Japan expands U.S. tariff task force to discuss new bargaining chips
TOKYO -- Japan added 10 new members to its task force for tariff negotiations with the U.S. on Monday, drawing people from the transport, agricultural and other ministries to weigh potential bargaining chips and facilitate quick decision-making acros…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
DEFEND FREE SPEECH: TPF UNDER ATTACK
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has made false allegations against The People’s Forum and others. Grassley has called on Trump’s Justice Department to “assess whether The People’s Forum and Code Pink are obligated to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), due to the group’s reported Chinese Communist Party ties.”
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South Korea finds ‘Made in Korea’ breaches intended to bypass US tariffs
South Korea has found increased attempts to disguise foreign products as Korean exports, primarily from China, to avoid US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, its customs agency said yesterday.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Comer Refers Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to Trump DOJ for Criminal Prosecution (United States House Committee on Oversight ...)
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Comer Refers Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to Trump DOJ for Criminal Prosecution - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
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Club for Growth wades into Arizona governor race, with a shot at Karrin Taylor Robson (Ally Mutnick/Politico)
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Club for Growth wades into Arizona governor race, with a shot at Karrin Taylor Robson
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RFK Jr. set to announce a plan to ban certain artificial food dyes (Nathaniel Weixel/The Hill)
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RFK Jr. set to announce a plan to ban certain artificial food dyes
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Egypt and Saudi foreign ministers discuss strengthening ties
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty visited Riyadh on Monday for talks with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, on strengthening bilateral ties and co-ordinating on critical regional issues, including the war in Gaza.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Russian oil was recalculated at the real exchange rate — EADaily, April 21st, 2025 — Politics, Russia
The Ministry of Economic Development has changed the forecast of the price of Russian oil for this and the next two years. It was brought to the current value, which is seriously different from the figures budgeted.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Boeing jet intended for a Chinese airline is returned to the U.S. amid tariff war
A Boeing aircraft that was set to be delivered to an airline in China returned to the U.S. over the weekend, a sign of the emerging trade war between the world's two biggest economies.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Ukraine war briefing: Putin suddenly open to bilateral talks with ‘Kyiv regime’ | Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has said for the first time in years that he is open to bilateral talks with Ukraine – having previously demanded Volodymyr Zelenskyy be replaced before it could happen.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Gaza rescue service dismisses Israeli probe into killing of medics as a ‘fabricated investigation’
CAIRO (AP) — The main Palestinian rescue service in Gaza on Monday condemned Israel’s probe into the killings of 15 medical workers last month, calling it a “fabricated investigation.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Video Gives First Confirmation of North Korean MLRS Deployment by Russia
Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate (HUR), gave details of confirmed and anticipated North Korean support to Russia to the military issues website The War Zone in November.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Given the White House wants U.S. women to have more babies, my talk “Rethinking Population” from 2014 seems particularly relevant.
The key theme is that all around the world, women with an education, the ability to enter the workforce & access to healthcare & medicine choose to have fewer children.
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Where do fertility rates remain high? In places where child mortality is high, health conditions are poor & women don’t have as much autonomy & opportunity. #uspol #Trump
millions of ambitious families with children wanting to come to the US willing to work cheap, pay taxes and raise their children. And yet...
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Emerging Visions #visionary #art zine
for Earth Day (April 22)
Share our Gift; Enjoy our Earth; Blessed Be
Sense caressing meadow
Green grain and brilliant petals
Lovely buzzing, lively hopping
Warm, yellow light at play
Luscious wash of pleasure
Fragrant, rolling, mellow
Miles of flowering moments
Celebrate today
From: blenderdumbass . org
Doing those Dumbass Blender tutorials was supposed be a way for me to get noticed. But no matter how utterly insane my ideas were, I just fell deeper and deeper into despair.
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Syria is ‘brimming with hope and opportunity’: Senior UN aid official
“Today, we have a new Syria, one that's brimming with hope and opportunity,” David Carden told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Former Israeli official leading Israel, Iran desk at the White House
A former Israeli Ministry of Defense official is leading the Israel and Iran desk at the National Security Council.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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in reply to Rex_Tail • • •The People’s Forum in New York City attacked by the far-right, enabled by the police: peoplesforum.org/blog_post/nyp…
We Will Not Apologize: Zionism is Racism! peoplesforum.org/blog_post/we-…
STATEMENT FROM THE PEOPLE’S FORUM: Republican Leadership Attacks The People’s Forum for Opposing Genocide in Gaza: peoplesforum.org/blog_post/rep…
We’re focused on what matters: fighting for Palestine! Right-wing smears won’t phase us! peoplesforum.org/blog_post/wer…
McCarthyism Is Back: peoplesforum.org/blog_post/mcc…
NYPD and Far-Right forces collude in physical assault on a socialist and anti-racist space - The People's Forum
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Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement: amazon.com/Agents-Repression-A…
Statement by Neville Roy Singham on Newsclick funding row
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