"PORT COQUITLAM, British Columbia (Reuters) - Phil Smith is going to buy more Canadian grain and Chinese cans as he, like millions of Canadians, responds to the U.S. #tariffs imposed on his country....Canadians react with upset and anger to the tariffs and some of the statements coming out of the White House." https://finance.yahoo.com/news/canadian-brewer-buys-local-grain-190416779.html
“The president I voted for, the man who says ‘Let’s make America great again, let’s help small businesses grow,’ that man is going to put me out of business.”
Idaho "doctors said it could force them to airlift women to other states to get standard critical care without the risk of running afoul of the law. During an emergency hearing Wednesday, U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill called the Justice Department's sudden move a “ticking time bomb” for the Idaho hospital system that recently brought its own lawsuit in an effort to keep the legal claims alive."
"Even in deep-red Trump country, business conditions are quickly collapsing...Such sudden pessimism is notable given the Dallas Fed covers Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico—areas that voted for Trump by wide margins in 2024."
"Ella P. Stewart was endowed with persistence and motivation in equal measure. She was the first Black female graduate of the University of Pittsburgh’s pharmacy school; the owner and operator—with her husband—of Toledo, Ohio’s first Black-owned pharmacy; and a formidable figure in the early movement for civil rights in the United States, serving as the president for the National Association of Colored Women, among other illustrious posts." JSTOR https://daily.jstor.org/ella-p-stewart-toledo-most-singular-pharmacist/#BlackHistory
#RFK, Jr. targets what he imagines as a "threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs." "#Kennedy has been critical of these medications in the past, falsely linking the use of antidepressants to school shootings." GMA https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-says-hes-studying-112639961.html#Health#uspolitics
"(Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment dropped more than expected in February to a 15-month low and #inflation expectations rocketed as households worried that President Donald #Trump's plans for steep and broad-based #tariffs would eat into their purchasing power."
"#Musk [is] exceptionally prone to exploit his remarkable new influence over the federal government. The most obvious one is that some of Musk’s companies, such as #SpaceX, rely heavily on contracts with the federal government to make money. Musk’s businesses have...been awarded $13 billion in government contracts"
#USPolitics#WorkersRights "At least five visitor services employees — that’s half the department — were summarily dismissed Tuesday, their careers sacrificed on the altar of President Donald #Trump’s ego. JFK Library and Museum Director Alan Price affixed a printout on the door: “Due to executive order, the JFK Library is closed until further notice.”
“If he built the factory in India…that’s unfair to us,” said #Trump, who only last week claimed he had #Musk under tight control. “It’s very unfair.” "#Tesla did not respond to a Fortune request for comment."