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I heard the other day that Subaru was thinking of raising the price of their cars to non American countries and using that money to pay the US tarrifs. If we are protesting tesla perhaps companies who do this should also be protested. I don't know if this is true so if someone can let me know I would appreciate it. If companies are doing this we should take action. I don't want to pay trump so he can screw the rest of us.
Report: Ontario cannibalizing public health dollars to fund private clinics

New report by the Canadian Council for Policy Alternatives said Ontario is deliberately "under-spending" on public health care in a bid to prop up for-profit health care, creating ‘a vicious cycle of parasitic independence’ where public dollars support private enterprise

BayToday.ca

"China announced a $500M contribution >5 years to the WHO, positioning it as the top state donor following the US withdrawal from the org."

Most Americans are grateful that China has stepped up to protect public health for the world's citizens (funding is meant to protect CN's pop -but the WHO benefits global health security. Trump has abdicated his responsibility, yet again.
#China #WHO #PublicHealth #Health #Pandemics #Research #Science #TrumpRegime #Betrayal #USPol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/21/china-who-donation-500-million/

China to donate $500 million to WHO, stepping into gap left by U.S.

Beijing will replace the United States as the organization’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.

The Washington Post
Remember...

Republicans back a law that will be prohibiting US states from regulating #AI for 10 years.

Slipped into #Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ to cut taxes for billionaires is an unprecedented federal law to protect AI tech companies from regulation.

If your state is worried about privacy rights, energy drains, environmental costs of AI, they will not be able to do a thing.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/republican-budget-bill-ai-laws

Republicans propose prohibiting US states from regulating AI for 10 years

Last-minute add to budget bill aims to stop laws that would create guardrails for automated decision-making systems

The Guardian
Stole this from Bluesky

“Tornado warnings were delayed because of reduced staff. Those critical moments — a midnight warning to your phone waking you up, giving you precious seconds to find shelter — came too late for some.

The risk of these cuts creating this exact problem was known before last night.” https://www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-warnings-delayed-because

Tornado warnings delayed because of DOGE cuts

At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.

Mesoscale News with Rebekah Jones

Did you just post another dumb pun online?

Me:

Oh, we will.