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The Tariffs Are Gone. What Comes Next May Be Even Worse For Trump - A New Conversation With Dr. Rob Shapiro

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    Watch now   The Tariffs Are Gone. What Comes Next May Be Even Worse For Trump - A New Conversation With Dr. Rob Shapiro Congratulations everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simon Rosenberg Feb 20   Afternoon everyone. Sending along a lively and informative discussion I just had with Dr. Rob Shapiro about the Supreme Court’s invalidation of Trump’s terrible tariffs. A video recording and transcript can be found above. I will have more to say about the ending of the tariffs in tomorrow’s post but here a few key points from my conversation with Rob: As bad as this decision is for Trump, the pain of his reckless pursuit of these tariffs may get far worse for him - and the country - in the days ahead. Trump has put the country into a dangerous economic position, and something is going to have to get done to dig us out of the economic and fiscal hole he’s put us in. These tariffs were the greatest abuse of P...

DHS Runs Out Of Money Tonight, Trump Keeps Retreating, Fighting Anti-Science, Dems Raise The Freedom Flag In Munich STAND UP FOR SCIENCE: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION MARCH 7TH

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DHS Runs Out Of Money Tonight, Trump Keeps Retreating, Fighting Anti-Science, Dems Raise The Freedom Flag In Munich Stand Up For Science is hosting a National Day of Action on March 7th Simon Rosenberg Feb 13     Morning all. Senators left town last night without a deal to reform DHS/ICE so tonight DHS will run out of money. While it is hard to know what will happen the Trump regime is clearly in retreat right now - ending the surge in Minnesota, breaking off the DHS appropriations from the rest of the funding package, negotiating now with Democrats on reform. As  we discussed yesterday   Democrats are stronger now, Trump is weaker, and it is critical that Democrats use our advantage to get the very best deal possible in the consequential days ahead. As we press forward it’s important that Democrats fight not only to end the violence and the lawlessness of ICE, but  as we discussed  with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, we must also be explicit that we oppose mass d...