As expected, Liberation Day was about reciprocal tariffs. President Trump announced a list of tariffs that will be put on imports for countries that charge the U.S. tariffs on exports.

As you can see, it is not exactly reciprocal. China charges 67% on U.S. products but the new tariffs on Chinese products are only 34%. Still, that’s 34% more than cheap Chinese goods were before so that’s gunna hurt.

The White House also ended “duty-free de minimis treatment for low-value imports from China.” That means no more cheap things from Temu. Those items will have to be treated like other imports, tariffs and all. That’s a pretty big deal.

“For generations, countries have taken advantage of the United States,” the White House press account said on X. “No longer. President Trump is implementing reciprocal tariffs to increase our competitive edge, protect our sovereignty, and strengthen our national and economic security.”

It is embarrassing to see how unfavorable many countries are to U.S. products but is this the way to allow American companies to compete globally? Kentucky Senator Rand Paul calls this executive overreach. He says that this will amount to a tax on American families and “one person is not allowed to raise taxes—the constitution forbids it.” He also says that this will cost Republicans dearly in upcoming elections.

“On many fronts, I’m a supporter of the president,” he said. “On tariffs, I think it’s economically a fallacy to think it will help the country. Tariffs are a tax.”

Asian markets and U.S. exchanges were all down on this news.

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Israel bombed a UN-run clinic on Wednesday. At least 22 people are reported dead including 9 children and a newborn baby. This was an UNRWA clinic, which Israel has repeatedly claimed is linked to Hamas. They say that the clinic was a Hamas “command and control center.”

The images are horrific. Hamas says that everyone inside the building were civilians.

Israel also ramped up the ground attacks in Gaza on Wednesday after they stated clearly that intend to “capture extensive territory that will be added to the State of Israel’s security areas.”

There are new reports that Israel is working with the U.S. to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities in just a few weeks. Israeli sources told The Daily Mail that President Trump is the best partner in this goal that they could hope for in the White House.

“From Israel’s perspective, with Trump in the White House, this represents the optimum moment to deal with Iran. There won’t be a better chance,” the official said.

Iran has repeatedly declared that these are nuclear POWER plants, not nuclear weapons plants and they have worked with the IAEA on inspections but some dangerous people want a war with Iran so this dangerous rhetoric persists.

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Amazon made a bid to buy TikTok on Wednesday.

Jeff Bezos, who attended the Trump inauguration and has a personal relationship with the Trump White House, submitted an offer to buy the social network and the White House has confirmed that their received the letter.

Former State Department whistleblower Mike Benz says that “this retroactively makes the past 6 months make sense.” Like it was all a game to concentrate this power into the hands of a tech oligarch.

ByteDance, the only Chinese company that currently owns TikTok (not to be confused with the Chinese government) will still retain 19.9% of TikTok, which is just below the 20% threshold limiting Chinese ownership outlined in Congress’s law. There is no word if them and the other investors want to sell a controlling stake to Amazon.

President Trump’s executive offer to keep TikTok in the U.S. expires this weekend so something has to happen before then.

The short-term ban that took place in January did cost TikTok users. The company has begun to lose young users to Instagram Reels and YouTube shorts.

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We are being invited to be inspired by these women because they are “the all-star lineup of Blue Origin’s historic all-female space crew.” It is manufactured feminism and it makes me a little mad.

First, the word “crew” is generous. A flight crew is usually the personnel responsible for operating and managing an aircraft during a flight. The Blue Origin rocket that these gals will be on flies itself so they are passengers, not exactly a crew.

And we are told that they were chosen by Lauren Sanchez, the fiance of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, because “of their proven ability to inspire others.” Really?

CBS News anchor Gayle King has repeatedly said that she doesn’t want to go because she’s terrified so what inspiring message is that for us gals? Let other people pressure you into dangerous things?

This Elle profile of the flight really had me with this line: “Based on the statistics of women and space exploration, it’s evident the representation is needed. Not only has it been over 60 years since women (or technically just a woman) traveled to space without men, but women also only make up about 11 percent of those who’ve ventured into space in total.”

Why is this a problem exactly? And why are they treating this like such an accomplishment when all they are going to do is sit there? And why is this article so heavy on the hair and makeup tips? And also, do you need a bra in space?

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