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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Top economist goes off script, absolutely torches Trump on air
"I'm going to say this at risk of my job...but what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane," CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman lamented yesterday in a rare display of appropriate emotion discussing the MAGA cult leader's chaotic and downright stupid tariff war. The final straw for Liesman? Trump's latest proclamation that 50% tariffs on Canada will only be rescinded if they renounce their sovereignty and agree to become the 51st state of America. Seriously. What the actual f*ck are we doing here?

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MAGA senator betrays Trump, admits tariffs are a "tax" that will be "passed on to consumers"
In a rare, frank admission that will likely not go unpunished by the Trump White House, the Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin openly admitted that the MAGA cult leader's tariffs are effectively a tax that American consumers will be stuck paying. Sounds like somebody's gonna be called down to the principal's office for a proper paddling.

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Trump and Elon take an axe to Biden's climate wins
350.org 350.org In his first hours back in office, President Trump ordered a series of actions that abandon U.S. climate leadership at home and abroad. He withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, pushed to greatly expand fossil fuel production, and attacked clean energy. Now our communities that have long fought relentlessly for clean air, safe drinking water, and protection from toxic chemicals are bracing for yet another onslaught on public health and environmental safeguards. 350.org is leading the fight to keep our communities safe and stop the Trump admin from undoing everything we've accomplished in the past four years. Will you chip in to help 350.org stand up to Trump and his polluter cronies?

Trump officials to "reconsider" whether greenhouse gases cause harm amid devastating climate rollbacks
Fans of clean water, blue skies, breathing freely, and not being literally poisoned will be sorry (but not surprised) to learn that Trump's EPA is set to rollback DECADES of environmental regulations and rulings designed to make the planet — our only planet — a healthy one. The MAGA cult leader's administration announced it will formally "reconsider" the official finding that greenhouse gases are harmful to public health, a move that threatens to rip apart the foundation of the US’s climate laws, amid a stunning barrage of actions to weaken or repeal a host of pollution limits upon power plants, cars, and waterways. Hey, remember when the Cuyahoga River would regularly catch on fire in Cleveland in the 1960s? Or Los Angeles' smog bombs from the 1970s? No? Well, buckle up! Thanks to Trump we're all set for a hellscape reboot literally no sane person asked for.

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Trump Labor Department cuts child care programs for its own employees
The MAGA cult leader's Department of Labor has a message for working parents: go f*ck yourselves. Emergency backup day care, child care subsidies, on-site health clinics, and an employee mental health program are apparently the latest casualties in efforts by ketamine king Elon Musk and Donald Trump to cripple the federal bureaucracy and bankrupt thousands of federal employees. Let's hear it for the party of FaMiLy VaLuEs!

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Gavin Newsom "busted" in statue fiasco
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has turned quite a few heads lately, asking Charlie frickin' Kirk for political advice and hosting white nationalist Steve Bannon on his fledgling podcast, but erecting a $100,000 statue of himself in San Francisco and playing coy about who paid for it sounds a little, well, Trumpy.

Americans aren't happy with Trump’s handling of the economy or his tariffs, new polls show
Surprise! Americans are more than a little nonplussed about Trump's stupid tariffs and the chilling effect they are having on the economy. Fears of a recession are understandably rising — JP Morgan increased its forecasted risk of a recession this year to 40 percent, up from 30 percent at the beginning of 2025 — but the MAGA cult leader's administration is still insisting that their myopic economic policies will be worth it, even if the economy shrinks and millions of Americans suffer. It is so good to be great again.

Federal shutdown on the brink as GOP-controlled Senate struggles to pass House CR bill to fund the government
Republicans control the White House, the House of Representatives, and the Senate but are still somehow yet again just hours away from fumbling their primary obligation — funding the federal government — and triggering a needless, calamitous shutdown. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced yesterday that Republicans do not have the votes to pass the House's CR bill and Democrats have no intention of bailing them out without concessions. "Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path, drafting their continuing resolution without any input — any input — from congressional Democrats. Because of that, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR," Schumer said on the floor, calling for a one-month funding bill that provides more time to negotiate a deal. Time will very shortly tell.

Canada and the EU swiftly retaliate against Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs
Welp, that didn't take long. Donald Trump's incredibly bone-headed trade war with stalwart American allies has predictably sowed chaos, fear, and confusion in the global economy, and our Canadian and European friends have responded in kind, slapping stiff new taxes on billions of dollars in US products. Canada, the largest supplier of steel and aluminum to the US, said it will place 25% reciprocal tariffs on steel products and also raise taxes on a host of items: tools, computers and servers, display monitors, sports equipment, and cast-iron products. Across the Atlantic, the European Union will raise tariffs on American beef, poultry, bourbon and motorcycles, bourbon, peanut butter, and jeans. Combined, the new tariffs will cost companies billions of dollars and further escalate the uncertainty in two of the world’s major trade partnerships. Companies will either take the losses and earn fewer profits OR pass costs along to consumers in the form of higher prices. "Wonder which way they'll go?" literally no one wondered.

GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville demands anti-war protesters be thrown in jail
The world's dumbest American senator shared his latest hot take on Fox Business yesterday, throwing the First Amendment right out the proverbial window and declaring that anyone protesting Israel's ongoing war in Gaza should be locked up. "[W]hen it comes to protesters, we gotta make sure we treat all of them the same,” the sentient jockstrap said. "Send them to jail." It's stupid fascism, but fascism all the same.

Senate Republicans give House’s debt ceiling plan cold shoulder
Senate Republicans are raising grave doubts about House Republicans’ plan to raise the debt ceiling as part of a massive tax cuts and border spending bill, a dynamic that could lead to a protracted negotiation with Democrats over avoiding a default. With roughly two or three months before the US could breach the debt ceiling, the House is trying to raise it by $4 trillion as part of a party-line tax cut bill. However, Senate Majority Leader John Thune has repeatedly told his members he doesn’t believe it can win the 50 Republican votes needed to clear the chamber, according to multiple sources familiar with party meetings.