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Trump’s Mass Deportations Collide Disastrously With His Mass Firings | The New Republic

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"The real goal of the tariffs against Canada, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt admitted Wednesday, is to decimate the country’s economy to force it to become the U.S. fifty-first state. Such an effort would further cause extreme economic confusion and ruin, and if Trump is serious, this tariff fight won’t end anytime soon."

 

NIH abruptly terminates grants related to DEI.


NIH abruptly terminates millions in research grants, defying court orders

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"In an unprecedented move, the National Institutes of Health is abruptly terminating millions of dollars in research awards to scientists in Massachusetts and around the country, citing the Trump administration’s new restrictions on funding anything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, transgender issues, or research that could potentially benefit universities in China.

The sweeping actions would appear to violate court rulings from federal judges in Rhode Island and Washington, D.C., that block the Trump administration from freezing or ending billions of dollars in government spending, said David Super, a constitutional law expert at Georgetown Law, who reviewed some of the termination letters at the Globe’s request."

 

Now Trump has to scramble to rehire the workers that he disliked so that they can fire more workers he doesn't like.

It's along the same lines as Trump trying to import 100 million eggs from countries he infuriated with his tariffs.

 

US citizen detained by ICE questions his vote for Trump – NBC4 Washington

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“They didn’t ask me for any ID,” Machado said. “I was telling the officer, if I can give him ID, but he said just keep my hands up, not moving. After that, he told me to get out of the car and put the handcuffs on me. And then he went to me and said how did I get into this country and if I was waiting for a court date or if I have any case. And I told him I was an American citizen, and he looked at his other partner like, you know, smiling, like saying, can you believe this guy? Because he asked the other guy, ‘Do you believe him?’”

Machado said he was uncuffed and immediately released after showing his driver’s license.

The two men with him were taken into custody. He does not know why.

 

US citizen detained by ICE questions his vote for Trump – NBC4 Washington

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Machado said the experience shook his faith in the immigration enforcement efforts of Trump, for whom he voted.

“Because, like I said, I was a Trump supporter,” he said. “I voted for Trump last election, but, because I thought it was going to be the things, you know, like, … just go against criminals, not every Hispanic looking, like, that they will assume that we are all illegals.”

 

Trump’s Mass Deportations Collide Disastrously With His Mass Firings | The New Republic

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“Can you give us a sense of whether or not we are going to get clarity for the business community?” Baritromo asked the president, noting that business leaders need predictability for planning purposes.

Trump’s answer was anything but reassuring.

“Well, I think so. But you know, the tariffs could go up as time goes by, and they may go up, and you know, I don’t know if it’s predictability—” Trump meandered before Baritromo cut him off.

“So that’s not clarity,” Baritromo said. Trump responded by casting doubt on the business leaders and whether they actually want predictability.

 

Trump gave another goofy answer like he gave to Leslie Stahl when he said he's more humble than she could ever understand.

Trump also said to a reporter that he couldn't remember if he said he had the world's best memory.

This time Trump is trying to make his policies sound controlled by giving indefinite, chaotic statements.

 

Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants for Columbia University

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"During Trump's first term, his administration cut public funding for education only once, when it withheld $4 million in grants from Chicago Public Schools, allegedly over the school system's poor handling of sexual assault allegations."

 

Trump Organization, Eric Trump sue Capital One for 'unjustifiable' 2021 debanking based on 'woke' beliefs
Eric Trump exclusively told Fox News Digital the lawsuit is 'just the beginning' of holding corporations accountable
Brooke Singman By Brooke Singman Fox News
Published March 7, 2025 2:23pm EST

Trump Organization, Eric Trump sue Capital One for 'unjustifiable' 2021 debanking based on 'woke' beliefs

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"In essence, Capital One ‘de-banked’ plaintiff’s accounts because Capital One believed that the political tide at the moment favored doing so," the lawsuit continued. "In addition to the considerable financial harm that Plaintiffs and their affiliated entities suffered, Capital One’s reckless decision is part of a growing trend by financial institutions in the United States of America to cut off a consumer’s access to banking services if their political views contradict with those of the financial institution."

The lawsuit added that "Capital One’s conduct is but one example of a systemic, subversive industry practice that aims to coerce the public to shift and re-align" political views.

 

Pence whacks Trump's tariffs.


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/07/mike-pence-trump-tariff-00002911

 

Why should Pence even bother to do anything pragmatic to try to stop Trump and his damaging tariff wars.

Just let the damage be done and let history hold Trump accountable

Like Pence said about not wanting the justice system to hold Trump accountable for his criminal behavior, he can use the same approach about Trump and his tariffs. Just let history hold Trump accountable.

Pence didn't even care about himself, his wife, and his daughter being threatened with injury and death from Trump's rioters when they were stuck in the loading dock area in the basement of the Capitol for hours as Trump's rioters threatened them.

 

The VA is an attractive target for Musk. It's budget is about $350 billion.

 

The 'back to plastic' movement.


Trump’s Executive Order About Straws Isn’t Really About Straws

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"By the same token, what’s most worrying about Trump’s executive order isn’t that paper straws could be done for, but that it signals acceptance of single-use plastic overall. “Straws are just the beginning,” Matt Seaholm, president and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, said in a statement after Trump signed the EO. “ ‘Back to Plastic’ is a movement we should all get behind.” Seaholm’s words come as we face a global plastic crisis so bad that 175 countries have tried—and so far, failed—to write the world’s first treaty related to plastic pollution. The straw, in this whole overwrought debate, isn’t really a straw. It’s a symbol."

 

Trump's war on what he sees as 'woke' paper straws.


Trump's WAR on paper straws as he pledges to ‘bring back plastic’

 

Views of Elon Musk - Wikipedia

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"In October, a CNN reporter described Musk as finding Trump's authoritarian leanings appealing,[113] and a month later, The Spectator credited Musk with bringing "the techno-libertarian elite, a small but very wealthy group, into Trump’s largely blue-collar, industrial and conservative base", thus increasing the support base.[13]"

 

Musk's political stance history.


Views of Elon Musk - Wikipedia

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"In July 2022, Trump referred to Musk as a "bullshit artist" and called Musk's contract with Twitter "rotten",[66][67] Musk responded describing Trump as being too old for President, instead favouring DeSantis for the 2024 United States presidential election.[42][68] Afterwards, Trump stated on Truth Social that Musk had come to the White House requesting help with subsidized projects and that had he been asked to beg, "he would have done it".[42][65] Trump also said on Truth Social that "Now Elon should focus on getting himself out of the Twitter mess because he could owe $44 billion for something that's perhaps worthless. Also, lots of competition for electric cars!".[42][65]

2024 presidential election

In July 2024, Musk endorsed Donald Trump shortly after the attempted assassination in Pennsylvania,[18] and it was reported that he pledged the commitment to a pro-Trump super PAC on a monthly basis,[69][70] making Musk the single largest individual donor to Trump's campaign.[19]

In September 2024, following another attempted assassination of Trump, Musk received backlash after posting the now-deleted tweet: "And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala".[71][72] "

 

Trump names anchors Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo to Kennedy Center board after seizing control
By Anna Young
Published March 7, 2025
Updated March 7, 2025, 11:39 p.m. ET

Trump names anchors Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo to Kennedy Center board after seizing control

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“We look forward to restoring the Center to Greatness, and ushering in America’s Golden Age. Together we will Make the Arts Great Again!”

Shortly after taking office, Trump gutted the board of several presidential appointees, arguing that the previous leadership didn’t share his “vision” for the arts.

 

People can expect live performances by groups such as Kid Rock, Village People, and Trump's former Capitol riot prisoners, the J6 Choir, singing their version of the National Anthem (and probably the recorded version played at the start of every event at Kennedy).

 

'A little bit of disturbance', like Trump's riot at the Capitol.

 

I see impeachable offenses all over the place…..