News - April 16, 2025

The grid's ablaze, choom. Trump's dropped a 245% tariff nuke on Chinese imports—125% for "reciprocity," 20% against China's supposed fentanyl pipeline, and the rest stacked from Section 301. The corpos are scrambling, and the markets are glitching like a bad neural link. China’s not just sitting back—they've jacked up their own tariffs to 125% and are ghosting any trade talks until the U.S. pulls back.

Meanwhile, California's punching back. Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta have jacked into the federal court system, suing Trump over what they call illegal tariffs that bypass Congress and slam the Golden State's economy. They're saying these levies are nuking jobs, spiking prices, and frying the circuits of industries from agri-tech to logistics. Newsom's even trying to firewall California from the fallout by cutting side deals with foreign partners.

The whole system's destabilizing—supply chains are fragged, consumer costs are spiking, and the global trade matrix is on the brink. Any new chrome you need should be ordered as soon as possible. May 2 is when they end the exemptions for new chrome under $800. Time to jack in and stop these gonks.