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Costs from Trump's tariffs paid mainly by US firms and consumers, NY Fed says Last year, collective import tariff rates on various goods coming into the US more than tripled.

No surprise. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Americans brace to start New Year without healthcare More than 20 million Americans are preparing for steeper healthcare costs in the New Year because of expiring subsidies.

Stupid as it is, this is heartbreaking. And momentous. I think it's a sleeper story (unless Republicans finally live up to their promise.) www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ever feel like it was the shortest day of the year?

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My last Japanese CSM of the year: Monday, 15 December - Thursday, 18 December, 14:00 - 18:00 each day. Clean up your leftover year-end budget and get yourself set to start off 2026 right! www.jp.agilergo.com/online-csm-c...

I just innocently typed "AI is god spiritual advice" (no quotes) into Google search with AI mode enabled and I seriously think I crashed it. Seriously! Same on your machine?

Me, too, actually. And 5/5/55.

Ever feel like it was the longest day of the year?

Fact-checking Donald Trump's Oval Office confrontation with Cyril Ramaphosa President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.

If Trump were tried for lying and slander here it would be 5 to 20 years behind bars.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

We done good.

2cg.education/accomplished...

How much has Elon Musk's Doge cut from US government spending? BBC Verify has looked at the agency's biggest claimed savings, examining the figures and speaking to experts.

Doge’s fraudulent claims to the American people www.bbc.com/news/article...

Friday the 13th falls on a Sunday this month. No sweat.

I have lived to see 7/7/77, 8/8/88, 9/9/99, 10/10/10, 11/11/11, 12/12/12, 2/2/22 and 12/31/23. Guess I'm old.

Billionaire Trump backer Bill Ackman warns of 'economic nuclear winter' over tariffs Bill Ackman says the US president should pause his planned import taxes - or risk shattering investors' confidence.

So Trump has wiped out something like 20% of the West’s wealth. Take comfort in knowing that 90% of that wealth lies with the 10% wealthiest investors. Yeah, they’re squirming. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump dismantles Voice of America with executive order More than 1,300 staff placed on administrative leave as White House accuses VOA of being anti-Trump, "radical" and "leftist".

So now the main U.S. propaganda shortwave station is... leftist...

You can't make this stuff up.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

Trump administration unveils bird flu plan as egg prices soar A US bird flu epidemic has resulted in the deaths of tens-of-millions of poultry and strained the country's egg supply.

If I were exporting eggs to the U.S., I'd add a tariff.

"To address the threat of an egg shortage for US consumers, the government said it was willing to consider temporarily importing eggs that meet US safety standards."

The BBC, www.bbc.com/news/article...

Apple AI tool transcribed the word 'racist' as 'Trump' Experts have questioned the company's explanation that it is due to the two words being similar.

All you need to know.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Graph of egg prices rising to $8.03 per dozen

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I hope the world is as lucky as the Delta jet - everyone survives and the right wing vanishes. — "Meanwhile in Canada" on Facebook

Never say “It can’t happen here”. It is.

Who could have imagined that dismantling and defunding Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act would cause inflation to rise?

US craft beers — brewed in steel, canned in aluminum — could get crushed by tariffs | CNN Business Craft breweries offer more than local beer. They provide a “third place” for community members and are oftentimes helmed by the very neighbor who handcrafted those brews.

US craft beers — brewed in steel, canned in aluminum — could get crushed by tariffs
www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/e...

Friday the 13th falls on a Wednesday this month.

AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds The BBC's head of news and current affairs says the developers of the tools are "playing with fire."

51% of all AI answers to questions about the news were judged to have significant issues of some form.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Musk's Access To Records Blocked In DOGE, Treasury Suit - Law360 A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Thursday approved a consent order blocking Elon Musk and additional Department of Government Efficiency employees from accessing the federal government's payment s...

Progress.
www.law360.com/technology/a...

Chart of U.S. egg prices sowing market increase (almost doubling) from Dec 2024 to the end of January 2025

tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eg...

“From a professional negotiation point of view, Trump isn't even bringing checkers to a chess match. He's bringing a quarter that he insists of flipping for heads or tails, while everybody else is studying the chess board to decide whether its better to open with Najdorf or Grünfeld.”
— David Honig

America has gained such respect internationally!