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2:00 PM ET, April 29, 2025

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Punchbowl News:
Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers  —  Amazon doesn't want to shoulder the blame for the cost of President Donald Trump's trade war.  —  So the e-commerce giant will soon show how much Trump's tariffs are adding to the price of each product, according to a person familiar with the plan.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump complained to Bezos before Amazon said it scrapped idea to display tariff cost … WATCH NOW  —  The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump's tariffs next to the total price of products on its site.
Paul Krugman:
Trump is the Godfather in Reverse  —  Late post today: I'm still in Portugal and couldn't work on it yesterday because the power was out!  —  Yesterday's election in Canada was a bit closer than polls predicted.  Nonetheless, Mark Carney's Liberal Party, which appeared doomed just two months ago, won a solid victory.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Amazon displaying tariff prices “hostile and political,” White House says  —  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Amazon's reported plan to display the breakdown of how much tariffs are adding to the price of each good as a “hostile and political act” on Tuesday.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
White House: Amazon displaying tariff costs ‘a hostile and political act’  —  The White House on Tuesday bashed Amazon for reportedly planning on displaying how much President Trump's tariffs added to the cost of an item, calling it an aggressive move by the e-commerce giant.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
How Trump lost Canada
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Amazon Denies It Was Ever Going to Highlight Trump-Driven Price Hikes After White House Lashes Out
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Exclusive: Most Americans see Trump as “dangerous dictator,” poll says  —  A majority of Americans say President Trump is a “dangerous dictator” who poses a threat to democracy and believe he's overstepped his authority by actions such as the mass firing of federal employees, a new survey says.
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Wall Street Journal:
At 100 Days, Trump 2.0 Is in Trouble  —  The tariff shock he's unleashed could sink his second term.  —  Click for Sound  —  Presidential second terms are rarely successful, and on the evidence of his first 100 days Donald Trump's won't be different.  The President needs a major reset …
Marist Poll:
President Trump's First 100 Days, April 2025  —  Plurality Gives Trump a Grade of “F” at 100-Day Mark... Job Approval Rating Slips to 42%  —  At the 100-day mark of President Donald Trump's second term in office, a plurality of Americans give his performance a failing grade.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Judge Hannah Dugan has all-star legal team, including ‘LeBron James of lawyers’  — Former U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic and former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement lead Judge Hannah Dugan's defense team.  — The prosecution is led by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Keith Alexander and Kelly Brown Watkza.
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Canada's conservative leader Pierre Poilievre loses his own seat in election collapse  —  The remarkable campaign was upended by a backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump, which sparked a stunning liberal resurgence.  —  Canada's conservative leader lost his own seat in Monday's election …
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CBC News:
Canada election: Liberals will form next government, CBC News projects  —  Too soon to say whether it will be a minority or majority  —  Canada Votes 2025: Election night results and analysis  —  Canadians will vote on April 28 in an election that will determine the next prime minister.
Quico Toro / Persuasion:
A Victory for Boring White Guy Centrism
CNN:
Canada will ‘never’ yield to Trump's threats as Prime Minister Carney declares election victory
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family  —  On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.  The family's father, who is undocumented …
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Medicaid mucks up the megabill  —  Republicans are hitting a major roadblock in drafting their “big, beautiful” megabill: Divisions over how deeply to cut Medicaid are threatening to upend the timeline for advancing President Donald Trump's tax agenda.
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Politico:   Don Bacon sets $500B red line on Medicaid
Steven Sparks / Reuters:
Most Americans oppose Trump 3rd term, taking control of Greenland and Canada: POLL  —  A majority take Trump at his word when he talks about his potential actions.  —  President Donald Trump walks down the colonnade to the Oval Office after arriving on Marine One at the White House in Washington, April 27, 2025.
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and ABC News
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Trump Is More Likely to Get a Third Impeachment Than a Third Term  —  WHEN PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON DEPLOYED the IRS and the FBI to investigate his enemies, the House Judiciary Committee—on a bipartisan vote—deemed it an impeachable abuse of power.  So how about Donald Trump siccing …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's polling has already collapsed  —  💨 💨 ✈️ 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 …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The thermostat comes for Trumpism
Discussion: NBC News
Neil Irwin / Axios:
Consumer confidence shows “pervasive pessimism”  —  Americans now expect the job market and other measures of economic well-being to deteriorate in ways not seen since some of the darkest moments in recent economic history, per data out Tuesday morning.  —  The big picture …
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Jake Pearson / ProPublica:
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts  —  Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency …
New York Times:
Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump's Crypto Firm … The pitch from “ZMoney” arrived on the encrypted messaging app Signal just days before Donald J. Trump's presidential inauguration.  —  “ZMoney” was Zachary Folkman, an entrepreneur who once ran …
Discussion: The Dispatch
Shawn Donnan / Bloomberg:
The US Factory Where Trump Previewed His Tariffs in 2017 Is Now in China  —  The president celebrated the first 100 days of his first term at a Pennsylvania factory that's since closed.  —  When Donald Trump set out to mark the 100th day of his first term in 2017, he headed for a wheelbarrow factory …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA's Premier Conspiracy Theorist Becomes the Target of One  —  Flynn-kenstein's Monster  —  FEW AMERICANS HAVE DONE MORE to mainstream conspiracy theories than Michael Flynn, the retired Army general who served as national security advisor for the first few days of Donald Trump's first term.
Mary Cunningham / CBS News:
UPS cutting 20,000 jobs amid reduction in Amazon shipments  —  UPS on Tuesday announced it is planning to cut 20,000 jobs this year, part of a cost-cutting effort that's linked to fewer deliveries from Amazon, its biggest customer.  —  The shipping company, which operates in over 200 countries, currently has around 490,000 employees.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
This Is Palantir's Justification for Building ICE's Master Database  —  Over the last few weeks multiple media outlets have reported on data analytics company Palantir's closer collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the agency carries out Trump's mass deportation efforts.
Discussion: Reuters
Punchbowl News:
4/29/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers  —  Schatz moves quickly to lock up whip race  —  Gaming out reconciliation … President Donald Trump will travel to Michigan today to mark his 100th day in office. … Appropriations Democrats have created a …
Washington Post:
The EPA is canceling nearly 800 environmental justice grants, court filing reveals  —  The agency is in the process of sending out notices of termination to 781 awardees, nearly twice the number of canceled grants than had been previously reported.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency plans …
Discussion: Associated Press
New York Times:
A Mother and Father Were Deported.  What Happened to Their Toddler?  —  The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison.  Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.  —  A Venezuelan family is calling for a 2-year-old …
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Move to Block Inquiries Into Trump Admin Amid Signal Scandal  —  Mike Johnson has Republicans ready to halt Democrats' ability to force votes on whether to demand information from the Trump administration … The move comes as Democrats push resolutions demanding answers …
Discussion: New Republic
The Guardian:
‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist's detention and death in Russian prison  —  The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna's final months  —  The exchange took place on a lonely forest road in February.
Gleb Tsipursky / The Hill:
Trump's federal return-to-office orders are massively backfiring  —  Chaos, frustration, and a deep sense of unease have swept through countless federal offices ever since President Trump announced a blanket return-to-office mandate.  —  For many employees, it feels like an unexpected reversal …
 
 
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 Earlier Items: 
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A 100-Day Honeymoon from Hell
Discussion: CNN
John Kelly / CBS News:
Despite Trump's promised cuts, U.S. spent about $220 billion more in first 100 days than last year
Adam Gurri / Liberal Currents:
Unfit to Be the Ruler of a Free People: The Anti-American Presidency of Donald Trump
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Mark Carney: democracy's unTrump
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens
 

 
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