Every year, the U.S. National Civilian Community Corps, better known as AmeriCorps NCCC, organizes teams of volunteers to help communities across the U.S. with environmental work, including habitat restoration, emergency response and wildfire mitigation. It’s also the latest federal agency on the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) chopping block. Most of the staff have been placed on leave and volunteers abruptly sent home.

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"Everything is a better option than paying these tariffs. There's no world in which it makes sense for us to pay these tariffs and sell these products in this region (US).

It makes more sense for us to give up on this region and move to another region."

• Rob Teller, Hyte Product Director.

For context Hyte's margin is 5% before the tariffs. The retailers would benefit from the tariffs situation whereas the manufacturers and OEMs would still be stuck with their previously set margins.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/32103955

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A U.S. electric vehicle battery manufacturer with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has suspended its permit application to build a plant near a Michigan National Guard base following fierce opposition.

Chuck Thelen, CEO of Gotion Inc. — a “wholly owned and controlled” subsidiary of Chinese company Hefei Gotion High-Tech Power Energy Co. Ltd. (Gotion High-Tech) — said the decision stemmed from the firm’s ongoing breach of contract lawsuit against Green Charter Township, according to the Big Rapids Pioneer. The township soured on the $2.4 billion project in November 2023 after voters recalled numerous officials following a series of reports revealing Gotion and its Chinese parent company’s ties to the CCP.

“I applaud the people of Mecosta County as Gotion pause

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BREAKING: Following Donald Trump’s debacle at Arlington National Cemetery, Vote Vets released this devastating ad calling out Donald Trump for his BS. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this.

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When was the last time a federal judge claimed the governmt was violating the first ammendment?

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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/342944

Decent study into official US claims about privacy