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"Today, the stock market dropped dramatically upon news that Trump intended to go through with his tariffs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 650 points, down 1.48%. The S&P fell 1.76%, and the Nasdaq Composite, which focuses on technology stocks, fell 2.64%."

~ Heather Cox Richardson


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heathercoxrichardson.substack.

Letters from an American · March 3, 2025By Heather Cox Richardson

"Also today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta forecast a dramatic contraction in the economy in the first quarter of 2025. Evaluating current data according to a mathematical model, it moved from an expected 2.9% growth in gross domestic product at the end of January to –2.8% today."


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"The unease has already led to warnings that the U.S. could be heading for recession, with the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model estimating real GDP growth for the first quarter of 2025 at -2.8 percent, down from +3.9 percent just four weeks ago."


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"Trump has created a climate of extreme economic uncertainty. And that’s really bad for the economy in the most fundamental way. If you’re tied to the global economy in really any way it’s hard to imagine you’d be making any big spending decisions at the moment. And that plays down to the consumer level. Meanwhile, the administration is at least trying to yank a lot of government spending out of the domestic economy."

~ Josh Marshall


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talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/o

TPM - Talking Points Memo · Ominous Economic DataBy Josh Marshall

"We assess that the Presidency has been captured by Vladimir Putin. Until we see proof otherwise, assume that Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and JD Vance are proxies for Putin, Xi, and their allies. China backs Russia fully.

Russia’s strategic goal is to dismantle the United States. They will pursue this through creating internal turmoil and dysfunction, trying to destroy the dollar and by 'ending' the Federal Reserve."

~ Dave Troy


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docs.google.com/document/u/0/d

Google DocsManaging Financial Instability In 2025MANAGING FINANCIAL INSTABILITY IN 2025 By David Troy, Publisher + Editor, America 2.0 Published November 8, 2024; Last Updated March 4, 2025 The Trump/Vance administration has the potential to unleash widespread economic harms, many of which are not on people’s radar. This document is not financ...

"Trump is killing the economy, reducing the U.S. government to rubble, and destroying our relationships with our allies. Putin may love it, but it’s a catastrophe for us and much of the rest of the world."

~ Robert Reich


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robertreich.substack.com/p/dem

Robert Reich · Democrats! Wake the hell up!By Robert Reich
William Lindsey :toad:

@JStark Not sure to whom you're speaking.

I quite certainly did not vote Trump in.