Some commentary on the US administrations actions and things website related.
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Trump says Ukraine started the war
The day after 35 were killed and 117 injured in Sumi by a Russian missile, which Trump said was a “mistake”, Trump says Ukraine started the war. “You don’t start a war against someone 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles,” he told reporters at the White House, also…
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Trump calls for deporting US citizens to El Salvador
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Monday he wants to deport some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to Salvadoran prisons, a move that experts said would violate U.S. law. Trump’s comments marked the clearest signal yet that the U.S. president is serious about deporting naturalized and U.S.-born citizens, a proposal that has alarmed…
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Trump defies the Supreme Court
Last month, the U.S. government deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man living in Maryland with protected legal status. The Trump administration acknowledged in court that Abrego Garcia’s deportation was “an administrative error”; last week the Supreme Court unanimously ordered the executive branch to “facilitate” his return to the United States. Since then, the Justice…
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Greenland base head fired – under his eye
The head of the US military base in Greenland has been fired for criticising Washington’s agenda for the Arctic island after JD Vance visited two weeks ago. Col Susannah Meyers, who had served as commander of the Pituffik space base since July, was removed amid reports she had distanced herself and the base from the US vice-president’s criticism of Denmark and…
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Supreme Court says mistaken deportee to El Salvador must be returned
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must work to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal. The court acted in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who had an immigration court order preventing his deportation to his native country over…
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Individual boycott actions make an $83Bn difference
One of the things that I often hear is that people’s individual actions wont make any difference. But a lot of individual actions add up over timeIn an article on Yahoo finance estimates an $83Bn hit to US GDP this year https://finance.yahoo.com/news/foreign-boycotts-could-register-up-to-83-billion-hit-to-us-gdp-in-2025-goldman-sachs-says-203157185.htmlSo go ahead and make those small changes – it all adds up.
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And Tariffs are….off again
Trump’s tariff tactics spark chaos, with China and the EU ready to retaliate, causing global economic uncertainty and potential job losses. Meanwhile, the US’s reputation as a reliable trade partner is tarnished, with long-term implications for global trade and alliances.
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El Salvador Prisoners To Be Held Indefinitely
The more than 200 migrants sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador by U.S. immigration agents should stay there “for the rest of their lives,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Wednesday. These people have been arrested and deported to a foreign, maximum-security prison without giving them a court hearing. “Nothing in U.S. immigration law, nothing…
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Pete AI
Pete, our AI assistant, has switched to Alibaba’s Qwen model for cost efficiency and availability, despite some initial challenges with language compatibility. Share your feedback and help us improve!
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Trump Coal Revival
President Trump’s April 8, 2025 executive orders aim to expand coal mining and use in the U.S., targeting federal regulations, opening new lands for mining, and supporting aging coal plants to meet AI data center demands. The move, part of a broader effort to revitalize the coal industry, faces potential legal challenges.
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Supreme court blocks the return of Kilmar Garcia
The US Supreme Court has temporarily paused a lower court order that required the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego García, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, to the United States by midnight on April 7, 2025.234+2 This administrative stay, granted by Chief Justice John Roberts, gives the Supreme Court more time to…
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# You might be interested in… Speaking of US administration commentary, you might be interested in reading about the Executive Office of the President for context on how the administration is structured. For those curious about website development mentioned in the blog, Wikipedia’s article on Web Design provides excellent background information. If you’re following political commentary, you might also find value in understanding the history and impact of political blogging in modern discourse.