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beSpacific<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> says he's taking a step back from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> after <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a> "blowback" Stock value dropped 71%. Why it matters: His controversial tenure leading a massive overhaul of the U.S. government has caused "blowback" for Tesla, he said. What about undermining the entire federal government, stealing and monetizing every sensitive databases on every aspect of our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialsecurity</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a>, privacy, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trade</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commerce</a>

NonilexJudge scraps US rule capping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CreditCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CreditCard</a> late fees at $8U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> granted a joint request by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> and a coalition of 6 business & banking groups [pretty much who the CFPB is supposed to be protecting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consumers</a> from] including the US Chamber of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> & American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bankers</a> Association to scrap the rule adopted during President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>'s administration.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PersonalFinance</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/judge-scraps-us-rule-capping-credit-card-late-fees-8-2025-04-15/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/judge-scraps-us-rule-capping-credit-card-late-fees-8-2025-04-15/</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋🔴 🇺🇸 ☕ **US coffee shops worried about bitter price hike after tariffs**“_The prices on the menu have gone up by 25% and people are now buying smaller coffees._”🔗 <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c807kxdp2l0o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c807kxdp2l0o</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coffee</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trade</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inflation</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋🔴 🇺🇸 **Major foreign holders of US Treasury Securities (2022)**<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trade</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TradeWar</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economics</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debt</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Data</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DataViz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DataViz</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Chart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chart</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Graph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Graph</a> Image attribution: Wikideas1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MAJOR_FOREIGN_HOLDERS_OF_TREASURY_SECURITIES.web" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MAJOR_FOREIGN_HOLDERS_OF_TREASURY_SECURITIES.web</a>.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TikTok</a>, …as it approaches an April deadline to be separated from its Chinese owner or face a ban in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>….Various parties who have been involved in the talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously, the people said. The bid came via an offer letter addressed to Vice President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commerce</a> secy….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antitrust</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/business/media/amazon-tiktok-bid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=D95FBEC6-2C4F-46F0-AAEC-465CE954890A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/business/media/amazon-tiktok-bid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=D95FBEC6-2C4F-46F0-AAEC-465CE954890A</a>

Z...it's right in the name!! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> is the aggressive pursuit to capitalize on the ideas, labour, and resources of others via a controlled and preset measure of worth and value, as determined by the capitalizer...and, yes, that IS very different from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commerce</a> which is a fair and equal exchange of goods and services, whereby "fair and equal" is determined and negociated directly between persons involved in the exhange.

NonilexUS <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> Secy Howard Lutnick claims to have already sold 1,000 "gold cards" for $5 million per card.The thing is, there is no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GoldCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoldCard</a>. It doesn't exist. So he is just reporting that people are willing to give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> $5 million for.... (wink wink) "nothing"<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bribery</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://www.imidaily.com/north-america/lutnick-claims-to-have-sold-1000-gold-cards-for-5-billion-in-one-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.imidaily.com/north-america/lutnick-claims-to-have-sold-1000-gold-cards-for-5-billion-in-one-day/</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thinks those who complain about missing Social Security checks are probably criminals. That’s insane.On Social Security, Trump Cabinet secretary inadvertently gives away the game <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/social-security-trump-cabinet-secretary-inadvertently-gives-away-game-rcna197743" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/social-security-trump-cabinet-secretary-inadvertently-gives-away-game-rcna197743</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpGhoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpGhoul</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RemoveHowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RemoveHowardLutnick</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TaxBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxBillionaires</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government ContractsWithin the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Defense</a> Dept, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> rocketry is being trumpeted as the nifty new way the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a> could move <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> cargo rapidly around the globe.In the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> Dept, SpaceX’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> satellite internet service will now be fully eligible for the federal govt’s $42B rural <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broadband</a> push, after being largely shut out during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> era.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E7E65CB6-8C02-416C-97B6-4C61119E4373" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E7E65CB6-8C02-416C-97B6-4C61119E4373</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Director of federal broadband program quits <a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159516805/director-of-federal-broadband-program-quits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159516805/director-of-federal-broadband-program-quits</a>"The director of a massive Dept of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> program to improve <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rural</a> broadband access has quit the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> over concerns that the agency would delay the initiative to lavish <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> with federal funds...Feinman urged the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admn against changing BEAD “to benefit [satellite] <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> that delivers slower speeds at higher costs"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:Anyone who complains aboit not getting their Social Security check is stealing?!? What the fuck?! What a fucking ghoul!<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpGhoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpGhoul</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RemoveHowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RemoveHowardLutnick</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Nonilex"I think, if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a>," US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a> said on FauxNews Wed evening. "It's unbelievable that this guy's stock is this cheap. It'll never be this cheap again.""I mean, who wouldn't invest in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>? You gotta be kidding me."🙋🏼‍♀️<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>

NonilexFollowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s shameful <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a> advert on the WH lawn last week, US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a> used a TV appearance to urge Americans to buy stock in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>'s company.Cabinet secretaries *don't typically* [NEVER] recommend individual stocks, much less those linked to the president's closest adviser.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/tesla-musk-lutnick" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/tesla-musk-lutnick</a>

NonilexThe potential to more than double the scope of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> has alarmed economists & some congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a>, while other WH allies are concerned about the logistical challenges of a complicated new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/import" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#import</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> regime. The precise nature of these new duties has spurred extensive discussions at the highest levels of the admin, w/VP <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDVance</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a>, WH aide <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeterNavarro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeterNavarro</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Treasury</a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScottBessent</a> all playing a role in the talks….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpcession</a>

NonilexA draft of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOrder</a> designating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fentanyl</a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WMD</a> was distributed likely sometime last week to US Departments of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Defense</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Justice</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a>. Those agencies met on Friday, per a read out of the meeting Kabas reviewed, to discuss concerns.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeignPolicy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mexico</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USexpansionism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insanity</a>

NonilexThe ofcl line from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> admin is that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is not interfering in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>’s domestic politics. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a> denied his boss was “weighing into Ukrainian politics,” adding all that Trump wants is a partner for peace.But the behavior of Trump & his ofcls suggests quite the opposite. Trump has accused <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zelensky</a> of being a “dictator without elections,” & hinted he would not be “around very long” if he didn’t do a deal w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectionInterference</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> created the '<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Broadband</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equity</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Access</a> & Deployment Program' in 2021 to extend broadband to the most remote areas of the nation. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> Dept came up w/standards & rules for states & territories applying for the funds—including the preference for fiber-optic broadband, to provide fast <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> speeds.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s adviser & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> leader, is chief exec of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a>, the rocket co that makes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a>. Starlink uses low-altitude <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#satellites</a> to beam internet service to dishes…

NonilexThe program’s rules, which were created during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin, previously favored broadband lines made of fiber-optic cables attached to homes.“The department is ripping out the Biden administration’s pointless requirements,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a> said. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> Dept will also remove <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulatory</a> & other barriers that slow down construction & connection to households, he added.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConflictOfInterest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin said on Wednesday that it would overhaul a $42B federal grant program aimed at expanding high-speed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> to the nation, including easing some rules that could benefit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#satellite</a> internet service, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starlink</a>.The program will be revamped to “take a tech-neutral approach” in its distribution of funds to states, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a> said.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulations</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConflictOfInterest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technology/broadband-rules-elon-musk-starlink.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technology/broadband-rules-elon-musk-starlink.html?smid=url-share</a>

NonilexThe advisory cmtes’ — typically from universities, think tanks & interest groups, as well as from private companies — provided advice & feedback to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> but had no decision-making authority. But their sudden termination could add to concerns that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin is planning on interfering w/govt statistics, especially because the terminations came after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a>, the secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commerce</a>, suggested he might change the way the govt reports certain economic data.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a>

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