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"Blind respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." - Albert Einstein

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    Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social

    The volume of Canadians taking road trips into the U.S.—the way most Canadians visit—dropped by 37% last month compared to July 2024, according to new data from Statistics Canada, following a 33% drop in June. There was also a 26% decline in air travelers from Canada year-over-year.

    Steep year-over-year drop in car and air travel solidifies steep economic losses for U.S. tourism this year.

    Canada’s Travel Boycott Grows: Car Travel To U.S. Drops 37%

    Steep year-over-year drop in car and air travel solidifies steep economic losses for U.S. tourism this year.
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    ProPublica @propublica.org

    #ICYMI: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

    She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

    A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…

    Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

    A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
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