Trump’s strategy to get his way: declare one fake ‘emergency’ after another

The US president’s tactic could put this fall’s elections at risk. A supreme court decision could go far to protect them

The Guardian

@PabloMartini

#Canada has similar problems with a U.S.A. ambassador, #PeteHoekstra, playing these controlling manipulative mobster-esque games.

The way that Hoekstra puts it, when Canadians respond to the repeated '51st state' and 'governor' arrogance, the #TrumpTariffs, the #GordieHoweInternationalBridge claims, and the CBP/ICE enforcements and enhanced border checks against Canadians, it is they who are somehow initiating the nastiness.

#USPolitics #BoycottUSA #ElbowsUp

The Trump war, Trump tariffs and Trumpflation are why we can’t have nice things.

#TrumpWar #trumptariffs #Trumpflation #trump #republicans #gop #MAGA #epstein #news #iran #middleeast #economy

@dodds1 @wisegreyowl

There was a video the other day that talked about the 'most highly anticipated obituary in the history of the world'. Abundantly clear whose obituary was meant just from the title alone.

There are few people in history who have manged to taint their very names. Caesar. Atilla. Napoleon. Hitler.

https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/115921044921605144

#USPolitics #FIFAWorldWar #TrumpWar #TrumpTariffs #TrumpSlump

Meloni’s referendum defeat shows the cost of the Trump factor

The Italian PM has won plaudits for her tightrope-walking pragmatism. But have voters now had enough, asks international relations expert Riccardo Alcaro

The Guardian
Petflation’ holds at 3.3% in February 2026

Pet food prices hit a record high in early 2026, driven by a sharp January producer price jump and sustained retail increases. Total pet prices reached a new record high in February 2026 while the …

Roscoe & Stella
Supremes need phony emergency doctrine, Trump tariffs case shows

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts authored the opinion of the court holding that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act didn’t give President Donald Trump the power to impose tariffs. Photo: public domain In its decision rejecting President Donald J. Trump’s tariffs, the US Supreme Court reined in a particularly glaring abuse of presidential emergency […]

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Prolonged high oil prices could ‘crimp’ AI boom, WTO warns

Iran war and its impact on energy and fertiliser costs is the main risk to the global economy, report says

The Guardian
100-letnia ustawa Jonesa zawieszona. USA sięgają po awaryjne dźwignie Nic tak nie łamie zasad jak perspektywa wściekłych wyborców na stacjach benzynowych Panika czy strategia? ⬇️Więcej w artykule⬇️ cynicy.pl/100-letnia-u... #polityka #trumpsgasproblem #TrumpTariffs #Trump

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100-letnia ustawa Jonesa zawieszona. USA sięgają po awaryjne dźwignie | Cynicy.pl

Kontrakty terminowe na ropę WTI wystrzeliły do niemal 100 dolara za baryłkę – i to był moment, w którym Biały Dom zdecydował się pociągnąć za kolejny hamulec bezpieczeństwa. Krótko po tym, jak izraelskie myśliwce w ramach operacji „Epic Fury” po raz pierwszy uderzyły w irańskie aktywa wydobywcze ropy i gazu, administracja Trumpa zawiesiła na 60 […]

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No breakthrough on Hungary’s veto of EU’s €90bn loan to Ukraine – Europe live

EU leaders fail to convince Viktor Orbán, shortly facing Hungarian elections, to drop his opposition to aid

the Guardian