Matthew J Shochat (he/him/his) ✡️🏳️🌈🍷
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CNBC's Steve Liesman doesn't mince words about the way the White House calculated its tariff rates:
"Nobody ever heard of this formula. Nobody has ever used this formula. So I’m sorry, but the conclusion seems to be the president kind of made this up as he went along... these are off the charts."
"Nobody ever heard of this formula. Nobody has ever used this formula. So I’m sorry, but the conclusion seems to be the president kind of made this up as he went along... these are off the charts."
April 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
CNBC's Steve Liesman doesn't mince words about the way the White House calculated its tariff rates:
"Nobody ever heard of this formula. Nobody has ever used this formula. So I’m sorry, but the conclusion seems to be the president kind of made this up as he went along... these are off the charts."
"Nobody ever heard of this formula. Nobody has ever used this formula. So I’m sorry, but the conclusion seems to be the president kind of made this up as he went along... these are off the charts."
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CNBC reacts right after Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement: "And the market reaction after hours -- I’ve never seen anything like it. This -- I think, fair to say -- is worse than the worst-case scenario of the tariffs that many in the market expected the president to impose."
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
CNBC reacts right after Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement: "And the market reaction after hours -- I’ve never seen anything like it. This -- I think, fair to say -- is worse than the worst-case scenario of the tariffs that many in the market expected the president to impose."
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Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
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JUST IN: The DC Circuit issues a divided ruling, sending J6 defendant Dan Wilson to prison on an unrelated gun conviction, ruling 2-1 that Trump’s pardon “plainly” does not apply to the gun crime.
Judge Rao dissents, saying Wilson should be released pending appeal.
Judge Rao dissents, saying Wilson should be released pending appeal.
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
JUST IN: The DC Circuit issues a divided ruling, sending J6 defendant Dan Wilson to prison on an unrelated gun conviction, ruling 2-1 that Trump’s pardon “plainly” does not apply to the gun crime.
Judge Rao dissents, saying Wilson should be released pending appeal.
Judge Rao dissents, saying Wilson should be released pending appeal.
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"But isn’t *alleged* the issue, I asked—shouldn’t that claim be substantiated in an adversarial process? 'If you want to be a shill for violent gang members,' Ted Cruz replied."
That's the line MAGA has settled on.
That's the line MAGA has settled on.
Innocent (In a Brutal Prison) Abroad
The Trump administration’s latest stain on our values: sending a man without a conviction to a country where a judge ruled he couldn’t be sent.
www.thebulwark.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"But isn’t *alleged* the issue, I asked—shouldn’t that claim be substantiated in an adversarial process? 'If you want to be a shill for violent gang members,' Ted Cruz replied."
That's the line MAGA has settled on.
That's the line MAGA has settled on.
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JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. (1/6)
April 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. (1/6)
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Real whiplash watching the Trump message go from “we’ll fix everything on day one” to “suck it up buttercup, this is gonna hurt.”
April 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Real whiplash watching the Trump message go from “we’ll fix everything on day one” to “suck it up buttercup, this is gonna hurt.”
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Really important read from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: “Let’s start with the title, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.”... the goal is to mute or silence voices Trump disagrees with.” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-late...
Trump’s Latest Bid to Rewrite Reality
From the Smithsonian to statues, he wants to whitewash America’s past.
www.thebulwark.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Really important read from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: “Let’s start with the title, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.”... the goal is to mute or silence voices Trump disagrees with.” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-late...
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For years the right has fed on conspiracy theories about the “globalist billionaire” Soros buying our democracy. Yet when Musk actually does it, it’s crickets.
March 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
For years the right has fed on conspiracy theories about the “globalist billionaire” Soros buying our democracy. Yet when Musk actually does it, it’s crickets.
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LOL -- White House econ adviser Kevin Hassett admits on Fox News Sunday that on tariffs "I can't give you any forward-looking guidance on what's gonna happen this week. The president has got a heck of a lot of analysis before him, and he's gonna make the right choice I'm sure."
March 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
LOL -- White House econ adviser Kevin Hassett admits on Fox News Sunday that on tariffs "I can't give you any forward-looking guidance on what's gonna happen this week. The president has got a heck of a lot of analysis before him, and he's gonna make the right choice I'm sure."
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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg has extended his restraining order against Alien Enemies Act removals through April 12. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg has extended his restraining order against Alien Enemies Act removals through April 12. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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That's not correct. Hypothetically speaking, the unlawful decertification would not affect the shrinkage of the federal government. This is about union busting.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening abolishing union rights at more than two dozen federal agencies and offices, in a major expansion of the administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government.
Trump administration moves to end union rights at many federal agencies
The White House cited national security concerns for an executive order that represents a major expansion of its efforts to shrink the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
That's not correct. Hypothetically speaking, the unlawful decertification would not affect the shrinkage of the federal government. This is about union busting.
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"Even if you try to take all of the Trump administration's incoherent excuses at face value, there are still a number of laws Trump officials flouted during the course of their unbelievably dunderheaded OPSEC disaster." — @snipy.bsky.social
All the laws flouted during SignalGate
Very illegal and very not cool.
www.publicnotice.co
March 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Even if you try to take all of the Trump administration's incoherent excuses at face value, there are still a number of laws Trump officials flouted during the course of their unbelievably dunderheaded OPSEC disaster." — @snipy.bsky.social
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Confirming, as was obvious from context already, that this wasn’t a one-off. They are routinely using Signal to evade statutory record retention requirements.
March 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Confirming, as was obvious from context already, that this wasn’t a one-off. They are routinely using Signal to evade statutory record retention requirements.
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I don’t have to agree with what this student wrote — that’s not the issue. You do NOT snatch someone off the street over an op-ed. That’s the kind of thing you see in China, Russia, or Iran — not in the United States.
Absolutely disgraceful.
Absolutely disgraceful.
March 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I don’t have to agree with what this student wrote — that’s not the issue. You do NOT snatch someone off the street over an op-ed. That’s the kind of thing you see in China, Russia, or Iran — not in the United States.
Absolutely disgraceful.
Absolutely disgraceful.
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NEW: A federal appeals court just denied the Trump admin's bid to lift Judge James Boasberg's block on Trump's ability to use the Alien Enemies Act.
March 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
NEW: A federal appeals court just denied the Trump admin's bid to lift Judge James Boasberg's block on Trump's ability to use the Alien Enemies Act.
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This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
Tufts PhD student on visa arrested by immigration authorities, school says
Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national, according to her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai.
abcnews.go.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
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There's no gaslighting your way out of this.
March 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There's no gaslighting your way out of this.
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I'm not saying anything novel here but it really is just truly despicable to watch them use THEIR OWN COLOSSAL SCREW UP to slander the reporter THEY INCLUDED ON THEIR CLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT
March 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I'm not saying anything novel here but it really is just truly despicable to watch them use THEIR OWN COLOSSAL SCREW UP to slander the reporter THEY INCLUDED ON THEIR CLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT
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I guess the play is just lie and brazen through it with a captive media bubble, as always, but this is just going to extend the story because it’s so obviously horseshit
this is inviting everyone to spend days on end digging for more details
this is inviting everyone to spend days on end digging for more details
Gabbard claims "there was no classified materials that was shared in that Signal chat."
March 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I guess the play is just lie and brazen through it with a captive media bubble, as always, but this is just going to extend the story because it’s so obviously horseshit
this is inviting everyone to spend days on end digging for more details
this is inviting everyone to spend days on end digging for more details
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John Bolton: "Listen, Donald Trump is not gonna fire anyone unless he thinks it redounds to his personal detriment."
March 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
John Bolton: "Listen, Donald Trump is not gonna fire anyone unless he thinks it redounds to his personal detriment."
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I am so fucking mad and sick over this. What an enraging story by Philip Holsinger in San Salvador
time.com/7269604/el-s...
time.com/7269604/el-s...
March 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I am so fucking mad and sick over this. What an enraging story by Philip Holsinger in San Salvador
time.com/7269604/el-s...
time.com/7269604/el-s...
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Yeah, I saw this, and laughed out loud—"how obsessed you are with the federal government"!
Imagine (e.g.) Andy Reid saying to fans or to reporters, "It's so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the Kansas City Chiefs."
Imagine (e.g.) Andy Reid saying to fans or to reporters, "It's so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the Kansas City Chiefs."
Liz Cheney's successor Harriet Hageman to raucus overflow 500 person town hall crowd:
“It’s so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government .... You guys are going to have a heart attack if you don’t calm down. I’m sorry, you’re hysterical.”
“It’s so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government .... You guys are going to have a heart attack if you don’t calm down. I’m sorry, you’re hysterical.”
A new Gettin' Rocked for DOGE town hall round up from ultra woke districts in Wyoming, Iowa and Utah. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/getti...
March 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Yeah, I saw this, and laughed out loud—"how obsessed you are with the federal government"!
Imagine (e.g.) Andy Reid saying to fans or to reporters, "It's so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the Kansas City Chiefs."
Imagine (e.g.) Andy Reid saying to fans or to reporters, "It's so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the Kansas City Chiefs."
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BREAKING: Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes President Trump's call for a judge to be impeached for ruling against the administration.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Chief justice pushes back against calls to impeach judges who rule against Trump
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a statement following President Donald Trump's call for a judge to be impeached for ruling against the administration.
www.nbcnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
BREAKING: Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes President Trump's call for a judge to be impeached for ruling against the administration.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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