Source: South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
“Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final respects starting on Wednesday, when his casket is brought into St. Peter’s Basilica. The cardinals met for the first time on Tuesday in the Vatican’s synod hall to chart the next steps before a conclave begins to choose Francis’[s] successor, as condolences poured in from around the world grieving history’s first Latin American pope. The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10am in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. … In his final will, Francis confirmed he would be buried at St. Mary Major basilica, which is outside the Vatican and home to his favourite icon of the Virgin Mary.” 904/22/25)
https://archive.is/jJfM4
Source: Anarcho Agenda
“Performing to an empty audience is a big fear for performers, but I do it anyway. Here’s that story.” (04/21/25)
https://anarchoagenda.libsyn.com/anarcho-agenda-ep-134-2025-04-21
Source: The Daily Economy
by Jerome Gessaroli
“Legislators may be cowed and agencies may be politicized, but financial markets connect policies to their impacts with brisk efficiency.” (04/22/25)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/madison-didnt-predict-the-market-as-the-last-check-on-power/
Source: SFGate
“A divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants who agree to leave the country are allowed some deadline flexibility in a case that was argued before President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. In a 5-4 decision, the court sided with a man who came from Mexico illegally [sic] as a teenager and had lived in Colorado for nearly two decades before he was ordered to leave in 2021. The case was argued in November 2024, days after Trump won re-election. Several other new immigration cases have since come before the court on its emergency docket. In the case of Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velazquez, the Supreme Court majority found that a Saturday deadline to voluntarily leave should have been extended to the following Monday.” (04/22/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/divided-supreme-court-finds-some-deadline-20288599.php
Source: Racket News
by Eric Salzman
“In pushing for rate cuts the president insults the Fed chairman — but Trump’s tariffs are driving prices the other way.” (04/22/25)
https://www.racket.news/p/trump-vs-powell-its-on
Source: Financial Times [UK]
“Gold hit a record $3,500 a troy ounce for the first time and the dollar fell on Tuesday, as Donald Trump’s sustained attack on US Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell added to fears over the prospects for the world’s largest economy. Gold climbed 2.2 per cent and the Japanese yen strengthened above ¥140 per dollar for the first time since September as investors turned to haven assets. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Monday, Trump branded Powell ‘Mr Too Late’ and urged the central bank to lower borrowing costs ‘NOW.’ The wave of criticism from Trump comes after Powell warned last week that the administration’s sweeping tariffs would lead to slower growth and higher inflation.” (04/22/25)
https://archive.is/dp4AK
Source: Antiwar.com
“Huckabee Backs Israel’s Total Blockade on Gaza, US Airstrikes Kill 12 at Yemen Market, and More.” (04/22/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeZXQXla2G4
Source: The American Conservative
by Eldar Mamedov
“Neocons want the U.S. to take out Israel’s adversaries. President Trump should refuse.” (04/22/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/america-isnt-israels-bodyguard/
Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter
“They’re a curious group of people, Democrats. They demand answers to some things very few people care about while expressing complete disinterest, even contempt, in obtaining information on other topics. It’s almost like they’re frauds who posture for effect when it suits their needs and deflect when it does not. If my children acted like they do, I’d ground them. But these are adults, chronologically, many of whom are so entrenched in power it does not matter what they do. Still, it is worth asking what Democrats don’t want to talk about, because that’s what an honest media should be asking them about. It’s amazing what you won’t find if you refuse to look for it, isn’t it?” (04/22/25)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2025/04/22/the-questions-democrats-will-not-ask-n2655894
Source: New York Post
“A jury found The New York Times not liable Tuesday after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claimed she was defamed by a 2017 editorial falsely tying her to a mass shooting. The nine-person jury deliberated in Manhattan federal court for two hours before finding that the Grey Lady did not libel the onetime Republican vice presidential candidate. The Times, which corrected the editorial the day after it ran, had argued that Palin did not show that it met the high bar of ‘actual malice’ needed to find media outlets liable for defamation.” (04/22/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/04/22/us-news/the-new-york-times-found-not-liable-in-sarah-palin-defamation-trial/
