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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
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'While surging attention on Taiwan’s organized crime has prompted concerns that gangs could support PRC fifth column activities, the rank-and-file Taiwanese gangsters are neither trained nor ideologically-primed to take part in these operations. '
globaltaiwan.org/2025/12/taiw...
globaltaiwan.org/2025/12/taiw...
What Would Taiwan's Gangs Do During a Possible PRC Invasion? | Global Taiwan Institute
As the topic of Taiwan’s organized crime and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP, 中國共產黨) united front influence on the island has garnered international attention, analysts have posed an alarming quest...
globaltaiwan.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
'While surging attention on Taiwan’s organized crime has prompted concerns that gangs could support PRC fifth column activities, the rank-and-file Taiwanese gangsters are neither trained nor ideologically-primed to take part in these operations. '
globaltaiwan.org/2025/12/taiw...
globaltaiwan.org/2025/12/taiw...
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Hailey Cheng, creator of the HK Fire document database has posted that she received "accurate reports" that has convinced her to cease posting about the Tai Po fire. In more recent posts, she states that the government is concerned her posts would be "misinterpreted" by "foreign forces".
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hailey Cheng, creator of the HK Fire document database has posted that she received "accurate reports" that has convinced her to cease posting about the Tai Po fire. In more recent posts, she states that the government is concerned her posts would be "misinterpreted" by "foreign forces".
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GOP in 'freefall' as deep red candidate hides association with 'toxic' Trump. The rats are jumping ship but, the stink of protecting a pedophile president stays with republican candidates.
GOP in 'freefall' as deep red candidate hides association with 'toxic' Trump: analyst
A special election for a House seat representing a district that went for Donald Trump by 22 points in 2024 has Republicans worried it may be lost as the GOP nominee chooses to distance himself from t...
flip.it
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
GOP in 'freefall' as deep red candidate hides association with 'toxic' Trump. The rats are jumping ship but, the stink of protecting a pedophile president stays with republican candidates.
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So... Senator Mark Kelly was just quoting Pete Hegseth?
Here’s Pete Hegseth in 2016 arguing there have to be consequences for war crimes and how the military won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief.
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
So... Senator Mark Kelly was just quoting Pete Hegseth?
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Excellent analysis today from @atrupar.com in PN:
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
The end is in sight — and it's not pretty for the GOP.
www.publicnotice.co
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excellent analysis today from @atrupar.com in PN:
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
The GOP "has done untold damage to the nation over the past two and a half decades, particularly during its domination by Trump. America would probably be far better off sending it into the dustbin of history."
www.publicnotice.co/p/late-trump...
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You can learn so much about body language.
When your lead negotiator turns up like this (Left) for the meeting with Ukraine, and like this (R) to meet Putin, it may indicate something, don't you think?
When your lead negotiator turns up like this (Left) for the meeting with Ukraine, and like this (R) to meet Putin, it may indicate something, don't you think?
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
You can learn so much about body language.
When your lead negotiator turns up like this (Left) for the meeting with Ukraine, and like this (R) to meet Putin, it may indicate something, don't you think?
When your lead negotiator turns up like this (Left) for the meeting with Ukraine, and like this (R) to meet Putin, it may indicate something, don't you think?
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If you missed the end of the Moscow talks last night, a quick resumé.
Putin kept Witkoff/Kushner waiting 3 hours.
Talks lasted nearly 5 hours, ending well after midnight.
Russia refused to negotiate on territory, maintaining maximalist demands.
Americans flew home within an hour
Putin kept Witkoff/Kushner waiting 3 hours.
Talks lasted nearly 5 hours, ending well after midnight.
Russia refused to negotiate on territory, maintaining maximalist demands.
Americans flew home within an hour
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you missed the end of the Moscow talks last night, a quick resumé.
Putin kept Witkoff/Kushner waiting 3 hours.
Talks lasted nearly 5 hours, ending well after midnight.
Russia refused to negotiate on territory, maintaining maximalist demands.
Americans flew home within an hour
Putin kept Witkoff/Kushner waiting 3 hours.
Talks lasted nearly 5 hours, ending well after midnight.
Russia refused to negotiate on territory, maintaining maximalist demands.
Americans flew home within an hour
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It was a stacked thread yesterday, averaging a post every 22 minutes throughout the whole 24 hours.
Need to catch up on all things Russia + Ukraine? There's no better place. Click + Scroll, but please come back to today's🧵
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
Need to catch up on all things Russia + Ukraine? There's no better place. Click + Scroll, but please come back to today's🧵
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
Hello again - it's Tuesday's daily thread for Day 1378 of the full Russian invasion.
It's the day Russia will again pretend it wants peace as a woefully underqualified and historically ignorant US "envoy" meets Putin again.
No. of times Witkoff has been to:
Moscow: 6
Kyiv: 0
It's the day Russia will again pretend it wants peace as a woefully underqualified and historically ignorant US "envoy" meets Putin again.
No. of times Witkoff has been to:
Moscow: 6
Kyiv: 0
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It was a stacked thread yesterday, averaging a post every 22 minutes throughout the whole 24 hours.
Need to catch up on all things Russia + Ukraine? There's no better place. Click + Scroll, but please come back to today's🧵
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
Need to catch up on all things Russia + Ukraine? There's no better place. Click + Scroll, but please come back to today's🧵
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
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Good morning on Day 1379 of the war in Europe.
The day after the 'crunch' Moscow talks and... nothing's changed. Ukraine wants peace. Russia refuses.
Strangely, still no post from Trump on Putin's latest humiliation of US 'power'
It's the daily thread - still never missed a day!
The day after the 'crunch' Moscow talks and... nothing's changed. Ukraine wants peace. Russia refuses.
Strangely, still no post from Trump on Putin's latest humiliation of US 'power'
It's the daily thread - still never missed a day!
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good morning on Day 1379 of the war in Europe.
The day after the 'crunch' Moscow talks and... nothing's changed. Ukraine wants peace. Russia refuses.
Strangely, still no post from Trump on Putin's latest humiliation of US 'power'
It's the daily thread - still never missed a day!
The day after the 'crunch' Moscow talks and... nothing's changed. Ukraine wants peace. Russia refuses.
Strangely, still no post from Trump on Putin's latest humiliation of US 'power'
It's the daily thread - still never missed a day!
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“Obviously, in a dehumanized combat, there’s a sort of coldness behind it all that somewhat gives you goosebumps," a French Army official predicted.
France is two years from fielding drone swarms in its armed forces
“Obviously, in a dehumanized combat, there’s a sort of coldness behind it all that somewhat gives you goosebumps," a French Army official predicted.
www.defensenews.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“Obviously, in a dehumanized combat, there’s a sort of coldness behind it all that somewhat gives you goosebumps," a French Army official predicted.
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Statement by #EU President von der Leyen with Commissioner Jorgensen and Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, on the provisional agreement on the phasing out of russian fossil fuels under REPowerEU
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Statement by President von der Leyen with Commissioner Jorgensen and Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, on the provisional agreement on the phasing out of Russian foss...
Good morning to all of you and a very warm welcome to you, Fatih Birol,\nAnd congratulations to Commissioner Dan Jorgensen,\nIt was a short night for our negotiators. And today is a historic day for o...
ec.europa.eu
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Statement by #EU President von der Leyen with Commissioner Jorgensen and Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, on the provisional agreement on the phasing out of russian fossil fuels under REPowerEU
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Every sympathy for University of Essex (and pressures facing them) but this is very bad news for Southend.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Roles to be lost are part of wave of redundancy programmes across UK’s higher education sector
giftarticle.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Every sympathy for University of Essex (and pressures facing them) but this is very bad news for Southend.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
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'HIV-free generations': prevention drug rollout brings hope to South Africa.
Taken twice a year, Lenacapavir has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9%
u.afp.com/ShHt
Taken twice a year, Lenacapavir has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9%
u.afp.com/ShHt
December 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
'HIV-free generations': prevention drug rollout brings hope to South Africa.
Taken twice a year, Lenacapavir has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9%
u.afp.com/ShHt
Taken twice a year, Lenacapavir has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9%
u.afp.com/ShHt
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Costco filed a lawsuit at the U.S. Court of International Trade saying the Trump administration’s tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are unlawful. https://wapo.st/4oz2Bz3
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Costco filed a lawsuit at the U.S. Court of International Trade saying the Trump administration’s tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are unlawful. https://wapo.st/4oz2Bz3
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Russian influence operations continue to infest western nations.
Exclusive: Leaked documents expose global Russian soft-power influence network
NV English has obtained documents revealing a sprawling Russian global espionage and influence network — evidence of the Kremlin’s effort to build a civilian ecosystem for shaping international narrat...
english.nv.ua
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Russian influence operations continue to infest western nations.
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Donald Trump spent last night having some bizarre social media fever dream. It’s long past time for the president's mental fitness to be a sustained front-page story. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to talk about Donald Trump’s health (again)
The most consequential topic in the world is the simple question: Is the President mentally fit to serve?
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Donald Trump spent last night having some bizarre social media fever dream. It’s long past time for the president's mental fitness to be a sustained front-page story. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
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6-year-old missing after ICE arrested him and his dad and shipped them off to separate facilities
6-year-old missing after ICE arrested him and dad and detained them separately
A father and son were arrested by ICE last week, and the whereabouts of the 6-year-old are still unknown.
www.themirror.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
6-year-old missing after ICE arrested him and his dad and shipped them off to separate facilities
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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russia sentences Luhansk woman to 16 years for sheltering two defenders of #Ukraine
The aggressor state claimed claiming Yulia Mosiak, a Ukrainian citizen, “decided to commit treason” (under Russian legislation) by protecting the Ukrainian defenders of her own country
khpg.org/en/1608815320
The aggressor state claimed claiming Yulia Mosiak, a Ukrainian citizen, “decided to commit treason” (under Russian legislation) by protecting the Ukrainian defenders of her own country
khpg.org/en/1608815320
Russia sentences Luhansk woman to 16 years for sheltering two defenders of Ukraine
The aggressor state claimed claiming Yulia Mosiak, a Ukrainian citizen, “decided to commit treason” (under Russian legislation!) by protecting the Ukrainian defenders of her own country
khpg.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
russia sentences Luhansk woman to 16 years for sheltering two defenders of #Ukraine
The aggressor state claimed claiming Yulia Mosiak, a Ukrainian citizen, “decided to commit treason” (under Russian legislation) by protecting the Ukrainian defenders of her own country
khpg.org/en/1608815320
The aggressor state claimed claiming Yulia Mosiak, a Ukrainian citizen, “decided to commit treason” (under Russian legislation) by protecting the Ukrainian defenders of her own country
khpg.org/en/1608815320
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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New ltr to NASA OIG from HSS&T RM Lofgren (D-CA) shares skdl of "consolidation" activities at NASA Goddard thru May 2026 and urges OIG to hasten its investigation to what's happening there.
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
New ltr to NASA OIG from HSS&T RM Lofgren (D-CA) shares skdl of "consolidation" activities at NASA Goddard thru May 2026 and urges OIG to hasten its investigation to what's happening there.
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
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Apparently every Chinese academic in any field of “interest” to the PLA is getting their visa rejected for, more or less, presumptively being a spy. My friend’s visa is denied because she studies “neuroscience.” What she actually studies is jaw pain - but ICE is flatly rejecting all appeals.
Just got the word that the Trump administration is throwing a brilliant medical researcher friend of mine out of the country because they’re Chinese. Insane and unreal. Literally doing research in the US to help the US
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Apparently every Chinese academic in any field of “interest” to the PLA is getting their visa rejected for, more or less, presumptively being a spy. My friend’s visa is denied because she studies “neuroscience.” What she actually studies is jaw pain - but ICE is flatly rejecting all appeals.
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The Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure stated that the tanker Midvolga 2 came under attack 80 miles off the coast of Turkey.
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure stated that the tanker Midvolga 2 came under attack 80 miles off the coast of Turkey.
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We are indeed in a new phase of the Black Sea naval war.
There has yet to be a direct Russian reply to the latest string of Ukrainian attacks and what I'm mostly thinking about are new offensive-, not defensive, actions.
Going down that route is mostly a political question.
There has yet to be a direct Russian reply to the latest string of Ukrainian attacks and what I'm mostly thinking about are new offensive-, not defensive, actions.
Going down that route is mostly a political question.
Russian tanker Midvolga 2 was targeted by kamikaze drone this morning in the Black Sea.
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We are indeed in a new phase of the Black Sea naval war.
There has yet to be a direct Russian reply to the latest string of Ukrainian attacks and what I'm mostly thinking about are new offensive-, not defensive, actions.
Going down that route is mostly a political question.
There has yet to be a direct Russian reply to the latest string of Ukrainian attacks and what I'm mostly thinking about are new offensive-, not defensive, actions.
Going down that route is mostly a political question.