The Donald Trump administration has cancelled several international aid projects, including contracts supporting HIV, polio, and malaria programmes in some of the world's most impoverished communities. Earlier this week, the administration officially terminated these contracts through brief, direct emails. Around 5,800 contracts under USAID have been revoked. These included vital projects such as refugee aid, tuberculosis clinics, and polio vaccination initiatives, according to The New York Times. read more
The official White House social media account shared a photo of President Trump wearing a crown with the words "Long Live the King" on Wednesday. Trump intends to revoke federal approval of New York City's congestion pricing program, fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy that tolls drivers who enter Manhattan's busiest streets to finance repairs to mass transit. read more
"Hunter Biden"s involvement in Ukraine and Burisma still stinks."
KIEV (Reuters) - During his time on the board of one of Ukraine's largest natural gas companies, Hunter Biden, the son of former U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden, was regarded as a helpful non-executive director with a powerful name, according to people familiar with Biden's role at the company.
www.reuters.com
What about that stinks, specifically?
"Low-income earners have a special place and should be subsidized by higher income earners."
Is Amazon a low income earner?
"Amazon paid a tax rate of just 1.2% last year, versus 14% for average Americans"
From 2019. www.cbsnews.com
Amazon Reports 6 Percent Tax Rate on $35 Billion of US Income
From 2022. itep.org
"Your grandkids better start learning Chinese."
Republicans look forward to the day we roll tanks on peaceful protesters.
Like China did in Tiananmen Square.