A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."

The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.

Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’ Jose Serrano, a sergeant, said Deisy Rivera Ortega, his wife, was arrested at an immigration appointment

A US army sergeant with 27 years of military service – including deployment to Afghanistan – has said that federal immigration agents recently arrested his wife during an appointment at an El Paso, Texas, immigration office.

Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:

Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%

Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

Infowars’ endless afterlife The Onion may finally boot Alex Jones from his studio, but years of damage have already been done.

NEW: How exactly has Alex Jones avoided paying the Sandy Hook families a single dime of what he owes? I wrote about it here, and spoke to Chris Mattei, an attorney for some of the families, and Lenny Pozner, the father of the youngest child who died at Sandy Hook: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

Trump loyalist Joe diGenova now leading 'grand conspiracy' probe of Trump targets The 81-year-old DiGenova was a federal prosecutor in the Reagan era. He is also a Fox News regular with a history of spreading false claims about the 2020 presidential election.

Trump loyalist Joe diGenova now leading 'grand conspiracy' probe of Trump targets. I’ll discuss o. ⁦‪@MSNOW_Reports‬⁩ at 6:10 pm ET. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop — That Privacy Guy! Anthropic's Claude Desktop silently installs a Native Messaging bridge into seven Chromium browsers, including browsers Anthropic's own documentation says it does not support, and browsers the user ha...

#oopsie
Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop
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Trump just gave himself $1.2 Billion of our money.

Why we can’t sit alone with our thoughts anymore A survey shows Americans listen to nearly four hours of audio a day. There are good reasons to take breaks and be comfortable with silence, experts say.

Much has been made of the addictive nature of screens and of screen time as a metric of technology overuse.

But audio use, too, captures many people’s waking hours, yet it hasn’t been studied nearly as much.

War & financial stress go hand in hand so not surprised that discussion around use of currency swaps has happened.

The U.A.E. is the regional financial center and one doesn’t have to travel very far to think that the US Treasury is considering how to act ahead of any potential liquidity crisis.

🚨 IRANIAN CARGO SHIP SEIZED

The description – The ship failed to stop & US forces fired to disable the engine room – is a standard escalation measure for VBSS (Visit Board Search & Seizure) operations.

If it's disabled in the location below, that creates a security headache until it can be moved.

Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them. The U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS SPRUANCE intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave them fair warning to stop. The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom. Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel. The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board! President DONALD J. TRUMP https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116433000897070863

🚨 WTH?! According to Trump, our forces blew a hole into the engine room of a commercial Iranian cargo vessel — not a military ship. U.S. Marines boarded & took possession.
- What about the ceasefire?
- Was anyone killed?
- Anyone taken prisoner?

He thinks this will bring Iranians to the table? 🙄

I’m confused why so many Dems believe the problem with US politics is … Dem voters?!

Exactly how would they know photos are of “you and your loved ones” or that anyone other than the direct user would be OK with this?

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”

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Very encouraging news for a particularly horrible and deadly cancer. Too bad that assclown RFK Jr canceled $500M in federal funding for next gen mRNA research and is at war with that technology.

In Dec 2025, Vinay Prasad of the FDA claimed that he had data showing that 10 kids died because of the COVID19 vaccine. He has never produced the data.

And when RFK Jr’s ACIP was disbanded by the court, the disgraced members said nothing about this. They cried about it being unfair instead.

Three examples that show the lack of integrity at HHS under RFK Jr:

1. Claimed that 10 kids died because of the COVID19 vaccine, never produced data.

2. Believe that glyphosate causes cancer, say nothing when Trump orders more.

3. Say that leucovorin treats autism, no FDA approval for this.

True! Fun fact: They did this because someone leaked Robert Bork’s rental history during his confirmation battle.

The Department of Energy canceled 321 grants worth $7.5 billion last October. Every single one was in a state that voted against the President. Not a single project in a red state was touched.

This week, I asked Energy Secretary Wright a simple question: why?

Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the sta

In a major state antitrust investigation, California's Attorney General has unsealed hundreds of records revealing that Amazon illegally pressures its marketplace sellers to engage in price-fixing.

While Trump's DOJ lets corporate lawbreakers off the hook, states are still holding them accountable.

this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.

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Holy cow. The opening anecdote here tells you the story is going to be a Friday evening doozy that rocks DC.

Also lol at the FBI Director routinely getting hammered in a Vegas joint called The Poodle Room. 😚 👌

Here’s the ad promoting the new Peter Thiel backed startup, Objection, where AI will allegedly determine the veracity of journalists’ claims. It looks like they took the ad down, but I screen grabbed it when I could still access it from a QT by right wing Christian investor Nate Fischer. 1/

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Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from the Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction yesterday during a Pentagon prayer service

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned Elon's latest baby mama exposes the MAGA narrative machine

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned:

Elon's latest baby mama exposes the MAGA narrative machine

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