It appears there are three issues that are going to attract a lot of media attention this week, and I am going to start collecting news and commentary links on them separately now.
Those issues are King Tr_ mp acting to destroy justice in the USA (and I note that the US justice systems had major problems as it was, but this is making the situation much worse), beginning a long threatened tariff war, and more anti-DEI bigotry.
(By the way, I have given up re-typing the capitalised titles in lower case: it was just taking too much time. But I still from upon that click-baity practice ...)
The destruction of justice in the USA:
- “Tr_ mp appointee fires January 6 prosecutors and issues threat to FBI agents” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/trump-purge-at-justice-department-of-january-6-prosecutors-and-threat-to-fbi-agents “About two dozen Justice Department employees involved in Capitol riot cases sacked and demand issued for list of FBI officers”
- “FBI launches sweeping staff cuts as Trump seeks to purge career officials” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/fbi-staff-cuts-trump-purge “Top bureau officials in five cities in line of fire with dozens of agents who worked on Trump investigations facing axe”
- “Tr_ mp admin. forces out multiple senior FBI officials and Jan. 6 prosecutors” https://youtube.com/shorts/hwNaLy1r6ZQ
- “Tr_ mp moves toward ending independent law enforcement as a core American value with mass purge” https://youtu.be/IQ1HWDhLOoQ “In an effort to not only rewrite the history of his January 6 insurrection but to exact revenge on the agents and lawyers who worked to hold him and his rioting supporters accountable, Tr_ mp appears to be in the midst of a massive purge of the FBI and the DOJ, turning them into agencies that cater to his interests and concerns instead of the law. Rachel Maddow explains.”
- “FBI Agents Get INSTANT KARMA for SUPPORTING Tr_ mp” https://youtu.be/GyM6notDl00 “MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the FBI Agents Association in shock after hundreds of their members were fired when the FBI Agents supported the people who fired them.” This is a very important point: these amathiacs supported this vicious vengeful person
The starting of a tariff war:
- “Tr_ mp to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china “US neighbours hit with 25% tariff and China with 10% as Trudeau pledges ‘forceful but reasonable’ response”
- “[AMATHIAC]’S GUIDE TO TR_ MP’S TARIFFS” https://youtu.be/Nvh3ayQ-5yU from the South China Morning Post
- “World Leaders DESTROY Tr_ mp as he SCREWS AMERICA” https://youtu.be/tdvMIjO8maY “MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on world leaders like Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and others who are ready to inflict pain on America.” and “World leaders REACT after Tr_ mp THROWS market INTO CHAOS” https://youtu.be/qmyb2QVsuxQ and “Tr_ mp Gets RUDE AWAKENING as TARIFFS BACKFIRE” https://youtu.be/5Y_c4DJKHII This also refers to the “Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act” as a key factor in the Great Depression
- “Trump has EVENING MELTDOWN as MARKETS CRASH” https://youtu.be/6X7CxwU7lsE
- “Trump says EU tariffs will ‘definitely happen’ as Mexico, Canada and China retaliate | Trump administration | The Guardian” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/02/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-china-retaliation “EU will stand up for itself in face of Trump tariffs threat, Macron says” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/03/eu-will-stand-up-for-itself-in-face-of-trump-tariffs-threat-macron-says “French president and other leaders call for cooperation with Washington but vow a robust response if needed”
- “What you need to know about Trump’s tariffs and the rest of Trump’s madness” https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps “... Trump is employing two techniques to gain more power than any U.S. president has ever wielded. The first is to demonstrate that he can mete out huge punishments and rewards. ... the second technique Trump is using to expand his power: unpredictability. ... How to stop this? The first step is to understand it.”
- one of the dumbest newspapers around (for having supported Tr_ mp) has described Tr_ mp’s tariffs as the ‘dumbest trade war in history’;
- “Canada to challenge Trump’s tariffs at WTO, seeks redress under free trade deal” https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250202-trump-trade-canada-mexico
- ““Enormous Disruption”: Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico & Canada Set to Worsen Inflation” https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/3/trump_tariffs
- “Ontario Premier Ends Contract With Starlink Over Trump's Tariffs” https://meidasnews.com/news/ontario-premier-ends-contract-with-starlink-over-trumps-tariffs “More retaliatory actions from Canada is expected”
- “Tr_ mp agrees to postpone Canada and Mexico tariffs by one month” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/03/mexican-president-announces-one-month-pause-on-trump-us-tariffs “[King] delays threatened 25% tariffs on US neighbours but China still to face 10% levy on exports to US from Tuesday” “Donald Trump delays tariffs on Canada and Mexico as border security agreements reached” https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/trump-delays-mexico-canada-tariffs-as-border-security-agreemenst-reached/p622txsyw “Tariffs will be delayed for a month for both countries, after they agreed to strengthen their border efforts” “Global stock markets come under pressure amid ‘Tr_ mp tariff tantrum’” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/03/uk-european-stock-markets-tumble-trump-tariff-tantrum “Markets recover some losses after Tr_ mp agreed to delay new duties on Mexico goods, sparking hopes of a reprieve” “Mexico Announces Pause In Tariffs After Agreement With Trump” https://meidasnews.com/news/mexico-announces-pause-in-tariffs-after-agreement-with-trump “The agreement does not necessarily offer anything new from the Mexican side, but Trump is expected to take an undeserving victory lap nonetheless.” See also “Mexico Prez DESTROYS Trump in MAJOR SPEECH” https://youtu.be/l2SjLlgfqbE “MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the presidential address by the popular and powerful President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum where she shows that Mexico will fight back against Trump.” and “Philippines Prez STICKS IT to Trump WHERE IT HURTS” https://youtu.be/Az11Tjhuj5k “MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on how the Philippines is already cutting America out of key deals as America is weaker than ever.”
- the US postal service, which has been politicised and cut back for years, is now doing King Tr_ mp’s bidding on the trade war;
- “China Launches Retaliatory Economic Measures Against The United States” https://meidasnews.com/news/china-launches-retaliatory-economic-measures-against-the-united-states “China and the United States are officially in a back and forth trade war” and “China hits back against Trump tariffs with retaliatory measures, renewing trade war” https://www.france24.com/en/business/20250204-china-hits-back-against-trump-tariffs-with-retaliatory-measures-renewing-trade-war
- “Canada’s Ontario bans US firms from government contracts in response to Trump tariffs” https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250203-canada-s-ontario-bans-us-firms-from-governmant-contracts-in-response-to-trump-tariffs “The Canadian province of Ontario on Monday announced a ban on US companies bidding on tens of billions of dollars' worth of government contracts in response to punishing tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump”
The risk of war(s):
- “Tr_ mp Makes FATAL DECISION as world UNITED AGAINST HIM” https://youtu.be/21M0iAzci70 “MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on fed up world leaders turning against Trump and preparing for the worst” The worst being war - i.e., military preparations are being made against this bullying thug;
- “Tr_ mp has SUNDAY MELTDOWN as Canada STANDS UP” https://youtu.be/uTvSodcPlMk This is economic war (including an expected economic collapse - complete with BREAKING the people of the USA), with King Tr_ mp wanting to grow his empire - he is using the language of conquest, and creating a risk of World War III
More anti-DEI bigotry:
- “The low keep getting lower, as shown by Tr_ mp’s response to the DC plane crash” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/01/trump-responds-washington-plane-crash “When asked about his plans to visit the crash site, Trump made a joke: ‘The water? You want me to go swimming?’” “Trump isn’t the only one using a tragedy to attack DEI programs ... JD Vance has similarly insinuated that even if they can’t find any minorities or women to directly blame for the crash, it was still somehow the fault of DEI” “Viral posts have been circulating online falsely identifying _, a transgender pilot with the Virginia national guard, as one of the pilots of the Black Hawk helicopter. _ has had to release a statement on Facebook as “proof of life” in response to these posts.” “To be clear, this is what the Tr_ mp crowd’s obsession with DEI is really about: plain old bigotry.”
- ““Nonsensical”: As Trump Blames Crash on DEI, Aviation Expert Says It’s Understaffing, Lax Regulation” https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/31/reagan_airport_crash_trump_dei
- “Department of Education Employees Placed on Leave for Previously Attending Diversity Training” https://meidasnews.com/news/department-of-education-employees-placed-on-leave-for-previously-attending-diversity-training “Department staff are being told not to come to the office for attending a seminar that had been encouraged”
There is some, frankly, stupid commentary this week in Australia that stopping/cutting back on DEI doesn’t harm people, or isn’t significant (and from authors who should know better). Bull. For those of us who rely on DEI measures for things such as equal access in workplaces and to be able to treated with basic decency, IT BLOODY DOES MATTER.
And as a clear counter to the bigots, from another part of the world:
- “Israel’s female spotters are free – now their families want to know why warnings were ignored” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/01/israels-female-spotters-are-free-now-their-families-want-to-know-why-warnings-were-ignored “Mix of chauvinism and complacency led senior officers not to heed young women who saw H___s preparing attack” The whole world wants to know why these anti-DEI anti-woke incompetent amathiacs ignored these women - to such massive cost
And the following useful/hopeful aspects should be noted:
- “The Logic of Destruction” https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-destruction “And how to resist it” by Timothy Snyder;
- “‘We are the firewall’: Tens of thousands rally against far-right in Berlin” https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/we-are-the-firewall-tens-of-thousands-rally-against-the-far-right-in-germany/misfm7u92 “Around 160,000 people took to the streets of Berlin in a mass protest against the far-right, after conservatives broke a long-standing political taboo by seeking support from the far-right Alternative for Germany party on an immigration bill”;
- see Indivisible and Dem-Optimism;
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