More Trump “savings” that are really reductions in services

And they lie about it too.

@cbsnews.com is reporting elon's DOGE spent $135 billion to save $160 billion, netting a less than impressive $25 billion in 'savings'. And we still don't really know what he is saving us from.

— Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 (@jasondogwood.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T23:28:37.042Z

DOGE’s so-called “savings” are smoke and mirrors. Half the receipts don’t exist, math errors are everywhere, and many “cuts” were never real. The numbers don’t add up — and we’re all paying the price.

— Mike Levin (@mikelevin.org) 2025-04-26T22:39:39.549Z

🧵1The Trump admin torched $600M in grants that trained new teachers—just when schools are desperate for help. Why? Because the programs supported diversity and equity.They’re not just gutting funding—they’re gutting the future of public education. This is deliberate sabotage.@aft.org

— Jennifer ✨Get In Good Trouble (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) 2025-04-28T17:20:39.650Z

RFK Jr laid out a plan “to tackle the nation’s devastating fentanyl & overdose crisis, proposing camps or farms where people with addiction would be sent to recover.”RFK Jr, himself once an opioid addict, needs to SAVE people first before (sigh) farming them out.This is CRUEL and unnecessary. 😡

— Lisa Reyna Loe (@lisaloe.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T00:10:44.438Z

NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.

— Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T03:00:46.099Z

'One of our most critical programs': National victims group rebukes DOJ grant funding cuts http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/…

— Jonathan Lemire (@jonlemire.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T00:25:11.843Z

Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and morewww.cbsnews.com/news/federal…

— Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T22:48:01.486Z

The Trump administration cut about $1 billion in aid to anti-hunger groups, according to Feeding America. It's put more pressure on organizations that distribute food to hold up their corner of the U.S. safety net, dipping into reserves and scrounging for donations to replace the food they had lost.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-04-28T19:04:50.218Z

Musk has fired 100+ specialized fed employees, installed DOGE overseers, devastated programs on idealogical grounds, handicapped soc sec, & pissed off 🇺🇸 voters."He's taken [US gov] down to the foundations in lots of places." – The damage will FAR outlast his presence.www.cnn.com/2025/04/26/p…

— Bren (@kindofnerdy.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T21:18:35.385Z

Imagine dismantling the only federal agency dedicated to uplifting minority businesses—That’s exactly what Trump did.The MBDA went from nearly 100 employees to just a few.You don’t gut an agency like that unless you’re trying to kill its mission.

— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@repjasmine.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T22:10:20.953Z

My new piece in @rollingstone.com : “Our democracy is made up of reciprocal ties between and among all of us, and AmeriCorps strengthens these ties. We will all feel the loss of AmeriCorps…and our democracy will pay the price.” http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol…

— Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) (@fisherdanar.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T13:58:40.852Z

That’s $2.3 billion less to research potential treatments and cures to cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and more. These cuts will hurt all of us for generations to come. http://www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t…

— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T02:57:17.597Z

Cocaine Cowboys : Reloaded is worth seeing

Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded (2014) is an expanded DVD version of Cocaine Cowboys (2006). I just watched it and highly recommended it. It’s a documentary about the drug wars in Miami in the 1980s which also involved Columbia.

On the right of the page, there are links to clips from the film

Author Edna Buchanan is interviewed several times in the film. I recommend her book about Miami, The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1987).

Schumer’s pathetic letter

Schumer sent a tough letter to the White House. That’s pointless and ineffective. I doubt they will even respond to it. Schumer must go as Minority Leader.

CHUCK SCHUMER: We sent him [Trump] a very strong letter just the other day. DANA BASH: You'll let us know if you get a response to that letter.

— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T16:43:56.357Z

Trump tariffs are already showing up in reduced shipping and boats in ports

On the container ship traffic from China to the US this article from the Journal from two days ago has a lot of details. (link should be unlocked) http://www.wsj.com/business/log…

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) 2025-04-28T02:28:03.030Z

At what point does he cry uncle? The Port of Seattle is empty. When you open the article, check out the photo of the ships that are not there. Astounding. And all self inflicted by Tmurp. How much of the NOT WINNING do we have to endure?

— Bock Sam (@bocksam.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T17:46:33.855Z

Bloomberg’s daily data for the number of container ships sailing from China to the US. Huge drop in recent weeks. (H/T Torsten Slok)

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T14:14:46.104Z

Vessel traffic at the Port of Oakland (left) and the Port of Shanghai (right) amid Trump's Tariff Shock, as seen on the MarineTraffic app, April 20, 2025.www.dataandpolitics.net/empty-ships-…

— Fuck Trump (@benusa.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T18:16:40.114Z

news of how tariffs are closing port traffic and shuttering businesses is making it to Fox News http://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjrKxC1N/

— Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T17:48:35.543Z

Suboptimal, if I’m honest. http://www.wsj.com/business/log…

— Sky Marchini (@sky.skymarchini.net) 2025-04-26T03:18:07.772Z

April 23, 2025 – Port of Seattle is empty. Only one ship and no containers. Usually a busy port.

— Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T11:01:45.340Z

Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is dead. The last ship from China will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We’re screwed.

— Lizzy Tish (@lizzy-tish.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T03:36:25.529Z

Same collapse in port traffic in Los Angeles too "In two weeks’ time, arrivals will drop by 35%"www.latimes.com/business/sto…

— Edward Harrison (@edwardnh.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T18:17:41.343Z

Farmers do not deserve special treatment

No to the proposed Trump farm bailout. American farmers overwhelmingly voted for Trump, they should pay the same tariffs their candidate has imposed on all other Americans, no special handouts. From @theatlantic.com http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc…

— David Frum (@davidfrum.bsky.social) 2025-04-28T14:56:36.389Z
https://bsky.app/profile/adamkinzinger.bsky.social/post/3lnj26uwpc22r

This alfalfa farmer and Trump supporter would rather lose everything than admit he was wrong. Exactly why it’s hard to feel sorry for these folks—they’d rather crash and burn than change course.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-04-21T00:00:07.268Z

California is the nation's top agricultural exporter, shipping almonds, pistachios, oranges, dairy products and other commodities around the world. Now, farmers fear that Trump’s tariffs could hit the state’s agriculture industry hard. http://www.latimes.com/environment/… #tariffs

— Ian James (@ianjames.bsky.social) 2025-04-13T14:51:11.002Z

Donald Trump said his tariffs would help our farmers.But the real cost of his self-inflicted tax will hit them hard, potentially putting many just one crop away from bankruptcy.How American can that be?

— Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) 2025-04-08T17:05:27.248Z