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It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again. (Charles F. Kettering)
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The grift that keeps on grifting.
NEXT LEVEL CORRUPTION!

In Dec 2024, Trump named David Sacks the WH AI and crypto czar.

Sacks is a partner in a venture capital firm, Craft Ventures, he has 100’s of investments in tech companies that likely benefit from the policies he pushes.
Majority — AI
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December 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Oh look, it’s a MAGA Nativity scene. ✝️
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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In a 3-0 decision, the Court of Appeals rules against the Trump administration on the appointment of Alina Habba as interim US attorney in New Jersey www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Germany wants to undermine the EU's 2035 clean car mandate and allow "highly efficient combustion engine cars" after that.

What, you may ask, is a "highly efficient combustion engine car"?

"A highly efficient combustion engine car is a combustion engine car that is highly efficient," per the govt.
„Ein hocheffizienter Verbrenner ist ein Verbrenner, der hocheffizient ist.“ (2/2)
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Wagner (now Africa Corps) is makeing a journey of about 1,200km (Niamey-Lomé), crossing territory dominated or infiltrated by JNIM and ISIS-Sahel escorting a shipment of 1,000 tons of uranium. Its “yellow cake” uranium that can’t really be enriched for weapons use. But still, the story is nuts.
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Democracies run on rules. Autocracies run on allegiance. Reuters makes clear which direction we’re moving. #holdfast #getsmart #SteadyState

www.reuters.com/investigates...
Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting
A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#BREAKING: Ideologically diverse Third Circuit panel unanimously *affirms* district court ruling that Alina Habba was *not* lawfully appointed to serve as Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey *or* to otherwise exercise the functions of that office:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Opinion Filed – #81 in United States v. Julien Giraud, Jr. (3rd Cir., 25-2635) – CourtListener.com
PRECEDENTIAL OPINION. Coram: RESTREPO, SMITH and FISHER, Circuit Judges. Total Pages: 32. Judge: FISHER Authoring. [25-2635, 25-2636] (CJG)
storage.courtlistener.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Contrary to the First Amendment and established FCC precedent, the president keeps calling on the chairman of the FCC to take action that can only be considered to be retribution and intimidation and it's unprecedented, unlawful and tragic," Wheeler told UPI.
Ex-FCC chair: Trump's threat to ABC 'Unprecedented, unlawful, tragic' - UPI.com
President Donald Trump has again threatened a television network over its coverage, this time in relation to the unreleased Jeffrey Epstein files.
www.upi.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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U.S. envoy Tom Brack conveyed a message to the Iraqi government that Israel intends to carry out an operation soon against Hezbollah, aiming to dismantle its weapons. He also warned Baghdad of a severe Israeli strike in Iraq if the Iran-backed militias intervene.-Al‑Hadath
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Back when the US observed the laws of war, before Pete Hegseth
"...practiced by Japanese forces in brutally attacking helpless survivors of a torpedoed vessel and demands effective assurances from the Japanese Government that such criminal acts, which are contrary to all standards of civilized conduct, will not be repeated in the future. ..."
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - US appeals court rules former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor.

@apnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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It is important because it demonstrates how China is "embedding" energy ties with Russia at the level of institutional and political architecture.

The key points are captured in three theses from Ding:
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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While negotiations over a "peace plan" for Ukraine continue, China is turning Russia into its "resource rear" in case of a potential confrontation with the U.S.&the EU

On November 25-26,at the 7th China-Russia Energy Business Forum in Beijing, Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang delivered a speech⤵️
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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“President Trump mocks global warming as a hoax, cheered on by a chorus of influencers online who regularly promote disinformation on social media platforms that once tried to curtail it.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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No official confirmation but could see this as a very plausible operation:

US allegedly preparing UAV strikes in Nigeria as covert ISR flights reported.

businessday.ng/news/article...
US allegedly preparing UAV strikes in Nigeria as covert ISR flights reported - Businessday NG
A fresh wave of allegations has heightened scrutiny of U.S.–Nigeria security cooperation after a Sahel-focused terrorism tracker claimed that American surveillance aircraft have now entered Nigerian a...
businessday.ng
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Thankful to the people and government of the Netherlands 🇳🇱 @rubenbrekelmans.bsky.social for standing with Ukraine!
Een nieuwe mijlpaal: Oekraïne en Nederland gaan samen drones produceren in beide landen.

Met mijn Oekraïense collega Denys Shmyhal teken ik een overeenkomst voor co-productie (‘Build With Ukraine’).

Dit versterkt onze gezamenlijke veiligheid, weerbaarheid én innovatie. 🇳🇱🇺🇦
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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“Beevor described how Russian soldiers would gang rape not just German women but the starving and emaciated survivors of concentration camps and slave-labour factories.”
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM