Trump is doing ‘exactly the opposite of what Americans voted for’

Trump is doing ‘exactly the opposite of what Americans voted for’

Politico reports: During the first two turbulent months of President Donald Trump’s term, the White House has shrugged off scrutiny of its most controversial policies with a simple assertion: The American people voted for this. Now, Trump allies and GOP voters spooked by the tariff-induced market crash are beginning to respond en masse: No, we didn’t. Trump won in November because many voters saw him as an antidote to their economic malaise; as a candidate, he frequently promised to lower…

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‘Truly a moron’: Elon Musk escalates spat with Trump adviser Peter Navarro over tariffs

‘Truly a moron’: Elon Musk escalates spat with Trump adviser Peter Navarro over tariffs

CNN reports: Elon Musk took another jab at President Donald Trump’s senior trade adviser Peter Navarro Tuesday, calling him a “moron” on social media as the Tesla CEO further splits from the White House’s tariffs plan. Musk’s remarks were in response to a CNBC interview with Navarro on that aired Monday, during which the White House trade adviser discussed how Tesla’s position as a “car assembler” rather than a car manufacturer could be at odds with Trump’s tariff policies. The…

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Wall Street billionaires view Trump’s tariffs as ‘stupidity,’ warning ‘the economy is weakening as we speak’

Wall Street billionaires view Trump’s tariffs as ‘stupidity,’ warning ‘the economy is weakening as we speak’

The New York Times reports: Wall Street billionaires are not used to being on the outside looking in. But that is where they find themselves after President Trump ignored their appeals to call off his tariff plans which they fear could endanger the economy. With the backdrop of rapidly mounting stock market losses, corporate titans have worked every angle — phone calls, social media and even a typically staid shareholder letter — to try to change Mr. Trump’s mind. The…

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Is Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, the anti-Trump?

Is Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, the anti-Trump?

Michelle Goldberg writes: Last year was a bad one for incumbent political parties, as voters worldwide rebelled against representatives of the status quo. It was a bad year for the left, with Donald Trump winning in the United States and reactionary nativism advancing across Europe. And it was a bad year for women in politics; as the BBC reported, in 60 percent of the countries that had elections in 2024, the number of women in legislatures fell. One country, however,…

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‘They’ll kill us all’: Gazans plead for intervention as Israeli attacks intensify

‘They’ll kill us all’: Gazans plead for intervention as Israeli attacks intensify

Ruwaida Amer and Ahmed Ahmed report: Since Israel shattered the ceasefire in Gaza last month, Palestinians have been facing horrors reminiscent of the first days of Israel’s genocidal onslaught. According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, the Israeli military has killed over 1,300 people and wounded more than 3,000 in the past three weeks, in which time the overall death toll in the enclave has surpassed 50,000. Over 280,000 people have been displaced as Israel corrals Gaza’s population into ever-shrinking “humanitarian zones” which it continues to bomb. Nearly two-thirds of the…

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Globalization is collapsing. Brace yourselves

Globalization is collapsing. Brace yourselves

Tara Zahra writes: Before World War I, globalization was at a high point. Advances in technology, including the steamship and the telegraph, allowed people, goods and news to cross borders with extraordinary speed. Migration boomed. The economist John Maynard Keynes, conjuring an Edwardian version of Amazon, recalled how “the inhabitant of London could order by telephone, sipping his morning tea in bed, the various products of the whole earth, in such quantity as he might see fit, and reasonably expect…

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Bill Ackman and other billionaires and business leaders are turning on Trump because of tariffs

Bill Ackman and other billionaires and business leaders are turning on Trump because of tariffs

CNN reports: Wealthy business leaders are turning on US President Donald Trump over his plan to impose a colossal set of tariffs on America’s trading partners, as losses mount on stock markets around the world. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who endorsed Trump’s 2024 presidential bid, warned Sunday that going ahead with the new tariffs was tantamount to launching an “economic nuclear war.” On Wednesday, Trump said he would impose significantly higher “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries that have the…

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Why Trump’s tariff math is a joke

Why Trump’s tariff math is a joke

Brent Neiman writes: My first question, when the White House unveiled its tariff regime, was, “How on earth did they calculate such huge rates?” Reciprocal tariffs, after all, are supposed to treat other countries the way they treat us, and foreign tariffs on American goods are nowhere near these levels. The next day it got personal. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its methodology and cited an academic paper produced by four economists, including me, seemingly in support…

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A different kind of anti-Trump resistance is rising up

A different kind of anti-Trump resistance is rising up

Micah L. Sifry writes: Ever since Donald Trump returned to the White House and turned Elon Musk’s chain saw on longstanding federal programs and agencies, Democratic voters have been asking: Where is the opposition? Democrats are still furious at Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, for helping Mr. Trump keep the government open; many find the public style of Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader in the House, too buttoned-up to meet the moment. And while more Democratic politicians are…

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The prisoners: What records show about the migrants sent to Salvadoran mega-prison

The prisoners: What records show about the migrants sent to Salvadoran mega-prison

  60 Minutes reports: Three weeks ago, 238 Venezuelan migrants were flown from Texas to a maximum security prison in El Salvador. That country’s president offered to take them and the Trump administration used a law not invoked since World War II to send them — claiming they are all terrorists and violent gang members. The government has released very little information about the men. But through internal government documents, we have obtained a list of their identities and found…

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Why this U.S. historian is leaving Trump’s America

Why this U.S. historian is leaving Trump’s America

  Amid the drama and turmoil created by Donald Trump’s second presidency, U.S. historian and author Marci Shore last week announced that she — along with her husband, historian Timothy Snyder, and colleague Jason Stanley — would be leaving their posts at Yale University and moving to Canada to teach at the University of Toronto. Shore, Snyder, and Stanley have all been vocal pro-Ukraine advocates, particularly throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion, visiting the country multiple times between them and educating audiences…

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Vertebrates evolved intelligence independently multiple times

Vertebrates evolved intelligence independently multiple times

Yasemin Saplakoglu writes: Humans tend to put our own intelligence on a pedestal. Our brains can do math, employ logic, explore abstractions and think critically. But we can’t claim a monopoly on thought. Among a variety of nonhuman species known to display intelligent behavior, birds have been shown time and again to have advanced cognitive abilities. Ravens plan for the future, crows count and use tools, cockatoos open and pillage booby-trapped garbage cans, and chickadees keep track of tens of…

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Bernie Sanders: Democrats have to decide whether they’re on the side of the wealthy or working people

Bernie Sanders: Democrats have to decide whether they’re on the side of the wealthy or working people

  CBS News reports: Ever since President Trump took office, surrounded by some of the richest men in the world, Senator Bernie Sanders has been sounding the alarm: “This country today faces an unprecedented level of danger, something that I’ve never seen in my lifetime,” he said. “We are a nation that is moving rapidly toward oligarchy, which means that we have a government run by the billionaire class, for the billionaire class.” “You’ve had this consistent message for a…

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Musk melts down at Trump’s tariff guru, Peter Navarro, as feud goes public

Musk melts down at Trump’s tariff guru, Peter Navarro, as feud goes public

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk has taken a massive swipe at President Donald Trump’s trade adviser amid the deepening economic chaos caused by the sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs. In a Saturday X post, the Tesla CEO ripped Peter Navarro as someone who “ain’t built s–t” and shaded his Harvard PhD in economics as “a bad thing, not a good thing.” Musk, who’s openly expressed disdain for Ivy League institutions, commented, “yup” under a quote from U.S. economist Thomas Sowell…

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