Bessent Gives Warning to Countries Looking
to Retaliate Over Tariffs
Posted By: Imright, 4/3/2025 11:13:42 AM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a warning to countries looking to retaliate against the United States over the tariffs President Trump announced on “Liberation Day.” "Sit back, take a deep breath, don't immediately retaliate. Let's see where this goes, because if you retaliate, that's how we get escalation," Bessent told CNN, adding that “doing anything rash would be unwise.” (X Video)
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is threatening to file a lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott because he has not yet called for a special election to fill a vacant House seat.
The New York Democrat told NBC News it’s “very likely” his party takes legal action against the Republican governor, since no special election has been announced to fill the seat of the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died early last month.
Jeffries believes Abbott is delaying the special election to benefit House Republicans, who only have a slim majority.
Employers in the United States added 228,000 workers to their payrolls in March, the Department of Labor said Friday, and the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2 percent.
Economists had been expecting just 140,000 jobs would be added in March. The climb in the unemployment rate was expected. The private sector’s hiring was much stronger than expected. Economists had forecast 115,000 jobs. Businesses added 209,000 jobs.
The workforce participation rate climbed from 62.4 percent to 62.5 percent. The average workweek lengthened, a sign of increased demand for labor. Average hourly earnings rose 0.3 percent compared with February and 3.8 percent compared with a year ago.
Bill Maher demands to “defund NPR and PBS”: “They're crazy far-left outlets that don't deserve taxpayer money” Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher has launched a scathing attack against public broadcasters NPR and PBS, demanding the government stop funding them with taxpayer dollars. His remarks come amid a contentious congressional hearing where executives from these organizations faced tough questions over their blatant liberal bias. "They're Crazy Far-Left": Maher Pulls No Punches On his show Real Time, Maher didn't hold back, labeling NPR and PBS as radically biased outlets and mocking former NPR CEO Katherine Maher (no relation)
If only the NCAA Tournament had this much excitement.
The NIT Championship game in Indianapolis between UC Irvine and Chattanooga came down to the final play of overtime.
Trailing 85-84 with 2.4 seconds left in overtime, UC Irvine’s Devin Tillis tossed a full-court pass that was pulled in by Bent Leuchten. The 7-foot-1 center then fed the ball to a wide-open Jurian Dixon, whose rushed layup painfully rolled off the rim, giving Chattanooga its first NIT title. (X Video) It came after a dramatic and nervous final minute for both teams.
In the Arena of Make-Believe, I wish President Trump would show up at his press conferences with a five-inch high stack of 8x10 cards hand-lettered with a big fat Sharpie. Imagine this: Press member: "President Trump...Was your national security team derelict in their duty when they engaged in the Signal chat about bombing Houthis?"
President Trump, shuffling through his index cards, pulls one out and holds it up. It says "PRESIDENT BIDEN, ARE YOU MENTALLY FIT TO PERFORM YOUR DUTIES?" Then he replies to the reporter, "Since you guys never asked him this, I'm claiming a pass. I'm not going to answer your question because you don't have enough professional credibility
Senate Republicans Appear to Have the
Votes to Push Through Trump's Budget Reconciliation Package 1 reply
Votes to Push Through Trump's Budget Reconciliation Package 1 reply
The budget reconciliation package in the Senate is ready to move, and Republicans have the votes to push it through. It contains some red meat action items, like making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, funding to secure the border and the military, and honoring the ‘no tax on tips’ pledge. This package is why a shutdown or a 30-day continuing resolution pushed by Democrats was a non-starter. We needed the buffer to get this package hashed out because while the Senate seems ready, the House must also come together on the language (via Axios):
King Charles and Queen Camilla’s unique
living arrangements revealed by former
palace staffer 5 replies
living arrangements revealed by former
palace staffer 5 replies
King Charles and Queen Camilla are gearing up to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary next week.
And the secret to the longevity of their marriage? Separate living arrangements.
According to a former palace staffer, the monarch, 76, and his wife, 77, maintain separate residences, with Camilla having her beloved home in Wiltshire, while Charles owns countless royal residences peppered across the country. (Photo) According to Jack Stooks, who worked as a senior gardener at Highgrove for Charles for over two decades, the couple had agreed on a separate living arrangement before tying the knot in 2005.
New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams praised FBI director Kash Patel’s book as he warned of the deep state in a visit with comedian Andrew Schultz.
Appearing on Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant with Akaash Singh, Adams assured the audience that the deep state is real.Schultz noted that Adams’ political career has been on the line as he has faced accusations and threats of prosecution, and Schultz asked Adams if he thought that President Biden was aware of his situation.
“That’s a great question,” Adams replied. “You know, there are a lot of people you know this, you know, and I don’t want to sound conspiracy theory, but there’s a permanent government.
What do we have here: Chuck Schumer wanting to tighten up security measures on Social Security to root out fraud and disincentivize illegal immigration since, according to the New York liberal, these are the programs that encourage people to come here illegally. Then-Congressman Schumer said it was “the number one reason” illegals flood the country, to defraud and abuse our entitlement programs. This clip was making the rounds yesterday, which caught the attention of Elon Musk, who noted it was “pure gold,” while adding that 1996 Chuck Schumer was the right model. At the time, Rep. Schumer sounded very much in support of the actions
The Trump administration plans to freeze more than half a billion dollars in federal grants and contracts to Brown University, The Post has learned.
The administration intends to withhold $510 million in federal funding to Brown University while it reviews the Ivy League School’s response to alleged cases of antisemitism on its Providence, R.I., campus, as well as the institution’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies, a White House official confirmed Thursday.
Brown University Provost Frank Doyle told faculty and staff in an email Thursday that he was “aware” of the “troubling rumors emerging about federal action on Brown research grants” but that he had
So, the special elections came and went, and the MSM is very excited with the final results. The GOP held two open U.S. House seats in Florida while losing a Democrat-held State Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin. Politico, which was, until recently, being funded by the Biden administration, has had at least three articles documenting what they presume will be just the beginning of a supposed coming Democrat “blue wave” — see here and here and here.
President Trump was forced to switch helicopters due to a ‘wheel issue.’
Trump departed DC en route to Florida on Thursday evening. The President will first visit his Doral golf club to attend a LIV dinner and then fly to Palm Beach to end the evening at Mar-a-Lago.
The President arrived at Miami International Airport Thursday afternoon, ready to board Marine One en route to his Doral golf club, when he was forced to switch helicopters.
Trump, wearing a red hat, was spotted walking across the tarmac to another helicopter.
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Mike Pence to Receive JFK Profile in Courage
Award for 'Putting His Life on the Line'
on January 6th 26 replies
Award for 'Putting His Life on the Line'
on January 6th 26 replies
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been chosen as the recipient of the 2025 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced its decision Thursday, stating that Pence was selected for "putting his life and career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power on January 6, 2021."
The Uniparty is determined to severely undermine President Trump’s efforts to rebalance trade agreements worldwide and bring back millions of jobs from overseas.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the implementation of a 10% baseline tariff on all imports, effective April 5, 2025. The worst offenders will be hit with even tougher measures on April 9.
Speaking from the White House Rose Garden, President Trump proclaimed April 2 as “Liberation Day,” marking a new era of economic independence. He emphasized that this measure is essential to protect American jobs and revitalize domestic manufacturing.
Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Prime” that the Democrats have planned so-called shadow hearings to “expose” the Trump administration’s “corruption.”
Co-host Alicia Menendez said, “You announced today a set of hearings are going to have next week with fired DOJ officials. What is it you are hoping to learn from them?”
Schiff said, “Well, today as you know, we saw the case, the corruption case against the mayor of New York dismissed with prejudice. That means that case can never be brought again. It wasn’t dismissed because of a lack of evidence.
The father of a Texas teen accused of fatally stabbing a football star from a rival school over a seat at the stadium says his son is a “good kid” who was provoked to violence.
“Everyone has already made their assumptions about my son, but he’s not what they’re making him out to be,” Andrew Anthony told The Post.
Karmelo Anthony, 17, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly killing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet, leaving him to die in his twin brother’s arms.
“He’s a good kid. He works two jobs. He’s an A student, has a 3.7 GPA,” the heartbroken dad said.
One of former President Joe Biden’s senior aides admitted in a new book that the 82-year-old couldn’t grasp the back and forth of debate and would fall asleep by the pool while they prepped for his showdown with Trump, according to a book excerpt.
Top Biden aide Ron Klain, who helped the former president with debate prep, was “half-seriously” wondering if Biden believed he was the president of NATO rather than the president of the United States, according to the excerpt of Chris Whipple’s new book published by The Guardian. While they prepped, Klain reportedly told Whipple that the then 81-year-old president “didn’t know what Trump had been saying
Hamas is ready to release all remaining 59 hostages in Gaza in exchange for a permanent cease-fire with Israel, Palestinian officials said.
As Israel ramps up its military campaign in Gaza, the terror group told negotiators it was prepared to free all its hostages so long as it gets assurance that Jerusalem will withdraw all its forces, a senior Palestinian official told the Times of Israel.
It remains to be seen if the proposal will be accepted, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long rejected any deal that does not include Hamas’ complete defeat, including demilitarization and its permanent exit from Gaza.
Germany’s outgoing Chancellor voices the frustrations felt across the European ruling class at President Donald Trump tearing up the status quo on trade, decrying an “attack”.
The European Union, which has been hit with tariffs twice as high as post-Brexit Britain given the bloc’s protectionist policies and tariffs on imports, is expressing its distress and even outrage at President Trump’s bid to reform the United States’ trade relationship with the world. Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz who is still technically in power nearly six weeks after he lost the Federal elections in February spoke in defence of the globalist status quo on Thursday.
Women’s fencer Stephanie Turner refused a match against a transgender opponent at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland this past weekend, opting to take a knee instead.
When Turner learned that she would be facing off against transgender fencer Redmond Sullivan, she wanted her protest to be caught on video and decided to take a knee just before the match began. She had already participated in warmups and competed in four bouts that day. Take a look: Speaking with Fox News, Turner said USA Fencing has failed to listen to women’s views on trans athletes participating in their sport.
Well, Lookie Here: Congresswoman and Harvard
Prof Are Caught Planning Massive Anti-Trump Riots? 14 replies
Prof Are Caught Planning Massive Anti-Trump Riots? 14 replies
We now know the names of the people leading the “resistance” against President Donald Trump and the attacks on Elon Musk. They occupy the highest levels of Congress and the pinnacle of the Ivy League. They’ve called for more attacks against Tesla and are leading “resistance” training to get more of it on the streets. Just like they did in 2017, leading to the Summer of Love.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (☭-Wash.), who just left her perch as chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Harvard professor Erica Chenoweth are holding “resistance” training sessions to get leftists “street ready” for mass protests against President Donald Trump.
Dow drops 1,500 as US stock market leads
a worldwide sell-off following Trump’s
tariff shock 13 replies
a worldwide sell-off following Trump’s
tariff shock 13 replies
NEW YORK — Financial markets around the world are reeling Thursday following President Donald Trump’s latest and most severe volley of tariffs, and the U.S. stock market may be taking the worst of it.
The S&P 500 was down 4% in morning trading, worse than the drops for other major stock markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1,520 points, or 3.6%, as of 10:10 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 4.0% lower.
Little was spared as fear flared globally about the potentially toxic mix of higher inflation and weakening economic growth that tariffs can create.
Everything from crude oil
Is the Supreme Court Compromised by Deep State Cronyism?
In a bombshell revelation that’s sending shockwaves through conservative circles, it turns out Chief Justice John Roberts has been rubbing elbows with none other than Norm Eisen—the radical leftist operative who’s spent years orchestrating lawfare campaigns against President Donald Trump and his allies.
According to a report from Revolver News, Roberts didn’t just bump into Eisen at a D.C. cocktail party. No, these two are apparently such “good pals” that Roberts jetted off to the Czech Republic for a week-long sleepover at Eisen’s lavish 150-room palace.
Grieving Texas father speaks out after
son was stabbed to death at high school
track meet 12 replies
son was stabbed to death at high school
track meet 12 replies
A Texas father is speaking out after his 17-year-old son was fatally stabbed during a high school track meet, telling Fox News his life is "destroyed."
Austin Metcalf, a junior at Memorial High School in Frisco, was stabbed in the chest allegedly by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, a student from another school. The altercation reportedly began as a seating dispute as the teams waited for the delayed competition to begin.
"My son is gone, and he'll never come home again," Austin’s father, Jeff Metcalf, said Thursday on "America Reports."