Putin's Puppet Cuts All Aid To Ukraine

3.3.25

Ally Sammarco Mar 4

Happy Monday, folks. Welcome back to another edition of Today’s American News, your source for news and analysis on the circus that is American politics and entertainment.

Stocks tumble as Trump insists on starting tariffs for Mexico, Canada… Wall Street responded in fear as it appears Trump’s previously delayed tariffs against major North American trading partners Canada and Mexico will go into effect just hours from this writing. Reuters reports “The S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab lost 1.75%, to end at 5,850.31 points, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC), opens new tab lost 2.64%, closing at 18,350.19. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), opens new tab fell 1.47%, to 43,197.30.” Meanwhile, Reuters writes in another article Trump “alerted America's farmers to coming U.S. tariffs on ‘external product,’ telling them to get ready to sell their goods domestically.” Though the tariffs will be anything but “fun” for these farmers, Trump ended his post by saying: “Have fun!”

Trump orders pause of U.S. military aid to Ukraine… Trump, the Associated Press reports, “directed a ‘pause’ to U.S. assistance to Ukraine after a disastrous Oval Office meeting as Trump seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in peace talks with Russia.” The move comes after Trump caused an international scene last week by castigating Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on live TV at the White House. After the ambush in DC, Zelensky was welcomed back to Europe in a supportive meeting with the continent’s leaders. Trump has repeatedly lied about the amount of resources the U.S. has sent Ukraine, valuing U.S. donated weapons at $500 billion, not the actual value, $175 billion. Moreover, Trump seems oblivious to the fact that this money went to American weapons manufacturers to support American jobs after which older weapons were given to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s full-scale, unprovoked and brutal invasion.

Top FBI official who stood up for colleagues is forced out… The head of the FBI’s New York office James Dennehy urged his colleagues to stay strong as others were being forced out. “Last month,” NBC News explains, “Dennehy wrote an email to his staff after the Trump Justice Department, led by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, demanded a list of all bureau employees who had worked on criminal cases against Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.” Now, Dennehy has been fired. He told colleagues today that he was not given a reason. His firing is the latest in an intense purge of allegedly anti-Trump officials in federal law enforcement. Trump likes to claim he is the victim of a “witch hunt,” but the real witch hunt is the one being conducted by Trump himself.

Slotkin ready to deliver Democrats’ response to Trump… A response from the opposite party following a president’s State of the Union address is a long-running tradition, and in the past it was considered a curse… Think: Marco Rubio’s reach for a bottle of water, Congressman Joe Kennedy’s bright lip gloss, and Alabama Sen. Katie Britt’s creepy kitchen. This year, the Democratic party has chosen freshman moderate Sen. Elisa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, for the role. The Lansing State Journal in her home state’s capital has a good rundown in advance of Slotkin’s speech. Tune in to hear her remarks tomorrow after Trump’s speech, or catch it on YouTube if you, like us, can’t stand to watch Trump talk.

Today’s Buzz

Spotify plummets $2B in 3 days as Niel Young pulls music over Joe Rogan fiasco… Niel Young had a message last week for Spotify. The music app, he said, “can have Rogan or Young. Not both.” Variety reports “Over a three-day period last week, the company’s market capitalization fell over $2 billion. “Shares of Spotify fell 6% from Jan. 26-28. Over the same time period, the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 1.7% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.1%. For the sake of comparison, Netflix’s stock recovered a bit, up 4.9% over the last three days, after getting hammered following its Jan. 20 earnings report. Spotify stock closed Thursday (Jan. 27) at a 19-month low of $171.32/share.” Young wrote that Spotify’s new partnership with Rogan, valued at over $100 million, shows the music app has become “a very damaging force via its public misinformation and lies about COVID.” The Alt Media reports while Rogan’s podcast remains popular, he lost the #1 spot to progressive podcast MeidasTouch News.

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Puppies make us smile and laugh no matter what is happening in the world.

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