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TRUMP CAVES!

Trump has paused the sweeping reciprocal tariffs the U.S. imposed on dozens of countries this week… Economists said the tariffs could cause a severe global recession, and major investors warned of even worse, up to a possible "economic nuclear winter."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2025-04-08/trump-tariffs-stock-market-updates?srnd=homepage-americas

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-pause-china-stocks-recession

I wonder how this will influence the markets and upcoming elections? Too early to tell, of course.

(Meanwhile, someone ought to reassign this "stable genius" to a task better suited to his talents: Shoveling out the stables!)

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Ezra Klein Talks With David Shor about the 2024 Presidential Election

I don’t think this has been shared here but Ezra Klein recently had a conversation with political data scientist David Shor, who has previously worked for David Plouffe, on uncovering findings about the 2024 presidential election.

Among one of the findings is showing how two Harris campaign ads in the beginning of her campaign were effective but that her campaign transitioned to being more about preserving democracy later.

Shor also says that “wokeness” really didn’t impact the 2024 presidential election as much as inflation, cost of living and crime did.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx0J7dIlL7c&pp=ygUVZXpyYSBrbGVpbiBkYXZpZCBzaG9y

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