….. “They’re eating the dogs….they’re eating the cats….I tariff penguins…..I will run the country like a business…..I’m going to Make America (suffer through another) Great (depression) Again”…..I’d say….yep, “STUPID” has lost it….since he listed his tariff agenda…..how bad was this week in the stock market?….the Magnificent 7 stocks…..including Nvidia, Apple and Amazon……collectively lost $1.55 trillion in market cap….. “this week”.….which is a record….Apple alone saw $443.5 billion in market value evaporate…..the Dow Jones Industrial Average became the last of the three major indexes to enter correction….which is defined as a decline of 10%…..or more from a closing mark…Trump’s decision on April 2nd to enact sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on US trade partners…..will go down as one of the greatest acts of self-harm in American economic history…..they will wreak untold damage on households, businesses and financial markets across the world……upending global economic order….that America benefited from and helped to create….U.S. stocks plunge deeper….capping the worst week since 2020….and yet he tells America….to “hang tough” over his new tariffs…..while Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to the U.S. ….crowds have gathered in cities around the U.S. and the world…..for anti-Trump demonstrations…..many people say they’re protesting against “HIM”…..and not just against the new tariffs….and he plans to issue new tariffs next week…..against what he calls….. “The worst offenders”….such economic lunacy might seem better explained by psychologists….than economists…..and the REICH-publican’s favorite African-American racist….just scored $13.7 billion in U.S. military launch contracts….which includes Space X, ULA and Blue Origin….through to 2029.
PHONE INSPECTIONS WHEN CROSSING THE U.S. BORDER – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND SECURITY…..Due to sweeping immigration agendas that involve limiting entries at U.S. ports of entry….stripping immigrant visas and deporting undocumented Americans en masse….the new administration is revamping its approach to digital security…..including the use of personal device searches to detain and deport U.S. residents or tourists at the border….legal residents and visa holders….have been harassed and even deported by border patrol agents…..after traveling out of the country….European tourists have been detained and held in immigrant detention facilities…..and this has stoked fear among many travelers….as individuals report increased device searches upon entry to the U.S. ….the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)…..submitted a proposed change…..mandating a review of social media profiles….as part of the process for vetting and approving benefits….this change would apply to immigrant already residing in the U.S…..including green card and visa holders….his Executive Order states he’s…. “Protecting the United States for Foreign Terrorists and other national security and public safety threats”……warrantless searches of personal devices were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2014…..ports of entry are a different legal landscape….according to U.S. law the CBP (Custom Border Patrol) reserves the right to inspect electronic devices that cross the border on the premise of national security.
23andME IS SELLING ALL YOUR DATA IN THE LARGEST SALE OF GENOMES IN HISTORY…..The DNA data from around 15 million people around the world is going on sale….23and ME filed for bankruptcy and legal permission to auction off all that data….yes, it’s an enormous risk to consumer privacy….but to scientists….it’s a major opportunity for research….privacy advocates rang the alarm bells over the potential for all that genomic data falling into the wrong hands…..others argue it could be used for good instead…..23andMe has already proved it is vulnerable to hacking the personal data of nearly 7 million customers….if 23amdME has your data….you should do your own research on this article.
A WOMAN’S ARREST AFTER A MISCARRIAGE IN GEORGIA DRAWS FEAR AND ANGER…..On March 20th in Georgia….an ambulance responded to an early morning 911 call….about an unconscious, bleeding woman at an apartment….the responders determined she had a miscarriage…..Selma Maria Chandler was transported to the hospital….but a witness reported she dumped the fetus in a dumpster….when the police investigated …..they discovered the remains and charged her with concealing the death of another person and abandoning a dead body….the charges were dropped….and an autopsy determined she had a natural miscarriage at around 19 weeks and the fetus was nonviable.
AND OFF TO THE WORLD OF THE STUPID…..
A prominent Republican demands Trump deport the bishop who preached mercy
A top European court backs a woman whose husband got a divorce because she stopped having sex with him
A drug kingpin was arrested in the UK after his wife posted lavish vacation photos online, giving away his location
A pregnant woman was punished for making her food “too spicy” after her manager was caught stealing her food
Spooky floating lights in South Carolina could be earthquake farts
A woman accidentally texts her date instead of her friend from the bathroom….he got up and left her with the bill
Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail
Air India plane returns after plastic and rags clog the toilets
Tik Toker jailed in Indonesia for telling Jesus to cut his hair
Impossible sounding surgery cures blindness by implanting a patient’s own tooth in your eyes
Amazon forest felled to build a road for a climate summit
A Texas politician introduces a bill to ban non-human behavior in schools
A French deputy has asked America to return the Statue of Liberty
A Florida man ate feral pig meat and contracted a rare biothreat
A man drove his car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership in Florida
Gigo Beach, serial killer and his estranged wife reach a divorce settlement