Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists ‘Willing sycophants’ came up with simplistic formula that has thrown global economy into disarray

Good explanation of the plain slapdash ignorance behind Trump’s trade policy: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Judges Boesberg, Chuang and McConnell have stood up for us, now we must stand up for them. Write your senators now and tell them to pick up their shields and vote these impeachments down! @shaheen.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov @repchrispappas.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov

Here’s a weird idea: what if the DOGE engineers who know software engineering work on SOFTWARE ENGINEERING for the government. This way they might increase efficiency instead of creating costly disruption by making firing decisions for departments they know nothing about.

Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

Now is the time to step up and support @theatlantic.com who have courageously called the bluff of Hegseth and Gabbard, who claim the Signal thread wasn’t classified, and published the whole thing.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Another great share by @becingber.bsky.social - terrifyingly on the mark.

This at first seems too complex to be true, but as soon as I read it, I found it sickeningly on the mark. @becingber.bsky.social thanks for sharing this.

Opinion | Universities Can Afford to Fight Trump (Gift Article) Every university president will face a choice similar to Columbia University’s in the coming months.

Universities of America - time to bust open the piggy bank!

Columbia - endowment $15 billion, could cover the hit by spending 8% instead of 5%. Others have more!

“If they won’t spend their wealth to defend their academic missions, what are they hoarding it for?”

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...

Great talk @waldo.net. As someone who has worked for decades in private sector software, I can attest to the truth of your presentation, and to the horrible self-inflicted wound that is the shutdown of 18F @alt18f.bsky.social

Why are other universities silent in condemning Trump’s attacks on Columbia? | Zephyr Teachout If university leaders allow themselves to be bullied, how do we expect any other institutions to stand up?

Zephyr Teachout speaks truth: “While it is far from assured that a single voice will lead to others, courage is courageous... The more universities speak up, the more obvious it will become that Trump cannot take on all of them”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Law in Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Was Once Struck Down — by Trump’s Sister (Gift Article) Judge Maryanne Trump Barry ruled that the law invoked against Mr. Khalil violated the Constitution by giving unfettered discretion to the secretary of state.

Ask your sister, Donald: When Judge Barry considered the 1952 law, which the Trump administration has said will play a major role in its deportation plans, she asked whether it could be squared with the Constitution. “The answer,” she wrote, “is a ringing ‘no.’”

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...

sometimes I can't believe that the American president and company now think that a peaceful country in Eastern Europe that never attacked anyone is THE problem to be eliminated

and not the behemoth death cult nation that uses war as fuel to stay alive

how the fuck did the world get here?

Time for our universities to defend freedom of speech with the weapons they have. The 50 under attack have:
⚔️$500 billion total endowment
⚔️40 law schools
⚔️Over 2,000 law faculty
Don’t save your powder - there’s no next battle. @aoc.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov

@repchrispappas.bsky.social you told me after the event in Stratham that you would check on the demonstrator who was taken by the police, and make sure he was ok. Did you?

YouTube video by WMUR-TV Nearly 1,000 residents show up to US Rep. Chris Pappas town hall in Stratham on Saturday

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YouTube video by WMUR-TV Nearly 1,000 residents show up to US Rep. Chris Pappas town hall in Stratham on Saturday

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@repchrispappas.bsky.social this town hall was an opportunity to be heard, but what was said should not be lost. If you fight, we will be with you, but you must stand up and be heard. These times do not reward perfect attendance, they call for resistance.

With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law Firms A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.

“Vanita Gupta, who as a civil rights lawyer and a former Justice Department official has both sued the government and defended it in court, said Mr. Trump’s memo “attacks the very foundations of our legal system by threatening and intimidating litigants who aim to hold our government accountable”

I’m a Johns Hopkins alum, and just wrote a stiff letter to Daniels. Columbia’s capitulation is a tragedy. We need to organize and let our universities know that surrendering their academic freedom is not acceptable.

This is where they come for your kid. The one who has the courage to stand up and speak their mind at their nice university, thinking they’re safe. Thinking they live in a free country. Free Mahmoud Khalil.

100% support for the Hero of Ukraine and his embattled people, who are defending Europe. “Russian battleship, go f*ck yourself!”

The telematics module usually lives in its own box somewhere in the vehicle, and can be unplugged. It’s a thing you may want to know how to do someday…

YouTube video by Dylan Burrill Astonishing speech by Danish Prime Minister.

“The best thing about heroes is that they always win at the end. And if they aren’t winning, then it’s not the end.” —Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Kyiv