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Man being sued over Mississippi welfare spending files his own suit against the governor_我的网站

一 |     JACKSON, Miss. -- One of the people being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services over allegations of misspending welfare money has filed a separate lawsuit against Gov. Tate Reeves, saying the Republican is trying to protect political allies including a former governor.Austin Garrett Smith filed the suit Wednesday and described himself in court papers as “politically powerless.” Smith's suit says Reeves should sue Republican former Gov. Phil Bryant, who was in office when prosecutors say money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. was instead spent on projects pushed by wealthy and well connected people.“Reeves has actively shifted the focus of the MDHS lawsuit away from Bryant, despite overwhelming evidence of Bryant's involvement,” Smith's attorney, Jim Waide, wrote.Reeves press secretary Shelby Wilcher said in response to questions about Smith's lawsuit: “The State of Mississippi is fighting to claw back every single dollar that was misspent in the scandal that occurred before Governor Reeves assumed this office.”The Department of Human Services filed a lawsuit in 2022 against more than two dozen businesses or people, including Smith and retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. The ongoing suit seeks to recover more than $20 million of the roughly $77 million in welfare money that the state auditor said had been misspent between 2016 and 2019, during Bryant's second term as governor.Auditor Shad White said the misspending included $5 million for one of Favre's pet projects, a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi. Smith is a nephew of former Mississippi Department of Human Services executive director John Davis.The state's lawsuit says Smith received more than $426,000 of money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from 2017 to 2019 for purposes not allowed by the program. It says Smith was paid from “under the guise” of providing services for two nonprofit groups whose leaders had close ties to Davis and Bryant.Smith's lawsuit says that several defendants in the state's lawsuit, including Smith, have “little or no” property they could use to pay any judgment against them.Smith's lawsuit also says Reeves has improperly hired private attorneys to represent the Department of Human Services when that legal work should be done by the state attorney general's office.“Reeves has controlled the MDHS suit in order to advance his own political interests and protect his political allies,” Waide wrote.Reeves is seeking a second term in the Nov. 7 election. The Democratic nominee for governor, Brandon Presley, said Reeves is tainted by the welfare misspending that occurred when Reeves was lieutenant governor and had power to oversee how the Department of Human Services was operating. Presley noted that Reeves had received campaign contributions from central figures in the scandal and that the governor's brother, Todd Reeves, had sent text message to the state auditor asking White to praise Favre.“Tate Reeves is too ethically compromised to lead this investigation,” Presley said Wednesday.Reeves campaign spokesperson Clifton Carroll said in a statement: “It's no surprise that some of the defendants who are being sued by the Reeves administration are unhappy because he is aggressively pursuing this case.”。

二 |     8月24日消息，美国加拿大贸易摩擦持续发酵，在首轮关税落地、双边谈判破裂之后，美国再度抛出重磅威胁。

三 |     特朗普业已官宣，计划自2027年1月1日起，对加拿大全部大小汽车、卡车、整车零部件以及钢铁征收50%关税，上述品类并未纳入此前的征税清单。     以下为特朗普分享的原文：     加拿大多年来一直在占美国的便宜，加拿大对美国农民以及农产品征收高得离谱的关税，让这些优秀的美国爱国者举步维艰，也造成两国之间长期存在600亿美元的贸易逆差，这种局面无法持续，这种情况到此为止！     2027年1月1日起，针对全部大小汽车、卡车、汽车零部件以及钢铁的关税，将上调至50%。

四 |     如果在美国本土生产，则享受零关税待遇，加拿大将不再被视作美国的一个州来对待！     在贸易以及其他诸多方面，加拿大都属于最难打交道的国家之一。    他们总觉得自己理应享受优待，但现实是：我们并不依赖加拿大，而是加拿大离不开我们！加拿大95%的贸易业务都是和美国开展的，情况完全反过来了！     

    据了解，本轮争端根源来自农产品市场准入矛盾，美方指责加拿大乳制品、酒类相关规则设置贸易壁垒，叠加双边约600亿美元贸易逆差，以此作为施压借口。     7月美国宣布对加拿大酒水、建材等商品加征50%关税，原定8月19日生效，后因谈判短暂推迟，最终8月22日正式落地，但并未涉及汽车与钢铁品类。    多轮谈判中双方一度传出妥协信号，但美方追加苛刻条款，谈判彻底破裂，加拿大随即宣布，9月8日起实施对等报复关税。     为进一步逼迫加拿大让步，美国将矛头指向深度绑定的北美汽车供应链，设置4个多月缓冲期，并非即刻执行，既给谈判留出窗口，也减少对本国车企的即时冲击。    北美汽车产业高度一体化，加拿大大量整车与零部件供应美国工厂，一旦50%关税落地，跨境生产成本将大幅抬升，直接冲击区域供应链，推高整车售价。    需要指出的是，目前该政策还属于对外宣告，后续仍存在谈判调整的可能性，而加拿大也大概率出台对应反制举措。

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