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Tariffs will pay for tax cuts?
-- The White House can’t be serious.
After passing tax cuts that will likely cost $5.5 trillion over the coming decade, the Trump administration is under increasing pressure to rein in soaring budget deficits. So what’s the plan? Tariffs, tariffs and more tariffs.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently claimed on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that tariff revenue “is going to pay off our deficit.”
Administration estimates of 10-year tari…

Tariffs will pay for tax cuts? The White House can’t be serious.
Trump officials say trillions of dollars in tariff revenue will pay for their tax cuts. Don’t hold your breath.

US to cut some troops on NATO's eastern flank, Romania says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/29/us-to-cut-some-troops.html

Troops will get stuck with more litter patrol. What a way to demean the troops by sticking them with garbage detail...
Chicago appears resigned to fate and is prepping for federal troop arrival - and it could happen next week | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/chicago-federal-troops-immigration-raid-trump-b2816535.html

Trump again promises a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US, says the "movie making business has been stolen" from the US (Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/trump-movie-tariffs-newsom-1236564814/

Trump Again Promises “100% Tariff” On Movies Made Outside America, Attacks “Weak” Gavin Newsom In Truth Social Tirade
Trump Threatens 100% Movie Tariffs Again On Overseas Production

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders share college throwback pics for Week 1 of season https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-share-college-throwback-photos-week-1-college-football-season

Team Trump's response will no doubt be "So? Make me."
Most of Trump’s tariffs are illegal, federal court rules;
The Sycophant Supreme Court Jesters will just say "But for him it's okay."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

'Taxation without representation':
Prof. Tribe breaks down Trump's loss on tariffs in appeals court
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/-taxation-without-represent…

'Taxation without representation': Prof. Tribe breaks down Trump's loss on tariffs in appeals court
Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe speaks to MSNBC’s Ali Velshi about the next steps after a federal appeals court declared most of the Trump tariffs under IEEPA illegal. 

The Senate voted Wednesday to end the national emergency that Donald Trump declared to impose tariffs on imports from Canada.
Four Republicans joined with all Senate Democrats to approve the measure, which passed 50 to 46.
It was the second bipartisan vote against Trump’s tariffs in as many days — the Senate also voted Tuesday to block tariffs on Brazilian goods,
— though neither move will take effect, because they would still need to be approved by the House
— whi…

Senate votes to block tariffs on Canada
While symbolic, it is the Senate’s second rebuke of Trump’s trade policies in as many days.

A US appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s new tariffs are illegal,
upholding a ruling from the federal court of international trade
that the president’s declaration of an economic emergency to justify sweeping tariffs violates a 1977 law and the US constitution,
which reserves taxation for the Congress.
The New York-based US court of international trade previously ruled against Trump’s tariff policies in May,
saying the president had exceede…

U.S. scales back troops on NATO’s eastern flank
The United States has informed its NATO allies that it will scale back its troop presence along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine as it focuses on security priorities elsewhere in the world, Romania’s defense ministry said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Army later confirmed the move but denied it was a sign of lessened commitment to NATO.
Depending on operations and exercises, around 80,000-100,000 U.S. troops are usually present…