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Trump tariffs live: US markets see worst day in five years as president claims ‘stock is going to boom’ | Trump tariffs– www.theguardian.com

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The New York stock exchange has closed on its worst day of trading since June 2020 – during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The main indices saw their worst one-day falls in five years as Donald Trump claimed that “the markets are going to boom” in response to his sweeping tariffs.

The S&P 500 index is down 4.9% at the close, which Reuters flags is the biggest one-day drop since June 2020.

The Dow has also posted its biggest one-day drop since June 2020, down 4%.

Meanwhile, the Nasdaq tumbled 5.9%, its worst single-day performance since March 2020.

The scale of the sell-off, wiping trillions of dollars off the value of US companies, highlights just how alarmed investors are by the tariffs, and the fears they could lead to a recession.

US Senate Republican pushes to require congressional approval for new tariffs – Reuters– news.google.com

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  1. US Senate Republican pushes to require congressional approval for new tariffs  Reuters
  2. Republicans weigh using the power of Congress to rein in Trump on tariffs  NBC News
  3. Senators unveil bill to claw back power over tariffs amid Trump trade wars  The Guardian
  4. Top Republican leads bill to reassert Congress’ tariff power amid Trump trade war  Politico
  5. Senators introduce bipartisan bill to rein in presidential tariff authority  The Washington Post

Wisconsin professor on leave for allegedly flipping College Republicans’ table on Election Day– www.thecollegefix.com

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Professor Jose Felipe Alvergue, head of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire English Department, has been placed on administrative leave after allegedly flipping over a table set up by the university’s College Republicans.

The incident occurred Tuesday morning, a special Election Day in Wisconsin, as members of UW-Eau Claire’s College Republicans set up an informational table advocating for conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel and superintendent candidate Brittany Kinser.

“A professor came up and flipped our table in a violent attack towards us,” Tatiana Bobrowicz, the CR chapter chair, stated in a video posted to social media following the incident. “This is unacceptable.”

According to a statement issued by Interim Provost Michael Carney, administration quickly placed Alvergue on administrative leave pending a formal investigation.

BREAKING VERDICT: Freedom Convoy protesters Chris Barber and Tamara Lich found guilty on mischief charges | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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Lich and Barber were charged with mischief, counseling others to commit mischief, intimidation and obstructing police as leaders of the Freedom Convoy that polarized residents of Ottawa in February 2022 and arguably began to roll back Covid-19 mandates.

Ontario judge Heather Perkins-McVey has found Freedom Convoy organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich guilty on mischief charges in Ottawa’s provincial courthouse Thursday. Charges of counseling to commit mischief were stayed. The judge found Barber and Lich not guility on charges of commiting intimidation or counseling to commit intimidation.

Lich and Barber were charged with mischief, counseling others to commit mischief, intimidation and obstructing police as leaders of the Freedom Convoy that polarized residents of Ottawa in February 2022 and arguably began to roll back Covid-19 mandates.

The judge said she read the book “The Right to Protest: an Uneasy Balance” in reaching her verdict, and asked when does the right to protest “protect those from criminal liability” or or allow the them to infringe on “the right of other citizens to enjoy their property? Charter rights are not absolute.” She recessed the court before finishing the rest of her verdict on the remaining charges.

DOGE Cuts Another 109 Useless Contracts, Saves $420 Million– lidblog.com

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Elon Musk and the DOGE team have cut another 109 useless, wasteful contracts, saving the nation $420 million.

Per Breitbart News:

“Wasteful” projects across several agencies were slashed, including a $3.1 million Department of Energy (DOE) contract for “website development services,” and a $2.7 million Department of Commerce (DOC) contract for “marketing consulting services outreach and engagement support services,” DOGE said in a Monday night post:

HOLY COW! DOGE, Musk Find 5.5 Million Non-Citizens With Social Security Numbers– lidblog.com

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At a town hall question and answer with Elon Musk in Green Bay, Wis. on March 30 on behalf of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, the White House Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) revealed that since 2021, 5.5 million non-citizens have been given Social Security numbers.

Of those, DOGE has already identified 1.3 million who are collecting Medicaid, a $567 billion a year program to about 79.3 million people at about $7,100 per person collecting, an apparent waste of about $8 billion a year.

According to DOGE’s Antonio Gracias, “We’ve gone through on every benefit program… We found groups from this particular group of people, this 5.5 million people, in those benefit programs.”

Pro-Hamas Mob Hits New Low With Latest Attack on Fetterman– townhall.com

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Pro-Hamas activists targeted Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) again. This time, they attacked the charity center in his hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania, where he was once mayor of the tiny Pittsburgh-area borough and still resides with his young family.

The Free Store 15104, which Fetterman’s wife Gisele Barreto Fetterman runs, was defaced overnight with pro-terrorism messages telling “Genocide John” and “Genocide Gisele” that they have “Blood On [Their] Hands.”

Texas Tesla Owner Sues Vandal for $1 Million For Keying His Model X › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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An anonymous Tesla owner in Texas is suing a vandal for $1 million after the man was caught on video keying his Model X.

Rafael Hernandez, 56, was arrested and charged with felony criminal mischief over the weekend for vandalizing the Tesla at DFW airport in March, CBS News Texas reported.

Hernandez is one of countless Democrats who have been caught in recent weeks keying Teslas and harassing Tesla owners to show their disapproval of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s involvement in the Trump administration.

Hernandez was booked on March 22 and faces a maximum fine of $20,000.

BREAKING: OMG: Caught on Hidden Camera: NIH Official Coaches Researchers How to Evade DOGE and Secure Funding, Admits to Wanting to Shoot People at NIH | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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O’Keefe Media Group caught a National Institutes of Health (NIH) official coaching researchers how to evade DOGE and secure funding.

James Welch, a National Institutes of Health genetic counselor told an undercover OMG journalist how helps principal investigators at the NIH change “race” to “ancestry” in clinical trials to evade DOGE and secure funding.

“I had to go look at, like, what was leaked as far as the banned words, that DOGE is just like, control F searching for so I was trying to help [NIH investigator] suggest wording. I had suggested, like, ‘a history of ancestry’ instead of ‘race,’ James Welch told the OMG undercover reporter.

Welch also admitted to wanting to shoot people at the NIH.

U.S. Bans American Government Employees From Romantic Or Sexual Relationships With Chinese Citizens– wltreport.com

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The U.S. government has banned American government officials in China from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens.

The new policy was implemented by departing U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns in January.

The policy is the first “non-fraternization” policy issued by a U.S. agency since the Cold War.

3 Ways China Could Strike Taiwan And What It Means For The U.S.– thefederalist.com

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On March 4, in response to President Donald J. Trump’s strategy of using tariffs to bring manufacturing back America and restore fair trade, the Chinese embassy ominously warned that China was ready for any “type of war” with the U.S.

Should war with China extend beyond tariffs, Taiwan is a likely battleground.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants to take Taiwan. Seizing Taiwan is integral to CCP’s objective of dominating the world.

Taiwan isn’t just an island — it’s a geopolitical tripwire, a small, highly-prized self-ruled island of 23 million with a prominent stone spine. Strategically, it anchors the First Island Chain, a natural barricade from Japan to the Philippines that keeps China’s Pacific dreams in a bottle. For Beijing, cracking Taiwan open means breaking free into blue water and dominating Asia’s rim.

For the U.S., letting it slip is a gut punch. China’s reach would stretch to Guam, and America’s Pacific shield would splinter. Further, its semiconductor plants, led by TSMC, pump out 90 percent of the world’s advanced chips, powering everything from smartphones to stealth fighters. Lose that, and the global economy chokes.

Polish presidential candidate attacked for defending babies conceived in rape– www.lifesitenews.com

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Polish presidential candidate Slawomir Mentzen has been targeted for his pro-life comments defending unborn babies conceived in rape.

During a March 26 interview with journalist Krzysztof Stanowski, conservative political party New Hope leader Slawomir Mentzen declared that he is pro-life, regardless of whether the baby is conceived in rape, prompting backlash from abortion activists and pro-abortion candidates.

“We have no right to kill another person just because they upset us, are unpleasant to us, or could seriously harm our lives. We do not kill innocent people – I believe this is very important,” he said.

Supreme Court Should Give Green Light to States to Defund Planned Parenthood– www.lifenews.com

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The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that could decide whether states may stop funding Planned Parenthood through the federal Medicaid program.

In Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the state of South Carolina is defending its right to exclude abortion vendors from receiving Medicaid taxpayer dollars.

No, Killing Babies in Abortions Does Not Save Money– www.lifenews.com

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The Colorado state legislature is currently considering legislation that would require the state Medicaid program to cover elective abortions. This would make Colorado the 20th state whose Medicaid program covers elective abortion.

In other states, supporters of publicly funded abortions typically argue that it is a necessary step to ensure that low-income women have access to abortion. However, Colorado Democrats have trotted out a new, more perverse argument. They claim that publicly funded abortions would save state taxpayers money.

Indeed, last week Colorado’s Legislative Council Staff released a fiscal note analyzing SB 25-183, the bill requiring that Colorado’s Medicaid program and Child Health Plan Plus program to cover elective abortions. The analysis found that this would increase the number of taxpayer-funded abortions.

However, since the state Medicaid program would be paying for fewer births, there would be an overall cost savings. Democratic state legislators have eagerly cited this analysis.

Female fencer forced to leave tournament after refusing to fight ‘transgender’ male opponent– www.lifesitenews.com

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A female fencer is being penalized by USA Fencing for refusing to compete against a biological male opponent, saying that her stand will “at least for a moment, destroy my life” but needed to be taken.

Fox News reports that 31-year-old Stephanie Turner, who previously made a point of trying to evade tournaments in which she would have to face “transgender” fencers, found herself up against gender-confused male Redmond Sullivan at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland. She learned about the matchup the night before and made her decision how to handle it then.

Georgia Democrats Demand Taxpayer-Funded Transgender Surgery for Prison Inmates, Stage Walk-Out in Protest– slaynews.com

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Democrats in Georgia have staged a walk-out in support of giving taxpayer-funded transgender surgery to male prison inmates who claim to be female.

Democrats staged a protest at the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday.

They left the chamber in protest as lawmakers debated a bill that would end taxpayer-funded “sex change” surgeries for state prison inmates.

The walkout occurred amid a heated debate over Senate Bill (SB) 185.

The legislation subsequently passed the House by a 100-2 vote.

All Democrats opted out of the vote through their departure, according to Fox Atlanta.

California Democrats kill bill to protect women’s sports and spaces – Standing for Freedom Center– www.standingforfreedom.com

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California Democrats kill bill to protect women’s sports and spaces – Standing for Freedom Center– www.standingforfreedom.com
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On Tuesday, Democrats on the Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee voted down Assembly Bill 89, which would have prohibited male students from competing in girls’ sports, and Assembly Bill 844, which would have required educational institutions to require students to use the bathroom or locker room according to their biological sex.

In a 7-2 vote, all Democrats on the committee voted against AB 89. Though many people traveled to testify about the harms they had suffered under California’s current athletic policies, Democrats claimed that there were only a handful of transgender students competing in girls’ sports. They instead turned the focus on President Donald Trump’s administration.

“There is no epidemic of transgender kids playing basketball, soccer, or any other sport, for that matter,” Speaker Robert Rivas claimed. “The real threat is the Trump administration taking away abortion access and dismantling programs that help women. And finally, I can’t emphasize this point enough — I’m not going to support a bill that takes rights away from a protected class of people,”

Bill Banning Geoengineering and Weather Modification Passes Florida Senate › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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The Florida Senate passed a bill prohibiting geoengineering and weather modification by a vote of 28-9, Thursday. SB-56, dubbed the “chemtrails bill” by the media, prohibits “the injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of a chemical, a chemical compound, a substance, or an apparatus into the atmosphere within the borders of this state for the express purpose of affecting the temperature, weather, climate, or intensity of sunlight.”

The bill also requires the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to set up a system where residents can report “suspected geoengineering activities” and directs the FDEP to investigate those claims, WFLA reported.

Geoengineering, or climate engineering is defined as “the intentional large-scale alteration of the planetary environment to counteract [alleged] anthropogenic climate change.”

Student Stabbed at High School Track Meet Dies in Twin’s Arms, Teen Charged with Murder– www.westernjournal.com

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A 17-year-old Texas high school student was murdered at a regional track meet on Wednesday.

Austin Metcalf of Memorial High School in Frisco, Texas, was stabbed during the meet, with his twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, holding him after the attack, according to WFAA.

Karmelo Anthony, 17, of Frisco’s Centennial High School, has been charged with murder.

Meghan Metcalf, Austin’s mother, went to the hospital where her son was taken after the incident.

“My son is not here anymore, and I don’t understand it,” she grieved. “He was the most amazing kid. So smart. He had college football guys looking at him to play in college. His goal was to play in college.”

Police responded to a 10 a.m. incident. Hunter Metcalf said he saw his brother being stabbed and tried to stop the blood.

“I tried to whip around as fast as I could,” Hunter Metcalf said. “I looked at my brother, and I’m not going to talk about the rest. I tried to help him.”