karin flynn

Opinion | Paul Krugman on the ‘Biggest Trade Shock in History’ The trade economist Paul Krugman parses the ‘layers of wrongness’ in Trump’s tariff policy.

"This policy does look to me like what happens when nobody will tell the king no ... This is America. We’re not supposed to believe in the mysterious godlike divination powers of the leader."
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Marine Le Pen Barred From French Presidential Run After Embezzlement Ruling The sentence made the far-right leader ineligible for five years, excluding her from the 2027 election unless she can secure a more favorable outcome on appeal.

This is how it's done! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...

Trump Live Updates: Judge Rules Against Order Punishing Law Firm

❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Judge Freezes Trump Executive Order Targeting Jenner & Block A DC federal judge on Friday temporarily barred the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block.

And their TRO was granted news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

Jenner Stands Firm | Because Clients Deserve Fearless Advocates On March 25 2025, Jenner & Block filed a lawsuit to stop an unconstitutional executive order that has already been declared unlawful by a federal court. We expect to prevail quickly. For more than 100...

Immensely proud of my husband and his partners ... www.jennerfirm.com

This is disturbing, devastating, heartbreaking.

Women are half of the population yet don't have the research to make informed health decisions. Those of us who are women’s health warriors need to dig in, channel our righteous anger, and ensure women’s health research isn’t obliterated.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

They are not only actively law defying and cruel, they are also just crazily incompetent ...
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Truly abhorrent ...

Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced by 50 percent.

If the fentanyl crisis (thankfully improving) is the reason to impose all these tariffs on our neighbors ... how does this make sense? ... and since guns don't kill peoples, let's not focus on mental health either 😡🤬
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Opinion page ... so much for autocorrect

Opinion | Capitol Hill’s Republican Sycophant Caucus — The Wall Street Journal ‘I don’t mind what Trump does, because I trust Trump,’ says servile Sen. Graham of South Carolina.

"When is someone going to say something" ... even the option page of the WSJ

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Opinion | The Reason Trump Gave Mexico a Tariff Pause Is About Power These delays in tariffs are not changes in plan. They are the plan, and Mexico, Canada and the automakers should realize the terms.

THIS! "President Trump ... loves tariffs because he loves to make people beg."
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk's Starlink — Rolling Stone The Federal Aviation Administration directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, sources tell Rolling Stone

Surprised?

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'We Were Told Nothing.' What to Know About the Canceled Meeting to Discuss the Next Flu Shot — TIME The group meets every year to discuss the best vaccine for the upcoming flu season. Until now.

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Will there be a flu vaccine in 2025? Who will decide what strains to inoculate against? ... this is what you get from an authoritarian, anti science administration!

“We were told nothing”: What to know about the canceled meeting to discuss the next flu shot - TIME

While not surprising, just so mindbogglingly insane ...

Goodbye Zuckerberg … I downloaded all my photos from FB and deleted my apps. I will now be spending my time on LinkedIn and Bluesky. I will miss the personal updates on FB and IG, but hope to reconnect with many of you here and, better even, in person.

Libby and iBooks have replaced Kindle – I downloaded my list of read books, but will not miss anything else about it
A million available streaming services have replaced Prime Video,
yet, so easily, the NYT for the Washington Post back in October already.

Local businesses + Doordash or direct shipping from suppliers have replaced Amazon + Prime … for the most part Doordash will deliver even more quickly, but for other things it requires a little planning. Totally worth it though! BTW Instacart+ works great with Costco to avoid Target as well!

Goodbye Bezos was a little harder, yet totally and effectively achievable:
Sprouts Farmers Market + Instacart+ have easily replaced Wholefoods + Prime

Goodbye Musk was easy – happened years ago during his obnoxious takeover of Twitter. Have not been on X ever and will never buy a Tesla!

Hello Bluesky! Yesterday, I said good bye to businesses whose leaders have abdicated their economic power to help our nation for entirely selfish reasons, or worse are actively aiding the reckless and authoritarian administration. I said a final good bye to Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg.