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Jumpin said:
SvennoJ said:

Trump combatting anti-Semitism...

Just on a related note to this topic.

I really hate the doublespeak around anti-Semitism as a buzzword for anti-Israeli colonialism. On one edge of the blade, it is wielded as a weapon against legitimate free speech over human rights concerns. And on the other edge of the blade, it completely trivializes the human rights violations of actual anti-semitism from groups like the Charlottesville Tiki-Torchers, the KKK, neo-nazis, and other such groups.

You have (both indirectly and directly) the highest office in the US endorsing human rights violations.

How many times has Trump made anti-semitic remarks over the past 9 years? From time to time, he'll complain how "ungrateful" Jewish voters are over his support of Netanyahu and moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv (even in the last election, they still went 4-1 for Kamala Harris). 



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Jumpin said:
SvennoJ said:

Trump combatting anti-Semitism...

Just on a related note to this topic.

I really hate the doublespeak around anti-Semitism as a buzzword for anti-Israeli colonialism. On one edge of the blade, it is wielded as a weapon against legitimate free speech over human rights concerns. And on the other edge of the blade, it completely trivializes the human rights violations of actual anti-semitism from groups like the Charlottesville Tiki-Torchers, the KKK, neo-nazis, and other such groups.

You have (both indirectly and directly) the highest office in the US endorsing human rights violations.

Exactly.

And not only that, it puts Jewish people around the world more in danger by conflating the Jewish faith with Israel's colonial Neo-Zionism project. Republicans always conveniently ignore the Jewish protesters, if not call them extremists.

And yep, as you said, by broadening the definition and calling everyone that doesn't agree with Israel's politics anti-semitic, the actual dangerous people can hide in the forest of all the newly accused.

The word has lost its meaning, right alongside the meaning of self-defense, terrorism, international law and free speech, as well as eroding what Judaism stands for. Trump is a danger to those of Jewish faith.

Just posted 4 hours ago
Trump's danger to US Jewry: Living under autocracy never ends well for Jews - opinion
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-849532

And Trump has shown disdain for Jewish people over and over

March 22 2024 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-jews-upset-with-trumps-latest-rhetoric-say-he-doesnt-get-to-tell-them-how-to-be-jewish
Oct 28 2024 https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-28/5-reasons-jewish-voters-should-reject-donald-trump
Oct 29 2024 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-clear-present-danger-american-jews-opinion-1976837
Sept 22 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/22/donald-trump-jews-dangerous-antisemitism/
Sep 25 2024 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/trump-threat-to-american-jews-election/680023/
March 31 2025 https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-848161 Trump’s weaponization of pro-Israel antisemitism puts US Jews at risk - opinion

So yeah it's a disgrace for Trump to be wielding the anti-semitic card.



SanAndreasX said:
Jumpin said:

Just on a related note to this topic.

I really hate the doublespeak around anti-Semitism as a buzzword for anti-Israeli colonialism. On one edge of the blade, it is wielded as a weapon against legitimate free speech over human rights concerns. And on the other edge of the blade, it completely trivializes the human rights violations of actual anti-semitism from groups like the Charlottesville Tiki-Torchers, the KKK, neo-nazis, and other such groups.

You have (both indirectly and directly) the highest office in the US endorsing human rights violations.

How many times has Trump made anti-semitic remarks over the past 9 years? From time to time, he'll complain how "ungrateful" Jewish voters are over his support of Netanyahu and moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv (even in the last election, they still went 4-1 for Kamala Harris). 

I don't know if he's made any anti-semetic remarks, maybe someone who is more familiar with Trump knows? But, that's not my point.

My point is that he's endorsing human rights violations directly by suppressing protests against Israeli colonialism while indirectly by trivializing actual anti-semitism by conflating it with protests against Israeli colonialism.



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Jumpin said:
SanAndreasX said:

How many times has Trump made anti-semitic remarks over the past 9 years? From time to time, he'll complain how "ungrateful" Jewish voters are over his support of Netanyahu and moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv (even in the last election, they still went 4-1 for Kamala Harris). 

I don't know if he's made any anti-semetic remarks, maybe someone who is more familiar with Trump knows? But, that's not my point.

My point is that he's endorsing human rights violations directly by suppressing protests against Israeli colonialism while indirectly by trivializing actual anti-semitism by conflating it with protests against Israeli colonialism.

Netanyahu encourages it because it makes it difficult to speak out against what he is doing.

Anyway, here's Trump saying that Jewish-Americans who vote for Democrats "hate Israel" and "their religion." This was last year, in March. 



Take my word for it, that's exactly how Israeli courts judge Palestinians.

Legal proceedings appear to ‘rubber stamp’ US administration’s desire to deport Mahmoud Khalil

The judge overseeing Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation case had asked the government to provide evidence that his presence in the United States was compromising American foreign policy, as the secretary of state has alleged in order to invoke the deportation clause.

What the secretary of state did, though, was provide a two-page memo that accepted that Khalil’s actions up to this point and in the future may seem legal but that was why he had made a personal determination that Khalil’s presence compromised US foreign policy goals and, effectively, the judge should just take Marco Rubio’s word for it.

And, today, the judge did take Marco Rubio’s word for it. Very swiftly, didn’t accept any arguments from Khalil’s defence.

So now, this process will move forward to more arguments in deportation court at the end of April.

Meanwhile, the federal legal arguments about the constitutionality of Khalil’s detention are still taking place in New Jersey. That’s where the constitutional discussions will take place.

This side of the legal proceedings against Khalil seems to be turning into simply a rubber stamp for Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s desires.

US lawmakers slam Mahmoud Khalil detention, deportation as unconstitutional

Prominent US lawmakers have joined a chorus of condemnation on the ongoing detention of Mahmoud Khalil after an immigration judge ruled the Columbia University student can be deported on the grounds of threats to US national security.

Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described the Trump administration’s detention of Khalil as an “attack on the First Amendment”, which guarantees freedom of speech.

“Mahmoud’s case is a litmus test for the right to free speech in our country. This ruling jeopardizes dissent,” she said.

Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez also labelled Khalil’s detention a “clear 1st Amendment violation”.

“I stand with Mahmoud, and anyone who cares about our constitutional rights should too,” she said.



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President Donald Trump said he could offer some exemptions to his 10% tariff on most US trading partners — even as he insisted that it was "pretty close" to a floor for nations seeking to negotiate trade deals.

"There could be a couple of exceptions for obvious reasons but I would say 10% is a floor," Trump told reporters on Friday evening aboard Air Force One en route to Florida. He didn't say what the "obvious reasons" were, and didn't indicate any new shift in his tariff agenda.

Trump on Friday downplayed that turmoil, saying: "I think the markets were solid today. I think people are seeing we're in great shape," he said. And he insisted that the US dollar would "always" remain "the currency of choice."

"I think something positive is going to come" Trump told reporters Friday when asked about the trade fight with China, calling his counterpart Chinese President Xi Jinping "a very good leader, a very smart leader."

Trump Tariffs: Possible Exceptions to 10% Baseline Tariff - Bloomberg

Lol. Pathetic. Looks like Trump is the one kissing asses now.

He will absolutely cave on all of these for some minor concession or fake win like a country doing something they already were planning on doing/wanted and Trump selling it as a win for him, on the plus side it seems he has learnt how much of a fucking idiotic thing this trade war has been and is genuinely scared of the damage it is doing to America.

His win for China will probably be something as fucking sad as China allowing TikTok's sale to go through, Lmao.

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Summary: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced an update regarding reciprocal tariffs, offering exemptions for specific product categories, effective April 5, 2025.

Source: The announcement was made via a CBP bulletin (CSMS #64724565), providing updated guidance on reciprocal tariff exclusions for specified products. https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDHSCBP-3db9e55?wgt_ref=USDHSCBP_WIDGET_2

Impact: This policy change is expected to benefit companies like Apple and others with PC supply chains in China.

Key Exemptions: Several categories of computing equipment and consumer electronics are now exempt from reciprocal tariffs, even if imported from China. These goods will effectively be taxed at a 10% rate.

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) codes for the exempted items include:

  • 8471 - Automatic Data Processing Machines (servers, computers, processing units)
  • 8473.30 - Parts and Accessories for ADP Machines (graphics cards, add-in boards, computing accessories)
  • 8486 - Machines for Semiconductor Manufacturing (equipment for manufacturing semiconductor devices)
  • 8517.13.00 - Smartphones
  • 8517.62.00 - Communication Equipment (routers, network switches)
  • 8523.51.00 - Solid-State Non-Volatile Storage Devices (SSDs, flash storage)
  • 8524 - Flat Panel Display Modules
  • 8528.52.00 - Monitors for Computers
  • 8541.10.00 through 8541.90.00 - All Semiconductor Discrete Devices (diodes, transistors, thyristors, semiconductor transducers)
  • 8542 - Electronic Integrated Circuits (processors, GPUs, ASICs, and memory integrated circuits)

Tariff War Update: US CBP Announces Tariff Exemption Product Categories: r/StockMarket

President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, potentially cushioning consumers from sticker shock while benefiting electronics giants including Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.

The exclusions, published late Friday by US Customs and Border Protection, narrow the scope of the levies by excluding the products from Trump’s 125% China tariff and his baseline 10% global tariff on nearly all other countries.

The exclusions would apply to smartphones, laptop computers, hard drives and computer processors and memory chips. Those popular consumer electronics items generally aren’t made in the US. Setting up domestic manufacturing would take years.

The products that won’t be subject to Trump’s new tariffs also include machines used to make semiconductors. That would be important for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which has announced a major new investment in the US as well as other chipmakers.

Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs - Bloomberg

Lmfao.

The market called it, Trump is a little coward who will cave every time, likely Monday will be a good day for the market, he folded with Canada and Mexico, he folded in a day on his reciprocal tariffs, he has partly folded on his Chinese tariffs to protect Apple, Google, Samsung, etc. He will absolutely fold on the China tariffs full stop eventually but he will first look for some desperate spin.

What happened to "bringing manufacturing back" to America? I mean that was always a stupid way to go about it but that was the argument they used for these tariffs and yet they just quietly exempted half of the manufacturing shit, Lmao. How will MAGA spin him quietly folding and undermining his entire argument, whilst achieving nothing significant.

In 90 days from now the market likely won't react at all to his next tariff threat because he has proven himself multiple times now that he is all talk. Completely pointless, they achieved nothing, aside from wrecking America's reputation with their already fragile economy and the long term damage to America is already done.

What's the plan then? Quietly exempt all the big shit, then come next week pretend he made a bunch of big deals and walk the entire thing back?

This man is meant to scare Putin, he can't even last a few days in a trade war without folding like a lawn chair. Donald the Dove Bitch

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Israel behind ‘mass censorship operation’ on Meta’s Facebook, Instagram: Report

Facebook’s parent company Meta has carried out a “sweeping crackdown” on Facebook and Instagram posts critical of Israel or vaguely supportive of Palestinians since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza in October 2023, according to the Drop Site online news outlet.

Citing internal company data and whistleblowers, Drop Site reports that Meta complied with 94 percent of all takedown requests submitted by the Israeli government and removed more than 90,000 posts to comply with Israel’s takedown request within 30 seconds, on average.

Meta’s automated takedowns also resulted in “an estimated 38.8 million additional posts being ‘actioned upon’ across Facebook and Instagram since late 2023”, Drop Site said.

“The leaked documents reveal that Israel’s takedown requests have overwhelmingly targeted users from Arab and Muslim-majority nations,” the news site said.

“Israel is the biggest originator of takedown requests globally by far, and Meta has followed suit – widening the net of posts it automatically removes, and creating what can be called the largest mass censorship operation in modern history,” it said.



US rights advocates file lawsuit challenging Trump’s ICC sanctions

Two human rights advocates represented by the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s imposition of sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) staff, including chief prosecutor Karim Khan.

In February, Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on ICC staff and barring US citizens from providing services benefitting them over the court’s pursuit of legal cases against Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

In a lawsuit filed on Friday in federal court in Bangor, Maine, Fortify Rights co-founder Matthew Smith and international human rights lawyer Akila Radhakrishnan argued the order unconstitutionally curtails their speech by preventing them from speaking with Khan.

The pair said the order bars them from providing legal advice and evidence to the ICC chief prosecutor, violating their rights under the First Amendment.

Smith and Radhakrishnan said they had been forced to cease their work with the ICC’s prosecutor’s office, in which they had been seeking justice for victims of atrocities worldwide.

“This executive order doesn’t just disrupt our work – it actively undermines international justice efforts and obstructs the path to accountability for communities facing unthinkable horrors,” Smith said.


Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team says US judge ruling ‘historic in its unfairness’

Johnny Sinodis, a member of the detained Columbia University student’s legal team, said the immigration judge who on Friday ruled that Mahmoud Khalil could be deported didn’t show “an ounce of desire” to give him a fair hearing.

“[The ruling] was historic in its unfairness. The judge went out of her way to make very clear to us and anyone in the courtroom that the constitutional arguments we were making had no place in immigration court,” Sinodis said in an online news conference.

Another of Khalil’s lawyers, Marc Van der Hout, described the ruling by Judge Jamee Comans of the LaSalle Immigration Court in Louisiana as the “epitome of the lack of due process in a court proceeding in this country”.

“It was shocking. The immigration judge had made up her mind before the hearing even started. What she was going to do, she basically cut off questioning throughout the proceeding,” he said.

Khalil – a US permanent resident arrested and facing deportation over his pro-Palestine activism – can still appeal the decision.





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Lmfao.

The market called it, Trump is a little coward who will cave every time, likely Monday will be a good day for the market, he folded with Canada and Mexico, he folded in a day on his reciprocal tariffs, he has partly folded on his Chinese tariffs to protect Apple, Google, Samsung, etc. He will absolutely fold on the China tariffs full stop eventually but he will first look for some desperate spin.

What happened to "bringing manufacturing back" to America? I mean that was always a stupid way to go about it but that was the argument they used for these tariffs and yet they just quietly exempted half of the manufacturing shit, Lmao. How will MAGA spin him quietly folding and undermining his entire argument, whilst achieving nothing significant.

In 90 days from now the market likely won't react at all to his next tariff threat because he has proven himself multiple times now that he is all talk. Completely pointless, they achieved nothing, aside from wrecking America's reputation with their already fragile economy and the long term damage to America is already done.

What's the plan then? Quietly exempt all the big shit, then come next week pretend he made a bunch of big deals and walk the entire thing back?

This man is meant to scare Putin, he can't even last a few days in a trade war without folding like a lawn chair. Donald the Dove Bitch

Trump is sticking to his life-long mantra of "Fake it till you make it."

But I don't think the powerful people in the USA will mind what Trump is doing when he gives them a heads-up for insider trading to allow them to earn a bunch of billions, coupled with Trump's power to pardon all of them even when irrefutable evidence goes public.

Also funny that Trump is going to have a military parade to honor himself for an estimated $92 million while social security gets cut.



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