Weekly News-April-04-2024
Here are our top 5 stories of the week.
#1 – On ‘Liberation Day’, Trump’s Tariffs Crash the Markets
By Douglas French | Mises Wire
Liberation Day morphed into an Obliteration Day of everyone’s retirement account in a matter of minutes as Trump’s tariffs were announced to a crowd of hard hats and soft heads in the Rose Garden April 2. Donald Trump has the dream of Americans working on assembly lines and operating sewing machines. Any country selling more goods to the US than buying from the US is screwing the US, according to Trump’s reasoning. And, America has been taken advantage of for decades, according to the President. Read full article >
#2 – Senate Moves to Reclaim Tariff Powers
Senators, including some Republicans, are moving to reclaim Congress’ constitutional authority over tariffs in the wake of President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff hikes.
On Wednesday, the Senate, with four Republicans voting in favor, passed a resolution that would terminate the national emergency Trump declared in order to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. Read full article >
#3 – ‘DOGE Impact’: Federal Govt Layoffs Dominate Biggest March Job Losses In 36 Years
Over the last two months, DOGE actions have been attributed to 280,253 layoff plans of federal workers and contractors impacting 27 agencies, according to Challenger tracking.
Another 4,429 job cuts have come from the downstream effect of cutting federal aid or ending contracts, impacting mostly Non-Profits and Health organizations.
The Government led all sectors in job cuts in March with 216,215, all of which occurred in the federal government.Read full article >
#4 – Russia Calls US Threats of War Against Iran ‘Unacceptable’
By The Cradle
The Russian Foreign Ministry warned on 3 April that US threats of attack against Iran are “unacceptable” and could result in a “catastrophe.”
“The use of military force by Iran’s opponents in the context of the settlement is illegal and unacceptable. Threats from outside to bomb Iran’s nuclear infrastructure facilities will inevitably lead to an irreversible global catastrophe. These threats are simply unacceptable,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Read full article >
#5 – U.
By Willow Tohi | Natural News
President Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Susan Monarez, currently the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for CDC director. This decision comes after the withdrawal of his initial nominee, Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman known for his anti-establishment stance in medicine. Weldon’s nomination was reportedly retracted due to insufficient support in the Senate.
Monarez’s nomination has raised concerns among those who believe the CDC has strayed from its stated mission, particularly in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. Critics argue that her extensive background within the federal health bureaucracy and a heavy focus on technology-driven biosecurity suggests a continuation of the status quo rather than the long-overdue reform. Read full article >
Here are our top 5 most underreported or most bizarre stories of the week.
#1 – Israeli Lawsuits Target Americans: A New Threat to the First Amendment Under Trump
By Robert Inlakesh | MintPress News
A wave of lawsuits filed by Israeli plaintiffs against pro-Palestinian American citizens, advocacy groups, and media outlets is paving the way for the AIPAC-backed “nonprofit killer bill” to take effect. The claims—largely unsubstantiated—appear designed to justify what critics say could amount to a near-total shutdown of political expression around the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Read full article >
#1 (tie) – Only 15 Senators Vote to Block Arms to Israel, Despite Majority of Americans Wanting Aid to End
By Chris Menahan | Information Liberation
The Senate on Thursday voted 82-15 and 83-15 against two resolutions seeking to block the latest round of arms sales to Israel — even though polls show the majority of Americans want to end all military aid to the Jewish state.
On Thursday, the Senate rejected Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vermont) resolutions to block the sale of $8.8 billion in weapons to Israel by an even wider margin than in similar votes last year — despite Israel having since violated the Gaza ceasefire agreement. The Senate’s opposition to the resolutions comes as Israel has maintained a total humanitarian aid blockade on Gaza for over a month. Read full article >
#2 – Trump Administration Deploys Spy Satellites to Enhance Southern Border Surveillance
By Willow Tohi | Natural News
The Trump administration has directed two key U.S. military intelligence agencies to deploy satellite surveillance to monitor the U.S.-Mexico border. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), both part of the Department of Defense, have been tasked with this mission to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking. This move underscores the administration’s commitment to strengthening border security, aligning with President Trump’s 2016 campaign promises and the declaration of a national emergency at the border. Read full article >
#3 – Trump Administration Admits They Wrongly Sent the Father and Husband of U.
By | Vaccine Impact
The Trump administration now has another way to hunt down people in the U.S. living here legally, besides rounding up people who do not support Israel.
Now they can also hunt down people and lock them up with no warrant and no trial, just by calling them “terrorists”.
That’s what happened to a Maryland man from El Salvador who is married to a U.S. citizen and also has a disabled child who is also a U.S. citizen. Read full article >
#4 – Musk’s AI Company Acquires X, Accesses and Shares 600 Million Users’ Data With Israeli Company
By Anand Sinha | The Street via Need to Know News
Billionaire tech tycoon Elon Musk announced on X (formerly Twitter) that xAI, his artificial intelligence (AI) company, has acquired X. Critics are concerned that xAI, which developed the AI chatbot Grok that is built into X, will now have direct access to data shared by more than 600 million active users of the social media platform.
X currently shares user data with Au10tix, an Israeli cyber security company that verifies government ID from users who pay to have verified blue check accounts. Read full article >
#5 – German Soccer Fans Summon Lucifer in Satanic Display During Home Game
By Andreas Wailzer | LifeSite News
The fans of the German soccer club 1. FC Kaiserslautern have enacted a Satanic performance, summoning Lucifer during one of their home games.
During the match against Fortuna Düsseldorf on March 29, fans of Kaiserslautern shocked the sports world by performing a satanic choreography that featured what appeared to be a summoning ritual of Satan in Latin. The video, which is disturbing, can be found here. Read full article >
#5 (tie) – Ramadan Rage: Islamic Leader Yasir Qadhi Declares War on Texans Who Dare Resist Islamization
By Amy Mek | RAIR Foundation
EPIC City Islamic compound planned for East Plano, Texas
During what is said to be one of the holiest and most reflective periods in Islam—Ramadan—Yasir Qadhi used his platform not for prayer or peace, but for political provocation. His timing was no coincidence. Just weeks after RAIR Foundation released its bombshell exposé detailing Qadhi’s central role in engineering the Islamization of America—and after our viral report exposing EPIC City, the controversial Sharia-style compound being advanced by the East Plano Islamic Center—Qadhi took the stage with a clear and chilling message: Islamization of America is not only underway—it’s unstoppable. Read full article >
