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Robert Reich The Truth About Trump’s Tariffs

The Supreme Court today questioned Trump's use of emergency powers to levy tariffs.

Perhaps they're finally realizing what the rest of us already know.

Other countries aren't paying for the tariffs. We are. https://youtu.be/AfVGUiet39E?si=d0zTlOiRdMCuv6ke

Bloomberg News is such a propaganda tool... It is obvious where the billions the US government spends on propaganda go

Apparently "not touching the White House" turned into "demolishing the White House"

Military intervention is more than needed is urgent

'Disappointing': ICJ grants Israel another extension in South Africa genocide case UN's top court once again extends timeline of genocide case, giving Israel until 12 March 2026 to submit its counter arguments to South Africa's evidence

'Disappointing': ICJ grants Israel another extension in South Africa genocide case - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/icj-grants-israel-another-extension-submit-evidence-south-africas-genocide-case

YouTube video by The Daily Show "No Kings" Protests Defy GOP Expectations & Jon Gives Trump a Royal Inspection | The Daily Show

"No Kings" Protests Defy GOP Expectations & Jon Gives Trump a Royal Inspection

youtu.be/ggIBtdtypCw

And China's population is Billions with a B.
The bubble or real state concerns are again in the US and Western countries like in 2008, not in China.
In China, they use empty houses to put people in case of natural disasters, because housing is a human right a basic need.
In the US not even water

Cut the shit, Chinese real state is under very restricted rules, which is not for everyone, the state owns the land.
And China doesn't have hyperinflation in real estate unlike the US and all the Western countries that are dominated by American real state companies extremely speculative with prices🚀

Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque under armed protection <article data-history-node-id="430471" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-under-armed-protection" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-under-armed-protection" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque under armed protection</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="482" data-start="295">Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports that Israeli settlers have stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, performing provocative rituals&nbsp;directly in front of the Dome of the Rock.</p> <p data-end="667" data-start="484">The incursion took place under heavy protection from Israeli forces, a move Palestinians see as part of Israel’s ongoing attempts to assert control over one of Islam’s holiest sites.</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="rtl" lang="ar">مستوطنون يؤدون طقوسا تلمودية علنية وجماعية عند الرواق الغربي للمسجد الأقصى مقابل قبة الصخرة المشرفة.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#قدس_بلس</a> <a href="https://t.co/bzecFPVL5d">pic.twitter.com/bzecFPVL5d</a></p> — قدس بلس (@PlusQuds) <a href="https://twitter.com/PlusQuds/status/1980529715438833976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque under armed protection - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-under-armed-protection

MTG Demands Eyeroll-Worthy Bill Be Passed Before Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Performance

Utterly ridiculous.

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Government shutdown+Tariffs+Inflation still Hot+Bond crisis+lunatic president=game over
The US in 2026 is in a deep depression, even the attempt to put the economy in full crypto will fail

SHOCK POLL: NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like. However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

Bodies of seven Palestinians recovered in Gaza since Friday dawn <article data-history-node-id="429927" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/bodies-seven-palestinians-recovered-gaza-friday-dawn" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/bodies-seven-palestinians-recovered-gaza-friday-dawn" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Bodies of seven Palestinians recovered in Gaza since Friday dawn</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Bodies of at least seven Palestinians were recovered in Gaza City on Friday, Al Jazeera Arabic reported, quoting sources at the Baptist Hospital.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report said that a&nbsp;Palestinian was killed and several others were wounded by Israeli army fire in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Bodies of seven Palestinians recovered in Gaza since Friday dawn - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/bodies-seven-palestinians-recovered-gaza-friday-dawn

‘Farmageddon’ Can’t Be Solved With a Bailout Alone It’s harvest time in the Midwest and farmers are bringing in bumper crops of soybeans, corn and wheat. They should be elated.

Any bailout for the "Farmageddon" caused by tariffs might just pay farmers back with their own money (via Bloomberg Opinion)

'Hope it lasts':Palestinians welcome news of Gaza ceasefire with cautious optimism As the world awaits implementation of a ceasefire, many online fear of what's to come

'Hope it lasts':Palestinians welcome news of Gaza ceasefire with cautious optimism - https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/hope-it-lasts-palestinians-welcome-news-gaza-ceasefire-cautious-optimism

For the sake of humanity, I pray this holds.

It is so far past time to end this genocide, free the hostages, and surge food, water, and baby formula to starving families in Gaza.

Robert Reich How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich

Real estate investors now own about 20% of single-family homes in the country.

A big reason why home prices have skyrocketed in recent years is a lack of supply — and investors sinking their teeth into whatever is left on the market is making the problem even worse.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Love the vibe 🥰

Ex-Fed Official Sees Secular ‘Shocks’ Ahead From Extreme Weather The Federal Reserve’s former top-ranking official overseeing climate risk says the US economy faces a series of long-term, structural shocks as a result of increasingly extreme weather patterns.

The Federal Reserve’s former top-ranking official overseeing climate risk says the US economy faces a series of long-term, structural shocks as a result of increasingly extreme weather patterns.

Screenshot of a tweet from Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) reporting that the Senate rejected a measure to stop Trump from unilaterally striking Venezuelan boats, with a vote of 48–51. The tweet adds that Fetterman voted no, and Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski voted yes. The attached photo shows senators on the Senate floor during the roll call vote, with a caption bar reading: ‘Motion to Discharge S.J. Res. 83…’

Congress continues to fail to check Trump’s authoritarian power.

Trump Floats Throwing Spain Out of NATO Over Defense Spending US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Spain could be removed from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as he met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Thursday, in his latest swipe against a chronic under-spender on defense.

US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Spain could be removed from NATO as he met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, in his latest swipe against a chronic under-spender on defense.

Donald Trump is ordering extrajudicial killings of suspected drug smugglers.

He's vilifying his political opponents and threatening to jail them.

His ICE agents are terrorizing immigrants and firing chemical agents at peaceful protestors.

And some people think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize?

Norwegian Refugee Council: Gaza aid plan will fail without full access for humanitarian groups <article data-history-node-id="429878" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/norwegian-refugee-council-gaza-aid-plan-will-fail-without-full-access" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/norwegian-refugee-council-gaza-aid-plan-will-fail-without-full-access" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Norwegian Refugee Council: Gaza aid plan will fail without full access for humanitarian groups</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the largest independent aid groups working in&nbsp;Gaza, said President Donald Trump's plan to increase aid to starving people as part of a ceasefire will fail unless all aid groups can resume operations.</p> <p>"The desperation is deeper and the exhaustion is greater than anyone can imagine inside&nbsp;Gaza... It's not enough with some UN agencies and some few NGOs," Jan Egeland, NRC head, told Reuters in an interview via video link from Oslo.</p> <p>"If not, the Trump peace plan will not succeed... We don't have time for more bureaucratic obstacles."</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Palestinians in Gaza retrieve aid amid the Israeli-imposed siege on the territory in June (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e4bfe721-7d5f-4155-aa69-c3461591abc1" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/gaza%20aid%20june%2017%202025%20afp.jpg" width="2800" height="1575" alt="Palestinians in Gaza retrieve aid amid the Israeli-imposed siege on the territory in June (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Palestinians in Gaza retrieve aid amid the Israeli-imposed siege on the territory in June (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img alt height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Norwegian Refugee Council: Gaza aid plan will fail without full access for humanitarian groups - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/norwegian-refugee-council-gaza-aid-plan-will-fail-without-full-access

Robert Reich Trump's Extremely Unhinged Week | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

Donald Trump thinks he’s all powerful.

But this was another week where he displayed just how vulnerable he is.

We break it all down on the latest Coffee Klatch.

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia? Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e

The image shows two X posts. The first, from "Governor Newsom Press" on September 26, 2025, at 9:45 AM, sarcastically advises against trusting doctors with degrees from a fictional "Trump University School of Medicine." The second, from "@realDonaldTrump" on the same date and time, recommends that pregnant women avoid Tylenol unless necessary, avoid giving it to young children, break the MMR vaccine into three separate shots, take the chickenpox and hepatitis B vaccines at specific ages or older, and administer vaccines in five separate medical visits, signed "President DJT."

He’s not a doctor, but he plays one in the White House.

JD Vance should check out ChatGPT

The image is an X post by @RealJakeBroe from 7 hours ago, featuring a two-panel comic. The top panel shows a scientist pointing to a chart with a general trend and an outlier, illustrating a rational argument. The bottom panel depicts a person labeled "ANTI VAX" pointing to a similar chart, labeling it "CONSPIRACY THEORY" with "Lies" and an outlier called "IRREFUTABLE PROOF!!!", satirizing irrational arguments. The caption reads, "It is difficult to win an argument with a smart person. It is impossible to win an argument with an idiot."

This captures much of the frustration of today.

"You just said it wasn't tit for tat?"

I challenged Pakistani defense minister Khawaja Asif on the ongoing imprisonment of Imran Khan, which UN experts have called arbitrary and illegal. Is it just revenge, retaliation, by the Sharifs?

Full interview: zeteo.com/p/pakistans-...