And there you have it. ICE didn't target migrant workers in Kristi Noem's farms or Sarah Huckabee Sanders' meatpacking plants because they wanted to create a riot in LA as a pretext to declaring martial law. They don't care about undocumented migrants, they only care about controlling US citizens.
JPMORGAN: “.. The trade war shock is still material. .. we now estimate an effective ex-ante tariff rate of 14.4%. This is akin to a $475bn tax hike on US households and businesses, worth 1.6% of GDP (still sitting close to the largest tax hike in the post WWII period).”
Priorities
Even Wall Street Journal had a more honest assessment.
BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
Powell: "If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they are likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment."
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
💥 BREAKING: American Express shareholders voted to reject an anti-DEI proposal at their annual meeting today, tally TBD.
Amex: "We Embrace Diversity"
"We Stand for Equity and Inclusion: We are committed to rewarding and providing opportunities for colleagues equitably, based solely on merit"
Despite knowing the people on the search warrant weren't there, the ICE arrest team STILL took this family's phones, laptops, and life savings — and refused to leave a BUSINESS CARD so they could ask to get it back!
This stuff is sadly not unique to ICE; it happens with regular police raids too.
100 days into this presidency, Americans are paying the price - higher prices, crashing retirement accounts, and broken promises.
But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up.
It's up to us to demand something better.
Jamie Dimon says the *best case* scenario for the US is now a recession.
Cool, cool. From the best economy in the world to a self-inflicted recession in 4 months.
Gotta be some kind of record.
WASHINGTON (AP) - US Consumer confidence slides for the 5th straight month to levels not seen since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
TRUMP'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
-- Signed something
-- Signed more things
-- Wrecked the economy
Casar: "I think any other country looking at us goes, 'Oh my god, what happened to America? How are these billionaires allowed to have such enormous conflicts of interest while they run the government?'"
I have added an updating average of Trump's approval rating on key issues to the Strength In Numbers data portal. Today it shows Trump has gone negative on his handling of immigration. POTUS is now underwater on every major issue
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data
You broke it, you bought it.
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Pete Hegseth is pictured wearing a blue suit, looking to his left. A headline reads: "Pete Hegseth Said to Have Shared Sensitive Attack Details in Second Signal Chat." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥
Mack Truck announces layoffs — due to truck orders that have been “negatively affected by .. the impact of tariffs.”
@penncapital-star.com
@scottlincicome.bsky.social
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New from me: Trump's job approval rating on the economy is now at an all-time low, even worse than during COVID-19. Opinion in his handling of inflation is at -18 on average! He has now lost the GOP's single best political asset of the last decade.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/chart-of-t...
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
MAGA ‘Mean Girls’ are Trump’s loyal foot soldiers
How is it possible U.S. citizens are being held as illegal aliens in America even after they produce their birth certificate? This is intolerable. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
We should all be very concerned about how the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia plays out.
Senator Chris Murphy explains very clearly why:
Rep. Greg Murphy on CNN decries "paid protesters" at GOP town halls, prompting Kate Bolduan to point out there's no evidence of that
Pam Bondi on Fox claims Riley Gaines "made it to the Olympics" (Riley Gaines never made it to the Olympics.)
The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.
(WSJ) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) bought shares of 19 companies and sold between $50,001 and $100,000 worth of Treasury bills on April 8 and 9, according to financial disclosures released today.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
