ECP NetHappenings Tomorrow is Black Monday
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HOW IT STARTED
I was ACCIDENTALLY ADDED TO THIS PROTEST BY A SIGNAL CHAT
Former World Trade Organisation head:
“Mr Trump learned to do business in the New York mafia-influenced real estate market and his tactics are based on extortion”
Wow. That’s blunt.
HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO PUT THIS UP ON BILLBOARDS FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS?
Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it.
5:03 PM · May 3, 2016
“Joe Biden is as good a man as God ever created… Trump is a xenophobic, race-baiting bigot.
You want to know how to make America great again? Tell Donald Trump to go to hell.” – LINDSEY GRAHAM in 2015, before he sold his soul
HOWS IT’S GOING
They thought the US Dollar would rally. Wrong.
They thought the Chinese wouldn’t retaliate. Wrong.
They thought the stock market would hold. Wrong.
To use Trump’s own words, and one parroted, by his fanbase, WRONG
Now they have less than 24 hours to figure out a face saving solution, or tomorrow will be the “Bloodbath that ends MAGA”.
“Most Americans who have put away for years in their savings accounts don’t look at the day to day fluctuations of what’s happening”. – Scott Bessent
LUTNICK: APRIL 9 TARIFFS ARE COMING -CBS NEWS INTERVIEW
LUTNICK: TARIFFS GOING TO STAY IN PLACE FOR DAYS AND WEEKS -CBS NEWS
U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK: THERE’S NO POSTPONING TARIFFS
Howard Lutnick says “trillions of dollars of factories are going to be built in America.”
@AlderLaneEggs
I am liking my bet that @howardlutnick will be the first Cabinet member to be fired.. He was hated at Cantor for being a complete Slime Ball and he is not a very smart fellow.. He will be first to go
Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time “we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years”
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/03/panic-over-tariffs-last-time-we-lost-the-and-the-senate-for-60-years/
By invoking a national economic emergency under IEEPA, Trump can now:
– deploy the military domestically
– suspend labor laws
– freeze finances
– expand warrantless searches
– control domestic radio, social media and broadcast networks
Pay attention. It’s not just about tariffs.
On the very same day the tariffs hit, Danish shipping giant AP Møller-Maersk bought a railway connecting ports at either end of the Panama Canal—undermining Trump’s other imperialist plan.
We still can’t get over the fact that Senator Bill Cassidy actually let the truth slip: “Is there some way that we can CUT MEDICARE so that it’s, excuse me, reform Medicare…”
The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across the federal government.
UK leader laments ‘world as we knew it’ ending with US tariffs.
Who woulda thought a washed up reality TV host/serial bankrupter/convicted felon/adjudicated rapist would have been able to destroy the entire world in 2 months?
Elon Musk appears to be departing from Trump’s suicidal tariff policies by saying he wants a “free trade zone” between Europe and “North America.” Not really. Notice Musk did not say “United States.” This is the map his Nazi grandfather wanted. The tariffs are economic war.
This week was wild. The last time markets fell by 9.5% over the span of two days, after March 14th, 2020, the Federal Reserve responded with a sweeping multi-trillion dollar rescue package — which included $500 billion in quantitative easing, $1 trillion in daily repo operations, and tens of billions poured into junk bond ETF purchases.
BREAKING: SEC acting chairman Mark Uyeda has ordered SEC staff to review RULES related to ‘liquidity’ after a recommendation from DOGE From CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 9A:
“Have you accessed revolving lines of credit or raised capital in the public or private markets to address your liquidity needs? Are your disclosures regarding these actions and any unused liquidity sources providing investors with a complete discussion of your financial condition and liquidity?”
WHOA.
The next Democratic president will be charged with cleaning up the fourth consecutive Republic economic calamity. When will the American people catch on? Maybe, for starters, when the Democrats start pointing it out.
Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It’s What Republicans Do.
As the president’s “Liberation Day” nears, it’s time to liberate ourselves from the vicious cycle of Democrats having to clean up the GOP’s messes.
@SenSanders
Last night, every Senate Democrat voted for my amendment calling for a $17 an hour federal minimum wage while every Republican but 1 opposed it. The movement to raise the minimum wage to a living wage is growing. In 2025, a job must lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
So far tonight, Republicans have blocked amendments that would: – Remove tariffs hurting families – Protect disaster response and recovery – Secure Social Security benefits – Preserve federal lands
Measles was damn near eradicated in the USA because of vaccines – now, with the stupidity of the MAGA movement combined with the antivax movement children are dying because of their ignorance. MAGA is a death cult.
DOGE has closed down 50 vaccination clinics in Texas amid a measles outbreak.
Musk and the Trump admin directed federal agencies to pause the disbursement of $11.4 billion in community health loans and grants this week. The timing couldn’t be worse.
Rupert Murdoch had to pay Dominion $787.5 million for knowingly broadcasting falsehoods. Given that, what qualifies a Fox anchor to talk about trust in the media?
Diane Ravitch
Trump is a disaster for education. As a spoiled rich kid, he hates public schools. As a dumb college student, he hates the elite colleges that rejected him so now he is threatening to destroy public schools and our top universities.
Foster care agencies in Pa. took millions owed to kids in their care, often keeping them in the dark
The Trump administration has laid off the entire staff of a $4.1 billion program that helps millions of low-income households pay for heat during the winter.
David Frum @davidfrum
It cost two world wars and a great depression to teach 20th century Republicans why isolationism and protectionism were wrong.
Let’s hope that the education of 21st century Republicans will cost less – but it’s already expensive enough.
IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT THE GRIFT
Tim Walz – ”It’s like Trump is stuck in the 80s. His music, his clothing, his thinking. I think the biggest myth perpetuated on this country that Donald Trump understands anything about business. He’s bankrupted every single one he’s been into, and now he’s bankrupting this country.“
Power To The People Cynthia Nixon shares the real reason Elon Musk spent so much money on the Wisconsin election and why he still lost
The Weirdo Parasite Class around Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/business/economy/trump-economic-advisers-bessent.html
Scott Bessent
Howard Lutnick
Jamieson Greer
Kevin Hassett
Russell Vought
Stephen Miran
Peter Navarro
Michael Faulkender
“I cannot believe what this fucking guy can do and remain in office.
HE. IS. DELIBERATELY. DECIMATING. OUR. ECONOMY.
HE. HAS. ERASED. OVER. TEN. TRILLION. IN. WEALTH. OVER. THE. PAST. THREE. DAYS.
GET. THIS. FUCKING. LUNATIC. OUT. OF. THE. WHITE. HOUSE.”
The IRS’s unit that audits billionaires and other ultrawealthy individuals, known as Global High Wealth, employed 353 people before Trump administration firings and has experienced a far higher rate of terminations compared to the IRS as a whole, data shows. https://buff.ly/y0xa6WR
Interesting article from 2019 on how much we spend on imports.
The mix of makers in U.S. goods and imports
When you buy a $100 pair of Nike sneakers made in Asia, only $25 of its cost goes to the Asian factory that assembles the shoes (Kish 2014). Of the remaining $75, $3.50 is spent on shipping from Asia to the United States, and $21.50 goes to Nike to cover its design, marketing, profits, and other expenses. The remaining $50 goes to the U.S. retailer that pays for the transportation of the sneakers inside the United States, worker wages in its U.S. warehouses and retail outlets, rental cost of retail space, insurance, and so on. Thus, half the cost of a pair of sneakers made abroad pays for workers and capital expenditures in the United States, not even counting the part that goes to Nike.
https://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/publications/economic-letter/2019/01/how-much-do-we-spend-on-imports/
In what appears to be a first, Donald Trump has pardoned a corporation, just hours before the cryptocurrency exchange’s $100 million fine for violating money laundering laws was due.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/02/trump-pardons-corporation-bitmex-crypto/
It continues…
The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family
HANDS OFF APRIL 5TH RALLIES – Looks like Trump’s “biggest crowds ever” finally materialized.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/apr/05/anti-trump-hands-off-worldwide-protests
BREAKING: Taiwan is offering 0 tariffs to the US in response to Trump’s tariffs.
“The targeting of state supreme courts by special interests and ultrawealthy individuals, some court observers say, can leave the public with the impression that justices are no different than any senator or representative or governor.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-crawford-schimel-partisanship-elections
SCIENCE
Scientists make disturbing discovery while studying chemicals used on crops: ‘We need to inform farmers’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-disturbing-discovery-while-studying-114517599.html
I regret to inform everyone that scientists are finding fertilizers commonly used in United States agriculture are coated in plastic which can break down and release microplastics into the crops, soil and water. 33% of the Earth’s soil is already degraded due to cooking the planet and microplastics and toxic waste are finishing the job while people worship the people poisoning them.
Brain and liver samples from 2024
…had significantly higher concentrations of MNPs compared with those from 2016. The total mass of plastics in the brains studied increased by about 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, and the researchers suggest drastically increasing concentrations of MNPs in our homes air and water could be to blame.
Ancient Bacteria Were Breathing Long Before Oxygen Became Abundant
https://gizmodo.com/ancient-bacteria-were-breathing-long-before-oxygen-became-abundant-2000583225
How I Diagnosed My Rare Neurological Condition after Decades of Hiding It
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-i-diagnosed-my-rare-neurological-condition-after-decades-of-hiding-it/
I decide to test his hypothesis. Here’s to you, Dr. Freeman, I say to myself. I do a little finger flickering like I would at home alone. It looks like I’m casting a hex on my notebook. I feel comically exposed, as when I forget my towel after a shower and streak past the front windows. There, that wasn’t so bad. No one’s even looking. Now I really go for it. I bring my hands up to the sides of my nose and let them motor intensely. My face widens out in a big lemon juice grimace, and my imagination whirls—this place, this trip! It’s a rush!
BITCOIN IS THE LIFE BOAT GET ON IT
JUST IN: BILLIONAIRE MARK CUBAN SAYS PUBLIC COMPANIES SHOULD BUY #BITCOIN BEFORE BUYING BACK STOCK
BUCKLE UP
The difficulty to mine Bitcoin increased by 6.8% today, now requiring an average of 121,507,793,131,900.00 hashes to find the next block. This automatic adjustment maintains stable block times as global computing power on the network continues to grow.
@saylor Apr 4
Today’s market reaction to tariffs is a reminder: inflation is just the tip of the iceberg. Capital faces dilution from taxes, regulation, competition, obsolescence, and unforeseen events. Bitcoin offers resilience in a world full of hidden risks.
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee voted to pass its first bipartisan cryptocurrency legislation to establish a federal supervisory framework for stablecoins and their issuers.
Samson Mow @Excellion
They laughed at us when we said 1 BTC = 1 BTC, but with the world playing tariff chicken and equities nuking, 1 BTC = 1 BTC is probably starting to sound pretty attractive.
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