Australis13

Unfortunately, neither Netanyahu or Trump are going to care what Amnesty International says, right or wrong.

Countries need to be assuming that nothing is beyond the Trump administration and then plan to deal with that.

Thanks. Just did a quick search and it seems that spelling is more prominent in the US than elsewhere, which is probably why I’m not familiar with it.

I feel like they’ve buried the lead.

In addition to its directives related to marriage and babies, the Transportation Department’s memo blocks recipients of federal money from implementing “mask mandates,” a reference to requirements that transit agencies followed to limit the spread of infection during the height of COVID-19.

The memo also requires recipients to comply with federal immigration enforcement in order to receive funding — the latest effort by the administration to target undocumented immigrants, conduct mass arrests and deportations, and deny federal transportation funds to so-called sanctuary cities.

So (1) no ability for public transport systems to implement measures to stop pandemics (which will be important since avian flu is around the corner) and (2) no federal funding for transport to sanctuary cities (of which Washington D.C. is arguably one).

You forgot that Windows gives you a simple error code to pass onto the support desk when it crashes! Linux, on the other hand… well, you have to dig through so many log files - who has time to read all those?