## This Is So Much Worse Than Last Time

Authored by newrepublic.com

Trump and Musk have shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development and cut off nearly all foreign aid.

This will have devastating consequences for global health, global democracy, and the future of American soft power.

He has also pardoned over a thousand violent insurrectionists and now seems ready to fire hundreds of FBI agents who helped prosecute them.

His administration is waging an all-out war against trans people and seems on the verge of all but ending gender-affirming care for minors.

As I write this, American planes are flying migrants to Guantánamo Bay, where they will be held in a concentration camp.

Even then, this is just a fraction of the horror that has been unleashed over the last two weeks.

As TechDirt’s Mike Masnick put it, the past fortnight has been like “a distributed denial of service attack on people who believe in reality. »

### Waffle House adds 50 cents per egg surcharge amid shortages, rising prices

Authored by cbsnews.com

Waffle House is adding a 50-cent per egg surcharge to customers' orders, citing the impact of ongoing egg shortages and rising prices caused by bird flu.

Instead of increasing prices across its menu, the 24-hour breakfast chain is opting for "a temporary targeted surcharge tied to the unprecedented rise in egg prices," the Norcross, Georgia-based company said in a statement.

Waffle House competitor International House of Pancakes, or IHOP, indicated the high cost of eggs has not affected its menu prices. »

### Trump Gaza latest: ‘Everybody’ loves my plan to take over, says president

Authored by thetimes.com

Leavitt is asked how Trump “squared” his Gaza plan with his “America First” strategy, especially after spending decades criticising foreign entanglements and wars.

President Trump insisted that “everybody loves” his radical plan for the United States to “own” Gaza in comments from the Oval Office a few minutes ago.

Donald Trump said his plan for Gaza would make it “the Riviera of the Middle East”. »

### Justin Trudeau wants to revive UK-Canada trade talks in shadow of Trump

Authored by politico.eu

He called on the U.K. to get back to the negotiating table after London walked away from bilateral trade talks last January.

Snags in the bilateral talks have also posed a barrier to Canada’s ratification of Britain’s membership of the Indo-Pacific CPTPP trade bloc.

But the U.K. wants to diversify trade beyond Europe — and Canada is eager to move beyond a reliance on the United States. »

### Zelenskyy: If the US is not ready to accept us into NATO, give us nuclear weapons

Authored by pravda.com.ua

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested that if the United States is unwilling to support Ukraine's NATO membership, it could provide an alternative security guarantee in the form of nuclear weapons.

Will they give us nuclear weapons?

Details: He speculated that the West might provide Ukraine with deterrent missiles but questioned whether such missiles could stop Russian nuclear weapons, calling it a rhetorical question. »

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