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Miles de personas recorren Copenhague y Nuuk para recordar que "Groenlandia no est en venta"
Trump anuncia aranceles a pases europeos con tropas en Groenlandia si no apoyan su compra
In Paraguay haben die EU und das sdamerikanische Bndnis Mercosur den Weg fr einen der weltweit grten Handelsrume frei gemacht. berschattet wurde die Zeremonie von US-Prsident Donald Trump.has no idea of what's he doing, NATO countries have tje ability to crush the US economy. All the need to do is liquidate US bonds. Fault all purchases, but keep shipping materials to the US as they don't pay the tariffs, we do.
Isolate and saction him and his cohorts
Harvard-konom Ken Rogoff hat selbst fr die Notenbank Fed gearbeitet. Hier erklrt er, wie Donald Trump die Kontrolle ber die bisher unabhngige Institution bernehmen will und dabei den Wohlstand der USA bedroht.Donald Trump Diverse EU-Staaten verwehren dem US-Prsidenten die Einverleibung Grnlands. Das Krisengesprch unter der Woche bleibt ohne Ergebnis, da zieht Trump die Daumenschrauben an. Seine Zollandrohung befremdet Frankreich und Co.
Diverse EU-Staaten verwehren dem US-Prsidenten die Einverleibung Grnlands. Das Krisengesprch unter der Woche bleibt ohne Ergebnis, da zieht Trump die Daumenschrauben an. Seine Zollandrohung befremdet Frankreich und Co.
Trumps tariff threat is an attempt to divide Europe and quash opposition over Greenland
Utter Buffoonery: Trump Slaps NATO Allies With Tariffs over Greenland, Even as More Republicans Revolt
Donald Trump promised on Saturday to issue a series of increasing tariffs on European NATO allies until he is permitted to buy Greenland, the latest escalation in his already feverish threats to take over the Arctic country, which is part of Denmark. Trump announced on Truth Social that starting next month, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France,A Wave of New Polls Shows Trumps Support Cratering Across the Board
As President Donald Trump wraps up the first year of his second termone marked by US aggression abroad and rising political violence at homea wave of new polls released this week shows him and his policies at remarkably high, and in some cases record, levels of unpopularity. Across nearly every major measure, Trump is generatingImmigrant Rights Advocates Say Trumps First Year Was Much Worse Than Expected
Trump wants us to hang our heads and give up, but that's not happening, says organizer Rossy Alfaro. aumentar tarifas contra varios pases antes de que os cheguen a un acordo sobre a compra de
Na sa RRSS truth,o presidente dos , , Anunciou a decisin de aumentar Contra , , , , , , os e polo seu desacordo na anexin de Groenlandia.
A Partir do 1 de febreiro, Escravosunidos aumentar o imposto sobre todos os bens destes pases ao 10% e a partir do 1 de xuo ao 25%
Keir Starmer hits back at Donald Trump over wild Greenland tariff threat - 'completely wrong'
Greenland protests pictured as Trump threatens tariffs if UK opposes takeover plans
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"What does this change Well, nothing"
Link to ABC News article:
Sir Keir Starmer issues statement after Donald Trump says he will hit UK with tariffs over Greenland
Extra Lazy Caturday Reads
Good Afternoon!!
I really struggled to get out of bed this morning. Im usually an early riser although I dont really get going until Ive had some caffeine and psyched myself up a bit, but today my body resisted all my efforts to be dragged out of dreamland.
Like many Americans, Im traumatized by whats happening to our country and the cumulative effects of a decade of dealing with the monster from Mar-a-Lago. Everything is awful, and Im not sure we can make it until the midterm elections.
So heres a Caturday distraction from The Smithsonian Magazine. (The illustrations are from the article except for one from The Baltimore Sun.)
A cat left pawprints on this 500-year-old manuscript.
, by Christian Thorsberg
More than 500 years ago, after dedicating hours to the meticulous transcription of a crucial manuscript, a Flemish scribe set the parchment out to dryonly to later return and discover the page smeared, filled with inky paw prints.
Perhaps the worlds first known instance of a so-called , that manuscript is the inspiration for and centerpiece of an exhibition currently on display at Baltimores Walters Art Museum. Running through late February, explores the roles of cats in the Middle Agesand the myriad ways humans showed affection for their feline friends hundreds of years ago.
Objects like the manuscript have a way of bridging across time, as its just so relatable for anyone who has ever had a cat, Lynley Anne Herbert, the museums curator of rare books and manuscripts, tells s Margaret Carrigan. Many medieval people loved their cats just as much as we do.
This affection is evidenced by the myriad illustrations of cats across cultures. After finding the Flemish manuscript, Herbert searched the museum archives and found no shortage of other feline mentions or depictions in Islamic, Asian and other European texts and images.
Because they were so stealthy and they could see in the dark, they were seen as a little bit ethereal as creatures, Herbert told s Ashley Sterner in August. This sort of translates to the idea that thats kind of the way the devil works. If youre sinful, he can stalk you, and eventually hell pounce on you.
Paws on Parchment is the first of three animal-themed exhibitions planned at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore over the next two years. The Walters Museum
In the margins of manuscripts on display, seemingly silly illustrations of cats playing instruments detail this double-sidedness. They reinforce the importance of an orderly society by showing the chaos possible if the natural order of things got turned on its head, Herbert tells Artnet.
But at the same time, humans relied on their pets killer instincts much more than they do today. Rats, mice and other vermin in the Middle Ages were more likely to carry disease, and housecats were an important defense for families.
Their ability to catch and kill mice and rats was actually critical to healthy living, Herbert told WYPR. Those critters would often get into food stores and contaminate them or eat them. They would also chew on valuable things like cloth and books. Very early on, people realized that cats were excellent mousers. They were actually defined in encyclopedias of the era by their ability to catch mice.
You can read more about medieval cats and the Walters Museum exhibit at the link.
In the news today:
Trump beclowned himself and embarrassed most Americans by accepting the Nobel Peace Prize medal that was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado. I cant imagine being so shameless that you would accept a medal won by someone else, but Trump apparently cant feel shame. In fact, he kind of strong-armed Machado into giving it to him. She probably imagined he might then let her return to her country as presidentafter all, she did win the election. But Trump isnt likely to do that. In fact later yesterday, he seemingly forgot her name.
Jack Rwvell at The Daily Beast:
President Donald Trump was handed the Nobel Peace Prize he has been whining about for so many monthsonly to seemingly forget the name of the woman who passed hers on to him just hours earlier.
In a media huddle outside the White House, the 79-year-old president was asked why he has yet to support Mara Corina Machados bid for Venezuelan leadership.
I had a great meeting yesterday by a person who I have a lot of respect for and she has respect, obviously, for me and our country and she gave me her Nobel Prize, Trump said, notably avoiding her name.
Ill tell you what, I got to know her, I never met her before, and I was very, very impressed. Shes a reallythis is a fine woman.
On social media, that it appeared as though Machados name had slipped the presidents mind.
Machado, leader of the opposition to Nicols Maduros government, has been vying for power in the South American nation following the U.S. gunpoint abduction of Maduro at the start of the month.
However, despite claiming Maduro was operating a cartel, the Trump administration left his vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, running the country, along with virtually all of his government.
While the coveted Nobel Prize was claimed by Trump, the Norwegian Nobel Committee its ruling that prizes cannot be exchanged and the transfer is ultimately meaningless.
I doubt if this will stop Trumps incessant whining about how the Nobel committee cheated him out of his own Nobel Peace Prize.
Meanwhile, Trump is supporting Venezuelas vice president Delcy Rodrigues as acting president.
AP:
Obviously, Trump couldnt careless about drug trafficking.When President Donald Trump announced of Nicols Maduro to face drug trafficking charges in the U.S., he portrayed the strongmans vice president and longtime aide as Americas preferred partner to stabilize Venezuela amid a scourge of drugs, corruption and economic mayhem.
Left unspoken was the cloud of suspicion that long surrounded before she became acting president of the beleaguered nation earlier this month.
In fact, Rodrguez has been on the radar of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for years and in 2022 was even labeled a priority target, a designation DEA reserves for suspects believed to have a significant impact on the drug trade, according to records obtained by The Associated Press and more than a half dozen current and former U.S. law enforcement officials.
The DEA has amassed a detailed intelligence file on Rodrguez dating to at least 2018, the records show, cataloging her known associates and allegations ranging from drug trafficking to gold smuggling. One confidential informant told the DEA in early 2021 that Rodrguez was using hotels in the Caribbean resort of Isla Margarita as a front to launder money, the records show. As recently as last year she was linked to Maduros alleged bag man, , whom U.S. authorities arrested in 2020 on money laundering charges.
The U.S. government has never publicly accused Rodrguez of any criminal wrongdoing. Notably for Maduros inner circle, shes not among the more than a dozen current Venezuelan officials charged with drug trafficking alongside the ousted president.
Three current and former DEA agents who reviewed the records at the request of AP said they indicate an intense interest in Rodrguez throughout much of her tenure as vice president, which began in 2018. They were not authorized to discuss DEA investigations and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Rodrguezs name has surfaced in nearly a dozen DEA investigations, several of which remain ongoing, involving agents in field offices from Paraguay and Ecuador to Phoenix and New York, the AP learned. The AP could not determine the specific focus of each investigation.
Trump is also still obsessed with getting control of Greenland. Heres the latest from the AP: .
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to , setting up a potentially dangerous test of U.S. partnerships in Europe.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland would face the tariff, Trump said in a social media post while at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The rate would climb to 25% on June 1 if no deal was in place for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland by the United States, he said.
The Republican president appeared to indicate that he was using the tariffs as leverage to force talks with Denmark and other European countries over the status of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark that he regards as critical to U.S. national security.
The United States of America is immediately open to negotiation with Denmark and/or any of these Countries that have put so much at risk, despite all that we have done for them, Trump said on Truth Social.
The tariff threat could mark a problematic rupture between Trump and Americas longtime NATO partners, further straining an alliance that dates to 1949 and provides a collective degree of security to Europe and North America. Trump has repeatedly tried to use trade penalties to bend allies and rivals alike to his will, generating investment commitments from some nations and pushback from others, notably China.
Trump is scheduled to travel on Tuesday to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he likely will run into the European leaders he just threatened with tariffs that would start in little more than two weeks.
The Washington Post:
Making a symbolic visit to Copenhagen, a bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers including senior members of the House and Senate tried to reassure leaders of Denmark and Greenland, and their increasingly anxious citizens, that most Americans do not support President Donald Trumps plan to annex or buy Greenland, let alone the prospect of military action against a fellow NATO ally.
The Congressional visit comes as tensions are soaring over the Trumps threats. Thousands gathered Saturday in Denmark for Hands-off Greenland protests, with gatherings also planned for later in Greenlands capital, organizers said.
It is important to underscore that when you ask the American people whether or not they think it is a good idea for the United States to acquire Greenland, the vast majority some 75 percent will say we do not think that that is a good idea, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Friday at a news conference after the American group met counterparts in the Danish Parliament. This senator from Alaska does not think it is a good idea.
Greenland needs to be viewed as our ally, not as an asset, Murkowski added.
Asked how Trump might be stopped in his quest to obtain Greenland, Murkowski suggested Congress would assert its authority. You are hearing from the executive branch, she said. The Congress also has a role.
Thats if Republicans in Congress are willing to stand up to Trump. Meanwhile:
NPR:
COPENHAGEN Thousands of people marched from Copenhagen City Hall to the U.S. embassy Saturday afternoon in protest of President Trumps comments that he wants to acquire Greenland.
The crowd, waving Greenlandic flags, chanted Greenland is not for sale. Many demonstrators wore red hats in Trumps own Make America great again fashion that read, Make America go away. .
A 15th-century prayer book featuring an illustrated gray cat The Walters Museum
Saturdays protest came on the heels of a bipartisan Congressional delegation that travelled to Copenhagen. House and Senate lawmakers met with Danish and Greenlandic officials, as well as members of the Danish business community. The visit was meant to be a reassurance tour affirming the longstanding relationship between the U.S. and the Kingdom of Denmark in the face of Trumps rhetoric.
Peder Dam, who lives in Denmark, attended the demonstration with a sign that featured an image of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker from Star Wars that read: Americans: I know there is good in you. Come back to sanity.
We know what is going on in the White House is not representative for all Americans, he told NPR.
But he said he wonders why there isnt more widespread outrage from the American public.
I cant understand. If my government said they would attack Sweden, then Denmark would step up and protest that, he said. I like protests in the U.S. But why arent there more normal, average Americans stepping up, trying to protest what is going on Its crazy.
Another protester, Thomas, whom NPR is identifying only by his first name because of concerns about retaliation at work, said the march represents an unseen level of resentment towards the U.S.
I cannot express how deeply disappointed I am that we have sent our troops to die with you in Iraq, we were with you in Afghanistan, he said. How dare you turn your back on us in this way
The Trump administrations persecution of Minnesota is going from bad to worse.
Perry Stein at The Washington Post:
The Justice Department is planning to issue subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that the two Democratic leaders are impeding federal law enforcement officers abilities to do their jobs in the state, two people familiar with the matter confirmed Friday.
In partnership with the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter, four foster kittens visited the exhibition shortly after it opened. The Walters Museum
The subpoenas, which are without recent precedent, escalate an already bitter political battle between the Trump administration and state officials following the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an immigration officer last week. That shooting happened amid a surge of federal immigration officers in the state ordered by President Donald Trump.
One of the people familiar with the case confirmed that the plan was to serve the subpoenas Friday. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an open investigation. Neither Walz nor Frey had been served with a subpoena by early Friday evening, spokespeople for the officials said.
Walz and Frey have claimed they have been wrongly excluded from the investigation into the killing of Rene Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer through the window of her SUV as she and others were monitoring and protesting the crackdown. The governor and mayor have publicly said they fear that the Justice Department is not conducting a fair and robust probe. In turn, Trump administration officials have said that Minnesotas Democratic leaders are corrupt and cant be trusted to handle an investigation.
Minnesotas attorney general this week sued the federal government over the surge, saying it amounted to an unconstitutional federal invasion.
The subpoenas suggest that the Justice Department is examining whether Walzs and Freys public statements disparaging the surge of officers and federal actions have amounted to criminal interference in law enforcement work. The law under which they are investigating the two officials, a federal statute on conspiracy to impede a federal investigation, is similar to the charges filed against protesters who federal officials allege have attempted to block immigration officers as they do their work.
That sounds like a violation of the Walz and Freys first amendment rights.
In a statement Friday, Frey called the subpoenas an obvious attempt to intimidate me for standing up for Minneapolis, our local law enforcement, and our residents against the chaos and danger this Administration has brought to our streets.
I will not be intimidated, he said. My focus will remain where its always been: keeping our city safe.
Weaponizing the justice system and threatening political opponents is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic, Walz said in a separate statement Friday evening. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo:
We have late word this evening that the Department of Justice has of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey over a purported criminal conspiracy to impeded ICEs work in the state. Lets start with the obvious and important fact that the bar that has to be cleared to launch such an investigation is essentially nil. All you need is a couple toadyish and corrupt DOJ appointees and they are currently in oversupply. Getting a criminal indictment let alone a conviction is in a different universe of possibility. The main point of this is simply to generate the headlines youre seeing this evening (criminal investigation!) and perhaps load state and local government with subpoenas or perhaps raids.
Medieval cat art from the Walters Museum, source The Baltimore Sun
But none of that should distract from the fact that this is the main conflict being joined or at least pointed to in a very clear and public way. Right now Trump has created a kind of rickety authoritarian presidency with lots of prerogative powers on overdrive military adventures, pardons, corruption of the DOJ, and a lot of corruption. But theres not a lot more. It doesnt have the kind of power in depth to really subvert the constitutional order in a robust or durable way. To do that you have to bring the states to heel. Thats where most policing power operates. Its where elections operate. Its where most of the actual governmental power in depth in the U.S. actually operates.
As recently as Monday I : If you look at the trend of Trump rule in blue cities and blue states, the clear trajectory is that not being dominated is getting closer and closer to being a criminal offense, likely through conspiracy laws and such. Thats precisely whats being alleged here: that resisting these kinds of federal invasions or through entirely legal means and by the elected state authorities actually amounts to a criminal offense or, as predicted, a criminal conspiracy. In other words the states very existence as a separate albeit subordinate sovereign is a criminal offense against the federal government.
This is really scary, because we just dont know what the Supreme Court will do with these arguments if they get their hands on the case. Fortunately, it will probably be hard to get a grand jury to indict on these ludicrous grounds.
More news from Minnesota:
AP:
Federal officers in the Minneapolis area participating in its largest recent U.S. cant detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who arent obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.
U.S. District Judge Kate Menendezs ruling addresses a case filed in December on behalf of six Minnesota activists. The six are among the thousands who have been observing the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers enforcing the Trump administrations immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area since last month.
The activists in the case are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, which says government officers are violating the constitutional rights of Twin Cities residents.
Safely following agents at an appropriate distance does not, by itself, create reasonable suspicion to justify a vehicle stop, the ruling said.
Menendez said the agents would not be allowed to arrest people without probable cause or reasonable suspicion the person has committed a crime or was obstructing or interfering with the activities of officers.
Menendez is also presiding over a lawsuit filed Monday by the state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul seeking to suspend the enforcement crackdown, and some of the legal issues are similar. She declined at to grant the states request for an immediate temporary restraining order in that case.
What we need most of all right now is a pause. The temperature needs to be lowered, state Assistant Attorney General Brian Carter told her.
Menendez said the issues raised by the state and cities in that case are enormously important. But she said it raises high-level constitutional and other legal issues, and for some of those issues there are few on-point precedents. So she ordered both sides to file more briefs next week.
Those are my recommended reads for today. What do you think What else is on your mind
US-Prsident Donald Trump eskaliert den Streit ber Grnland. Nun nicht zurckweichen, fordert Grnen-Fraktionschefin Katharina Drge. Auch der Prsident des DIW hlt es fr richtig, Trump Paroli zu bieten.EK:n Timo Vuori: Trumpin tullit olisivat toteutuessaan kova isku Suomen talouskasvulle
Eurooppa ja Suomi tarvitsevat nyt uusia kauppakumppaneita, sanoo EK:n Timo Vuori.
Trump called me about Venezuela hes got frigging balls
Miles de personas recorren Copenhague al grito de "Groenlandia no est en venta"
Europa responde a los nuevos aranceles de Trump: "La UE ser siempre muy firme en la defensa del derecho internacional"
Trump anuncia aranceles de hasta el 25% para los pases europeos que se oponen a la anexin de Groenlandia: "Arriesgan la seguridad del planeta"
Trump says hell sue JPMorgan Chase for allegedly cutting him off after US Capitol riot
Trump anuncia que impondr nuevos aranceles del 25% a los pases que participan en las maniobras en Groenlandia
Manifestations contre le projet amricain d'annexion du Groenland
Israel objects to White Houses pick of leaders for board of peace
Trump says hell sue JPMorgan Chase for allegedly cutting him off after US Capitol riot
Ylen Pohjoismaiden kirjeenvaihtaja tulliuhkauksesta: Jossain mrin uusi liike Trumpilta
Ylen Pohjoismaiden kirjeenvaihtaja Jenny Matikainen kommentoi Trumpin tulliuhkausta paikan pll Grnlannin Nuukissa.
Der US-Prsident droht Deutschland und anderen Staaten im Grnland-Streit mit neuen Zllen. Damit bricht Trump das Handelsabkommen mit der EU. Schon wieder, zum Schaden der hiesigen Wirtschaft. Wie Brssel reagieren knnte.Trump says hell sue JPMorgan Chase for allegedly cutting him off after US Capitol riot
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The more I think about it, the more I think that Trump will decree that mid-term elections are halted (I'm personally scared of a false flag attack), some states will defy him and run the elections anyway (it's their constitutional right), and that will lead in the dissolution of the . That's how we actually get there. Not via a people's revolution, or some big Leftist hero leading the way, but naturally, and politically.
Thousands protest over Trump's threats to take control of Greenland video
Fine by me, and we should tax Amazon, Google, and whoever else for the privilege of accessing our consumer market and screwing up our high streets
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Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US
Donald Trump may not be able to use the military option against Greenland anymore, & is not resorting to tariff threats.
Trump da los nombre de la Junta de Paz para Gaza: Rubio, Witkoff, Kushner y Blair en la lista
Trump da los nombre de la Junta de Paz para Gaza: Rubio, Witkoff, Kushner y Blair en la lista
Donald Trump, presidente de Estados Unidos, dio una primera lista de los nombres que formarn la denominada Junta de Paz, una agrupacin de personalidades que supervisar el nuevo Gobierno de Gaza. Entre estas personas se e ...