The Citizens' Soapbox

A 90-day reprieve in tariffs and all is good again -- except for China, which is still bad. Why are rich Ivy league colleges getting billions in federal grants? And some Oregon talk issues.

Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs. Bad, bad, bad. Bad for America and bad for the world.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth heads to Asia, leaving behind Signal chat mess. Consumers are shouldering tariff costs, leaving a sour mood on the economic outlook. 10,000 federal health workers are losing their jobs as RFK Jr. seeks to restructure the Health and Human Services department.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz blows it big time by letting a journalist in on war plans. Dismantling of the Education Department is half way there. The space station is too clean, making astronauts sick. Canadians are boycotting America and not visiting, resulting in billions of dollars in lost tourist revenue. It's time to put Geronimo on the $20 bill.

Europe is staging a boycott of American goods. France wants the Stature of Liberty back. Trump talks ceasefire with Putin. Gaza ceasefire upended by Israel bombing. Astronauts return from space station after nine month delay.

Government shutdown to be averted -- we think. Dr. Oz is in, and Dave Weldon is out. Ukraine War is on dangerous ground still as a massacre of Ukrainian soldiers looms during cease-fire talks. Canada's new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, takes over.

The Department of Education has been gutted; parents better start making sandwiches. Consumers shoulder more credit card debt, an average of $10,000.Trump's waffling tariffs spook his economic advisers. Greenland voters are pushing toward independence from Denmark. Canada is fighting back hard with its own tariffs. Walmart asks Chinese manufacturers to cut their costs to offset tariffs. Ukraine seeks cease-fire, but it's up to Russia now. Government shutdown looming.

A brutal trade war is leading to a recession—if it's not already here. A TikTok sale is growing close—could it be Dodger Blue? Trump's business empire is at risk of imploding. Federal cuts to National Forest workers are closing a popular National Park, and there are many more to come. China chatterers online say America is looking like the China Cultural Revolution.

Trump addresses Congress in the longest speech ever. Tariffs go back and forth, and consumers pay shoulder the cost. North Korea is open to Western tourists. And Open AI researcher Ilya Sutskever's Safe Super AI looks to coexist with humanity.

Kash Patel's whirlwind begins at the FBI. Trump. Trump's Medicaid cuts and free lunches are to be cut, so the lower-income will be out of assistance. Are bread lines next? Trump plans another 10 percent tax on Chinese products and cites the country's role in the fentanyl trade. Farmers should tighten their belts as billions of dollars are at stake when the Trump funding freeze is implemented.