Even the dented cans and tacky yard bunnies got tariffed!
Today’s blog will focus on headlines we may have missed and the aftermath of SCOTUS’ ruling that reversed most of Trump’s stupid tariffs. Feel free to share what you have found interesting as long as it comes from a credible source, not some RW cesspit.
Like a Dog with a Bone:
Trump to boost hike global tariffs to 15% from 10%, ‘effective immediately’
Polling on Trump’s Stupid Tariffs:
Time to Pay Up!:
‘Time to Pay Up!’ Newsom, Pritzker Demand Trump Admin Refund American Families for Tariff ‘Damages’
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) demanded President Donald Trump “pay up” just hours after the Supreme Court struck down the president’s emergency tariffs, joining the call of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D), who went as far as to tally the “damages’ owed to each family in a similar call.
Pritzker published a direct letter he’d sent to the president, saying Trump had “wrecked havoc” with his tariffs regime and “sent grocery prices through the roof.” He calculated $1,700 owed in what he called “damages” to the citizens of his state, tallying the total he said Trump should pay Illinois at a staggering $8,679,261,600. He went on to threaten legal action if the demand was not met.
Pritzker even went so far as to include an invoice:
The Trumpstein Files:
The Epstein saga engulfs Les Wexner — and the Ohio he helped build
The retail mogul’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein have upended his legacy and put the state’s political leaders under scrutiny.
The Worst People in the World:
Almost Half of Jury Pool in Musk Trial Tossed After ‘So Many’ Said They ‘Hate’ Him
Elon Musk may have been contemplating snacking on a few earthworms after a brutal treatment by a jury pool in San Francisco, with almost half of the prospective jurors being disqualified because they declared their hatred for the tech CEO — one even went so far as to say he wanted to see Musk in prison.
The case stems from a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by investors in Twitter, the predecessor to Musk’s X platform, who allege he violated federal securities laws with his months of public indecision over purchasing the company as a scheme to drive down the the price of shares before he completed the purchase in October 2022, causing the investors financial harm.
According to Bloomberg Law, the trial is expected to last about three weeks, and likely witnesses to be called to the stand include Musk and former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal.
From the MarKODA Files-How Things Really Work Edition:
The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:
One of the Biggest Assholes in American History:
Fact Check False: Fourth-quarter U.S. GDP up just 1.4%, badly missing estimate; inflation firms at 3%
- Gross domestic produce rose at an annualized rate of just 1.4%, according to the Commerce Department, well below the Dow Jones estimate for a 2.5% gain.
- The department estimated that the government shutdown, which ran through the first half of the quarter, probably took about 1 percentage point off economic growth.
- At the same time, inflation held firm in December, according to a gauge most closely watched by Fed officials that increased 3% from a year ago.
ICE Barbie:
Newly minted protective detail agents will soon receive two tailored suits upon graduating from training—an unprecedented perk for plainclothes agents who have historically footed the bill for their own wardrobes.
The reported push came after Noem was displeased with how a protective detail was dressed in suits they had purchased themselves, according to CNN.
Under a newly published five-year contract solicitation, each new protective detail graduate will receive two navy-blue suits, fully made in the United States, complete with name embroidery stitched inside the jacket.