BTW: This is all overspill from the last five days of Newsvandal Rundown newsletters … and, as you’ll see, the sheer volume of effluvia surging through the news firehose is almost beyond comprehension. Of course, that’s the whole point … right? - jp
A Comparison: Trump’s The Art of the Deal and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/16/a-comparison-trumps-the-art-of-the-deal-and-sun-tzus-the-art-of-war
MAGA ‘Mean Girls’ are Trump’s loyal foot soldiers
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5254962-maga-mean-girls-are-trumps-loyal-foot-soldiers/
How to Spot ‘Toxic Femininity’
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/04/how-to-spot-toxic-femininity/
Why 'toxic masculinity' is a dangerous and terrible fraud
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-toxic-masculinity-dangerous-terrible-fraud
Trading in lunacy. How Trump’s tariffs will ‘save’ masculinity
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/trading-in-lunacy-how-trump-s-tariffs-will-save-masculinity-20250411-p5lr1m.html
Trump in the Circle: Wrestling and the battle for American masculinity
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr/16/donald-trump-wrestling-masculinity
U.S. government orders visa bans for transgender athletes, targets 2028 Olympics
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6161900/2025/02/26/us-government-trump-visa-olympics/
Trans Musicians Are Canceling US Tour Dates Due to Trump’s Gender ID Rules
https://www.wired.com/story/trans-musicians-are-canceling-us-tour-dates-due-to-trumps-gender-id-rules/
Revealed: NATO downplays climate and gender language to appease Trump
https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-downplays-climate-and-gender-language-to-appease-trump/
Woke wordplay warps language — and the meaning of freedom
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/woke-wordplay-warps-language-and-the-meaning-of-freedom
Donald Trump is killing ‘anti-woke’ politics in the rest of the world
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-donald-trump-is-killing-anti-woke-politics-in-the-rest-of-the-world/
When culture war and trade war clash: Trump’s troubled alliance with Europe’s far right
https://ecfr.eu/article/when-culture-war-and-trade-war-clash-trumps-troubled-alliance-with-europes-far-right/
Orban Escalates Culture War in Hungary by Mandating Two Genders Only
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/world/europe/hungary-two-genders-constitution.html
Putin launches culture war against Europe? ‘Russian sentiment even in West’ | Full speech by Lavrov
https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/putin-launches-culture-war-against-europe-russian-sentiment-even-in-west-full-speech-by-lavrov-101744822395669.html
China unleashes a culture war, but against European brands
https://www.laconceria.it/en/news/china-unleashes-a-culture-war-but-against-european-brands/
Beijing Retaliates: China Reduces Hollywood Imports Amid Trump Trade War
https://bleedingfool.com/news/china-vs-trump-vs-hollywood-ccp-to-reduce-import-of-films-over-trade-tariffs/
Hollywood's fading charm in China - and why US tariffs are making it worse
https://international.astroawani.com/global-news/hollywoods-fading-charm-china-and-why-us-tariffs-are-making-it-worse-517061
The tariff trouble for Hollywood's film and TV industry
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/the-tariff-trouble-for-hollywoods-film-and-tv-industry/3680930/
Fears over the future of Hollywood productions
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/fears-over-the-future-of-hollywood-productions/3680058/
Hollywood’s Future in Peril: Can the Industry Survive the Storm?
https://america.cgtn.com/2025/04/16/hollywoods-future-in-peril-can-the-industry-survive-the-storm
Donald Trump Is Killing the Hollywood Blockbuster (And I Kinda Like It)
https://movieweb.com/tariffs-hollywood-movies-china-trade-war-donald-trump/
Airlines were hoping for a blockbuster 2025. Then tariffs gave them a seriously bumpy ride.
https://www.businessinsider.com/airlines-trump-tariff-turbulence-delta-united-american-hopes-bumper-2025-2025-4
Trump Tariffs May Kill Super-Cheap Retro Handhelds—but They Won’t Kill What Made Them Popular
https://gizmodo.com/trump-tariffs-may-kill-super-cheap-retro-handhelds-but-it-wont-kill-what-made-them-popular-2000588444
Not Just Eggs—Trump’s Tariff Plan Triggers Price Hikes on These Popular Supermarket Staples Across America
https://www.lagradaonline.com/en-us/trump-tariff-price-hike-supermarket/
Trump claims grocery prices are down despite all evidence to the contrary, invents $1.98 gas prices
https://www.audacy.com/kdkaradio/news/national/trump-claims-grocery-prices-are-down-despite-all-evidence
Donald Trump thinks he invented common three-word phrase but historians disagree
https://www.tyla.com/news/politics/donald-trump-the-economist-interview-2017-prime-the-pump-707565-20250417
Historians React to Trump Executive Order Targeting the Smithsonian Institution
https://seattlespectator.com/2025/04/16/historians-react-to-trump-executive-order-targeting-the-smithsonian-institution/
Trump’s Smithsonian Order Will Reclaim America’s Story from Leftist Activists
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/04/17/trumps-smithsonian-order-will-reclaim-americas-story-from-leftist-activists/
Trump orders purge of Black History from Smithsonian, targets African American Museum
https://mronline.org/2025/04/18/trump-orders-purge-of-black-history-from-smithsonian-targets-african-american-museum/
After Trump Executive Orders, Smithsonian Page Pushing Racist Propaganda Disappears
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/15/after-trump-executive-orders-smithsonian-page-pushing-racist-propaganda-disappears/
Trump Administration Declares War on Public Broadcasting, Slams NPR and PBS as ‘Woke Propaganda’
https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/04/15/trump-administration-declares-war-on-public-broadcasting-slams-npr-and-pbs-as-woke-propaganda/
PBS Stations Call Federal Funds “Irreplaceable And Essential” As Trump Administration Prepares To Slash Public Media Coin
https://deadline.com/2025/04/pbs-stations-public-media-federal-funding-donald-trump-1236369217/
Ex-NPR Chief Says Public Media Could Have Better Prepared for a Trump Gutting
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/ex-npr-chief-public-media-trump-gutting
A Former IRS Chief on Trump’s Attempts to Gut—and Weaponize—His Agency
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/donald-trump-irs-cuts-weaponize-harvard-commissioner-john-koskinen/
Trump sidesteps legal limits in bid to gut appliance energy rules
https://www.dailyclimate.org/trump-sidesteps-legal-limits-in-bid-to-gut-appliance-energy-rules-2671771896.html
Trump guts agency critical to worker safety as temperatures rise
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/trump-administration-guts-niosh-agency-critical-to-worker-safety-as-temperatures-rise/
White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/white-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality