Trump's Policies Part 3
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As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S.
Members of the so-called Five Eyes spy alliance, as well as Israeli and Saudi officials, fear the identities of foreign assets could inadvertently be shared with Moscow.
As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S.
Members of the so-called Five Eyes spy alliance, as well as Israeli and Saudi officials, fear the identities of foreign assets could inadvertently be shared with Moscow.
Some U.S. allies are considering scaling back the intelligence they share with Washington in response to the Trump administration’s conciliatory approach to Russia, five sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told NBC News.
The allies are weighing the move because of concerns about safeguarding foreign assets whose identities could inadvertently be revealed, said the sources, who included two foreign officials.
Every intelligence agency treats its commitments to foreign agents as sacrosanct, pledging to keep agents safe and shield their identities. Anything that jeopardized that obligation would violate that trust, former officials said, and that could lead some spy services to hold back on some information sharing with Washington.
The allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia and members of the so-called Five Eyes spy alliance of English-speaking democracies, are examining how to possibly revise current protocols for sharing intelligence to take the Trump administration’s warming relations with Russia into account, the sources said.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content.
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War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press.
The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch. But the eventual total could be much higher.
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In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II.
Several photos of an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in California were marked for deletion, apparently because a local engineer in the photo had the last name Gay. And a photo of Army Corps biologists was on the list, seemingly because it mentioned they were recording data about fish — including their weight, size, hatchery and gender.
This morning's post from an economist that I follow...
Tariff Trouble
Twenty percent of US oil consumption is reliant on Canadian imports, because despite the fracking revolution, pipeline capacity constraints mean the Midwest/Northeast depend heavily on Canadian crude and natural gas. Furthermore, Gulf Coast/Midwest refineries are designed only to process heavy Canadian grade oil. Oh, almost 100% of canola, 85% of potash, 46% of nickel, and 80% of softwood lumber imports come from Canada. Canada has ample leverage. This is madness.
Tariff Trouble
Twenty percent of US oil consumption is reliant on Canadian imports, because despite the fracking revolution, pipeline capacity constraints mean the Midwest/Northeast depend heavily on Canadian crude and natural gas. Furthermore, Gulf Coast/Midwest refineries are designed only to process heavy Canadian grade oil. Oh, almost 100% of canola, 85% of potash, 46% of nickel, and 80% of softwood lumber imports come from Canada. Canada has ample leverage. This is madness.
I do believe we've reached the "Finding Out" stage..
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
Wouldn't surprise me one bit - there's a reason so many of the cretins elected officials in DC amass incredible wealth while 'serving'...
It is so common sense that you know it will never happen. They should all have to park their investments in a US total market fund. Its not like you can't make any money doing that. The average return has been over 12% over the last 10 years.
I can't stand the way they pronounce "about." Will not tolerate it!
I don't get the concern for Canada. We are not allowed to sell any agricultural products into Canada without massive tariffs. U.S. Dairy products carry a 250% tariff. I am in favor of reciprocal tariffs. You charge us 250% and we charge you 250%. Anything less is a rip-off. Why we allow these kind of tariff imbalances is beyond me.
Yeah that isn't exactly correct. They use a quota system and those massive tariffs don't kick in until the quota is reached.
Tariffs are tool of a larger balance of trade program. Reciprocating tariffs of equal amount do not affect the balance of trade between 2 countries. But they do crash markets.
How large are the quotas? Who sets them? How many U.S. companies that would like to sell to Canada cannot because they cannot get an allocation and are forced to either not sell to Canada or pay the 250% tariff?
I'm sure it's the "will not tolerate it" part, but I couldn't help but read your post in the voice of Gus McRae.
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