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London has the largest ultra-low emissions zone in the world, and it’s causing children to walk or bike to school much more than their peers in other cities, a new study has shown. In London, a charge of $16.00 is required to enter and exit the city in a car that isn’t low emissions or […] The post Surprising Benefit of Fines for High-Polluting Vehicles: More Kids Walking to School in London appeared first on Good News Network.

News Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Matthias Schoenaerts Cast as Villain in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow All fingers point toward a very specific villain, in fact By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on September 24, 2024 Screenshot: Netflix Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Netflix The Supergirl movie under James Gunn’s newly imagined DC universe has found its villain. According to The Hollywood Reporter,  Matthias Schoenaerts will face off against Milly Alcock’s Kara Zor-El (aka Supergirl). Schoenaerts’ previous credits include playing Booker in Netflix’s The Old Guard (pictured above), an undying mercenary who starred with Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, and Marwan Kenzari, among others.   We don’t know much about the production, though THR describes it as hewing “closer to a grand science-fiction adventure than standard superhero fare.” This tracks given we know the film is based on the comic series by Tom King and Bilquis Evely, where Supergirl seeks revenge on those who killed the father of a young girl named Ruthye and also shot her superdog, Krypto. That’s right, Supergirl is sent on a revenge warpath á la John Wick when someone hurts her pup. While we don’t have confirmation on who specifically Schoenaerts will be playing, the villain who committed those acts in King and Evely’s run is Krem of the Yellow Hills, a genocidal pirate. Supergirl will be the second film to come out in Gunn’s new DC Universe, following Superman: Legacy, which Gunn himself is directing. Production on Supergirl will start this January in the U.K. and is set to premiere in theaters on June 26, 2026. [end-mark] The post Matthias Schoenaerts Cast as Villain in <i>Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow</i> appeared first on Reactor.

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Biden-Harris administration’s $5 billion Clean School Bus Program uses up to four times more taxpayer dollars per school bus, and it benefits the Chinese Communist Party, a House report has revealed. The 51-page report from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce found promoting electric school buses and other electric vehicles (EVs) enriches the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the EV supply chain is roughly 90% dependent on China, raising both national security and human rights concerns. The Sept. 17 report also highlighted immense expenses for taxpayers, with the average electric school bus under the first iteration of the Clean School Bus Program—the first of three iterations—costing $381,191, or $200,000 to $300,000 more than a typical full-sized diesel school bus. “It is clear the $5 billion Clean School Bus Program is overall a failure and, in many cases, a waste of Americans’ hard-earned taxpayer dollars,” Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., who chairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, said in a statement regarding the report’s findings. “The program, led by the radical Biden-Harris [Environmental Protection Agency], props up a market that relies heavily upon a supply chain dominated by the Chinese Communist Party.” Funded by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, the Clean School Bus Program provided the Biden-Harris EPA with funds over five years to “replace existing school buses with zero-emission and clean school buses.” Kamala Harris led the Biden Administration's $5,000,000,000 EV school bus program.After 3 years, just 60 buses are on the road.That's over $83,300,000 per bus.A vote for Kamala is a vote to waste more tax dollars on failed green programs.— Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) July 29, 2024 China currently accounts for approximately two-thirds of global EV battery cell production, while the U.S. manufactured just 7% as of 2022, raising national security concerns as the U.S. would likely have to depend on Chinese EV technology for its electric school buses, according to the report. Furthermore, the government-subsidized purchases of electric school buses under the Clean School Bus Program incentivize preexisting human rights abuses in the EV supply, including the use of Uyghur forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region. The report also identified limited range as an issue, with standard electric school buses from leading manufacturer BlueBird able to travel just 120 miles on a single charge, while some propane models can travel 400 miles before needing to refuel. The range problem can also be exacerbated by cold and warm weather conditions, with a study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory finding electric transit buses lose roughly a third of their range at 25 degrees Fahrenheit compared against ideal conditions. 09_17_24_Majority_Staff_Report_on_the_Clean_School_Bus_ProgramDownload Electric school buses also increase the risk of fraud due to a lack of documentation requirements for contractors, with the EPA relying solely on self-certified applications and estimates created by applicants, according to the report. A separate July report from a Maryland county’s Office of the Inspector General said the county’s electric bus program resulted in millions of dollars in “wasteful spending.” “The EPA launched the Clean School Bus Program without sufficient safeguards and considerations for practical hurdles applicants may face. For example, the EPA did not require documentation for some of the required application information and allowed contractors enthused at the opportunity to receive federal funding to apply on behalf of unknowing school districts, some of which eventually withdraw from the program,” the report states. “The EPA failed to account for the considerable electric infrastructure upgrades that electrifying a school bus fleet could require, potentially leading to delays for schools in utilizing their new buses.” The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post Biden-Harris Admin’s $5 Billion Electric School Bus Program Is Huge Gift to China, House Report Finds appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Former Bravo personalities turned podcasters Jennifer Welch and Angie "Pumps" Sullivan stopped by CNN’s Inside Politics on Tuesday to react to their April interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. During the segment with host Dana Bash, Welch would claim that Harris is “carrying the weight” of women across America on her back this election cycle as she campaigns heavily on abortion. Bash began by playing a clip of Harris on the podcast discussing how she views herself in history. Harris surmised that she is probably the first vice president to use the words “uterus” and “fibroids” in front of reporters, which the trio found greatly hilarious.     Afterwards, she hyped, “I do want to start though with that moment that we just heard. That was, of course, with Vice President Harris, it was in the spring. It was before she became the Democratic nominee for president. It was a pretty rare insight into how she thinks about the historic nature of her position. She’s usually careful not to engage about that because she wants to be seen as a person who is running to be president, not—never mind her gender or her ethnicity. What did you make of her response?” Welch responded by claiming that Harris is carrying the future of women’s rights on her back: I thought it was a great question that Angie asked her because I think that when Roe was overturned, the entire segment of females in this country, there was just this panic, this feeling of panic, and lack of rights, lack of control, and she, kind of, inhaled, the vice president, did and exhaled, and you could see it was heavy on her that she felt it more because she was a woman, and so as a woman who lives in a red state with a total abortion ban, that provided comfort for me because I wanted to know that she was carrying the weight of that on her back because we don't have voices in our state that represent us. It would be creepy enough if Welch had said that the future of womankind was dependent on Harris winning for some glass ceiling-related talking point. That she made it about the ability to kill a baby in the name of convenience is equally nauseating. Here is a transcript for the September 24 show: CNN Inside Politics with Dana Bash 9/24/2024 12:44 PM ET DANA BASH: I do want to start though with that moment that we just heard. That was, of course, with Vice President Harris, it was in the spring. It was before she became the Democratic nominee for president. It was a pretty rare insight into how she thinks about the historic nature of her position. She’s usually careful not to engage about that because she wants to be seen as a person who is running to be president, not--never mind her gender or her ethnicity. What did you make of her response? JENNIFER WELCH: I thought it was a great question that Angie asked her because I think that when Roe was overturned, the entire segment of females in this country, there was just this panic, this feeling of panic, and lack of rights, lack of control, and she, kind of, inhaled, the vice president, did and exhaled, and you could see it was heavy on her that she felt it more because she was a woman, and so as a woman who lives in a red state with a total abortion ban, that provided comfort for me because I wanted to know that she was carrying the weight of that on her back because we don't have voices in our state that represent us.

October is almost here, and it’s all-hands-on-deck time. Democrats will leverage every available resource to win in November, so Republicans must take full advantage of opportunities, like the Teamsters’ decision last week not to endorse a Democrat for the first time since 1996.Every battleground state is polling within the margin of error, putting them within the margin of potential cheating. As a result, predicting the outcome is nearly impossible, regardless of how hard we work.The church should be giving us eyes to see and ears to hear, but it is failing. When it says, 'That’s just politics,' no, it isn’t.To stay focused in the coming days and weeks, we must remember the stakes, especially when events may distract or discourage us. Understanding the consequences of being wrong and recognizing what we are truly fighting for will help us maintain our resolve.During COVID, we learned that doctors, politicians, teachers, and the media largely acted as agents of a health care system that demanded compliance. When some of us questioned this, the situation became even more troubling.The medical system stamps your kids from birth and claims them as its own. We comply willingly because we "trust the experts!" Then, the public school system stamps your kids again, requiring more vaccinations and, yes, pronouns — just not the grammatical kind. You’re no longer diagnosed or treated; instead, you’re trained to comply with an algorithm. You become just a number in a system, and you lose your freedom. Next, churches close down over a bad flu because the true high priests of the culture have spoken.But you're fine with it because of your training. You follow orders, even when they transition your kids, flood your town with rapists and murderers, and tank the economy. Half of the Democrats are so well-trained that assassinating their main political rival now polls well as an option. You’ve been assimilated. You are the Borg.This isn’t just an election; it’s a trial of the American people. We claim to be more “educated” than ever in human history, yet we willingly put our lives on autopilot to avoid anxiety or maintain comfort at any cost. This shows we are facing a spiritual pandemic.The church should be giving us eyes to see and ears to hear, but it is failing. When it says, “That’s just politics,” no, it isn’t. When it says, “That’s just medicine,” no, it isn’t. It’s about what we worship and whom we serve.Stop giving false levels of respect and expertise to those who haven’t earned it or don’t deserve it, even under the best of circumstances. How can we call ourselves Christians if our yokes are no different from the pagans’?This is why a biblical worldview is the prime directive of my show at Blaze Media. Whether we’re dealing with shamans, witch doctors, or neurosurgeons, no other ethic on this planet will ultimately treat you as anything more than a number. Each according to his abilities, each according to his needs — you’re reduced to a formula or a slogan. But you are certainly not seen as a child of God, and that will not be tolerated.We’ve lied to ourselves for far too long about our role in this con as Americans. The truth is simple, even if it isn’t easy: Every issue is a theological issue. Every choice humans make is an expression of worship. All of it.“Secular” doesn’t exist. The people who sold secularism to you are now openly proving that the lie was the point all along. They are demonically intent on replacing the old-time religion with a new one. And as they looked from man to pig and pig to man and back again, they couldn’t tell the difference. This is how it always ends. Something will always rule, and something will always be worshiped. There is no way around those two iron laws of creation.So will it be the lie of accommodation, the lie of neutrality, the lie of co-existence? Or will it be the truth?If you need to get comfortable with something, why not try the truth for once?

Leftist billionaire and Democratic mega-donor George Soros has been leaning on the Democrat-controlled Federal Communications Commission for months in hopes of fast-tracking his group's acquisition of over 200 radio stations in over 40 markets — including stations that run shows from Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Erick Erickson, Sean Hannity, and Dana Loesch. On Wednesday, the FCC reportedly adopted an order to approve the purchase, meaning that in a matter of days, Soros will likely take control of communications to over 165 million Americans with the help of unvetted foreign investors whom Democrats have spared from the FCC's customary national security review process. National syndicated radio host and Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck asked Trump-appointed FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Tuesday about the Democratic FCC commissioners' apparent willingness to cosign Soros' latest play for narrative dominance. Carr made clear that "it's an unprecedented decision for the commission" that would not have alternatively been accepted were Soros a partisan of another stripe — a decision that comes amid a broader "weaponization of government power ... against free speech." Background Audacy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas on Jan. 7 to reduce its debt. Months later, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas approved the company's reorganization plan, paving the way for an equitization of over 80% of the company's debt. In February, Soros Fund Management acquired roughly $414 million of Audacy's debt — nearly 40% of the company's senior debt — emerging as the company's primary shareholder. 'Soros took foreign investment to make his bid.' Audacy asked the FCC to approve the transfer of its broadcast licenses to the reorganized company. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and other critics noted, however, that such a transfer would be problematic as the reorganized company would exceed legally acceptable foreign ownership limits. Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act prohibits foreign owners from having a stake in a radio station license exceeding 25%. Media Research Center noted in its April petition to deny the "special Soros shortcut" that "the Soros group expressly states in their FCC filing that they have determined that the aggregate level of foreign ownership in the company when it emerges from bankruptcy will exceed the 25 percent limit specified in Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act due to the various entities that it expects to hold voting or equity interests." Audacy requested that the five-member FCC, which has a Democratic majority, take the unprecedented step of not only waiving the foreign ownership restriction in order to allow the purchase to move forward but of putting off a national security review of the stations' foreign-interest holders. Democrat-anointed foreign takeover Following a New York Post report stating that the three Democrats on the FCC voted Wednesday to approve Audacy's reorganization plan, Commissioner Carr spoke to Glenn Beck about what happens next. "Now, the vote came down in the FCC. It was partisan. Three Democrats voting for it. Two Republicans voting against it," said Beck. "But here's the real problem: According to existing FCC rules, foreign company ownership of U.S. radio stations is not supposed to exceed 25%. But Soros took foreign investment to make his bid, and then he asked the FCC to make an exception to the usual review process." Carr said, "I've been very outspoken on this particular issue for the reasons that you talked about. We have a very clear process at the FCC that we set up — it could take six months, it could take a year — to go through to [the national security] review the foreign ownership at issue here. But for reasons that are not sort of plain to me, the FCC ... for the very first time ever, has skipped that process for the benefit of this Soros-backed group." "It's an unprecedented decision for the commission," added Carr. When Blaze News asked how the Soros group dodged the Communications Act prohibition, Carr said: What happened here was that the Soros group came in and said, 'Look, approve our takeover of these stations now. We will wall off the foreign interest holders from any sort of significant, relevant decision-making authority for the time being, then we'll come back to you down the road and file the petition and go through the petition process.' Apparently, that was good enough for the Democratic commissioners. "Usually, you don't let the people get the licenses first until we go through the foreign ownership. I would imagine that they're going to have to come back to the FCC and run this foreign ownership process," continued Carr. "And if that does uncover — and I'm not saying it's likely — but if that does uncover some untoward level of foreign influence, then the FCC should have the full tools available to it to take action." 'This is sort of the reverse side of a pattern that we've been living under the last couple of years.' While remedies might be as simple as further walling off of investors or selling off an interest, Carr indicated that the FCC could "go so far as to reconsider the grant of a license," although he does not anticipate revocation being necessary. Rules for thee Carr alluded to what the implications of this decision might be, noting that the affected radio stations are not just playing classic rock but in a number of cases have conservative talk shows and news. When Beck suggested the reverse wouldn't fly, Carr indicated that conservative buyers were shut down in the past when trying something similar. "Not too long ago — a year ago — there was a group of conservative buyers that wanted to purchase some South Florida radio station," said Carr. "And a number of Democrats spoke up very loudly and said the FCC cannot allow these conservative outlets to buy these radio stations because, in the Democrats' view, it can cost them an election in South Florida." Carr contextualized this hypocrisy in a broader trend of Democrats seeking to "weaponize the government to go against conservative speech." "This is sort of the reverse side of a pattern that we've been living under the last couple of years — of weaponization of government power, in my view, frankly, against free speech." When asked whether there has been any pushback on the Soros takeover from Democrats, Carr laughed, telling Blaze News the only lawmakers who came to mind in terms of raising alarm were Cruz, Roy, and Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.). — (@) Motive Beck asked Carr why Soros might want to invest this kind of money in what appears to be a "dying medium." 'Maybe there's a business case there that they're smart enough to see, that everyone doesn't see.' "It's a good question," said Carr. "I don't know a lot of billionaires right now that, with all the options for where they're going to place their money, sit around saying, 'You know what really kicks off a lot of cash right now are local radio stations.' Maybe." "We're seeing a flight of capital from local broadcasting because it's so challenged right now with competition from social media companies and over-the-top providers," continued Carr. "So maybe there's a business case there that they're smart enough to see that everyone doesn't see." NPR president Katherine Maher, a censorious alumna of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader program who previously worked at the National Democratic Institute, which is primarily funded by George Soros' Open Society Foundations, provided a possible clue as to why her fellow travelers might want to take control of American radio stations. Maher, who toured the ground zeroes of various regime changes in recent years as they were unfolding, penned a December 2010 NDI blog post, titled, "Can a Radio Station Govern a Country?" The article concerned an electoral crisis in the Ivory Coast that led to civil war and the desire by one faction to seize control of the state broadcaster, Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne. Maher quoted her friend who suggested: Control over RTI has become a flashpoint in the crisis precisely because information is both severely limited and crucial to building legitimacy, however tenuous, with the public. In the absence of a robust private media to report on the election controversy, the state-run broadcaster may effectively have as much power to declare the ultimate winner as the electoral commission formally tasked with doing so. Maher concluded, "Control over the flow of information in a closed society can be tantamount to control over the state." — (@) Carr told Beck that after the FCC releases its final decision, Soros' control over hundreds of American radio stations will be "instantaneous." Rikki Ratliff-Fellman, director of programming at Blaze Media, suggested on X, "The Harris-Biden admin doesn't actually care about 'foreign malign influence' in our elections. If they did they would object to Soros' takeover of the 2nd largest chain of U.S. radio stations made possible by foreign investment and Democrat blessing." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!