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Dave Rahardja 🎄
@drahardja@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

WEEK 13: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed military plans for strikes in Yemen by inviting a journalist into a Signal group.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

The Atlantic

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Dave Rahardja 🎄
@drahardja@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

WEEK 14: China responds to Trump’s tariffs by “licensing” rare minerals used for defense and tech.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/05/china-just-turned-off-u-s-supplies-of-minerals-critical-for-defense-cleantech/

CleanTechnica

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech - CleanTechnica

In response to new Trump tariffs, China cut dysprosium, terbium, and tungsten exports—hitting U.S. EVs, wind, and military systems hard.
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Dave Rahardja 🎄
@drahardja@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

WEEK 15: Trump brags that his billionaire friends made a killing because he manipulated tariffs.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-billionaire-profits-dropped-tariffs-b2731386.html

The Independent

Trump brags that billionaire pals made a killing after he pulled the plug on tariffs

President Donald Trump gleefully recounted how much money his billionaire pals made on the stock market after he suddenly suspended most of his worldwide tariffs.
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@drahardja@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

WEEK 16: Trump administration cancels nutrition contracts in USAID after Elon’s DOGE gutted the agency, effectively starving millions.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/usaid-doge-children-starvation/682484/

The Atlantic

‘In Three Months, Half of Them Will Be Dead’

Elon Musk promised to preserve lifesaving aid to foreign children. Then the Trump administration quietly canceled it.
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