How Russian Tricks Try To Hide Its Warships From The Ukrainians
Ships are painted and covered in such ways as to camouflage them and make them hard to identify.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijdb9BYe18Q
Sam’s Jubilee Made Conservatives Lose Their Minds
Right wing social media confuses who is a liberal and who is a conservative and misportrays debates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrClwxIxDPk
Conservative’s Depraved Indifference For Deported Dad On Full Display
Trump administration and Conservative pundits use incidents of rape to paint all illegal immigrants and asylum seekers as criminals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtOwU06pNaE
Marco Rubio announces sweeping reorganisation of US state department
“The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has proposed a sweeping reorganisation of the US state department as part of what he called an effort to reform it amid criticism from the Trump White House over the execution of US diplomacy.
If approved, the reorganisation would cut more than 700 positions and eliminate 132 of 734 offices, according to state department officials. But those officials also stressed that the plan, which was suddenly announced on Tuesday, remained a proposal and would not lead to immediate layoffs or cuts.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/marco-rubio-announces-sweeping-reorganisation-of-us-state-department/ar-AA1DoyXz?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=d00d0fa992fd43bbaab1298e9f14eb33&ei=10
From Fake Eyelashes to Care Bears, U.S.-Bound Goods Are Stuck in Tariff Limbo
From Fake Eyelashes to Care Bears, U.S.-Bound Goods Are Stuck in Tariff Limbo
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fake-eyelashes-care-bears-u-030000313.html
Trump had a ‘test case’ for trade negotiations with Japan—the failure to reach a deal now has analysts wondering if any will be signed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-had-test-case-trade-105010697.html
Trump and Xi are locked in a standoff over direct trade negotiations
“He’s insisting on one-on-one talks with China’s leader, Xi Jinping — and this has stifled other diplomatic efforts to halt the worsening trade war between the two global powers.
The president won’t authorize White House delegates to engage with Chinese officials in Beijing about a detente, according to two former senior State Department officials and an industry official, who were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive ongoing discussions. The Senate has yet to confirm an ambassador to China; Trump has not appointed anyone else to lead talks with Beijing; and the White House isn’t reaching out to the Chinese embassy to begin discussions.
The absence of any substantial outreach has frozen meaningful communications between the two countries and threatened the likelihood of a near-term solution.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/19/trump-xi-china-trade-negotiations-00299645
Industries hit a wall on relief from Trump’s tariffs
“Car companies, toy manufacturers, farmers, retail groups and others who face significant cost increases from President Donald Trump’s steep new tariffs on China are all ramping up their lobbying of the administration to press for carve-outs and assistance.
But, with no formal process in place to submit their requests, and no direct line to the one decision-maker who matters, most businesses and industries are hitting a wall, so far. And those in the business world with connections to the White House figure it’s likely to stay that way until an industry can demonstrate to the president there’s a true crisis at hand.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/19/trump-is-signaling-hes-open-to-tariff-exemptions-securing-one-is-a-different-question-00298558
Schumer wants to block Trump’s nominee for a top federal prosecutor. Trump may have a workaround.
“By law, Clayton will be allowed to serve as interim U.S. attorney for 120 days. If the White House doesn’t nominate anyone else by the end of that interim period, the judges of the federal district court in Manhattan could vote to appoint him to remain in the job. He could then serve until the Senate confirmed a nominee — and if Trump wanted Clayton to remain in the job, the president could simply not nominate anyone else.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/18/trump-schumer-clayton-prosecutor-00299505
Opinion | 7 Critical Things Trump Doesn’t Understand about Putin
“The bottom line is that Putin doesn’t yet have a good enough reason to agree to end the war.
What will change his mind? The carrots Trump has been offering must be replaced with sticks — effective and consistent policies designed to make the cost of waging war higher than the cost of peace.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/15/putin-ukraine-reasons-war-00290138