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Friday News: “Even without the tariffs, Trump’s economic agenda is a disaster”; “The American Age Is Over”; “This Could Get Much Uglier”; “Democrats decry reported dismissal of NSA director Tim Haugh”; Amanda Chase Files, “unclear if she will qualify for ballot”

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Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 4.

BREAKING: Abigail Spanberger Secures Democratic Nomination to Serve as Governor of Virginia

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A formality, but an important one – go Abigail Spanberger! (Now, we’re just waiting to see if Amanda Chase made the ballot for the VA GOP gubernatorial nomination, or whether Winsome Earle-Sears will be declared their nominee)

BREAKING: Spanberger Secures Democratic Nomination to Serve as Governor of Virginia

Spanberger: “I Will Work Hard to Win the Trust of All Virginians and Build a Stronger Future for Our Commonwealth”

RICHMOND, Va. — Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after securing the Democratic nomination to serve as the 75th Governor of Virginia.

“Thank you to every Virginian who has shared with me their vision for our Commonwealth’s future since I launched my campaign. As the Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia, I look forward to having many more meaningful conversations with all Virginians — across our communities and regardless of who they’ve cast their votes for in the past — about the issues that matter most to them.

“Virginia is my home — it’s where I grew up, and it’s where my husband and I are raising our three daughters. Virginians across the Commonwealth are telling me the issues they want their leaders to address, and I share their priorities — strengthening our public schools, making Virginia a more affordable place to live, defending our fundamental rights, keeping our communities safe, protecting Virginians’ jobs, strengthening our economy, and standing up to the chaos in Washington that is putting Virginians’ livelihoods at risk. I’m running for Governor, because I will work tirelessly to deliver for all Virginians on these priorities.

“I’m grateful for the support of the many elected officials, local leaders, and community members who have thrown their support behind me to serve as our next Governor. As we head toward November — and throughout my term, I will work hard to win the trust of all Virginians and build a stronger future for our Commonwealth.”

BACKGROUND

Abigail Spanberger has always served our communities, our Commonwealth, and our country. Growing up, Spanberger’s parents raised her to believe in the value of service. Her father served in the U.S. Army, went to school on the G.I. Bill, and became a career law enforcement officer. Her mother put herself through nursing school and worked late nights and weekends to care for her patients.

Spanberger began her career as a federal law enforcement officer. At the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Spanberger worked federal narcotics and money laundering cases — regularly working with local police departments across Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. — investigated child predators, and arrested narcotics traffickers. She served search and arrest warrants, often as the only woman on the arrest team.

Spanberger then joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as a case officer. At CIA, she had one mission — to protect and serve the United States of America. There, she worked overseas and undercover to prevent terrorist attacks, counter the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and track transnational criminal organizations.

After serving her country and bringing her family back home to Virginia, Spanberger began a career in the private sector. But after the 2016 election, she saw the dysfunction and hyperpartisanship dividing our communities — and she decided to run for Congress.

Spanberger has a track record of winning competitive, nationally watched races. In 2018, she became the first Democrat since 1968 — and the first woman — elected to serve Virginia’s Seventh District in Congress. Spanberger was consistently ranked as the most bipartisan Member of Congress from Virginia, and she built a record of finding common ground to get things done for the Virginians she served.

Spanberger — a product of Virginia public schools, is the proud parent of three school-age daughters in Virginia public schools. Spanberger graduated from J.R. Tucker High School in Henrico County and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia. Her husband Adam also grew up in Henrico County, graduating from Mills Godwin High School and the University of Virginia.

Spanberger announced her campaign to serve as the 75th Governor of Virginia in November 2023.
From DPVA:
Abigail Spanberger Declared Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee, Will Appear on General Election Ballot

Today, the Democratic Party of Virginia declared Abigail Spanberger as the Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia, with no other candidates filing for the position.

Spanberger filed for the office on March 17, 2025, and the Democratic Party of Virginia thereafter certified that she met the qualification criteria.

DPVA Chairman Lamont Bagby shared the following statement:

“Abigail Spanberger is a true fighter for Virginia, and I’m proud to lead a party united behind her. Across the Commonwealth, we’ve seen her connect with and listen to Virginians from all walks of life. Virginians want a governor focused on the real issues: strengthening schools, keeping communities safe, protecting Virginia jobs, and lowering costs. From now until November, Virginia Democrats will knock on more doors, make more phone calls, and have more conversations with our neighbors than ever before. We are ready for this moment, we are ready to stand up for Virginians, and we are ready to make Abigail Spanberger our next Governor.”

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Potential Primary Challenger Dave LaRock Says He’s Failed to Gather Enough Signatures, Blames Glenn Youngkin; If Amanda Chase Also Fails to Make the Ballot, Winsome Earle-Sears Will Be Unopposed for the 2025 VA GOP Gubernatorial Nomination

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One down, one to go – with former (faaaar-right) Del. Dave LaRock failing to make the VA GOP primary ballot for governor, that leaves former (also faaaar-right) VA State Senator Amanda Chase as the only possible competition for the nomination. On the Democratic side, of course, Abigail Spanberger has the nomination locked up. The deadline to turn in petition signatures is 5 pm today (Spanberger turned 40,000 in on March 17).

P.S. Obviously, Virginia Democrats would LOVE to see Winsome Earle-Sears through the primary in mid-June involved in a vicious intra-Republican civil war. But that may not end up happening; we’ll see soon enough if Amanda Chase makes the ballot or not.

On the Republican side for LG, it looks like it will be John Reid vs. Pat Herrity for that nomination…

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11)’s Statement on DoD Inspector General Investigation of Sec. Hegseth’s Use of Signal to Share War Plans

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Continued excellent work by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11), the ranking Democratic member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:

BREAKING: Ranking Member Connolly’s Statement on DoD Inspector General Investigation of Sec. Hegseth’s Use of Signal to Share War Plans
Washington, D.C. (April 3, 2025)— The Department of Defense (DoD) Acting Inspector General Stebbins has informed the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that the DoD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will be investigating Defense Secretary Hegseth’s use of Signal following calls from Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly and the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.  The OIG stated it is initiating an evaluation “to determine the extent to which the Secretary of Defense and other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies and procedures for the use of a commercial messaging application for official business.”

Ranking Member Connolly issued the following statement on the DoD OIG’s investigation:   

“Our servicemembers put their lives on the line every day to protect our nation and deserve better than officials who would risk their safety just so they can text each other congratulations. This blatant breach of security protocol and violation of law demands a fulsome, free, and fair investigation.

“Inspectors General must have the independence to carry out their mission free from partisan pressure and threat. That is the only way these government watchdogs can conduct their important work on behalf of the American people.  The work of the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General must be allowed to proceed unimpeded.”

On March 27, 2025, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Offices of Inspectors General at the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Treasury, and the Central Intelligence Agency as well as to the Counsel to the President requesting a full and immediate investigation following two reports published in The Atlantic that revealed several members of the National Security Council and the White House Cabinet discussed classified plans for a military operation in Yemen in a group chat on the Signal messaging application that included The Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg.

Click here to read Oversight Democrats’ March 27th letter to the Offices of Inspectors General. 

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Fmr. VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Conservative Republican and Trump Voter: Trump Tariffs “a massive tax increase on the American people…the antithesis of what free market conservatives are supposed to believe in”

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As you read this by former/two-term VA Lt. Governor Bill Bolling, keep a couple things in mind: 1) Bolling is a conservative Republican; 2) Bolling voted for Trump, even *knowing* that  Trump planned to impose massive tariffs if he were elected president. So why did Bolling vote for Trump? Because, as he explained leading up to the election, he felt (100% falsely) that Kamala Harris and the Democrats would impose “socialism” on America, would support “open borders,” blah blah blah.

So instead, Bolling and 10s of millions like him opted for: a) authoritarianism; b) incompetence; c) extremism; d) economic ruin; e) betrayal of our allies (e.g., Ukraine, Canada, you name it); etc.  It’s just so hard to wrap one’s brain around the degree of mental, intellectual, psychological contortions necessary for an intelligent person like Bolling to get to that point, but…here we are. And yes, we were warned – over and over and over and over…

As for Bolling’s Facebook post, I’d just highlight his comment about how Trump’s tariffs are a “massive tax increase on the American people” and “the antithesis of what free-market conservatives are supposed to believe in.” Because you know how you often hear Republicans prattling on about how they’re all about “free markets,” “free trade,” “free people,” “liberty,” “low taxes,” etc? Well guess what – they’ve been LYING TO YOU. Because of course they don’t believe any of those things. Which is how you end up with the polar antithesis of all those things in the current Trump administration: massive  government interference with free markets/free trade; infringement on peoples’ civil liberties and freedoms in a wide variety of ways; this massive tax increase (a highly regressive one at that!); etc. Plus, of course, note that historically, over and over again, we’ve seen Republican presidencies lead to economic disaster, with Democrats having to come in and clean up the mess. Rinse/repeat. And yet voters keep saying, “let’s give Republicans just ONE MORE CHANCE?”  Ugh.

Anyway, can someone please explain why anyone with an IQ higher than a rotting eggplant would ever vote Republican? Because it literally makes no sense for anyone – hell, it’s even hurting the wealthiest oligarch (Elon Musk) in the world, who went all-out to elect Trump in 2024, cratering his own image, as well as the image of his most-important product (Tesla), and costing him 10s of billions of dollars in wealth so far? Just bizarre.

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Totally self inflicted by our own government.

The Trump tariffs amount to nothing more than a massive tax increase on the American people, who will ultimately pay for the tariffs in the form of higher prices for almost everything.

They are the antithesis of what free market conservatives are supposed to believe in.

They will fuel inflation, destabilize the international economy, and significantly increase the risk of a recession.

The only winner here, at least in the short term, is the U.S.. government, which will collect billions in new tariff revenue, which is probably the real reason they were enacted..

If you don’t believe me, just consider the following comments from others who expressed similar concerns in the hours following the President’s announcement.

• “The action amounts to a historic tax hike that could push the global order to a breaking point. It kick-starts what could be a painful transition as middle-class essentials such as housing, autos and clothing are expected to become more costly, while disrupting the alliances built to ensure peace and economic stability.” – Business Insider
• “The effect is probably a recession. It’s going to raise the price of so many goods that can’t be made in the United States,” said economist Brad Setser of the Council on Foreign Relations. “In the long run, it’s a vision of the U.S. that is very isolated from the world.”
• “With today’s announcement, U.S. tariffs will approach levels not seen since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which incited a global trade war and deepened the Great Depression,” said Scott Lincicome and Colin Grabow of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.’

I realize that most in the GOP think we should just blindly “Trust In Trump”, but believe me when I say, this is a really bad policy decision.

If we were truly concerned about leveling the economic playing field with other countries, there were many ways we could have tried to address that without declaring economic war against the rest of the world.

Video: Federal Workers Rip Winsome Earle-Sears for “downplaying, dismissing, and laughing off the devastating situation many Virginians are in right now”

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Check out the following press release and video from DPVA, in which federal workers rip Winsome Earle-Sears for “downplaying, dismissing, and laughing off the devastating situation many Virginians are in right now,” for “downplaying the severity of losing a job”

Former Federal Workers and American Federation of Government Employees Respond to Audio of Winsome Earle-Sears Dismissing Attacks on Virginia Jobs

Sears: “Oh you mean it’s not unusual? It happens all the time… And the media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing, and I don’t understand why”

VIRGINIA – Today, former federal workers and American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) denounced Winsome Earle-Sears for dismissing attacks on Virginia jobs as not a “huge thing” while thousands of Virginians are at risk of losing their jobs.

This follows Meidas Touch reporting new audio of Sears saying “it happens all the time” and “the media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing… and I don’t understand why.”

Watch the press call by clicking the image above.

“From defending Trump’s attacks on Virginia jobs to saying she would help him ‘get the job done’ to her more recent comments downplaying the severity of losing a job, Winsome Earle-Sears isn’t on the side of Virginians, ” said Christine Surrette, AFGE District 4 National Vice President, former Department of Veterans Affairs employee. 

“Virginians should be able to trust that the leaders they elect will fight for them, not mock them. Winsome Earle-Sears has proved again and again that she’s not interested in standing up for the Commonwealth,” said Ottis Johnson, AFGE District 14 National Vice President. 

“Every day, Virginians are facing potential layoffs through no fault of their own. For Winsome Earle-Sears to say what they are going through is not ‘a huge deal’ is dismissive and proves that she can’t be trusted to fight for Virginia,” said Monique Samuels, President of Local 1992, which represents workers at Defense Logistics Agency. 

“After weeks of refusing to stand up for Virginia workers and veterans who rely on VA for care, Sears has gone a step farther now downplaying, dismissing, and laughing off the devastating situation many Virginians are in right now.” said Sheila Elliott, President of Local 2328 which represents workers at Department of Veterans Affairs.

Read More About Sears Refusing to Stand Up for Virginia Jobs: 

Winsome Earle-Sears has dismissed and laughed off attacks on Virginia jobs over and over again.

  • Winsome Earle-Sears was caught on tape dismissing and laughing off the attacks on Virginia jobs saying “the media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing… and I don’t understand why.”
  • Instead of standing up to attacks on Virginia jobs, Sears told Virginians facing layoffs “don’t fret.”
  • Sears also said “just about everybody has lost a job … It is life happening.” 

Winsome Earle-Sears has defended Trump’s attacks on Virginia’s workforce and economy.

  • The Youngkin-Sears administration’s response to workers at risk of losing their jobs was “update your resume.”
  •  As Donald Trump attacked Virginia’s workforce and economy, Sears declared she would help Trump “get the job done” if she were governor.

The few resources Sears offered to help Virginians ended up being broken links that led to “404 Page Not Found” website errors.

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Planned Parenthood of VA: “Back in Your Court, Governor Youngkin”; Urges Him to Sign Right to Contraception and Contraceptive Equity Act

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From Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia; note that, unlike Glenn Youngkin or Winsome Earle-Sears, Democrat Abigail Spanberger WOULD sign this crucial legislation into law if/when she’s governor. Let’s make it so!

PPAV Statement on Veto Session: Back in Your Court, Governor Youngkin
PPAV Urges Governor Youngkin to Now Sign Right to Contraception and Contraceptive Equity Act

Richmond, Va – Yesterday, the Virginia General Assembly reconvened in Richmond to act on the Governor’s recommendations to legislation and the budget. Bills with amendments that were rejected by the General Assembly will be returned to the Governor for his final action, a signature or a veto.

Jamie Lockhart, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia:

“The Trump-Vance-Musk administration has created a relentless storm of chaos, and here in Virginia, we do not need more political games that delay action year after year. We need leaders who will fight to protect the right and access to contraception.

Governor Youngkin has the opportunity to act now by signing the Virginia Right to Contraception Act and the Contraceptive Equity Act—bills that ensure Virginians can access essential reproductive health care. His failure to act would only confirm what too many already fear: that we cannot rely on politicians to protect our freedoms. That’s why we need a constitutional amendment for reproductive freedom—to make sure our rights are not left to chance. The time to act is now.”

Bills back before Governor Youngkin:

Virginia Right to Contraception HB1716 (Price), SB1105 (Hashmi)

  • After the fall of Roe v. Wade, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas openly called for the court to “re-consider” the constitutional right to contraception. With the right-wing Court’s stance, it’s imperative for states to take proactive measures to protect this fundamental right, especially given that President Donald Trump has explicitly said he was “looking at” state-level restrictions on access to contraception.
  • The legislation officially integrates the right to contraception into Virginia’s state laws, providing a legal foundation for this right. It explicitly prohibits any state actor from infringing upon an individual’s right to access contraception, thereby ensuring state-level protection.

Contraceptive Equity Act  HB2371 (King), SB780 (Carroll Foy)

  • We know that high out of pocket expenses can make certain forms of birth control prohibitively expensive, and this bill would require health plans to cover contraception without cost-sharing, so that people had access to the forms of contraception they need in reality, instead of in name only.

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Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia (PPAV) is a statewide advocacy organization whose mission is to preserve and broaden access to reproductive health care through legislation, public education, electoral activity and litigation in the Commonwealth of Virginia. PPAV works to ensure that individuals and families have the freedom, information, and ability to make their own informed reproductive choices.

Thursday News: “Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer”; “Trump Goes Crazy on Trade”; “Worse Than Worst-Case Scenario”; “Launching the Economic Version of the Iraq War”; “Endangers the World’s Broken Economy – and Him”

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Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, April 3.

Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says Trump Tariffs “will be the largest tax hike in the United States history”; Also, “This is no way to treat an ally…Canada is not an enemy.”

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See below for a press release and video from Sen. Tim Kaine’s office about his attempt to “Undo Trump’s taxes on Canadian goods.” So, good for Sen. Kaine for trying, but this has ZERO chance of being signed into law by Trump, even it’s miraculously passed by both the US Senate and US House. Also, just 1 1/2 hours ago, Trump had his “liberation day” announcement, and – as Paul Krugman writes – “he’s gone full-on crazy,” including “making false claims about our trading partners — not sure in this case whether they’re lies, because he may be truly ignorant — that will both enrage them and make it very hard to back down.” What a nightmare. And yes, screw the political media – which played a major role in bringing this disaster about by normalizing/sanewashing Trump while constantly bashing Joe Biden, a serious, responsible, sane president who they just HATED for whatever reasons. Totally f’ed up.

VIDEO: KAINE SPEAKS ON SENATE FLOOR AHEAD OF VOTE ON RESOLUTION TO UNDO TRUMP’S TAXES ON CANADIAN GOODS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to pass his joint resolution challenging President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods, which amount to a 25 percent tax on goods imported from one of America’s top trading partners and closest allies. The legislation will be voted on today. Estimates have shown that Trump’s tariffs could raise costs for the average American household by thousands of dollars per year. In addition, Trump’s trade wars have hurt American businesses and created needless uncertainty in the U.S. economy.

“Trump’s aides have basically admitted that this is a new sales tax. The tariff revenue will hit everyday people by making the cost of their goods go up,” said Kaine. “What we are likely to see today with the tariff announcement, it will be the largest tax hike in the United States history.”

Kaine continued, “This was an economy that was extremely strong just two months ago on President Trump’s inauguration day. It was a very, very strong economy – not a perfect economy. But since that time, we’ve seen volatility in the stock market. We’ve seen growing inflation. We’ve seen reducing consumer confidence. We’ve seen some suggestions of slowing economic growth, even negative economic growth from some, and that is due in large part to the prospect of this national sales tax – tariffs to the degree of $6 trillion dollars – but also somewhat to the chaos about whether and when and how they will be implemented.”

Kaine then discussed what he’s hearing from Virginia businesses, saying, “I’ve been traveling around the state talking to Virginians, and they’re very, very worried about these Canadian tariffs. And they’re not worried in the abstract. They saw them in 2017, 2018, 2019, so they know what happens with tariffs … From the kitchen table of a family to our nation’s largest shipbuilders, these tariff shenanigans pose a huge economic risk.”

Kaine pushed back on the Trump Administration’s claims that there is a fentanyl emergency at the U.S.-Canadian border. “No one in this chamber … would dispute that fentanyl is a massive problem and indeed an emergency … There is a fentanyl emergency, but it’s not Canada … It’s not an emergency from Canada, and it’s certainly not an emergency that would justify treating Canadian products with exactly the same tariff that we would levy on products from Mexico and from China,” Kaine said.

“I think allies are really important, and I think it’s wrong to call an ally an adversary,” Kaine said. “I don’t want an America pushing aside its longstanding allies … This is no way to treat an ally. This is no way to treat a friend.”

Kaine concluded, “Tariffs are a tax. Tariffs will hurt our families. Canada is not an enemy. Let’s act together to fight fentanyl. We can do that. We have done that – we showed it with the HALT Fentanyl Act we passed two weeks ago. But let’s not label an ally as an enemy. Let’s not impose punishing costs on American families at a time they can’t afford it. Let’s not hurt American small businesses. Let’s not make our national security investments in ships and subs more expensive. I earnestly request that colleagues support S.J. [Res.] 37 when we vote on it later.”

Ahead of the Senate vote, Kaine’s legislation has garnered support from businesses and organized labor alike, including from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO.

Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says Trump’s Tariffs “Liberation Day” Will Be “Tax Day for Americans,” But Republicans Won’t Block Them Because They’ve “fallen into this complete subjugation to Donald Trump’s whims”

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Pretty quiet and relatively short press availability by Sen. Mark Warner this week. See below for video, as well as a few things that jumped out at me.

  • On Signalgate, Sen. Warner said: “We still don’t know if the phones were ever collected and checked for malware… the bad guys don’t have to physically have [the phone]…I was down in Hampton Roads and Virginia Beach and Chesapeake on Saturday for town halls, and Virginians were rightfully pissed off at this careless behavior, because many in the crowds…knew folks who had been deployed on the Truman, the aircraft carrier that’s in the Eastern Mediterranean where the jet had taken off to strike the Houthis. And the fact that if this information had been discovered by the Houthis, they could have very easily or probably taken down American pilots and killed them…It appears that Mike Waltz and his team have sent out lots of detailed conversations over Gmail, which is not even encrypted. So will it take literally an American servicemember dying or being constantly put in harm’s way before we can get the answers of whether the phones have malware on them…[or] there’s going to be any consequences?”
  • On TikTok, Sen. Warner said: “I don’t have all the details, I know there are at least four major bidders. But if the ending result is…where the algorithm, the secret sauce remains in Beijing, then the whole effort has been a farce, the whole effort has been a scam, the whole effort has been like so many of the Trump ventures that sound good, there’s nothing there. Because if the algorithm remains in Beijing, then those 150 million Americans are still going to be subject to the kind of propaganda manipulation that I can guarantee you the Chinese Communist Party will use in an adversarial way against America. So this disregard of our national security, from how they treat secrets to how we have to stand up to an adversary like China using this technology tool, this Trump Administration is getting remarkably awful failing grades.”
  • “In terms of so-called liberation day, self-proclaimed by Donald Trump, I think he’s going to announce his tariffs at a point after the markets close today about 4 o’clock. Well the truth of the matter is this liberation day is actually, I think, will be going down as tax day for Americans… so when those prices go up, just remember it was Donald Trump’s liberation policies that are actually increasing taxes on America that’s going to make your costs go higher.”
  • “I talked to [Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney] the other night and this guy, if anybody can carry Canada through a recession will be him. But he pointed out not dissimilar to what the foreign minister of Canada pointed out to me a month or so ago, if Donald Trump got up today and said hey, you know, no problem, we love Canada, well you can’t put this relationship back on an even level – this will affect our relations for years to come.“
  • “I have to say with a little bit of trepidation the fact that I’ve not had more Republicans who’ve all said to me privately I’m aghast at what’s happened with these Signal chats, I’m aghast that there’s not better security concerns, but they haven’t found their voice to do that publicly. That does not bode well.“
  • “[Sen. Tim Kaine’s bill blocking Trump’s tariffs on Canada] actually only needs 51 votes, so assuming all 47 Democrats, that means you got to get four – I think there are more than four Republicans who’ve expressed concern. But we have seen, and I saw this for example on the Tulsi Gabbard hearing where I thought I had four Republican Senators who were going to vote no on her, and I know they would wish they would have those votes back now since she seems to be a compulsive liar, but I have to give it you, through threats so far people have not been willing to actually vote their conscience, they’ve fallen into this complete subjugation to Donald Trump’s whims.”

 

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