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April 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Erin Burnett and economics professor Brent Neiman explain the bad math used to calculate the USA's devastating tariffs. It is a tragedy that Trump's advisor, Pete Navarro, was allowed to toy with such a critical element of the nation and the world's economy.

www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/p...
Erin Burnett breaks out whiteboard to explain Trump’s tariff math | CNN Politics
CNN’s Erin Burnett discusses Trump’s tariff math with economics professor Brent Neiman, who tells Burnett he was shocked to learn the Trump administration used his formula to justify sweeping tariffs.
www.cnn.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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I'm very grateful to have seen Schiff perform (Bach and Schubert) here in Denver a few years ago. He also taught, so it was a combination masterclass and performance. It was stunning. He is stunning.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/a...
Dismayed by Trump, the Star Pianist András Schiff Boycotts the U.S.
Mr. Schiff, who has refused to play in Russia and his native Hungary because of strongman rule, said he was alarmed by President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying.”
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I have to believe that at some point, Facebook is going to shut me down and turn in all FB data - posts, messages, and friends - to the Trump administration. But maybe I'm just acting like a malignant narcissist.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Trump/Vance Oval Office charade was possibly the saddest, most shameful moment in US history. As I read the world's reaction I ask myself this question:

What is going to happen when Trump sends US troops into Ukraine on the side of Russia?
March 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
@nattylib.bsky.social Watching Silo, kind of appropriately dystopian.
January 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM