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Trump administration launches portal to initiate tariff refunds

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The Trump administration is expected to launch a refund system for businesses that paid tariffs later struck down by the supreme court. It is the first step in paying back $166bn in tariffs after justices ruled the Trump administration was overstepping its constitutional powers.

Importers and their brokers will be able to begin claiming refunds through an online portal beginning at 8am ET, according to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the agency administering the system.

It's the first step in a complicated process that also might eventually lead to refunds for consumers who were billed for some or all of the tariffs on products shipped to them from outside the United States.

Companies must list the goods on which tariffs were levied. If CBP approves a claim, it will take 60-90 days for a refund to be issued, the agency said. CBP said in court filings that over 330,000 importers paid a total of about $166bn on more than 53m shipments.

More than 3,000 businesses, including FedEx and Costco, have sued the Trump administration to get refunds, the New York Times reports. FedEx has suggested customers could be in line for refunds for overpaid tariffs while Costco has said it may pass on refunds in lower prices for consumers.

The URL loaded to the top of the live blog which isn't the story linked. I've copied the content into this comment.

Its already up on your favorite Usenet.

From what I was reading about this specific fire is that it could have been accidental.

According to one of employees of the company, there were 47 workers inside the building at the time of the fire. All have been accounted for. One of those workers, according to a co-worker, was taken to an area hospital to be evaluated.
"It's magnesium, so when you spark magnesium, I guess one of the sanders must have sparked some dust, and it's real fast. One guy couldn't get out, and he got all full of soot and black smoke, he inhaled a lot of it, so they took him in an ambulance," described Victor Degandiaga, a worker in the building.

The punchline better be good.

Ah the quite part, out loud!

When CBS's Leslie Stahl asked Secretary of State Madeline Albright if the price of over half a million Iraqi children who died as a consequence of US-led sanctions was "worth it," Ms. Albright responded, "It's a hard choice, but I think, we, think, it's worth it." (Emphasis added.)

Holy compression Batman!

I'm on mullvad and it works. What server(s) were you using?

Yeah if you sign up for an account on tanki.tube you can sync a YouTube playlist I think, which should pull the whole thing.

Awesome! Thanks so much! And I appreciate the kind words!

You could import them to tanki.tube via its import tool. You might be able to give it a YouTube playlist and have it import the whole playlist.

This is incredible work. I've been thinking more about what I want to live on abolish.capital and I think resources like these might be one of them.

I have nothing hosted on abolish.capital right now, but I'd love to host these study guides there when I do, with your permission of course!

Hmmm... These might have been stuck in the queue. Last I looked it had about 75 posts to work through. I'll run another purge in the morning. The system queues threads up then drip feeds them out over the hour. So it might not have finished posting dupes when I caught it.

Where are these "riots"?

But also, this is a retreat, do not see it any other way. Someone made it clear to Trump that if pressure continued at pace in MN these strikes could expand wider, or become multiday long. This to me is a clear signal that what the people of MN are doing is working, and they should keep doing it. That isn't to say that I think the raids are going to stop, but I wouldn't doubt they shift to odd hours, and attempt to avoid people as much as possible when doing so.

But can it run doom?

I mean, there has been a lot of consolidation of the music industry. There isn't the same kind of music apparatus like there was when those songs were written. Plus, there have been some good protest songs recently. On May 6th, 2024 Macklemore put out Hinds Hall, then in September he put out Hinds Hall 2, then 11 months ago he put out Fucked Up. He's also not signed to a label, so maybe that's why. Famously, groups like Bob Vylan and Kneecap have taken a lot of heat for their positions. Vylan was dropped from their label, I believe they were facing charges. Kneecap was facing terrorism charges which were eventually dropped. Sure, this isn't explicitly ICE related, but these struggles are all connected.

Radio is basically dead, most of the US and Canadian radio stations are corporate owned. As of 2021 only 80ish US stations were independent, and 13 Canadian stations were independent. The idea that a corporate owned radio station would play a "protest" song in 2026 seems unrealistic. Plus, most people are getting their music through corporate algorithms via services like Spotify or YT Music. Maybe there is some really great protest songs, but I have a feeling they don't get the same kind of traction in the algorithms as other forms of music.

If they want to walk the revolutionary road, then they better prepare some backup characters. The forces that built the world are never keen on allowing some scrappy rat-cachers to poke and prod at its foundations.