"I always thought that the Republican Party was the one who always talked about how let's get big government out of our lives. We have never seen such a such an outreach of big government like we are seeing with the Trump administration."

— @govwesmoore.bsky.social on Morning Joe

What happened to conservatives who claimed to care about privacy rights? States' rights? Business?

Small business owner reacts to Trump's 90-day tariff pause on @cnn.com:

"This pause is uncertainty. The damage has already been done ... This is a really dire situation."

"We're in a car driven by somebody who is blackout drunk."

— @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social on life in Trump's America, as the president accelerates tariffs and crashes the economy

@justinwolfers.bsky.social on Trump's tariffs: "It's the end of free trade for America, first of all, but not for the rest of the world ... it's American isolation."

The University of Michigan economist says Trump is punishing America like America once punished Russia.

CNBC's Ron Insana: The President is fixated on this period between 1870-1913.

MSNBC's Katy Tur: Why does he want to take us back to a time before we had indoor plumbing?

Insana: Or vaccines or antibiotics or any other number of technological advances that we've had in the last 100 years?

🚨 CNBC anchor: "It is ugly out there ... as the onslaught of tariffs is announced by President Trump and the administration ... Here's the reaction to 'Liberation Day' ... worse than worst case scenario."

Wow — CNBC's @steveliesman.bsky.social to Rick Santelli on Trump's tariffs:

"I think the people who used to talk about economic freedom are suddenly talking about something a little different ... More government intrusion into the decision making of both consumers and businesses."

NBC News calls Wisconsin's Supreme Court race — the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history — for Susan Crawford.

Proving, as @corybooker.com said today, that the power of the people is greater than the people in power.

@markwarner.bsky.social on Trump's tariffs:

"This will be the largest tax increase in American history ... Liberation Day, which is what Trump calls tomorrow, will probably be known as Black Wednesday, in terms of the stock market fall off."

"I deployed three times to combat in service to this nation ... [Signalgate] is outrageous and it is a leadership failure. Secretary Hegseth, who undoubtedly transmitted classified, sensitive operational information via this chain, must resign." —Rep. Jason Crow

"It's a lie to the country."

— @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social to Gabbard on claims intel in Signal chat was unclassified

"These guys love talking about merit ... If there's not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people every day on television for sport, what are we even doing here?"

—@petebuttigieg.bsky.social calls for firings in the wake of Signalgate

"Having the most powerful people in your country not take their responsibilities seriously can be lethal."

From air safety failures to Signalgate, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social explains how the Trump administration is playing games with American lives — WATCH:

"They sent war plans to the wrong guy ... What if this had in fact gone to somebody else? ... The whole point of classified information systems is to keep classified information on them."

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social on Signalgate — WATCH:

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social on Signalgate: “Epic f*ck up.”