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alexander-a-tin.bsky.social
The CDC's cruise ship inspectors have been laid off, as well as agency's head epidemiologist for investigating cruise ship outbreaks

That baffled health officials since this program is paid for by cruise ship fees, not taxpayer dollars

www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks
The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars.
www.cbsnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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apnews.com
BREAKING: China raises its retaliatory tariff on goods coming from the US to 84%, up from 34%, hours after Trump's sweeping new tariffs kicked in.
Follow AP's live updates.
Live updates: Asian and European shares sink as US tariffs take effect
The new tariffs include a combined 104% levy on China. The move raises the risk of a recession and of breaking the political and economic alliances that made much of the world stable for business after World War II.
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April 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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ebonybennett.bsky.social
While your average driver might like the idea of paying less fuel tax, you know who NEVER pays fuel tax?

Gina. Clive. BHP. The rest of the mining industry

@rodcampbell.bsky.social explains
#auspol #ausvotes
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April 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
If business groups had their way, the lowest-paid workers would now be paid $160 a week less.

The FWC should ignore the fears of business groups and give those on awards and the minimum wage a decent pay rise.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/if-busi...
Charts showing the real value of the minimum wage, and what it would be if the FWC had listened to ACCI. Rather than $24.10/hr, it would be $19.87/hr. And rather than be 6.7% higher in value than in 2015 it would be 12% lower.
April 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Australia is selling its gas to Japan so cheaply, that Japan is selling it again to other countries!

But Big Gas wants us to think we have a shortage problem, not an export problem.

🎤 Yuki Tanabe at the Australia Institute's #ClimateIntegrity Summit 2025 #auspol
March 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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nickevershed.bsky.social
re-quoting this cause lots of people keep talking about internet domains as a basis for tariffs, which makes no sense and is likely just a coincidence due to the overlap with ISO 3166 country/territory codes and top level domains.
April 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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nickevershed.bsky.social
We've solved the mystery on why all those remote and uninhabited islands were targeted for tariffs by Trump - they show up in US trade data due to mislabelled shipments. eg mixing up Norfolk, Virginia or Norfolk UK with Norfolk Island!

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade
Exclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islands
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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rossfloate.bsky.social
This morning, Peter Dutton made a shock appearance on the Today Program to do a complete 180 on his working from home position. Amazing stuff.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hRP...
Lord Dutmungous
YouTube video by Ross Floate
www.youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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dataandpolitics.net
5:50 pm PST:

Japan’s banking sector in free fall.

Complete meltdown across all major financial institutions with 14-17% drops not seen since 2008 financial crisis.
April 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Trump on his way to play golf today.
April 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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stonekettle.bsky.social
You can't see it in the clip, but if you turn the sound up and listen carefully you can actually hear the thunk of Trump's ball bouncing off the caskets of our fallen servicemen.
April 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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timesofisrael.com
Report: Iran pulling forces out of Yemen amid intensive US airstrikes on Houthis https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-iran-pulling-forces-out-of-yemen-amid-intensive-us-airstrikes-on-houthis/
Report: Iran pulling forces out of Yemen amid intensive US airstrikes on Houthis
Senior Iranian official tells British newspaper that Tehran is scaling back its support for regional proxy groups to focus on direct threats emanating from Trump administration
www.timesofisrael.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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brunojnavarro.bsky.social
can’t make this stuff up
April 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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pocono.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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atrupar.com
every Republican TV hit today
April 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
I wonder how many people realize the tariff on auto parts causes car insurance premiums to go up?
April 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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dansinker.com
Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
A tweet by "rohit" discusses the application of AI in geopolitics, specifically focusing on tariffs, and includes a table comparing tariff rates between China and the US.
April 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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raders.bsky.social
To put it in real terms: This press conference cost the U.S. stock market somewhere in the realm of $1-2 trillion dollars.
weisenthal.bsky.social Joe Weisenthal @weisenthal.bsky.social · Apr 2
*S&P 500 FUTURES SINK 1.9%, NASDAQ 100 FUTURES SLIDE 2.7%
April 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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fritschner.bsky.social
Closely inspecting the list of tariffs/countries posted by the White House, Trump did not put tariffs on Russia. Ukraine's tariff is 10%, the EU's is 20%, and every American ally is on the list. But not Russia.
April 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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atrupar.com
Trump is following through on his promise to lower prices!
graphic of stock futures dipping following Trump's tariffs announcement
April 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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nbcnews.com
BREAKING: Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, NBC News projects, defying Elon Musk after he spent millions against her. nbcnews.to/4hU1reg
April 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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youranonjd.bsky.social
The world's richest Nazi chode is cutting the Veterans Crisis Line because he does not care if Vets commit suicide.

He does not believe that they deserve specialized care by people trained to de-escalate situations involving Vets suffering PTSD and other disorders developed in the line of duty.
Excerpt form Washington Post Article: The roughly 1,100 people who pick up the phone at the Veterans Crisis Line comfort Americans who are in the midst of life's darkest moments. The Afghanistan war veteran who wakes up with nightmares and needs to talk to someone about them. The former soldier who plans to take his own life, shotgun sitting in his lap. The spouse who worries her intoxicated husband has been drinking and is now speeding down an interstate highway. About 2,600 times each day, someone has a story for the Veterans Crisis Line. The calls to the Department of Veterans Affairs hotline always vary, both in intensity and duration. Phone operators talk callers through their problems, enlisting help from local first responders or other VA programs when warranted.
March 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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iandunt.bsky.social
A level of corruption beyond our wildest imaginings a few years back. This image could easily have been in Idiocracy and no-one would have batted an eyelid.
March 31, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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atrupar.com
The guy who campaigned on lowering prices on day one now says he hopes prices go up

Congrats, America www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
March 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM