Source: Reuters
“Romanian prosecutors said on Thursday they had detained six people on charges of trying to overthrow the state with the help of Russia, marking a dramatic escalation of tensions between Bucharest and Moscow. The suspects were detained on Wednesday, the same day that Romania, a member of NATO and the European Union, declared the Russian embassy’s military attache and his deputy personae non grata for what it said were acts contravening diplomatic rules. … Prosecutors said the group had a military-type structure, with one member being a retired major general. They said the group had taken steps to negotiate with external forces regarding the potential withdrawal of Romania, which shares a border with Ukraine, from the NATO military alliance. The group aimed to install a new government and dissolve the current constitutional order, introducing a new flag, national anthem and changing the country’s name, the prosecutors said.” (03/06/25)
https://archive.is/VXSJ7
Source: USA Today
by Rex Huppke
[W]e wanted to let you know things are going swimmingly and YOUR president is leading with great consistency and stability. Consider tariffs. WE LOVE TARIFFS! That’s why on Tuesday we put 25% tariffs on all Mexican and Canadian imports. BIG, STRONG TARIFFS. We hit them hard, and showed the world we are resolute and tough. Well, we did until Wednesday, when we issued a one-month tariff exemption on automobiles. BUT ONLY FOR A MONTH. After that, we will definitely fully tariff everything that is tariff-able. We do not equivocate and we will not bend. … We are tough and immovable and nobody will mess with us, but we might do something in the middle. We’re not exactly sure where the middle is, but rest assured, we will go there strongly. Maybe.” (03/06/25)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/03/06/trump-tariffs-cars-canada-mexico-auto-industry/81646291007/
Source: The Hill
“The House on Thursday voted to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for his protest during President Trump’s address to Congress this week — a disruptive display that prompted his removal from the House chamber. The House adopted the measure in a largely party-line 224-198-2 vote, making Green the 28th member of the House to receive the congressional rebuke. The censure resolution dubbed Green’s display ‘a breach of proper conduct.’ Ten Democrats voted with Republicans in favor of the censure. Green voted ‘present.'” (03/06/25)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5179848-al-green-censure-trump-speech
Source: The Hill
by Matt K Lewis
“Over the last six weeks, President Trump has been spending political capital like a drunk at a casino who insists he’s got ‘a system.’ If history is any predictor, his second term trajectory may already be set — right off a cliff, pedal to the floor. Too soon to say that? Consider former President Joe Biden, who, in his first weeks in office, reversed Trump’s border policies and unleashed another flood of pandemic relief cash. These moves ultimately helped create his two biggest political headaches: a migrant crisis and runaway inflation so bad that even Dollar Tree had to raise its prices. Then Biden made it worse by shrugging the problems off. … Now it’s Trump’s turn to step on a rake. His approval ratings just went underwater, meaning he hit this particular milestone even faster than Biden.” (03/06/25)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5178643-trump-may-have-already-planted-the-seeds-of-his-political-collapse/
Source: The Bulwark
by Joe Perticone
“We have about one week until government funding runs out — eight days and nine hours, to be exact. While it’s hardly a surprise that the Republican-led House of Representatives is marching toward a shutdown — their chronic, besetting dysfunction is well known at this point — things feel a bit different this time. That’s because Democrats are less inclined than ever to come to the rescue.” (03/06/25)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/knives-out-the-united-states-congress
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“Implosion at the White House.” (03/06/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOkXe0DLKyw
Source: Yahoo! Finance
“President Donald Trump on Thursday night authorized the creation of a strategic bitcoin reserve and a separate US stockpile of other digital assets, fulfilling a campaign promise he made to an industry that is gathering at the White House Friday for a ‘crypto summit.’ The bitcoin reserve will be seeded with bitcoin already owned by the federal government taken as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings, Trump’s crypto czar David Sacks said in a post on the social media platform X. … Sacks said the U.S. will not sell any bitcoin once it is in the reserve and that it will be kept as a store of value.” (03/07/25)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-creates-bitcoin-reserve-ahead-of-white-house-crypto-summit-090057235.html
Source: Cato Institute
by Ryan Bourne & Sophia Bagley
“President Trump’s decision to suspend all pending Biden-era federal regulations means his administration can decide which aspects to keep and which to discard. One change that he should scrap altogether is former President Biden’s attempt to eliminate the subminimum wage. The subminimum wage allows certain employers to pay workers with significant cognitive, developmental, and physical disabilities below the hourly federal minimum wage. … Like it or not, individuals with severe disabilities will always be on the margins of the labor market. Big minimum wage spikes, like those suggested by the Biden administration with its proposal to abolish subminimum wages, would result in significant job loss and reduced labor force participation for these disabled workers. The effects on the quality of life for the workers and their families could be devastating.” (03/06/25)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/president-trump-should-keep-subminimum-wage
Source: NBC News
“President Donald Trump said he told his Cabinet secretaries during a meeting Thursday that staffing decisions will be left up to them, not Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency. Trump said he instructed Cabinet members to work alongside DOGE on spending and workforce reductions while clarifying that final job cuts will be at the discretion of the department leaders. … Several members of Trump’s Cabinet bristled when Musk recently ordered federal employees to outline their work or face termination, with multiple agencies and departments initially fending off the effort.” (03/06/25)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/trump-cabinet-meeting-new-limits-elon-musk-backlash-doge-cuts-rcna195259
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“In a statement addressed ‘to the People of Gaza,’ President Trump warned on Wednesday that ‘A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD!’ Again, this was explicitly addressed to the entirety of Gaza’s population, not only to Hamas. US presidents kill civilians all the time, but it’s highly unusual for them to explicitly threaten a civilian population with extermination in a statement addressed directly to them …. At the same time, Israel is reportedly preparing a ‘hell plan’ in which it will resume its genocidal onslaught and cut Gaza off from electricity and water if Hamas refuses to accept Israel’s revised terms for the ceasefire deal in the coming days. The plan to cut off water is especially terrifying, as it would lead to mass civilian deaths relatively quickly.” (03/06/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/03/06/trumps-demented-gaza-threats-and-other-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix/
