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#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #Trump
“#Trump is explicitly targeting 2 Americans because they exercised their #FirstAmendment rights…. That is a miscarriage of #justice which these individuals…vindictively singled out by him, will be unfairly forced to endure. The president of the United States must not direct federal authorities to investigate people with whom he disagrees.
“This is not democratic governance. It is baseless retaliation — & it has no place in the United States of America.”
#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower
#IRS Is Actually Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke #Harvard’s #TaxExempt Status — Cuz #USA Is An #Autocracy Now
The move would be a major violation of the law upon orders from the #Trump admin as it attempts to choke off federal money & support for #research & #academia in US #universities.
[Jiminy Cricket am I editorializing & cursing in print more & more now that muther f⁕⚠︎er is in office!]
#law #AntiIntellectualism #RevengePolitics #extortion #MafiaState
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I.R.S. Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status
The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s attempts to choke off federal money and support for the leading research university.Andrew Duehren (The New York Times)
#Trump crosses the Rubicon on ordering investigations of foes
Trump is now expressly ordering investigations of his foes — even criminal ones. That’s something Trump’s AG, #PamBondi, downplayed as a possibility at her confirmation hearing. (When asked what role the White House would play in investigation & prosecution decisions, Bondi responded: “It is the Department of Justice’s decision.”)
#law #AbuseOfPower #MilesTaylor #ChrisKrebs #RevengePolitics
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Disgusting: The majority of the nations listed for “reciprocal” #tariffs on the 8-pg document distributed to reporters by the #Trump admin are #poor, #developing economies. They include some of the world’s poorest nations -- #SouthSudan, #Burundi & the #CentralAfricanRepublic -- as well as countries in the throes of #war, notably #Sudan.
#RevengePolitics #racism #xenophobia #aporophobia #WhiteChristianNationalism #economy #inflation #recession #TrumpTariffs #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol
The White House clarified that yes, as I posted earlier in this 🧵, the tariff numbers in the charts #Trump held up include BOTH reciprocal levies & the 10% baseline. So #Europe will face a 10% reciprocal tariff + a 10% baseline. #China will face a 24% reciprocal tariff, + the 10% baseline. Etc.
#RevengePolitics #economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #TrumpTariffs #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol
#Trump says he will charge the #UK a 10% #tariff. Remarkable, since the US runs a #trade surplus w/Britain, it’s a close ally & the country has been trying to negotiate a trade deal w/Trump.
Trump says he will also establish a “universal baseline tariff” of 10% that will apply to ALL COUNTRIES, in ADDITION to the numbers he’s already announced. That means a country like China will face a 44% tariff on top of the 20% already imposed.
#RevengePolitics #economy #inflation #recession #geopolitics
That is also on top of #Trump’s other #tariffs that China will also face, including 25% tariffs on autos & 25% tariffs on metals.
Trump says to foreign countries, “If you want your tariff rate to be zero, then you build your product right here in America.”
#RevengePolitics #economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #TrumpTariffs #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol
#Trump claims that experts have been wrong about #NAFTA, #China & his first-term #tariffs & that they will be wrong again about his current trade actions. 🙄
Futures on the S&P 500, which allow investors to trade when exchanges are not officially open, began to tumble after Trump started outlining the tariff rates. The index had ended the day higher, but futures are now down more than 1%.
#RevengePolitics #economy #inflation #recession #TrumpTariffs #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol
#Trump said #grocery & other #prices are starting to come down, & that his policies are bringing down #inflation. In fact, inflation has picked up in the first weeks of his term, & economists almost universally expect #tariffs to further drive up prices.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #RevengePolitics #economy #recession #TrumpTariffs #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol
“There’s a reason this came at 4 PM ET, with #markets closed,” said Jorn Fleck, senior director with the Europe Center at the Atlantic Council.
He said the #tariff on the #EU, his area of expertise, is a “very high number” that will be painful for #consumers & #businesses on both sides of the Atlantic.
#RevengePolitics #economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #TrumpTariffs #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol
People had been expecting #Trump to announce high #tariffs, but these numbers are stunning. In addition to a 10% tariff on ALL COUNTRIES, dozens of other countries face extra tariffs between 10 & 50%. That will force some manufacturing back into the US, but will also definitely raise costs for American #consumers & #manufacturers & incite #TradeWars on many fronts.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #RevengePolitics #economy #inflation #recession #TrumpTariffs #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol
Many of these tariff rates seem much higher than some economists & policymakers had been expecting.
#Trump says the US will calculate a tariff rate for other countries based on #tariffs & “other forms of cheating” — whatever that means.
He says #China will face a 34% tariff, while the #EU will be 20%. #Japan will be 24% & #India 26%.
#RevengePolitics #economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #TrumpTariffs #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol
