Thursday Cartoons

What the fuck is this orange turd doing?

BREAKING: Trump said he will put a 90-day pause on all tariffs and lower reciprocal tariffs to 10% after several days of market selling that threatened to send the US into a recession. The stock market has sharply rebounded on the news, with major averages up more than 6% reut.rs/3Ehv63p

Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-04-09T17:33:46.425Z

The 90-day pause on tariffs excludes China. President Trump said he would raise the tariff on Chinese imports to 125% from the 104% level that took effect at midnight reut.rs/3Ehv63p

Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-04-09T17:51:32.880Z

WATCH LIVE: US stocks jump after Trump announces 90-day tariff pause, excluding China reut.rs/42nSCUd

Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-04-09T18:08:41.718Z

This should be a fucking crime!

Trump tells his followers to buy stock in the morning, minutes after the market opens, then announces he is pausing tariffs 4 hours later.Nothing to see here.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T17:58:22.260Z

Who's getting rich off this engineered volatility?

Jennifer Taub (@jentaub.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T17:53:59.455Z

I posted this yesterday in the comments, but it should be noted:

This is big: House Republicans tucked language into the budget res “rule” that bans the House from voting to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration used to impose tariffs. TL;DR lawmakers who vote for this are officially giving up their power to revoke his tariffs until October.

Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T16:29:00.982Z

Here is Trump’s April 2 “liberation day” tariff declaration that would be protected from a vote to terminate until October — if the new House rule passes: http://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential…

Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T16:49:26.259Z

Pay attention to this:

Oh yeah, in other news:

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal…

Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T16:31:19.509Z

JUST IN: Trump administration appeals ruling restoring Associated Press to White House press pool after it was banned over 'Gulf of America.' Earlier: http://www.politico.com/news/2025/04…

Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T17:11:15.755Z

ALERT: White House official is APPEALING the judge’s order restoring access to Associated Press@laloalcaraz.bsky.social

paulpro (@mariopro.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T17:13:43.952Z

But wait, there’s fucking more!

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨Trump has issued EXECUTIVE ORDERS to investigate Chris Krebbs and Miles Taylor for treason. Two completely innocent Americans.

Rachel Bitecofer (@rachelbitecofer.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T21:07:46.769Z

Trump signed an executive order calling for the DOJ to investigate Chris Krebs, who headed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). All Krebs did was tell the truth about the 2020 election, including that voting machines didn’t flip votes.For that, he was fired and now investigated.

Tom Joscelyn (@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T21:30:24.414Z

Trump has also signed an executive order calling for Miles Taylor, an official in the first Trump administration who authored an anonymous book that was critical of Trump, to be investigated by the DOJ as well.Authoritarian. Orwellian.

Tom Joscelyn (@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T21:32:57.839Z

If you watched the Oval Office, Trump targeted two individuals whose only offense was saying the truth. Then he targeted a law firm because it sued FoxNews. It ended with him totaling the money Big Law firms that have capitulated owe him in pro bono.We cannot give up. We must all commit to fight.

Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T22:32:40.619Z

I don’t have words.

Crockett: "My Republican colleagues are here using today to continue pushing this false narrative of sanctuary cities harboring criminals, yet right here in DC we have a 34 count felon being harbored in the White House."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-04-09T16:01:39.777Z

I will end it there…

This is an open thread.


6 Comments on “Thursday Cartoons”

  1. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:

    I have no idea how this country is going to get through 4 years of this. We have to, at least, turn the Senate and the House over to the Democratic Party just to stop him from doing these very stupid, unconstitutional, and under a different Supreme Court, illegal things.

    Under Atkins, the SEC is expected to reduce corporate disclosures, cut back on regulation and be more crypto-friendly, particularly compared to previous chair Gary Gensler, who had a more hardline approach to the industry

    https://thehill.com/business/5241843-trump-sec-chair-pick-paul-atkins-confirmed-senate/

    He is trying to drive us back to the Gilded Age. Just look at pix of what he did to the Oval Office. The tacky gold stuff is just appalling.

    https://bsky.app/profile/witwarrior.bsky.social/post/3lmgteqjcl22a

  2. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:

    Trump orders probes of two former officials who defied him

    Christopher Krebs and Miles Taylor both served in Trump’s first term. Krebs questioned Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Taylor criticized his conduct in office.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-orders-probes-two-former-officials-defied-rcna200523

  3. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:

    Marc Elias‬ ‪@marcelias.bsky.social‬

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    2h

    The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a major voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine U.S. democracy.

    https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/house-passes-save-act-voter-suppression-law/