Today, the Supreme Court gave Trump’s discrimination a thumbs up.
How horribly sad, shameful, and backwards that they will prohibit people who simply want to be themselves from serving their country.
(And it’s ironic that the Trump admin is kicking people out who WANT to serve considering the admin has expressed concern about people NOT being able to do because of ‘chronic disease’* such as autism.)
*not my words
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“Vladimir, STOP!”
--interesting first-name reference to someone he seems to think is his buddy
--in way over his head
--writes like a mean girl
As an Israeli living in the U.S., there are two things I will never fully get used to:
The cutest thing being silly everywhere you go, a.k.a squirrels.
And the fact that packages just… arrive at your door!
Like poof — magic.
No chasing slips, no trekking to the post office, no wondering if the package was rerouted to a secret underground facility guarded by dragons (hi Portugal 
).
In Israel 
, getting a package is a mission.
And in Portugal, it was a full-blown treasure hunt.
But here?
I open the door and BAM.
It's there. Every time.
I joke with my Israeli friend that this whole system is reason enough to move
My dad sends me a care package from Israel every few months — think Bamba, hostage yellow ribbons, the local newspaper, and the latest trends packed into one box.
Today, I got one.
And yes, I filmed an unboxing (coming soon!)
It landed on my doorstep, and I’m still not over it.
I probably never will be 
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(summary cont.)
3) We don’t know if #Trump sent El Salvador money to house Mr. Garcia (the supposed MS-13 gang member) in the max security prison (do we?). If the #USA did send $, how much?
4) Was any $ sent part of the ‘deal’ between Trump & #Bukele of El Salvador to house dangerous gang members at CECOT?
5) How much $ has the #US sent to #ElSalvador and how much does it plan to send?
6) What are the exact terms of the ‘deal’ between Trump & Bukele? Are they in writing?
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None of #MyThoughts negate the fact that Abrego Garcia was ripped away from his family and wrongfully deported w/o due process. But questions remain.
Housing prisoners is expensive, and the president of #ElSalvador said that American money would keep his prison system sustainable.
But what if he could have his cake and eat it too, so to speak, and NOT imprison all the deportees to save
and make more profit? It’s not like #trump would likely look for the deportees he readily dismissed.
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1) Did the US pay El Salvador to take Garcia as part of the deal with #Trump to house violent gang members at CECOT?
2) Was the fee $20,000 as the screenshots below show?
3 Are there official records of this deal, or was it a verbal (wink-wink) thing?
4) Do we know *exactly* how much the #USA has already sent to El Salvador and how much it plans to send?
5) What would be the exact intended purpose of money sent?
My thoughts were going in this direction when I posted about how the #Trump admin is labeling people as “terrorists” and how Kristi Noem the other day at the WH said, “We want people in this country who love us.”—
#MyThoughts were 1) Who is “us,” because it does not seem to be all Americans, and 2) labeling people as “terrorists” gives the admin more latitude (even only with public opinion) to imprison and/or deport people without due process.
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Cognitive bias (e.g., confirmation bias) mixed with power and arrogance can be a very dangerous thing.
~ Kennedy plans autism studies aimed at identifying ‘environmental toxins' linked to rise ~
More thoughts (cont.)—
This is especially true considering how, (often without proof), the #Trump admin is labeling people as ‘terrorists,’ both domestic and international.
Kristi Noem said something like, ‘if they don’t like us,’ they can leave — and I’m not sure who they’re talking about liking or who exactly “us” is— because “home growns” seem like Americans too— so perhaps they mean if Americans don’t like Trump and/or Maga they can leave?
(Edit— I’m reviewing the vid (which I recorded); she said, “We should only have people in our country that love us,” in context of talking abt deporting “dangerous” people/criminals)
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In an executive order (EO) earlier today, #Trump attacked ANOTHER #law firm, Susman Godfrey, ordering the immediate revocation of security clearances, the return of property/goods & the termination of contracts, even secondary ones between gov’t contractors and the law firm.
He accused ‘Susman’ of weaponizing the American legal system (that’s rich*), undermining the US military, and practicing “unlawful discrimination in the name of diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
* ( #MyThoughts )
#USA
RFK Jr. said that no one knows how the measles vaccine (MMR) will affect people—
BECAUSE HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT MEDICINE OR PUBLIC HEALTH.
“We are doing that science today so we know the risks of that product and we also know what the benefits are. And right now, we don’t know the risks of many of these products because they’re not safety tested.”
— RFK Jr., US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary
(CBS NEWS interview on CNN)
Trump’s Truth Social post this morning before his tariff pause announcement is incredibly suspicious and demonstrates how there may not be rules against HIS market manipulation.
#trump #tariffs #USA #MyThoughts
~ Trump Said Today Was a ‘Great Time to Buy.’ He Was Right ~
Trump said he might exempt some US companies that have been “hit harder” by his tariffs.*
How will he decide which countries get exempted?
“Instictively, he said. “You almost can’t take a pencil and paper to it.”
( #MyThoughts — well, no, I don’t think he can. Nor could he take a spreadsheet to it.
Also #MyThoughts — he will start playing favorites with certain US companies he likes the best.)
#USA #business #trump #tariffs
* CNN live
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Trump said he might exempt some US companies that have been “hit harder” by his tariffs.*
How will he decide which countries get exempted?
“Instictively, he said. “You almost can’t take a pencil and paper to it.”
( #MyThoughts — well, no, I don’t think he can. Nor could he take a spreadsheet to it.
Also #MyThoughts — he will start playing favorites with certain US companies he likes the best.)
#USA #business #trump #tariffs
* CNN live
Trump thinks other countries “make” money when they have a trade surplus over the #USA (and the U.S. subsequently loses money).
I don’t think it matters how many economists try to get him to see things differently. This is #Trumponomics . 
#trump #tariffs #economics #MyThoughts
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I quoted the words carefully below and listened three times. He said, “They were charged tariffs.”
#Trump simplistically blamed all of the #inflation over Biden’s administration* on “energy.”
Then he said, “We’re gonna try to get ‘groceries’ down, right? An old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term…”
( #MyThoughts — it is probably an old-fashioned term for him since he hasn’t needed to buy groceries himself nearly all his life, so he forgot people did that )
*Note: Inflation was pandemic-related and came down over Biden’s term. Also, Biden moved to directly lower energy prices.
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#Trump: ‘The EU… was formed with all of the countries from Europe. I guess most of them, not all of them, but most of them…”
#MyThoughts — why doesn’t he know this?
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Trump doesn’t like losing, so he will keep this up as long as he needs to, if permitted to do so.
Two more law firm capitulated to Trump recently. Willkie Farr & Gallagher will give #Trump $100 million in free legal services, among other concessions, and Milbank will give Trump $100 million in pro bono legal services and make sure to get rid of any traces of #DEI in its practice, among other things 
( #MyThoughts — give him an inch and he’ll take a mile. There will be no end to the free services they provide him.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-reaches-agreement-with-milbank-law-firm-2025-04-02/
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-law-firms-retribution-emhoff-89db97e7f76dd4cbf74d571a648baedb
