Not unexpectedly, the stock markets reacted to Trump's new tariffs with a selloff of around 3%, reducing the amount of funny money in stock values by something like $3 trillion, the largest since the Covid crash. I've lived through more than one of these, and I expect the market to recover in due time. People who sell stocks for a living gotta eat. Dave Strom at Hat Hair looks at the question Are Trump's Tariffs a Good Idea or Not? At PJM , VodkaPundit make The Case For (and Against) Trump's Tariffs (VIP), Matt Margolis explains Here's Why Trump Will Win the Tariff Standoff and Scott Pinsker claims Trump Is Now a Wartime President, trade war. Sundance at CTH has a bunch, hosting President Trump Remarks at Make America Wealthy Again White House Event, Vice President JD Vance Outlines Expectations of Tariffs and Global Trade Reset, USTR Jamison Greer Discusses Tariffs and Trade Policy with Senior White House Team, President Trump Global Trade and Tariff Reset – Resources and Discussion, President Trump Ends Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Chinese Goods and Canadian PM Mark Carney Says Will Match Trump Auto Tariffs at 25%. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Sen. Bernie Moreno Had the Perfect Response to a CNN Host's Questions About Trump's Tariffs Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "Sen. @berniemoreno: "If one car goes up in price because there's a tariff, that person will just buy the other one that doesn't have a tariff, which is your American-made automobile — and places like Ohio benefit because your neighbor is employed as a result." Fox, Some countries targeted by Trump tariffs seek negotiations, China says 'no winners in trade wars', "Global leaders react to Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs with disappointment, threats and calls for negotiation." At Da Fetched, 4 GOP Senators Side with Dems, Vote to Undo Trump’s Canada Tariffs. From NewsMax, Trump Can Expand U.S. Energy Independence Exponentially. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.03.25 (Morning Edition), Twitchy, IT’S ALL A PLOT! LOL! Chris Murphy's Thread 'Exposing' Trump's REAL Tariff Plan Is Accidentally HILARIOUS, Former Anti-Trumper Shocks Lefties With Straight Fire Pro-Tariff Rant, and Angry Staffer Calls BS On Gas Under $3 And It Goes Impressively Bad.
Dave Strom at Hat Hair, has BREAKING NEWS: Elon Musk Is Doing Exactly What He Said He Would And We Are SHOCKED!, will step down as special employee after the legislatively mandated 130 day term passes, will remain advisor. Stephen Kruiser at PJM says I'll Just Be Over Here Relaxing While Media Dems Read Too Much Into WI Supreme Court Race. TNP has DOGE Data: Almost 50% of National Jobs Cuts are DC Govt Workers. I can almost hear the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth from here. From Ace, DOGE Discovers That the VA Was Paying $350,000 - $380,000 Per Month For Minor Tweaks to Its Website. "This was almost certainly a payoff. I don't know many website managers who charge $350,000 - $380,000 per month to give the hamsters a kick. The contract has now been cancelled." At the Free Bacon, Green Energy Company on Brink of Bankruptcy Months After Winning $375 Million Biden Loan. "Biden's green energy loan czar personally urged Li-Cycle holdings, which recycles lithium batteries, to apply for the funds." It was a grift. From WokeSpy, Gavin Newsom Rages as Trump Cuts Planned Parenthood Funding in California. Dave Strom again, The NGO Complex Is Irredeemably Corrupt. I don't see it that way, they're just acting as social parasites taking advantage of their host's vulnerabilities. Even tapeworms have to eat. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.03.25 (Morning Edition), Louder With Crowder, Don’t let the media lie, Donald Trump and MAGA had a huge victory in Wisconsin, also, CNN’s Abby Phillip repeats lie after lie about Elon Musk, but her GOP guest refuses to let her get away with ANY of them.
At Da Blaze, Tesla owner vows to 'make an example' of masked intruder who wrecked his Cybertruck: 'That's basically declaring war on me'. At Am Great, Nice Deb reports Texas Tesla Owner Sues Vandal for $1 Million For Keying His Model X. "Nachawati told CBS Texas that his client wants to “send a message” with the lawsuit to discourage further acts of political violence." It's Texas; he might win. Vicky Taft at PJM says Well, Lookie Here: Congresswoman and Harvard Prof Are Caught Planning Massive Anti-Trump Riots? "Rep. Pramila Jayapal (☭-Wash.), who just left her perch as chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Harvard professor Erica Chenoweth are holding “resistance” training sessions to get leftists “street ready” for mass protests against President Donald Trump. The goal is to cause so much unrest that Trump would be forced to resign."
From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.03.25 (Morning Edition), Louder With Crowder: The Media Wants You To Believe Trump Deported A Loving Father – They’re Lying. Pop Times, Obama Judge Defies Trump, Rules 350,000 Illegals Can Stay in U.S. At Drew Berquist, Homan Slams ‘Stupid’ Ruling on Temporary Protected Status, ‘Not Meant to be Decades Long’. From Da Caller, Gingrich Says Federal District Judges Aren’t Just Tying Up Trump But Another Branch Of Government As Well. At the Center Square, Gingrich: Sobering rebuke to judges will rebalance Constitutional authority. At Althouse, "[Al] Gore said he believed the courts would prevent Trump from implementing some of his most extreme moves," ""I don’t think he’s going to be able to get away with that,' he said. 'I think we’re more resilient as a constitutional, representative democracy than a lot of people of fear,'" From "Why Al Gore Is Shifting His Climate Activism Abroad/Given the Trump administration’s recent moves relating to climate, the former vice president is looking to the developing world for the next generation of climate activism" (NYT)," and "The long con of the left is corruption of the judiciary.... It has been brewing in legal academia for 20 to 30 years." "Says Elon Musk." Ann Coulter at TownHall asks Who's Defying Court Orders Again? Not Trump. Jim Hoft at GateWayPundit reveals Chief Justice John Roberts Caught in Elitist Club of Judges and Lawyers That Includes James Boasberg, Beryl Howell, Amit Mehta and Ketanji Brown Jackson. At AMAC, Left-Wing Lawfare Goes Global with the embezzlement conviction and banning of Marine Le Pen.
Atop Da Hill, Man to plead guilty to attempting to kill Kavanaugh at home. "Court documents show Roske had told authorities he was suicidal and wanted to assassinate the justice to “make the world a better place.” He also connected his desire to the leaked draft opinion showing the court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and the court’s forthcoming gun rights decision, according to the documents." At Althouse, "While in [Justice] Kavanaugh’s neighborhood, Roske kept the gun, unloaded, in a locked box in the suitcase." ""When police searched the luggage, they also found 37 rounds of ammunition, according to earlier court filings, along with a tactical flashlight with a laser that could be mounted on the gun, a 'James Bond' lock pick set, a black face mask, a pair of 'hard-knuckled' tactical gloves, four black zip ties and hiking boots with padded soles affixed to their bottoms that police earlier said were for stealthy movement...." From "Man accused in 2022 Kavanaugh assassination plot to plead guilty, lawyers say/Nicholas Roske, 29, was accused of flying from California and approaching Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland home with a gun before turning himself in" (WaPo)."
From Fox, FBI flooded with record number of new agent applications in Kash Patel's first month leading bureau. "The FBI saw 5,577 new agent applications in March alone and more than 10,000 since January." At NYPo the Divine Ms. Devine reports New FBI chat logs reveal extraordinary ‘gag order’ senior leadership used to shut down any Hunter Biden laptop discussion. I would hope most of that senior leadership is gone, and any left that participated in this will go soon. Da Caller claims Nina Jankowicz Defends 51 Former Intel Officials Who Cast Doubt On Hunter Laptop. The Queen of Fake News, "Nina Jankowicz, previously the head of former President Joe Biden’s administration’s short-lived “Disinformation Governance Board,” defended the 51 former intelligence officials who signed the letter casting doubt on the Hunter Biden laptop emails during a Tuesday hearing. . . Jankowicz, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, said the former officials were merely using their “right to free speech” and asserted their claim was accurate “based on the evidence at the time.” Except, that the intelligence agencies knew the laptop was real, and Hunter's and if their security clearances (now revoked) were worth the toner to print them, they would have (and almost certainly did) know it.
At Da Fetched, JD Vance Slams Media’s Deportation Narrative: “We Do What the American People Want.” From Da Wire, Trump Immigration Agency Halts Biden Era Gender Policy ‘Effective Immediately’ "Data collected from immigrants should have "meaningful and useful basis for identification," agency states." Da Blaze, Boston judge holds ICE agent in contempt for depriving illegal alien of due process by detaining him in the middle of his trial. "The judge also dropped the charge against the suspect because he was unable to attend the trial." At TownHall Tom Knighton says This Explains the Left's Immigration Policies Completely "See, the influx of illegal immigrants was to try and create a new voter base that would support the left indefinitely. Trump's executive order means those people can't, in fact, become the voting base Democrats so deeply desire." Peechy Keenen at Tom Klingstein says The Cruelty Is the Point."One of the Left’s favorite talking points is that the Right is cruel, heartless, uncaring. How dare Republicans deport murderers and gang members? Won’t someone think of the poor child rapists? How dare Elon Musk volunteer to eliminate waste and fraud from the federal budget and prevent economic collapse? Who does this monster think he is? "
VodkaPundit at PJM hears TikTok Might Have Found an American Buyer, and It's a Perfect Match, Amazon? Da Caller notices Zuckerberg’s Right-Wing Metamorphosis Still Has A Long Way To Go. Althouse hears Elon "Tesla is the only company with all the ingredients for making intelligent humanoid robots at scale." "My prediction is that Optimus will be the biggest product of all time by far. It will be 10 times bigger than the next biggest product ever made." Dave Strom notices Geez, Man. Even Tech Blogs Are Lying Because They Are Too Political.
Dave Strom says like skinning a cat, There's More Than One Way to Shape a Narrative™. Matt Vespa interprets the NPR CEO: We're Not Biased in Our Coverage, but We'll Drag Our Feet on Stories That Make Dems Look Bad. Ace, A Consensus of Experts: French Academy of Medicine Agrees Near-Unanimously That Covid-19 Leaked from the Wuhan Lab. "It's so strange how the media and Deep State only credit some consensuses of experts but not others. Like: There are two sexes."
Da Caller reports Elite University Targets Student For Trying To Uncover Where Millions In Federal Funds Are Going. From the College Fix, Brown U. student journalist started looking into administrative bloat. Now he’s being investigated. At Hat Hair, John Sexton reports a Wisconsin University Professor Suspended After Overturning College Republican's Table, Trump Gives Public Schools 10-Days to Certify They Have Done Away with DEI and Dave Strom asserts Universities Are Beyond Repair.
Ward Clark at RedState reports Shocker: Covenant School Shooter Final Report Released - Attack Was Plotted for Years. "Rather than a highly anticipated manifesto, the report found that killer Audrey Hale left behind numerous notebooks, art books and computer documents about her plans to commit the attack and gain notoriety, partly inspired by the Columbine school shooting in 1999. Hale, the 28-year-old attacker and biological female, began "fantasizing" about and researching mass shootings as far back as 2017, according to investigators. A year later, she wrote "detailed fantasies" about shooting up the Isaac T. Creswell Middle Magnet School for the Arts, killing her father and killing her psychiatrist." Ace, Nashville Trans Shooter Plotted Attack for Years, Was Obsessed with Other School Shooters "I'm starting to think that maybe treating juvenile mental illness with powerful exogenous hormones and telling kids they were "born in the wrong body" isn't as medically effective as our "experts" believe." Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal thinks the Police Report on Nashville Transgender Shooter Plays Into Left’s Narrative "The police report seems to follow the same trend Americans have seen from the “experts” time and again. Whenever a mass shooter can conceivably be connected to a conservative cause, be it anger at illegal immigration or a hatred of certain types of people, the manifesto appears almost immediately, and the Left pounces on evidence of “right-wing extremism.” Yet, when a shooter motivated by gender ideology or hatred against Christians carries out an act of evil, the “true motives” remain a mystery." At Da Wire, Nashville Police In Final Report Downplay Covenant Shooter’s Transgender Identity, Hatred Of Christianity. "Nashville police said the attacker was motivated by "notoriety.""
At Da Caller, Army Reserve ‘Taking Appropriate Action’ Against Captain Who Accused Trump Admin Of Erasing Trans People "Captain Winters slammed the Trump administration for its recent actions related to transgender individuals, including a prohibition on transgender people serving in the military and a ban on medical facilities providing sex changes for minors. . . Although the post included a disclaimer noting it does not “represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Army,” Winters wore an official uniform in the video. The Army Reserve said it is “taking appropriate actions” in response to the post. “Army regulations prohibit soldiers from wearing official uniforms when speaking in an unofficial capacity. As such, Capt. Winters’ command is taking appropriate actions. Under the Privacy Act, the Army Reserve cannot comment on those actions,” the public affairs office for the Army Reserve said in a statement to the Caller . . . While the Army used female pronouns, Winters appears to be a biological man."
Christina Winters, a man pretending to be a woman, is a Captain for the US Army Reserve.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 31, 2025
He claims that the Trump administration is trying to remove trans people from their homes and is encouraging individuals to be "annoyingly" proud during Trans Day of Visibility. pic.twitter.com/Y0eeCePlag
