Government Coup

[frugal-one]

Well, she can just delete the texts or messages.

Forget one and out! I thought we lived in a country with free speech?

[Tradd]

The electronics thing at the border has been going on for a few months. The usual tech sites such as Wired have had articles on options.

[bae]

Here's a good resource for that:

https://www.eff.org/issues/border-searches

[Tradd]

Forget one and out! I thought we lived in a country with free speech?

I regularly delete my messages anyway. Saves space on your device. I do that with texts, WhatsApp, FB Messenger, and Signal.

Bae, I love EFF and even donate occasionally. That was a really good read. EFF also has a guide to your devices when protesting and for women seeking abortions.

[bae]

Bae, I love EFF and even donate occasionally. That was a really good read. EFF also has a guide to your devices when protesting and for women seeking abortions.

I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago when we met for dim sum in San Francisco to talk about what to do about the Steve Jackson Games situation, and all swore a solemn oath.

[frugal-one]

Here's a good resource for that:

https://www.eff.org/issues/border-searches

Thanks, Bae. It was a good read and passed it on!

[Rogar]

Denver had a couple of dozen arrests of the usual rabble rousers with no serious incidents. The other smaller cities seemed to have peaceful protests the news pretty much just described "in the thousands". Of all the publicity I saw the talk mostly was centered around immigration, which I suppose is OK, but overshadowed other important No King things.

I suspect the ROI on the parade was rather low. I think my dad who served in the Army in WWII would have liked it, but I don't think he would have liked Trump. It was hard to get away from the Trump label on the parade.

[Tradd]

Apparently the prez will be sending out tariff letters to 12 countries beginning on Monday. These will tell countries what duties the US will assess on their imports to the US.

These duties seem they may be different than the ones announced April 2.

[early morning]

Oh Tradd, I don't see how you and others in your job stay on top of all this mess! I have whiplash just from READING about it. And I wonder if my online purchases are "safe" from surprise tariffs - so if I am unsure, I just don't order. How does one know???

[Tradd]

Oh Tradd, I don't see how you and others in your job stay on top of all this mess! I have whiplash just from READING about it. And I wonder if my online purchases are "safe" from surprise tariffs - so if I am unsure, I just don't order. How does one know???

Where are you ordering from? If ordering from Amazon, make sure it says "fulfilled by Amazon." That means it's shipping from a US Amazon warehouse, not directly from overseas.

I never ordered from Shein or Temu or the cheapos on eBay. You don't want to order something that ships directly from China.

There's subreddit for customs brokers and we are continually updating each other, providing tips on getting clearances through with all the added complications of the increases.