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CBC News:
B.C. premier announces countermeasures against U.S. tariffs, including ban on ‘red-state’ liquor  —  U.S. President Donald Trump will impose 25% tariff on most Canadian imports beginning Tuesday  —  B.C. Premier David Eby has announced immediate countermeasures in response to incoming U.S. tariffs …
Discussion: Global News
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Business Today:
‘Make them pay’: Canada puts Trump's ‘first friend’ Elon Musk's Tesla in the crosshairs of tariff war  —  Canada's EV adoption rate is outpacing that of the U.S., with nearly 17% of new cars sold in the third quarter of 2024 being fully electric, compared to just 8% in the US.  —  Business Today Desk
Washington Post:
Trump signs order imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China  —  It's the first official action of the president's second-term trade war.  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday imposed tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, the nation's three largest trading partners …
John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Trump launches trade war against Canada with with 25 per cent tariff on most goods  —  U.S. president slaps 25% tariff on most Canadian goods  —  Canada braces for threatened U.S. tariffs  —  President Donald Trump launched a trade war against Canada on Saturday by imposing a 25 per cent tariff …
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Canada Poised to Retaliate Against Trump Tariffs, Rethink US Reliance  — Freeland, a candidate for PM, calls for tariffs on Tesla cars  — Levies will first hit goods easy to substitute, minister says  —  Canada is set to introduce escalating retaliatory counter-tariffs to try …
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, spurring prospect of inflation and trade conflict  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China — fulfilling one of his post-campaign commitments to voters that threatened …
Wall Street Journal:
The Dumbest Trade War in History
U.S. Chamber of Commerce:
U.S. Chamber: Tariffs Are Not the Answer
Discussion: Townhall
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Tariffs Are Coming on Computer Chips, Steel and More
New York Times:
Elon Musk's team has gotten access to the Treasury Department's payments system.  — Trump tariffs: The Canadian government has been notified by the United States government that goods exported to the United States will be subject to a 25 percent tariff, with a lower rate for Canadian oil …
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New York Times:
Elon Musk's Team Now Has Access to Treasury's Payments System  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk's representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.  — 1.4k
Henry Farrell / Programmable Mutter:
DOGE is ripping out the guts of government  —  DOGE is beginning to hit, and this piece, by Mike Masnick, provides the best overview I've seen of what's happening. … The gloss that I'd add to what Mike says is this.  Just as happened with Twitter, we are seeing a Silicon Valley power fantasy playing out in real life.
Discussion: Breitbart and Twitchy
The United States Senate Committee on Finance:
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System  —  In New Letter to Treasury Secretary Bessent, Wyden Warns That Political Meddling in Treasury Payments Risks Severe Economic Damage, Calls Out Dangerous Conflicts …
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Did you hear about the Friday coup?
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Tusk
Politico:
Trump administration gives Musk allies access to Treasury payment system
Discussion: DNyuz
NBC News:
Senior FBI official forcefully resisted Trump administration firings  —  Brian Driscoll pushed back so aggressively that some feared he would be dismissed.  Driscoll has so far not handed over the names of thousands of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6th cases.
Jeremy Faust / Inside Medicine:
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals.  Banned terms must be scrubbed.  —  I believe we are breaking news some news here.  To help sustain independent journalism and analysis, please support Inside Medicine.
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Who Is Ken Martin, the New Leader of the D.N.C.?  —  Democrats elected a Midwesterner and behind-the-scenes operator to take charge of a party still reeling from defeat.  —  Ken Martin, the Minnesota Democratic chairman, was elevated on Saturday to lead the Democratic National Committee …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Ken Martin wins election as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee
Eric Reinhart / New Republic:
The RFK Jr. Op-Ed the Los Angeles Times Didn't Want You to Read  —  Editors note: As The New Republic reported on Friday, the Los Angeles Times—currently in a race to the bottom with The Washington Post to determine which of the two venerable institutions can sell out to Donald Trump the hardest …
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
The Truth About Democrats, According to Amy Klobuchar  —  Let's skip the happy talk: Democrats are in a dark place.  It's not merely that Donald Trump has rolled back into Washington with an everything-everywhere-all-at- once approach to grabbing power.  The new president is buoyed by eager …
Discussion: i shall wear …
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Griffin Eckstein / Salon:   “There is no common ground with fascists”: Progressives rip Klobuchar's call for bipartisanship
Kathianne Boniello / New York Post:
Rebecca Lobach ID'd as female soldier inside doomed Black Hawk during DC crash  —  The U.S. Army has identified the female soldier in the doomed Black Hawk helicopter which crashed into an American Airlines flight this week, killing more than 60 people.  —  Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham …
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CBS News:
One of 3 soldiers aboard Black Hawk chopper involved in midair collision identified as longtime aviation officer
Stephanie Nolen / New York Times:
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid  —  Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.  —  Lifesaving health initiatives and medical research projects have shut …
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government  —  Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now  —  I've long believed that the American media would be more clear-eyed about the rise and return of Donald Trump if it was happening overseas in a foreign country …
David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘This is not right’: Outrage as major government agency accused of ‘breaking the law’  —  The National Transportation Safety Board made a pro-Elon Musk announcement that took onlookers by storm.  —  The NTSB said over the weekend that it would only be announcing news about major aircraft accidents …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Few Thoughts on Messages and Morale  —  Over the last few days, as I've struggled with everyone else to stay on top of all this, I've tried to balance two things.  One of those is trying to keep people focused on what an opposition can actually do and what it can't.
Makena Kelly / Wired:
DOGE Staff Had Questions About the ‘Resign’ Email.  Their New HR Chief Dodged Them  —  “I think the information that you're going to have about this is available to you right now,” Stephanie Holmes told workers at Elon Musk's DOGE who pressed for detail on offers of “deferred resignation.”
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
A Storied Newspaper Prepares to Print Its Own Obituary  —  The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's longtime paper of record, will publish its final edition on Sunday and become an online-only news outlet.  —  In its heyday, The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's longtime paper of record …
CBS News:
Trump says he ordered precision military air strikes on ISIS leaders in Somalia  —  The U.S. military conducted coordinated airstrikes against ISIS operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Trump's second term.  —  Mr. Trump said Saturday in a post …
 
 
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Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training
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CDC advisers push agency to explain data removal, say when info will be restored
Rachel Uranga / Los Angeles Times:
Trump administration sued for halting legal aid for detained immigrants
Discussion: RedState and DNyuz
CNN:
Elon Musk spent more than $290 million on the 2024 election, year-end FEC filings show
Discussion: The Independent
Kos / Daily Kos:
Red states love Trump—and mooching off the federal funds he wants to cut
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 Earlier Items: 
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Greene suggests throwing out foreign outlets: ‘American media first’
Discussion: Mediaite
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
N.Y. Hospital Stops Treating 2 Children After Trump's Trans Care Order
Discussion: IJR
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
The tragic air collision revealed Trump's rancid, irredeemable character once again
Discussion: Townhall
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
‘There will be many casualties’: Panama girds for war as Rubio opens talks
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:
Pro-RFK Jr. letter to the Senate includes names of doctors whose licenses were revoked or suspended
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Pentagon to swap traditional media with pro-Trump outlets under new rotational program for Defense Department workspace
 

 
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