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Greengordon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>This seems tone deaf. Better to talk about the jobs lost, businesses bankrupted, hopes and dreams crushed. </p><p>"Sen Kirsten Gillibrand said: “Because of this <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a>, this <a href="https://spore.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> & this carelessness, he has wiped out trillions of dollars from the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> just held a press conference on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> announcement & his admin's policy.</p><p>Sen Kirsten Gillibrand said: “Because of this <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a>, this <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> & this carelessness, he has wiped out trillions of dollars from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>.”</p><p>Standing alongside her, Senate Minority Leader <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChuckSchumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChuckSchumer</span></a> said: “You can't undo the damage. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpSlump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSlump</span></a> is upon us now, & whatever he will try to do in the future does not undo the damage.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nomdeb<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@mloxton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mloxton</span></a></span> And not only in the Trump regime, but these kinds of people - DOGE for example - are out there in the private sector in droves, telling themselves that they are efficient and competent, and super, and mostly the dismal reality of their skillset remains hidden. Now we can see their work product publicly, and what a load of codswallop, what a myth, that the private sector is smart, efficient, well run. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PrivateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSector</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PublicSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSector</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
George-E-Tchern<p>Délirant: la ministre de l'Éducation Élisabeth Borne souhaite que les élèves réfléchissent à leur orientation professionnelle...dès la maternelle... 🤡 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Borne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Borne</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/incomp%C3%A9tence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompétence</span></a> <a href="https://www.liberation.fr/societe/education/carriere-professionnelle-les-eleves-doivent-se-preparer-tres-jeunes-presque-depuis-la-maternelle-affirme-elisabeth-borne-20250408_TNJMOZT72RC6BH3WSTUPFNA2OI/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">liberation.fr/societe/educatio</span><span class="invisible">n/carriere-professionnelle-les-eleves-doivent-se-preparer-tres-jeunes-presque-depuis-la-maternelle-affirme-elisabeth-borne-20250408_TNJMOZT72RC6BH3WSTUPFNA2OI/</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>IBM's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> drama: a gripping tale of how they bravely navigated the treacherous waters of their own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> 💾💥. Spoiler alert: it's a 403 Forbidden mess, but with extra Varnish for that smooth, cached failure. 🚫😂<br><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/building-the-system360-mainframe-nearly-destroyed-ibm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spectrum.ieee.org/building-the</span><span class="invisible">-system360-mainframe-nearly-destroyed-ibm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Drama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Navigating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navigating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechTales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechTales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/403Forbidden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>403Forbidden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VarnishCache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VarnishCache</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Joe Beam<p>I think we can all agree that Trump doesn’t have a clue about what he is doing. Hopefully his supporters have figured it out. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumptariffs</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insane</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insaneusa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insaneusa</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a></p>
Chris Koester<p>IT <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> often fails due to the <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/carelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carelessness</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a>.</p><p>Probably this time too:<br><a href="https://www.n-tv.de/politik/So-kam-der-Journalist-in-die-geheime-Signal-Gruppe-article25684560.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">n-tv.de/politik/So-kam-der-Jou</span><span class="invisible">rnalist-in-die-geheime-Signal-Gruppe-article25684560.html</span></a></p><p>Unfortunately, prematurely unsettling <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>headlines</span></a> appeared on <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/ntv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ntv</span></a>, among others: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ntv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ntv</span></a></span> ‘How secure is the messenger service Signal?’ (<a href="https://www.n-tv.de/technik/Wie-sicher-ist-der-Messengerdienst-Signal-article25659217.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">n-tv.de/technik/Wie-sicher-ist</span><span class="invisible">-der-Messengerdienst-Signal-article25659217.html</span></a>).</p><p>Dear stubborn <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> users: ‘This incident would also have happened if you had communicated via Pony Express or fax.’</p><p>Too bad the <a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> isn't communicating this clearly!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.rzgierskopp.de/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span></p>
kctipton<p>I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre | US immigration | The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/i-was-a-british-tourist-trying-to-leave-america-then-i-was-detained-shackled-and-sent-to-an-immigration-detention-centre" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/05/i-was-a-british-tourist-trying-to-leave-america-then-i-was-detained-shackled-and-sent-to-an-immigration-detention-centre</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/inhumane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inhumane</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"It was a bloodbath on Wall Street today, as Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs are liberating people from their retirement savings and investments. The Dow was down 2,231 (5.50%), NASDAQ was down 962 (5.82%), and Tesla was down a whopping 27.85 (10.42%)."</p><p>~ Ron Filipkowski</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dow</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PutinsPoodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPoodle</span></a><br>/23</p><p><a href="https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-105-4425" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">meidasplus.com/p/today-in-poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-bulletin-105-4425</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Since the re-installment of Russian Asset Trump, the US stock market has seen nearly ten trillion in value disappear, with five trillion erased over the past two days. According to multiple reports, this is the largest two-day loss in American history."</p><p>~ Heidi Siegmund Cuda</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dow</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PutinsPoodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPoodle</span></a><br>/22</p><p><a href="https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/bottoms-up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bettedangerous.com/p/bottoms-u</span><span class="invisible">p</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"This marks the worst week for the stock market since 2020, and only the fourth time in history that the Dow lost 2,000 points in a single day."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dow</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <br>/22</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Stock market closes week in bloodbath as Trump’s tariffs cause historic two-day drop and wipe out $6 trillion.</p><p>The stock market closed with a bloodbath on Friday as the Dow Jones lost 2,231 points and the S&P 500 dropped 6 percent as investors are spooked about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff plan."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dow</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <br>/21</p><p>~ Katie Hawkinson</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stock-market-today-trump-tariffs-china-b2727712.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/stock-market-today-trump-tariffs-china-b2727712.html</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The sweeping package of tariffs unveiled by Donald Trump on Wednesday includes an exemption for the energy sector, which is a clear sign of the president’s fealty to his big oil donors over the American people, advocates say."</p><p>~ Dharna Noor</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OilandGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilandGas</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <br>/20</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>As Edward Helmore reports, New York shopkeepers featuring imported goods are announcing that they will have to hike prices "astronomically" due to Trump's "liberation" tariffs.</p><p>Jennifer Pulidore of Myers of Keswick, a shop selling British groceries, says, 'The price of chocolate has gone up astronomically.'"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a><br>/19</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-tariffs-small-business-nyc-prices" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-tariffs-small-business-nyc-prices</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The Chinese Ministry of Finance, calling @POTUS new tariffs on Chinese imports a 'typical act of unilateral bullying,' responds overnight with a 34% tariff on all goods imported from America. And so the President's trade war escalates."</p><p>~ Garrett Haake quoted by Greg Dworkin</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a><br>/18</p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/4/2314347/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Trump-deliberately-tanks-the-economy-as-Republicans-sit-back-do-nothing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/4/</span><span class="invisible">2314347/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Trump-deliberately-tanks-the-economy-as-Republicans-sit-back-do-nothing</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The US dollar experienced its largest single-day decline on record, dropping by 2.1% against major currencies."</p><p>~ CNBC</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a><br>/17</p><p><a href="https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/us-markets-live-today-dow-jones-djia-nasdaq-futures-trump-liberation-day-tariffs-liveblog-19583858.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbctv18.com/world/us-markets-</span><span class="invisible">live-today-dow-jones-djia-nasdaq-futures-trump-liberation-day-tariffs-liveblog-19583858.htm</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"I’ve said before that Trump does not think of policy the way most of us do, operating instead like a low-level mob boss running a protection racket. Unfortunately, a bunch of rubes decided to give him another bite at the apple, and now the entire global economy has to pay up."</p><p>~ Marlon Weems</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/mob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mob</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MobBoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobBoss</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <br>/6</p><p><a href="https://thejourneyman.substack.com/p/here-comes-the-pain" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thejourneyman.substack.com/p/h</span><span class="invisible">ere-comes-the-pain</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Experts said Trump’s sweeping border taxes of between 10% and 50% on the US’s traditional allies and enemies alike had dramatically added to the risk of a steep global downturn and a recession in the world’s biggest economy."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a><br>/16</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"As world leaders reacted to the US president’s 'liberation day' tariff policies demolishing the international trading order, about $2.5tn (£1.9tn) was wiped off Wall Street and share prices in other financial centres across the globe."</p><p>~ Richard Partington </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a><br>/15</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/03/global-markets-turmoil-trump-tariffs-wall-street-downturn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">apr/03/global-markets-turmoil-trump-tariffs-wall-street-downturn</span></a></p>
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