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BREAKING: The FDA is planning to end most of its routine food safety inspections, according to CBS News.
CHILDREN’S HEALTH E. coli outbreak went unpublicized by FDA despite affecting 15states: report
In total, 36 people were hospitalized and 1 person died By Michael Dorgan • Fox News
Published April 18, 2025 8:39am EDT
VARIOUS VIDEOS
BREAKING: China stops buying liquefied gas from the US, per FT
1)China Strikes Back at Tariffs by Roasting JD Vance & Selling Out Luxury Retailers | The Daily Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFNTHObSSKE
2)Chinese Trump doesn’t give a f*ck Having dinner with the hotpot queen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErHkv1G3RVE
3)The Crosswalk Button Hack News Story – DMV Chaos: Turn That Camera OFF!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4UV5UMyVi4
THE FEDS REIN IN TRUMP
DC Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson is hauling Trump CFPB officials into court to answer for this illegal and reckless move.
call for 11 a.m. hearing: 833-990-9400,,208322628#
Sen. Van Hollen Meets With Abrego Garcia and More Good News That’s Bad For Trump Read it here
‘Extremely remarkable’: Experts stunned by court’s ‘striking’ ruling against Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-flights-2671795030/
Bob Woodward on Donald Trump: “It looks like he wants to destroy the economy.”
A Warning from Watergate: Woodward Returns
1/11: On March 28, 2025, Bob Woodward sat down with The Washington Post’s Colby Itkowitz for his first major interview since Donald Trump’s second inauguration.
It was more than a retrospective.
It was a warning.
A quiet alarm from the man who helped bring down Nixon, now sounding the signal again—this time, not over a break-in, but over the deliberate unraveling of an economy.
Woodward has written books on ten presidents. He’s interviewed Trump extensively. But in this conversation, he didn’t hedge.
When asked what Trump’s end goal appears to be, Woodward answered plainly:
“It looks like he wants to destroy the economy.”
https://theintellectualist.com/bob-woodward-trump-economy-warning-2025/
New: By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality
An atheist’s unnerving descent into Hallow, the prayer app beloved by MAGA celebrities
Endorsed by Gwen Stefani and Russell Brand, Hallow’s take on religion is the opiate of MAGA
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/18/an-atheists-unnerving-descent-into-hallow-the-prayer-app-beloved-by-maga-celebrities/
HARVARD HAS BALLS
If Harvard, armor-plated by history and padded with funds, can’t beat Trump, no one can
Ed Pilkington
The awe-inspiring might of the government is pitted against the might of the revered US university: let the fight begin
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/trump-harvard-university-endowment
In a great show of resistance, head coach of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, Steve Kerr, wore a Harvard Basketball t-shirt after a game the other night. Kerr made it clear: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
Harvard’s year of exile October 13, 2011
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/10/harvards-year-of-exile/
During the Revolutionary War, Harvard turned its campus over to the military, and set up shop 20 miles away, in Concord, Mass.
During the American Revolution, the College moved to Concord
As Harvard celebrates its 375th anniversary, the Gazette is examining key moments and developments over the University’s broad and compelling history.
Lexington and Concord. April 19, 1775. Where and when the Revolutionary War started is well known.
Not so well known is the fact that Harvard played an important, if odd, role afterward in the early days of the Revolution, turning its campus over to the nascent American army. On May 1, 1775, undergraduates were dismissed and given an early summer vacation. Classes resumed on Oct. 5 in Concord, 20 miles away — the beginning of a wartime academic sojourn.
VARIOUS
@thejackhopkins
You saw the video of the ICE agent breaking a car window near the border, right? He wasn’t an ICE agent. He’s the founder of Veterans on Patrol, a FAR-RIGHT MILITIA patrolling the border for migrants. They’re basically deputizing militias to act as federal agents. This is dangerously out of control.
Deafening Silence From The Cybersecurity Industry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2025/04/16/deafening-silence-from-the-cybersecurity-industry/
When President Trump issed an Executive Order targeting Chris Krebs—a respected cybersecurity leader and the first director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—the cybersecurity industry should have responded with a unified voice of outrage and support. But instead, it largely whispered… or worse, said nothing at all.
This moment is not just about Krebs. It’s a constitutional stress test. A moral gut check. And the cybersecurity industry is failing it.
@BoringSleuth
Drake (the performer) Tron Crypto wallet being leaked, along with messages tying him to death threats for a guy now murdered, is wild. A whole new criminal network, linked directly to Drake, may now be in the Public Domain.
Are you aware that the US government has paid EL Salvador $6 million for holding the men that were sent there without due process. Are you also aware that that money was not approved by Congress. So somebody approved a wire transfer or a check that wasn’t approved by Congress. I do believe that is against the law. What should we do about it? Somebody is spending our money without approval.
‘Disappeared overnight’: DOGE quietly deletes $1 billion from its reported savings. So they stole a billion dollars?!!? nothing to see here.
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-2671785111/
Courtney McKinney @CourtAnne1225
My daughter: mom I googled you on the computer at school and I saw your Twitter
Me: DO NOT OPEN MY TWITTER ON THE SCHOOL COMPUTER!
Shit. I’ve been caught
Alex Krüger @krugermacro Apr 16
The art of the deal. Smart way to negotiate … a one time purchase with someone you will never see again.
38 years ago, Trump wrote about his negotiation strategy.
His book was mocked as simplistic.
Today, those exact tactics are shaping a $1.2 trillion global trade war.
Here are the key insights from Trump’s “The Art of the Deal” that seem eerily relevant in recent debates:
1/ The anchor
+ Start with an extreme position
+ Make it seem non-negotiable
Let others react to your number, not theirs
Example: Opening with “50% tariffs” when aiming for 25%
2/ Information overload
Create multiple discussion points
+ Change topics frequently
+ Keep opponents off balance
Make it impossible to focus on one issue
Watch this playing out now with simultaneous
announcements on Mexico, China, and EU tariffs
3/11 The real deal
+ Only now does actual negotiation begin
Original expectations are forgotten
Your “compromise” seems reasonable
Both sides can claim victory
4/ 1 The narrative
Control how the outcome is perceived
The story matters more than details
+ Frame concessions as wins
Just look at today’s headlines about global trade talks and
tariffs…
We’re deep in stage 2 of this playbook: information overload + confusion.
What most people miss is that negotiation isn’t about the deal.
It’s about controlling the conversation that leads to the deal.
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