President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada over its trade deal with China. Trump said in a social media post that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney “thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘drop-off port’ for China to send goods and products into the […] The post Message to “Governor” Carney: Hell No to China’s EVs & NWO appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has sparked anger after unveiling plans to build hundreds of “tiny homes,” which campaigners said were little more than sheds, on its West Los Angeles campus. The tiny homes aren’t built, and temporary 8′ by 8′ sheds were erected. They are meant to fill the gap so the vets […] The post California’s Sheds for Vets appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump threatened Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney with a steep 100% tariff if he follows through on a recent deal with communist China. “If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken,” the president wrote on Truth Social. Notably, Trump mockingly referred to the PM as “Governor Carney,” as the president has repeatedly said in the past that he’d like to turn Canada into the 51st state of the U.S. — a proposition Carney very much did not like. “China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” Trump continued. “If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.” On Friday, Carney announced a new Canada-China trade deal that partially rolls back tariffs on both sides. Under the agreement, Canada will allow a limited number of Chinese electric vehicles to enter the country at reduced tariffs, while China will significantly cut or pause tariffs on major Canadian agricultural exports like canola, seafood, and peas. Carney called the deal “historic and productive.” Trump’s threat for a 100% tariff follows drama at the World Economic Forum. Carney criticized the U.S. for its ambition to purchase Greenland, sparking a tough response from Trump. “I watched your prime minister yesterday,” Trump said on Wednesday. “He wasn’t so grateful, but they should be grateful to us. Canada lives because of the United States.” “Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements,” he continued. “All we want from Denmark for national and international security and to keep our very energetic and dangerous potential enemies at bay is this land on which we’re going to build the greatest golden dome ever built,” said Trump. “We’re building a golden dome that’s going to, just by its very nature, going to be defending Canada. Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way,” the president added. “They should be grateful also, but they’re not.” Related: Trump Uninvites Canada From His Gaza ‘Board Of Peace’ After Davos Drama

In the last year of the Biden administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs inaugurated an effort to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion principles that would outlast their time in power. In January 2024, the VA’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Council met to discuss the results of a survey, wherein employees were asked to identify “pain points” connected to their individual identities — based on race, gender identity, and a number of other factors — in order to further embed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the agency. The discussion centered on “identity insights” and was designed to “improve employee experience,” records obtained by the Center to Advance Security in America reveal. Just under 300 participants identified some 5,710 “pain points” that ranged from complaints about a colleague making an “inappropriate comment” to concerns that office holiday decorations excluded certain religious preferences. Other “pain points” were centered on general workplace environment and feeling that other employees did not understand certain sensitivities connected to those identity characteristics. The 2024 meeting, which was planed three years earlier, began as a partnership between the Veterans Experience Office’s Employee Experience Organizational Management Directorate and the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion to improve employee experience by addressing the “pain points” they experienced in the work place based on their identities. Those identities — in addition to race, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity — divided participants along religious lines and listed separate categories for Baby Boomers, Generation X-ers, Millennials, and Generation Z employees as well. Of the 281 who were interviewed, only 3% answered based on only one identifier. Nearly one-fourth (24%) selected two identities, and 39% selected three. Of the remaining participants, 21% chose four identities, 11% chose five, and 2% chose six. Following the late January meeting, the Council recommended a series of steps designed to make the VA a more receptive place for employees to express their “whole, authentic identity.” “The three most pressing data fields that would benefit from a redesign as having emerged from the Identity Insights project include ‘gender,’ ‘sexual orientation,’ and ‘race,’ as these categories either do not exist or do not exhaustively provide inclusive options for employees to holistically and accurately self-identify,” the study advised. Another recommendation was for a “streamlined escalation pathway” for employees to resolve identity-based complaints — particularly “in the event of mistreatment, including reporting I*DEA issues, harassment, and general concerns with conduct in the workplace.” Those complaints, the study indicated, could stem from interactions between employees, between employees and supervisors, and even between employees and the veterans they serve — with emphasis placed on the potential for veterans to create “pain points” that impact employees. The study also suggested there should be an avenue for dealing with “the impacts of negative customer experiences on employees such as health practitioners providing additional coverage when LGBTQ+ Veterans are denied care by a colleague” — but did not provide evidence that such denial of care was happening within the VA system. Almost one year to the day after that meeting — on January 27, 2025 — the VA under President Donald Trump had already begun to root out the DEI initiatives within the department. “Under President Trump, VA is laser-focused on providing the best possible care and benefits to Veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors,” VA Director of Media Affairs Morgan Ackley explained. “We are proud to have abandoned the divisive DEI policies of the past and pivot back to VA’s core mission.” In the year since, under Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, the agency has cut $14 million in spending that went solely to DEI-focused initiatives and training. It is unclear whether the recommendations made during that meeting were ever implemented, and if so, what the new administration may have in place to put a stop to the process.

Many people that Chick-fil-A’s customer service, drive-thru, and cleanliness is unmatched. No matter where you are in the United States, if you visit a Chick-fil-A, you can expect a very similar experience. People love that and the consistency is what keeps the restaurants filled six days a week. The chain closes on Sunday so employees can have a day off for family, worship, or rest. They do enough business the other days of the week that the choice hasn’t negatively affected the brand. In fact, it likely boosted it. When Chick-fila-A introduces something new, fans get very excited. Chick-fil-A does a lot of things very well, but one category they’ve never delved too deep into is coffee. Apparently, that’s about to change. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Snackolator (@snackolator) Chick-fil-A is Testing Coffee Drinks in Select Markets Instagram snack source Snackolator shared the exciting info about Chick-fil-A’s new coffee drinks. “Chick-fil-A is about to up their coffee game in a big way with new Cream Cold Brew and Iced Coffee with new flavors being tested in select markets in Alabama!” Snackolator wrote. “You can get both the new Cream Cold Brew and Iced Coffee in Caramel, Mocha, and Vanilla flavors – the Iced Coffee currently does not have the additional flavors nationwide.” Bringing great coffee into the mix made many Chick-fil-A fans excited, especially those in the test markets. The new coffee offerings are currently just in the Anniston, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama markets. “Finally something is being tested near me! Gonna try on Friday!” An excited fan wrote. “Yessss. Something being tested near me!” Another person shared. This person got excited, but them realized they’d have to wait a bit longer. “Got me excited. Thought this was out,” they wrote. What Chick-fil-A coffee drink would you like to try? This story’s featured image is by Coast-to-Coast.

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