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The White House
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Mar. 26, 2025
4 hours ago 24:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNgOLNy9low
Karoline Leavitt goes scorched earth on The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg
and tears into his wife Pamela Reeves
Jeffrey Goldberg a 'Trump-hater'
>Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
https://''www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14540215/Karoline-Leavitt-jeffrey-goldberg-wife-attack-atlantic.html'
Tucker Carlson
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong: You’re Being Lied to About Cancer, How It’s Caused, and How to Stop It
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is a surgeon who made billions inventing cancer drugs. He says that Covid, and the vaccines that didn’t stop it, are likely causing a global epidemic of terrifyingly aggressive cancers.
Chapters:
0:00 Why Are Cancer Rates Rising in Young People?
6:16 What Is Causing This Cancer Epidemic?
14:52 Is There a Connection Between Covid and Cancer?
25:33 Why Dr. Soon-Shiong Never Got Covid
39:36 How Big Pharma Tried to Undermine Dr. Soon-Shiong
47:35 Dr. Soon-Shiong’s Analysis of RFK Jr.
1:02:47 The Healthcare Industry’s Conflict of Interest
1:05:51 How to Strengthen Your Immune System
1:10:32 What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About How to Fight Cancer
1:20:58 Why Hasn’t Anyone Faced Consequences for These Crimes?
1:33:59 Why Dr. Soon-Shiong Bought the LA Times
3 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgZaT-OriO8
Senator John Kennedy explains how Canada could fend off U.S. tariffs: “Reduce your tariffs to zero”
2 hours ago 11:06
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB__IT3JAZ8
Senator John Kennedy questions DOJ Lawyer Brett Shumate on universal injunctions in Judiciary
5 hours ago 6:05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfvaDZ2O0aU
Newt Gingrich: Trump holds ‘all the cards’
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich evaluates the surge in American investment since President Donald Trump was elected on ‘Hannity.’
clip was posted 1 hour ago 6:46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn9g-mYmmWg
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Our cost estimates are based on a 2017 CDC study which we have updated to account for inflation and the sharp rise in opioid deaths and opioid use disorder (OUD) since then. According to the DEA, an estimated 74,702 Americans died in 2023, a staggering 1.6 times more than in 2017. Additionally, the number of Americans living with OUD increased by 2.7 times to 5.7 million during the same period. We have adjusted the calculations to reflect current prices as well as the alarming rise in opioid addiction and deaths. We scale up the loss of life estimates based on the increase in fatalities, while we scale up the other estimates to reflect the increase in the prevalence of those living with OUD. The breakdown of the cost estimates, all expressed in December 2024 dollars, is as follows:
• Loss of life: $1.11 trillion. This estimate is calculated by multiplying the number of lives lost (74,702) by the value of statistical life in the United States and then adding productivity and healthcare costs that arise due to opioid fatalities. We inflation adjusted the $10.1 million value of a statistical life number provided by NIH (2017) to 2025 dollars ($13.0 million per life). The value of a loss of life is based on market and survey based evidence on what amount of money people are willing to forgo to change the probability of death. For example, many estimates rely on the value of life implied by the increase in wages required for people to take jobs with higher mortality risk.
• Loss of quality of life: $1.34 trillion. This estimate is the product of three factors. First is a survey-based measure for the loss in quality of life for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) compared to those in full health. The measure shows that life with OUD has about 60 percent (0.626) of the quality of life of those in full health. Second is a measure of how much Americans value a year of life in full health. Adjusted for inflation, this value is estimated at $624,410 per person per year. Together these values imply that the lost quality of life costs $234,478 per year for each person living with OUD. We then multiply this value by the prevalence of OUD, estimated to be 5.7 million in 2023.
• Healthcare system: $107 billion. This estimate represents the additional annual costs incurred by the healthcare system for treating individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) relative to the average annual costs of treating those without OUD. This amounts to $19,000 additional dollars per year per person with OUD. These costs were primarily borne by private insurers, Medicaid, and hospitals providing uncompensated care. Ultimately, these costs are passed on to all Americans through higher insurance premiums, taxes, and healthcare expenses.
• Loss of labor force productivity: $107 billion. This estimate is calculated by multiplying the number of productive work hours lost due to opioid-related deaths, OUD, and incarceration by the average hourly total compensation (wages and benefits) for American workers.
• Crime-related: $63 billion. This figure represents the sum of costs incurred for additional police protection, judicial activities, correctional facilities, and property loss resulting from opioid-related crime.
The White House March 26, 2025
The Staggering Cost of the Illicit Opioid Epidemic in the United States
Summary
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin, is cheaper to produce and easier to smuggle across borders, fueling the illicit opioid epidemic in the United States with devastating consequences. In 2023 alone, illicit opioids, primarily fentanyl, cost Americans an estimated $2.7 trillion (in December 2024 dollars), equivalent to 9.7 percent of GDP. Of this total cost, 41 percent ($1.1 trillion) is attributed to deaths, 49 percent ($1.34 trillion) to lost quality of life, and 10 percent ($277 billion) to other costs such as healthcare, reduced labor productivity, and crime-related expenses. Alarmingly, 93 percent of opioid deaths are caused by powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which typically originate in China and are trafficked through Mexico.
This number dwarfs even pessimistic estimates of the effects of tariffs, like that of Goldman Sachs, who estimated losses of 0.4 percent of GDP.
The CEA previously studied this issue and came up with a smaller number. The primary reasons are because it did not include the cost of reduced quality of life and because the number of deaths in 2015 was 33,000.
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Conclusion
The enormous economic cost of the illicit opioid epidemic to Americans, estimated at $2.7 trillion in 2023 alone, underscores the urgent need to control the flow of lethal drugs pouring in from foreign countries. The human suffering and financial burden inflicted by this epidemic are unsustainable.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/the-staggering-cost-of-the-illicit-opioid-epidemic-in-the-united-states/
In a Victory for Autoworkers, Auto Tariffs Mark the Beginning of the End of NAFTA and the “Free Trade” Disaster
This afternoon, the Trump administration announced major tariffs on passenger cars and trucks entering the U.S. market, marking the beginning of the end of a thirty-plus year “free trade” disaster. This is a long-overdue shift away from a harmful economic framework that has devastated the working class and driven a race to the bottom across borders in the auto industry. It signals a return to policies that prioritize the workers who build this country—rather than the greed of ruthless corporations.
“We applaud the Trump administration for stepping up to end the free trade disaster that has devastated working class communities for decades. Ending the race to the bottom in the auto industry starts with fixing our broken trade deals, and the Trump administration has made history with today’s actions,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. “But ending the race to the bottom also means securing union rights for autoworkers everywhere with a strong National Labor Relations Board, a decent retirement with Social Security benefits protected, healthcare for all workers including through Medicare and Medicaid, and dignity on and off the job. The UAW and the working class in general couldn’t care less about party politics; working people expect leaders to work together to deliver results. The UAW has been clear: we will work with any politician, regardless of party, who is willing to reverse decades of working-class people going backwards in the most profitable times in our nation’s history. These tariffs are a major step in the right direction for autoworkers and blue-collar communities across the country, and it is now on the automakers, from the Big Three to Volkswagen and beyond, to bring back good union jobs to the U.S.” …
https://uaw.org/tariffs-mark-beginning-of-victory-for-autoworkers/
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BRINGING BACK THOUSANDS OF GOOD, UNION AUTO JOBS
With these tariffs, thousands of good-paying blue collar auto jobs could be brought back to working-class communities across the United States within a matter of months, simply by adding additional shifts or lines in a number of underutilized auto plants. Right now, thousands of autoworkers are laid off at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis following recent decisions by auto executives to ship jobs to Mexico.
Across a dozen Big Three auto plants that have seen major declines, production has fallen by 2 million units per year in the past decade, while millions of vehicles sold here are made with low-wage, high-exploitation labor abroad. That means auto companies that have made record profits get to drive wages down further for both Mexican and U.S. workers while Wall Street and the corporate class get record payouts.
Those plants include Ford Flat Rock Assembly (Flat Rock, MI), Ford Louisville Assembly (Louisville, KY), Ford Ohio Assembly (Sheffield, OH), Ford Michigan Assembly (Wayne, MI), GM Fairfax (Kansas City, KS), GM Lansing Grand River (Lansing, MI), GM Factory Zero (Detroit & Hamtramck, MI), GM Spring Hill (Spring Hill, TN), Stellantis Warren Truck Assembly (Warren, MI), Stellantis Toledo Assembly (Toledo, OH), Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly (Sterling Heights, MI), Stellantis Jefferson North Assembly (Detroit, MI). The same pattern can be seen in the heavy truck industry, whether at Freightliner in North Carolina, Navistar in Ohio, or dozens of other employers across the economy.
The economic benefits of filling these plants back up with product and good auto jobs would be enormous and have a cascading effect throughout communities from Michigan to Tennessee.
At Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the company recently violated labor law by unilaterally announcing the elimination of a shift during first contract negotiations. Volkswagen makes 75% of their North America product in Mexico for $7 an hour, and over 40% of their U.S. sales are produced by workers earning poverty wages in Mexico. That shift should be restored immediately as production shifts back to the US.
At Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Warren, Michigan, for example, over 1,000 autoworkers are laid off while the plant sits underutilized and $100,000 Stellantis trucks are built in Mexico for $3 an hour. These layoffs were announced less than six months ago and could be undone. Those jobs could be brought back to Michigan immediately with well-designed auto tariffs.
In addition to idle capacity at existing plants, there are plants that stand empty and with moderate retooling could easily employ tens of thousands of workers. Lordstown Assembly sits empty in Lordstown, Ohio, and employed nearly 10,000 autoworkers when NAFTA was passed. Belvidere Assembly is slated to reopen with around 1,500 jobs; as recently as 2019, the plant employed 5,000 autoworkers.
The Big Three have closed or spun off 65 facilities in the past 20 years. There is plenty of work to go around at profitable margins, and plenty of working-class people looking for good, union jobs. With a serious tariff regime, we can incentivize the Big Three and the rest of the auto industry to reinvest in the American autoworker, and America’s blue-collar communities.
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WHAT THE WORKING CLASS NEEDS ON TRADE
Every time an autoworker dares to ask for fair pay, a decent retirement, healthcare, or work-life balance, the automakers threaten their job by exploiting a broken trade system that is set up to intimidate and threaten workers on both sides of the border.
The UAW has encouraged the Trump administration to take clear, aggressive action to bring back good, union auto jobs. We are heartened by the significant measures they have announced today, and we urge the administration to take similar action to protect and reshore the heavy truck sector. Beyond tariffs, a continued, dramatic shift in our country’s trade agreements and economic policies will be necessary to end the free trade disaster.
The next step is to immediately begin renegotiation of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which has only perpetuated NAFTA’s harmful effects by increasing the trade deficit with Mexico and allowing automakers to offshore U.S. jobs and drive a race to the bottom.
In a new trade deal, autoworkers have some simple demands:
• A significant number of cars that are sold in the U.S. should be made in the U.S., with strong wages and good working conditions like those that generations of UAW autoworkers have fought and died for.
• Companies must not be allowed to close factories and ship jobs to high-exploitation, low-wage countries, and to pad already-massive profits by driving a race to the bottom among autoworkers. This includes a North American minimum wage to significantly raise pay and benefits for Mexican autoworkers, along with stronger protections for labor rights and penalties for offshoring, so that workers are no longer forced to compete with one another over crumbs while the automakers walk away with a bigger and bigger slice of the pie.
• Fix the auto parts supply chain, following the same principles: fair wages and benefits for all, and an increase in American-made parts for American-assembled and American-sold vehicles.
We can fix our broken trade deals to benefit workers. But we must be consistent, send clear signals to the auto industry, and make sure that working-class people – who have paid the price for so-called “free trade” for 30 years – don’t pay the price for this transition back to high-road manufacturing jobs.
As they shift their supply chains and investments to the US, auto companies that have enjoyed years of record profits should absorb the cost of these tariffs rather than passing them on to consumers, and the UAW would support legislative or regulatory action requiring them to do so. Workers must be held harmless during any disruption that accompanies the reshoring process, with financial support from the federal government if necessary.
And finally, the working class can’t wait. The auto companies have been given time to plan, and now it’s time to act.
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🚨 UAW: “This afternoon, the Trump administration announced major tariffs on passenger cars and trucks entering the U.S. market, marking the beginning of the end of a thirty-plus year “free trade” disaster. This is a long-overdue shift away from a harmful economic framework that has devastated the working class and driven a race to the bottom across borders in the auto industry.”
7:30 PM · Mar 26, 2025·21.4K Views
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>>22826529 In a Victory for Autoworkers, Auto Tariffs Mark the Beginning of the End of NAFTA and the “Free Trade” Disaster
>>22826532 BRINGING BACK THOUSANDS OF GOOD, UNION AUTO JOBS
>>22826535 WHAT THE WORKING CLASS NEEDS ON TRADE
Reminder: Tammy Duckworth, Hakeem Jeffries, Chris Murphy, and Mark Warner were silent when 13 Americans were killed in Afghanistan
Greg Price
None of these people called on anyone to resign when 13 Americans were killed in Afghanistan — nor when they responded to it by droning eight children who they claimed were ISIS.
But they demand Pete Hegseth resign after a successful mission that killed Houthi terrorists.
12:39 PM · Mar 26, 2025·373.9K Views
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1904936336580030591
Secretary Kristi Noem
I toured the CECOT, El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.
President Trump and I have a clear message to criminal illegal aliens: LEAVE NOW.
If you do not leave, we will hunt you down, arrest you, and you could end up in this El Salvadorian prison.
7:08 PM · Mar 26, 2025·243K Views 0:32
https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/1905034256826408982
The Post Millennial
Standing infront of El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center,DHS Secretary Kristi Noem urges illegal immigrants to self-deport= or risk the same fate as the prisoners behind her.
>Secretary Kristi Noem
>I toured the CECOT, El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.
7:16 PM · Mar 26, 2025·8,192 Views
https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/1905036205403873455
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Defending Faith, Freedom, and the American Way | Dr. Ben Carson at Duke University
Join Dr. Ben Carson, renowned neurosurgeon and former Secretary of HUD, as he delivers a powerful and heartfelt address to Young America’s Foundation at Duke University. In this dynamic speech, Dr. Carson reflects on his journey from poverty to prominence, the vital role of faith and education in unlocking human potential, and the urgent need for courage to preserve America’s founding principles. From personal anecdotes to bold critiques of modern challenges—education, housing, and cultural division—he inspires students to embrace their spheres of influence and fight for a united, thriving nation. Don’t miss the engaging Q&A session tackling faith, opportunity zones, and the future of the American Dream!
Young America's Foundation 1:02:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g2RK92CtLU
Donald J. Trump
I am pleased to announce that Brent Bozell will be our next United States Ambassador to South Africa. Brent is the Founder of the Media Research Center, which has exposed Fake News hypocrites for many years. Brent brings fearless tenacity, extraordinary experience, and vast knowledge to a Nation that desperately needs it. Congratulations Brent!
Mar 26, 2025, 8:22 PM
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114231537224620218