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American businesses and consumers absorbed nearly 90% of the 2025 tariffs’ economic burden.
The researchers weren’t working from theory: They tracked actual transaction-level import price data
and found that prices paid by U.S. importers rose nearly one-for-one with tariff rates.
These results confirm what research on the 2018-19 tariffs already established and echoes other studies of the last year.
The bottom line is that, faced with tariffs,
foreign exporte…

Who Is Paying for the 2025 U.S. Tariffs? - Liberty Street Economics
Over the course of 2025, the average tariff rate on U.S. imports increased from 2.6 to 13 percent. In this blog post, we ask how much of the tariffs were paid by the U.S., using import data through November 2025. We find that nearly 90 percent of the tariffs’ economic burden fell on U.S. firms and consumers.

Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/25/tropical-plants-flower-shifted-months-climate-breakdown-aoe

Ukraine: Russian troops are pulling back from some positions in Kherson region: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/26/ukraine-russian-troops-are-pulling.html

new_guinea_tribes: New Guinea Highlands tribes (1954)
A network of friendships among tribes of Gahuku-Gama alliance structure of the Eastern Central Highlands region in New Guinea. Edge sign indicates either friendship ("rova") or enmity ("hint”).
This network has 16 nodes and 58 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Signed
h…

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce make award show debut at iHeartRadio Music Awards https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48317967/travis-kelce-taylor-swift-iheartradio-music-awards-alysa-liu

Police Used Flock to Give a Man a Traffic Ticket #privacy

Police Used Flock to Give a Man a Traffic Ticket
“CAPTURED ON FLOCK CAMERA 31 MM 1 HOLDING PHONE IN LEFT HAND.”

Zelenskyy against the Kremlin's traps: what will the real security guarantees be?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/26/zelenskyy-against-the-kremlins-traps.html

The White House and the Pentagon are considering sending at least 10,000 additional combat troops to the Middle East in the coming days,
according to a senior U.S. defense official.
It is another signal that a U.S. ground operation in Iran is being seriously prepared.
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Pentagon weighs sending 10,000 more combat troops to the Middle East
The consideration is the latest signal that a U.S. ground operation in Iran is being prepared.

RUSSIA WITHDRAWS troops from Hmeimim in Syria #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/27/russia-withdraws-troops-from-hmeimim.html

A growing contingent of House Republicans is voicing opposition to Donald Trump potentially deploying ground troops to the Persian Gulf,
Politico reported Friday.
As the deadline for Iran to respond to Trump’s 15-point peace plan approached Friday,
the president was reportedly leaning toward ordering a ground operation in Iran.
Some House Republicans urged the president to hold back.
Arizona Representative Eli Crane,
a former Navy Seal who served five deplo…

Republicans Panicking Over Trump Sending Ground Troops to Iran
Some of the president’s biggest supporters are publicly stating their concerns.