A new federal savings initiative, known as "Trump accounts," signed into law by President Donald Trump, could significantly alter the financial future of millions of American children.
Fox News' Mark Levin lost it on France and the United Kingdom over the former's recognition of -- and the latter's threat to recognize -- a Palestinian state.
A Georgia family's puppy was given a new reason to dread bath time when her paw became stuck in the drain, requiring the assistance of Roswell firefighters.
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In the bustling streets of Rome, Palestinian flags were conspicuously the only foreign flags to occupy public spaces. They hung from light poles, were glued onto street signs or flew proudly atop balconies.
Yet, no other space in Italy can truly be compared to Naples. Palestinian symbols are everywhere, permeating the city’s fabric as if Palestine is the paramount political concern for the entire region’s populace.
Coach Vrabel on the tragic events in New York on Monday. Real quick before we get started, just the cadence of this thing, not having talked to you guys
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The High Court granted permission to Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, to bring a full judicial review against the order of the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, proscribing the group as a ‘terrorist organisation’.
The ruling comes as a blow to Cooper, whose lawyers argued vigorously that the application should be refused, on the basis that the Terrorism Act contains a statutory process to apply for de-proscription.
Faced with threats of 50 percent tariffs and demands to end a criminal case, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he wouldn’t take orders from President Trump.
Haven't any of these countries' leaders told an asshole to go fuck themselves? That's the straight forward language that's required when dealing with a scum bag like trump
President Luiz Inácio #Lula da Silva of #Brazil is outraged.
#Trump is trying to push around his nation of 200 million, dangling 50% #tariffs as a #threat, Lula said in an interview. And yet, he added, the #US president is ignoring his government’s offers to talk.
“Be sure that we are treating this with the utmost seriousness. But seriousness does not require #subservience,” Lula said. “I treat everyone with great respect. But I want to be treated with #respect.”
#Lula granted his first interview to The NYT in 13 years on Tuesday, in part because he wanted to speak to the American people about his frustration with #Trump [we totally get it].
Trump has said that, starting on Friday, he plans to impose 50% #tariffs on Brazilian goods, in large part because Brazilian authorities have charged former President Jair #Bolsonaro with trying to hold on to #power after losing the 2022 election. [inspired by Trump 2020]
#Trump has called the case a “witch hunt” & wants it dropped. #Lula said that was not up for negotiation. “Maybe he doesn’t know that here in #Brazil, the #judiciary is #independent,” he said.
In the interview, Lula said that the American president is infringing on Brazil’s #sovereignty.
“At no point will #Brazil negotiate as if it were a small country up against a big country,” #Lula said. “We know the economic power of the #UnitedStates, we recognize the military power of the United States, we recognize the technological size of the United States.”
“But that doesn’t make us afraid,” he added. “It makes us concerned.”
There is perhaps no world leader defying #Trump as strongly as Lula.
The president of #Brazil — a leftist in his 3rd term who is arguably this century’s most important Latin American statesman — has been hitting back at #Trump in speeches across Brazil. His social media pages have suddenly become filled with references to Brazil’s #sovereignty. And he has taken to wearing a hat that says “Brazil belongs to Brazilians.”
On Tues, #Lula said that he was studying retaliatory #tariffs against #US exports if #Trump carries through with his threats. And he said that if the #Jan6, 2021, #insurrection at the US Capitol had happened in #Brazil, Trump would be facing prosecution just like #Bolsonaro.
“The #democratic state of #law for us is a sacred thing,” #Lula said…. “Because we have already lived through #dictatorships, & we don’t want any more.”
#Trump has gone after #Brazil to come to the aid of his ally, #Bolsonaro. His proposed 50% #tariffs would be among the highest levies he has issued against any country, & they appear to be the only ones driven by overtly #political reasons & not #economic ones.
#Trump has said that he sees his own legal fight in the #criminal trial against #Bolsonaro.
Trump & Bolsonaro — 2 #politicians with strikingly similar #political styles — both lost re-election & then both denied having lost. Their subsequent efforts to undermine the #vote culminated in mobs of their supporters storming their nations’ capital buildings, in failed bids to prevent the election winners from assuming the presidency.
The stark difference is that four years later, #Trump returned to power, while #Bolsonaro is now facing #prison. [Trump immediately used his reassumed #power to throw out the #criminal cases against him & to punish those involved — however peripherally.]
Argument: This is what’s expected of #TheHeadCriminal. What is not expected is that we’d let it get this far, that there’d be enough co-conspirators and absolute losers on multiple levels to enable this kind of self destruction for $$$. 🤔
"Be sure that we are treating this with the utmost seriousness. But seriousness does not require #subservience,” #Lula said. “I treat everyone with great respect. But I want to be treated with #respect.”
Faced with threats of 50 percent tariffs and demands to end a criminal case, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he wouldn’t take orders from President Trump.
Down there they have had their share of despots and bullies. They don't generally take to doing something on some other country's say-so especially the USA. Good on him for telling Trump to piss off. can you imagine how mad MAGAworld would be if Brazil tries to tell the DOJ how to do business?
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“Those individuals that tried to assassinate my character and print and publish things that are demonstrably false and provably false will be hearing from us and all of Oklahomans very, very soon,” Walters said. @MrScarce
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Here’s a round-up of advice about how to keep your job search a secret from your current boss. the basics how do you hide your job hunt when you’re working full-time? how to discreetly job search when you have a nosy boss how to change clothes for an…
🇲🇩 Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Wednesday accused #Russia of planning an “unprecedented” campaign to interfere in the country’s September parliamentary election, warning of a large-scale effort involving illegal financing, cyberattacks and #disinformation
#OnThisDay in 1939, #TomWilkes, American photographer, Grammy Award-winning art director, poster and album cover designer (George Harrison; Rolling Stones; Carpenters, Sir Doug; Janis Joplin; Sandpipers), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2009). #RIP 🕊️🪦🎚️🕯️
New Deep Sea Creatures ‘Challenge Current Models of Life,’ Scientists Say 404media.co/new-deep-sea-creat… Scientists have discovered chemosynthetic animals, which don’t rely on the Sun to live, nearly six miles under the ocean surface—deeper than any found to date.
More correctly, they say: “findings challenge current models of life at extreme limits and carbon cycling in the deep ocean.”
Morocco's King Mohammed VI extended an olive branch to Algeria on Wednesday, calling for a “fraternal and sincere dialogue” over the “various outstanding issues” between the two-North African neighbours.
If you are living in one of many areas of the U.S. currently experiencing a heat wave, your outdoor thermometer may say it's in the 90s, but your local weather station tells you it feels like triple digits.
We’re halfway through Grit Week and the tension has begun. We start with some airing of grievances after a contentious car ride with PFT, Hank and Big Cat.
🌿🏫🚸The sounds of the playground faded long ago. This former primary school is located in Scotland. Derelict for over a decade, the glass-covered atrium at the heart of the school has undergone a metamorphosis.
Eventually the damp Scottish climate has helped create a beautiful plant paradise, set against a backdrop of peeling paint and mossy walls.
Sadly, this beautiful location was recently demolished. RIP to this #AbandonedSchool ☠️
Such a pity -- this could have been turned into an amazingly cool housing co-op.
(Last year we bought a children's daycare facility and renovated it into an awesome house for us -- much smaller scale, but we're so glad we can live in this charming building. And the other villagers are happy that a piece of village history is being preserved.)
@heinragas Definitely a pity! Unfortunately this was in an entire small town that was demolished so the school was casualty alongside the rows of flats. Very sad!
Oh wow that's awesome, what a cool adventure and well done for saving all derelict space 🙏💙
alojapan.com/1334470/bridge-ro… BRIDGE Roadshow lands in Osaka, igniting global dialogue on AI and media innovation #Osaka #OsakaTopics #uae #大阪 #大阪府 Al Hamad emphasised the UAE’s unwavering support for transformative media initiatives like BRIDGE, which he described as vital instruments for cross-cultural dialogue and global awareness. “The dynamic and productive engagement in Osaka sets the stage for BRIDGE’s next chapter — contributing to a unified vision for building in
Here we have one of Israel's most prominent journalists saying (in an interview published TODAY), and I quote: "So, first of all, I don’t think there is hunger in Gaza. I want to put that first and foremost." www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Here we have one of Israel's most prominent journalists saying (in an interview published TODAY), and I quote: "So, first of all, I don’t think there is hunger in Gaza. I want to put that first and foremost." www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Mr. Bruno
in reply to Democracy Matters • • •Makes me wish I got cable or subscribe to that streaming service.
A little.
Not enough to actually do it.