Nonilex<p>Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyBermanJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyBermanJackson</span></a> of the Federal District Court in Washington said she intended to issue an order later on Friday preventing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>’s workers from being cut off from the agency’s system, as the agency’s leaders had planned. She said she intended to follow up later this month with a more extensive hearing on the planned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a>. Until then, they will not move forward, she said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>In court filings ahead of the hearing, Mark Paoletta, the bureau’s chief legal officer, defended the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a>, which he said would “right-size” an agency filled w/ “vast waste.” Paoletta said he & others had determined that it needed only 200 workers. Many legally required units — including those that focus on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FairLending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairLending</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoans</span></a> & protections for older Americans — need only one! employee, he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>After the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin sent termination notices on Thurs to 90% of employees at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> — some 1,500 people — Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyBermanJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyBermanJackson</span></a> of the Federal District Court in Washington ordered a hearing at 11AM today. She is seeking to determine if the terminations violated an injunction she imposed barring agency ofcls from dismantling the bureau so completely that it cannot carry out its legally mandated duties.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2006163/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2006163/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Look at the bigger picture for livestock, economy <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ColoradoStateUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoStateUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicAnalysis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FieldEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FieldEditor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KyleneScott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KyleneScott</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livestock</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LivestockMarketingInformationCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LivestockMarketingInformationCenter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TylerCozzens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TylerCozzens</span></a></p>
Paul Giulan<p>Share of <a href="https://federate.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> demand in 2024</p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/CN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CN</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/IN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IN</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/RU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RU</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/JP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JP</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/BR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BR</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/KR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KR</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/electric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electric</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/consumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumption</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/infographic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infographic</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/infographics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infographics</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/graphic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphic</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/graphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphics</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/visualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visualization</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DataViz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataViz</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Financial Times reported China can make American <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> feel the pain of a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a> in variety of different ways heading into the summer months and holidays, noting that US <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/imports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imports</span></a> 80% of their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/iPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhones</span></a> from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> with other key sectors of US consumer goods reflect a very high percentage of imports from China:<br>90% of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rareearthminerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rareearthminerals</span></a> in the US come from China<br>80% of air conditioners<br>80% of electric fans<br>75% of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/toys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toys</span></a><br>75% of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bicycles</span></a><br>50% antibiotics <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pharma</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge scraps US rule capping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CreditCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreditCard</span></a> late fees at $8</p><p>U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> granted a joint request by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> and a coalition of 6 business & banking groups [pretty much who the CFPB is supposed to be protecting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> from] including the US Chamber of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> & American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bankers</span></a> Association to scrap the rule adopted during President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s administration.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/judge-scraps-us-rule-capping-credit-card-late-fees-8-2025-04-15/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/finance/j</span><span class="invisible">udge-scraps-us-rule-capping-credit-card-late-fees-8-2025-04-15/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@philpem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>philpem</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span> maybe because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> (if not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> as well) are just not willing to accept that level of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> and would instantly have it picked up and demand a refund instantly!</p>
All Europeans 🇪🇺<p>Ethical Shopping Guide to Coffee Machines ☕ <br>(not all brands listed here are European 🇪🇺 but most of them are)</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/sites/default/files/media-file/2022-04/Ethical_Consumer_Issue_196.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ethicalconsumer.org/sites/defa</span><span class="invisible">ult/files/media-file/2022-04/Ethical_Consumer_Issue_196.pdf</span></a><br>(If you care about ethical consumption, it's worth downloading the full magazine in PDF)</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coffee</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>Consumer sentiment plummets, inflation expectations soar amid trade war</p><p><a href="https://www.cfodive.com/news/consumer-sentiment-plummets-inflation-expectations-soar-amid-trade-war-Trump-tariffs-GDP-Fed/745194/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cfodive.com/news/consumer-sent</span><span class="invisible">iment-plummets-inflation-expectations-soar-amid-trade-war-Trump-tariffs-GDP-Fed/745194/</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consumers</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recession</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>University of Michigan’s closely watched <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ConsumerSentiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerSentiment</span></a> index nosedived to 50.8 in April from 57 last month. Sentiment is now at its second-lowest level in history. Expectations for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> also hit the highest level in 44 years, according to the survey. Meanwhile, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> executives warned <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> were sending the U.S. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> into the unknown and that the uncertainty was already hurting <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> and companies alike. <a href="https://data.sca.isr.umich.edu/fetchdoc.php?docid=78393" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.sca.isr.umich.edu/fetchdo</span><span class="invisible">c.php?docid=78393</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/insidertrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insidertrading</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"The self-inflicted uncertainty from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> has turned the corporate capital expenditures world upside down, created mass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/uncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uncertainty</span></a> not seen since Covid, created a price shock that will impact the daily lives of US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> with no end in sight, & unfortunately ripped the hearts & lungs out of the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupplyChain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyChain</span></a> in the process with no minimal to no alternatives," Ives wrote.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consumers</span></a> will feel effects of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> soon</p><p>Dan Ives, an analyst w/Wedbush Securities financial group, warned in an industry note that the "economic tariff Armageddon unleashed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>" has been hanging over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> like a dark cloud for weeks, but now, consumers are going to feel it too.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-raises-retaliatory-levies-125-dollar-rcna200775/rcrd76872?canonicalCard=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/trump-adm</span><span class="invisible">inistration/live-blog/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-raises-retaliatory-levies-125-dollar-rcna200775/rcrd76872?canonicalCard=true</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Lifehacker: All the Companies That Have Paused US Sales Due to Tariffs (So Far). “If you, like me, are an American, it’s our country that’s throwing these tariffs at nations around the world. As such, it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to see companies pause sales and business in the U.S. for the time being. While there aren’t a ton of organizations running with this playbook, there are […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/lifehacker-all-the-companies-that-have-paused-us-sales-due-to-tariffs-so-far/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/lifehacker-all-the-companies-that-have-paused-us-sales-due-to-tariffs-so-far/</a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> </p><p>'During the final week of the month — the same week hundreds of “Tesla Takedown” protests were held across the country — an average of more than 13,000 used Teslas were listed for sale. That’s the most ever on record and up 67% from the same week a year earlier, according to new data provided by Autotrader parent company Cox Automotive.'</p><p><a href="https://sherwood.news/tech/consumers-tried-to-unload-a-record-number-of-teslas-in-march/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sherwood.news/tech/consumers-t</span><span class="invisible">ried-to-unload-a-record-number-of-teslas-in-march/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://jorts.horse/@kobilacroix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kobilacroix</span></a></span> OFC <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greedflation</span></a> will mean that corporations like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> will just 1:1 the prices even if the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USD</span></a>:<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUR</span></a> goes 2:1.</p><ul><li>They already did it that in the past, and when the $:€ was >1,60:1, it was cheaper for folks to fly to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a>, sleep one bight in a hotel, buy an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> and fly back to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <em>with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/customs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>customs</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ImportTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImportTax</span></a> paid</em>...</li></ul><p>And yes, I knew a time when people got paid to order for pickup Apple devices in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, fly back with them and <em>properly declare them at customs</em> because even at 2x19% tax + buying new chargers it was cheaper than accepting 60% price gouging.</p><ul><li>So just because the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> will get 104% tariffs in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> and the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> production <em>never enters the US</em> it'll likely get parity by numbers because Apple <em>always flexes numbers in disadvantage for buyers</em>!</li></ul><p>Also no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/retailer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retailer</span></a> will accept sucking up the losses, cuz even if Apple were to make 80% margin on their devices at their stores, they'd be in the red without raising prices...</p><ul><li>But in essence you're correct: <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consumers</span></a> WILL GET SHAFTED</em> and not the corporations - that's how it's always been! (Ask Brazilians about non - domestic-built game console prices!)…</li></ul>
Liberal Currents<p>"The real heart of Trumponomics is still a transfer from domestic <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> to domestic <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/producers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>producers</span></a>." <a href="https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-false-promise-of-the-mar-a-lago-accord/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">liberalcurrents.com/the-false-</span><span class="invisible">promise-of-the-mar-a-lago-accord/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin Wednesday asked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> to allow the president to remove a pair of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulators</span></a> whose cases have broad implications for at least two dozen other agencies, including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a> Board, & for how the federal govt operates.
<br>Trump has moved aggressively to seize greater control of the bureaucracy, ousting independent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watchdogs</span></a> & removing the two <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a>, which protects <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> from deceptive practices & monopoly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Joaquim Homrighausen<p>Just in case there's still someone out there who thinks someone else will be paying for tariffs, other than you, the consumer 😑 And no, iPhones are not manufactured in the US 😉 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConsumerAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerAwareness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Steve Daines, a Republican senator from Montana, says he’s concerned about the inflationary effect of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> because <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> pay the cost of tariffs in the short & medium term [the whole term]. But he says he’s encouraged that other countries are approaching the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> to negotiate [all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> caveat their concerns w/some flattery] . He says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a> are rebounding today because “there’s hope that these tariffs are means and not solely an end.” [sure, Jan.]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a></p>
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