Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs, “Ruling the Levies Exceed the President’s Legal Authority”
May 28th, 2025Update: Trump’s Tariffs to Remain in Effect After Appeals Court Grants Stay
Via: YahooFinance:
A federal appeals court allowed President Trump’s sweeping tariffs to temporarily stay in effect, a day after the US Court of International Trade blocked their implementation after deeming the method used to enact them “unlawful.”
That means Trump’s tariff agenda remains intact, if in flux, in the latest twist in the unfolding legal saga.
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Maybe I need a new category: Chaos.
What’s next? More months of uncertainty and flip flopping as the Trump administration goes through appeals?
Via: CBS:
A federal court on Wednesday froze many of the large-scale tariffs imposed by President Trump on virtually every foreign nation, ruling the levies exceed the president’s legal authority.
The ruling — issued by a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of International Trade — halted the sweeping 10% tariffs Mr. Trump assessed on virtually every U.S. trading partner on “Liberation Day” last month, with higher tariffs threatened for dozens of countries. The court also blocked a separate set of tariffs imposed on China, Mexico and Canada by the Trump administration, which has cited drug trafficking and illegal immigration as its reasoning for the hikes.
The Trump administration has justified the tariffs by citing the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, or IEEPA, which gives the president the power to regulate imports during certain emergency situations. But the court on Wednesday rejected the government’s interpretation of the law, and said it would be unconstitutional for any law passed by Congress to give the president blanket authority to set tariffs.
“The court does not read IEEPA to confer such unbounded authority and sets aside the challenged tariffs imposed thereunder,” the judges wrote Wednesday.
The court said Mr. Trump’s global 10% tariffs aren’t authorized by IEEPA because they’re designed to deal with trade imbalances between the U.S. and the rest of the world, which the judges said should fall under non-emergency legislation.
And the China, Canada and Mexico tariffs aren’t legal because they “do not deal with the threats set forth in those orders,” the court also found.
The three judges who wrote Wednesday’s ruling were nominated to the bench by former President Ronald Reagan, former President Barack Obama and Mr. Trump in his first term.
The Trump administration signaled in court papers it will appeal the ruling to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
Boston Dynamics: Perception and Adaptability
May 28th, 2025Classical robotic systems involve machines carrying out very specific, repeatable tasks with high precision. Automobile manufacturers have been using these types of robots in their factories for several decades.
What you’re looking at below is the beginning on the end of the those manufacturing jobs that were either impossible, or too expensive, to automate.
To avoid U.S. tariffs, foreign companies have to make products in the U.S. Nobody said anything about having to use human labor in the process.
Boston Dynamics is owned by Hyundai Motor Group. Here’s what Hyundai has planned in the U.S.:
Hyundai Motor Group will automate 40% of assembly at Metaplant America in Savannah using its humanoid robot, Atlas. The move seeks to boost local output, uphold price competitiveness, and expand its North American market share.
Hyundai plans to deploy Atlas, its self-developed humanoid robot, to handle tasks like lifting parts and attaching vehicle doors. Additional specialized robots will support parts assembly, transport, line monitoring, and body inspection to boost manufacturing efficiency.
Hyundai expects to automate nearly half of its assembly processes, including stamping and welding, which will cut costs and enhance quality.
Via: Boston Dynamics:
COVID Vaccine for Healthy Children and Healthy Pregnant Women Removed from CDC Recommended Immunization Schedule
May 27th, 2025Today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from @CDCgov recommended immunization schedule. Bottom line: it’s common sense and it’s good science. We are now one step closer to realizing @POTUS’s promise to Make America Healthy Again. pic.twitter.com/Ytch2afCLP
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) May 27, 2025
Penn Engineers Discover a New Class of Materials That Passively Harvest Water from Air
May 26th, 2025Via: University of Pennsylvania:
A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can pull water from the air, collect it in pores and release it onto surfaces without the need for any external energy.
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When water condenses on surfaces, it usually requires either a drop in temperature or very high humidity levels. Conventional water harvesting methods rely on these principles, often requiring energy input to chill surfaces or a dense fog to form to collect water passively from humid environments. But Lee and Patel’s system works differently.
Instead of cooling, their material relies on capillary condensation, a process where water vapor condenses inside tiny pores even at lower humidity. This is not new. What is new is that in their system, the water doesn’t just stay trapped inside the pores, as it usually does in these types of materials.
“In typical nanoporous materials, once the water enters the pores, it stays there,” explains Patel. “But in our material, the water moves, first condensing inside the pores, then emerging onto the surface as droplets. That’s never been seen before in a system like this, and at first we doubted our observations.”
Paper: Amphiphilic nanopores that condense undersaturated water vapor and exude water droplets
The Solari Report x ZeroHedge x The Beef Initiative: Reclaim Your Food, Finance & Future
May 26th, 2025Via: ZeroHedge:
Investment banker Catherine Austin Fitts sat down for a wide-ranging interview, in which she warned about the future of food security, digital financial surveillance via Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), and fighting back against “the most invasive form of tyranny that’s ever existed.”
No More Range Restrictions on Ukraine’s Use of NATO Weapons Inside Russia
May 26th, 2025Via: AFP:
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday, May 26, that Germany, along with Ukraine’s other key Western backers, had lifted range restrictions on weapons they send to Kyiv to fight against Russia. Merz, who took office early this month, also vowed that “we will do everything in our power to continue supporting Ukraine, including militarily,” in close coordination with other supporters.
“There are no longer any range restrictions on weapons delivered to Ukraine – neither by the British nor by the French nor by us nor by the Americans,” he said. “This means that Ukraine can now defend itself, for example, by attacking military positions in Russia… With very few exceptions, it didn’t do that until recently. It can now do that.”
Off Topic: Fusor 2098 Structural Adhesive
May 24th, 2025Somehow, YouTube knows how to show me things that I’d find weirdly fascinating and irresistible.
After I watched this, I spent the next 15 minutes having AI compare Fusor 2098 to JB Weld. lol
Via: Jerry Rig Everything:
Biden Administration Labeled Opponents Of Covid Mandates As “Domestic Violent Extremists,” Newly Released Documents Show
May 24th, 2025HOLY CRAP! @DNIGabbard just confirmed the Biden administration put people on a domestic terr*r watchlist for simply not buying into the COVID-19 narrative.
This is one of the MANY things wrong with the Biden administration.
"When you look at the language of these documents that… pic.twitter.com/bIyxS56gl4
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 23, 2025
Via: Michael Shellenberger:
The Biden Administration labeled Americans who opposed the COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates as “Domestic Violent Extremists,” or DVEs, according to newly declassified intelligence records obtained by Public and Catherine Herridge Reports. The designation created an “articulable purpose” for FBI or other government agents to open an “assessment” of individuals, which is often the first step toward a formal investigation, said a former FBI agent.
“French Minister Dials Back Suggestion to Get Rid of Cash”
May 23rd, 2025A little woopsee slipped out.
Via: Politico:
France isn’t getting rid of cash, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin clarified on Friday after telling lawmakers a day earlier that the move would help stop drug trafficking.
In an interview with radio station RTL, Darmanin recognized that getting rid of banknotes was unpopular and that the government lacked the “political means” to take a move that would significantly affect the everyday lives of millions of people.
Darmanin said a debate on the future of cash would require “a lengthy discussion with French people,” especially to address the concerns of small businesses and older citizens.
Trump Orders Dramatic Speedup of U.S. Nuclear Energy Development, “Win the AI Arms Race with China”
May 23rd, 2025So it goes…
Via: EENews:
President Donald Trump on Friday directed his administration to launch fast-track development of new nuclear power plants, ordering the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to complete licensing of new reactor designs within 18 months and the Department of Energy to speed up reactor testing and start building on federally owned land over the next three years.
“President Trump is taking truly historic action to usher in the American nuclear renaissance,” White House science adviser Michael Kratsios said Friday in a briefing for reporters.
One of four executive orders signed by Trump assigns DOE and the Defense Department to oversee construction of new reactors “to power and operate critical defense facilities” and to power data centers and artificial intelligence programs.
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