April 29, 2025
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Carney wins Canadian election, while Conservative leader loses his seat in Parliament . . . Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party has won the federal election, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump's annexation threats and trade war. Carney's rival, populist Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, was voted out of his seat in Parliament, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projected Tuesday. Associated Press
Politics
Trump's approval rating dips as voters hammer him on the economy . . . President Donald Trump has seen a drop in his approval rating in Daily Mail polling for the first time as he reaches 100 days of his second administration, with voters worried about how tariffs will impact their wallets. The president's approval in the Daily Mail/J.L. Partners poll fell nine points from 54 percent on April 17 - when his popularity was at a record high - to 45 percent this week. The decline is universal with voters increasingly concerned by issues that were critical to Trump's victory over Kamala Harris in the presidential election: rising prices and the economy. Daily Mail
This is reflected in other polls as well. Trump is intentionally taking a hit, believing that tariffs will bring long-term gains. Note in the Money section below the new $1B investment by Merck. And BTW, please continue to ignore those who have said for years he cares only about himself and his personal popularity, and not the country.
Trump steams ahead on these campaign promises as he reaches 100 days in office. President Donald Trump is now at the finish line of his first 100 days of his second term in the White House, as of Tuesday. Key tenants of Trump's first 100 days include imposing harsh tariffs on Chinese imports, starting and continuing peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, unveiling plans to dismantle organizations like the Education Department and cracking down on border security amid a mass deportation initiative. Fox News
In First 100 Days, NASA Moves Toward Trump's Goal of US Flag on Mars . . . During the Trump administration's first 100 days, NASA has made significant moves toward planting an American flag on Mars and getting a man back on the moon. In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said America "will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars." Daily Signal
MAHA In 100 Days: How Trump And RFK Are Transforming Food And Healthcare In America
Trump's next 100 days: Trade deals, foreign policy and reconciliation
House Democrat Shri Thanedar Introduces Impeachment Articles Against Trump . . . Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) has reportedly introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump — who has a clear mandate from American voters to enact his agenda — accusing him of obstruction of justice, abuse of trade powers, and tyranny, among other items. Thanedar took to X on Monday to announce he has officially filed a resolution to impeach President Trump. Breitbart
Here we go . . .
Michelle Obama Fears Trump Deportation Policy: Not Enough Advocates; 'It Keeps Me Up at Night' . . . "In this current climate, for me it's, you know, what's happening to immigrants," the former first lady replied, explaining that she is no longer fearful for herself — due to her celebrity status — but is instead fearful for illegal immigrants."I drive around in a four-car motorcade with a police escort. I'm Michelle Obama. Breitbart
A four-car motorcade? Eight years after being not the president, but the first lady? Does she need an Abrams tank and a Blackhawk helicopter too?
House OKs Anti-'Revenge Porn' Bill Backed by Melania Trump . . . The House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill against "revenge porn" by a 409-2 vote, in a showing of bipartisan support for legislation backed by first lady Melania Trump. Revenge porn is the malicious distribution of sexual images of a victim. The Take It Down Act would impose legal penalties for creating deepfake artificial intelligence-created pornography using a victim's image and "require social media and other websites to remove such images within 48 hours of receiving notice from the victim." Daily Signal
Culture
University of Pennsylvania violated Title IX with trans swimmer: Department of Education . . . The University of Pennsylvania has violated Title IX by allowing a transgender swimmer to compete, according to the Education Department. The department's Office for Civil Rights informed Penn's president that the Ivy League school's "policies and practices violated Title IX by denying women equal opportunities by permitting males to compete in women's intercollegiate athletics and to occupy women-only intimate facilities," according to the department's announcement on the matter. Just the News
It also violated common sense, but that went out the window among the Left long ago.
Trump Admin Launches Probe Into Harvard Law Review Over Treatment Of White Contributors . . . The Trump administration's war with Harvard University continued on Monday as the Education Department and the Department of Health and Human Services launched a probe into the university's law journal over its treatment of white contributors. The investigation will focus on reports of the Harvard Law Review evaluating journal membership and article publication on the basis of race as opposed to merit. Daily Wire
Colorado House Minority Leader Warns Transgender Custody Bill Is 'Huge Violation of Parental Rights' . . . The minority leader of the Colorado House of Representatives warned that a bill making its way in the Colorado Senate represents a "huge violation of parental rights." The state Senate will hear testimony about House Bill 1312, which would remove kids from parents' custody for behaviors like "misgendering" and "deadnaming," on Wednesday. The bill passed the state House earlier this month 36-20, with nine members absent, in a largely party-line vote. Daily Signal
Prosecutors in Minnesota's Largest County Must Now Consider 'Racial Identity' in Plea Deals . . . Prosecutors in Minnesota's largest county are now required to take a criminal defendant's race into account when negotiating plea deals, following a new directive from Hennepin county attorney Mary Moriarty (D.). "While racial identity and age are not appropriate grounds for departures [from the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines], proposed resolutions should consider the person charged as a whole person, including their racial identity and age," Moriarty's directive reads. Washington Free Beacon
National Security
Trump's tariff war with Beijing is part of a multiprong strategy to secure America from a much broader threat . . . President Donald Trump is in an all-out trade war with China. Predictably, pundits, experts of all stripes and assorted members of the Washington commentariat are viciously attacking the president, predicting global economic Armageddon. What they don't understand is that the tariff war is part of Trump's sophisticated multipronged strategy aimed at reducing a much bigger threat that China poses to America. Trump is fighting a non-kinetic war with Beijing to avoid a kinetic one, which would surely be catastrophic for both the U.S. and China. Rebekah Koffler for Fox News
International
Smiling tourist ziplines over valley unaware of Kashmir terror atrocity unfolding below that left 26 dead . . . Shocking video footage captured the moment a tourist zip-lined over a terror attack in India, completely oblivious to the carnage unfolding below that has raised fears of a war between two nuclear-armed powers. Rishi Bhatt can be seen soaring over the scene of a mass shooting which killed 26 people in the Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam, a resort town in the Indian administered part of Kashmir, on April 22. The holidaymaker was beaming in the sensational footage as he flew above the idyllic hills of Jammu and Kashmir where children were joyfully bouncing on trampolines alongside groups of holidaymakers. Daily Mail
Money
Merck to Spend $1 Billion on New Factory to Make U.S. Supplies of Blockbuster Drug . . . Merck & Co. will grow its U.S. manufacturing footprint with a $1 billion plant in Delaware, becoming the latest drugmaker to invest in the U.S. as tariffs targeting the industry loom. "It is really a strategy to make sure we can source the U.S. needs from U.S. sites," Merck Chief Executive Rob Davis said in an interview. "As you look at what the current administration is doing and what President Trump is trying to achieve, this is very much aligned with that." Wall Street Journal
Retail Giants Manage to Keep a Lid on Prices but Warn It Can't Last . . . To keep prices low on phone chargers, towels and blenders in the face of rising tariffs, America's largest retailers are trying everything. They are pressuring their suppliers to absorb cost increases and dropping free perks from corporate offices. They have paused some shipments of goods from China and are leaning on inventory that has already been imported to the U.S. So far, most prices have held steady overall. Wall Street Journal
You should Also Know . . .
Common chemicals in plastic linked to over 350,000 deaths from heart disease . . . A set of chemicals found in food packaging, plastics, and lotions and shampoos has been linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths from heart disease, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal eBioMedicine. These chemicals, known as phthalates, were responsible for more than 350,000 deaths worldwide in 2018, researchers found. About 75 percent of the deaths were in Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific — reflecting growing concern about the amount of plastic proliferating in developing countries. Washington Post
Hurts among Eagles players to skip White House visit . . . Jalen Hurts and several Philadelphia Eagles team-mates players skipped a reception with US President Donald Trump at the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl victory. Star quarterback Hurts, 26, and other players had "scheduling conflicts", a White House official said. The invitation was optional for players to attend, and less than half the team showed up on Monday. BBC
Next year, go Chiefs.
Guilty Pleasures
Town Introduces Wavy Traffic Lines to Slow Down Motorists . . . Authorities in Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania, have introduced wavy lane patterns on some streets in an effort to slow down traffic in the area. Driving along Gray Lane in Montgomery Township for the first time must be quite the trip, both literally and figuratively. That's because the regular lane patterns have been replaced by wavy, zig-zag lines that look like they were painted by a drunk. Oddity Central
The latest Nanny State innovation.
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