Canada vows to match Trump’s tariffs ‘dollar for dollar’ after trade talks fail

Carney said his government would announce additional support for Canadian workers and businesses in the coming days, and that Canada’s goal throughout the negotiations had been to secure the best possible agreement, “never a deal at any price or on any deadline”.

 The move was supported by Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, who said on X: “Team Canada needs to stand together more united than ever before. The prime minister has my full support for a strong response – tariff for tariff, dollar for dollar. As we fight to protect Canadian sovereignty and economic security, everything needs to be on the table. Ontario is ready to do its part.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/canada-tariffs-trump-trade-deal-talks-fail

 

General Dynamics Failed to Build Artillery Shells for the Army — ProPublica

The fiasco has cost American taxpayers $533 million, according to the Army. But the Army has not held General Dynamics or a key Turkish subcontractor — which provided the factory’s much-hyped but little-proven equipment — publicly accountable for the failures. Nor has it made General Dynamics pay a penny back. 

 Just the opposite: General Dynamics, one of the world’s largest defense companies, has been showered with new contracts, continuing its track record as one of the greatest beneficiaries of Pentagon spending. The company is still in charge of the factory. It recently announced that it will fix things there by bringing in another much-hyped but little-proven technology...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed

Senators grilled Hegseth on Iran. Here are 3 big moments from the hearing | PBS News

The latest estimate of total costs in the Iran war so far is now: $37.5 billion, Hegseth told Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., which anticipates costs through the end of the fiscal year on Sept.30. 

This is up from the $29 billion estimate put out by the Pentagon comptroller in May. At the time, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the top Democrat on the committee, called the estimate "suspiciously low."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senators-grilled-hegseth-on-iran-here-are-3-big-moments-from-the-hearing

 

WATCH: 'You, sir, are the failure,' Sen. Peters tells Hegseth over lack of U.S. strategy in Iran war | PBS News

"The Strait of Hormuz is still closed, reminding everybody it was open before the war. Prices were lower for everybody until the war, … and of course, tragically, people, service members, our warfighters who we care deeply about, are still dying. So what's different?" Peters asked Hegseth...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-you-sir-are-the-failure-sen-peters-tells-hegseth-over-lack-of-u-s-strategy-in-iran-war

The FBI Director Is MIA (Atlantic)

Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences… 

 The IT-lockout episode is emblematic of Patel’s tumultuous tenure as director of the FBI: He is erratic, suspicious of others, and prone to jumping to conclusions before he has necessary evidence, according to the more than two dozen people I interviewed about Patel’s conduct, including current and former FBI officials, staff at law-enforcement and intelligence agencies, hospitality-industry workers, members of Congress, political operatives, lobbyists, and former advisers. Speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information and private conversations, they described Patel’s tenure as a management failure and his personal behavior as a national-security vulnerability...

 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/

Every ai versus the CUP TEST in 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtBI2BvPKBQ

 

Trump is losing one battle after another. Cue the posts. - POLITICO

The president's Sunday night diatribe was most notable for his attacks on the highest court in the land...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/16/donald-trump-supreme-court-attacks-00829708 

 

ChatGPT’s Strawberry test will change how you see ai forever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-YbhArR-qQ

 

US agency did not perform safety checks of more than 100 food ingredients, analysis finds

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health and human services secretary, whose "make America healthy again" movement advocates for fewer chemicals in the food system, has said he would close the GRAS loophole, but is instead proposing a weaker action...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/07/fda-food-product-safety-checks-substances 

 

'One year of failure.' The Lancet slams RFK Jr.’s first year as health chief : NPR

"The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm."

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/28/nx-s1-5730372/one-year-of-failure-the-lancet-slams-rfk-jr-s-first-year-as-health-chief 

 

‘Stunning’: Jeanine Pirro’s Failure to Indict Democrats Is a Big Deal - POLITICO

It is now clear that Pirro, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, is willing to use her power to try to intimidate and punish Trump's political opponents — even if that means degrading herself, the office and DOJ, and wasting taxpayers' money all at the same time. On top of that, Pirro has managed to antagonize federal judges in the district and racked up a long list of rebukes, which will only make it harder for her and her prosecutors to win in court in the future. 

Through it all, Pirro is failing to win the indictments, let alone convictions, that Trump craves. She is stumbling not just by the traditional standards of a U.S. Attorney, but also by the Trumpian version...

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/02/15/jeanine-pirro-indict-democrats-failure-column-00782313 

 

DOJ fails — again — to re-indict Letitia James - POLITICO

"This case already has been a stain on this Department's reputation and raises troubling questions about its integrity," James' lawyer Abbe Lowell said in a statement. "Any further attempt to revive these discredited charges would be a mockery of our system of justice."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/11/letitia-james-indictment-fails-00687508 

 

The simple, pathetic reason why #Trump is invading #LosAngeles #LA

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GOi7IvNKazs

When billion-dollar AIs break down over puzzles a child can do, it’s time to rethink the hype | Gary Marcus | The Guardian

Apple did this by showing that leading models such as ChatGPT, Claude and Deepseek may "look smart – but when complexity rises, they collapse". In short, these models are very good at a kind of pattern recognition, but often fail when they encounter novelty that forces them beyond the limits of their training, despite being, as the paper notes, "explicitly designed for reasoning tasks"...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/10/billion-dollar-ai-puzzle-break-down 

 

100 seconds of trump fails to celebrate his first 100 days #trump #fail ...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LbnWTuDfcFE

 

Trump's federal return-to-office orders are massively backfiring

…At the Department of Agriculture, the chaos manifests in IT bottlenecks and wireless network failures as staffers struggle with unfamiliar on-site systems. In one case, employees hired for fully remote positions now find themselves conducting private meetings from parked cars outside agency buildings due to inadequate workspace. Ironically, many are still using Microsoft Teams and other virtual tools — only now with more stress, less efficiency, and significantly higher overhead...

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5266355-federal-offices-return-to-office/ 

 

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket BLOWS UP again with debris raining down on earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwMoiSt_D2o

SpaceX’s Starship explodes in second failure for Musk’s Mars program

Back-to-back mishaps indicate big setbacks for program to launch satellites and send humans to the moon and Mars…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/spacex-starship-explodes-musk

When God Fails, Blame the Believer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPdPpODbUU

🚨 Trump fans stranded in the desert after rally when his buses don't show up

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/kvxegqKg8-c?si=bAgpord37aozAKc5