the E.U. is just the latest attack. It comes amid a broader souring in relations and after months of economic sparring.

The European Union has pushed back against President Trump’s latest threat to impose a 50% import tariff on all E.U. goods, warning that transatlantic trade must be built on “respect, not threats.”

Jake Tapper's book is nothing more than the corporate media trying to shift the blame for 2024 off themselves. Unsure how people can't see this.

Morale is in the toilet.
The Trump administration’s months-long hunt to root out the resistance is ramping up. Investigations are intensifying, with polygraph tests being used to create a climate of fear and intimidation.

This photo says it all……

“This is a moral moment in America.”

Gathering on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries lead an urgent discussion about what is at stake with Trump’s budget and the need for unified action to protect Medicaid, food assistance, and other safety net programs.

Finding out they removed the 287g ban was a betrayal.

Especially after Abrego Garcia was disappeared to El Salvador.

MD Democrats feared losing federal funds out of retaliation.

So they didn't protect legal residents or Latino citizens.

@senbillferg.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America A federal judge has agreed to block the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the 83-year-old international news service created by Congress. U.S.

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U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that the administration illegally required Voice of America to cease operations for the first time since its World War II-era inception.

NEW: THREAD: The VA is now asking employees to snitch on each other for "instances of anti-christian bias." You'll be rewarded with 30 pieces of silver (kidding). This is from an email from Doug Collins (I won't post screenshots in case there are irregularities used to identify leakers.) 1/

The convicted felon who has benefitted from due process his whole life wants to remove due process for everyone else.

U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days

“He did say he was a U.S. citizen, but they didn't believe him,” Layva said. “I think they would have kept him..."

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People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.

A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

The Accidental Harvard Letter
The Accidental Deportation
The Accidental Tariff on an Uninhabited Island
The Accidental Disclosure of War Plans to a Journalist
The Accidental Firings of Nuclear Safety Workers

I get to cat sit this absolutely adorable Furzily- Spike!!!

My gardens on Easter Sunday

Steve Kerr: "I believe in academic freedom. I think it's crucial for all of our institutions to be able to handle their own business the way they want to. And they should not be shaken down and told what to teach, what to say, by our government. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard."

Trump's order blocked that punished law firm that helped Dominion sue Fox News A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked several portions of President Donald Trump's executive order punishing Susman Godfrey, the law firm that represented the elections equipment company Domi...

"Frankly, I think the Framers of our Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power."

Bad news: we have 1,378 days remaining in his current term.
Good news: we’ll all be there with you.

Finally some current garden photos.