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News discussed:

Wisconsin “partial veto” upheld

Trump did the math wrong. The China tariff is 145%

According to WSJ (WSJ), someone distracted pro-tariff advisor Navarro

Everyone is insider trading

There are a bunch of exceptions for tech products, but not inputs to tech products

China is suspending critical mineral exports

China is strengthening alliances w SE Asia and reaching out to Europe

British Steel thing

California sued the Trump administration, alleging that use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs is unlawful

SCOTUS told Trump to bring back at least one guy in El Salvador jail

Bukele says he’s not going to “smuggle a terrorist into the United States”

Trump thinks SCOTUS ruled in his favor

he should have been deported due to multiple domestic violence restraining orders

Sen. Chris Van Hollen flew down to El Salvador to meet with him personally

SCOTUS: no more El Salvador removals while case in pending

We’re deporting all the smart people

EU gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for US visits

Trump EO: do more coal mining on federal lands!

4chan is dead

Also, the Pope

Trump sent Harvard a ridiculous list of demands, and they refused

There is now a portal for deregulation suggestions

The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary

UK Supreme Court: trans women aren’t biological women

PA governor’s mansion set on fire while he & fam slept inside it.

Hilarious news

a German man was jogging in a park when he spotted a dead body. The German police called in homicide, cadaver dogs, morticians, etc. and investigated for five hours before they discovered the “dead body” was, in fact, a sex doll.

Judge denies qualified immunity to police officers who argued they had arguable probable cause to believe a driver was stoned

Director Kratsios of the office of Science and Technology Policy: “Our technologies allow us to manipulate time and space.”

Happy News!

Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy found chemicals associated with life in alien planet's atmosphere.

OpenPhil donates $500k to save Tuberculosis vaccine study at Harvard

Scientists in Pennsylvania have created an antiviral chewing gum

Troop Deployment

Wes - Cowboy Chords by the Fine Vintages

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