EagleScoutinAsia
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I am an Eagle Scout who works in Asia
In the US, student lenders are predatory. Seems that the UK is pointed in the same direction.
Will student loans be the next mis-selling scandal? ft.trib.al/9SMGRC7 | opinion
Will student loans be the next mis-selling scandal?
Graduates are in uproar about Budget changes to loan repayment terms, and they have a point
ft.trib.al
January 24, 2026 at 6:31 AM
In the US, student lenders are predatory. Seems that the UK is pointed in the same direction.
Power to the people. Iran needs a modern, democratic government.
Iranian protesters defy crackdown as crowds chant anti-regime slogans ft.trib.al/tjLCjAK
Iranian protesters defy crackdown as crowds chant anti-regime slogans
State television reports that three police officers died overnight in an attack in Shiraz
ft.trib.al
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Power to the people. Iran needs a modern, democratic government.
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Goes with this.
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
January 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Goes with this.
Well, if Puta or Pooh tries to take Greenland, as a NATO member the US joins in protecting it. But perhaps a President who fires objective advisors and doesn’t read briefing papers wouldn’t know that.
"And by the way, we don't want Russia or China going to Greenland, which if we don't take Greenland, you're going to have Russia or China as your next door neighbor," Trump said. "That's not going to happen."
For fucks sake, release the complete Epstein files.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
For fucks sake, release the complete Epstein files.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
By right or by might? Trump vows to take Greenland before Russia, China.
"If we don't do it the easy way, we're going to do it the hard way," Trump said about taking over Greenland, a territory of Denmark.
www.usatoday.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Well, if Puta or Pooh tries to take Greenland, as a NATO member the US joins in protecting it. But perhaps a President who fires objective advisors and doesn’t read briefing papers wouldn’t know that.
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Oh people are going to find out what "Minnesota Nice" really means...
Be Minnesota Nice until it’s time to Minnesota Not Be Nice
We're at the scene of a protest in downtown Minneapolis outside the Canopy by Hilton hotel, where ICE agents are believed to be staying. Photographer Alex Kormann estimates at least 1,000 people are in attendance.
January 10, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Oh people are going to find out what "Minnesota Nice" really means...
Gee, this sounds like Dour Bullethead cut and paste.
As I sometimes say, Sophie’s Choice was not intended as a training video.
As I sometimes say, Sophie’s Choice was not intended as a training video.
January 10, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Gee, this sounds like Dour Bullethead cut and paste.
As I sometimes say, Sophie’s Choice was not intended as a training video.
As I sometimes say, Sophie’s Choice was not intended as a training video.
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Begging credit card companies to play nice is a joke.
I said a year ago if Trump was serious I’d work to pass a bill to cap rates. Since then, he’s done nothing but try to shut down the CFPB.
Trump doesn’t care about affordability. Americans know a fraud when they see one.
I said a year ago if Trump was serious I’d work to pass a bill to cap rates. Since then, he’s done nothing but try to shut down the CFPB.
Trump doesn’t care about affordability. Americans know a fraud when they see one.
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Begging credit card companies to play nice is a joke.
I said a year ago if Trump was serious I’d work to pass a bill to cap rates. Since then, he’s done nothing but try to shut down the CFPB.
Trump doesn’t care about affordability. Americans know a fraud when they see one.
I said a year ago if Trump was serious I’d work to pass a bill to cap rates. Since then, he’s done nothing but try to shut down the CFPB.
Trump doesn’t care about affordability. Americans know a fraud when they see one.
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Ukraine gives Hunter Biden--oops, I mean Ronald Lauder--a big lithium contract.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
Ukraine Awards Major Lithium Project to Investors With Links to Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Ukraine gives Hunter Biden--oops, I mean Ronald Lauder--a big lithium contract.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
“My ancestors came here 14,000 years ago. How about yours, sir?”
January 10, 2026 at 5:21 AM
“My ancestors came here 14,000 years ago. How about yours, sir?”
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Some 600 immigrant kids were sent to federal custody by ICE in 2025.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
(Published Nov. 2025)
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
(Published Nov. 2025)
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Some 600 immigrant kids were sent to federal custody by ICE in 2025.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
(Published Nov. 2025)
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
(Published Nov. 2025)
Let’s hear it for the Senate
After the House refused to display it, the Senate unanimously agreed to hang a plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6. It only took five years. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate votes to display Jan. 6 plaque after House GOP refuses to hang it at Capitol
The office of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has argued that the federal law requiring the plaque's display was "not implementable."
www.nbcnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Let’s hear it for the Senate
Enough. Bombard them with valid assault charges and personal civil damage claims.
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If you have a tip related to the Trump administration, we want to hear it.
Here's how to contact our reporters securely: www.propublica.org/tips/
January 10, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Enough. Bombard them with valid assault charges and personal civil damage claims.
The product move from boxes of bricks to models was not positive. I was crestfallen when I discovered that somewhere along the line, my shoebox full of Lego had not made it with the other lift van of worldly goods to the house where our children were to grow up.
Lego should be simple, not smart ft.trib.al/W0KzUh0 | opinion
Lego should be simple, not smart
The introduction of tech to the most brilliantly basic of building blocks is an odd kind of futurism
ft.trib.al
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 AM
The product move from boxes of bricks to models was not positive. I was crestfallen when I discovered that somewhere along the line, my shoebox full of Lego had not made it with the other lift van of worldly goods to the house where our children were to grow up.
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Nancy Pelosi predicts Democrats will retake US House in 2026 midterms
Nancy Pelosi predicts Democrats will retake US House in 2026 midterms
Former House speaker on ABC News also said congressional Republicans have ceded almost all their power to Trump
Democrats will retake the US House’s majority in the 2026 midterm elections, the chamber’s former speaker Nancy Pelosi has confidently predicted – and she hopes her party colleagues then seize back the congressional power that Republicans have all but ceded to Donald Trump.
Asked Sunday on ABC News’s This Week if she had any doubts over whether Democratic New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries would hold the speaker’s gavel after the elections midway through Trump’s second presidency, Pelosi said: “None.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Nancy Pelosi predicts Democrats will retake US House in 2026 midterms
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The secrets of a great sex life: how to keep the flame alive in the bedroom
The secrets of a great sex life: how to keep the flame alive in the bedroom
Sex is an appetite like any other and there is much you can do to make it a priority, from making sure you find the time for it to building your confidence and maintaining intimacy throughout the day
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The secrets of a great sex life: how to keep the flame alive in the bedroom
Which of SM’s ancestors walked across the ice from Siberia? Remind me again.
It took a lot of recent refugees gathered together at Los Alamos to make an atom bomb. Not just Fermi.
Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
December 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Which of SM’s ancestors walked across the ice from Siberia? Remind me again.
He doesn’t want to admit that anyone outdoes him but the other guy is a more prolific war criminal.
The Mar-a-Lago visit will be the Israeli prime minister’s sixth summit with the US president this year — more than any other world leader. ft.trib.al/HEmZhx4
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
He doesn’t want to admit that anyone outdoes him but the other guy is a more prolific war criminal.
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‘They want to destroy my career’: Kiwi Chow on life as a dissenting director in Hong Kong
‘They want to destroy my career’: Kiwi Chow on life as a dissenting director in Hong Kong
With his new film rejected by official censors, the award-winning film-maker says he is being punished for his outspoken views
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:50 AM
‘They want to destroy my career’: Kiwi Chow on life as a dissenting director in Hong Kong
Messed up
Grenfell firms still receiving multimillion-pound public contracts, analysis finds
Grenfell firms still receiving multimillion-pound public contracts, analysis finds
Survivors urge government to stop using suppliers cited in public inquiry into fire in which 72 people died
Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have called on the government to stop companies implicated in the disaster from receiving public contracts, after it was revealed several were still in receipt of multimillion-pound deals.
New analysis found at least 87 contracts across the public sector in the government’s own database involve companies criticised in the phase 2 report into the Grenfell fire, published in September 2024, though some contracts may have since expired. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Messed up
Thank you for taking the high road, Arnold & Porter
Civil Discourse is a newsletter for people who want to understand what’s happening in our country, not just survive it. Here’s what you need to know to be ready for the week ahead. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Thank you for taking the high road, Arnold & Porter
60 Minutes needs to be able to do its job. As does the rest of the Fourth Estate
Share and tell CBS to air this! Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported a segment about migrants sent to the El Salvadoran torture prison CECOT, just sent a blistering letter to colleagues, sounding the alarm that Bari Weiss spiked the story for political reasons.
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
60 Minutes needs to be able to do its job. As does the rest of the Fourth Estate
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The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
December 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
Good luck and Godspeed
EXCLUSIVE | A former USAID official is suing Ben Shapiro's outlet, The Daily Wire, accusing them of orchestrating a defamation campaign to further Musk’s DOGE mission.
Fired Official Says DOGE and MAGA ‘Shattered’ His Life in New Lawsuit
A damning lawsuit reveals more fallout from Elon Musk’s former agency.
trib.al
December 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Good luck and Godspeed
Very concerning
The deal would put one of the biggest social media into the hands of an autocratic president's close allies
* ORACLE, SILVER LAKE, ANDREESSEN TO CONTROL TIKOK IN US: WSJ
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December 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Very concerning
More vandalism
Russell Vought announced that the National Science Foundation will “break up” the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado calling it a source of “climate alarmism” and saying its work should be dismantled and redistributed.
December 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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