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Don’t ever tell me pressure doesn’t matter.
“Target suffers eighth week of foot-traffic losses since caving on DEI
Costco, which resisted demands to end DEI, extends its streak of foot-traffic gains to 13.” https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025/03/28/target-suffers-eighth-consecutive-week-of-foot-traffic-losses-since-caving-on-dei
“European Tourists Start Avoiding the US as ‘Unknown Territory,' Accor CEO Says - French hotel group Accor warns that forward bookings from Europe to the US are down 25% this summer” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-01/european-tourists-start-avoiding-the-us-as-unknown-territory
Good
"Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) says he will put a hold on Trump’s nominees to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs to protest cuts at the agency that provides lifelong healthcare services to military veterans."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5225064-gallego-trump-va-nominees/
Keep 'em coming
Via Kyle Griffin:
Sen. Tammy Duckworth calls on Pete Hegseth to resign:
"Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could've gotten our pilots killed. He needs to resign in disgrace immediately."
You KNOW Trump is about to infect us with some new big horrible story to deflect from #SignalGate.
Via Rep. Kenyatta:
MAJOR!! Dem James Malone FLIPS a state senate seat in #Pennsylvania!
This was a ruby red Trump +15 district in November.
Bennet: Did you know the President’s Middle East advisor was in Moscow on this thread? This sloppiness, this incompetence, this disrespect for our intelligence agencies and the personnel who work for him is entirely unacceptable. It's an embarrassment #SignalGate
Via Rupar:
these are almost identical to the talking points Putin used to gobble up parts of #Ukraine in 2014 btw
#Trump: "We are dealing with a lot of people from #Greenland that would like to see something happen with respect to being properly protected and properly taken care of. They're calling us, we're not calling them."
#Toodles alert
"PRIVATE REEVE
@ privatereevemusk @mastodon.social
mastodon.social
PERSONAL NOTE
Read @ america to understand why I'm supporting Trump for President • The#AmericaPAC.org
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Yet another #Tesla recall:
Tesla Recalls Cybertrucks Over Pieces of Trim Coming Loose - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-20/tesla-recalls-cybertrucks-over-pieces-of-trim-coming-loose
"Veterans’ group unveils new ad targeting #Musk and DOGE, raising 2026 stakes
“I did not put my life on the line for some tech bro billionaire from South Africa to come in here and try to destroy our country,” one U.S. veteran said."
Via Acyn:
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald, how many fights can you pick before you prove to the world that you lose every single one of them?
“They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.”
https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/
4/ And here on Mastodon, Joshua Friedman is live posting.
Follow his posts. That way I don't have to live post others.
Here you go:
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/post/3lkm2wkcs7227
3/ Emptywheel:
One other wrinkle of the conflict over the AEA deportations: Two members of the ACLU team, Ashley Gorski and Patrick Toomey, are the two lawyers most persistently challenging FISA shenanigans in the last 10 years--recently got a big 702 win.
They've butted heads w/ and over James Boasberg in past.
2/ Atty Gabriel Malor, too. More:
Gov't attorney then waffles, says he doesn't have authorization to disclose the information even to the judge.
Now gov't attorney Kambli claims the information is classified.
Judge Boasberg is not having it, points out he reviews classified information all the time in camera.
Brad Moss: Judges have the authority to order the government to reveal classified information directly to them in secure settings.
Anna Bower & Katie Phang are live posting the Boasberg/Venezuela/Trump hearing. I'm combining their posts here
1/..
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Boasberg is presiding over hearing regarding whether the Trump admin violated court order temp barring removal of Venezuelan migrants.
He kicks off by questioning DOJ about timeline re: when flights took off on Saturday.
He advises parties that he intends to conduct fact-finding today to determine whether the Trump Administration defied his court orders.
