President who famously doesn't drive pushes car rights.Bloomberg just reported that the Trump administration has been canceling grants that would have been used to make streets safer, add pedestrian trail and implement bike lanes across the country. All because cars are their top priority. One project in San Diego was canceled because it "appears to reduce lane capacity and a road diet that is hostile to motor vehicles," while a Fairfield, Alabama project was also called "hostile" to cars and "counter to DOT's priority of preserving or increasing roadway capacity for motor vehicles." Meanwhile, a project in Boston got canceled because improving safety might "impede vehicle capacity and speed."
These aren't new grants, either. The Trump administration is going after money that was awarded years ago — one Albuquerque grant was awarded back in 2022 — all with the goal of making sure no driver is ever slightly inconvenienced by local governments trying to keep them from killing people. Wonderful.
Read More: https://www.jalopnik.com/1975826/feds-back-off-on-pedestrian-safety-requirements/
And if you want to applaud, you applaud. And if you want to do anything you want, you can do anything you want. And if you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room.
Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future. But you just feel nice and loose, okay, because we’re all on the same team. And I was told that, sir, you won’t hear a murmur in the room.
And I told Pete we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military — National Guard, but military — because we’re going into Chicago very soon. That’s a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor.
"Pete Hegseth still has a lot to learn, I think, unfortunately. When I flew my combat missions, there was not a set male standard and a female standard for flying an aircraft onto the back of an aircraft carrier. You can either do it or you can't,"
Glad to see some other New Yorker readers here. I have subscribed for about 40 yrs.
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Well, this is frustrating.
We have an internal policy requiring all our development services staff to get their CIS-100 certification. If/when we activate the EOC, I want staff to at least understand what people are talking about when staff gets reassigned.
2 new people started this week and went to take the course yesterday only to find this:
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They shut down a fully automated class, with a fully automated test and registration program due to the shutdown.
I think there is some merit to the idea, but I know a lot of old men in their 70s who were diehard democrats before switching to the Republican party with Regan.I am reading a book on communication right now, and the author pointed out something about personal identity. He noted that the associations we belong to, the believes we have, the political parties we subscribe to, can become as much of our identity as how we look or the profession that we are in. He didn't dwell on the political party thing, but did expand on the idea that when we attack someone's beliefs, for many it is as if we are attacking them as a person.
That is when I realized a massive part of the problem. We (as a society) go beyond beliefs in policies and wholistically adhere to the entirety of a political platform or movement.
If you think about it for a moment, if you ask someone who aligns themselves with the Republican Party, specific characteristics and if they would support someone who is a narcissistic womanizer, they would say of course not. But the same could have been said about the Democrat Party during the Clinton Administration.
There are fundamental principals and policies from both parties that I think are essential for the future of this civilization. But unless we stop focusing on the party and start focusing on those principals, it won't get any better.
EDIT: Really? Come on....
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I think there is some merit to the idea, but I know a lot of old men in their 70s who were diehard democrats before switching to the Republican party with Regan.
I give it maybe 48 hours before one side or the other violates the ceasefire
While I think it is phenominal that there is a ceasefire, I really wonder why Trump is signing anything? We are not part of the conflict or part of the region. Brokering a peace agreement and actually being part of it are two very different things.
48? you are more optimistic than I am. You don't end a conflict that has been going on for over a thousand years that quickly.I give it maybe 48 hours before one side or the other violates the ceasefire
My daughter married into a local family that has been here since the Revolutionary War. They are what we call yellow dogs. Democrats always and forever.I think there is some merit to the idea, but I know a lot of old men in their 70s who were diehard democrats before switching to the Republican party with Regan.
The story goes from an Israeli negotiator that this deal has been in the works for over a year, and Israel slow-rolled because they suspected a change in administration (assuming Ben wanted to rock a little graft). Its a copycat of the situation with Carter vs. Reagan in Iran in 1981.
While I think it is phenominal that there is a ceasefire, I really wonder why Trump is signing anything? We are not part of the conflict or part of the region. Brokering a peace agreement and actually being part of it are two very different things.
Because the conflict had no end in sight. I'm hesitant to think this is the end. The conflict between Israel and the Arab world will never go away so the current situation may be over, but its not really over.The story goes from an Israeli negotiator that this deal has been in the works for over a year, and Israel slow-rolled because they suspected a change in administration (assuming Ben wanted to rock a little graft). Its a copycat of the situation with Carter vs. Reagan in Iran in 1981.
Now we get to listen to Trump brag about 20 living hostages released like he's the king of the damn world. Biden got 135 but no one will talk about that.
Fixed that for you. The Palestinians are the group whose generational extremist pipeline is consistently recharged by Israeli...over-reaction (to put it mildly).Because the conflict had no end in sight. I'm hesitant to think this is the end. The conflict between Israel and the [Palestinians] will never go away so the current situation may be over, but its not really over.
Fixed that for you. The Palestinians are the group whose generational extremist pipeline is consistently re-charged by the Israeli over-reaction (to put it mildly).
I would support, and definitely gamble like some kind of degenerate on, a WWE Royal Rumble style way of settling the generational conflict with 15 leaders from each. Both the Palestinians and Israelis have been plagued by some uniquely shitty leaders undermining peace for personal benefit/advantage.Fixed that for you. The Palestinians are the group whose generational extremist pipeline is consistently recharged by Israeli over-reaction (to put it mildly).
I would support, and definitely gamble like some kind of degenerate on, a WWE Royal Rumble style way of settling the generational conflict with 15 leaders from each. Both the Palestinians and Israelis have been plagued by some uniquely shitty leaders undermining peace for personal benefit/advantage.
Actually, I'd be pretty happy with that approach to most things involving government leadership. Give me my bread and circuses!
I accept your proposal.Would you want that at the White House, July 5, 2026, on the UFC mat that will be there?
I accept your proposal.
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“inappropriate, unacceptable, and inconsistent with the values we expect from our nation’s top public officials,”