MaggieKat
I read obsessively. I read everything. Not in the hope of becoming an expert on anything, just hoping I come away understanding a little more than what I entered with
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- Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u... When the bidding stops today, the top buyers of President Trump’s family crypto coin will win a tour of the White House.
- Philip Bump Is that guy with a gun an ICE officer — or just a guy with a gun? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Masked federal agents aren’t exactly Trump’s secret police. But they are hiding from accountability.
- What is happening in Bluesky Moderation Team?
- 1/2 What is their purpose? From substack - Lyceum Labs One the co-founders -Lauren Harper Pope
- 1/7 Kurds and Turkey
- 1/7 Trump’s Vow to Cut US Drug Prices Drags Pharma Stocks Lower finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-v... President Donald Trump said he plans to order a cut in US prescription drug costs to bring them in line with other countries, spurring a drop in pharmaceutical shares worldwide.
- 1/3 (This is from the WSJ - through the conservative lens - reflects that even Republican politicians on the state level don't want their federal funds to get cut because *their* voters will rebel)
- Apple Considers Raising iPhone Prices, Without Blaming Tariffs www.wsj.com/tech/apple-i...? The company wants to avoid appearing to attribute price increases to U.S. tariffs on goods from China, where most Apple devices are assembled.
- 1/2 Trump’s Family Is Doing Steady Business in the Gulf www.wsj.com/world/middle...? Golf resorts, crypto deals and financial investments blur the line between private business and public policy.
- The Tariff Climbdown: Six Takeaways From Economists and Analysts www.wsj.com/livecoverage...? This is a bigger-than-expected U-turn. But the trade war is far from over. · The U.S. hasn't won concessions from Beijing yet. (video embedded)
