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Canada is launching a billboard offensive in its trade war with Uncle Sam, targeting highways in 12 red states with messages like “tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill.” “We are launching ads in the US to make sure all Americans know that tariffs are taxes on everything they buy,” Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly said on X. The Great White North is calling it an “education campaign.” “The purpose is to increase the understanding of the American public and to counter misinformation,” said John Babcock, spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, who put up the billboards in...

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New York City was the world’s epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, but five years and 46,000 deaths later a memorial to the victims and their caregivers is nowhere close to being realized. A City Council bill to study building a memorial on Hart Island — the Potter’s Field where thousands were buried during the peak of the pandemic – remains stalled a year after being introduced, and state legislation to fund memorials going up throughout the Empire State sits dormant in Senate and Assembly committees.

Former Biden White House adviser Susan Rice went on MSNBC to proclaim the Trump Administration's Signal group chat on the Houthi air strike "the biggest national security debacle that any national security advisor can remember. The pure laziness, malpractice, recklessness of the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA Director and others is bizarre." Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth questioned Rice's remarks, saying "I think most normal people would consider the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 the biggest national security debacle. Over 2,400 people were killed by a massive Japanese air...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas. (Gray News) - A Texas sheriff’s office is mourning the loss of four deputies who died by suicide in just six weeks, according to officials. On March 19, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced that a retiree had died “from an apparent suicide,” according to a post on Facebook. Gonzalez says that it marked “three for us within the span of a week.” “Our hearts are heavy,” he said. “We extend our deepest condolences to their families, colleagues, and friends. It’s a painful reminder that life is fragile and time is not promised. May they Rest in...

Mississippi is bringing back a “competitive” edge with Gov. Tate Reeves’ (R) signing of legislation to phase out the state income tax, and he discussed what this means for the state during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday. “So this is House Bill 1 that I signed into law on Thursday afternoon. And honestly, Matt, it’s really what I have called Mississippi’s one big, beautiful bill, and it is a bill that does a couple of different things,” Reeves began, explaining that it reduces the sales tax on groceries across the state and, over a period of time, eliminates the...

Early on the morning of Oct. 28, 1925, Kate heard gunshots in the direction of the pond on her land. It was not an unusual incident, as duck hunters often frequented the area near the pond, despite the “No Hunting” signs Kate had staked around the pond on posts. Kate’s common practice was to saddle her horse and pack her .22 rifle after the gunshots ceased, and ride to the pond to collect the dead fowl left behind by the hunters. This day was no different. After Kate saddled her horse and packed her rifle, Ernie, who was then 3,...

The naked short on the March silver contract is the HSBC "customer" account. I had posted about this situation a couple of days ago on X, pointing out that the OI was one of the highest ever at this point in the delivery cycle: https://x.com/DtDS_WSS/status/1904572463012282757 Over the last two days, that HSBC "customer" account has issued delivery notices on 417 contracts (2.1 million ounces) dropping the open interest as of this morning's open to 223 (1.1 million ounces). Last notice day is tomorrow (March 28) so they have delayed to the last moment… This isn't the first time HSBC was...

World Athletics announced it will begin mandatory gender testing for female athletes in order to protect the integrity of women's sports. The organization formerly known as the International Association of Athletics Federations revealed at a press conference that after a comprehensive review, it was ready to move forward with gender tests in order to ensure female athletes at their events are indeed female. World Athletics holds a plethora of annual events in track and field, covering sports like indoor/outdoor running, decathlons, and racewalking. 'The process is very straightforward.' World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said during the press conference that "over...

A Delta Airlines plane carrying 136 people nearly collided with a military jet Friday afternoon in a loss-of-separation incident outside the same DC airport where a mid-air collision took the lives of 67 people in January. Delta Airlines Flight 2983 departed its gate from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport at 2:55 p.m. local time and was cleared for takeoff to Minneapolis-St. Paul around 3:15 p.m As the commercial plane headed south over the Potomac River, a group of four Northrop T38 Talon jets traveled west toward Arlington National Cemetery for a flyover. The Airbus A319 and the military jet crossed...

Over a week ago, a video surfaced of a crazed white liberal woman on the New York subway completely melting down over a non-white Trump supporter wearing a MAGA hat. Advertisement The footage captured her aggressively harassing the young man, causing a scene, and branding him a racist for no reason other than his choice of headwear. And the best part? She ended up humiliating herself in the process when she chased after him off the subway and wound up face-planting on the platform. Well, that woman has been identified. According to a report from the New York Post, she...

Welcome to CECOT, the strictest and most secure prison in the world. The most dangerous gang members live here, both the MS13 "Mara Salvatrucha" and Barrio 18. They serve sentences ranging from 200 to 1,000 years; anyone who enters here will never get out. In 2015, El Salvador was the most dangerous country in the world. Today, thanks to CECOT, the Salvadoran people live in peace. We spent an entire night in Nayib Bukele's prison, where we saw how they shower and train, tasted their controversial food, and interviewed one of the inmates. VIDEO IS 50 MINUTES LONG

Illinois 9th District has only been represented by two people since 1965, and there hasn’t been a competitive primary since the race Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, the district’s current representative, won in November 1998. “I wouldn’t be born for another four months,” deadpans Kat Abughazaleh, the TikTok-famous political commentator now running to represent the district. Abughazaleh is transparent about the fact that she is not what anyone thinks of as shoo-in for Congress: a 26-year-old narcoleptic freelance social media creator who doesn’t live in the district and has only lived in the state for less than a year, challenging a...

MTV’s cancellation of the Europe Music Awards signifies a notable decline in music television, reflecting broader financial challenges at its parent company, Paramount. Once a cultural powerhouse, MTV has shifted from music videos to reality shows, resulting in a drastic drop in viewership. As platforms like YouTube and TikTok reshape music consumption, the industry is evolving, with music now often reduced to brief snippets, raising concerns about its depth and cultural significance. The Decline of MTV and the End of an Era Once hailed as the heartbeat of pop culture, MTV has recently announced the cancellation of its flagship event,...

SEATTLE, WA — In a beautiful, heartwarming call for universal peace, liberals took several stolen, burning Teslas and arranged them to spell out "Coexist." The fires burned for hours, sending massive plumes of smoke into the air, a signal to the world of the progressive desire for people of all backgrounds to live in harmony with each other. "These torched cars show how serious we are about tolerance," explained local liberal Geoffrey Wendt. "Every firebomb we throw is a call for us to love and accept our neighbors, regardless of their beliefs or background. Can you smell that burning gasoline?...

The price of eggs has taken a sharp plunge as Americans have watched the cost of the grocery staple shift downward since mid-February, Axios reported Friday. The drop in prices comes as the nation has been grappling with a bird flu outbreak that has affected egg prices and farmers, per Breitbart News. According to the Axios report, “The average wholesale price of a dozen eggs was $3 Friday, down 8% from $3.27 on March 21, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released Friday.”

Last month alone, district court judges issued 15 temporary restraining orders halting actions of the Trump administration. That’s more restraining orders than were issued during the first three years of the Biden administration. So far, district courts have blocked an extraordinary range of executive actions, ranging from the attempted repeal of birthright citizenship and a bid to end “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs to an effort to take down government web pages that discuss sex-change operations. * * * The effort to throw a judicial monkey wrench into every one of Trump’s administrative efforts has become a well-thought-out strategy on...

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President Donald Trump is pushing senior advisers to go bigger on tariff policy as they prepare for what the White House has called “Liberation Day,” the April 2 date he has set for a major escalation in his global trade war, four people familiar with the matter said.Although many of his allies on Wall Street and Capitol Hill have urged the White House to take a more conciliatory approach, Trump has continued to press for aggressive measures to fundamentally transform the U.S. economy, the people said.Trump’s advisers are in intensive deliberations about the exact scope of the import duties to...