Now is a good time to buy, are you kidding me?? Voter suppression, stock market manipulation, incompetent, self-serving dismantling of the US government! I want to maintain American optimism, but this is unbelievable!!
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"U.S. President Donald Trump's about-face on sweeping import tariffs did little to soothe companies' worries about the fallout from his trade war and its chaotic implementation: soaring costs, falling orders and snarled supply chains.
"In a stunning reversal, the president said on Wednesday he would temporarily lower the hefty tariffs he had just imposed on dozens of countries, though he also hiked duties for China and kept 25% tariffs levied on aluminum, steel and autos in place."
https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-tariff-pause-leaves-ceos-asking-what-happens-90-days-2025-04-10/
Kill peaceful protest and free speech on campus or we end your research.
https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-freezes-all-research-grants-columbia-university
Hmmm.... I emailed a state agency this morning to ask about a cyberattack claimed by an extortion group. The agency's site was up when I emailed them to ask about the attack. Shortly after I emailed them, it was suddenly down. I wonder if my email made them aware of something they had been unaware of....
@RachelC_Y @thorsheim just demanding that would likely be a triple felony in #Germany:
I just hope @Bundesregierung , @AuswaertigesAmt and @antidiskriminierung remind the #US #Ambassador they are mere #Guests and that #Diplomats are expected to comply with local laws and customs or they get expelled!
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)@thorsheim@mastodon.social the sheer insultingness to demand illegal acts is beyond belief and if it was my decision, I'd tell the U.S. ambassador to either get the POTUS to apologize or they can fuck off and the embassy will be closed until they revert course and pay all the dues + interest accumulated in the meantime!
#GlovesOff #Diplomacy
BBC News - Excel Parking ordered to pay £10,240 in five-minute parking rule row - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2040xy9yn6o
How many others just pay the fine? Does Excel rely on those fines for income and have therefore modelled their business on them.
How many other parking companies do the same?
BBC NewsExcel Parking ordered to pay £10,240 in five-minute parking rule rowExcel Parking had demanded £11,390 from driver Hannah Robinson, but lost a court case against her.
Hunters International Shifts from Ransomware to Pure Data Extortion
Hunters International, which is a sophisticated ransomware operation suggesting
connections to the formerly dismantled Hive Ransomware group, has shifted to
pure data extortion from ransomware.
Pulse ID: 67f021613504c9bdb4a2c9f2
Pulse Link: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67f021613504c9bdb4a2c9f2
Pulse Author: cryptocti
Created: 2025-04-04 18:13:53
Be advised, this data is unverified and should be considered preliminary. Always do further verification.
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Replied to William Lindsey 
"I’ve said before that Trump does not think of policy the way most of us do, operating instead like a low-level mob boss running a protection racket. Unfortunately, a bunch of rubes decided to give him another bite at the apple, and now the entire global economy has to pay up."
~ Marlon Weems
#Trump #tariffs #mob #MobBoss #sanctions #extortion #bullying #stupidity #incompetence
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The Journeyman. · Here Comes the Pain
#politics #alt #tariffs #protectionism #mobboss #extortion
Heather Cox Richardson Mob Boss Extortion 4/3/2025
![Heather Cox Richardson Mob Boss Extortion 4/3/2025
Dayen writes that Trump's tariffs are essentially sanctions on the rest of the world. His behavior is, Dayen says, “no different from a mob boss moving into town and sending his thugs to every business on Main Street, roughing up the proprietors and asking for protection money so they don't get pushed out of business.” Dayen notes that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued last year for using the extraordinary power of the U.S. economy to force other countries to do as the U.S. wants, creating a U.S. sphere of influence through economic pressure.
Extending the comparison to a mob boss, Dayen notes that “protection money"” could take many forms: “curbing migration, taking in more U.S. farm exports or weapons systems, reducing industrial capacity in China and forcing more consumption, buying long-dated U.S. debt on the cheap, siding with a war strategy against Iran, literally anything the White House wants.”
Trump's son Eric appeared to confirm that the tariffs are a shakedown : “I wouldn't want to be the last country that tries to negotiate a trade deal with [T]. The first to negotiate will win—the last will absolutely lose. | have seen this movie my entire life....” Foreign affairs journalist David Rothkopf was more graphic: “These aren't tariffs,” he wrote. “They are a horse’s head in the bed of (almost) every world government and business leader.”](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/280/246/909/734/612/original/55a5e555b4a5b4f1.jpeg "Heather Cox Richardson Mob Boss Extortion 4/3/2025
Dayen writes that Trump's tariffs are essentially sanctions on the rest of the world. His behavior is, Dayen says, “no different from a mob boss moving into town and sending his thugs to every business on Main Street, roughing up the proprietors and asking for protection money so they don't get pushed out of business.” Dayen notes that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued last year for using the extraordinary power of the U.S. economy to force other countries to do as the U.S. wants, creating a U.S. sphere of influence through economic pressure.
Extending the comparison to a mob boss, Dayen notes that “protection money\"” could take many forms: “curbing migration, taking in more U.S. farm exports or weapons systems, reducing industrial capacity in China and forcing more consumption, buying long-dated U.S. debt on the cheap, siding with a war strategy against Iran, literally anything the White House wants.”
Trump's son Eric appeared to confirm that the tariffs are a shakedown : “I wouldn't want to be the last country that tries to negotiate a trade deal with [T]. The first to negotiate will win—the last will absolutely lose. | have seen this movie my entire life....” Foreign affairs journalist David Rothkopf was more graphic: “These aren't tariffs,” he wrote. “They are a horse’s head in the bed of (almost) every world government and business leader.”")
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Replied to William Lindsey
"The only legible purpose of the tariffs is for Trump to arrogate more power to himself: so that nations and corporate leaders and labor unions come begging him for relief, and so that he can shake them down."
~ Brian Beutler
#Trump #tariffs #mob #MobBoss #sanctions #extortion #bullying #stupidity #incompetence #Putin #PutinsPoodle
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Off Message · Fighting Means Fighting
Replied to William Lindsey
“Vladimir Putin bet his life that American voters would be weak and decadent enough to return Donald Trump to the presidency. He was right. …
We have a deeply stupid government—from our economically illiterate president to our craven and foolish secretary of state," (continued in /4)
~ Jonathan V. Last
#Trump #tariffs #mob #MobBoss #sanctions #extortion #bullying #stupidity #incompetence #Putin #PutinsPoodle
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The Bulwark · The American Age Is Over
Replied to William Lindsey
"Trump’s son Eric appeared to confirm that the tariffs are a shakedown when he posted: 'I wouldn’t want to be the last country that tries to negotiate a trade deal with [Trump]. The first to negotiate will win—the last will absolutely lose. I have seen this movie my entire life.…'”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #tariffs #mob #MobBoss #sanctions #extortion #bullying
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Letters from an American · April 3, 2025
"It is not at all surprising that Trump sees the appeal in sanctions. It is no different from a mob boss moving into town and sending his thugs to every business on Main Street, roughing up the proprietors and asking for protection money so they don’t get pushed out of business. … It’s a mentality fit for someone repeatedly linked to organized crime."
~ David Dayen
#Trump #tariffs #mob #MobBoss #sanctions #extortion #bullying
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https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-03-theyre-not-tariffs-theyre-sanctions/
The American Prospect · They’re Not Tariffs, They’re SanctionsStop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
[Financial Times]: Donald Trump floats China tariff relief in exchange for TikTok sale approval. By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Hannah Murphy in San Francisco
#Trump Admin Set to Pause $510 Million for #BrownUniversity
The admin has now targeted 5 #schools’ federal #funding claiming it’s part of a pledge to combat what it has labeled #antisemitism, but what in actuality is #students exercising their #RightToProtest on #university campuses.
#law #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #extortion #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/trump-administration-brown-university-funding-pause.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=CE266166-B715-45A7-9A62-0A68EE55B1CD
The New York Times · Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University
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Replied to Lazarou Monkey Terror 
They've already been extorted once, and now they being extorted again. I'm sure he'll stop then though, yep...../s
![Steve Parks @steveparks.bsky.social - 20m
[2] CNBC just had Mnuchin on (Trump first term Treasury Secretary) who
said the extortion bit out loud.
Roughly "if Apple negotiates, they could get trade credits from the
government that would offset the impact of the tariffs so they don't have
to increase prices."](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/274/662/821/684/835/original/32fb6e2d8bd3ee65.png "Steve Parks @steveparks.bsky.social - 20m
[2] CNBC just had Mnuchin on (Trump first term Treasury Secretary) who
said the extortion bit out loud.
Roughly \"if Apple negotiates, they could get trade credits from the
government that would offset the impact of the tariffs so they don't have
to increase prices.\"")
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Replied to Nonilex
In a memo sent to top #PublicEducation ofcls across the country, the #Education Dept said that #funding for schools w/high percentages of #LowIncome #students, known as #TitleI funding, was at risk pending compliance w/the #Trump admin’s directive.
The memo included a *certification* letter that state & local #school ofcls must sign & return within 10 days, even as the admin has struggled to define which programs would violate its *interpretation* of #CivilRights laws.