Freezenet<p>Today's BAC high score is .222. Extra style points awarded to the driver for driving an excavator on top of it all.</p><p><a href="https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/iowa-city-man-arrested-after-drunk-driving-excavator-on-muscatine-avenue" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cbs2iowa.com/news/local/iowa-c</span><span class="invisible">ity-man-arrested-after-drunk-driving-excavator-on-muscatine-avenue</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iowa</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/DUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DUI</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alcohol</span></a></p>
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#stupidity
38 posts · 10 participants · 2 posts today
Freezenet<p>If your driving and using nitrous oxide, you have to know the legal implications of all of that when police pull you over. What's more, if you do get pulled over in relation to your use of nitrous oxide, know that the nitrous oxide is meant for the car, not the driver.</p><p><a href="https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/driver-caught-speeding-inhaling-nitrous-31372336" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liver</span><span class="invisible">pool-news/driver-caught-speeding-inhaling-nitrous-31372336</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Driving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Driving</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stupidity</span></a></p>
Freezenet<p>"Writing down this crime spree was the best idea I've ever had!"</p><p><a href="https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/evidence/journal-guilty-plea-285096" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thesmokinggun.com/documents/ev</span><span class="invisible">idence/journal-guilty-plea-285096</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Facepalm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facepalm</span></a></p>
Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Today, we remembers the death of the German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed on this day in 1945 for his active opposition to Nazism. May his courage and his memory never be forgotten. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dietrichbonhoeffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dietrichbonhoeffer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nazism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cheapgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cheapgrace</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christianity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumptariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decline</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jesus</span></a></p>
Douglas E. Welch<p>Why Stupidity Is More Dangerous Than Evil via Lifehacker [Shared]</p><p>Dietrich Bonhoeffer knew more than you or I are likely to ever know about about the line between stupidity and outright evil. The Lutheran pastor and theologian had a front row seat as he watched the Nazis—history’s evilest stupid people (or stupidest evil people)—ascend to power and come to rule through terror during the 1930s and ‘40s.</p><p>In a letter to his friends, family, and followers written while he awaited execution at Flossenbürg concentration camp for his role in the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt on Adolph Hitler, Bonhoeffer detailed his thoughts on the root cause of the moral and intellectual infection that resulted in the Third Reich. His conclusion: It’s the stupidity, stupid.</p><p><a href="https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/09/why-stupidity-is-more-dangerous-than-evil-via-lifehacker-shared/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/09</span><span class="invisible">/why-stupidity-is-more-dangerous-than-evil-via-lifehacker-shared/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/stupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupid</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/wwII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wwII</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/shared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shared</span></a></p>
Canvases By Peter<p>America's "*Health Secretary*" thinks that "Beef Tallow" and "French Fries" are a "cure all" while watching kids die of preventable 'Measles'... and these are the same idiots trying to put Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals & Vaccines on Australia? What level of utter dipshittery are they thinking? Are these people officially The MOST stupid people on Earth or what?</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/rfk-jr-hannity-interview-beef-tallow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/12/rfk-jr-hannity-interview-beef-tallow</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Idiocy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arrogance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moronic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
salix sericea (@Ripple13216)<p>Went grocery shopping and created a trade deficit between me the store. </p><p>They gave me stuff, took my money - but won't buy anything from me. Bigly unfair, they probably want to destroy this household!</p><p>But fear not, retaliation is here: I will boycott their booze isle! Relentlessly!</p><p>What? No, I have a surplus of homemade wine, thx.</p><p>Happy Tuesday, 😉. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deficit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deficit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surplus</span></a></p>
David<p>This is a great explainer video on the new US tariffs where a mathematician attempted to take the topic somewhat seriously. Good stuff.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/internationaltrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationaltrade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j04IAbWCszg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=j04IAbWCsz</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidaugust</span></a></span> it's not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a>, but <em>exactly wuat <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> is being paid for!</em></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/asset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asset</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>!</p><p>He deliberatley cripples the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> to enshure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> has a dominant position and no realistic opposition for their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ultranationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultranationalist</span></a> fever-dream <em>"From <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dublin</span></a> till <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Yukon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yukon</span></a>"</em> and the sooner people realize this, the faster the necessary steps can be taken to prevent that from happening!</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"It was a bloodbath on Wall Street today, as Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs are liberating people from their retirement savings and investments. The Dow was down 2,231 (5.50%), NASDAQ was down 962 (5.82%), and Tesla was down a whopping 27.85 (10.42%)."</p><p>~ Ron Filipkowski</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dow</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PutinsPoodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPoodle</span></a><br>/23</p><p><a href="https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-105-4425" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">meidasplus.com/p/today-in-poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-bulletin-105-4425</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Since the re-installment of Russian Asset Trump, the US stock market has seen nearly ten trillion in value disappear, with five trillion erased over the past two days. According to multiple reports, this is the largest two-day loss in American history."</p><p>~ Heidi Siegmund Cuda</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dow</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PutinsPoodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPoodle</span></a><br>/22</p><p><a href="https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/bottoms-up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bettedangerous.com/p/bottoms-u</span><span class="invisible">p</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"This marks the worst week for the stock market since 2020, and only the fourth time in history that the Dow lost 2,000 points in a single day."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dow</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <br>/22</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Stock market closes week in bloodbath as Trump’s tariffs cause historic two-day drop and wipe out $6 trillion.</p><p>The stock market closed with a bloodbath on Friday as the Dow Jones lost 2,231 points and the S&P 500 dropped 6 percent as investors are spooked about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff plan."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dow</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <br>/21</p><p>~ Katie Hawkinson</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stock-market-today-trump-tariffs-china-b2727712.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/stock-market-today-trump-tariffs-china-b2727712.html</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The sweeping package of tariffs unveiled by Donald Trump on Wednesday includes an exemption for the energy sector, which is a clear sign of the president’s fealty to his big oil donors over the American people, advocates say."</p><p>~ Dharna Noor</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OilandGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilandGas</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <br>/20</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>As Edward Helmore reports, New York shopkeepers featuring imported goods are announcing that they will have to hike prices "astronomically" due to Trump's "liberation" tariffs.</p><p>Jennifer Pulidore of Myers of Keswick, a shop selling British groceries, says, 'The price of chocolate has gone up astronomically.'"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a><br>/19</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-tariffs-small-business-nyc-prices" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-tariffs-small-business-nyc-prices</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The Chinese Ministry of Finance, calling @POTUS new tariffs on Chinese imports a 'typical act of unilateral bullying,' responds overnight with a 34% tariff on all goods imported from America. And so the President's trade war escalates."</p><p>~ Garrett Haake quoted by Greg Dworkin</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a><br>/18</p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/4/2314347/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Trump-deliberately-tanks-the-economy-as-Republicans-sit-back-do-nothing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/4/</span><span class="invisible">2314347/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Trump-deliberately-tanks-the-economy-as-Republicans-sit-back-do-nothing</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The US dollar experienced its largest single-day decline on record, dropping by 2.1% against major currencies."</p><p>~ CNBC</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a><br>/17</p><p><a href="https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/us-markets-live-today-dow-jones-djia-nasdaq-futures-trump-liberation-day-tariffs-liveblog-19583858.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbctv18.com/world/us-markets-</span><span class="invisible">live-today-dow-jones-djia-nasdaq-futures-trump-liberation-day-tariffs-liveblog-19583858.htm</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"I’ve said before that Trump does not think of policy the way most of us do, operating instead like a low-level mob boss running a protection racket. Unfortunately, a bunch of rubes decided to give him another bite at the apple, and now the entire global economy has to pay up."</p><p>~ Marlon Weems</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/mob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mob</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MobBoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobBoss</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <br>/6</p><p><a href="https://thejourneyman.substack.com/p/here-comes-the-pain" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thejourneyman.substack.com/p/h</span><span class="invisible">ere-comes-the-pain</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Experts said Trump’s sweeping border taxes of between 10% and 50% on the US’s traditional allies and enemies alike had dramatically added to the risk of a steep global downturn and a recession in the world’s biggest economy."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a><br>/16</p>
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"As world leaders reacted to the US president’s 'liberation day' tariff policies demolishing the international trading order, about $2.5tn (£1.9tn) was wiped off Wall Street and share prices in other financial centres across the globe."
~ Richard Partington
#Trump #tariffs #StockMarket #economy #recession #inflation #stupidity #incompetence #destruction
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The Guardian · Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall StreetBy Richard Partington
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