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Reported earlier today that a new DOGEr, Roland Tenglong Shen, who works at Thiel-backed payments company Ramp, is now at Treasury's central payments hub. A request for comment through LinkedIn went unanswered and now Shen's LinkedIn profile has disappeared. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rampi...
Rampin’ Up, Baby! That Thiel Start Up Hunting the Motherlode Contract is Inside Treasury
One of the most important stories in some time came out two...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Reported earlier today that a new DOGEr, Roland Tenglong Shen, who works at Thiel-backed payments company Ramp, is now at Treasury's central payments hub. A request for comment through LinkedIn went unanswered and now Shen's LinkedIn profile has disappeared. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rampi...
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They don't want peace
NEW: Two high-ranking members of Putin's inner circle reiterated Putin's June 2024 non-negotiable demands that any resolution of the war in Ukraine must result in regime change, extensive territorial concessions, and long-term limitations on Ukraine's military. 🧵(1/7) isw.pub/UkrWar041525
April 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
They don't want peace
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Turkey begins trial of 189 defendants over protests against İstanbul mayor’s arrest #HumanRightsViolations
Turkey begins trial of 189 defendants over protests against İstanbul mayor’s arrest - Stockholm Center for Freedom
A mass trial began in İstanbul on Friday for 189 people, including students, journalists and lawyers, who protested the detention and subsequent arrest of İstanbul mayor and opposition presidential…
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April 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Turkey begins trial of 189 defendants over protests against İstanbul mayor’s arrest #HumanRightsViolations
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The White House just posted this on X.
April 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The White House just posted this on X.
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A Guatemalan immigrant with no criminal history in Massachusetts was arrested Monday on Tallman Street after federal agents smashed his car window as he and his wife waited for their lawyer
April 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A Guatemalan immigrant with no criminal history in Massachusetts was arrested Monday on Tallman Street after federal agents smashed his car window as he and his wife waited for their lawyer
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Three people killed by the massive Russian attack on Dnipro last night. One of them is a child.
28 more people injured, including 4 children.
A lot of buildings and vehicles damaged. It took 173 rescuers to put out the fires caused by the Russian attack.
28 more people injured, including 4 children.
A lot of buildings and vehicles damaged. It took 173 rescuers to put out the fires caused by the Russian attack.
April 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Three people killed by the massive Russian attack on Dnipro last night. One of them is a child.
28 more people injured, including 4 children.
A lot of buildings and vehicles damaged. It took 173 rescuers to put out the fires caused by the Russian attack.
28 more people injured, including 4 children.
A lot of buildings and vehicles damaged. It took 173 rescuers to put out the fires caused by the Russian attack.
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Bondi grotesquely claims that Abrego Garcia's wife and child are better off with him gone
April 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Bondi grotesquely claims that Abrego Garcia's wife and child are better off with him gone
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Autopsies of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’
Autopsies of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’
Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crime
* The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline
The doctor who carried out the autopsies of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly killed by gunshots to the head and torso, as well as injuries caused by explosives.
There was international outcry last month after it emerged that Israeli troops had launched a deadly attack on a group of paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent, civil defence and United Nations workers, as they carried out a rescue operation in southern Gaza. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Autopsies of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’
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'Good chance' of US-UK trade deal, says Vance.
Please repost if you want the UK to rejoin the EU or Single Market rather than do a trade deal with Trump's America.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Please repost if you want the UK to rejoin the EU or Single Market rather than do a trade deal with Trump's America.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Good chance' of US trade deal with UK, says Vice-President Vance
The Trump administration's trade policy shakeup has caused global economic turmoil.
www.bbc.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
'Good chance' of US-UK trade deal, says Vance.
Please repost if you want the UK to rejoin the EU or Single Market rather than do a trade deal with Trump's America.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Please repost if you want the UK to rejoin the EU or Single Market rather than do a trade deal with Trump's America.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Homan: "El Salvador would have to agree to release him. It doesn't sound like they're going to."
April 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Homan: "El Salvador would have to agree to release him. It doesn't sound like they're going to."
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April 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials.
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April 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials.
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In September 2021, Texas banned nearly all abortions. A JAMA Pediatrics study found that, between 2021 and 2022, infant deaths in Texas surged 12.9%, compared with a much smaller increase in the rest of the US of 1.8%. Infant mortality rates rose 8.3%.
www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/h...
www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/h...
April 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In September 2021, Texas banned nearly all abortions. A JAMA Pediatrics study found that, between 2021 and 2022, infant deaths in Texas surged 12.9%, compared with a much smaller increase in the rest of the US of 1.8%. Infant mortality rates rose 8.3%.
www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/h...
www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/h...
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COLLINS: You said that if SCOTUS said someone needed to be returned you would abide by that. You said that on Air Force One just a few days ago
TRUMP: Why don't you just say, 'isn't it wonderful that we're keeping criminals out of our country?' That's why nobody watches you anymore.
TRUMP: Why don't you just say, 'isn't it wonderful that we're keeping criminals out of our country?' That's why nobody watches you anymore.
April 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
COLLINS: You said that if SCOTUS said someone needed to be returned you would abide by that. You said that on Air Force One just a few days ago
TRUMP: Why don't you just say, 'isn't it wonderful that we're keeping criminals out of our country?' That's why nobody watches you anymore.
TRUMP: Why don't you just say, 'isn't it wonderful that we're keeping criminals out of our country?' That's why nobody watches you anymore.
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Bondi: "These district judges do not have the right to interfere with the executive branch's ability to conduct foreign affairs, meaning President Trump's ability to do business with foreign nations ... he's not a Maryland man."
April 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Bondi: "These district judges do not have the right to interfere with the executive branch's ability to conduct foreign affairs, meaning President Trump's ability to do business with foreign nations ... he's not a Maryland man."
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Look at how X summarizes the Abrego Garcia story (remembering that he is not MS-13, or guilty of anything at all)
April 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Look at how X summarizes the Abrego Garcia story (remembering that he is not MS-13, or guilty of anything at all)
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Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial
Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial
Man who says he had previously left and re-entered the country multiple times alleges border officials called him ‘retarded’ and boasted ‘Trump is back in town’
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial
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Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit
Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit
Col Susannah Meyers removed amid reports she distanced base from Vance’s criticism of Denmark’s oversight of territory
• Europe live – latest updates
The head of the US military base in Greenland, a Danish territory coveted by Donald Trump, has been fired for criticising Washington’s agenda for the island.
Col Susannah Meyers, who had served as commander of the Pituffik space base since July, was removed amid reports she had distanced herself and the base from JD Vance’s criticism of Denmark and its oversight of the territory during the US vice-president’s visit to the base two weeks ago. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit
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Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
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Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
www.politico.eu
March 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.