Trump set to impose tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico
Wikler hits ‘Trumpian terror’ and ‘oligarchs’ in DNC nominating speech
Reporting from National Harbor, Md.
Ben Wikler, who leads the Wisconsin Democratic Party, just finished his nominating speech at the DNC winter meeting where members are set to pick their party’s next chair.
In his speech, Wikler hit much of the lines he’s sought to highlight during his bid, framing his message around lifting up working Americans. But he also took aim at Trump and his allies.
“This country should not be rigged against you by people who already have everything,” he said, before panning the “Trumpian terror” and the “group of would-be oligarchs who are shredding this country to hand off pieces to the people who already own everything in this nation.”
Running to lead the DNC, O’Malley criticizes Democrats being walked on ‘short leashes’ by donors
Reporting from National Harbor, Md.
During his nominating speech, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley argued he’s the right fit to lead the Democratic National Committee at this pivotal moment, with a swipe at some other Democrats.
“These are not ordinary times. This is not a normal DNC election. This is a time that cries out for new leadership and for change,” O’Malley said to the room of DNC members as he looked for an upset victory in the upcoming chair’s race.
“So the question for us as Democrats is this: Do we have the courage to change our party so we can save our country? I believe we do, and that is why I run. But the change that we need to win is not going to be achieved by tinkering around the edges, nor will it be achieved by turning the Democratic Party over to a handful of billionaires who pull strings from behind curtains and try to walk our elected officials on short leashes like dogs.”
Not electing O’Malley as DNC chair is like rearranging chairs on the Titanic, former HUD secretary says
Reporting from National Harbor, Md.
Nominating speeches have started for the DNC chair’s race and the O’Malley side is coming out hot.
Marcia Fudge, the former Department of Housing secretary, introduced O’Malley and told Democrats “step out of your comfort zone and vote for Governor O’Malley for chair, or we will just be moving the chairs on the deck of the Titanic.”
O’Malley is among the notable faces running to lead the Democratic Party, along with Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chairman Ken Martin and Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler.
Hegseth says ‘identity months’ at Defense Department are ‘dead’
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In a memo to the Pentagon on Friday titled “Identity Months Dead at DoD,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote that military departments and Defense Department staff are no longer allowed to dedicate official resources and man-hours to celebrating events related to cultural awareness months.
The Friday memo initially listed certain months, like Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Hispanic Heritage Month, but was updated Saturday to include a ban on using official resources to celebrate Pride Month, too.
DNC to elect new leadership today
Democratic National Committee members are gathering in National Harbor, Maryland, today to elect new leadership, including a new chair; a new vice chair for civic engagement and voter participation; three new vice chairs, a new treasurer, a new secretary and new national finance chair.
There are eight candidates for chair, including Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. The new chair will succeed outgoing Chair Jaime Harrison.
Trump to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday, White House says
The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump would impose a 25% tariff on goods coming to the U.S. from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on those from China on Saturday, a move that could drive up prices for products coming into the U.S. from those countries.
Trump had said he would issue those tariffs on the first day of his presidency, then said on Inauguration Day that the tariffs would be put in place on Feb. 1. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Friday that Trump would carry through on that Feb. 1 deadline.
Trump said Friday that there was nothing that the three countries could do to avoid the tariffs, which he said were in response to the import of fentanyl into the U.S. and because the U.S. has a trade deficit with the three countries. The U.S. is considered to have a trade deficit with those countries because it buys more goods and services from them than it sells to them.
The tariffs could increase how much U.S. consumers and businesses pay for goods coming…
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