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Today's News, April 3-5, 2025
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IN POLITICAL NEWS
1) The Senate, with gol old Yertle, Tom Collins, and MurCowSki joined by Randy Paul, voted down Trump's tariff on Canada. Now the House DemoKKKrats are trying to force a vote. Overall the rates on imported goods will be 10% but on Chy-na, 54% as noted below. President Trump is doing nothing short of rebuilding and revitalizing American industry after decades of global embezzlement in the name of tariffs. Time to stop the gravy train. This is the first across the board tariff since the Taft administration 100 years ago and is based entirely on reciprocity (as were Taft's). As Peter Zeihan has predicted many times, this is the end of Bretton Woods, the post WW II agreements that led to U.S. decline. Some on the left are beginning to side with Trump because of this issue. And Trump says he is seeking "phenomenal offers" from foreign nations in return for cutting duties.
2) The Senate passed Trump's budget resolutoin and 10% tariffs are in effect. The measure goes back to the always-in-recess House.
3) The Supes said President Trump can freeze Education DEI grants.He is winning the majority of these cases and it underscores the wisdom of NOT disobeying the courts as some suggested.
4) Here is the Trump administration's report on global trade barriers. Predictably Traitor Tuppence is opposed. This guy turned out to be Bill Broken Kristol II.
5) Tennessee will no longer fund organ transplants in China, due to their trafficking in organs.
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