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LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Drumpf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drumpf</span></a>'s Ham Fisted Public Putsch To Oust <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fed</span></a> Chair <a href="https://c.im/tags/JeromePowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeromePowell</span></a> Provides Strongest Evidence Yet For Wise <a href="https://c.im/tags/Investors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Investors</span></a> To Discard Dollar$ As So Called "Stable Currency" </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SharedLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedLink</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/trump-s-push-against-jerome-powell-latest-reason-to-sell-dollar?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NTIxMTI1MSwiZXhwIjoxNzQ1ODE2MDUxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVjFKRzBUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGN0Q2MzA0NjVBNjI0NjhCOThFQTJENjNGRTk3MUE3NiJ9._6bX_Ov2p88dN9j40XQfe4-zQ1uY7HRjg1H0K9vSfaU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-04-21/trump-s-push-against-jerome-powell-latest-reason-to-sell-dollar?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NTIxMTI1MSwiZXhwIjoxNzQ1ODE2MDUxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVjFKRzBUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGN0Q2MzA0NjVBNjI0NjhCOThFQTJENjNGRTk3MUE3NiJ9._6bX_Ov2p88dN9j40XQfe4-zQ1uY7HRjg1H0K9vSfaU</span></a> via <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bloomberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomberg</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> minions purposefully declared thousands of <a href="https://c.im/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> officially dead, hoping this daunting ploy would send them running for the border to leave US.</p><p>Instead many have shown up to prove themselves alive, including minors, forcing <a href="https://c.im/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> to undo their deceased status. </p><p>The intentional bureaucratic gaffes were clearly <a href="https://c.im/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a>, by purposefully falsifying US <a href="https://c.im/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> records, but to <a href="https://c.im/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> admin lackeys creating erroneous nuisances for lowly brown skinned immigrants seems like a brilliant <a href="https://c.im/tags/bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullshit</span></a> ploy that would behoove their <a href="https://c.im/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> masters <a href="https://c.im/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://wapo.st/3Y4H9I1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/3Y4H9I1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SharedLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedLink</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/18/immigrants-dead-social-security-alive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/18/immigrants-dead-social-security-alive/</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>In wake of <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> tawdry <a href="https://c.im/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> tantrums: <a href="https://c.im/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> has stopped ALL exports of it's key <a href="https://c.im/tags/RareEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RareEarth</span></a> minerals vital to much <a href="https://c.im/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> device <a href="https://c.im/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a>. Minerals banned for international <a href="https://c.im/tags/export" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>export</span></a> include key components of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Semiconductors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semiconductors</span></a> for computer systems, fiber optics, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> panels, <a href="https://c.im/tags/FlameRetardants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlameRetardants</span></a>, Tracer round <a href="https://c.im/tags/ammunition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ammunition</span></a> etc. Affected supply chains include those for electric cars, jet engines, lasers and even some automotive <a href="https://c.im/tags/headlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>headlights</span></a> and newer spark plugs. </p><p>China’s Ministry of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> has barred Chinese companies from having any dealings with an ever-lengthening list of <a href="https://c.im/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> corps, particularly <a href="https://c.im/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> contractors. While <a href="https://c.im/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> represent a tiny share of economic activity in China, the holdout of exports deeply impacts the <a href="https://c.im/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> and elsewhere. "<a href="https://c.im/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drones</span></a> and robotics are widely considered the future of warfare, and based on everything we are seeing, the critical inputs for our future supply chain are shut down,”&nbsp;said one industry CEO.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SharedLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/business/china-rare-earths-exports.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U4.qAf3.yMmUPpTuOpSL&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/13/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/china-rare-earths-exports.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U4.qAf3.yMmUPpTuOpSL&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>Redefining the history of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a>, the <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> admin has put its anti-<a href="https://c.im/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> thumb on the scales. </p><p>Under new <a href="https://c.im/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> edict to reshape the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/NationalParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalParks</span></a>, curators of historic sites are ordered to rewrite history of <a href="https://c.im/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilWar</span></a>, delete references to <a href="https://c.im/tags/HarrietTubman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrietTubman</span></a>. Teaching visitors to historic sites about <a href="https://c.im/tags/UndergroundRailroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UndergroundRailroad</span></a> has been legislatively mandated since 1998, but recent <a href="https://c.im/tags/Drumpf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drumpf</span></a> era ommissions have been removing references to that, as well as <a href="https://c.im/tags/JohnBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBrown</span></a> from <a href="https://c.im/tags/HarpersFerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarpersFerry</span></a> and deleting mentions of <a href="https://c.im/tags/AfricanAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmericans</span></a>, the practice of slavery and any "divisive narratives" ...</p><p><a href="https://wapo.st/4jdXL8m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/4jdXL8m</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SharedLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedLink</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> Gov <a href="https://c.im/tags/Newsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newsom</span></a> takes to <a href="https://c.im/tags/MelonHusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelonHusk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> platform attempting to reassure global trading partners and find workarounds for state to escape retaliatory foreign trade <br> tariffs. The state does 13% of all agricultural <a href="https://c.im/tags/exports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exports</span></a> from US, and is responsible for 14% of the nation’s total gross domestic product, making it the fifth-largest <a href="https://c.im/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> in the world if it was a stand alone entity. </p><p><a href="https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/04/04/newsom-says-california-seeks-tariff-exemptions-from-trade-allies/?share=fldrmtmswsrpdomcrlwm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eastbaytimes.com/2025/04/04/ne</span><span class="invisible">wsom-says-california-seeks-tariff-exemptions-from-trade-allies/?share=fldrmtmswsrpdomcrlwm</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SharedLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedLink</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>Over 85% of approx 108,000 <a href="https://c.im/tags/SanMateo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanMateo</span></a> voters approve the removal of ethically challenged sheriff Christina Corpus by a four fifths vote of county supervisors. Support for the unique <a href="https://c.im/tags/BallotMeasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BallotMeasure</span></a> garnered 90,900 votes for her removal, more than she won her office with. 17,318 county residents voted against removing the embattled <a href="https://c.im/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawEnforcement</span></a> official who has so far lost support of seven cities in the county, two sheriff’s unions,state and federal congressional leaders that have all called for Corpus to resign.</p><p>“While the initiative was in many ways unprecedented, it is our firm belief that, in this case, decisive action was necessary,” local <a href="https://c.im/tags/PoliceUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceUnions</span></a> said in a joint statement. “Today’s certified vote means that Sheriff Corpus’s reign of unscrupulous mismanagement will soon come to an end.”</p><p>Corpus says she has no plans to resign and her legal team is ready to fight the matter out in the courts saying she is "entitled to a public evidentiary hearing before a neutral and unbiased body. My legal team and I look forward to this opportunity, and are confident that I will be vindicated through a legitimate process.”</p><p><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/03/san-mateo-supervisors-remove-sheriff-corpus/?share=eywas0csva2crnrsupns" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mercurynews.com/2025/04/03/san</span><span class="invisible">-mateo-supervisors-remove-sheriff-corpus/?share=eywas0csva2crnrsupns</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SharedLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> asserts <a href="https://c.im/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> has authority to deport anyone he wants despite this week's <a href="https://c.im/tags/FedCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FedCourt</span></a> ruling stating otherwise . US president calls judge who ordered deported <a href="https://c.im/tags/Venezuelans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelans</span></a> not be sent to prison in El Salvador a "radical left lunatic"</p><p><a href="https://wapo.st/4iLvSo0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/4iLvSo0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SharedLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> automaker sales floundering, share price taking pounding as <a href="https://c.im/tags/MelonHusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelonHusk</span></a> personal <a href="https://c.im/tags/stormtrooopers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stormtrooopers</span></a> seig heil thru US Govt files gleefully destroying careers of public servants. Seldom has a <a href="https://c.im/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> so willfully made himself such a focus of public ire.</p><p><a href="https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/03/21/tesla-flounders-musk-sparks-global-fury-rampages-us-government/?share=usmynmlrogvrmh2o2grt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eastbaytimes.com/2025/03/21/te</span><span class="invisible">sla-flounders-musk-sparks-global-fury-rampages-us-government/?share=usmynmlrogvrmh2o2grt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SharedLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PublicPariah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPariah</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>Over a dozen <a href="https://c.im/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> cities including <a href="https://c.im/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://c.im/tags/SanJose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanJose</span></a> sue <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> administration over threats to cut civic access to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TaxDollars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxDollars</span></a> to fund govt operations. Most cities involved have local <a href="https://c.im/tags/SanctuaryCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanctuaryCity</span></a> ordinances refusing to assist <a href="https://c.im/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://c.im/tags/BorderPatrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorderPatrol</span></a> with deportations of targeted immigrants. <a href="https://c.im/tags/SJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SJ</span></a> claims it receives approx 1/3rd of operational funds from <a href="https://c.im/tags/FederalTaxDollars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalTaxDollars</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/18/santa-clara-county-cities-seek-to-freeze-trumps-plans-to-cut-funding-to-sanctuary-cities-and-counties/?share=met81asswtln5icoecwt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mercurynews.com/2025/03/18/san</span><span class="invisible">ta-clara-county-cities-seek-to-freeze-trumps-plans-to-cut-funding-to-sanctuary-cities-and-counties/?share=met81asswtln5icoecwt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SharedLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedLink</span></a></p>