What if every city had “Bike Buses” for kids going to school & daycare? What if safe, protected bike infrastructure made them easy? From Nijmegen NL, a #BikeBus developed in partnership with an after-school childcare. HT to great folks at @Cycling_Embassy
The governor of Wyoming voiced concern this week about “aggressive” and “irregular” conduct by election monitors sent by the Justice Department during the state’s primary election.
A local elections official also voiced concerns about the monitors. https://t.co/E0smGzYnkN
More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. https://t.co/vueUbMiQtl
“The prime minister revealed that the U.S. had issues with Canada's subsidies for French culture; the prevalence of French-language media online and even the requirement to have bilingual labels on products sold in Canada” https://t.co/KqocKqRLn7
President Trump demands Canada change its French language, Quebec culture and Canadian identity as a condition for reversing tariffs.
This is no longer about a trade deal-it is about a takeover of Canada's sovereignty and identity.
Carney: "This was not our choice. We were ready and close to having a comprehensive agreement that would be fair to both countries. But they made changes, including threats on the French language and Quebec culture and Canadian culture. That is not acceptable. That would never be acceptable."
Carney says last minute demands from U.S. included language to restrict Canada's ability to make other trade deals, which is of course nuts and Ottawa was right to walk away
Breaking news: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will enact retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. on Sept. 8.
He announced it after President Trump's new 50 percent tariffs went into effect early Saturday. https://t.co/1pO6EjJt59
Peggy Noonan goes to town on Trump and his kleptocracy. I gifted this so you can read it.
"And there’s the sheer scale: The extraordinary becomes ordinary through repetition; scandals add up and become a blur, not a call to action. But the country pays a cost for all this. Institutionally, everything happening today sets a precedent. Every abuse we accept widens the range of possible misbehavior for the next administration.
Corruption is more dangerous, has a more deteriorating effect, than bad policy. Bad policy can be reversed. Corruption works its way into a system and changes its nature.
Suppose a Republican president leaves office having established that a president can use regulatory powers against antagonistic institutions, exert pressures on companies needing government approval, and demand personal loyalty throughout the executive branch, all with no lasting repercussions. The next administration, disposed in other ideological directions, inherits the precedents. It says turnabout is fair play."
https://t.co/Y7v4eX4AgB
Stars & Stripes editor in chief Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte "were fired for participating in a CBS News interview, during which he said censorship of the military newspaper crossed a red line." https://t.co/dsTqs5hNSx
Read this article today. I wonder if they got rid of the unit because US troops got their asses whooped by Ukrainians during the drone exercise in Germany. Gen. LaNeve will risk the lives of US soldiers
The Army canceled plans to have senior Ukrainian officers speak at the service’s center for maneuver warfare at Fort Benning in Georgia, U.S. officials said @laraseligman https://t.co/IlmuqI2djG
They lie about the progress of the war.
They lie about the conditions of the troops.
They suppress independent reporting.
Welcome to Trump's and Hegseth's military.
https://t.co/Ll47ukS1LO
“In Trump’s second term, his White House is populated by true believers. And no one believes more truly than Harp, whose devotion to Trump is unparalleled” https://t.co/z14hseOmPS
Exclusive: World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s flagship crypto venture, says its trust company has received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to become a bank. https://t.co/NV8yJizZuX
President Trump signed an order authorizing select private companies to carry out government-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign criminal hacking groups — actions that have until now been the domain of U.S. national security agencies. https://t.co/fxqcBNeowj
Breaking News: Scientists have used A.I. to create new viruses for the first time, raising hopes for medical advances while also raising the possibility that the technology could someday be used to invent dangerous pathogens. https://t.co/MJG4mp0TTb