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3:50 PM ET, April 11, 2025

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Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:
Trump tariff collection for freight shipments delayed by Customs ‘glitch’ … An alert from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday notified users of a glitch in the system that is used to exempt freight from tariffs, including shipments from China that were already on the water …
Paul Krugman:
The Third-Worlding of America  —  Oops, they're doing it again.  —  Major news media organizations sanewashed Donald Trump all through the 2024 campaign, cleaning up his incoherence and downplaying his extreme policy positions.  Aaron Rupar reminds us of this:
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Wall Street Journal:
Does Trump Have a China Trade Strategy?  —  If he wants Beijing to change, he needs the allies he's tariffing.  —  Click for Sound  —  It's all going according to plan, says the White House, and you almost have to smile at this spin in trying to sell President Trump's partial tariff reversal this week as a triumph.
Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
China Raises Tariffs on U.S. Imports to 125%, Calling Trump's Policies a ‘Joke’
CNN:
Trump is waiting for Xi to call. The Chinese see it differently
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Tariffs could cost them. They're still standing by Trump.
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Trump's draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research  —  The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices …
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:   Musk calls Trump's looming NASA cuts ‘troubling’
Politico:   White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research
Paul Voosen / Science:   Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
Eric Berger / Ars Technica:
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
Discussion: SpaceNews
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Massive cuts to NASA science proposed in early White House budget plan
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Judge orders government to lay out steps for return of wrongly deported man  —  U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis also directed the government to confirm the location of Kilmar Abrego García, who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison, by 9:30 a.m. Friday.  —  just now
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
DOJ defies return plan deadline for wrongfully deported Maryland man  —  The Department of Justice told a federal judge on Friday that it was “impracticable” to meet a court-ordered deadline on how it plans to return a Maryland resident whom the Trump administration erroneously deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge demands ‘daily updates’ on whether Trump admin is complying with court order to return illegally deported man
Zoë Schiffer / Wired:
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X  —  The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.  —  The Social Security Administration …
Discussion: Federal News Network and The Hill
BBC:
US fires Greenland military base chief for ‘undermining’ Vance  —  The head of the US military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email distancing herself from Vice-President JD Vance's criticism of Denmark.  —  The US military's Space Operations Command …
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Thomas Novelly / Military.com:
Space Force Commander in Greenland Sent Out Email Breaking with Vance After His Visit
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Head of US Space Force base in Greenland is fired after Vance visit
Discussion: Reuters and Baltimore Sun
Qasim Nauman / New York Times:
U.S. Military Removes Commander of Greenland Base After Vance Visit
Wall Street Journal:
Government Spending Continues to Climb Even as DOGE Touts Cuts  —  Musk team's $150 billion in savings barely dents $6.8 trillion in spending largely on autopilot, WSJ analysis finds  —  Cumulative total spending since Trump's inauguration compared with the same periods in 2023 and 2024
Discussion: Strength In Numbers and Jacobin
New Republic:
Fox News Accidentally Wrecks Trump's Tariff Spin as MAGA Panic Worsens  —  After President Trump's supposed tariff “pause,” we still have a 10 percent tariff on most global imports; the trade war with China is intensifying; and markets have plunged again.  Fox News figures are aggressively spinning the …
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Tom Sanders / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Beekeeper Admits Trump Tariffs Have Cost Him Half His Business
Discussion: Raw Story
John Ismay / New York Times:
Who's In and Who's Out at the Naval Academy's Library?  —  An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.  —  Gone is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou's transformative best-selling …
Politico:
State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’  —  “It's very 'Handmaid's Tale'-esque,” one official said.  —  The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” …
Discussion: Filosofa's Word and Raw Story
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Yes, they voted for this  —  🐍 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please click the button below and become one to support our work.
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Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
An Uprising at a Big Law Firm Targeted by Trump  —  [Editor's note, April 11, 2025, 1:40 p.m.: This story has been updated to reflect President Trump's announcement of an agreement with Kirkland & Ellis, A&O Sherman, Simpson Thatcher, and Latham & Watkins.]  —  MORE THAN 500 ASSOCIATES …
New York Times:
The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges  —  Christopher Rufo has helped inspire Republican messaging and bills on hot-button issues.  —  Produced by Eric Krupke and Asthaa Chaturvedi  —  Original music by Marion Lozano and Dan Powell  —  Listen and follow ‘The Daily’
ProPublica:
“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline  —  While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump's slashing of public health infrastructure.
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Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
AI Slop Farms Are Churning Out Fake Heartwarming Videos About Trump Figures  —  Machine-made YouTube videos are racking up views while fooling the MAGA faithful.  —  The judge demanded that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt remove her cross necklace, but soon he was humiliated.
Bryan Mena / CNN:
US consumer sentiment plummets to second-lowest level on records going back to 1952  —  Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy.  —  Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday …
Diana Olick / CNBC:
Mortgage rates surge over 7% as tariffs hit bond market … WATCH NOW  —  The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage surged 13 basis points Friday to 7.1%, according to Mortgage News Daily.  That's the highest rate since mid-February.  —  Mortgage rates have been on a roller coaster ride …
Discussion: The Status Kuo
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her  —  President Trump's immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine.  She fears arrest if she is deported there.  —  President Trump's immigration …
Financial Times:
European travellers cancel US visits as Trump's policies threaten tourism  —  International visitors stay away as political and economic tension and fears of a hostile border rise  —  The number of European travellers visiting the US has fallen sharply as political and economic tension …
CNN:
Republicans may be poised to kill tens of thousands of jobs in districts that voted for Trump  —  Republican Rep. Joe Wilson believes former President Joe Biden's landmark climate law was “fraud.”  He dislikes the tax credits it created for solar power and electric vehicles.
Emily Shapiro / Associated Press:
Small plane crashes in Boca Raton, Florida; all 3 on board killed  —  One man on the ground suffered non-life-threatening injuries.  —  Emergency crew inspects the site of a small plane crash, April 11, 2025 in Boca Raton, Fla.  —  All three people on board a small plane were killed …
Politico:
RFK Jr. says Deep State ‘is real,’ references past work with ‘the r—  d’ in speech to FDA staff  —  The HHS secretary's remarks shocked staffers at the Food and Drug Administration, prompting some of them to walk out.  —  HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s visit to the FDA Friday …
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
Associated Press:
Federal judge sides with Trump in allowing immigration enforcement in houses of worship  —  A federal judge on Friday sided with the Trump administration in allowing immigration agents to conduct enforcement operations at houses of worship despite a lawsuit filed by religious groups over the new policy.
Arthur Allen / KFF Health News:
Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People  —  President Donald Trump's firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions …
Discussion: Mediaite
Phillip Atiba Solomon / The Atlantic:
Am I Still Allowed to Tell the Truth in My Class?  —  Recent orders from the Trump administration run a real risk of muzzling professors like me who teach about the racism of the country's past.  —  Scholars of racism face a peculiar accusation: that studying racism causes racism.
 
 
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
An agency head gave her staff a day off — and they got antsy
Discussion: Raw Story
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Top U.S. Prosecutor in New Jersey, a Trump Loyalist, Targets Governor
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Immigration judge to decide whether U.S. can deport former Columbia student protester Mahmoud Khalil
Kevin J. Elliott / Liberal Currents:
Yes, It's Fascism
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How Politicians Get Their Bad Ideas
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Elon Musk and the Christian right call empathy “toxic” and “suicidal” — blame their shared misogyny
Discussion: Jill Filipovic
Jonathan Blanks / The Bulwark:
One Justice Department Office Is Key to Trump's Authoritarian Plans
Daisy Dumas / The Guardian:
Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister's memorial
Ian Hodgson / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida's DOGE agency asks university faculty to hand over research
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