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@joshuajfriedman.com Wait. The Trump administration wants to arbitrarily, but officially, treat living people as if they were literally dead when they are not?

Makers of dystopian movies are going to have to up their games to come close to the dystopian reality the United States is headed toward.

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As a result of being added to the death database, they would be #blacklisted from a coveted form of identity that allows them to make & spend money.

The initial names are limited to people the #Trump admin claims are convicted criminals & “suspected terrorists,” docs show. But ofcls said the effort could broaden to include others in the country w/o authorization.

Their “financial lives,” Leland Dudek, #SocialSecurity Admin acting commissioner, wrote in an email to staff, would be “terminated.”

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The goal is to cut those people off from using crucial financial services like bank accounts & credit cards, along w/their access to government benefits.

The effort hinges on a surprising new tactic: repurposing #SocialSecurity’s “death master file,” which for years has been used to track dead people who should no longer receive benefits, to include the names of living people who the govt believes should be TREATED AS IF THEY ARE DEAD.

Since taking office, #Trump has moved aggressively to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of #immigrants who were allowed into the country under President #Biden.

Now, the admin is taking drastic steps to pressure some of those immigrants & others who had legal status to “self-deport” by effectively canceling the #SocialSecurity numbers they had lawfully obtained….

#law #immigration #labor
nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/poli

Migrants who arrived in New York last year waited for shelter assignments at the Roosevelt Hotel.
The New York Times · Pushing ‘Self-Deportation,’ Trump White House Moves to Cut Migrants’ Social SecurityBy Alexandra Berzon

After #China unveiled steep retaliatory #tariffs on American exports on Wed, #Treasury Secy #ScottBessent issued a sharp & surprising response: “So what?”

The loss of China as an export market will deal a particularly hard blow to #agriculture in red states, hitting the voters who helped #Trump win. On Wed, Trump ratcheted US tariffs on China even higher. #Farmers are concerned that a protracted #TradeWar w/China will cut off ties w/their largest export market.

#economy
nytimes.com/2025/04/10/busines

The soybean industry is one of the sectors most concerned about tariff retaliation.
The New York Times · Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US FarmersBy Alan Rappeport

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Trump is imperiling everyone, esp. the vulnerable, POC, women, snrs, LGTBQ & disabled ppl, IMGs...

"She discovered a loaded pistol in the closet & 2 shotguns in the attic. With no family or friends to turn to, she started calling dom violence shelters, eventually finding a room at the Hope & Healing Resource Center in Akron.

“It literally was my saving grace,” KC said. “If I didn’t have a place to go, a place of refuge -I'd be on the💔streets.”

#USPol #Trump #Firings
thetrace.org/2025/04/trump-dom

The Trace · Domestic Violence Services Are in Jeopardy, Providers SayThe Trump administration’s push to cut federal grants has domestic violence groups considering layoffs, reduced hours, and shelter closures.

Guvernatoarea din Maine, Janet Mills, nu se lasă intimidată de Trump! 🛡️ Președintele Trump a atacat politicile ei, dar ea i-a răspuns cu forță. 💪 Descoperiți cum această fostă procuroră îl ține piept fostului președinte. Citiți articolul complet pentru a afla mai multe despre confruntarea lor! 📰

#JanetMills #Trump #Maine #PoliticaAmericana #FemeiInPolitica #Curaj

Citește mai mult: newsro.us/politics/guvernatoar

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“Rare, ugly & worrying.” That is how Krishna Guha, vice chair at Evercore ISI, described the combination of #market moves today, which saw US govt #bonds sell off & the dollar weaken against a basket of leading currencies, while #stocks sold off sharply. In the last 30 years, he said, there are only 4 other episodes in which the US #dollar index depreciated more than 1.5% with the yield on U.S. 30-year govt debt up more than 0.1% point.

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Asked about the ongoing sell-off in #FinancialMarkets, Goolsbee acknowledged that there is “a lot of selling pressure in an environment where it’s uncertain whether we’re going to enact this largest tariff in 100 years — & it might be bigger than that,” he said. “We’ve had a big increase in the amount of debt worldwide, so that just amps up the scrutiny on #bonds.”