- Colby Hall @ Mediaite: Trump Caved: Why The White House Rollout of His Tariff Pause Is Evidence of Defeat
President Donald Trump announced he was pausing his controversial reciprocal tariff policy for 90 days, and all the evidence clearly points to this as a massive caving under the pressure of cratering stocks and bond markets and the political peril that came with it.
- Andrew Prokop @ Vox: The misunderstanding breaking the global economy
Trump believes that if the US has a trade deficit with a country, they’re “beating” us. Huh?
- Angry White Men: Stew Peters: Black People ‘Behave Like Animals And Criminals’
On the Apr. 7, 2025 episode of his Rumble show, Holocaust denier and Nazi sympathizer Stew Peters launched into a racist, anti-Black rant in response to the killing of a white high school football player. Among other things, Peters declared that Black people “behave like animals and criminals.”
- Liz Lykins @ The Roys Report: Comedian and Christian Influencer Russell Brand Charged with Rape and Sexual Assault
Comedian and Christian influencer Russell Brand has been charged with rape and sexual assault, the Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service and the Metropolitan Police announced Friday.
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: A church told members how to vote. The IRS officially says that's fine.
The Johnson Amendment may be in effect, but even the IRS doesn't want to enforce it.
- Hafiz Rashid @ The New Republic: ICE Chief Suggests Copying Amazon Prime for Trump’s Mass Deportations
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons wants mass deportations to look like Amazon Prime, “but with human beings.”
