THE TICKER - Underwear shortage :: Scarborough for Senate? :: Roberts' missing files

Europe runs out of Chinese underwear: EU limits on imports from China have left truckloads of bras, sweatshirts and trousers stuck in British ports and warehouses. The quota measures were enforced by the World Trade Organisation to stop cheap Chinese textiles flooding into the EU after trade barriers were lifted in January.Under the quota rules, only 70 million items of underwear are allowed into Europe between June and December.
Florida Gops want Scarborough to run for Senate: A couple of Republican movers/shakers are trying to convince talk show host Joe Scarborough to run for the US Senate against Katherine Harris. Scarborough declined to comment late Tuesday. Scarborough served in the House of Representatives before hosting “Scarborough Country” on bottom-rated MSNBC.
Investigation into missing Roberts’ file begins : Documents on affirmative action written by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts have gone missing from the Reagan Library, and the National Archives has started a formal investigation. Senate Democrats note that records show the files were reviewed by Bush goons before they disappeared.

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Scarborough running for the senate? Doubtful as that would bring questions regarding the death, under questionable circumstances, of a young woman in his local office. In Pensacola if memory serves. He quit politics shortly afterwards.

I suspect he would want to leave sleeping dogs alone.

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Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.