''Flags will fly at half staff during Trump inauguration''

Flags across the country will be lowered to half-staff until late next month to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100.

According to U.S. flag code, flags must be lowered for 30 days following the death of a sitting or former president.

That timeline overlaps the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and adds another layer of history to his presidential legacy.

When Trump takes the oath of office, he’ll be the first to do so while U.S. flags are lowered.

The closest it ever happened was in 1973, when then-President Richard Nixon ordered flags lowered to honor former President Lyndon B. Johnson who died just days after Nixon’s second swearing-in.

How long will flags be at half-staff?

The 30-day mourning period for a deceased president is a federal mandate outlined in the U.S. flag code.

For former President Jimmy Carter, this means flags will remain at half-staff until at least Jan. 28, covering both the presidential inauguration and the first week of Trump’s second term.

Can Trump order flags raised?

U.S. flag code requires flags stay at half-staff for at least 30 days for the death of a current or former president.

But, it’s not federal law, so as incoming president, Donald Trump could order flags raised back to full-staff.

Richard Nixon ordered flags raised back to full-staff on Feb. 13, 1973, during the 30-day mourning for former President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Nixon’s order was to honor the first American prisoners of war released from Vietnam. Flags were returned to half-staff the next day and stayed there for another eight days.

Are state flags at half-mast?

State flags are lowered along with federal orders.

U.S. flag code says no other flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole and can’t be any higher than the U.S. flag if flown on a separate pole.

So, that means state flags will be at half-staff at least until Jan. 28. (Half-mast and half-staff are essentially the same thing, though the former refers to the display of a flag on a ship or boat.)

Do I have to lower my flag?

If you’re flying the U.S. flag, it should be lowered to half-staff during the mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter, in accordance with the U.S. flag code.

The code is a set of guidelines, not law, but private citizens and business are expected to follow the protocol of lowering to half-staff any U.S. flag displayed on a vertical pole.

If you have an American flag on a 45-degree post, like the kind you mount to the side of your home, you can’t actually lower it to half-staff. But, you could add a black ribbon to the top of the pole or, if your post has one, lower the flag to the 90-degree position.

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>>22254493

>How do you get big tech companies to hire Americans?

Incentives to hire American same way the companies are getting incentives to hire H-1B.

>>22254490

America is a corporation so you declare bankruptcy then reinstate America as developing country so China and everyone else has to send us money.

Barclays fires over a dozen bankers, traders before Christmas — without giving them bonuses

More than a dozen New York-based Barclays bankers and traders were fired just before the holidays — and they received coal in their stocking by being denied bonuses, The Post has learned.

The scrooges at Barclays, the UK-based lending giant, canned 15 Wall Street workers out of the roughly 50 it pink-slipped last month, two sources with close knowledge of the situation said.

None were given a bonus, the sources added, depriving them of a windfall since the majority of their compensation comes from the year-end bump.

For example, an investment banker might make a $200,000 salary and an expected $1 million bonus, one of the sources said.

One employment lawyer told The Post that while it is not unheard of for banks to fire workers late in the year, the fact that they were not giving a bonus is pretty heartless.

“A good employer will pay the bonus pro-rata for the amount of time worked during the year, but some don’t,” said Tanvir Rahman, an attorney for law firm Filippatos.

Rival Wall Street firms, including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, award bonuses — perhaps half — when firing bankers and traders toward the end of the year, one of the sources said.

A spokesperson for Barclays stood by its decision.

“We regularly review our talent pool to ensure that we are investing in talent, delivering for clients and best positioned for long-term success as we execute against our strategy,” the rep told The Post.

Some of the fired bankers are considering filing $10 million-plus lawsuits, a source said.

They will likely contend that the bonus is earned throughout the year and is not discretionary, sources said.

Rahman said they may have a tough time winning their cases, though they often end up in arbitration with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

“The banks often in their labor agreements say you have to be employed at the time of the bonus to get your bonus,” Rahman said.

Barclays, which has more than 13,000 workers in the US, didn’t pay bonuses to dozens of bankers last year as revenue declined and cut bonuses by 43% across the bank in 2023, according to Financial News.

The lender was expected to increase bonuses by as much as 20% to some departments this year as dealmaking rebounded, the outlet added.

Earlier this year, Barclays announced a three-year plan to become a simpler and more efficient bank, in which it doesn’t rely on a large percentage of its revenue from investment banking.

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Elon is a Genius they said. Also most Teslas have the charging port on the driver's side so you gotta go on the road to plugin for charge. Why not put the charging port on the passenger's side so you don't have to walk on the road?

>>22254558

Elon's H-1B 'talent' really working wonders.