The point of Trump’s tariffs was to create jobs in India, apparently. Apple moving to make most iPhones for US in India rather than China, source says | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/china/apple-aims-source-all-us-iphones-india-pivot-away-china-ft-reports-2025-04-25/

This is why Trump is fighting to deny due process for immigration cases. They have no evidence. People who voted for this have a serious case of white straight male panic. They want to stop the white minority from happening. But no amount of getting rid of abortion protections, incentivizing childbirth, deporting people illegally or coming down on LGBTQ+ protections is going to. Venezuelan couple held as ‘enemy aliens’ must be freed by ICE, El Paso federal judge rules-

El Paso Matters

Venezuelan couple freed by ICE in El Paso on order of federal judge

A couple has been repeatedly detained by immigration officials despite intervention by judges.

So first thing I do when I open the platform is look at the federated timeline and 90% of it is from accounts who use a nickname or a pseudonym online and I still get blowback about living in the US and not using my real name here, even though many people know what it is anyway. It’s a weird flex. The Fediverse would close in 3 minutes flat if someone wanted to turn it into “papers please.” Nobody here owes anyone their personal details or any other information they don’t want to make public.

We literally told everyone that if Trump got elected again, we’d be living in a police state. But a lot of people thought it wasn’t the biggest issue we faced, accused us of being hyperbolic, or fell for and spread pro-fascist propaganda. Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan: https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arrest-judge-hannah-dugan-wisconsin-congress

Honestly I really feel for people who live in these states who didn’t vote for this. I’ve been there. However Sarah Sanders went out and fully endorsed the GOP and Trump's agenda and praised DOGE which among other idiotic ideas wants to get rid of FEMA. But now, after 2 killer tornadoes destroyed part of the state, she wants FEMA money. Sarah Sanders begs her old boss Trump to reconsider after president rejects Arkansas’ request for disaster relief funds:

The Independent

Sarah Sanders begs Trump to reconsider rejection of Arkansas’ disaster fund request

The Arkansas governor and former Trump White House press secretary’s request for federal support was rejected

“Tell your elected officials that milk that won’t kill you is important to you” like, what are we even doing here. Everyone, enjoy your listeria poisoning equally, I guess! FDA suspends quality tests for milk, other dairy products after Trump budget cuts - mlive.com

mlive

FDA suspends quality tests for milk, other dairy products after Trump budget cuts

The testing center that oversees food safety says it "is no longer able to provide laboratory support for proficiency testing and data analysis."

You get what you vote for, Tom Cotton. ‘Reconsider': Tom Cotton begs Trump for disaster relief — after opposing it for Dem states - https://www.rawstory.com/tom-cotton-disaster/

Happy Screw the Earth and Marginalized Communities Day, brought to you by the people who couldn’t be bothered to vote for Kamala Harris. EPA starts layoffs of environmental justice employees:

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EPA starts layoffs of environmental justice employees

The agency previously announced a rollback of environmental regulation, eliminated some probationary workers and put other workers on administrativ...

Biden painstakingly managed the economic recovery to hand off a strong and sound economy to Trump just to have it not only pulled apart and tanked. Now somebody’s going to want a Democrat to fix it when they had one they could have voted for. Have Trump tariffs pushed us into recession? Here are warning signs: https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/2025/04/19/warning-signs-of-potential-recession-via-trump-tariffs/83142323007/

I know I'm like a broken record on this, but any negative news on the economy (even mildly negative) like this was CONSTANTLY used by the media to justify their relentlessly negative coverage of the economy and approval rating under Biden but isn't getting nearly the level of attention under Trump. There should be weeks long stories and headlines about this, as well as endless coverage on news shows. Trump's approval rating on economy at lowest of presidential career:

CNBC

Trump's approval rating on the economy drops to lowest of his presidential career, CNBC Survey finds

President Donald Trump is registering the worst economic approval numbers of his presidential career, according to the latest CNBC All-America Econ...