Tens of thousands protested nationwide on Saturday, April 5th in over 2,000 cities, towns, and villages from across the country, capturing worldwide headlines.
This link features multiple image galleries of the protests.
A diverse crowd of various protesters were interviewed at the Wisconsin State Capitol, expressing anger at systemic failures—targeting Trump, Musk, Congress, and corporate greed—over issues like climate denial, corruption, and veterans’ rights. The bottom line: Constituents are demanding accountability and stronger leadership from the Democratic party, and it’s not only all about Trump.
South Korea’s president was ousted for a “self-coup,” Myanmar’s earthquake deaths exceeded 3,100, Hamas’s ceasefire was rejected by Israel, Trump deployed forces to the Middle East and threatened Iran, and global tariffs sparked Chinese retaliation.
Americans mobilized in a mass grassroots protest across all 50 states to defend democracy, social programs, and freedoms against Trump, his allies, and corporate elites, signaling the start of the “Summer of Democracy.”
This link features highlights from today’s 1,300 protests across the United States.
The White House exempted some semiconductor imports from tariffs, but broad tariffs remain in effect for GPUs and other chipmaking equipment.
List compiled daily by Foreign Exchanges.
Michael Moore spreads the word about nationwide protests against Trump’s policies on April 5th– this post has information about where protests are taking place for Saturday’s Hands Off! 2025 movement.
Trump’s tariffs triggered a stock market crash, Chinese retaliatory measures, and fears of a recession, while Trump golfed, and fund-raised amid protests and plummeting approval ratings.
The DOW plummeted by -2,200, S&P 500 by -320, and the NASDAQ by -960.
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs faces a MAGA-led effort to overturn her legitimate election victory through lawsuits targeting Democratic votes, threatening democracy by disenfranchising thousands and testing tactics for broader election subversion.
Starbucks was found to have unlawfully surveilled union activities and called police on employees in Buffalo.
The Belgian city of Ghent successfully improved its urban environment by banning cars from its inner core in 2017. [Video]
List compiled daily by Foreign Exchanges.
Government reports label attacks on Tesla as vandalism rather than terrorism, despite political rhetoric, revealing tensions between law enforcement’s cautious assessments and the White House’s alarmist framing, while raising concerns about overreach and civil liberties.
Trump’s unexpectedly high tariffs, based on trade deficits rather than reciprocity, sparked widespread criticism for harming consumers, businesses, and allies while causing market turmoil, political backlash, and bizarre tax impositions on insignificant territories, with Russia notably exempted.
A major U.S. road safety program will penalize projects that reduce vehicle lane capacity, even in cities needing bike lanes and sidewalks, limiting infrastructure improvements.
Republicans are pushing a tax plan benefiting billionaires and corporations while cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and education, harming working families, with Trump and Musk prioritizing the wealthy, despite widespread public opposition to these unpopular policies.
List compiled daily by Foreign Exchanges.
List compiled daily by StreetsBlog USA.
Content Summary: President Trump claims import taxes will strengthen US manufacturing, yet his administration reduced funding for MEP(Manufacturing Extension Partnership) centers aiding domestic firms just before imposing new tariffs.
Content Summary: Donald Trump’s chaotic press conference announced global tariffs that sent markets spiraling, and included bizarre claims—like calling 1789 America’s wealthiest era—while framing his reckless policies as economic “liberation,” sparking widespread alarm over his dangerous incompetence.
Content Summary: The Trump administration seeks the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, labeling his killing of a CEO as terrorism, reflecting a broader trend of politicizing anti-corporate crimes by framing them as terrorism to justify harsher punishments.
Content Summary: Pro-democracy Judge Susan Crawford won Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, flipping Trump-voting counties and securing a liberal majority, countering efforts by Trump, Musk, and right-wing media, signaling growing pro-democracy strength ahead of 2026 elections.
Content Summary: Transportation Secretary Duffy will travel to Washington to advocate for cutting funding for environmental and equity initiatives. Republicans want more money for highways in the next infrastructure bill, even as nationwide local updates continue to show successful transit development.
Content Summary: The World Roundup Newsletter covers daily international events, today’s update includes: Middle Eastern conflicts in Syria and Lebanon, Israel’s Gaza campaign, US airstrikes in Yemen, Myanmar’s earthquake and aid crisis, China’s tech ambitions, South Korea’s impeachment ruling, African tensions in Algeria and South Sudan, European conscription in Russia, and US policy controversies in El Salvador and Haiti.
Content Summary: Klippenstein criticizes the media’s deference to government secrecy, exemplified by Jeffrey Goldberg’s delay in reporting on classified Signal texts until receiving presidential approval, arguing that journalism should prioritize public interest over bureaucratic classification rules, which are often misused to suppress transparency.
Content Summary: Despite bipartisan backing, President Trump successfully cut funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
Content Summary: Thousands of CDC employees were notified early Tuesday they were subject to a reduction in force, impacting scientists focused on critical health programs like preventing HIV and lead poisoning.
Content Summary: The Trump administration wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran with protected legal status, to a brutal prison in El Salvador, defying court orders and immigration laws, while officials falsely labeled him a gang member and dismissed due process, undermining the rule of law.
Content Summary: The Trump administration wrongfully deported a legal immigrant with no criminal record to a Salvadoran prison, despite his protected status, with ICE calling it an “administrative error” but failing to rectify it. Elected officials are urged to act.
Content Summary: DOGE insisted on complete access to a US Department of the Interior system managing Supreme Court paychecks, and when senior staff questioned the request, they were placed on leave.
Content Summary: A collection of headlines of current pro-transit actions happening across the U.S., along with new updates on the usual roadblocks the Trump Administration poses to successful transit.
Content Summary: The Marron Institute at NYU released a report proposing solutions to overcome the stagnation in America’s intercity rail development.
Content Summary: House Republicans display “Wanted” posters targeting judges opposing Trump, while Elon Musk funds a Wisconsin judicial election, faces protests, and faces personal scandals, as Trump hints at a third term and global trade shifts away from the U.S.
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Seems like Firefox is no longer committed to not selling user data. As seen in the Firefox changelog from a couple days ago, any affirmations that Firefox does not sell your data have now been scrubbed from their website.
This is incredible unfortunate news to me as it’s been my browser of preference for the past several years.
Doing a quick notice to new members: Just be aware that you may see some posts being created and deleted sporadically as we test certain features with the timeline. We’re really trying to trick out the site with every bell and whistle we can think of.
Maintenance mode on the website is deactivated moving forward, as it’s blocking several Fediverse features we hope to get working in the near term. This effectively soft launches RFAN to the world. We will continue to compile resources on this website, check out my Current Launch Plan post as it’s still representative of what we’ll be focusing on to get started!
We’re aiming for a public site deployment on February 1st. On this date, all updating of the site will just be live and ongoing. Overall I think we’re running into more problems with portions of the site disabled for maintenance, especially with our Fediverse connection. Here’s some of what we’ll be prioritizing leading up to February:
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