The Political Thread

[Grim]

But my eggs.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Two of the United States’ largest trading partners, Mexico and Canada, immediately vowed to impose tariffs of their own. The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, announced retaliatory tariffs starting with 25 percent tariffs on approximately $20 billion worth of U.S. goods on Tuesday, with $85 billion more to follow within three weeks.

No choice. But so needless in the first place

 

[Samoa Looch]

It's the only thing you can do really... He can't deal with immediate "We're not gonna go with your bullshit, moron"-clap backs.

 

[Chris]

Trump Administration Revokes Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.

The decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status signals that President Trump will continue to dismantle a program that aims to protect migrants from potentially dangerous countries.

www.nytimes.com

The Trump administration has revoked Temporary Protected Status, or T.P.S., for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the United States, leaving the population vulnerable to potential deportation in the coming months, according to government documents obtained by The New York Times.

The move signals that President Trump plans to continue a crackdown on the program that began in his first administration, when he sought to terminate the status for migrants from Sudan, El Salvador and Haiti, among others. He was stymied by federal courts that took issue with the way he undid the protections.

 

[Jimmy King]

Plane collides with aircraft tug at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport; tug driver critically injured

The FAA said Air Wisconsin Flight 6181 collided with an aircraft tug while approaching a gate at O'Hare International.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/politics/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge/index.html

Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after attempting to refuse officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access systems at the agency, even after DOGE personnel threatened to call law enforcement, multiple sources familiar told CNN.

According to sources, personnel from the Musk-created office physically tried to access the USAID headquarters in Washington, DC, and were stopped. The DOGE personnel demanded to be let in and threatened to call US Marshals to be allowed access, two of the sources said.

The DOGE personnel wanted to gain access to USAID security systems and personnel files, three sources said. Two of those sources also said the DOGE personnel wanted access to classified information, which only those with security clearances and a specific need to know are able to access.

 

[Chris]

‘Crisis communications’: emails show how NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans helped New Orleans church spin abuse scandal

Unearthed emails detail how the sports franchises’ owner and PR team counseled archdiocese on how to respond to unfolding clergy-abuse case

www.theguardian.com

High-level executives with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints football team and the NBA’s Pelicans basketball team had a deeper role than previously known in connection with a list of priests and deacons faced with credible allegations of child molestation while the clergymen worked with their city’s Roman Catholic archdiocese, the Guardian and reporting partner WWL Louisiana can reveal.

According to highly sensitive emails that were obtained by the outlets, one top executive even described a conversation with the New Orleans district attorney at the time that allowed them to remove clergy names from the list – though the clubs deny their official participated in that discussion, and the prosecutor back then vehemently denies he would ever have weighed in on the list’s content.

The emails call into question prior and newly issued statements by New Orleans’ two major professional sports franchises as they denied being overly entwined in the archdiocese’s most damning affairs – while fighting to keep their communications with the church out of public view.

 

[Comrade Khan]

 

[Comrade Khan]

kicking elon right in the penis. Ford also mandated that all US products be taken out of the LCBO - the lcbo is the 2nd largest buyer of alcohol...IN THE WORLD

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/03/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-china-sheinbaum-responds.html

President Donald Trump on Monday said that he will pause for one month his new 25% tariff on goods entering the United States from Mexico after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to immediately send 10,000 soldiers to her country’s northern border to prevent drug trafficking.

The announcement of the pause came two days after Trump slapped 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% tariff on goods imported from China.

 

[Grim]

kicking elon right in the penis. Ford also mandated that all US products be taken out of the LCBO - the lcbo is the 2nd largest buyer of alcohol...IN THE WORLD

Bluesky

bsky.app

 

[Grim]

 

[Butters]

Jesus Christ

 

[Grim]

All I'm saying is here's what needs to be done with these people:

Spoiler

 

[Chris]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he’s now in charge of the US Agency for International Development, after the Trump administration and its allies put senior staff on leave and threatened to shut it down for good.

Speaking to reporters in San Salvador, El Salvador, Rubio called USAID a “completely uncooperative” agency and said it needs to be better aligned with US foreign-policy goals. He said he’s delegated authority over USAID to someone else, without saying who that was.