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David Watson
Jun 13, 2023
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Ricardo Cano @ByRicardoCano NEW: California budget deal will include $1.1 billion in cap and trade funds for state transit agencies and rejects proposed $2 billion cut to capital projects DETAILS: https://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/california-1-1-billion-bailout-bart-bay-area-18147147.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral via @sfchronicle sfchronicle.com Budget proposal struck by California Legislature includes a $1.1 billion bailout for BART, Bay Area... A transit bailout in California’s budget likely would delay the “doomsday” service...
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Woo hoo! This is good news, although it seems like a shame to be losing capital improvement possibilities.

Murtaza Hussain @MazMHussain U.S. sanctions on Iran have led many medical companies and banks to cut off the country from trade. This has led to predictable result where ordinary people are dying or being seriously injured due to lack of medicine: theintercept.com Children Are Dying Because Companies Are Too Scared to Sell Medicine to Iran Iran sanctions deny Iranians lifesaving medicine because Joe Biden kept Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policies.
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Sanctions against specific industries of a country can work (see Russia) but blanket ones like this seem to be a bad idea.

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