Via #RawStory @ 1:40pm ET on Apr 11, 2025

Attorneys working at a law firm that just cut a deal with President Donald #Trump are reportedly in open revolt.

#TheBulwark's #SamStein reports that more than 500 associate attorneys and staff at #AllenOveryShearmanSterling US LLP signed a letter imploring the firm not to take an offer from Trump to do #ProBono work on behalf of his administration in exchange for him not revoking security clearances.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-law-firms-2671752951/

Via #RawStory @ 2:13pm ET

#Trump announced 90-day pause on most of so-called reciprocal #Tariffs while his #trade rep was in middle of defending the policy on #CapitolHill

Prez reversed course frm Wed morning, when he urged investrs 2 "be cool" while his trade war played out, & lowered the 10% duties on most nations but increased tariffs on #Chinese imports to 125%, which seemed to catch trade rep #JamiesonGreer off-guard as he testified b4 House Ways & Means Committee

https://www.rawstory.com/jamieson-greer-trump/

#RawStory, 6:10pm ET - Mar 24, 2025

"His decision, announced this weekend, to send high-powered US delegation to the island, apparently uninvited, is already backfiring," wrote #JeffreyGettleman and #MayaTekeli. "The admin tried to present it as a friendly trip, saying that #UshaVance, wife of VP #JDVance, would attend a dogsled race this week with one of their sons and that #MichaelWaltz, the #NationalSecurityAviser, would tour an American #military base."

#Greenland

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-greenland-2671396642/

Yeah, I guess that settles it
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Via #RawStory 1:09pm ET - March 20, 2025

#ErrolMusk, father of #Tesla CEO #ElonMusk, believes his son can't b #racist due 2 his past relationships w/ "Black servants" who worked 4 the family in #apartheid #SouthAfrica

In email sent 2 #WashingtonPost regarding inquiries abt his son's animosity toward diversity, equity, & inclusion (#DEI) initiatives, Errol Musk said his 2 sons were never interestd in political mattrs while growing up

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-racism-2671371615/

Via #RawStory @ 7:45am ET on Mar 17, 2025

#Canada's #NationalPost has interviewed #ForeignPolicy experts about President Donald #Trump's pitch to make Canada into America's "51st state" — and none of them were impressed with what they've heard.

#Never51 #ElbowsUp #CANpoli

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-canada-2671340476/

This guy obviously sucks at Math!

Via #RawStory

Defiant #Senate Minority Ldr #ChuckSchumer defended his decision Fri 2 vote in favor of cloture 4 #Republican-backed #FundingBill that would avert a looming government #shutdown, & brushed off threats 2 his leadership position

In an interview..shortly after his vote roiled his fellow #Democrats, #Schumer stood firm, [insisting] that “as bad as the [continuing resolution] was,” a government shutdown “would be far worse.”

https://www.rawstory.com/government-shutdown-2671332524/

Via #RawStory, 10:36pm ET, Mar 03, 2025

#RachelMaddow drew a direct comparison between a 1940s #Minnesota senator who was secretly on #AdolfHitler's payroll & pushing pro-Nazi policies to the #MAGA embrace of pro-#Russia policies..noting that shortly after President #Roosevelt urged lawmakers to push back against a surging #Nazi #Germany w/ $7 billion, Sen. #ErnestLundeen gave a "national speech on the radio in which he demanded that #England should say thank you to us"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ukraine-2671256219/

#USpol #WarInUkraine

The most succesful Kremlin mole in history shows his true colors live on national TV:

'Kicked out essentially': Trump ordered Ukrainians to leave after disaster WH meeting"

via #JenniferBowersBahney #RawStory

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-2671242143/

'All deserve to die': Bomb threat at conservative anti-Trump summit blamed on Proud Boys
#RawStory #PrinciplesFirst #ProudBoys #BombThreat #DeathThreats
https://www.rawstory.com/principle-s-first-summit-bomb-threat/

Elon Musk's #DOGE fires #FDA officials regulating his brain implant company: report
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Via #RawStory @ 8:22pm ET on Feb 17, 2025

Some of the latest employees on the chopping block at tech billionaire #ElonMusk's #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency task force are Food and Drug Administration staff who oversee regulation of one of Musk's companies, #Reuters reported Monday evening.

#FDA #Neuralink

https://www.rawstory.com/doge-neuralink/

Via #RawStory @ 10:33am ET on Feb 03, 2025

The financial markets are reacting poorly to President #DonaldTrump's weekend imposition of stiff #trade tariffs against #Canada, #Mexico and #China — and a #CNN expert was left dumbfounded as he watched it unfold live.

The #DowJones, #NASDAQ, and #SP500 all opened down on Monday, and continued to plummet following #Trump's sweeping #tariffs that most experts agree have started a #TradeWar with at least two firm U.S. allies

https://www.rawstory.com/stocks-plummet-over-trade-wars/

Via #RawStory @ 11:42am ET on Jan 17, 2025

President #JoeBiden announced on Friday that the #EqualRightsAmendment (#ERA) has officially been affirmed.

In a statement, Biden said #Virginia's 2020 vote means that enough states have ratified the law. This move will likely begin the legal debate over whether it is official and can be considered law. #Congress had set a timeline for ratification, and Virginia's ratification was after that deadline.

https://www.rawstory.com/equal-rights-amendment-2670879870/

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"Collectively, all these elite decisions to bow to Trump make it feel like the air is going out of the old liberal order.”
- Adam Nichols of #RawStory

IMHO, the so-called "old liberal order" wasn't as liberal as many like to believe.

#msm #journalism #fascism
#authoritarianism #farright

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2670479577/

Via #RawStory, 3:28pm ET

Proposed deregulation of home loan market that #DonaldTrump→widely expected to pursue could have massive consequences for new homebuyers — particularly those w/low incomes, reported #CNN on Monday

Specifically, #Trump is likely to try to privatize #FannieMae & #FreddieMac, the mortgage-backing giants that the federal government took a stake in following the 2008 financial crisis. He attempted to do this in his last term, but was unsuccessful.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-s-expected-mortgage-deregulation-could-cost-new-homebuyers-up-to-2800-more-a-year/

Via #RawStory @ 2:29pm ET on Nov 25, 2024

Special counsel #JackSmith sought Monday to dismiss the charges against #DonaldTrump in his federal #January6 case.

The move was quick to be hit by ire from legal analysts who were quick to express their disappointment that Trump could get away without having a jury decide his guilt or innocence.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cleared-federal-charges/

By #TomBoggioni Via #RawStory @ 8:47am ET on Nov 24, 2024

A decision by #DonaldTrump's transition team to skip over filing #ethics and disclosure forms to the #GeneralServicesAdministration has allowed them to rake in cash from outside sources to fund his transition efforts while not disclosing where the cash is coming from and how much they are taking in.

#TrumpIsARussianAsset

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dark-money/

Via #RawStory @ 10:31pm ET on Nov 22, 2024

"#SebastianGorka is a con man,” #JohnBolton said bluntly just after #Trump announced Gorka as his choice to be a #WhiteHouse deputy assistant to the president and senior director for #counterterrorism. But Bolton didn’t stop there, telling #CNN’s #KaitlanCollins during an appearance on #TheSource that Gorka’s past deserves a thorough government probe.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cabinet-2669987452/

Via #RawStory @ 1:46pm ET on Nov 20, 2024

President-elect #DonaldTrump has a pressing problem that voters expect him to fix and his solutions will only exacerbate, a new political analysis contends.

#Trump's popularity faces imminent peril in the form of a mounting #HousingCrisis that his promised #MassDeportations, #TaxCuts and #tariff demands will only worsen, #WashingtonPost #economics columnist #HeatherLong argued Wednesday.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-housing-crisis-achilles-heel/

Via #RawStory

#Conservative publication #TheFederalist slammed SD Gov. #KristiNoem w/ blistering takedown Tues, referring 2 her as “coward” who was underserving 2 lead #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity

“While Noem→certainly skilled @ self-promo, she doesn’t have courage required 4 this role,” Joy Pullmann, an exec editor @ The Federalist, wrote in editorial after news spread that President-elect Trump selected Noem, who famously shot her dog 2 death, 4 the cabinet position

https://www.rawstory.com/noem-2669865091/