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Breaking news: The US and Ukraine have signed an 'economic partnership' deal that will give Washington access to the country’s critical minerals and natural resources, ending weeks of fraught negotiations. www.ft.com/content/1ae7...
April 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Breaking news: The US and Ukraine have signed an 'economic partnership' deal that will give Washington access to the country’s critical minerals and natural resources, ending weeks of fraught negotiations. www.ft.com/content/1ae7...
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In addition to giving the contract to himself and so stealing public money the very concept of this thing is a crazy level boondoggle www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield
Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.
www.reuters.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In addition to giving the contract to himself and so stealing public money the very concept of this thing is a crazy level boondoggle www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Half of the munitions being fired by Russia are being supplied by North Korea. For some artillery units, all of their munitions comes from the DPRK. It’s not clear if these numbers count small arms or certain other classes of munition. - Reuters
April 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Half of the munitions being fired by Russia are being supplied by North Korea. For some artillery units, all of their munitions comes from the DPRK. It’s not clear if these numbers count small arms or certain other classes of munition. - Reuters
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The Trump administration is moving to cancel lawfully obtained Social Security numbers in an effort to pressure immigrants to “self deport” by cutting people off from financial services like bank accounts and credit cards, along with access to government benefits. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
April 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Trump administration is moving to cancel lawfully obtained Social Security numbers in an effort to pressure immigrants to “self deport” by cutting people off from financial services like bank accounts and credit cards, along with access to government benefits. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent may be planning to cut and run after Donald Trump’s disastrous “reciprocal tariff” announcement earlier this week.
MSNBC contributor Stephanie Ruhle reported that the key Cabinet member is already looking for an escape hatch.
newrepublic.com/post/193634/...
MSNBC contributor Stephanie Ruhle reported that the key Cabinet member is already looking for an escape hatch.
newrepublic.com/post/193634/...
Top Trump Official So Freaked Out by Tariffs, He Wants to Quit
And so the revolving door of Donald Trump’s Cabinet members begins.
newrepublic.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent may be planning to cut and run after Donald Trump’s disastrous “reciprocal tariff” announcement earlier this week.
MSNBC contributor Stephanie Ruhle reported that the key Cabinet member is already looking for an escape hatch.
newrepublic.com/post/193634/...
MSNBC contributor Stephanie Ruhle reported that the key Cabinet member is already looking for an escape hatch.
newrepublic.com/post/193634/...
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The Red Sea crisis exposed a hard truth: strategy needs more than firepower.
The Red Sea crisis exposed a hard truth: strategy needs more than firepower.
The Red Sea crisis exposed a hard truth: strategy needs more than firepower.
warontherocks.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The Red Sea crisis exposed a hard truth: strategy needs more than firepower.
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Russia not on Trump's tariff list
Russia not on Trump's tariff list
US media quotes the White House press secretary as saying this is because of sanctions on Moscow.
www.bbc.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Russia not on Trump's tariff list
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The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports…because no one lives there. @leahfeiger.bsky.social @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports…because no one lives there. @leahfeiger.bsky.social @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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Greece will spend €25 billion as part of a 12-year defense strategy, in the “most drastic transformation in the history of the country’s armed forces,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in parliament today.
Greece announces ‘drastic’ €25B transformation of defense strategy
The country is splashing the cash on its military after years of austerity.
www.politico.eu
April 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Greece will spend €25 billion as part of a 12-year defense strategy, in the “most drastic transformation in the history of the country’s armed forces,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in parliament today.
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The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
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In 2024, four women held four-star ranks in the military — the highest levels of the armed forces. Only 10 women have held the highest rank in their military branches in history. Now, there are none.
Of the four women, two of them retired and two were ousted. bit.ly/4i1EWUO
Of the four women, two of them retired and two were ousted. bit.ly/4i1EWUO
April 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In 2024, four women held four-star ranks in the military — the highest levels of the armed forces. Only 10 women have held the highest rank in their military branches in history. Now, there are none.
Of the four women, two of them retired and two were ousted. bit.ly/4i1EWUO
Of the four women, two of them retired and two were ousted. bit.ly/4i1EWUO
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Bellingcat, along with our partners, identified several cases where drone journalists were killed or injured shortly after capturing aerial images of the destruction in Gaza. Find the video version of this investigation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLbv...
Shot From Above- The Dangerous Work of Drone Journalists in Gaza
YouTube video by Bellingcat
www.youtube.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Bellingcat, along with our partners, identified several cases where drone journalists were killed or injured shortly after capturing aerial images of the destruction in Gaza. Find the video version of this investigation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLbv...
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March 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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I'm not an expert on military-speak, but here are several excerpts from the CENTCOM classification guide showing that quite a bit of the information reportedly disclosed in the Signal group chat would normally be classified at the Secret level.
March 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I'm not an expert on military-speak, but here are several excerpts from the CENTCOM classification guide showing that quite a bit of the information reportedly disclosed in the Signal group chat would normally be classified at the Secret level.
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“I think the most accountable, or the most guilty person is the secretary of defense because he put in all the highly classified information,” Republican Rep. Don Bacon, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and former Air Force Brigadier General, told CNN.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/p...
Top intel officials shift responsibility on to Hegseth for sending potentially classified info to Yemen strike group chat | CNN Politics
Several of President Donald Trump’s top national security officials, at times with assistance from a top Senate Republican, shifted responsibility to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for sending pote...
www.cnn.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“I think the most accountable, or the most guilty person is the secretary of defense because he put in all the highly classified information,” Republican Rep. Don Bacon, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and former Air Force Brigadier General, told CNN.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/p...
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The Kremlin has been messaging all day that it wanted a pause in arms deliveries to Ukraine as a condition of a full ceasefire. (As though Russia would cease taking deliveries from China, Iran and N. Korea.)
The absence of a full ceasefire suggests the White House didn't cave.
The absence of a full ceasefire suggests the White House didn't cave.
Reporting that Putin agreed to a 30-day pause in attacks on energy infrastructure.
This is a delay tactic, designed to keep Trump at the table and extract pressure on Kyiv.
It is not a breakthrough.
meduza.io/news/2025/03...
This is a delay tactic, designed to keep Trump at the table and extract pressure on Kyiv.
It is not a breakthrough.
meduza.io/news/2025/03...
Кремль: Путин поддержал 30-дневный отказ от ударов по энергетике Украины и «дал такую команду военным». Трамп настаивал на полном прекращении огня — Meduza
Владимир Путин поддержал идею президента США Дональда Трампа о взаимном отказе России и Украины от ударов по энергетической инфраструктуре в течение 30 дней и «дал такую команду военным», сообщил Крем...
meduza.io
March 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Kremlin has been messaging all day that it wanted a pause in arms deliveries to Ukraine as a condition of a full ceasefire. (As though Russia would cease taking deliveries from China, Iran and N. Korea.)
The absence of a full ceasefire suggests the White House didn't cave.
The absence of a full ceasefire suggests the White House didn't cave.
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During the ceasefire, the Al-Qassam Brigades worked to extract tools and equipment located in tunnels and manufacturing sites in Gaza and was counting on a continued ceasefire to resume manufacturing rockets and explosives, reports Asharq Al-Awsat, citing field sources, including Hamas members.
March 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
During the ceasefire, the Al-Qassam Brigades worked to extract tools and equipment located in tunnels and manufacturing sites in Gaza and was counting on a continued ceasefire to resume manufacturing rockets and explosives, reports Asharq Al-Awsat, citing field sources, including Hamas members.
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Russia intercepted seven of its own attack drones already in the air flying to Ukraine.
This happened after Putin ordered to temporarily halt strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, which was negotiated with Trump on 18 March.
This happened after Putin ordered to temporarily halt strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, which was negotiated with Trump on 18 March.
Russia intercepts own drones after Trump-Putin call orders energy strike pause
However, earlier overnight, the Russian forces launched 145 drones, two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, and four S-300 anti-aircraft missiles at Ukraine, injuring civilians and damaging infrastructure.
euromaidanpress.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Russia intercepted seven of its own attack drones already in the air flying to Ukraine.
This happened after Putin ordered to temporarily halt strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, which was negotiated with Trump on 18 March.
This happened after Putin ordered to temporarily halt strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, which was negotiated with Trump on 18 March.
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Cuba reconnected its national electrical grid and restored power to the majority of the capital Havana by late Sunday, energy officials said, nearly two days after an island-wide outage affected 10 million people reut.rs/43WobH4
Cuba reconnects electrical grid, restores power to much of Havana
Cuba reconnected its national electrical grid and restored power to the majority of the capital Havana by late on Sunday, energy officials said, nearly two days after an island-wide outage knocked out power to 10 million people.
reut.rs
March 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Cuba reconnected its national electrical grid and restored power to the majority of the capital Havana by late Sunday, energy officials said, nearly two days after an island-wide outage affected 10 million people reut.rs/43WobH4
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Russian milbloggers have also not coalesced around claims that Russian forces have encircled or "blocked" a significant number of Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast in recent days, but milbloggers may alter their reporting to mirror Putin's claims in the coming days. (1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar031425
March 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Russian milbloggers have also not coalesced around claims that Russian forces have encircled or "blocked" a significant number of Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast in recent days, but milbloggers may alter their reporting to mirror Putin's claims in the coming days. (1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar031425
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‼️ Hacker group Dark Storm Team claims responsibility for DDoS attack on X, — Newsweek
March 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
‼️ Hacker group Dark Storm Team claims responsibility for DDoS attack on X, — Newsweek
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Reports about the extent of the suspension of US military aid to Ukraine continue to indicate that the suspension will likely affect Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russia.
Ukraine's European allies continue to provide material and financial aid to Ukraine. isw.pub/UkrWar030925
Ukraine's European allies continue to provide material and financial aid to Ukraine. isw.pub/UkrWar030925
March 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Reports about the extent of the suspension of US military aid to Ukraine continue to indicate that the suspension will likely affect Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russia.
Ukraine's European allies continue to provide material and financial aid to Ukraine. isw.pub/UkrWar030925
Ukraine's European allies continue to provide material and financial aid to Ukraine. isw.pub/UkrWar030925
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Ukraine has supplied the U.S. with extensive intelligence and vast amounts of data on Russian technology, captured equipment, battlefield operational guides, weapon performance, and countermeasures against US provided systems. A shame no one seems to remembers or appreciates it
March 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Ukraine has supplied the U.S. with extensive intelligence and vast amounts of data on Russian technology, captured equipment, battlefield operational guides, weapon performance, and countermeasures against US provided systems. A shame no one seems to remembers or appreciates it
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“Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse, and it is Russia, not Ukraine, that is losing the attritional war, which makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic.”
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Russia Is Losing the War of Attrition
Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse. That makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic.
www.theatlantic.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse, and it is Russia, not Ukraine, that is losing the attritional war, which makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic.”
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...