Trumpwatch 2.0

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Supermarkets here are posting the difference between their old prices and the new tariff price. It has been an education to say the least.

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Supermarkets here are posting the difference between their old prices and the new tariff price. It has been an education to say the least.

Unfortunately there's a sizable number of dopes that still believe it's China/Mexico/Freedonia who are footing the bill. Some folks can't be educated.

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These people are so disorganized and disconnected from each other… Hegseth has cancelled a plan for women in security roles from Trump 1.0…

Reuters:

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday canceled a program that promoted the contributions of women in national security sectors, even though it was signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017 and has been championed by current Trump administration officials.

During his first term, Trump signed into law the Women, Peace and Security Act, which sought to increase the role of women in preventing and resolving conflict, countering violent extremism and building post-conflict stability.

On Tuesday, Hegseth said he was proud to have ended the program at the Pentagon.

"WPS is yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops — distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING," Hegseth said on X.

"(Department of Defense) will hereby executive the minimum of WPS required by statute, and fight to end the program for our next budget," he added. "GOOD RIDDANCE WPS!"

He later tweeted, without evidence, that the Biden administration had "distorted & weaponized the straight-forward & security-focused WPS initiative launched in 2017."

Hegseth has taken aim at diversity, equity and inclusion at the Pentagon since he took office.

With Hegseth as defense secretary, the Pentagon has ended commemorations of identity month celebrations, like Black History Month, and some books have been removed from the Naval Academy-- including Maya Angelou's memoir.

The WPS program was promoted by the first Trump administration.

"This is the first legislation of its kind globally,
which makes the United States the first country in
the world with a comprehensive law on WPS," a 2019 White House document said.

It also has bipartisan support. Marco Rubio, Trump's secretary of state, was a co-sponsor of the bill, as was Kristi Noem, the current secretary of homeland security. Mike Waltz, Trump's national security advisor, was a founding member of the WPS congressional caucus when he was a lawmaker.

"President Trump also signed the Women, Peace, and Security Act, a bill that I was very proud to have been a co-sponsor of when I was in the Senate," Rubio said earlier this month at the State Department.

"It was the first comprehensive law passed in any country in the world – the first law passed by any country anywhere in the world – focused on protecting women and promoting their participation in society," Rubio added.

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ABC:
Trump called Jeff Bezos after report said Amazon would display how much tariffs are increasing product prices, sources say.

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Channel 7:
Selfridge Air National Guard Base to get new F-15EX fighter jets, President Trump announces.

MarketWatch:
Trumps first 100 days in office are worst for stock market in half a century.

Dow logs longest win streak in 9 months, S&P 500 rises for 6th straight session.

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AP:
Wisconsin Supreme Court suspends Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities.

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ABC:
California judge bars Border Patrol from some warrantless arrests of suspected undocumented residents.

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WLS-TV Chicago:
U.S. Department of Education investigating Chicago Public Schools for alleged racial discrimination.

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WLS-TV Chicago:
U.S. Department of Education investigating Chicago Public Schools for alleged racial discrimination.

Reminds me of the time a band broke up but still kept releasing albums every year. Weird.

[Matt]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-s ... happy-here

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MarketWatch:
U.S. Companies added only 62,000 jobs in April according to ADP.

AP:
U.S. Economy shrinks 0.3% for its first drop in 3 years.

Ukrainian officials say Kyiv is ready to sign a much anticipated mineral resources deal with the U.S.

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The administration will call it fake news, except for the mineral deal which will be touted as the biggest, best, most wonderful deal ever signed.

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Politico:
A judge just freed a Columbia student activist who was targeted for deportation. His first free words to Trump: “I am not afraid of you.”

A few notes here… he is the other leader of the Palestinian Student Union at Columbia alongside Mahmoud Khalil. Also he was arrested at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Vermont where he lives. He was doing the last step in the process of becoming a citizen at the time of his arrest. He was held for three weeks.

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MarketWatch:
Americans boosted spending last month — but mainly to avoid tariff price hikes.

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MarketWatch:
U.S. stocks finish higher, with Dow and S&P seeing seventh day of gains.