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Pummeling Protectionists on X & Beyond
https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1911175643628187731 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1910729985167425935 Trump and his Ukraine deal mania: In the 1970s, folks knew there was nothing as expensive as a used car that cost you only $100. Same deal with used Soviet nuclear reactors— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 11, 2025 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1911145450427531576 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1910497709674340577 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1910417355026686207 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909993860459098239 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909619749018890366 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909082238509023433 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909067285744037981 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1907838281938571731 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909993860459098239
Trump’s “Fair Trade” Offal
Trump’s “Fair Trade” Offal by James Bovard, April 10, 2025 “For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike,” President Trump declared last week when he proclaimed a national emergency and imposed the highest tariffs since the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930. US stock […]
Trump’s Tariff Torpedo
There is no reason to presume that Trump’s tariff policy is more prudent than it is honest. The concoctions used to fabricate “reciprocal tariff levels” are on par with the nonsensical assumptions about the benefits of torpedoing trade. The Fair Trade Fraud at Amazon
First They Came for the Op-Ed Writers
First They Came for the Op-Ed Writers by James Bovard, March 31, 2025, Mises Institute On March 25, six masked federal agents seized a Turkish graduate student on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. Rumeysa Ozturk—who was wearing a hajib—is a Fulbright scholar working on a doctorate at Tufts University. She was abducted and vanished into […]
A Covid Vaccine Reckoning Under Trump?
A Covid Vaccine Reckoning Under Trump? by James Bovard, March 31, 2025 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. forced Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, to resign on Friday. Good Washingtonians were horrified, especially since Marks had played a key role in enabling federal dictates during the COVID pandemic. […]
Inflation is Repudiation
Inflation Is Repudiation By James Bovard March 28, 2025 Did Donald Trump learn anything from watching Joe Biden economically suicide-bomb his own presidency? President Trump is decreeing new tariffs and issuing sweeping tariff threats on a weekly basis. Trump supporters believe the president is so wise that he can levy taxes that make imported […]
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