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#WSJ #Trump administration is withdrawing from some types of #whitecollar law #enforcement, including cases involving #foreign #bribery, public #corruption, #moneylaundering and #crypto markets effectively redefining what business conduct constitutes a #crime. #WhiteHouse #executive order in Feb said #bribery prosecutions hurt the ability of #US companies to compete #overseas, punishing them for practices that are #routine in some parts of the world. #WTF ncja.org/crimeandjusticenews/d #ElSalvador

NCJA · DOJ Is Leaving Some Kinds Of White-Collar Crime EnforcementThe Trump administration is withdrawing from some types of white-collar law enforcement, including cases involving foreign bribery, public corruption, money laundering and crypto markets. In some cases, the administration is effectively redefining what business conduct constitutes a crime, reports the Wall Street Journal. A White House executive order in February said bribery prosecutions hurt the ability of U.S. companies to compete overseas, punishing them for practices that are routine in som
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Michael Martinez :verified:

The sad, horrible irony of Rupert Murdoch allowing one of his writers to call for Trump's impeachment just puts icing on the cake of Americans' plight.

But it won't make a difference. Even if Fox News were to do this (and they won't), I don't think it would compel Congressional Republicans to take action or even talk about doing the right thing. They are too far lost in their corruption to be salvaged.

#news #america #trump #impeachment #wsj

thedailybeast.com/murdoch-pape

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he addresses the media on board Air Force One on the way to West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 13, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
The Daily Beast · Murdoch Paper Floats Impeaching Trump Over TariffsBy Julia Ornedo
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CDCastillo

La tienen difícil los gringos, ya los pequeños vendedores y fabricantes chinos están en modo “no dependemos de los gringos, ellos dependen de nosotros”.

No quiero imaginarme el disparo de los precios de autos usados. Menos mal que me quedé con el vochito fancy y que tiene servicio gratuito, porque las reparaciones también se dispararán. Tocará revenderlo después.

Artículo gratuito para leer #GiftLink wsj.com/business/at-chinas-who

#FAFO#WSJ#Tariffs
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:redstar: Spartacus

"If you can't win them, you can always discredit them", a #USA / #CIA game that dates back decades.

"Russian army does not fight like a gentleman"
#WSJ writes that the Russian army is "paving the way in #Ukraine, combining the brute strength of the #RedArmy with modern technology."

"Each element of the attack supports the others, which occur simultaneously or in waves. This can create an avalanche effect, forcing the Ukrainians to retreat," the article said.

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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

🔴 🇺🇸 :youtube: **Trump's Lightning-Fast Tariffs: The Legal Logistics Behind His Process**

“_President Trump skipped the normal months-long process to impose tariffs and instead used a 1970s to bypass them. This leaves him open to legal challenges and actions from Congress._”

#Video length: five minutes and six seconds.

🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=S4sC81PvDO.

#Tariffs #WSJ #Economy #Economics #Trump #USA #US #UnitedStates @economics

YouTubeTrump's Lightning-Fast Tariffs: The Legal Logistics Behind His Process | WSJBy The Wall Street Journal
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AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

If you're wondering why the pundit class and the mainstream media organizations that employ them have been so tepid in their criticism of Trump, so unwilling to name the fascist beast and draw the logical conclusions the regime's actions imply, perhaps it's because they know they've been complicit in this fascist nightmare? As Joan Westenberg notes in this brilliant March 15th drag out piece, the normalization of the fascist ideology the Trump regime is running on now has many fathers in American society, and not all of them are folks who'd want to be known as supporters of MAGA fascism; but that's precisely the role they've served, for personal gain:

theindex.media/the-pundit-clas

The Pundit Class Played Devil’s Advocate. Now the Devil’s at the Door.

"A revolving door of New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post columnists made a career of platforming people who—either blatantly or through implication—argued that transgender people shouldn't exist. That democracy had "gone too far." They raged against "wokeism" because they couldn’t conceive of a world where it wouldn’t prevail. They bemoaned "cancel culture" not because they cared about free speech, but because they mistakenly believed the right-wing ideologues they dined with had been cast out for good.

In their intellectual stupor, they decided that the forces of social change were so overpowering and unstoppable that the world needed a voice to speak up against them in an infernal balancing act. And it felt daring, didn't it? To be the literary equivalent of the Cool Girl—not like those Other Girls who care about freedom, equity, history, and common sense.

They dressed themselves up as the beatniks of cultural commentary. They convinced themselves of their "underground" status. They basked in institutional protection, indulging in a self-congratulatory circle-jerk of mock dissent where the stakes were always someone else's problem. They positioned themselves as lone voices against an imagined tide of unthinking dogma, pretending that they were fighting against orthodoxy when, in reality, they were just reinforcing the status quo with a hipster filter. They weren't holding truth to power. They were selling a brand: rebellion without responsibility, provocation without principle, and the posture of dissent with none of the burden of consequence.

They dined on the aesthetic of courage without ever taking a risk. And why not? The market for disaffected liberals playing footsie with fascists was lucrative and full of opportunities for highbrow grift."

The Index. · The Pundit Class Played Devil’s Advocate. Now the Devil’s at the Door.Pop intellectuals flirted with reaction, thinking history was on their side—now the backlash they fueled is here, and there's no escape.
#Fascism#Trump#Media
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