Links 4/10/2025 | naked capitalism
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Top Trade Expert Says Trump Tariff Pause Lays Bare ‘Just One More Con on Working People’ | naked capitalism
Yves here. Longstanding readers of this site will likely recognize the name Public Citizen. Founded by Ralph Nader, Public Citizen has regularly punched well above its weight, particularly in the…
Food Banks Tighten Their Belts as Federal Cuts Keep Coming. Patrons Don’t Know Where Else to Turn. | naked capitalism
Yves here. With all of the DOGE destruction, tariff freakouts, and continuing assaults on civil liberties and due process, many other damaging Trump actions have gone under the radar. One…
Data Center Boom Sparks Utility Spending—But How Real Is the Demand? | naked capitalism
Yves here. It would be clearly be preferable if data center energy hogs proved to be less greedy in their needs than they now anticipate. By Tsvetana Paraskova, a writer…
Nasdaq Announces End-of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date March 31, 2025
NEW YORK , April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At the end of the settlement date of March 31, 2025 , short interest in 3,140 Nasdaq Global Market SM securities…
‘We’re Turning Into a Dictatorship’: Trump Tariffs Seen as Ploy to Further Consolidate Power | naked capitalism
Yves here. Yours truly has been of the view that the most coherent explanation for Trump’s actions is that represent an extreme need to dominate, and other considerations are at…
Death Toll in Dominican Republic Roof Collapse Hits 113
The scene at a nightclub in Santo Domingo was increasingly grim, as bodies but no more survivors were recovered.
Trump threatens to end pharmaceuticals tariff exemption
US President Donald Trump says he will soon announce “major” tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals, a move that could end decades of low-cost global trade in medicines. For years, most countries,…
Late Night Frantically Tries to Keep Up With Trump’s Tariffs
“I’d say he’s like a bull in a china shop, but at 104 percent, I can’t afford to say that,” Desi Lydic said of President Trump on “The Daily Show.”
A Teachers’ Union Is Spending Millions to Elect Its Boss Governor of New Jersey
The candidate, Sean Spiller, is president of the union, the New Jersey Education Association. A related PAC is prepared to spend $35 million on his election.