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Can This Georgia Factory Survive DOGE? Can This Georgia Factory Survive DOGE? “The U.S. government hasn’t actually paid us since the end of December. We have about $12 million that we’ve delivered. We wonder if that’s — is the U.S. government still good? Is their word still good?” Just weeks after he took office, President Trump took aim at U.S.A.I.D. “The whole thing is a fraud. Very little, very little being put to good use.” But his mission to cut foreign aid spending could cost thousands of jobs at home. “Here we have sugar coming out of Florida, sometimes from Tennessee. We have peanuts from Georgia, obviously. We have canola oil from North Dakota. We have milk powder from Texas right now.” This factory in Fitzgerald, Ga., makes peanut paste, which goes around the world to save the lives of starving children. “Kids who are literally starving, severely, acutely malnourished. 1.2 million kids a year.” Only two U.S. companies make it, and MANA Nutrition is one of them. Now, their nonprofit business, and the 112 jobs it provides here in Fitzgerald, are at risk. For more than a decade, the operation relied heavily on U.S.A.I.D. funding. “So last year, 90 percent of our funding came from U.S.A.I.D.” It’s unclear just how much money DOGE has saved from the federal budget. But in this very Republican county, workers could pay the price. “I was born here in Fitzgerald, raised here all my life. I was just looking for more money, better pay. But when I got here and found out what we do — the mission is to feed the kids. This place here is needed.” In the early 2000s, Fitzgerald lost a large car battery manufacturer and railroad jobs, and was reeling economically. “Really kind of got punched in the mouth. Unemployment went from probably 4 percent to about 15, 16 percent.” Then in 2011, MANA opened its first factory here. Two years ago, they announced plans to quadruple production. “We hoped to become the hunger solution capital of the world.” “This is not about getting rid of foreign aid. There are things that we do through U.S.A.I.D. that we should continue to do.” But in late February, Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled a third of MANA’s contracts, saying they weren’t in the national interest. A week later, they were reinstated. The back-and-forth has left shipments stranded and MANA’s business partners on edge. “There’s still a lot of uncertainty. We’ve received a lot of calls. Peanut shellers, suppliers saying, ‘Are you still in business? Are you good for these contracts?’ Talking to our banks, ‘Is our line of credit still good to us if our one customer isn’t paying?’” It’s still unclear what the long-term effects might be for this community. “Well, even some of our employees, they voted with this administration. You can tell who did vote that way because they can’t hold it in now. They’re worried.” “I can’t help but think the president has a strategy, and we feel like we’re going to be taken care of. I surely hope so.” “My hope is that the administration will have the moral imagination to preserve the interests and the budget of the American people, but also continue to feed the world’s poorest.” “Are we worried? Somewhat. But we’re praying.” Source link #Georgia #Factory #Survive #DOGE Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘The White Lotus’ Friendship Triangle Resonates With Viewers ‘The White Lotus’ Friendship Triangle Resonates With Viewers As Desiree Frederickson, 40, started watching the third season of “The White Lotus,” the show quickly became personal for her. “I was immediately triggered,” she said. The HBO series follows guests and employees around the White Lotus, a fictional resort chain, with this season set in Koh Samui, an island in Thailand. Among the gaggle of affluent guests are three women in their late 40s who have been friends since elementary school but now live different lives. Jaclyn is a Los Angeles-based actress (played by Michelle Monaghan); Laurie is a divorced lawyer in New York City (Carrie *****); and Kate is a Texas housewife (Leslie Bibb). (Warning: Spoilers ahead.) To one another’s faces, they are supportive and complimentary. Behind one another’s backs, they are petty, gossipy and competitive. In varying combinations, two of them pair off to talk about the third, which is a dynamic resonating with viewers across the country. “I have been in this exact scenario so many times over the course of my life,” said Ms. Frederickson, who lives in Fontana, Calif. “I’ve been in groups of threes, and I feel like sometimes I am closer to one person over another. Or I have been the person in the middle who they talk about, and I find out later.” In the last year, she has had to navigate the complexities of friendship triangles. Ten months ago, when she had a baby, one friend was angry that another got to see the baby over FaceTime first. She is also trying to make amends with a friend who feels left out because Ms. Frederickson and their other friend hang out more. “Let’s just say this show is validating,” she added, laughing. Lisa Morse, a clinical psychologist in Manhattan, said that “in our society, so much about friendship is so sanitized. You see people’s Instagrams, and they are all on these girls’ trips and everybody looks happy, and it’s so flawless.” However, she added, “there is something about this threesome in ‘The White Lotus’ that presents something real about female friendships. There is tension between them and imbalances, and I think their interactions and dynamics are something almost every woman can relate to.” Of course, the three-way dynamic is a staple of reality television. On the Bravo show “Southern Charm,” best friends (or are they?) Shep Rose, Austen Kroll and Craig Conover frequently talk behind one another’s backs. On “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” we watch the close friendship of Tamra Judge, Vicki Gunvalson and Shannon Beador — who call themselves the “tres amigas” — disintegrate after they gossip and talk cruelly about one another out of earshot. Dr. Morse said there are benefits to friendship triangles. “When there are three people, there is more of everything,” she said. “There is more fun, there is more energy, there is more support, there is more variety, and there is the benefit of feeling like you are part of a group.” “If one person isn’t meeting your needs, you get it from another person,” she continued. “There is a variety of opinions, so it can be more interesting.” But, she added, three can also be tricky. “There is more drama, there are more power shifts, there is competition,” she said. “There is this idea of being the third wheel.” One scene from “The White Lotus” that really resonated with Emmeline, a 33-year-old florist in New York City who asked that her last name not be used for privacy, was when Laurie excused herself to go to bed in the first episode and then cried when her friends continued to hang out without her. “I am someone who can have their social battery run out at a certain point and then need to retreat to their room,” she said. “But then ultimately, much like that one character, you do feel left out — almost irrationally. I’ve done the exasperated fake cry many times.” Some viewers are using the show as an impetus to make healthier friendship choices. “I am cutting the ****,” said Stuart Brazell, 43, an entertainment reporter and content creator who lives in Los Angeles. She posted a video on TikTok about her feelings and was overwhelmed by commenters saying they, too, were trying to leave friendships that left them feeling bad. “It benefits us all to see these types of relationships onscreen,” she said, “because maybe it benefits us to get the hell out of these relationships.” Emmeline has also experienced the pain of being talked about behind her back. She still remembers a weekend trip she took with one friend where she thought they had “an absolute blast,” only to learn that the friend felt otherwise. “On the flight back from the trip, I was feeling great, and I see that Friend B texted Friend A, ‘How was the weekend?’ and Friend A responded, ‘Well I didn’t kill her.’ It really hurt my feelings at the time.” “It was the beginning to the end of my friendship within the trio anyway,” she said. “Trios are tough.” Source link #White #Lotus #Friendship #Triangle #Resonates #Viewers Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Katanning Cub and Joey Scouts clear 220kg of rubbish from Reserve 6861 for Clean Up Australia Day Katanning Cub and Joey Scouts clear 220kg of rubbish from Reserve 6861 for Clean Up Australia Day A Katanning reserve was cleared of 220kg of rubbish, dumped nearly 50 years ago, as part of the Clean Up Australia Day event organised by a local volunteer scout group. Source link #Katanning #Cub #Joey #Scouts #clear #220kg #rubbish #Reserve #Clean #Australia #Day Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The Populist vs. the Billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the Battle Within MAGA The Populist vs. the Billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the Battle Within MAGA After word leaked out about a clash at the White House where members of President Trump’s cabinet challenged the authority of Elon Musk to reshape their departments, one of the president’s top allies, Stephen K. Bannon, quickly piled on. Mr. Bannon, who has characterized Mr. Musk as an interloper, a “parasitic ******** immigrant” and a “truly evil person,” suggested the world’s richest man was weighing Mr. Trump down. “I don’t want to say an anchor or lodestone,” Mr. Bannon said on Friday of Mr. Musk on his show “War Room,” which is watched closely by a number of Trump allies, as well as the president himself. “It’s not that yet, but it’s trending — that is starting to affect everybody.” The longstanding animus between Mr. Bannon and Mr. Musk encapsulates a key tension at the heart of Mr. Trump’s Make America Great Again movement. It pits those like Mr. Bannon, who want Mr. Trump to carry out a more fully populist agenda, against ultrawealthy interests, epitomized by Mr. Musk, who occupy key positions in the president’s orbit. Mr. Trump has made clear he wants to keep both men and their allies within his movement, but Mr. Bannon’s vocal disdain for Mr. Musk has been noticed by the president. In mid-February, the president told Mr. Bannon that he wanted him to lay off the attacks on Mr. Musk and for the two men to sit down privately, according to two people familiar with the comments. That meeting has not happened yet, and it is not clear when or if it will. But Mr. Trump’s effort to mediate between the two men, which has not been previously reported, reflects the president’s awareness that Mr. Bannon has a powerful megaphone with key parts of the MAGA base. Mr. Bannon has been preaching about populism since the Tea Party wave slowly started to remake the Republican Party in 2010. He and his acolytes see Mr. Musk as an opportunist with no ideological stake in the MAGA movement who only wants to advance his own interests. But Mr. Bannon’s vision for the movement also has its fair share of critics for its alignment with right-wing nationalism, which he has labeled a “badge of honor.” “Let them call you racists,” Mr. Bannon told a far-right gathering in France in 2018. “Let them call you xenophobes. Let them call you nativists.” Mr. Musk, who was a Trump critic for years before becoming one of his biggest benefactors, has seemingly given little thought to the MAGA movement and its future. Mr. Musk has been privately irritated by Mr. Bannon’s attacks at times, according to people in touch with him. But he has only rarely engaged with Mr. Bannon. “Bannon is a great talker, but not a great doer,” Mr. Musk posted on X, his social media platform, last month. “What did he get done this week? Nothing.” In a statement, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said: “We do not comment on private conversations that may or may not have occurred. President Trump is thrilled with DOGE’s historic work under Elon Musk, and he will continue to cut the waste, fraud, and abuse in our federal government on behalf of the American people.” A spokeswoman for Mr. Musk did not respond to a request for comment. Mr. Bannon’s attacks appear to be as much about attention as anything, although his allies say he is fighting for what he views as the soul of the MAGA movement. His supporters are quick to mention him as a potential candidate for president in 2028, noting that he finished in second place in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s 2028 Republican primary straw poll last month, though far behind Vice President JD Vance. “Steve is looking down the pipe,” said Raheem Kassam, a close Bannon ally and the editor in chief of The National Pulse, a right-wing news site. “He’s looking into the future, and he’s saying, ‘Oh no, there’s an atheistic, amoral, C.C.P.-aligned, unaccountable foreigner that’s going to be the head of the MAGA movement at some point,’” Mr. Kassam said, referring to the ******** ********** Party, “and I think he’s right to express the concerns in the way he’s doing it.” For now, though, the MAGA movement is personality-driven, devoted primarily to whatever Mr. Trump wants it to be regardless of the inherent contradictions. As he has taken control of the Republican Party over the last decade, Mr. Trump has led the quasi-populist movement by knitting together a wide range of factions and ideas, many of which conflict with each other. Mr. Bannon served as chief strategist during Mr. Trump’s first term before an acrimonious split in 2017, but he was among the people most devoted to the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Mr. Trump. Because of that, Mr. Bannon has credibility with some of the supporters Mr. Trump needs to be successful, and with Mr. Trump himself. Mr. Bannon also has clear ideological disagreements with Mr. Musk, particularly over immigration. Mr. Bannon vigorously disagrees with Mr. Musk’s support for H-1B visas, which allow high-skilled individuals to work in America. Mr. Bannon has also warned that billionaires like Mr. Musk and other tech executives — many of whom supported Democrats before backing Mr. Trump — will abandon the MAGA movement. “Bannon has been a dyed-in-the-wool conservative for his entire life, and he believes very strongly in these core values,” said Barry Bennett, a Republican strategist who worked on Mr. Trump’s first presidential campaign with Mr. Bannon. “He is always naturally suspicious of people who pop up and don’t have the pedigree that he has.” Mr. Musk in some ways came out of left field as a die-hard supporter of Mr. Trump. Throughout Mr. Trump’s first term, Mr. Musk had a lengthy list of critiques. He privately disparaged Mr. Trump’s tariff policies, his obsession with coal mines instead of gigafactories and his hard-line stances on immigration. More broadly, Mr. Musk railed against those who he believed had become tribal in their politics, according to people familiar with his comments. In 2023, Mr. Musk signaled he would support the presidential campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida before changing his mind as Mr. DeSantis’s campaign struggled out of the gate. Last month, Mr. Musk posted on social media that he loves Mr. Trump “as much as a straight man can love another man.” Among the MAGA faithful, both men have deep fan bases. Mr. Bannon is one of the movement’s original content creators, dating back to his days overseeing Breitbart News and now through “The War Room.” Mr. Musk, meanwhile, has endeared himself to the movement through his transformation of X, formerly known as Twitter, into a hub of conservative activity. “Musk is the volume button,” Mr. Bennett said. “You can say things now on Twitter and you can reach millions and millions of people where 10 years ago you would reach tens of thousands. He has made that available to us. There are a lot of people who are in the right of center movement who are very reliant on the medium to distribute their content. They are very grateful to him for allowing that to happen.” The admiration for both men was on full display last month at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, where Mr. Musk and Mr. Bannon each received a rapturous reception. “They’re both very popular in the conservative movement,” said Mercedes Schlapp, who was Mr. Trump’s White House director of strategic communications during his first term and is married to Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the conference. “They were both warmly received at CPAC, where they put their differences aside and really addressed the president’s achievement.” Mr. Musk made an unexpected appearance at the conference, brandishing a chain saw and sporting a ****** MAGA hat instead of the trademark red. (He described himself as “dark, gothic MAGA.”) In his CPAC interview, Mr. Musk acknowledged that he used to be “politically neutral” but leaned Democrat. He said he had switched to supporting Trump “when I realized I was a fool,” citing cancel culture and efforts to infringe on personal freedoms. Mr. Bannon spoke directly after Mr. Musk, but he shied away from any direct confrontation. Instead, Mr. Bannon praised Mr. Musk as “Superman.” He also pointedly noted that history books “ain’t gonna remember me or Elon Musk or Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity.” “They’re gonna remember two things, Donald Trump and MAGA, OK?” he said. In an interview with The New York Times last month, Mr. Bannon said there were fundamental differences between him and Mr. Musk. “He’s still not a populist nationalist, he’s a globalist,” Mr. Bannon said of the tech billionaire. “He and I have a chasm that is probably insurmountable.” As for Mr. Musk, his future intentions regarding politics are unclear. But one thing is not: Having been born in South Africa, he is ineligible to run for president — a fact Mr. Trump has noted publicly. Source link #Populist #Billionaire #Bannon #Musk #Battle #MAGA Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Book Review: ‘The Tokyo Suite,’ by Giovana Madalosso Book Review: ‘The Tokyo Suite,’ by Giovana Madalosso THE TOKYO SUITE, by Giovana Madalosso; translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato Humanity is hurtling into outer space, creating new states of matter and developing ever-creepier forms of artificial intelligence — one of which I consulted to help compose this sentence — and yet still hasn’t solved child care. “The Tokyo Suite,” the first novel by the Brazilian writer Giovana Madalosso to be translated into English, confronts this big problem in a tense, taut not-even-200 pages. The narrative toggles between the perspective of a live-in nanny, Maju, who has kidnapped her 4-year-old charge, Cora, and that of the girl’s distracted mother, Fernanda, the newly promoted executive producer at a TV channel. They are the same age, 44, and each evokes horror and sympathy in equal measure. No one in the book is going anywhere near Japan; the action ranges from São Paulo to the Amazon. The Tokyo suite is a grand nickname Fernanda has given to the room she’s renovated and stocked with a mini-fridge and TV for the nanny, “so I could feel less colonial in my role as her boss.” Maju adds romance novels, hoarded chopsticks and the family’s artificial tree. It’s like a modern, grown-up version of the garret in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “A Little Princess” — or a smartly decorated prison cell. Their own mothers are unavailable, and the men in their lives recessive and disappointing. Fernanda is married to Cacá, who spends his days at home fussing at terrariums with tweezers, and is the one to remember the name of Cora’s stuffed sheep, monitor the lice situation at school and get forms notarized. “He was born to care for things, whatever they were,” thinks his high-flying, **********-smoking, irritably boweled wife, who hired Maju but doesn’t even know her full name. Naturally, their intimate relations have suffered (the marital fiction of the 2020s seems terminally clouded by ennui), and Fernanda has found herself in a hot affair, both ******* and emotional, with Yara, a female director of nature documentaries. They imitate the mating practices of bonobo apes and muse on the beauty and cruelty of alligators and other animal species, including, of course, humans. Reluctantly entering the third circle of hell, a.k.a. a children’s birthday party, Fernanda notes how “undermining other mothers helps lessen the constant feeling that we’re doing a terrible job” — then checks for texts from her new paramour. In matters of love as well as money, Maju has been far less fortunate. Her ********** was taken violently at 17 by a janitor, “all fours” here losing all of the privileged, playful inflection that Miranda July gave the phrase last year. She develops a loving relationship with a cabdriver named Lauro, but he abandons her after she takes the 24-7 job with Fernanda, who only allows monthly “conjugal visits,” with the promise of a better financial future for their baby, should they have one. It’s a terrible deal, with one twisted compensation: Maju develops a close, quasi-maternal bond with Cora, whom she calls her “Chickadee” and — once they’ve hit the road via double-decker bus — instructs to choose a new name for her impending new life, Ana. Stuck in a love motel with porn on the TV instead of cartoons, she devises games that make the little girl howl with laughter. “I passed by her like a cumulonimbus,” Fernanda tells Cacá regretfully when they’ve realized, all too late, that their daughter and her caretaker are missing (the rise of location tracking, a calming aid or massive invasion of privacy depending on whom you consult, is largely elided in the book). “I only gave birth to Cora. To be a mother, you need to adopt the child after birth.” Their fleeting time together has been frittered away at inappropriate locales like a bikini wax center. “It’ll be OK, mom,” the little one reassures her — parentifying, as it’s now called. During an ayahuasca trip, unaware of Cora’s disappearance, out of cellphone range and “beyond the reach of Starbucks,” she imagines her child in an Alice in Wonderlandish situation, grown to 10 times her size and trying to open a tiny door. I’d been trying mightily to watch the third season of “The White Lotus” and gotten impatient with its fetishization of leisure, the hooting monkeys and poolside high jinks. Checking into “The Tokyo Suite” scratched some of the same itch for stories of class struggle. Sharp and smoky, to be inhaled rather than binged, it’s a novel for the working woman, in every sense of that redundant phrase. THE TOKYO SUITE | By Giovana Madalosso | Translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato | Europa | 196 pp. | Paperback, $17 Source link #Book #Review #Tokyo #Suite #Giovana #Madalosso Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

France, Germany, Italy and *** back Arab plan for Gaza reconstruction France, Germany, Italy and *** back Arab plan for Gaza reconstruction ROME (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Britain said on Saturday they supported an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $53 billion and avoid displacing Palestinians from the enclave. “The plan shows a realistic path to the reconstruction of Gaza and promises – if implemented – swift and sustainable improvement of the catastrophic living conditions for the Palestinians living in Gaza,” the ministers said in a joint statement. The plan, which was drawn up by Egypt and adopted by Arab leaders on Tuesday, has been rejected by Israel and by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has presented his own vision to turn the Gaza Strip into a “Middle East Riviera”. Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inbox See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. The Egyptian proposal envisages the creation of an administrative committee of independent, professional ************ technocrats entrusted with the governance of Gaza after the end of the war in Gaza between Israel and the ************ militant group ******. The committee would be responsible for the oversight of humanitarian aid and managing the Strip’s affairs for a temporary ******* under the supervision of the ************ Authority. The statement issued by the four European countries on Saturday said they were “committed to working with the Arab initiative,” and they appreciated the “important signal” the Arab states had sent by developing it. The statement said ****** “must neither govern Gaza nor be a threat to Israel any more” and that the four countries “support the central role for the ************ Authority and the implementation of its reform agenda.” (Reporting by Angelo Amante, writing by Gavin Jones; Editing by Sharon Singleton and Timothy Heritage) Source link #France #Germany #Italy #Arab #plan #Gaza #reconstruction Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Undocumented Workers, Fearing Deportation, Are Staying Home Undocumented Workers, Fearing Deportation, Are Staying Home The railroad tracks that slice through downtown Freehold, N.J., used to be lined by dozens of men, waiting for work. Each morning, the men — day laborers, almost all from Latin America and undocumented — would be scooped up by local contractors in pickup trucks for jobs painting, landscaping, removing debris. In recent weeks, the tracks have been desolate. On a gray February morning, a laborer named Mario, who came from Mexico two decades ago, said it was the quietest he could remember. “Because of the president, we have a fear,” said Mario, 55, who agreed to be interviewed on the condition that only his first name would be used because he is undocumented. His two sons are also in the United States illegally; one works in paving, the other in home construction. “We are in difficult times,” he said. This scene has been playing out on the streets of Freehold, on the farms of California’s Central Valley, in nursing homes in Arizona, in Georgia poultry plants and in Chicago restaurants. President Trump has broadcast plans for a “mass deportation,” and the opening weeks of his second term have brought immigration enforcement operations in cities across the United States, providing a daily drumbeat of arrests that, while so far relatively limited, are quickly noted in group chats among migrants. Fear has gripped America’s undocumented workers. Many are staying home. The impact is being felt not only in immigrant homes and communities, but also in the industries that rely on immigrants as a source of willing and inexpensive labor, including residential construction, agriculture, senior care and hospitality. American consumers will soon feel the pain. “Businesses across industries know what comes next when their work force disappears — restaurants, coffee shops and grocery stores struggling to stay open, food prices soaring, and everyday Americans demanding action,” said Rebecca Shi, chief executive of the American Business Immigration Coalition. An estimated 20 percent of the U.S. labor force is foreign born, and millions of immigrant workers lack legal immigration status. Hundreds of thousands more have been shielded from deportation and have work permits under a program called temporary protected status, offered to nationals of countries in upheaval, which has enabled corporate giants like Amazon and large commercial builders to hire them. But Mr. Trump has already announced that he will phase out the program, starting with Venezuelan and Haitian beneficiaries. Refugees from around the globe, who have settled in the United States after fleeing persecution, have supplied a steady pipeline of low-skilled labor for poultry plants, warehouses and manufacturing. But that pipeline could dry up since Mr. Trump shut down the U.S. refugee program. Last month, a federal judge restored it temporarily while a lawsuit is pending, but the program remains at a standstill and no refugees are arriving. The White House did not respond to questions about the strategy of deportations and how the Trump administration envisions filling the gaps left behind by the immigrant work force. Leaders of industries that are the most exposed warn that the impact will be widespread, with far-reaching consequences for consumers and employers. Kezia Scales, vice president at PHI, a national research and advocacy organization focused on long-term care for older adults and people with disabilities, said her industry was already facing a “recruitment crisis.” “If immigrants are prevented from entering this work force or are forced to leave the country by restrictive immigration policies and rhetoric,” she said, “we will face systems collapse and catastrophic consequences for millions of people who rely on these workers.” Warning of Higher Costs In construction, up to 19 percent of all workers are undocumented, according to independent estimates — and the share is higher in many states. Their contribution is even more pronounced in residential construction, where industry leaders have warned of an acute labor shortage. “Any removals of construction workers is going to exacerbate that problem,” said Nik Theodore, a professor of urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois Chicago. “Inevitably, it will slow the work, which leads to cost increases, because of the production delays.” This would have a profound impact on the construction industry and everybody involved, from developers to private homeowners, Mr. Theodore said. In commercial construction, a tightening labor market would raise costs because of upward pressure on wages, said Zack ******, an economist with Associated Builders and Contractors, a national construction trade association. The group’s chief executive, Michael D. Bellaman, said he welcomed many aspects of what he deemed Mr. Trump’s “deregulation, pro-growth agenda.” But he and others in the industry also called for an overhaul of the immigration system, including by expanding work visas. Commercial building relies on many workers with temporary protected status, Mr. Bellaman said; some have been in the industry for decades. The mayor of Houston, John Whitmire, said people who think his city and the country can thrive without the labor of undocumented immigrants “don’t live in the real world.” “You know who’s paving our roads and building our houses,” said Mr. Whitmire, a Democrat. Challenges in Elder Care The senior care industry faces a similar challenge: growing demand for workers, and not enough native-born Americans to do the work. Those jobs have increasingly been filled by immigrants with varying legal statuses. Adam Lampert has spent 15 years in the industry in Texas, mainly managing care for the parents of baby boomers. The business is thriving — and a silver tsunami is on the horizon, he warns: The number of adults 65 or older in the United States totaled 60 million in 2022, and is projected to exceed 80 million by 2050. “Baby boomers are yet to wash through the system, and they will be a full new generation we will have to address,” said Mr. Lampert, the chief executive of Manchester Care Homes and Cambridge Caregivers, based in Dallas. Some 80 percent of his caregivers are foreign born. “We don’t go out looking for people who are immigrants,” he said. “We go out hiring people who answer the call — and they are all immigrants.” Everyone he hires has permission to lawfully work in the United States, he said, but if the mass deportations promised by Mr. Trump materialize, recruitment will become tougher in an industry already struggling with it. There are five million people working directly with clients in what is considered the formal senior care industry, made up of those who can legally hold jobs in the United States. In New York, two-thirds of those working in homes are foreign-born, as are nearly half in California and Maryland. Countless others take part in the vast gray market, potentially worth billions of dollars, employed by families who hire in-home aides, many of them undocumented, by word of mouth or online. The caregivers in private homes support seniors with essential activities of daily life, helping them eat, dress, bathe and use the toilet. They ******* them to doctors’ appointments and manage their medications. It is low-skill, low-pay work, but requires a certain temperament, physical strength and patience. If tens of thousands of undocumented caregivers were deported, there would be more competition for fewer caregivers, experts say. The cost of in-home care would climb. Often green card holders and U.S. citizens have undocumented family members, and these mixed-status families have been under strain as immigration crackdowns have intensified. Molly Johnson, general manager of FirstLight Home Care, a licensed agency in California, has rapidly expanded her roster of caregivers to meet galloping demand since starting the business five years ago. All her workers have passed background checks, she said, and are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. But recently, one of the standout caregivers, a native-born American, suddenly quit because her mother was detained by immigration agents. The person she cared for was distraught. “Unfortunately, we are going to be seeing more of this trickle-down effect,” Ms. Johnson said. “If it’s not our caregiver, it’s their loved one impacted by enforcement actions.” A Test for Growers During the Covid-19 pandemic, the immigrant men and women employed at Deardorff Family Farms in Oxnard, Calif. — and across the country, in vast fields and food processing plants — were anointed “essential workers” by the government. Like other growers, Tom Deardorff, who runs the vegetable farm, printed cards for his workers to show law enforcement officers, in case they were stopped on their way to the fields, declaring that the Department of Homeland Security considered them “critical to the food supply chain.” Their immigration status was not of concern. “These people have come into our country to do this work,” said Mr. Deardorff, a fourth-generation grower. “We owe them not just ‘thank you.’ We owe them the common decency and dignity to not be threatened by government draconian penalties.” Now, with Mr. Trump in the White House, many immigrants who harvest strawberries, vegetables and citrus in this agriculture-rich stretch of Southern California face possible detention and deportation. The U.S. farming sector has suffered a labor shortage for decades. Immigrants, mainly from Mexico and Central America, have filled the void: Farmers say they cannot find American-born laborers to do the strenuous work. More than 40 percent of the nation’s crop workers are immigrants without legal status, according to estimates by the Department of Agriculture, yet many have lived in the United States for decades. “The argument that some have made, from time immemorial, is that people will do these jobs if all the immigrants leave,” said Janice Fine, a professor of labor studies and employment relations at Rutgers University. “But there is no guarantee that employers will raise wages or improve working conditions.” She said there had been a “misunderstanding of the labor market.” The reason American citizens aren’t in the agriculture sector — or elder care, or residential construction — isn’t solely about money, she said. These jobs, she said, “are low-wage, low-status, high-exploitation unless workers organize unions.” A three-day crackdown in California’s Central Valley in January, before Mr. Trump took office, showed the potential effects of large-scale enforcement in farming areas. Absenteeism soared after Border Patrol agents conducted sweeps in Bakersfield. They stopped and arrested people at a Home Depot, at gas stations and along a heavily trafficked route to farms, according to the Nisei Farmers League, a grower association. Some 30 to 40 percent of workers failed to report to the fields in the days that followed, according to the league, which represents about 500 growers and packers. Gregory K. Bovino, a Border Patrol chief in Southern California, called the operation an “overwhelming success” that resulted in the arrests of 78 people in the country illegally, including some with “serious criminal histories.” Farmworker advocates said many others without criminal records had been rounded up, too. Bracing for More Raids Migrants and advocacy organizations are bracing for more raids. In Princeton, N.J., one rainy February evening, around a dozen day laborers gathered for a meeting with Resistencia en Acción, a New Jersey group focused on immigrant workers, part of a sprawling organization called the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. The workers had different immigration statuses — some had temporary protected status or other forms of protection; others were undocumented. They worked as drivers and pavers, in restaurants and in mechanic shops. One man, who worked in a window factory, said he was terrified that federal agents would come to his workplace, where dozens of other Latin American immigrants toiled. Others said they had been working fewer hours in recent weeks, out of fear. One man, who said he worked chopping fish, fruits and vegetables for a small grocery store, wondered aloud: “What white person is going to do these jobs?” Source link #Undocumented #Workers #Fearing #Deportation #Staying #Home Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Kingsley, McRae play down fiery AFL boundary exchange Kingsley, McRae play down fiery AFL boundary exchange Greater Western Sydney coach Adam Kingsley and Collingwood counterpart Craig McRae have played down a fiery exchange on the boundary line during their sides’ AFL season opener. Kingsley’s Giants were convincing 15.14 (104) to 6.16 (52) winners at Engie Stadium on Sunday in energy-sapping conditions, with Magpies superstar Nick Daicos among many players suffering from cramp. But it was a heated off-field interaction between the former Richmond coaching colleagues before halftime that became a major talking point. McRae appeared to fire a comment towards Toby Bedford when the Giants tagger gifted Collingwood’s Brody Mihocek a goal by giving away a 50-metre penalty off the ball, and Kingsley took exception. “That might’ve been accurate, yeah,” Kingsley confirmed post-match. Footage of the exchange was shown on the television broadcast but no audio was played. Kingsley worked alongside McRae as assistants to Richmond coach Damien Hardwick during the Tigers’ 2019-2020 premiership campaigns. He was quick to pour cold water on the former colleagues’ clash in front of the benches. “I don’t know if it was that confrontational. We were just having a chat about the game in general,” Kingsley said. “He’s a good man, Fly (McRae). He’s a really good man and he’s a good mate of mine. “We were just having a discussion.” McRae also downplayed the incident, which came with coaches in the spotlight over interactions with opposition players following Port Adelaide mentor Ken Hinkley’s taunting of Hawthorn forward Jack Ginnivan in last year’s finals series. Hinkley was fined $20,000 for conduct unbecoming and later apologised for his actions. “I was having a bit of fun with Kingers, an old mate of mine,” McRae said. “I was just stirring. I just said, ‘We’re coming’, and he just had a bit of fun. “He’s a bit fierier than me. I’m a bit more humorous. “There was nothing to it. If you want to make it a story, it’s a nothing story. “We’re old colleagues and I was just having a bit of fun with him. “If it’s more than that, we shake hands at the end of the game and I said, ‘We’ll see you next time we play you’.” Kingsley, now in his third season as coach of GWS, boasts a 2-1 head-to-head record with McRae after his side’s convincing 15.14 (104) to 6.16 (52) win. He was also part of the Port Adelaide team that beat McRae’s Brisbane Lions in the 2004 grand final. Source link #Kingsley #McRae #play #fiery #AFL #boundary #exchange Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Democrats Turn to Sports Radio and Podcasts to Try to Reach Young Men Democrats Turn to Sports Radio and Podcasts to Try to Reach Young Men “I hate the Packers,” Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said of his state’s rival football team from Wisconsin. “Lamar Jackson was robbed,” grumbled Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland, still bitter that the Baltimore Ravens quarterback had fallen just short of winning the N.F.L.’s Most Valuable Player Award. “The Sixers ***** right now,” declared Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, lamenting the decline of Philadelphia’s basketball team. The hot takes are flowing as a parade of ambitious Democrats talk sports, trying to accentuate their salt-of-the-earth credentials and forge stronger bonds with voters. These Democrats are flocking to sports radio shows and podcasts as their party tries to correct for what it widely takes as an article of faith: that President Trump won back power with help from young men who found themselves drawn to him through what was once an apolitical sphere of the media. As their party reels from the impact of Mr. Trump’s policies and struggles to craft a new strategy and message, Democrats have found that yakking about sports is perhaps the easiest way to reach skeptical or disengaged audiences who might not otherwise want to spend time listening to a politician. Mr. Moore is a regular caller on Baltimore and Washington sports radio, where last fall he predicted football winners on Friday afternoons. Lately, he has had a lot of thoughts about where a proposed new Washington Commanders stadium should go. (Maryland, obviously.) Mr. Shapiro served as a game analyst for a University of Pittsburgh basketball broadcast last month. And Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky is already preparing to do the rounds of podcasts and shows at the Kentucky Derby this spring. Voters, Mr. Beshear said, want “candidates and people serving who don’t just sound like normal human beings, but they are normal human beings.” “Talking about sports, going to watch sports and talking to people as you meet them about sports, just shows that you, too, are a normal human being,” he said. These Democratic governors are broadening their outreach to voters at a political moment when Mr. Trump showed up at the Super Bowl and the Daytona 500 and is considering a posthumous pardon for Pete Rose, the baseball legend barred for betting on games. “It takes the politics out of it,” said Mr. Walz, whose career as a high school football coach was often highlighted after he became the Democratic nominee for vice president last year. “When I go out there and go on those shows, it shows you’re a real human being and it connects with people on something they care about.” Certainly, Americans have long mixed sports and politics, and many of these Democrats were talking sports well before the last election. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, who once aspired to be a sports broadcaster, appeared on the “Locked on Lions” podcast last spring to talk about the N.F.L. draft, which was held in Detroit. But the post-election appearances have been especially striking, particularly because former Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on only a few sports shows during the fall campaign. The Harris campaign tried but failed to have her appear on popular podcasts hosted by the sports commentator Bill Simmons and the Kelce brothers of professional football, according to a person who sought to arrange her media interviews. (The campaign also failed in its efforts to book her with the podcaster Joe Rogan and the “Hot Ones” YouTube show, which interviews celebrities as they eat blisteringly spicy chicken wings.) In recent weeks, Democrats including Mr. Shapiro; Mr. Moore; Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader; former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, who resigned in scandal and is now running for mayor of New York City; and Representative Ro Khanna of California have made time to chat with Stephen A. Smith, the ESPN personality. Mr. Smith, for his part, has espoused so many thoughts on politics lately that his name has begun to show up in fantasy 2028 Democratic presidential primary polling. Mr. Smith, who agreed last week to a $100 million contract that allows him to delve more into politics, conferred instant sports credibility to Mr. Shapiro, seeming to compare him to the basketball superstar Michael Jordan. Mr. Smith also said he would be willing to campaign for Mr. Moore. For his part, Mr. Shapiro, who spoke with Mr. Smith before the Super Bowl, correctly predicted that his hometown Philadelphia Eagles would be able to contain the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. And though Mr. Shapiro reveled in the Eagles’ Super Bowl victory, his true sports passion is basketball. During a recent interview, he spoke at length about the aging and oft-injured roster of the Philadelphia 76ers, a team he said had failed to adapt to modern basketball. “Teams that are trying to win with like a Big Two or Big Three, as the Sixers attempted to do, aren’t having as much success in the league right now,” Mr. Shapiro said. “That’s compounded when you have injuries that they do. It’s really troubling.” Mr. Shapiro’s unsparing analysis of his 76ers would not be out of line on Philadelphia sports radio — to which he has been known to call in as “Josh in Abington,” a reference to his hometown north of the city. Speaking hard truths about hometown teams — and where one’s loyalties lie — is a vehicle for politicians to convey authenticity. “It’s very important for politicians — especially Democrats, if they want to try to reach the sports radio audience — they got to be who they are,” said Matt Jones, a prominent sports radio host in Kentucky who considered, but then decided against, a 2020 challenge to Senator Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader. “In the sports world, people don’t like fakes. They’re fine with you not rooting for their team, but you better not lie about who you root for.” Indeed, sports bigamy can exacerbate a politician’s image as a flip-flopper — or worse, as someone willing to say whatever is expedient. Just ask Hillary Clinton, who at different times in her political life claimed to be a fan of both the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees. Holding true to one’s sports loyalties can also backfire. Bill de Blasio never gave up his Boston Red Sox allegiance, which became a problem when he was mayor of New York. Chris Christie used to sit in the Dallas Cowboys owner’s box and cheer against the New York Giants and the Eagles — teams with huge followings in New Jersey, where he was governor. Mr. Moore presents himself as Maryland’s No. 1 fan of the Baltimore Ravens and the Baltimore Orioles. But he is also upfront about being a convert. He spent part of his childhood in the Bronx during the New York Mets’ glory years in the 1980s. In a 1996 interview with The New York Times, Mr. Moore said he dreamed of being drafted into the N.B.A. by the New York Knicks. In a recent interview, Mr. Moore said he had given up most of his New York sports allegiances — except for the Knicks. “The Mets are still kind of like, you know, your ex-girlfriend, who you’re like, ‘Yeah, that was fun back in the day,’ but there is no doubt that I’m married to the Orioles,” Mr. Moore said. He also delivered a monologue lasting 1 minute 33 seconds about why Mr. Jackson should have been named the N.F.L.’s most valuable player last year over Josh Allen, the Buffalo Bills quarterback. But that argument is rejected by another prominent Democratic governor, Kathy Hochul of New York, according to her spokeswoman. Ms. Hochul, a Buffalo native and a Bills fanatic, did her own round of sports podcast appearances during her team’s playoff run in January. “You don’t have to say, ‘Hi’ or ‘Goodbye,’” she told “The Buffalo Football Podcast.” “You just have to say, ‘Go Bills.’” In states without professional teams, governors tend to focus on college athletics. Gov. Ned Lamont of Connecticut called the current men’s basketball team at the University of Connecticut “erratic” but praised its women’s team as being “on fire.” And in Kentucky, Mr. Beshear, a Vanderbilt alumnus, backs both the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville teams, despite their longstanding and intense basketball rivalry. “As governor, you have two jobs when it comes to collegiate basketball,” he said. “No. 1, to root for your in-state schools, and No. 2, to root against Duke.” Source link #Democrats #Turn #Sports #Radio #Podcasts #Reach #Young #Men Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

A lost **** parrot spooked by seagulls turns up 20 miles away from home A lost **** parrot spooked by seagulls turns up 20 miles away from home A scared parrot which went missing after being spooked by a flock of seagulls has been reunited with its owner. Alby a one year old galah, also known as a pink and grey cockatoo, vanished from the home of owners Donna Garey, a professional singer, and her husband Michael, 52. The bird fell from its perch near an open window after being mobbed by noisey gulls and vanished. Alby was found over 20 miles away in a woodland in Lancaster by a walker, and was returned to a relived Donna. Source link #lost #**** #parrot #spooked #seagulls #turns #miles #home Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

In-form Minjee Lee settles for second at LPGA Blue Bay In-form Minjee Lee settles for second at LPGA Blue Bay *********** golf ace Minjee Lee has parlayed her hot early-season form into her best result in 18 months with a stylish runner-up finish at the Blue Bay LPGA event in Hainan. While never seriously threatening runaway winner Rio Takeda, Lee closed with a five-under-par 67 on China’s southern island to add an outright second place to an equal fourth and joint-11th from four starts in 2025. Trying to win for the first time since October 2023, the former world No.2 continues to impress since switching to a broomstick putter this season. The sweet-swinging Lee might well have applied the Sunday pressure on Takeda if not for two putts falling millimetres shy of dropping down the stretch and another on the 16th hole lipping out. Still, the signs are promising for the one-time world No.2 and dual major champion. It was a great week too for rookie *********** Cassie Porter, who tied for fourth in just her second LPGA Tour start. The Sydney-born 22-year-old birdied the last for a final-round 72 to finish at seven under. Only the champion, plus Lee and Japanese superstar Ayaka Furue – the reigning Evian Championship major winner – finished above Porter on the leaderboard. But no one came close to denying young Takeda her second LPGA victory, just four months after the 21-year-old claimed her first at the Toto Japan Classic in a six-hole, sudden-death playoff. The Japanese sensation ****** rolled in her eighth birdie of the day on the final hole to equal the course-record 64 to prevail by six shots over Lee. The emphatic victory marked the biggest winning margin of the season thus far. Source link #Inform #Minjee #Lee #settles #LPGA #Blue #Bay Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

New Eels coach sees promise in Storm second half New Eels coach sees promise in Storm second half While the scoreline wasn’t ideal in his first match as Parramatta coach, Jason Ryles says he can take positives from the second half against the Storm. Source link #Eels #coach #sees #promise #Storm Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

What will be in chancellor Rachel Reeves plan? What will be in chancellor Rachel Reeves plan? Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The chancellor will give an update on her plans for the *** economy when she gives a statement alongside an economic forecast on 26 March. Rachel Reeves has previously ruled out further tax rises, but faces difficult choices because of the performance of the *** economy and world events. What is the Spring Statement and when is it? The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which monitors the government’s spending plans and performance, will publish its forecast on the *** economy on Wednesday 26 March. It will also provide estimates on the cost of living for households and whether it thinks the government will stick to its self-imposed rules on borrowing and spending. Reeves will present the watchdog’s main findings to Parliament, and alongside this will make her Spring Statement on the economy. After she has spoken, the opposition, likely to be either Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch or shadow chancellor Mel Stride, will respond. What is the chancellor expected to announce? Reeves has committed to one major economic event – the Budget – each year, to “give families and businesses stability and certainty on tax and spending changes”. That means no big policy announcements are made on 26 March, but that’s not stopping them being made beforehand. With the economy seen to be underperforming and global factors, such as trade tariffs, indirectly impacting the ***, there is growing speculation over whether the Chancellor will break her self-imposed rules on borrowing. The OBR’s forecast is expected to confirm that the £9.9bn financial buffer to meet her budget rule by the 2029/30 financial year, has been wiped out. Reeves has repeatedly said her rules are “non-negotiable”. Her two main rules are: Not to borrow to fund day-to-day public spendingTo get debt falling as a share of national income by the end of this parliament Ahead of the Spring Statement, the Treasury has drafted plans for several billion pounds of spending cuts. It is understood ******** spending is in the firing line, but other government departments will also see budgets pruned. The government already had concerns about the rising number of benefit claimants and Reeves has previously pledged “fundamental” reform of the ******** system. The Treasury has blamed global economic policy and geopolitical uncertainty over the outcome of conflicts in Ukraine and Middle East, for raising government borrowing costs. Possible other announcements that are being reported include: Reducing the £20,000 tax-free annual limit in cash ISAs, to encourage more people to invest their savings in stocks and shares Confirming details of how international aid funding will be reallocated to defence, following the prime minister’s announcement that *** defence spending will rise to 2.5% of national income by 2027. Government sources have been keen to state that this event is not a major one because it will not include tax rises, only spending cuts. A debateable tax hiking policy could be announced, however, if Reeves decides to extend the freeze on the thresholds at which people start to pay different rates of income tax. The policy is known as a hidden tax rise or stealth tax, as it takes effect over time as people are dragged into paying more tax as their income goes up, without the tax rate rising at all. Thresholds were frozen by the previous Conservative government until April 2025, but the chancellor could decide to extend the freeze to raise about £7bn a year, according to consultancy Pantheon Macroeconomics and investment bank Citi. Reeves decided not to extend the threshold freeze in her first Budget, arguing that doing so “would hurt working people” and “take more money out of their payslips”. Whether any other spending cuts are announced in the Spring Statement or in the Spending Review in June, or even delayed until the next Budget, remains to be seen. How is the *** economy doing? Recent figures show *** economic growth has been sluggish – not shrinking, but not growing as desired. The economy grew by just 0.1% between October and December 2024, according to the latest official figures. When an economy grows, more businesses can employ extra workers or give pay rises. Firms making higher profits also pay more in tax to the government, which can be spent on public services. In addition to slow growth, prices are also rising faster than wanted. The current inflation rate of 3% is higher than the Bank of England’s 2% target, and is forecast to go higher. Inflation could dictate whether interest rates are lowered further from their current 4.5%. Higher rates mean higher borrowing costs for loans, credit cards and mortgage deals, but it also provides better returns on savings. Costs for businesses are expected to jump further in April, when National Insurance contributions paid by employers rise. These could be passed on to consumers. Pressure has also increased on the chancellor’s tax and spending plans after a surplus in government finances missed official forecasts, prompting speculation from economists that she could break her fiscal rules as things stand. Borrowing costs for the *** surged in January in part due to concerns over the ***’s economic outlook, threatening Reeves’s economic plans. The costs have since fallen back but remain higher than this time last year. Reeves has also warned that a potential global trade war, despite tariffs not directly targeting the ***, would lower growth and raise inflation. Source link #chancellor #Rachel #Reeves #plan Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Flooding hits community after cyclone 'follows' couple Flooding hits community after cyclone 'follows' couple A couple thought they had seen the last of cyclones after relocating, only for one to “follow” them and hit southeast Queensland for the first time in 50 years. Source link #Flooding #hits #community #cyclone #039follows039 #couple Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

England v Italy: Hosts aim to thrill to keep alive Six Nations hopes England v Italy: Hosts aim to thrill to keep alive Six Nations hopes Victory in comfort and a bonus point in some style should be the aim. Against an opponent they have beaten in all 31 of their previous meetings, England are strong enough to take the possibility of an upset out of the visitors’ hands. An awkward bounce, a refereeing call, a moment of Azzurri genius – the hosts should have amassed enough points to insulate themselves against all such eventualities by the business end of the match. The outcome certain, the bonus point secure; boring, but in a better way. England have benched their most exciting player in pursuit of this goal. Marcus Smith’s name registers the highest decibels when England’s team is announced before kick-off. If you ask any young fan who they are looking forward to seeing, invariably it is the Harlequins playmaker. His nose for a gap, jagging step and instinctive unpredictability were England’s surest sources of tries throughout the autumn. His faked drop-goal and blind-side dart produced the first against South Africa. His poked kick in behind Australia’s defence set up the opening score against the Wallabies. His interception and canter upfield put them ahead in the second half against New Zealand. Each time though, they were pyrotechnics in losing efforts. In search of more sustainable scoring, England have brought in some pre-heated cohesion, installing Fin Smith at fly-half and, after a year out the side, Fraser Dingwall at inside centre. They are two of five Northampton players in the backline. Had George Furbank been fit, Saints would surely be only one slot away from a full house. “I watched the relationship between 9,10 and 12 in training this week and have an understanding with each other that doesn’t take any communication,” said head coach Steve Borthwick this week. “They seem to know what each other is going to do.” Source link #England #Italy #Hosts #aim #thrill #alive #Nations #hopes Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump warns that death awaits ****** leaders and Gazans if hostages aren't immediately released – AOL Trump warns that death awaits ****** leaders and Gazans if hostages aren't immediately released – AOL Trump warns that death awaits ****** leaders and Gazans if hostages aren’t immediately released AOL’Hell to pay’: Trump issues ‘last warning’ to ******. Here is what may be next for Israel and Gaza USA TODAYExclusive: U.S. holding secret talks with ****** AxiosHamas threatens to kill hostages if Israeli attacks resume ABC NewsReport: US believes Israel leaked information about direct talks with ****** in attempt to sabotage them The Times of Israel Source link #Trump #warns #death #awaits #****** #leaders #Gazans #hostages #aren039t #immediately #released #AOL Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

When to call a Scone a scoooon When to call a Scone a scoooon Steve McKenna visits a Scottish site steeped in beauty, myth and history Source link #call #Scone #scoooon Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

China slams Trump’s return to the ‘law of the jungle’ – CNN China slams Trump’s return to the ‘law of the jungle’ – CNN China slams Trump’s return to the ‘law of the jungle’ CNNChina’s foreign minister criticizes US tariffs and accuses the country of ‘meeting good with evil’ The Associated PressChina Blasts Trump’s ‘Two-Faced Acts’, Calls US Tariffs ‘Evil’ Bloomberg Source link #China #slams #Trumps #return #law #jungle #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Glen Quartermain’s Team of the Week: GWS guns rewarded for opening round domination Glen Quartermain’s Team of the Week: GWS guns rewarded for opening round domination Glen Quartermain has welcomed one rising Giant into the AFL’s ‘A-Grade’ category after a scintillating performance. See who makes the cut for the Team of the Week here! Source link #Glen #Quartermains #Team #Week #GWS #guns #rewarded #opening #domination Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Jets left to rue saved penalty in Auckland draw Jets left to rue saved penalty in Auckland draw Newcastle have spurned a golden chance to upset 10-man Auckland FC, fighting out a 1-1 draw with the A-League Men leaders that keeps the race for the premiers plate alive. A stunning long-range strike from Eli Adams in the 12th minute handed the lead to Newcastle, who had won three on the bounce. The Jets earned the chance to double their lead from the penalty spot in the 20th minute but Alex Paulsen, who turned on a masterclass, denied Kosta Grozos. Jesse Randall headed home the equaliser 17 minutes later. Auckland played the last 20 minutes with 10 men after midfielder Louis Verstraete received a straight red card. They are now just six points clear of Western United, seven clear of Melbourne City and eight ahead of Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United, while the Jets are nine points outside the top six. Newcastle were red-hot early and missed a golden chance to take the lead in the 10th minute when Lachie Rose chipped over the bar. Two minutes later, Adams received the ball just inside his own half then burned off the Auckland defence, bursting towards the edge of the area then unleashing a vicious strike home off the inside of the post. Paulsen brilliantly denied Rose soon afterwards and Adams blazed the rebound wide. The Jets should have made it 2-0 after Nando Pijnaker was penalised for the ball clattering off his arm, but Grozos’s penalty was poor and Paulsen batted it away. It proved a turning point and Randall thought he’d equalised with a wonderful curling strike a minute later, but was offside in the lead-up. Auckland equalised when Guillermo May burst forward then worked the ball for skipper Hiroki Sakai to whip in a cross for Randall to nod home. Paulsen brilliantly denied Lachlan Bayliss a minute into the second half, while Noah James batted away a Marlee Francois strike a minute later. Verstraete received his marching orders in the 75th, following a VAR review that upgraded a yellow card to a red, after catching Charles M’Mombwa in the thigh with his studs when challenging for the ball. Auckland had the ball in the back of the net in the 81st minute but it came off Tommy Smith’s arm, while Grozos fired a late free kick over the bar. Newcastle have a tight turnaround and travel to face Melbourne City on Wednesday, while Auckland host Central Coast next Sunday. Source link #Jets #left #rue #saved #penalty #Auckland #draw Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Bitcoin Now Equivalent to Gold, Says Samson Mow – U.Today Bitcoin Now Equivalent to Gold, Says Samson Mow – U.Today Bitcoin Now Equivalent to Gold, Says Samson Mow U.TodayFact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile The White HouseTrump signs executive order to establish government bitcoin reserve The Associated PressTrump signs order to create strategic bitcoin reserve — and bitcoin plunges Axios Source link #Bitcoin #Equivalent #Gold #Samson #Mow #U.Today Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

WA election 2025: State results buoy Labor’s hopes for Federal election WA election 2025: State results buoy Labor’s hopes for Federal election Saturday night’s result in the State election has buoyed Federal Labor’s hopes that it can hold on to the crucial gains made in WA three years ago. Source link #election #State #results #buoy #Labors #hopes #Federal #election Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Daylight Saving 2025 time change: Get free food when clocks spring forward Sunday – Clarion Ledger Daylight Saving 2025 time change: Get free food when clocks spring forward Sunday – Clarion Ledger Daylight Saving 2025 time change: Get free food when clocks spring forward Sunday Clarion LedgerThe time change for daylight saving 2025 hits tonight. Here’s what to know when we spring forward. CBS NewsDoes Trump want to end daylight saving time? What to know about the political debate USA TODAY Source link #Daylight #Saving #time #change #free #food #clocks #spring #Sunday #Clarion #Ledger Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Lucky escape for man hit by Peru train Lucky escape for man hit by Peru train A man has survived being run over by a train while sleeping by train tracks in Peru, local authorities said. Surveillance footage shows him lying motionless before a slow-moving cargo train makes contact with him. He gets to his feet shortly after the incident in Lima. “He apparently was in a state of intoxication, fell asleep along the train tracks and did not feel the train coming,” said local official General Javier Avalos. Remarkably the man suffered only minor injuries to his left arm, General Avalos added, and was taken to hospital for treatment. Source link #Lucky #escape #man #hit #Peru #train Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

When is daylight saving time 2025? Get ready to change your clocks – The News Journal When is daylight saving time 2025? Get ready to change your clocks – The News Journal When is daylight saving time 2025? Get ready to change your clocks The News JournalThe time change for daylight saving 2025 hits tonight. Here’s what to know when we spring forward. CBS NewsDoes Trump want to end daylight saving time? What to know about the political debate USA TODAY Source link #daylight #saving #time #ready #change #clocks #News #Journal Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]