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#ACTUALNEWS: Wednesday, April 9th 2025 Daily Briefing

Pls read & share

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ACTUAL NEWS: Wednesday, April 9th 2025 Daily Briefing
"Today in History" and the Latest National and Global News
www.onestnetwork.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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China tariffs are now 104%. Forget inflation for a moment—American owned companies are going to go out of business.

This is bonkers!!!
April 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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"This is bigger than the UK and Apple" 🗣️ ORG

If the Tribunal rules that a government can force a company to break encryption, it'll have implications for the security and privacy of people around the world.

Encryption keeps us safe. Breaking it puts us all at risk.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Apple-UK data privacy row should not be secret, court rules
The UK government sought to keep details of its row with Apple over requested access to its encrypted cloud storage tool private.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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They are going to deport American citizens. Period. The. End. 🤬
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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This might be a dumb question but how did this SAVE money? The process to convert them costs money and it appears the storage might also cost more money.
How Will DOGE Save $1M Per Year By Converting From Magnetic Tape?
It is not clear how DOGE will save $1M per year conventing from magnetic tape unless they are converting to more modern magnetic tape for archive storage.
www.forbes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Boat derangement syndrome
April 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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April 2, 2025
Republican Keith Self quoted Joseph Goebbels. "It is the absolute right of the state to supervise the formation of public opinion."

A quote from the architect of the Nazi propaganda machine, invoked by a U.S. Congressman in defense of state control over speech.
April 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Oh good, at least we can count on them getting to file habeas petitions while in a motherfucking El Salvadoran gulag. 🤦🏼‍♀️
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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#ACTUALNEWS: April 7th, Daily Briefing + Special Report: First Minister John Swinney Warns U.S. Tariffs Threaten Centuries-Old Economic Ties Between Scotland and America

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ACTUAL NEWS: Monday, April 7th 2025 Recap
"Today in History" and the Latest National and Global News
www.onestnetwork.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Do you feel it?
Do you feel the momentum shift?
The will of the people is strong.
And we all know the only way out is through & the only way through, is together.
Resist.
Persist.
Standup.
Speak out.
Fight.
We can do this.
We WILL do this.
We ARE doing it.
And we will not stop.
April 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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DOGE has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide. In communities across the US, the cuts threaten student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to popular digital services, such as the ebook app Libby.
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
wrd.cm
April 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Leading scientists at the US National Institutes of Health were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz. Among them is Dr. Richard Youle, known for his groundbreaking research identifying mechanisms behind Parkinson’s disease.
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz.
wrd.cm
April 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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We deserved some good news!
April 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Don’t call it Liberation Day! Don’t give him the satisfaction of repeating the lie
April 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Listen to Bernie!!
March 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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"use creative tactics, stay active for long periods of time, and retain public support by eschewing violence even when facing government repression..."

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Save a Democracy
Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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After Trump betrayed Japan and South Korea with his tariff thuggery, China, Japan, and South Korea have now agreed to jointly respond to any US economic aggression. This is massive.
March 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Louder for the folks in the back:

It's just another trickle down tax scam 👇

Tell Congress to put families over billionaires here: bit.ly/3MOBGyT

#TaxFairnessNOW
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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New York to illuminate 15 iconic landmarks pink, blue, and white to celebrate #TransDayofVisibility #NOH8 #TDOV
March 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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I’m sure Le Pen is super-happy that Russia is publicly so furious she’s been banned from running for the French Presidency that they’re prepared to send in Cossacks.

Almost as if they had a stake in her winning.
March 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Incredible news on TDOV.

The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
So perfect
March 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM