Keep ‘em coming

Via Kyle Griffin:

Gov. Tony Evers says #Wisconsin is joining a multistate lawsuit against the #Trump admin over the mass firings of federal workers.

The lawsuit argues the admin unlawfully directed federal agencies to fire thousands of probationary employees.

jsonline.com/story/news/politi…

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers joins lawsuit against President Trump, calls widespread federal workforce firings illegal

In new Trump lawsuit, Gov. Evers alleges the thousands of federal workers fired over the last month are illegal and reckless.

^{, Journal Sentinel (Journal Sentinel)}

Reboost ♻️ plz: In light of increased uncertainty on the reliability on the US, European democracies should strengthen their strategic autonomy: this also includes autonomy from #Microsoft #Windows in the public and private sector.

eu-os.gitlab.io proposes to develop together a Community-led Proof-of-Concept for a free/libre replacement of Windows. Follow us on Mastodon and join the Matrix chat at matrix.to/#/#eu-os:kde.org to receive updates and help.

/cc @EC_OSPO
#Linux #Trump #Endof10

EU OS

Proof-of-Concept OS for the EU

^{EU OS Proof-of-Concept}

If you see a "Canadian" news piece blaming Canada for #Trump 's #TradeWar, take note of it and remember always: they are never to be trusted again. Then consider how we can root out foreign control of our national media once & for all. #PostMedia is #MAGA -owned poison

#cdnpoli #BuyCanadian #Tariffs

"Assuming that the past six weeks are predictive of what’s next, expect an age of anxiety; expect the elimination of tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of jobs; expect the decimation of liberal institutions to go on for all four years of Trump’s second term; expect government services to deteriorate; expect reduced funding of the safety net; and expect more homelessness, hunger and disease."

~ Thomas B. Edsall

#Musk #Trump #Putin #tariffs #recession
/21

nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opinion…

Opinion | Vengeance Is His

Vengeance is his.

^{Thomas B. Edsall (The New York Times)}

"You know what? Elon Musk did say before the election that he was going to inflict pain on the American people. So I guess in that regard, a promise is made, a promise is kept from this administration because people are feeling the pain."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/20

meidasplus.com/p/meidas-pod-on…

Meidas Pod on Trump TANKING Economy as Backlash Grows (Ad-Free)

Watch the latest episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast ad-free right here on the Meidas+ Substack!

^{Brett Meiselas (Meidas+)}

"It was a perfect encapsulation of the chaos that Trump has wrought. As he announced yesterday that he was going to proceed with 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico and hike another 10 percent on China, a widget on the Fox Network showed the Dow Jones crashing in response."

~ Jay Kuo

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/19

statuskuo.substack.com/p/trump…

Trump’s Trade War Has Begun

Despite a 30-day reprieve and sincere efforts by our trading partners to meet Trump’s demands, he imposed across-the-board tariffs anyway.

^{Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)}

"Coincidentally, the same day Trump said tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods would go ahead, a story broke that his administration is seeking to ease sanctions on Russia. After appeasing the bear, he has decided to drive his car into the moose. All of us are about to find out what happens next."

~ Martyn Wendell Jones

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/18

thebulwark.com/p/trump-putin-z…

What Fresh Hell Do We Have Today?

Sure, we’ve abandoned Ukraine, launched a trade war with our neighbors, and insulted close allies. But at least we’re screwing over our veterans, too.

^{William Kristol (The Bulwark)}

"And there will be further steps. The administration’s cutoff of aid to Ukraine will surely be followed by further attempts to isolate President Volodymyr Zelensky and further weaken Ukraine."

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/17

"Encouraged by the cheers of his sycophants, empowered by the silence of his enablers, Donald Trump took another step yesterday down the dishonorable and dangerous path of betraying Ukraine and siding with Vladimir Putin."

~ William Kristol

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/16

thebulwark.com/p/trump-putin-z…

What Fresh Hell Do We Have Today?

Sure, we’ve abandoned Ukraine, launched a trade war with our neighbors, and insulted close allies. But at least we’re screwing over our veterans, too.

^{William Kristol (The Bulwark)}

"On Monday, while President Trump talked about his tariffs, Fox News showed him speaking even as a graphic in the corner displayed the markets sliding. That said it all: No matter how much boasting he does about the economy, the actual metrics are getting worse—and the public knows it."

~ Greg Sargent

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/15

newrepublic.com/article/192262…

Trump Hit by Brutal Fox News Graphic on Tariffs as More Bad Polls Land

As Trump’s announcement of tariffs causes the markets to slide—even on Fox!—Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg reflects on whether his party is doing enough to capitalize on the moment.

^{The New Republic}

As Jen Rubin also notes, what Trump is doing to tank the economy has to be set beside his attack on Ukraine and NATO, which says,

"The message to Moscow is do what you will with Ukraine. We'll deliver them on a silver platter."

Ripping apart the federal government and tanking the economy serves no one better than it serves Vladimir Putin. These are dots that need to be connected.

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/14

"The Federal Reserve of Atlanta came out with a prediction this morning that the first quarter of growth in the United States would be negative, negative 1.5. That's down from 2.8 positive growth just a month ago. That's all the time it took Donald Trump to wreck this economy. I can't sugarcoat this."

~ Jen Rubin

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/13

contrarian.substack.com/p/jen-…

Jen Rubin addresses the halting of aid to Ukraine, tariffs on Canada and Mexico

*Special Alert from the Contrarian*

^{Jennifer Rubin (The Contrarian)}

"Bloomberg reported that the tariffs on Canada and Mexico are likely to make US car prices rise by as much as $12,000, since so many parts and pieces of vehicles are manufactured at plants in those countries. In his remarks today, Trump said the manufacturers are just going to have to move all their plants to the US."

~ Ron Filipkowski

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/12

meidasplus.com/p/today-in-poli…

Today in Politics, Bulletin 83. 3/3/25.

… Sen.

^{Ron Filipkowski (Meidas+)}

"Yet the conventions of mainstream journalism make it hard to say directly that the president’s actions are just vindictive and senseless. …

I don’t know how this ends. But U.S. voters will soon be feeling real pain, and I very much doubt that it will end in a Trump victory."

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #tariffs #recession
/11

"The newspapers this morning all contain analysis pieces trying to explain why Trump is imposing 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico. You can see the writers struggling, because this is a profoundly self-destructive move — it will impose huge, possibly devastating costs on U.S. manufacturing, while significantly raising the cost of living — without any visible justification."

~ Paul Krugman

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #tariffs #recession
/10

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/tru…

Trump Hates Canada for its Decency

The president lacks basic decency, and loathes people who do

^{Paul Krugman}

"They want us broke. That means they want a recession, a depression, economic tumult. They want mass unemployment. They want the stock market to collapse. They want us to go broke struggling to pay our bills."

~ Greg Olear

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/9

gregolear.substack.com/p/sotu-…

SOTU STFU: How the Opposition Party Should Protest Tonight's State of the Union Address

The time for traditional party politics is over. The Democrats must become a true opposition party. And it must begin today.

^{Greg Olear (PREVAIL by Greg Olear)}

"Trump is killing the economy, reducing the U.S. government to rubble, and destroying our relationships with our allies. Putin may love it, but it’s a catastrophe for us and much of the rest of the world."

~ Robert Reich

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/8

robertreich.substack.com/p/dem…

Democrats! Wake the hell up!

Boycott Trump’s address to Congress tonight. If you must go, make good trouble.

^{Robert Reich}

"We assess that the Presidency has been captured by Vladimir Putin. Until we see proof otherwise, assume that Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and JD Vance are proxies for Putin, Xi, and their allies. China backs Russia fully.

Russia’s strategic goal is to dismantle the United States. They will pursue this through creating internal turmoil and dysfunction, trying to destroy the dollar and by 'ending' the Federal Reserve."

~ Dave Troy

#Musk #Trump #Putin #economy
/7

docs.google.com/document/u/0/d…

Managing Financial Instability In 2025

MANAGING FINANCIAL INSTABILITY IN 2025 By David Troy, Publisher + Editor, America 2.0 Published November 7, 2024; Last Updated March 4, 2025 The Trump/Vance administration has the potential to unleash widespread economic harms, many of which are not…

^{Google Docs}

"Trump has created a climate of extreme economic uncertainty. And that’s really bad for the economy in the most fundamental way. If you’re tied to the global economy in really any way it’s hard to imagine you’d be making any big spending decisions at the moment. And that plays down to the consumer level. Meanwhile, the administration is at least trying to yank a lot of government spending out of the domestic economy."

~ Josh Marshall

#Trump #StockMarket #recession
/6

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/o…

Ominous Economic Data

The Atlanta Fed has again lowered its projection for first quarter 2025 GDP. It had been predicting growth of 2.3%. At the end of last week that was revised to…

^{Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)}

"Unbridled Tariff Man was always going to be a big economic risk in a second term, and here we are."

~ Wall Street Journal

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/5

wsj.com/opinion/trump-takes-th…

Opinion | Trump Takes the Dumbest Tariff Plunge

He says the 25% levies on Mexico and Canada will begin Tuesday. Stocks fall.

^WSJ

"The unease has already led to warnings that the U.S. could be heading for recession, with the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model estimating real GDP growth for the first quarter of 2025 at -2.8 percent, down from +3.9 percent just four weeks ago."

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/4

"Donald Trump’s introduction of his long-threatened 25 percent trade tariffs on Mexico and Canada has caused global stock markets to drop sharply, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all falling."

~ Oliver O'Connell, Joe Sommerlad, Ariana Baio

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/3

the-independent.com/news/world…

Trump speech live updates: President unveils surprise terror arrest as he doubles down on tariffs and DOGE cuts

President delivering address to joint session of Congress

^{Oliver O'Connell (The Independent)}

"Also today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta forecast a dramatic contraction in the economy in the first quarter of 2025. Evaluating current data according to a mathematical model, it moved from an expected 2.9% growth in gross domestic product at the end of January to –2.8% today."

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/2

"Today, the stock market dropped dramatically upon news that Trump intended to go through with his tariffs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 650 points, down 1.48%. The S&P fell 1.76%, and the Nasdaq Composite, which focuses on technology stocks, fell 2.64%."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Musk #Trump #Putin #StockMarket #economy #Dow #Nasdaq #SandP #tariffs #recession
/1

heathercoxrichardson.substack.…

March 3, 2025

As seemed evident even at the time, the ambush of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday was a setup to provide justification for cutting off congressionally approved aid to Ukraine as it tries to fight off Russia’s invasio…

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

#Trump outlined a vision of American #expansionism: building up our naval capacity, reclaiming the #PanamaCanal, & pledging to “get” #Greenland, “one way or another.”

He didn’t mention his aim to make #Canada the 51st state. But that may be because he doesn’t want to get into the horribly idiotic & disastrous #tariffs he placed on Canada & #Mexico today.

Okay, now #trump is claiming to be tackling #toxic #chemical exposure & heralding #RFKJr as the #health secy. This will be very difficult for me to watch. #Liar.

Holy shit, he’s claiming a kid received #transition #medical procedures at school during the school day. Literally impossible.

He says #transgender care is mutilation.

#POS

#PublicHealth #science #medicine #ConspiracyTheories #hate #bigotry #heterosexism #LGBTQIA #HumanRights #CivilRights #FactCheck #TrumpLies

#Trump is praising a bill that Sen John Thune, the majority leader, has pushed to criminalize online “#RevengePorn.” Then he says that he could make use of such a bill himself, because no one is treated worse online that he is.

He has no idea what he’s talking about.

If anything, Trump would be the #criminal offender in this scenario, not the freaking victim.
Jackass.

Note #Democrats all applauded this bill.

#Trump claimed that his #trade policy will be “great” for the American #farmer because they won’t have to compete w/foreign producers.

Actual #farmers point out that the #US #agriculture industry produces far more corn, soybeans, pork, chicken, cattle etc. than Americans could possibly consume. Farmers say they need foreign markets, but other countries impose #tariffs on their goods in #retaliation for Trump’s tariffs. That cuts them off from the foreign customers they need.

#USpol #idiocracy

Most #Republicans stood up to applaud #Trump’s announcement that he would impose reciprocal #tariffs on April 2, but several remained seated, including Sens #LisaMurkowski (Alaska), #SusanCollins (Maine) & #RogerWicker (Mississippi).

I don’t care if they sit or stand. I want them to vote for the US interests & stop kowtowing to Trump.

#Trump trashes the federal work force for not being at work in person since the pandemic, & says those who “resist this change will be removed from office immediately.”

The days of being ruled by “unelected bureaucrats” are over, Trump says.

#Democrats scoff & point up at the gallery where #Musk is sitting.

#USpol #FactCheck #TrumpLies

#Trump falsely stated that #DOGE has found “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud.” DOGE has claimed to have cut $9 billion thus far.

Trump is talking about firing federal workers & “reclaiming power from bureaucrats.” His efforts to expand presidential power by firing workers and removing independent agency leaders have been largely blocked so far in federal courts.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Musk #USpol

A lot of boos as #Trump praised #ElonMusk & #DOGE.

Trump is lying about something that he & #Musk have said before: that there’s massive “fraud” in #SocialSecurity being paid out to deceased Americans still in the system.

Analysts & watchdog groups have thoroughly DEBUNKED this crap.

The problem is neither new nor a sign of widespread fraud, but a technological issue w/Social Security’s tracking system & does not represent a source of significant spending.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies