Stockholm rejects ābizarreā US demand that city and embassy contractors pledge to be anti-DEI
An American. Iāll be.
I donāt think he was in the top 3 or 4 possibilities? But many of the choices would have been historicā¦
Heās an American but heās speaking in some foreign tongue.
Didnāt he get the memo about English being the global language?
And how long before trump takes credit?
Itās a Chicago guy with this to recommend him:
In 2000, Prevost allowed Father James Ray, an Augustinian priest, to reside at St. John Stone Friary in Chicago. Ray had been suspended from public ministry since 1991 due to credible accusations of sexual abuse of minors. Although the priory was close to a Catholic elementary school, Prevost did not notify the school administration about Ray. The Augustinians noted that Ray was assigned a monitor while at St. John Stone. Ray was moved to a different residence in 2002 when the US Conference of Catholic Bishops adopted stricter rules for handling priests accused of abusing minors.
BREAKING: FEMAās most senior official Cameron Hamilton has been FIRED and walked out of the building, an agency source confirms.
He testified just yesterday that he didnāt think the agency should be eliminated, per Trump and DHS Sec. Kristi Noemās wishes. Apparently the wrong answer.
Time had him in the top 4. His choice of the name Leo is a good sign. The last Leo XIII, 1878 to 1903 was known for being pro-worker.
He also has Peruvian citizenship. That ought to get the US MAGA Cardinals wailing.
Sounds like itās a framework for a trade deal, thatās been in the works since Brexit. So, yeahā¦
āThe goal of policy seems to be to goose the market for a few days, with no long-term plan.ā
For countries where (what the Trump administration calls) āDEIā is law, the US embassies are essentially putting themselves in a position where they canāt do business with anyone. Not just for things like toilet paper, but services, i.e. water, electricity, sewage. (Do the embassy budgets cover importing that much bottled water, generators, fuel and porta-potties?)
āItās their headache, not ours,ā is very much going to be the case.
Donāt need building contractors if you donāt have permission to do the work in the first place! (headtap.gif)
I imagine that either the embassies will start collapsing or theyāll come up with some ādonāt ask donāt tellā style workaround where they pretend local businesses are compliant when they absolutely arenāt. (Because I donāt imagine Trump will back down - he doesnāt give a shit if the embassies close, even.)
MURRAY: It was due last week. By law.
PATEL: I understand.
MURRAY: Youāre not gonna follow the law? ā¦ And you have no timeline?
PATEL: No
MURRAY: Hmm. Weāre not having a budget hearing without a budget request. So where is it?
Video at link.
Yeah, maybe my suggestion should include that it was for adults only! 
Oh, yeah. 
This report from The Daily Show was one of my faves from the past:
On the subject of COVID shots, I was concerned about RFK Jr.'s comments about the effectiveness of certain vaccines. His statements were affecting stocks and financial decisions of the pharmaceutical companies that produce those vaccines. Thatās why my spring booster was scheduled a few days after I returned to the US in April.
Hopefully, the upheaval at HHS will end soon so there will be boosters for COVID and the flu this fall. I just didnāt want to risk a supply problem if he messed with the existing approvals or something.
Iām in the UK and itās over 75s and the immunosuppressed. Donāt ask me how I know. 
Thatās what happens if you have two parties in a negotiation who both need results they can sell as a win, as a consequence of incredibly stupid electoral decisions in their respective countries
Yeah, I havenāt been eligible for a COVID shot in Norway since the height of the pandemic
Who is a fan of Vance? No one seems to like the guy.
I guarantee you his kids will be looking forward to leaving home and letting him rot alone in a few years.
Perhaps most notably, the NOAA announced it would be shuttering the ābillion-dollar weather and climate disastersā database for vague reasons. Since 1980, the database made it possible to track the growing costs of the nationās most devastating weather events, critically pooling various sources of private data that have long been less accessible to the public.
Yeah, this one I understand. Canāt have folks knowing how much damage they are inflicting.