Month: April 2024

Voices, The Peoples News

April 18, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“The truth that makes men free is for the most part
the truth which men prefer not to hear.”
– Herbert Sebastien Agar
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# Indigenous / Global
‘We can’t hunt or fish’: The villages in Ecuador’s Amazon surrounded by abandoned explosives. In 2002, high explosives were laid in oil wells across 20 sq km of forest. The firm has gone but the pentolite remains, despite a court ruling, putting lives and the ecosystem at risk
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/sarayaku-ecuador-amazon-indigenous-land-explosives-oil-company-ecosystems

# Archaeology / Anthropology
Ancient Quarry? Mysterious Site In The Corner Of Utah: When you first enter the monument’s Quarry Exhibit Hall and look at the 1,500 displayed fossils, you can’t help but ask yourself: Did paleontologists really discover the bones like this or artfully place them here for effect? The answer is the bones are just as nature arranged them more than 150 million years ago, deposited by an ancient stream.
https://www.visitutah.com/articles/real-dinosaur-quarry

Ancient monument ‘unlike anything archaeologists have seen before’ unearthed in France, spanning from the Neolithic Age (between 10000BC and 2200BC) and the Iron Age (1200BC to 550BC): The oldest occupation – meaning a layer of remains left by a single culture – was the most intriguing to the experts. The discovery of the complex leaves many questions to answer, with the experts hoping that studies will reveal the purpose it once served and how the land, and its people, evolved over the ages.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3405801645743-ancient-monument-unlike-anything-archaeologists-have-seen-before-unearthed-in-france?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MTM0NDIyNTQ5NDY%3D

# Borders / Immigration / Migrants
Resolving Border Crisis Requires Increasing Legal Migration: Policy Solutions to Address Crisis at Border Exist, But Require Will and Staying Power to Execute. Any long-term solution to the crisis at the southern border must include greater plausible paths for legal migration for low-skilled workers in Latin American countries.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/policy-solutions-address-crisis-border-exist-require-will-staying-power

We Need Less, Not More, Immigration: Immigration is not the weather; it can be controlled and managed to benefit the American people. Closing the U.S.-Mexico border, as President Trump is threatening, and cutting off aid to the countries of Central America from which migrants have been fleeing will only feed the crisis that exists along the border. Shock-and-awe actions, such as family separation, have not worked in taming the forces driving migration from the region, and indeed may be driving more movement. It’s well past time to truly grapple with what explains the increased number of arrivals in recent months and to put real solutions in place, difficult as they will be to execute.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/policy-solutions-address-crisis-border-exist-require-will-staying-power

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Former US Treasury Secretary warns Trump plans would ‘set off an inflationary spiral’: “I don’t think it would just be massive deregulation,” Summers said, “I think it would be massive regulation in the form of restrictions on the ability to buy products from abroad, which would raise prices and would set off an inflationary spiral.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4601150-summers-trump-term-inflationary-spiral/

# Education / Schools
Outrage as high school student is suspended just for using the term ‘illegal alien’ in class discussion: A 16-year-old North Carolina high school student says he was suspended just for saying “illegal alien” while discussing word meaning in English class,p. The newspaper reported that the boy’s mother, Leah McGhee, said a teacher had given an assignment that used the word “alien,” and Christian responded by asking if the teacher meant “like space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?”
https://www.newsweek.com/teen-suspended-saying-illegal-alien-sparks-republican-outrage-1891021

Florida Schools Must Teach ‘Evils Of Communism,’ DeSantis Orders: “It’s going to give the students the truth about communism,” DeSantis said of the law at a signing ceremony, adding, “We might as well tell them the truth when they’re in our schools, because a lot of these universities they go to, they’re going be told how great communism is.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-desantis-florida-schools-communism_n_66200bdfe4b07db21fd5de66

After School Satan Clubs gain popularity amid legal victories: There are congregations around the country, and they tell those interested that if their goals are to “sell my soul, get rich, join the Illuminati, etc.” they should “look somewhere else.” While the clubs are controversial, mostly for their name and association with the Satanic Temple, students are not actually getting proselytized or instructions in devil worship.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/3990175-after-school-satan-clubs-gain-popularity-amid-legal-victories/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Etc:
Biden vows to protect U.S. steel industry by blocking Japanese merger and seeking new Chinese tariffs: President Joe Biden wants to triple tariff rates on Chinese steel and aluminum if investigators confirm allegations of the country’s unfair trade practices
https://apnews.com/article/biden-china-steel-tariffs-union-workers-0399b0450b67086ca86edc43ac45e5e9

Biden administration announces reforms to federal oil and gas leasing system on public lands: The Bureau of Land Management’s new Oil and Gas Rule is said to save taxpayers money, help ensure public lands are used for their highest value, and better protect communities and the environment.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/04/18/biden-administration-announces-reforms-to-federal-oil-and-gas-leasing-system-on-public-lands/#:~:text=Permanent%20increases%20to%20federal%20fees,little%20as%20%241.50%20per%20acre

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure
California cracks down on water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’:  Officials say the Tulare Lake groundwater subbasin failed for years to provide adequate plans to mitigate their well-known water problems.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/17/california-water-drought-farm-ground-sinking-tulare-lake#:~:text=Over%2Dpumping%20of%20groundwater%20in,their%20well%2Dknown%20water%20problems

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Technology
The Rise of the Carbon Farmer: Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultural practices of yesteryear—to improve soil health, raise yields, and trap carbon in the atmosphere back down in the soil.
https://www.spglobal.com/esg/insights/topics/carbon-farming-opportunities-for-agriculture-and-farmers-to-gain-from-decarbonization
See also: What is Carbon Farming?
https://www.carboncycle.org/what-is-carbon-farming/

Unhealthy pesticide levels found in one-fifth of US produce, says report: Consumer Reports reveals alarming levels of pesticides in many U.S. fruits and vegetables, including popular items like strawberries and potatoes.
https://www.ehn.org/unhealthy-pesticide-levels-found-in-one-fifth-of-us-produce-says-report-2667807233.html

# General News
Strange ‘Anomaly’ Off the Coast of Africa Has People Freaking Out: The 62-year-old farm worker had taken pics of dead aloe vera plants, an evergreen succulent prized for its healing properties, that he’d lined up on the beach at sunrise, so that they evoked tentacled monsters invading the shore. He then posted the otherworldly pics to Facebook in an effort to raise awareness about environmental degradation. “I thought I could use this as a metaphor for how people see these plants as aliens, but we are actually the two-legged aliens messing up their world,” Vorster described.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/14/aliens-crawling-on-coast-spark-hysteria-online/

Mystery as Underwater Anomaly Larger Than Texas Spotted off African Coast: A giant cluster of waves over 80 feet high and spanning 2,000 miles, an area larger than Texas, appeared to move through the ocean off the coast of Africa on April 10 in a journey that lasted about 24 hours before it vanished. Some online commentators said the formation could only have been created by something moving under the surface of the sea, making it an “unidentified submersible object,” the ocean equivalent of a UFO.
https://www.newsweek.com/underwater-anomaly-larger-texas-spotted-african-coast-1889674

# Gov / Politics / Global
Vladimir Putin ‘to use weapons of mass destruction’ as Russia and Iran form ‘coalition from hell’: Vladimir Putin is hoping that the conflict between Iran and Israel will distract the West from the invasion of Ukraine, an expert has warned.
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/134400/vladimir-putin-weapons-mass-destruction-ukraine-russia-Iran-israel

Prosecutors Seek to Try Russians for Ukraine War Crimes—In Argentina: In a country long traumatized by torture, Putin’s victims hope to get their day in court.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/prosecutors-seek-to-try-russians-for-ukraine-war-crimes-in-argentina

Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova: Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born on 7 October 1952, President of the Russian Federation, is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute)
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and

How the ICC’s Warrant for Putin Could Impact the Ukraine War: While this is a significant step, it will be critical for the international community to continue to pursue accountability for the crime of aggression. What do the warrants mean for international criminal accountability for Russian crimes in Ukraine?
https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/03/how-iccs-warrant-putin-could-impact-ukraine-war

Leaked Document Reveals Russia’s Latest Efforts to Weaken the West: A once-secret document has revealed Russia’s plans to carry out an aggressive information campaign against Western nations involving psychological and economic tactics aimed at weakening the U.S. and its allies.
https://thedebrief.org/leaked-document-reveals-russias-latest-efforts-to-weaken-the-west/#:~:text=The%20revelations%20were%20reported%20this,trade%20and%20other%20informational%20psychological%E2%80%9D

‘A direct, protracted war with Israel is not something Iran is equipped to fight’: Iran’s “dramatic weekend air assault on Israel” was a “spectacular failure,” says Jason Rezaian. The limited damage clarified that “Iran doesn’t have the means to mount a significant conventional response to Israeli might. And Tehran is painfully aware of this.” But that doesn’t mean the Islamic Republic poses no threat. It’s just likely to respond to any Israeli retaliation with “asymmetrical tactics” like abductions and assassinations, which are “unpredictable and cheap compared with military operations.”
https://theweek.com/international/iran-unable-fight-Israel-direct-war

Israel Considers Attacking Iran and Invading Rafah as Netanyahu Seeks Lifelines to Stay in Power New reporting indicates that the Biden administration has approved Israel’ s plan to attack Rafah in exchange for Israel not launching counterstrikes on Iran.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/15/israel-iran-war-netanyahu-gaza-lifeline-isolation/

‘This could get very big, very quickly’: Former U.S. defense Secretary on Israel and Iran: Mark Esper tells Christiane Amanpour that the Middle East is arguably “on the precipice” of wider regional war.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2024/04/16/amanpour-esper-iran-ukraine-trump.cnn

# Gov / Politics
Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood: Despite Biden’s pledge to support a two-state solution, cables argue that Palestine should not be granted U.N. member status.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/17/united-nations-biden-palestine-statehood/

Democrats Question U.S. Claims That Israel Isn’t Violating International Law Using American Weapons: Biden campaign co-chair Rep. Veronica Escobar co-led a congressional letter questioning the administration’s compliance with its own arms transfer memo.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/16/israel-weapons-aid-us-biden-escobar/

Lawmakers still conflicted about giving Israel weapons: As the world awaits Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack over the weekend, U.S. lawmakers are still calling for Washington to stop sending weapons to Israel.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2024/04/16/lawmakers-still-conflicted-about-giving-israel-weapons-00152610

Trump Snags Another Top Republican: Oh No, Not You Too, Sununu: A parade of GOP “leaders” have abandoned their principles to enter the Shameless Bootlickers Hall of Fame. Sununu slams RNC chair for saying GOP should unite around Trump, “You got to let the voters decide, not a bunch of political elites out of D.C.,” Sununu said on Fox.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/24/new-hampshire-primary-haley-trump-00137528

The MAGA Right Is Flirting With Political Violence: Tom Cotton is encouraging vigilantism, and Kari Lake is urging supporters to “strap on a Glock.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-maga-right-is-flirting-with-political-violence

After viewing ‘portion’ of classified docs Biden stashed in his basement, Republican congressman calls for ‘damage assessment’: The material in the documents – which date back to Biden’s long tenure in the Senate and his eight years as vice president – was still pertinent to existing threats, according to Waltz.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/17/us-news/republican-congressman-calls-for-damage-assessment-after-viewing-classified-docs-biden-stashed-in-his-basement/

Congressional hearing on the Biden classified documents probe turns into a proxy campaign battle: “What I wrote is what I believe the evidence shows, and what I expect jurors would perceive and believe,” Hur said. “I did not sanitize my explanation. Nor did I disparage the president unfairly.”
https://apnews.com/article/classified-documents-biden-hur-special-counsel-122526da6d89d7bf4d6ccfc54590312b

Biden’s only strategy is to ‘give away more stuff’: veteran political strategist: “Biden’s the old guard. Representing a very small state for 50 years. His game’s only to give away more stuff. He is what he always was. No Commander-in-Chief, never chosen to lead in the Senate. No world leader. But people don’t care about infrastructure. They care about inflation. Immigration. Trump can’t get younger or sharper but he definitely has a chance at re-election.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/opinion/bidens-only-strategy-is-to-give-away-more-stuff-veteran-political-strategist/

Democrats regain full control of state House with two special election wins: In special elections on Tuesday, state House Democratic candidates Peter Herzberg and Mai Xiong scored victories in two Southeast Michigan districts to help secure a 56-54 voting majority for their caucus.
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-election-majority-democrats-house-deadlocked-77f6261041701e9839c9ce2069d7c24b

He’s dropping little clues: The troubling message we are missing from Trump’s MAGA rallies: During a rally in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, the last such event before his criminal trial began, Donald Trump displayed his authoritarian and fascist behavior and beliefs to the extreme. Trump is literally reading a page from a dictator’s playbook. At the end of his, Trump reached a crescendo by threatening those Americans,  a group he has previously targeted as “vermin” and “traitors,” who are poisoning the “blood” of the nation
https://www.salon.com/2024/04/18/hes-dropping-little-clues-the-troubling-message-we-are-missing-from-maga-rallies/

Trump is funneling campaign money into cash-strapped businesses. Experts say it looks bad: Trump’s joint fundraising committee wrote three checks in February and one in March to his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, totaling $411,287 and another in March to Trump National Doral Miami for $62,337, according to a report filed to the Federal Election Commission this week.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/18/trump-campaign-funnels-money-to-his-businesses/73344744007/

Trump will meet with Polish President Duda as NATO leaders call for additional support for Ukraine: The planned dinner meeting comes as European leaders prepare for the possibility that Trump might win the November election and return to the White House. Leaders of NATO countries are especially concerned given Trump’s long history of critical comments about the Western alliance, even after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-poland-duda-election-c003208a11a4a8b13bd74c0056bf164a

US diplomacy thwarts Palestinian UN membership amid claims of supporting statehood leaked cable shows: This diplomatic maneuvering seeks to avoid a U.S. veto, which would publicly align the country against Palestinian self-determination.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/04/18/us-diplomacy-thwarts-palestinian-un-membership-amid-claims-of-supporting-statehood-leaked-cable-shows/

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Man arrested in pipe-bomb attack on Massachusetts Satanic Temple: Authorities said the bomb appeared to be made from a piece of plastic pipe, and they were able to identify the suspect from a DNA sample on it.
https://scrippsnews.com/stories/man-arrested-after-allegedly-throwing-pipe-bomb-at-satanic-temple/

Complaint asks FBI to probe Trump claims on $50 million loan: A watchdog group is asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Donald Trump repeatedly lied in sworn statements, including his own administration, about a $50 million loan that apparently never existed in the first place, and which could be evidence of tax evasion
https://truthout.org/articles/50-million-mystery-loan-to-trump-warrants-inquiry-watchdog-group-says/

# Legal / DOJ
The Supreme Court case that could turn homelessness into a crime, explained: The Grants Pass case does not involve an explicit ban on existing while homeless, but the Ninth Circuit determined that the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, imposed such tight restrictions on anyone attempting to sleep outdoors that it amounted to an effective ban on being homeless within city limits.
https://www.vox.com/scotus/24121344/supreme-court-homeless-grants-pass-martin-crime-grants-pass-johnson

Trump jury selection moves ahead as his allies threaten chaos in Congress:  As Donald Trump appears in Manhattan courtroom once again for day two of his hush money trial, some of his loudest allies on Capitol Hill are threatening to do something that could break the strained patience of their colleagues: fire the Speaker of the House. The latest threat became real when Thomas Massie, a right-winger from Kentucky, signed on to Ms Greene’s lonely effort.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-jury-selection-congress-mike-johnson-b2529825.html

How A New York Judge Is Trying To Ensure Trump Gets A Fair Jury: While Trump says his hush money trial amounts to “election interference,” the judge overseeing the case has been scrupulously transparent and has accommodated the one-of-a-kind defendant sitting in his courtroom with Secret Service protection in addition to his coterie of lawyers.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-jury-selection_n_66200d5be4b07db21fd5e051#:~:text=The%20potential%20jurors%20are%20asked,being%20treated%20in%20Merchan’s%20courtroom

The Supreme Court case that could change how prosecutors charge January 6 rioters: Another week, another blockbuster Supreme Court case that could have lasting consequences for American politics: On Tuesday, the nation’s high court heard arguments in a case challenging whether federal prosecutors could charge rioters in the January 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol using a law that criminalizes what is known as “obstructing an official proceeding.”
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-capitol-riot-obstruction-charge-trump-d4b01cb32cdbd2065e802902a90bd9f1

‘I Could Show You the Checks!’: Jake Tapper Challenges Donald Trump Lawyer’s Claim Ex-Prez ‘Did Nothing Wrong’: “Well, tell me more, because you’re right. The hush money is not the the alleged violation of law . It’s the falsification of business records,” Tapper countered. “You know, there is a paper trail here. I could show you the checks signed by Donald Trump reimbursing Michael Cohen.
“https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3403933289204-i-could-show-you-the-checks-jake-tapper-challenges-donald-trump-lawyers-claim-ex-prez-did-nothing-wrong?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MTM0NjkyMDY1NDE%3D

# Media
Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory”: Amid the internal battle over the New York Times’s coverage of Israel’s war, top editors handed down a set of directives not to use the word Palestine “except in very rare cases” and to steer clear of the term “refugee camps”
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide-palestine-coverage/#:~:text=The%20New%20York%20Times%20instructed,memo%20obtained%20by%20The%20Intercept

# Medical / General News
Texas health officials are proposing to drop at least three of the state’s largest nonprofit children’s health plans making way for national for-profit chains to expand their foothold and possibly disrupt existing health programs and coverage.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/18/texas-medicaid-provider-contracts/

# Medical / Global
Belgian Health Fund President Proposes Euthanasia Extension for Elderly as Resource Conservation Measure: Belgium’s euthanasia laws should cover elderly people who are “tired of life” or who feel they are a burden on the public purse, a health insurance chief has urged. Luc Van Gorp, 57, the president of the CM health fund, a Christian mutual insurance provider, said that the number of Belgians over 80 would double to 1.2 million by 2050.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/belgian-health-fund-president-euthanize-old-people-to-save-money/

# Military / DOD
“World War 3 Is HERE!” – CIA Spy Opens Up: In this clip of the Shawn Ryan Show, we discuss how we are already in the first phase of World War 3 and what that will look like for the next years to come.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45q6mfd1zIA

U.S., Not Israel, Shot Down Most Iran Drones and Missiles: American forces did most of the heavy lifting responding to Iran’s retaliation for the attack on its embassy in Damascus. Of the more than 330 missiles and armed drones fired by the Iranian military Saturday night, only about 165 actually got airborne and headed toward their target, Israel, a senior US Air Force officer told the outlet the Intercept, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “US intelligence estimates that half of the weapons fired by Iran failed upon launch or in flight due to technical issues,” the source said.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/iran-attack-israel-drones-missiles/

# Military / Global
China sounds alarm after Philippines and US announce ‘mega drills’ involving 16000 soldiers: Issuing a warning against holding the drills, China’s Foreign Ministry said that the involvement of extra-territorial countries to show off their force in the South China Sea will only provoke confrontation and undermine regional stability.
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/philippines-us-drills-china-balikatan-b2530691.html

Israel Continues to Pound the Gaza Strip Amid Reports U.S. Approves of Rafah Land Invasion: Israeli forces have killed at least 11 people, including five children, in strikes on the southern city of Rafah. Israel has repeatedly attacked the city ahead of an expected ground invasion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/02/rafah-invasion-gaza-israel-displaced-hamas/

U.S. signs off on more bombs, warplanes for Israel: Despite a widening rift with the Israeli government, the Biden administration continues to authorize the transfer of 2,000-pound bombs and other weapons
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/29/us-weapons-israel-gaza-war/

Japan showed off the destroyer it’s turning into an aircraft carrier for F-35 stealth fighters: JS Kaga was helicopter carrier identified as a destroyer refitted with to carry F-35 jets. The Kaga will now undergo sea trials, and its results will help with the upgrades on another ship.
https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-shows-off-upgraded-aircraft-carrier-capable-of-launching-f35s-2024-4#:~:text=Japan%20says%20first%20modification%20work,the%20upgrades%20on%20another%20ship

Japan Solidifies US Relations With Upgraded Aircraft Carrier: U.S. treaty ally Japan is a step closer to fielding its first aircraft carriers since World War II following modifications to a helicopter destroyer, which will soon launch and recover American-made fifth-generation fighter jets.
https://www.newsweek.com/japan-js-kaga-helicopter-destroyer-aircraft-carrier-upgrade-china-us-alliance-1888740#:~:text=U.S.%20treaty%20ally%20Japan%20is,made%20fifth%2Dgeneration%20fighter%20jets

# Security / Surveillance
Big Tech Says Spy Bill Turns Its Workers Into Informants: One of Silicon Valley’s most influential lobbying arms joins privacy reformers in a fight against the Biden administration–backed expansion of a major US surveillance program.
https://www.wired.com/story/iti-section-702-expansion-opposition/#:~:text=One%20of%20Silicon%20Valley’s%20most,a%20major%20US%20surveillance%20program

# Space / NASA / UFO Disclosure / Planetary
NASA’s chief says China is being ‘very, very secretive’ and pretending its space projects aren’t linked to the military: NASA chief Bill Nelson accused China of secretly working on military projects in space. NASA believes Beijing is masking these projects as civilian efforts. Nelson often warns of dire consequences if China reaches the moon first. The US aims to do so by 2026.
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/nasa-china-space-military-masking-b2530718.html

Russia, China catching up to U.S. in space weaponry, new report finds: Russia has ramped up its space warfare capabilities over the last decade as it seeks to regain Soviet-era military advantages that were lost after the Cold War
https://spacenews.com/russia-china-catching-up-to-u-s-in-space-weaponry-new-report-finds/

Chinese satellite internet mission rounds off record year for global launches: China launched three low Earth orbit broadband test satellites Friday, completing a record-breaking year for launches globally.
https://spacenews.com/chinese-satellite-internet-mission-rounds-off-record-year-for-global-launches/

China to expand its space station, international astronaut selection underway: China is planning to expand its Tiangong space station with a multi-functional module to enhance its capabilities.
https://spacenews.com/china-to-expand-its-space-station-international-astronaut-selection-underway/

James Webb Space Telescope Discovery Reveals a Dark Matter Anomaly Related to Ghostly ‘Einstein Ring’: A remnant of the early universe discovered last year by the James Webb Space Telescope has yielded a few astronomical surprises, including an Einstein ring and other properties that are now helping astrophysicists unveil new insights into the mysterious nature of dark matter.
https://thedebrief.org/james-webb-space-telescope-discovery-reveals-a-dark-matter-anomaly-related-to-ghostly-einstein-ring/

# Technology
Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel: The fired workers included nine Google employees who were removed by police after occupying Google offices on Tuesday. Project Nimbus, a joint contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud and artificial intelligence services.
https://time.com/6968385/google-fires-workers-protesting-israeli-contract-project-nimbus/

Boston Dynamics’ robot Atlas being billed as ‘fully-electric humanoid’: Boston Dynamics replaces its flagship humanoid robot after 10 years with a completely new machine that looks like the Pixar lamp with a mechanical humanoid body.
https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/watch-boston-dynamics-newest-atlas-robot-wake-up-in-the-creepiest-way-possible

# Veterans
VA secretary: ‘We’re at a critical moment for shaping and securing veteran health care’: The $369 billion spending plan that the Department of Veterans Affairs proposes for fiscal 2025 is “a maintenance budget” that tightens the workforce and pulls back on construction but continues to prioritize disability and health care benefits for veterans.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-04-11/veterans-affairs-budget-pact-act-suicide-homeless-13532333.html

Discounted internet access for millions of veterans will end June 1: A $14 billion internet subsidy program used by millions of veterans and their families will end June 1 unless lawmakers vote for its renewal.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/04/17/internet-subsidy-used-by-millions-of-vets-troops-set-to-expire-in-may/

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April 17, 2024
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# Archaeology / Anthropology
LIDAR Discovery Of Ancient City With 10,000 Mounds On The Pacific Island Of Tongatapua: Utilizing advanced laser technology, archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient city on the Pacific Island of Tongatapua. Aerial scanning devices, employed for mapping archaeological sites, have identified nearly 10,000 mounds that were once homes approximately 12 kilometers away from the present capital Nuku’alofa in Tongatapu’s eastern district.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.archaeology.org/news/12323-240415-tonga-ancient-city__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeebz0heJ$

Neolithic grave in France reveals sacrifice victims who were killed with a method still used by the Italian mafia: More than 5,500 years ago, two women were tied up and probably buried alive in a ritual sacrifice, using a form of torture associated today with the Italian Mafia, according to an analysis of skeletons discovered at an archaeological site https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://allthatsinteresting.com/incaprettamento-neolithic-sacrifice__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoefETr8de$

# Corporations / Industry
Macy’s closes store doors for good alongside pharmacies & gas stations as theft drives US city downtown into ‘doom loop’ A MAJOR US city has seen several retailers shutter as theft drives its downtown area into crisis, officials said
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://franknez.com/this-massive-mall-retailer-now-closes-for-good/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeRjlttpb$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
IMF slams Biden spending as US debt balloons past $34 trillion; ‘Something will have to give’: The debt held by the public, which surpassed $34 trillion, is on course to exceed $45.7 trillion within a decade, which is roughly 114% of the gross domestic product, according to projections by the Congressional Budget Office. “Something will have to give,” the IMF warned.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2024/04/16/business/imf-slams-biden-spending-as-us-debt-balloons-past-34-trillion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeT2b2cDV$

# Employment / Labor
Local Disabled Workers to Earn Minimum Wage by 2028 as House Passes New Bill: The legislation plans to phase out the ‘subminimum wage’ program for disabled workers by August 1, 2026. It also requires that all disabled employees be paid at least the minimum wage by August 1, 2028.
Rep. Peter Fischer (DFL-Maplewood), the bill’s sponsor, stated that the average wage in the program is $4.15 an hour, with some earning as little as 7 cents an hour.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3404541292139-local-disabled-workers-to-earn-minimum-wage-by-2028-as-house-passes-new-bill?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MTMyOTE0NTc0ODE*3D__;JQ!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeX3X6HdZ$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
The Biden administration will release as many as four rules targeting fossil fuel power generation’s carbon emissions, air pollution and waste. The Biden administration’s wide-ranging power plant strategy could culminate next week with the release of as many as four EPA rules targeting carbon, air pollution and waste from fossil fuels generation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-to-release-multiple-power-sector-rules-next-week/*:*:text=Up*20to*20four*20regulations*20would,of*20pollutants*20including*20carbon*20dioxide.&text=The*20Biden*20administration’s*20wide*2Dranging,waste*20from*20fossil*20fuels*20generation__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoea0ni81A$

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure / Global Mystery as huge crater dubbed ‘portal to the underworld’ opens up near Ukraine border as Russia quickly fills it in: A ‘portal to the underworld’ opened up on the border between Russia and occupied Ukraine, with soldiers quickly filling in the hole in the ground which was so deep the bottom could not be seen
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/mysterious-crater-dubbed-portal-underworld-32600724__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoedAXzN7i$

# General News
Trumpism is officially the new fourth branch of government: Greene’s role is lead hit woman for Donald Trump in the vanguard of an imaginary, unconstitutional and dangerous fourth branch of government that is dominating the other three. This is the Trump branch. And it wields more raw power than the legislative, judicial and executive branches combined.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4597156-trumpism-is-officially-the-new-fourth-branch-of-government/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeevMA7dL$

# Gov / Politics / Global
UK’s Cameron, In Israel, Says Israelis: Have Decided To Retaliate Against Iran. Israel is making decision to act against Iran, Cameron says as US set on sanctions. Foreign secretary says UK hopes Israel will respond ‘in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible’: It is “clear the Israelis are making a decision to act” in response to Iran’s unprecedented direct attack, David Cameron has said, as the foreign secretary landed in Israel for talks with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-iran-attack-war-uk-live-news-b2529971.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeRbMkHWO$

The CCP is taking Americans hostage, Biden wants to send more: President Biden wants to send more Americans to China as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is taking them hostage. The president’s decision to increase flights from the U.S. to China is irresponsible and recklessly gambles with American lives. President Biden is willing and eager to hold high-level meetings with CCP officials while Americans remain wrongfully detained in China — legitimizing the Communist Party’s hostage taking diplomacy while getting nothing in return.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4596508-the-ccp-is-taking-americans-hostage-biden-wants-to-send-more/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoec7WDHPQ$

Iran’s exiled crown prince reveals what may bring ‘ultimate end’ to extremist threats: The crown prince emphasized three components to ending Iran’s regime: pressure from within (labor strikes), strong messages from world leaders and a hopeful domestic republic. “We should not be surprised that we have arrived at where we are today, from the Houthis to Hamas. We have the same problem regionally,” His Royal Highness Reza Pahlavi said
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/irans-exiled-crown-prince-reveals-what-bring-ultimate-end-extremist-threats__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeTM4iA7p$

Putin Faces New Rebellion in Russia’s Back Yard: Fresh protests against a Russian-inspired security law are roiling Georgia—a small but strategically located nation in the South Caucasus—as the Black Sea nation struggles to chart a strategic path between its massive northern neighbor and its own Euro-Atlantic ambitions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/putin-new-rebellion-russia-georgia-1891207*:*:text=Fresh*20protests*20against*20a*20Russian,its*20own*20Euro*2DAtlantic*20ambitions__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeY6S37P6$

South Korea has a warning about Trump’s trial: The criminal trial of Donald Trump is an unprecedented moment for the U.S., but across the globe, South Korea has already convicted its fair share of former presidents.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/17/south-korea-president-prosecutions-qa-00152630__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeQLWKieV$

# Gov / Politics
Republicans Fan Out to Defend Trump in Hopes He’ll Notice and Pick Them to Be His VP: “The assignment is actually ‘go show that you’re a really, really effective communicator so Trump believes he has in you an ally and a surrogate that’s going to be compelling.’”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/republicans-fan-out-to-defend-trump-in-hopes-hell-notice-and-pick-them-to-be-his-vp__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeTVhkuEr$

House delivers Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate, trial uncertain: On Tuesday, House managers delivered two articles of impeachment to the U.S. Senate for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after a week’s delay and amidst speculation over whether or not the Democratic-led Senate will hold a trial https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/senate-mayorkas-impeachment-trial-border-security-63e9ec242ec8a2f0a95f84497c506e0d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeaDMA_oa$

Finally, Mike Johnson Makes His Move to Shiv Marjorie Taylor Greene: With the speaker moving forward on bills funding aid to Ukraine and Israel, braving MAGA fury, an influential Democratic congresswoman lays out what we should expect to happen next.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.pressbee.net/show2833349.html?title=finally-mike-johnson-makes-his-move-to-shiv-marjorie-taylor-green__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeVfdQqrx$

Senate Dems dismiss impeachment article against Mayorkas within 20 minutes: Within 20 minutes of convening to hold an impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Democrats in the Senate steamrolled through motions and voted to dismiss the first article of impeachment brought against him.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_5b63e536-fcf1-11ee-a7be-8b658f95f28e.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeZ7xla3x$

House Republican Delays Departure to Screw Over His Own Party: Representative Mike Gallagher is staying an extra few days to help with a foreign aid package.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republican-delays-departure-screw-174151086.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeZ9ymbY-$

Senate conservative wades into House GOP’s foreign aid mess: Ohio Republican J.D. Vance urged a large group of GOP lawmakers to block debate on Speaker Mike Johnson’s bills.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/17/congress/vance-00152828__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeSv88iHZ$

Democrats on Jan. 6 Committee Fear Trump Will Follow Through on His Threats to Jail Them: He Says ‘What He Means.’ Back in March, Trump mentioned the possibility of arresting participants in the January 6th committee when he claimed former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) should face jail time. Moreover, police witnesses who helped take part in the committee’s investigation into the Capitol riot also believe they could face legal repercussions under a new Trump administration.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mediaite.com/trump/democrats-on-jan-6-committee-fear-trump-will-follow-through-on-his-threats-to-jail-them-he-says-what-he-means/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeeiBldYE$

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Police Who Fired 96 Shots In 41 Seconds, Killing 26-Year-Old Black Man During Traffic Stop Under Investigation: While the disturbing videos from Chicago bring more clarity to what happened, they also raise a plethora of new questions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/09/us/dexter-reed-chicago-police-shooting-video/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeerMdPNc$

# Legal / DOJ
Assange extradition case moves forward after US assures UK court there would be no death penalty: No publisher had been charged under the Espionage Act until Julian Assange
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/world/europe/julian-assange-extradition-us-uk.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeaq5dYp_$

First six jurors picked in Trump hush money trial: Efforts to pick a jury continued Tuesday, the second day of former President Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial-new-york-dd1a8dcc063b7ad0fbe14af6e8724c2f__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoed6rJ0m2$

Trump Makes It Kind of Impossible to Be an ‘Impartial’ Juror: I vetted myself as a potential juror, and even though I despise the ex-president, I could fairly sit in judgment of his alleged crimes. Legal experts warned even before the history-making day began that the process of picking a jury would not be an easy one, but it is possible. This is not the time to rush, and the lawyers seemed to appreciate that.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6967578/donald-trump-hush-money-new-york-jury/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeRTFre1q$

Trump faces contempt motion after social media posts about New York trial: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg alleges former president violated gag order with Truth Social posts about witnesses in hush-money case
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/trump-contempt-hush-money-trial__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeSc7_swp$

Trump Hush-Money Jurors Receive Chilling Warning From Legal Expert: Potential jurors are being kept anonymous for a reason. The onslaught of available information about the forthcoming jury, which included a Washington Post reporter outing one potential juror’s profession and identifying the businesses where they work, might be too much to keep them safe during the first criminal
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newrepublic.com/post/180763/trump-hush-money-jurors-warning-safety__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeQJZAxHn$

Hear Trump’s remark outside court that made an ex-prosecutor’s ears perk up: Former prosecutor Jessica Roth discusses the legal implications of former President Donald Trump’s remark outside his criminal trial.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/04/17/trump-hush-money-documents-remark-ac360-digvid.cnn__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeQTvqR_o$

# Medical / General News
Texas, Idaho abortion bans go up against federal emergency medicine rule: A federal law that mandates hospitals, public or private, to treat and stabilize any patient experiencing a medical emergency is now standing at odds with abortion bans in states like Idaho and Texas.
Hospitals are required to stabilize anyone experiencing a medical emergency. Two lawsuits question whether that includes performing an abortion, despite state laws.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/17/texas-idaho-supreme-court-abortion-emergency-care/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoecAL-9Dc$

FDA Announces Recall of Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that two heart pump products are being recalled after reports of 14 deaths and hundreds of injuries were associated with the devices.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/abbottthoratec-corp-recalls-heartmate-ii-and-heartmate-3-left-ventricular-assist-system-lvas-due__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeULXL_A4$

After Decades of Imprisoning Patients, Idaho Approves Secure Mental Health Facility: The Idaho Legislature has approved funding for a 26-bed facility after ProPublica found that state lawmakers and officials ignored repeated warnings about the practice of locking up mentally ill patients who hadn’t been convicted of a crime.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-approves-secure-mental-health-facility__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoebIaexOD$

# Medical / Global
Organ Harvesting in China: Idaho Enacts Law Aimed at Combating CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting. Idaho Enacts Law Aimed at Combating CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting As of July 1, it will be illegal in Idaho for health insurers to cover an organ transplant or post-transplant care performed in China.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.ph/S93jL__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeUaksGyC$

Fury as US and Chinese lab creating deadly viruses is revealed: USDA and China CCP lab are creating deadly BIRD FLU viruses as part of $1m collaboration – and YOU are paying for it. A letter states the research could threaten national security and public health. It involves infecting ducks with different viruses to make them more infectious.
DailyMail.com asked experts if H5N1 case in Texas raises risk of future pandemic https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13314917/Lab-leak-bird-flu-China-army-USDA.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeRyNtEgE$

North Korea is producing viruses and bacteria for germ warfare programme and already has an arsenal capable of causing chaos and terror in the region, US report claims:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13315823/North-Korea-viruses-bacteria-germ-warfare.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeakH8X_o$

# Medical / Science / Technology
Change Healthcare’s New Ransomware Nightmare Goes From Bad to Worse: A cybercriminal gang called RansomHub claims to be selling highly sensitive patient information stolen from Change Healthcare following a ransomware attack by another group in February.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/change-healthcare-ransomhub-data-sale/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoebMDw2f0$

# Military / DOD
Map shows all countries in the world with nuclear weapons as Iran attack ‘minutes away’: There are approximately 3,880 active nuclear warheads and 12,119 total nuclear warheads in the world
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/shocking-map-shows-countries-world-32599779__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeXgFBtIl$

Austin speaks with Chinese counterpart in latest reopening of talks: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke Tuesday morning with China’s minister of defense, the highest level of military communications to resume between the two countries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2024/04/16/austin-speaks-with-chinese-counterpart-in-latest-reopening-of-talks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeTHkGjEZ$

Lockheed Martin secures new C2BMC-Next contract for global defense integration: Lockheed Martin has been awarded a major contract by the Missile Defense Agency, valued at a ceiling of $4.1 billion, to innovate and lead the expansion of the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications system
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2024-04-11-Lockheed-Martin-Awarded-C2BMC-Next-Contract-to-Enhance-Global-Interoperability__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeRL_2I07$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Universities Are Making Billions Gatekeeping Your Meds: The University of California has raked in a previously undisclosed $1.6 billion from Xtandi sales, and now doesn’t want the government lowering exorbitant drug costs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/universities-are-making-billions-gatekeeping-your-meds/*:*:text=The*20University*20of*20California*20has,government*20lowering*20exorbitant*20drug*20costs__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeZu908nZ$

Our Uniquely American Drug Shortages: More drugs are in short supply than ever before. We’ve known the reason why for a long time: monopolistic middlemen. The vast majority of drug shortages are actually in generics; about half of them are sterile injectable drugs. In other words, we’re talking about older, routine medications that hospitals use, not what you pick up at your local pharmacy. They’re cheap and relatively easy to produce.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2024/04/17/our_uniquely_american_drug_shortages_1025613.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeWqzhseV$

# Security / Surveillance
US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’: A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government’s behalf, including on fellow Americans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/12/06/congress/fisa-fight-coming-00130492__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeaT34nT5$

# Technology
Google Workers Detained By Police for Protesting Cloud Contract with Israel: Videos show nine Google workers being removed by police from offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, after occupying them in protest against a cloud deal with Israel’s government.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/04/17/google-employees-arrested-protest-tech-giant-isreal-work/*:*:text=A*20group*20of*20Google*20workers,York*20and*20California*20on*20Tuesday__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeXLwh7IJ$

# Technology / Global
Hackers Linked to Russia’s Military Claim Credit for Sabotaging US Water Utilities: Since the beginning of this year, a hacktivist group known as the Cyber Army of Russia, or sometimes Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, has taken credit on at least three occasions for hacking operations that targeted US and European water and hydroelectric utilities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wateronline.com/doc/russian-hackers-allegedly-targeting-water-utilities-0001__;!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoedNAJwsT$

# Transportation / Travel
Every American Will Need This ID To Fly Anywhere In The U.S. Next Year: Beginning May 7, 2025, you will no longer be able to use a non-REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or state ID to board a domestic flight. If you do not upgrade your license or state ID, you can use a passport or one of these other acceptable forms of identification to fly
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://secretdc.com/real-id-for-flying-in-us/*:*:text=The*20REAL*20ID*20Act*20is,even*20visit*20certain*20federal*20facilities__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!y7vJ_yHqt49kl6u6jH9zzIJnmmU22vvFm2sykiI0kvq4nIxnbTyZnltoDX-2cmeyj7e-ypsaoeTUQerJu1X1PLwoeYVawh0f$

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
“Ghostly” – Scientists Discover Mysterious Creature From the Shadows in Australia: Researchers have discovered a mysterious creature from the shadows – a new ant species of the elusive genus Leptanilla. The new species, Leptanilla voldemort – L. voldemort for short – is a pale ant with a slender build, spindly legs, and long, sharp mandibles.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://scitechdaily.com/ghostly-scientists-discover-mysterious-creature-from-the-shadows-in-australia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlGB24Zd2$

# Archaeology / Anthropology
2 sought for damaging popular Lake Mead rock formation: The damage done at the National Park Service site cannot be fixed. Lake Mead National Recreation Area officials are now seeking information on the two men who were seen damaging the protected rock formations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.azfamily.com/2024/04/13/men-caught-camera-destroying-ancient-rock-formations-national-park/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlIOUsvrH$

‘Alien mummies’ press conference descends into chaos as Peruvian officials try to seize new ‘pregnant specimen’ with three fingers and toes. Officials in Peru interrupted a press conference that showcased ‘alien mummies.’ The event was hosted by ufologist Jaime Maussan, who unveiled ‘pregnant’ alien. Peruvian authorities attempted to seize specimen – but found it was not present
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13310397/Alien-mummies-press-conference-descends-chaos-Peruvian-officials-try-seize-new-pregnant-specimen-three-fingers-toes.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlLmd39O5$

Terrifying sound ‘like a woman’s voice’ recorded in the depths of the Pacific: We know more about the surface of the Moon than about our own sea floors (so the maxim goes), with more than 80 per cent of the Earth’s oceans yet to be explored. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that the waves give birth to countless phenomena that even the best-qualified scientists struggle to explain.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3403249912417-terrifying-sound-like-a-womans-voice-recorded-in-the-depths-of-the-pacific?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MTMyMTE4NzI0Mzg*3D__;JQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlAZEr4dk$

# Borders / Immigration / Migrants
20 states sue Biden admin for flying illegal immigrants into the US: A group of 20 state attorneys general launched a new effort to stop President Joe Biden’s administration from continuing its parole program that allows up to 30,000 illegal immigrants per month to enter the United States.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/04/20-states-sue-biden-admin-for-flying-illegal-immigrants-into-the-us/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlM-_FKD7$

Congress Bill to Label Immigrant Squatting as Deportable Offense, Sparks National Debate: Bill Proposes Tough Measures on Illegal Immigrants Squatting
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lawyerherald.com/articles/52622/20240413/congress-bill-label-immigrant-squatting-deportable-offense-sparks-national-debate.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlDN-K_kz$

Biden administration gives California $45 million to help recently arrived migrants: The Biden administration is allocating $45 million to California programs that help migrants who have crossed the southern border. The money is part of a $300-million national effort announced Friday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-04-15/biden-administration-gives-california-45-million-to-help-recently-arrived-migrants__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlIwgUfzE$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
It looks like the IRS lied about who those 80,000 new agents would target: The bottom line is, the IRS is already hard at work targeting the middle class. According to reports, only a small number of audits have hit the highest earners in the U.S. And as for working for the IRS? They set a goal of starting the year with 3,700 new agents. They’ve hired 34.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ktrh.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2024-04-12-it-looks-like-the-irs-lied-about-who-those-80000-new-agents-would-target/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlFfmD7XG$

# Education / Schools
Mass release of children from border has put ‘unprecedented’ strain on US schools: Tens of thousands of immigrant children who crossed the southern border alone and were released to an adult sponsor in the United States have been enrolled in public schools nationwide under President Joe Biden, putting educators in a bind.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gazette.com/news/wex/mass-release-of-children-from-border-has-put-unprecedented-strain-on-us-schools/article_99618b0d-895a-5db9-85dc-5dd80a5d1f7a.html*:*:text=Tens*20of*20thousands*20of*20immigrant,putting*20educators*20in*20a*20bind__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlJLm3doY$

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure Fears grow over supervolcano that ‘may swallow entire US state’ in apocalyptic eruption: Fears are mounting over the potential eruption of a supervolcano in California, which has been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years. The Long Valley Caldera, spanning 20 miles long, 11 miles wide, and 3,000 feet deep, has long been a source of concern for researchers due to its colossal size.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3403506825207-fears-grow-over-supervolcano-that-may-swallow-entire-us-state-in-apocalyptic-eruption?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MTMyMDY2MTcyMTY*3D__;JQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlCniks-K$

Taal Volcano Eruption Update; New Explosive Eruption, New Vent Appears: Unlike prior events over the last 18 months, this eruption was long and consisted of abundant pyroclastic flows, ash ejection, and explosions. This eruption lasted for 114 minutes until it temporarily stopped. Now, recommended evacuations are underway as there is a risk that a far more powerful explosion could occur, risking the safety of residents on the western side of Taal’s caldera lake. This video will cover what might happen next, and state the series of events which led to this explosive eruption.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2020/01/photos-eruption-taal-volcano-in-the-philippines/604819/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlDYoIpXd$

This Week in Volcano News; Etna Erupts, Danger at Mt. Awu https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3403690382386-this-week-in-volcano-news-etna-erupts-danger-at-mt-awu?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MTMyMTI4NDQ4Nzk*3D__;JQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlHmQYmg8$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Technology Congressional Investigation Finds Leading Baby Food Manufacturers Knowingly Sold Products With High Levels Of Toxic Metals: Baby Foods Are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2021-02-04*20ECP*20Baby*20Food*20Staff*20Report.pdf__;JSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlAMjq-V7$

Harmful Ingredients in ‘Healthy’ Breakfast Cereals: A diet high in ultra-processed food is linked to an increased risk of depression, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer. 7 cereals that do not qualify as ‘healthy’ based on the FDA’s new definition: Raisin Bran (9g of added sugars) Honey Nut Cheerios (12g of added sugars) Corn Flakes (300mg of sodium; 4g of added sugars) Honey Bunches of Oats, Honey Roasted (8g of added sugars) Frosted Mini Wheats (12g of added sugars) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/04/harmful-ingredients-healthy-breakfast-cereals__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlFnS9u5q$

# General News
Jared Kushner Is Showing ‘A Level Of Corruption We’ve Never Seen,’ Says Top Obama Foreign Policy Adviser: Former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner engaged in a “level of corruption that we’ve just never seen” when talking about his firm’s recent investments overseas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/4589465-former-obama-advisor-kushner-engaged-in-level-of-corruption-that-weve-just-never-seen-with-foreign-relations/*:*:text=Former*20Obama*20deputy*20national*20security,his*20firm’s*20recent*20investments*20overseas__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlHVMifYk$

Trump Loses Another $500M as Truth Social Spiral Worsens: Shares of the social media site plunged another 19 percent on Monday.  As of mid-afternoon Eastern Time, Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock had crashed another 19 percent; it is now trading at just 40 percent of its peak from late last month. The firm—whose subsidiary, Truth Social, competes with Elon Musk’s platform, X—is still worth more than $3.5 billion on paper.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-loses-another-dollar500-million-as-truth-socials-stock-spiral-worsens?via=newsletter&source=CSPMedition&user_emailA=1c271a2fa108cd5d7fe6774a4d65c3ea&user_emailB=1602501a99a5758652052c0857f4beec9307dbfdcb75c1cebcb48b174fbab7bf&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=240415-Cheat*20Sheet*20PM&utm_term=C*20List*20New*20Cheat*20Sheet*20PM__;JSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlM74NZjq$

Trump Makes History Today as First Ex-President to Face Criminal Trial: After several failed attempts to delay, Trump is finally seeing the official start to one of his four criminal trials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4590650-trump-to-make-history-as-first-us-president-to-face-criminal-trial/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlJxQzQzI$

# Gov / Politics / Global
The Israeli War Cabinet Prepares To Meet Again After Iran Attack: Benjamin Netanyahu yet to declare a decision as rest of world remains on high alert for potential escalation https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/15/israeli-war-cabinet-meet-again-response-iran-attack-benjamin-netanyahu__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlGotr8-E$

# Gov / Politics
Biden Approves Israel Arms Deal Despite His Own Security Order: The U.S. is supplying the weapons and munitions for Israel’s pounding of Gaza, despite its new directive banning arms transfers to human rights violators. For the second time in a month, the US approves munitions for Israel while calling for an end to mass civilian deaths.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/30/biden-administration-bypasses-congress-on-weapon-sales-to-israel__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlLUBtuEG$

Why Biden won’t put conditions on military aid to Israel: Lawmakers from his own party have voiced dissent. Both Senate and House Democrats have demanded that Biden comply with the Foreign Assistance Act and cut off military aid if Israel continues to block U.S. humanitarian aid to Gaza.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.voanews.com/a/why-biden-won-t-put-conditions-on-military-aid-to-israel-/7549438.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlCY5Z6f_$

GOP lawmakers are all in on Trump, a conviction be damned: For GOP lawmakers in Congress, the fact that their soon-to-be presidential nominee may soon be a convicted felon is no cause for concern. If anything, these Republicans told The Daily Beast, their only concern is that a Trump conviction would be a signal of a corrupt justice system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-lawmakers-are-all-in-on-trumpa-conviction-be-damned__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlO41UBvh$

“I wish I had been wrong”: Miles Taylor on the dire threat of Trump 2.0: Trump regime’s anonymous whistleblower says the ex-president is now “more unhinged” and even more dangerous. Given Trump’s advanced age and his precarious political position, a prison sentence in any of these criminal trials would be likely to end his career in public life and amount to a de facto life sentence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2024/04/15/i-wish-i-had-been-wrong-miles-taylor-on-the-dire-of-20/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlGQiBg_H$

Lawmakers want your permission to weaken voters’ ability to change laws, the Missouri Constitution: Missouri voters will likely soon be asked by the lawmakers they elected to strip themselves of some power to put initiative petitions on the ballot — to take action when politicians won’t. Voters could be asked to place further restrictions on the already difficult, and costly, job of passing an initiative petition.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kcbeacon.org/stories/2024/04/15/missouri-ballot-initiative-proposals-abortion-2024/*:*:text=Missouri*20voters*20will*20likely*20soon,of*20passing*20an*20initiative*20petition__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlB565dFK$

Missouri Senate passes bill making it hard for voters to amend the
constitution: Factional warfare marks passage of Republican priority as Freedom Caucus denounce leadership for stripping out provisions labeled ‘ballot candy’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://missouriindependent.com/2024/02/22/missouri-senate-passes-bill-making-it-harder-for-voters-to-amend-the-constitution/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlO9Za1wN$

Two incumbent Oklahoma Republican lawmakers withdraw from their legislative races: Two Republican lawmakers have abandoned their reelection efforts. Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Broken Arrow, and Sen. Chris Kidd, R-Waurika, withdrew this week after initially filing for reelection last week. McDugle represents House District 12
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://oklahomavoice.com/2024/04/10/two-incumbent-oklahoma-republican-lawmakers-withdraw-from-their-legislative-races/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlHMvA4xA$

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Man who spent 35 years in prison walks free after using ‘MythBusters’ to prove his innocence: John Galvan was arrested at 18 and spent 35 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://innocenceproject.org/discovery-channel-mythbuster-john-galvan-wrongful-conviction-innocence/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlKbxTZGB$

Local Concerns Rise as House Approves Bill Expanding Surveillance Without Warrants:  The government has claimed that the purpose of Section 702 is to allow the government to warrantlessly surveil non-U.S. citizens abroad for foreign intelligence purposes, even as Americans’ communications are routinely swept up. The law has morphed into a domestic surveillance tool, with FBI agents using Section 702 databases to conduct millions of invasive searches for Americans’ communications, including those of protesters, racial justice activists, 19,000 donors to a congressional campaign, journalists, and even members of Congress, without a warrant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/congress-passing-bill-that-massively-expands-the-governments-power-to-spy-on-americans-without-a-warrant__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlEjecXx-$

The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge that is focused on the circumstances leading up to it and whether all federal laws were followed, according to a person familiar with the matter. Officials are reviewing the events that led up to the massive, 980-foot-long Dali container ship colliding with one of the key bridge’s support pillars, two US officials with knowledge of the matter told the Washington Post
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/fbi-opens-criminal-probe-on-ship-that-destroyed-baltimores-francis-scott-key-bridge/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlGgdT6IN$

# Legal / DOJ
What’s at Stake, Exactly, in Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial? On Monday Trump will become the first former president in US history to face a criminal trial. The proceedings will lay bare the details—both seamy and grandiose—of his 2016 presidential run as he battles for another shot at the White House.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://people.com/ari-melber-trump-hush-money-trial-interview-8629374__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlJbQFqF-$

The Real Stakes of the First Criminal Case Against a Former President: Donald Trump goes on trial today for allegedly making an illegal payment to an adult film actor. The stakes are so much higher than that.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/04/trump-first-criminal-trial-stakes-outcomes-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlG7mEIkW$

“We Will See How This Goes”: Journalists Prepare to Cover Trump on Trial: For months, reporters, lawyers, and court officials have been negotiating media access to the camera-free proceedings. The historic trial, says one journalist, is sure to be “a physical and mental marathon.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/trump-trial-media-coverage__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlLVBJbhy$

Donald Trump Is The First Former US President To Face A Criminal Trial. Here’s 11 Photos From Court That’ll Go Down In History: Early this morning, former president Donald Trump appeared in court to start proceedings for his historic hush money trial, marking the first time a former US president has faced a criminal trial.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3403766099043-donald-trump-is-the-first-former-us-president-to-face-a-criminal-trial-heres-11-photos-from-court-thatll-go-down-in-history?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MTMyMTI1MTk3Mjc*3D__;JQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlI3YeX0F$

Democracy Defenders Stress NY Trump Trial ‘Is About Voter Deception’: “Trump engaged in criminal acts to cover up the truth just days before the 2016 election, and now he will finally face a jury of everyday Americans.” “This case is about the allegation that Trump criminally hid information from voters to influence the outcome of the 2016 election,” said Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president of the watchdog group Public Citizen, in a statement Monday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-new-york-trial*:*:text=*22This*20case*20is*20about*20the,Citizen*2C*20in*20a*20statement*20Monday__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlNJXVaPp$

# Medical / General News
Teen with Incredibly Rare Genetic Condition is Cured in World First By British Doctors: 13-year-old Kai Xue is one of just 21 people in the world stricken with a disease called WILD syndrome, which impairs cells, causes lymphedema and warts, and leads to infections—but she was also diagnosed with severe chylous ascites, a potentially fatal illness that caused 28 liters of lymphatic fluid to collect within her abdomen. It took over a decade to find a special team of doctors who could locate the cause of the fluid buildup and stop it for good.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teen-with-incredibly-rare-genetic-condition-is-cured-in-world-first-by-british-doctors/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlJX4YY2I$

Sterilization Procedures Have Surged Among Young People Following Dobbs: “[T]his research highlight[s] the indirect effects of ‘Dobbs’ on reproductive autonomy,” the lead researcher said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/sterilization-procedures-have-surged-among-young-people-post-dobbs/*:*:text=Following*20the*20Dobbs*20ruling*2C*20researchers,procedures*20per*20month*20for*20women__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlGXDifT-$

# Military / DOD
The Defense Industry’s Inside Man In The Pacific Arms Race: Top Australian officials are sounding their own alarm about China’s threat in the Indo-Pacific as President Joe Biden unveils historic defense partnerships with Japan and the Philippines today. “We face the biggest arms race in our region since 1945, and the greatest strategic uncertainty, and we’re responding,” Pat Conroy, Australia’s Minister for Defense Industry and Minister for International Development and the Pacific, told NatSec Daily during a visit to Washington today.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2024/04/11/biggest-arms-race-since-world-war-ii-00151779__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlMQxjdkn$

# Military / Global
#WorldWarIII: Israel says Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which were intercepted. In Washington, President Joe Biden said U.S. forces helped Israel down “nearly all” the drones and missiles and pledged to convene allies to develop a unified response.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/strait-of-hormuz-vessel-33fcffde2d867380e98c89403776a8ac__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlOT6sOK2$

Chinese Naval Warships Intercepted by Japan in Western Pacific Amid Regional Tensions: Photographs captured by ships and aircraft of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force showed the Chinese warships Zhengzhou and Anyang, which had been in the Pacific from at least April 2, said a report by the Joint Staff under the Japanese Defense Ministry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/japan-map-china-navy-ship-movements-pacific-ocean-east-china-sea-1889238__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlETa7ebE$

Top Iranian commanders warn US will see ‘stronger response’ if Washington backs Israel: “Our response will be much larger than tonight’s military action if Israel retaliates against Iran,” Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri told state TV, adding that Tehran warned Washington that any backing of Israeli retaliation would result in US bases being targeted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/top-iranian-commanders-warn-see-436993__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlM13K0bm$

Israel’s military chief says that Israel will respond to Iran’s missile strike over the weekend:  Israel is considering its next steps but that the Iranian strike “will be met with a response.” Halevi gave no details. The army’s spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said Israel will respond “at the time that we choose.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-military-chief-says-israel-173831945.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlLwdM3j6$

The Scariest Unit in the Israeli Army Is Not an Elite Fighting Squad: In this sense the most vital and fearsome unit in the Israeli army is not the jacked-up naval commandos of Shayetet 13 nor even the shady spooks of the intelligence corps, Unit 8200; it is the International Law Department of the Military Advocate General’s Corps.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newrepublic.com/maz/article/180633/scariest-unit-israeli-army-not-elite-fighting-squad__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlHoB-9ef$

# Social
Biden’s Climate Change Policy Is Making Housing Less Affordable: Climate advocates acknowledge that “an overlooked conflict in climate policy” is that “proposals to make buildings and communities more climate-friendly often collide with efforts to keep housing affordable,” Scientific American notes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/bidens-climate-change-policy-is-making-housing-less-affordable/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlBOZ1yza$

My house was given away to someone else for free, I never received a notice, it’s ‘almost like a death’: She admitted , she was having trouble making regular payments on the house, however, Langford said she never received a notice in the mail or in person about a pending foreclosure. By 2015, her home was sold to Write A House for $5,000 and later awarded to Anne Elizabeth Moore as a free gift to support writers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-sun.com/news/11075832/detroit-michigan-home-given-away-stolen/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlAG14YZX$

Real estate mogul concerned how Americans will deal with squatters: ‘Something really bad is going to happen’: Real estate mogul Shawn Meaike is concerned how hard-working, well-intentioned Americans will handle squatting issues as they grow more and more desperate. “People are going to start taking matters into their own hands.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/real-estate-mogul-concerned-americans-deal-will-squatters-something-really-bad-going-happen__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlLL3vTjJ$

Everyone’s talking about squatters. What should you do if someone holes up in your home? In Massachusetts, property owners can’t just change the locks, a lawyer said: They’ll have to work through the summary eviction process
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate/2024/04/11/squatters-rights-adverse-possession-massachusetts-spring-house-hunt/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlCcI6qeS$

Squatter sublets NYC apartment while owing ‘betrayed’ landlord $72K in rent: A crafty squatter bilked his landlord of at least $72,000 in rent for his Lower East Side apartment, then made tens of thousands in profit by subletting the unit, the owner charges. The alleged freeloader had no qualms renting the space out, though, charging as much as $1950 per room monthly since November 2021 on platforms including Airbnb and Craigslist.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/us-news/squatter-sublets-nyc-apartment-while-owing-landlord-72k-in-rent/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlAnVww4b$

South American gangs armed with knives are running wild on Los Angeles highways targeting terrified jewelers in brazen daytime robberies – slashing tires, shattering windows and even planting trackers on their cars
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13301383/south-american-gangs-armed-los-angeles-highways.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlJSB5g7X$

# Technology
Roku was hit by a massive cyberattack: Roku has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that impacted around 576,000 customer accounts, in the second major security breach for the company this year. In a blog post, the streaming television company said hackers accessed the accounts using stolen login credentials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.itpro.com/security/data-breaches/roku-issues-warning-over-massive-customer-account-breach__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlMYmL96u$

Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas: The $6.4 billion preliminary deal is the latest agreement struck using funds from the CHIPS and Science Act, a bipartisan law Biden signed in 2022. Samsung is expected to invest more than $40 billion in the region over the next several years to build out new facilities in Taylor, Texas, and Austin.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/business/4594523-biden-administration-samsung-texas-chips-act/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yIUpy82EEKzG3JmD7iAFebRMazkeIxg1CjAXy0JUhuA6_w11lzb6f5PMHItpOxkYzw7RscG0EcDPBlTYvGC4BdZQlAhmaB17$

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
FDA Expands Major Recall of Popular Animal Food: ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of ADM (NYSE: ADM), is expanding the recall announced on March, 30, 2024, to include the following additional products due to elevated levels of magnesium, sodium, calcium and/or phosphorus
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/adm-animal-nutrition-expands-recall-include-17-additional-lots-chicken-swine-and-rabbit-feed*:*:text=ADM*20Animal*20Nutrition*2C*20a*20division,)*3B*20Pen*20Pals*20Egg*20Maker__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHqwiOO4-w$

# Borders / Immigration / Migrants
The Dirty Little Gun Secret Behind MAGA World’s Migrant Hysteria: For all of Donald Trump’s incessant fearmongering about migrants fueling crime in the United States, he has yet to ask one very important question: What is driving the violence that is making so many on the other side of the border desperate to flee in the first place?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-dirty-little-gun-secret-behind-maga-worlds-migrant-hysteria__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHqwb8IPL_$

Gordon Ramsay’s London pub taken over by squatters: ‘Absolute nightmare scenario’: A swarm of squatters have shacked up inside the celebrity chef’s $16.1 million pub’ using Ramsay’s own kitchen appliances to barricade themselves inside, according to a report. Shocking photographs taken by The Sun show the “professional squatters” holed up inside York & Albany pub, which the “Hell’s Kitchen” host was about to sign over to new partners in a multi-million dollar deal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/world-news/gordon-ramsays-london-pub-york-amp-albany-taken-over-by-squatters/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq_UjQtzi$

A controversial Texas law has become a blueprint for other states. Immigrant communities are worried: Last month, Iowa lawmakers swiftly passed a bill that would allow local police to arrest some undocumented immigrants and give state judges the power to order deportations. And Wednesday, the state’s governor signed it. The law isn’t scheduled to go into effect until July 1, but Acosta and other advocates say concern and confusion are already running high in immigrant communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/14/us/texas-immigration-law-iowa-other-us-states-cec/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq4BniQPV$

Mexico increases efforts to deter migration to the US: Mexican and U.S. officials have agreed to work together more closely to tackle record migration at their shared border, the countries’ governments said in a joint statement on Thursday, a day after high-level talks on stemming record numbers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2024/04/13/1244590706/mexico-border-arrests-fall-march__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq0OyUoOl$

# Bundy Rides Again
10 years after armed standoff with federal agents, Bundy cattle are still grazing disputed rangeland: The words “Revolution is Tradition” stenciled in fresh blue and red paint mark a cement wall in a dry river wash beneath a remote southern Nevada freeway overpass, where armed protesters and federal agents stared each other down through rifle sights 10 years ago.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/bundy-ranch-standoff-nevada-cattle-ffff74b4e3224fb596e6bb735cedef98__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHqyXf87-u$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
‘It’s scary’: American families left homeless and unable to repay mega bills after Social Security benefits blunder. The first of the four changes revealed is a 10% – or $10, whichever is greater — cap on the monthly Social Security benefit that will be withheld by default if an overpaid beneficiary doesn’t respond to the demand for repayment. The duration of repayment plans will be increased from up to 36 months to up to 60 months.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://moneywise.com/a/ch-aol/repay-mega-bills-after-social-security-benefits-blunder?pv=1&pgc=1&v=146807*:*:text=The*20first*20of*20the*20four,to*20up*20to*2060*20months__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq_2C8PnO$

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure A Water Wrongdoer’s Revenge: A California lawmaker wants to dismantle Clean Water Act protections that he was fined for violating. If the scheme is successful, environmental groups say industrial polluters could more freely contaminate wetlands, rivers, and other waters, harming both the nation’s water resources and the communities depending on them. It could also benefit the lawmaker spearheading the attack, since he still owns the farm where he was found to be destroying wetlands.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/a-water-wrongdoers-revenge/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHqxNb4z1m$

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure / Global Africa is Slowly Creating a New Ocean: Researchers have found two large parts of the land within Africa have begun to separate and it’s believed a whole new ocean will form in the divide. Africa is the second-largest continent in the world, with a landmass of more than 30 million square kilometres, and is also the second-most populous.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9FY57z2cXI__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq4ifv33R$

Toronto Wants to Manage Storms and Floods—With a Rain Tax: Outcry reached such a crescendo last week that the city canceled public hearings on the tax, which is intended to help offset the hundreds of millions spent managing stormwater and basement flooding.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/rain-tax-toronto-canada-1883527__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq78UKo2N$

Toronto’s controversial ‘rain tax’ has been put on hold: Mayor says people need information on ‘how to make their land more porous … to prevent the flooding that may happen when a big storm comes’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/torontos-controversial-rain-tax-has-been-put-on-hold__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq7rtx7Gw$

# General Recalls / Alerts
Hand Sanitizers And Aloe Gel Pulled From Shelves: According to the FDA, specific Aruba Aloe Balm N.V. hand sanitizers and aloe vera gels are being recalled after being found to contain alcohol denatured with methanol. Methanol exposure can result in a number of scary side effects, including, “nausea, vomiting, headache blurred vision, coma, seizures, permanent blindness, permanent damage to the central nervous system, or death.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.shefinds.com/collections/hand-sanitizers-aloe-gel-pulled-from-shelves-risk-of-comas-or-blindness/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq0S_CqI4$

# General News
World on Edge as Israel’s War Cabinet Plots Retaliation: Israel’s war cabinet was due to meet Sunday to decide how to respond to Iran’s huge, failed drone and missile attack. Observers across the world fear this could be the tipping point where the current conflict could explode into a full-blown regional war.4
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-blasts-sirens-as-iranian-missiles-intercepted__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq77TwgNN$

UN Security Council Emergency Meeting After Iran’s UAV Attack on Israel!
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwQ_i2BthjU__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq7EYEQMm$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran summons the British, French and German ambassadors over ‘double standards’: Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the ambassadors of Britain, France, and Germany to question what it referred to as their “irresponsible stance” regarding Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-04-14/iran-summons-the-british-french-and-german-ambassadors-over-double-standards__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq5-wJLG1$

Russia Is Buying Politicians in Europe. Is It Happening Here Too? A former CIA officer explains how a vast, pro-Putin corruption network uncovered in Europe is a warning sign for the US. Here in the United States, while a pattern has emerged, we don’t know the full extent of the influence yet.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/russia-buying-politicians-europe-happening-100000332.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq1-3Lw30$

The Moscow-Beijing alliance is here to stay because partnering with China is the only way Putin can sustain his conflict with the West, think tank says
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-ukraine-war-putin-china-trade-partnership-economy-moscow-beijing-2024-4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq3vlcyY8$

Israel Conflict Spreads to 16 Nations as Biden Admin Says There’s No War, hiding the extent of American military involvement.: Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel highlight an America-led regional war spanning Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and others.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2024/04/14/israel-iran-regional-war/*:*:text=The*20regional*20war*20in*20the,extent*20of*20American*20military*20involvement__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq_leQsgd$

Israel and Israel Alone Kicked Off This Escalation In a Bid to Drag U.S. Into War With Iran: Netanyahu’s recklessness was fostered by blind U.S. support, but Israel is the one pushing its war with Iran out of the shadows.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2024/04/14/israel-iran-drag-us-war-netanyahu-biden/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHqyLNfYEN$

Iran Launches Drone Attack Against Israel Over Consulate Bombing:  “Netanyahu will use it as the pretext for another provocation, because he’s bent on starting this war,” one writer predicted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-blasts-sirens-as-iranian-missiles-intercepted__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq77TwgNN$

# Gov / Politics
GOP senator calls for US retaliatory strikes on Iran: Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called for retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran launched drone and cruise missile attacks against Israel on Saturday. “Iran has begun launching drone strikes on Israel,” Blackburn said Saturday on social media platform X.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4592547-gop-senator-calls-for-us-retaliatory-strikes-on-iran/*:*:text=Republican*20Sen.*20Marsha*20Blackburn*20(R,on*20social*20media*20platform*20X__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq-APjsEj$ .

His father founded the Oath Keepers, went to prison. He’s running for office as a Democrat: Dakota Adams, a 27-year-old college student and the son of Stewart Rhodes, who founded the far-right extremist group the Oath Keepers, is running as a candidate for the Montana Legislature — as a Democrat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/04/12/stewart-rhodes-son-dakota-adams-montana-state-house/73298202007/*:*:text=Dakota*20Adams*2C*20a*2027*2Dyear,Montana*20Legislature*20**C20as*20a*20Democrat__;I34lJSUlJSUl4oCUJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq9qgEKWc$

U.S. helps Israel shoot down missiles, drones from brazen Iranian attack: US pledges to help Israel fend off Iranian missiles as Biden leaves beach weekend to return to DC: Biden has previously said that the U.S. will stand with Israel amid tensions with Iran.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://justthenews.com/world/middle-east/biden-leaves-beach-weekend-iran-launches-drone-strikes-israel?utm_source=breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq-cJRBxJ$

Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell switches party registration to Republican: McDonnell said he is making the change because his anti-abortion views have not been respected by Nebraska Democrats, including the decision by the Douglas County Democrats not to seat him as a delegate and not to provide resources to him and the state party’s decision to censure him.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://omaha.com/news/local/government-politics/nebraska-state-sen-mike-mcdonnell-switches-party-registration-to-republican/article_fa2f43ce-f1d7-11ee-81fc-bb5689121b26.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq-wwLfPu$

US tells Israel it won’t join counter-strike on Iran, urges caution, Washington wants to prevent the conflict from escalating. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States will not join an offensive counter-strike on Iran should Israel choose that road after Tehran attacked it this weekend, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/14/biden-netanyahu-u-s-wont-join-counter-strike-iran-00152130__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq4fuZKXL$

US works to prevent an escalation across the Mideast as Biden pushes Israel to show restraint: The United States highlighted its role in helping Israel thwart Iran’s aerial attack as President Joe Biden convened leaders of the Group of Seven countries in an effort to prevent a wider regional escalation and coordinate a global rebuke of Tehran.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/biden-iran-israel-netanyahu-g7-missiles-drone-62cba0eaac095115f8386397b3ded2f4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq9lS1bgJ$

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Alabama harvested the organs of inmates without consent, families say: A long-standing agreement between the Department of Corrections and University of Alabama at Birmingham gives the commissioner authority to permit an autopsy, including the “removal of organs and tissues.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.courthousenews.com/alabama-harvested-the-organs-of-inmates-without-consent-families-say/*:*:text=A*20long*2Dstanding*20agreement*20between,removal*20of*20organs*20and*20tissues.*22__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq4DX7l5g$

# Legal / DOJ
Trump Is Accidentally Exposing Aileen Cannon’s Shady Pro-MAGA Game: Even as the judge’s latest moves show she’s carefully disguising her advocacy for Trump, he is making it clear that he expects her to save him.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/politics/legal-fights-judge-trump-documents-trial/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq9H50gVz$

On April 25, 2024, Supreme Court will consider former President Donald Trump’s claims of immunity from conspiracy and obstruction charges related to the 2020 presidential election. Here is a breakdown of the second high-profile case involving Trump at the Court this year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/explaining-the-trump-immunity-case-at-the-supreme-court__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHqzv_kNDY$

The Insignificance of Trump’s “Immunity From Prosecution” Argument: If and when the Supreme Court decides to hear the case, the stakes will be far less momentous than many observers might assume, because the answer to the immunity question matters very little for Trump’s prosecution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-insignificance-of-trump-s-immunity-from-prosecution-argument__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq4E0_4-1$

Not So Immune: The D.C. Circuit’s Forceful Rejection of Trump’s Claim of Absolute Presidential Immunity: The long-awaited opinion is unanimous, narrowly tailored, and very well could be the last word.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/not-so-immune-the-d.c.-circuit-s-forceful-rejection-of-trump-s-claim-of-absolute-presidential-immunity__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHqxLAv1X2$

Justice Department Charges 20 People With Threatening Election Workers After Dramatic Increase In Acts Of Political Intimidation: This task force was formed in June 2021 in response to increasing reports of intimidation and threats to election workers following the 2020 election. Former President Donald Trump and his allies argued, without evidence, there was widespread fraud during this election.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://m.imdb.com/news/ni64535447/?ref_=nws_nwr_li__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHqwn7xOZS$

“Systemic Incompetence” First Black Female Judge FIRED After Robbing Town & Blaming Racism:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Nn3bD-9u0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq85gCFzI$

Nicaragua Takes Germany to the World Court for Facilitating Israel’s Genocide: Germany is second only to the US as the largest supplier of weapons to Israel.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/nicaragua-takes-germany-to-the-world-court-for-facilitating-israels-genocide/*:*:text=Nicaragua*20charged*20that*2C*20**BGermany*20has,by*20Germany*20enabling*20Israel*20to__;I34lJSUl4oCcJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq1voTyWY$

# Military / DOD
Lockheed Martin Just Unveiled The F-35’s First Air-Launched Hypersonic Missile: During this year’s Sea Air Space (SAS) 2024 defense expo, Lockheed Martin (in partnership with CoAspire) unveiled a never-before-seen model of a hypersonic missile system. Dubbed “Mako,” after the fastest-swimming shark species at sea, the missile was initially conceived for the Air Force’s Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) program, but was later rejected.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.slashgear.com/1560875/lockheed-martin-f-35-new-hypersonic-missile/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq82YZlKr$

How Are US Tax Dollars Being Spent? Hint: The Pentagon Is Cashing In: The average US taxpayer sent $58 to fund antiwar diplomacy efforts versus $5,109 for militarism and its support systems.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/how-are-us-tax-dollars-being-spent-hint-the-pentagon-is-cashing-in/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHqyNGiZGb$

# Military / Global
Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq reopen airspace closed over Iran’s attacks on Israel: The Arab nations had closed their airspaces after Iran’s drone and missile attacks on Israel, but many flights remain affected.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/14/jordan-lebanon-iraq-reopen-airspace-closed-over-irans-attacks-on-israel__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq3he8N2i$

Brit laser weapon ‘DragonFire’ could be rushed into service & sent to Ukraine to blast Putin’s drones: The UK is speeding up the laser’s production to be battlefield-ready before the previous target of 2027
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-sun.com/news/11068077/brit-laser-weapon-dragonfire-rushed-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq2hKDwrx$

‘World-leading’ laser beam that travels at speed of light to be fitted on Royal Navy ships by 2027: The DragonFire weapon, which is expected to be ready for deployment by 2027 at the latest, could have “huge ramifications” for the conflict in Europe, the defence secretary said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/royal-navy-laser-dragonfire-drone-mod-video-b2527605.html*:*:text=A*20new*20British*20military*20laser,Europe*2C*20the*20defence*20secretary*20said__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq2LpU_y8$ .

Vladimir Putin’s chilling new warning to the West as Russian despot tests an experimental nuclear-capable missile that could level London
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13305119/Vladimir-Putins-chilling-new-warning-West-Russian-despot-tests-experimental-nuclear-capable-missile-level-London.html*:*:text=Vladimir*20Putin*20issued*20a*20new,range*20in*20the*20Astrakhan*20region__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHqwMuLnn6$

How Israel Defended Against Iran’s Drone and Missile Attack: The Iron Dome, US allies, and long-range interceptor missiles all came into play.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/iran-israel-drone-attack-iron-dome/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq4MZmlnX$

# Science Technology / Biosciences
The Quest to Map the Inside of the Proton: Long-anticipated experiments that use light to mimic gravity are revealing the distribution of energies, forces, and pressures inside a subatomic particle for the first time. Cutaway maps display newfound details of the particle’s interior. The proton’s core features pressures more intense than in any other known form of matter. Halfway to the surface, clashing vortices of force push against each other.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.quantamagazine.org/decades-long-quest-reveals-details-of-the-protons-inner-antimatter-20210224__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq8O05ha0$

# Social
I’ve lived in my tiny home for 30 years and now I’m being forced out – official letter gave me just 90 days to leave: Many of the residents thought they were going to live at there for the rest of their lives
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-sun.com/news/11068900/tiny-home-mobile-community-tennessee-eviction/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq5YRG6MN$

# Space / NASA / UFO Disclosure / Planetary Ex-US defense secretary Mark Esper on what the unidentified objects could be: February 13, 2023 Latest on the unidentified objects shot down over North America. The US military shot down three unidentified aerial objects in North American airspace, one over Alaska, another over northern Canada and one over the Great Lakes region.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/unidentified-objects-us-airspace-white-house-02-13-2023/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq-IfUhwY$

Unidentified object reported over Iranian airspace
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzU1w4iz1uY__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq1iRiId4$

SpaceX INSANE NEW Space Station SHOCKED NASA!
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbypKW9tmI__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq1JNV38J$

Space Force Is Planning a Military Exercise in Orbit: Two satellites will engage in a “realistic threat response scenario” when Victus Haze gets underway: “The vendors will exercise a realistic threat response scenario.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/the-space-force-is-planning-what-could-be-the-first-military-exercise-in-orbit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq66eKiF4$

# Technology
Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users;Plus, Apple warns iPhone users about spyware attacks: CISA issues an emergency directive about a Microsoft breach, and a ransomware hacker tangles with an unimpressed HR manager named Beth.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/roku-breach-hits-567000-users/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq6igOFaY$

Roku is planning a change users won’t like: According to the patent, which was originally filed on Aug. 9, 2023, anytime an HDMI device is plugged into a Roku-branded TV and is paused, Roku would play ads. This would affect video game consoles, Apple TV devices, and anything else that uses HDMI.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thestreet.com/technology/roku-is-planning-a-change-users-wont-like*:*:text=According*20to*20the*20patent*2C*20which,anything*20else*20that*20uses*20HDMI__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!wOZuppmnZkl75OInGnOiYfoRtPntlRHttPEKxqToKcqknTqLW3S4Iu1nQfTCRbjLA-S6jpteYeDSV93uYnPmp5hHq1ran0nP$

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April 11, 2024
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
What in the world is this creature
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This Creature Might Be The Strangest Living Thing On Our Planet And Yes, It’s Real
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plFFHAoc4Lo__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTqS60q-r$

# Borders / Immigration / Migrants
Iowa governor signs bill that would make it a crime for some undocumented migrants to be in the state: Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Wednesday that makes it a crime to be in the state after being deported, denied admission to the United States, or have an outstanding deportation order.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/04/10/gov-kim-reynolds-signs-law-making-illegal-immigration-a-state-crime-in-iowa/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytThz3F17Z$

Illegal immigrants want to invade and occupy your home: Squatting is going to become one of the major issues of the next few months. Squatting occurs when people move into a building that is empty and take it over. They used to be called squatters. Although the requirements for squatters to claim legal ownership of a home are highly prohibitive, their rights to seek temporary refuge in an unoccupied home are generally more protected.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://san.com/opinions/illegal-immigrants-want-to-invade-and-occupy-your-home/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTrA6-cIX$

3 reasons Biden won’t close the border: Abdication of responsibility on the border has become a top political headache for Biden, and yet — other than blaming Republicans for not passing an immigration law that he dishonestly claims would have solved the problem — the president has been unmovable.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4588570-three-reasons-biden-wont-close-the-border/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTm1Va-oD$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
From ‘conspiracy theory’ to ‘cover-up’? Agencies hid 2018 pitch to fund chimeric coronavirus: “At a minimum, everyone associated with the DEFUSE proposal should be permanently debarred from receiving future federal funding,” Rutgers University biosafety advocate says after Senator Paul’s latest revelations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/conspiracy-theory-cover-agencies-hid-2018-pitch-fund-chimeric__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTndVkTZB$

Paul says has ‘smoking gun’ tying fed agencies, Fauci to research plan to create COVID-type virus: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday appeared on FOX News Channel’s ‘America Reports’ to discuss new discoveries in his congressional investigation into the origins of COVID-19 that tie Dr. Anthony Fauci and the NIH to the gain-of-function research that led to the virus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/04/09/sen_rand_paul_the_smoking_gun_that_ties_fauci__nih_to_the_funding_of_research_that_may_have_led_to_covid-19.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTo2RR0bO$

# Education / Schools
Amid Gaza War, College Campuses Become Free Speech ‘Testing Ground’: Protests at universities are now being met with a wave of censorship and suppression, targeting students most directly.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2024/04/10/intercepted-gaza-free-speech-campus-protests/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTgrlnHe3$

# Employment / Labor
Biden wants to follow foolish California and ban freelancing, putting millions out of work: The Labor Department just imposed 300 pages of new regulations to reclassify many individual contractors as payroll employees. CNBC claims this could help freelancers “recover lost wages.” That’s just nonsense.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/opinion/biden-wants-to-follow-foolish-california-and-ban-freelancing-putting-millions-out-of-work/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTkySldE1$

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure Biden Plans Sweeping Effort to Block Arctic Oil Drilling: The US set aside 23 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope to serve as an emergency oil supply a century ago. Now, President Joe Biden is moving to block oil and gas development across roughly half of it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/climate/biden-willow-arctic-drilling-restrictions.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytThTflSjs$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
ALERT: Lunchables In Texas May Contain High Amount Of Lead: Testing On Lunchables In Stores Reveals Even More Issues. Of the 12 tests, the results showed that seven had lead and cadmium that were very high. In addition, 11 of them were found to have phthalates, which has ties to certain cancers, diabetes, and reproductive problems.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2024/04/10/lunchables-lead-sodium-consumer-reports-usda/73272198007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTvAXa874$

# General News
Biden administration moves to force thousands more gun dealers to run background checks: Thousands of firearms dealers across the U.S. will to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/biden-administration-background-checks-atf-rule-70261cc0512eea8d52ef9585a9a48ab2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTmKenS-l$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Biden Administration Fears Iran Might Target U.S. Forces Over Israel Strike: Iran conveyed to the Biden administration that if it involved itself in defending Israel were Tehran to undertake a retaliatory strike, it would consider the United States a viable target as well. The issue was discussed at a Tuesday NSC meeting, according to notes reviewed by The Intercept. (The NSC did not respond to a request for comment.)
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2024/04/10/iran-israel-strike/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTnHnkk3h$

How Iran Is Causing Chaos Beyond Just Israel and Palestine: In reality, Tehran is deploying what experts call its “proxy fleet-in-being,” an old tactic used by weaker navies against mightier ones. Iran deploys the proxy fleet to dominate what it imagines as the “Wider Persian Gulf,” an area that—in addition to its Gulf coast—includes the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and the Eastern Mediterranean. Tehran’s domination necessitates the ejection of America and the weakening, or even annihilation, of Israel.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/04/11/how-iran-is-causing-chaos-beyond-just-israel-and-palestine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTtbOnk7Y$

# Gov / Politics
Election Workers Are Already Burned Out, and on High Alert: Poll of Local Election Officials Finds Safety Fears for Colleagues, and Themselves. Violent threats, rampant disinformation, budget shortfalls, and mass resignations: Election workers have a long road to November.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/poll-local-election-officials-finds-safety-fears-colleagues-and__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytToqhrYRr$

In About 95% of Statewide Races Called So Far, Election Denialism Failed to Gain New Ground: In Races Called as of 1 p.m. ET, Only 5 Non-Incumbent Election Deniers Have Won Statewide Office in 94 Total Races; 9 Incumbent Election Deniers Have Won
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://statesuniteddemocracy.org/midterm-election-deniers-2/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTkrn-9X2$

Election Deniers Aren’t Waiting for November: A toxic mix of disinformation, digital tools, and generative AI is challenging election officials across the country. Since 2020, Donald Trump and his devotees have sown doubt over election results and spread dozens of election conspiracies. Some of these election deniers have become elected officials themselves, serving as governors and US senators.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/election-deniers-election-workers-november/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTlgflWXb$

Arizona’s abortion ban, a political nightmare for Republicans in the 2024 election: But today, after a string of electoral losses, stories of women being denied abortions and polls that confirm abortion bans remain wildly unpopular, the political calculus has changed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/10/trump-arizona-abortion-ban__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytThOvNS4H$

RFK Jr.’s adviser has frightening ties to Trump world: His adviser Rita Palma’s anti-Biden stances are starting to make more sense. The campaign attempted in recent days, to distance itself from its New York state director, Rita Palma, since she claimed the campaign’s real goal was to act as a spoiler to President Joe Biden.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newrepublic.com/post/180579/robert-f-kennedy-jr-far-right-ties-worse__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTls6v6YR$

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida To Address Congress Amid Skepticism About US Role Abroad:  Kishida was in Washington this week visiting President Joe Biden as the White House completed hosting each leader of the Quad — an informal partnership between the US Japan, Australia and India that is seen as important to countering China’s growing military strength in the region.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/international/2024/04/11/fgn6-us-congress-kishida.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytThfTjiMy$

Behind the Curtain: Trump allies pre-screen loyalists for unprecedented power grab: Former President Trump’s allies are pre-screening the ideologies of thousands of potential foot soldiers, as part of an unprecedented operation to centralize and expand his power at every level of the U.S. government if he wins in 2024, officials involved in the effort tell Axios.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/11/13/trump-loyalists-2024-presidential-election__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytThusjuyz$

Special counsel probe uncovers new details about Trump’s inaction on Jan. 6: Aides allegedly said Trump was “not interested” in doing more to stop the riot. Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has uncovered previously undisclosed details about former President Donald Trump’s refusal to help stop the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago as he sat watching TV inside the White House, according to sources familiar with what Smith’s team has learned during its Jan. 6 probe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/special-counsel-probe-uncovers-new-details-trumps-inaction/story?id=106131854__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTstfKoAa$

Trump on Trial: A Model Prosecution Memo for Federal Election Interference Crimes. Our memo follows a common DOJ practice. Prior to indicting a case, federal prosecutors prepare a pros memo that lays out admissible evidence, possible charges, and legal issues.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/model-prosecution-memo-january-6th-election-interference-just-security-july-2023-v2.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTjBxP8bB$

Trump’s cruelties, collusions, and crimes: This election year, amid a harrowing global health, civil rights, humanitarian, and economic crisis, we know it’s never been more critical to note these horrors, to remember them, and to do all in our power to reverse them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-atrocities-1-1-056__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTm3e8G2Q$

Truth Social Losses Deal Humiliating Blow to Trump’s Biggest Brag: Donald Trump has been kicked off an index of global billionaires: The blow comes just days after the price of Trump Media stock plummeted and two main investors behind the merger between Trump Media and Technology, the parent company of Truth Social, and Digital World Acquisition Corporation, a shell company, were charged with insider trading.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://finance.yahoo.com/news/truth-social-losses-deal-humiliating-140917086.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTvvO1M4d$

Trump’s abortion statement angers conservatives and gives the Biden campaign a new target: Donald Trump still says he’s proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade. Yet he again on Monday avoided tough questions about abortion, including whether he would support a national abortion ban should he return to the White House.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/abortion-trump-republican-presidential-election-2024-585faf025a1416d13d2fbc23da8d8637__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTleyheDz$

Donald Trump Is an Anti-Abortion Extremist: He’s trying to evade responsibility for deeply unpopular abortion bans around the country—and he’s lying when he says he wouldn’t sign a national ban as president.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6965160/trump-nationwide-abortion-ban-lies-essay/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTo9N49_s$

The Left’s latest scheme to change elections permanently in America: Imagine a Super Bowl referee bending the rules to give his favorite team the win. That is precisely what the Left wants to do to America’s elections. From noncitizen voting to lawsuits inviting activist judges to rewrite our election laws, left-wing activists are taking every opportunity to change elections permanently for partisan gain. Their latest tactic is to undermine the basic principle of “one person, one vote” with a new scheme called ranked choice voting.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/2957752/the-lefts-latest-scheme-to-permanently-change-elections-in-america/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTirKHcj6$

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Video: FBI exposed for Jan 6 involvement by CIA officer: In a new video recorded by an undercover journalist from Sound Investigations, Gavin O’Blennis claimed to be a contracting officer for the CIA who formerly worked for the FBI. The government officer was secretly recorded telling the undercover journalist that approximately 20 undercover FBI agents were located throughout the crowd during the January 6 protest on Capitol Hill.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/04/video-fbi-exposed-for-jan-6-involvement-by-cia-officer-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTuAp95P0$

Long Island politician plans to deputize armed civilians: Nassau County Republicans want an armed civilian militia. They’re not alone. Despite facing backlash from civil rights activists and Democratic lawmakers, Republicans in conservative-leaning Nassau County, New York, are moving forward with a plan to form an armed, civilian militia that the local government could operate as a de facto police force during “emergencies.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/news/nassau-county-republicans-want-armed-222246786.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTiEBxeaq$

Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program: Although the government says it only “targets” foreigners, it has acknowledged collecting a large amount of US communications in the process. (The actual amount, it says, is impossible to calculate.) Nevertheless, it claims that once those communications are in the government’s possession, it is constitutional for federal agents to review those wiretaps without a warrant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fuel.york.ie/news/article/owned-trump-loyalists-kill-vote-on-us-wiretap-program__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTmGPsrZ-$

Multiple wounded after mass shooting at Philadelphia Ramadan event: Over 1,000 people, including families with children, are believed to have been at the outdoor event to celebrate Eid, an Islamic holiday that marks the end of Ramadan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/multiple-people-shot-at-philadelphia-event-marking-end-of-ramadan-authorities/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTrSPvJFF$

# Legal / DOJ
The Hacking Lawsuit Looming Over Truth Social: The founding CEO of DWAC has accused his former assistant of hacking into his accounts as part of a “coup d’état,” the latest legal mess for Truth Social.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/10/trump-media-director-accused-of-hacking-files-lawsuit.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTmN7xFg2$

Explaining the Trump immunity case at the Supreme Court: On April 25, 2024, Supreme Court will consider former President Donald Trump’s claims of immunity from conspiracy and obstruction charges related to the 2020 presidential election. A breakdown of the second high-profile case involving Trump at Court this year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/explaining-the-trump-immunity-case-at-the-supreme-court__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTsGCqQIR$

The Insignificance of Trump’s “Immunity From Prosecution” Argument: If and when the Supreme Court decides to hear the case, the stakes will be far less momentous than many observers might assume, because the answer to the immunity question matters very little for Trump’s prosecution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-insignificance-of-trump-s-immunity-from-prosecution-argument__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTh2hrgQL$

Special counsel pushes Supreme Court to reject Trump’s bid for sweeping immunity in 2020 election case: “No presidential power at issue in this case entitles the president to claim immunity from the general federal criminal prohibitions supporting the charges: fraud against the United States, obstruction of official proceedings, and denial of the right to vote,” they wrote. “The president’s constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed does not entail a general right to violate them.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/special-counsel-supreme-court-immunity/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTme7QSX-$

# Media
The Trump donor whom Biden can’t fire is running the U.S. Postal Service directly into the ground, what everyone warned about when he was confirmed during the pandemic. USPS announced a proposed 8% price hike for stamps, bringing the cost of first-class mail forever stamp to $0.73. It’s another sign of the unfavorable leadership of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, appointed by former President Donald Trump.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.ph/JwlA2/again?url=https:**Afortune.com*2024*04*10*usps-dejoy-price-hikes-customer-dissatisfaction*__;Ly8vLy8vLw!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTkgSAI2q$

# Medical / General News
More Health Systems Likely to Drop Out of Medicare Advantage, Analyst Predicts, Claims denials, prior authorizations are just some of the reasons https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/nearly-half-of-health-systems-are-considering-dropping-ma-plans.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTqU__kth$

# Military / Global
NATO jets scrambled after Russia launches devastating aerial attack on Ukraine: NATO aircraft were scrambled after Russia launched large-scale missile strikes on Ukraine overnight on Thursday. Poland’s military announced that “intense long-range aviation activity of the Russian Federation is being observed, related to missile strikes” in Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/nato-aircraft-activated-poland-russia-missile-attack-ukraine-war-fighter-jets-1889227__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTtSerqvB$

# Social
Bernie Sanders and AOC propose sweeping new housing legislation that would affect millions of Americans: ‘That is a win, win, win situation’: The Green New Deal for Public Housing aims to transform the nation’s public housing units into eco-friendly, affordable homes while creating well-paying jobs in the process.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/green-new-deal-public-housing-aoc-sanders/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTsudEEne$

Squatters have more rights than property owners: NY State Sen. Mario Mattera: To combat the ongoing and pernicious practice of squatting in New York State, Senator Mario R. Mattera (2nd Senate District) has introduced a groundbreaking set of bills aimed at protecting legal homeowners. This package represents one of the most aggressive efforts to address the disregard for property owners frequently highlighted in media stories.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/mario-r-mattera/senator-mattera-takes-aggressive-action-combat__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTlIQNjh6$

# Space / NASA / UFO Disclosure / Planetary Superfast drone fitted with new ‘rotating detonation rocket engine’ approaches the speed of sound: Venus Aerospace has completed the inaugural test flight of a drone fitted with its “rotating detonation rocket engine” (RDRE) accelerating it to just under the speed of sound. The company wants to one day build superfast commercial jets using this new type of engine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/superfast-drone-fitted-with-new-rotating-detonation-rocket-engine-approaches-the-speed-of-sound__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTq6Z_kOZ$

# Technology
Eric Schmidt warned against China’s AI industry. Emails show he also sought connections to it: Transparency advocates say that Eric Schmidt’s pursuit of ‘personal’ connections with AI companies in China represents a concerning conflict of interest.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aitopics.org/doc/news:69408560__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wOqwL8zSsULBBR8W7N5v5ffx5q1nN-tDFJlQWIVjmyOLZQwBld2HGp3oyrSROg9jbXgf_JesS5PVLZpCYxMrQyytTuEP0ron$

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# Borders / Immigration / Migrants
CBP officers seize stash of 22 weapons, magazines, and ammunition from car trying to cross border: All the firearms, magazines, and ammunition were taken by CBP officers, and the case was referred to Homeland Security Investigations, according to the release.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-officers-seize-22-weapons-22-magazines-1480-rounds-ammunition__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MjmSevJT$

Coast Guard intercepts 101 US-bound migrants in boats on the high seas, then sends them back home: “The Coast Guard works daily with local, federal and Dominican Republic Navy partners in shared and unwavering resolve to stop unlawful  migration voyages in the Mona Passage,” San Jose Sector Commander Gerard Wenk said in a statement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-news/coast-guard-intercepts-101-us-bound-migrants-in-boats-on-the-high-seas-then-sends-them-back-home/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MthTHXhH$

Border Patrol agents continuing to apprehend violent criminals, gang members: Recent arrests made in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection El Paso Sector, which includes two west Texas counties and all of New Mexico, include individuals with a long list of violent crimes. Combined, violent criminal histories of those arrested include child molestation, rape of a child, sexual assault of a child, aggravated assault, rape, murder, manufacture/trafficking of firearms and ammunition and theft, among others.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.therogersvillereview.com/news/national/article_ad3a3655-4f40-56e7-92d1-ccbe07d50b0b.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MtDViJf1$

Tucson CBP agents seizing enough fentanyl, meth to kill billions of people: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the Tucson Sector of Arizona are seizing enough fentanyl and methamphetamine alone to kill billions of people. In fiscal 2023, Tucson sector agents seized a record 12,700 pounds of fentanyl. So far in fiscal 2024 through March 5, they’ve seized more than 4,700 pounds of fentanyl. The amount combined is enough to kill more than 3.9 billion people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.myheraldreview.com/news/tucson-cbp-agents-seizing-enough-fentanyl-meth-to-kill-billions-of-people/article_efb7eb92-f6ed-11ee-b993-135ed72f62be.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MqK8SZLv$

Joe Biden’s insane asylum policy makes life easier for criminals moment they illegally enter US: This is not the story of an actual migrant, but neither is it a work of pure fiction. It’s the profile of many young migrants, so much so that Bloomberg News recently carried this headline: “Venezuela’s Violent Deaths Fall to 22-Year Low on Migration.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/opinion/joe-bidens-insane-asylum-policy-makes-life-easier-for-criminals-moment-they-illegally-enter-us/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MmSWGSJ0$

Migrant Crossings Surge as Suspected Terror-Linked Individuals Released into America under Biden’s Directive: Rising Influx of Migrant Crossings from Terrorism-hit Nations Raises Security Concerns at US Borders
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://omdnews.com/2024/04/09/migrant-crossings-surge-as-suspected-terror-linked-individuals-released-into-america-under-bidens-directive/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9Mq6Rr8et$

U.S. Latinos fear new mass deportations may target all Hispanics: More than half of U.S. Latino adults worry any new mass deportations would target all Latinos regardless of legal status, a new Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll in partnership with Noticias Telemundo finds. Trump has promised mass deportations if he wins a second term, and past efforts have swept up U.S. citizens, creating generations of trauma.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/trump-latinos-fear-mass-deportation-immigrants__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MvF4rnug$

Biden Hints He’ll Soon Issue Order to Restrict Asylum Seekers From Entering US: Critics have noted that such an order would echo the xenophobic policies of Donald Trump and would likely be illegal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/biden-hints-hell-soon-issue-order-to-restrict-asylum-seekers-from-entering-us/*:*:text=Lamenting*20that*20thousands*20of*20migrants,who*20can*20enter*20the*20country__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MoRJi5OO$

# Corporations / Industry
Dollar Tree Raises Prices to $7 as Inflationary Pressure Hits Lower-Income Families: Even at a time when shoppers are feeling pinched, Dollar Tree said it’s experimenting with a broader price range. The company said it will introduce products that cost as much as $7 each at its stores this year, according to CEO Richard Dreiling on a Wednesday conference call.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/retail/2024/03/25/dollar-tree-7-dollars-price-increase/73099172007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MmW1KjTO$

# Employment / Labor
Biden Takes Action to Prevent Potential Trump Purge of the Deep State: “This final rule honors our 2.2 million career civil servants, helping ensure that people are hired and fired based on merit and that they can carry out their duties based on their expertise and not political loyalty,” Kiran Ahuja, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, said in a press release.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2024/04/04/biden-trump-purge-federal-workers-schedule-f__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MsfgT6NS$

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure The longest and probably largest proof of our current climate catastrophe ever caught on camera: For nearly an hour and 15 minutes, Balog and his crew stood by and watched as a piece of ice the size of lower Manhattan — but with ice-equivalent buildings that were two to three times taller than that — simply melted away. A representation demonstrating the massive size of ice that broke off into the sea.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3397153577349-the-longest-and-probably-largest-proof-of-our-current-climate-catastrophe-ever-caught-on-camera?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MTI3MDc1OTk5NjE*3D__;JQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MsDKKRWt$

In Win for Cancer Alley Residents, EPA Finalizes Rule Targeting Toxic Polluters: However, a Trump electoral victory could threaten the new air pollution standards for 200 hazardous chemical plants. After years of advocacy by environmental justice activists, the Biden administration is finally delivering better protections for fenceline communities impacted by toxic air pollution. The new standards for certain chemical manufacturers are aimed at reducing the number of people put at an elevated risk for cancer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/in-win-for-cancer-alley-residents-epa-finalizes-rule-targeting-toxic-polluters/*:*:text=After*20years*20of*20advocacy*20by,an*20elevated*20risk*20for*20cancer__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9Mh_TFfB0$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Technology FDA testing finds percentage of imported honey adulterated with other sweeteners
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/fda-testing-finds-percentage-of-imported-honey-adulterated-with-other-sweeteners/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9Mj8tyO_N$

Truth About What’s Sprayed on Veggies in Grocery Stores Has People Outraged: Many people were upset to learn that additional chemicals may be in the produce they buy from grocery stores.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://delishably.com/news/chemical-sprayed-on-veggies-grocery-store*:*:text=Consumers*20are*20now*20more*20committed,they*20buy*20from*20grocery*20stores__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MoP_iUwZ$
See also:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.delish.com/food-news/a47986/dirty-secrets-of-supermarket-produce-departments/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MshYUZqh$

# General News
Donald Trump Just Slapped Millions of Americans ‘in the Face’: Mike Pence blasts Donald Trump for saying abortion restrictions should be up to states.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/08/mike-pence-blasts-donald-trump-abortion/73250729007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9Mk_geob-$

Trump Finally Reveals It: Billionaires Get Tax Cuts, We Get Autocracy: Donald Trump’s comments to wealthy elites show that he’s offering them a corrupt bargain that is likely to end very badly for everyone. Donald Trump’s comments to wealthy elites show that he’s offering them a corrupt bargain that is likely to end very badly for everyone. At a recent fundraiser, Donald Trump promised big tax cuts to some of the richest donors in the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aol.com/trump-tells-billionaires-ll-keep-140402563.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MmI82Iwd$

Vladimir Putin ‘planning new Soviet Union’ as Russian leader plans next invasion: Over the past year, Vladimir Putin has compared himself to empire-building eighteenth century Russian Czar Peter the Great, and has attempted to annex entire regions of Ukraine while declaring that he is “returning historically Russian lands.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-plan-for-a-new-russian-empire-includes-both-ukraine-and-belarus/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MtWsOIEy$

Trump says Arizona supreme court’s abortion ruling will be ‘straightened out’: Ex-president who boasts about Roe’s fall say matter is ‘about states’ rights’ but concedes revived 160-year-old ban goes too far
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/10/trump-arizona-abortion-ban-__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MrH8rt74$

Trump’s Bonkers Comments on Jews Need to Be Heard to Be Believed: The self-described pro-Israel presidential nominee attacked Jewish voters. Donald Trump is drawing another line in the sand, this time of the antisemitic variety. According to the GOP presidential nominee, if you’re Jewish, you can’t vote Democrat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/trump-bonkers-comments-jews-heard-182333998.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9Mg081XlI$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Haiti’s Gangs Try Their Hand at Piracy, Hijacking a Ship Full of Food: On Saturday, Haiti’s National Police stormed the ship in a gunfight that lasted for five hours, the agency said. Two officers were injured in the altercation and an unspecified number of gang members were killed, and the vessel was safely recovered. Haiti’s National Port Authority assisted with transport for the boarding teams.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://maritime-executive.com/article/haiti-s-gangs-try-their-hand-at-piracy-hijacking-a-ship-full-of-food__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9Mg7tqKFt$

Israel preparing for offensive into Rafah despite international opposition, AP explains
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/video/israel-hamas-war-israel-middle-east-rafah-gaza-strip-107de59a2eb545b1b6425a85d79daa15__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MtIH_CSt$

# Gov / Politics
Voters agree: Illegal immigration is Biden’s secret to ‘permanent majority’: In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Secrets, 57% said the president’s goal is to let in enough supporters to keep the Democrats in power for decades, should they get the right to vote or have children who are automatic U.S. citizens.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gazette.com/news/wex/voters-agree-illegal-immigration-is-biden-s-secret-to-permanent-majority/article_ca570577-1619-5a0e-8c6d-b4f5fec81551.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MoQgsfrw$

What on earth is Joe Biden thinking? As the country erupts over the horrorshow at the southern border, the White House is doing battle, not with the armed gangs infiltrating our country or the tens of thousands of people illegally streaming across our border, but with the governor of Texas, who is trying to protect his citizens from the unruly horde.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4429305-joe-bidens-immigration-avalanche-is-about-to-bury-him/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MhOhKUFf$

Biden says he’s not sure he can shut down the border: ‘We’re examining whether or not I have that power’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/biden-says-hes-not-sure-he-can-shut-down-the-border-were-examining-whether-or-not-i-have-that-power/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9Mtxn4qWu$

In Wisconsin, Joe Biden Can’t Escape the War in Gaza: Demonstrators railed against Biden’s Israel policies as he unveiled his new student debt relief plan. Party members in key swing states say they won’t re-elect a president who enables the continued Israeli bombardment
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/04/wisconsin-democrats-biden-stop-gaza-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9Mjiw8rpP$

Jon Stewart Bashes Biden’s Response to Israel in Gaza War: “They Slap America in the Face”: “Every time America tells the world that there’s something we won’t allow, Israel seems to say, ‘Challenge accepted.’”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/jon-stewart-bashes-bidens-response-to-israel-in-gaza-war-they-slap-america-in-the-face*:*:text=**BEvery*20time*20America*20tells*20the,edition*20of*20The*20Daily*20Show__;I37igJwlJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MuwKDQQ-$

US arms Ukraine with thousands of seized Iranian guns, rifles and munitions: The weapons were intercepted between 2021 and 2023 en route to Houthi forces in Yemen.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/10/us-arms-ukraine-with-thousands-of-seized-iranian-guns-rifles-and-munitions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MsvTYihF$

Congressman Andrew May Caused the Death of 800 Submarine Crewmen During WWII: Lockwood, commander of the U.S. submarine fleet in the Pacific, estimated that May’s security breach cost the United States Navy as many as 10 submarines and 800 crewmen killed in action.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/congressman-andrew-may-caused-the-death-of-800-submarine-crewmen-during-wwii.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MheHAkwm$

US ‘Breaking Apart’ With 25 States ‘Ready’ to Leave: Texas Secessionist: A leading Texas independence campaigner has said the United States is “breaking apart,” with over 50 percent of the population in 25 states ready to secede based on his interpretation of two recent surveys by the polling company YouGov.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/us-breaking-apart-half-ready-leave-texas-secessionist-1887864*:*:text=A*20leading*20Texas*20independence*20campaigner,by*20the*20polling*20company*20YouGov__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MtNnsG-y$

‘Do the Right Thing,’ Say Assange Defenders as Biden Mulls Dropping Case: “This would be the best decision Biden ever made,” said one supporter of the jailed WikiLeaks publisher. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has long expressed opposition to the Wikileaks founder’s detention, in February backed a parliamentary motion calling for the return of Assange, an Australian citizen, to Australia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-04-10/biden-says-he-is-considering-australia-request-to-drop-assange-prosecution__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MuoUhofV$

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
WOAH! You can now be arrested in Texas for open carry of firearms: HB 1927 went into effect in 2021, permits Texans to carry firearms without a license or authorization. Before this modification, carrying a firearm in public or hidden must be licensed in Texas. Even with the open carry laws, you can be arrested for open carry of firearms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://1073kissfmtexas.com/ixp/149/p/woah-you-can-now-be-arrested-in-texas-for-open-carry-of-firearms/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MtaWBOWq$

# Legal / DOJ
The Arizona Supreme Court Dragged the State Back to 1864: Conservative justices on an expanded court revived a draconian abortion ban that predates statehood—and sets the table for further chaos.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/09/arizona-supreme-court-abortion-decision__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MgQGmrJ7$

Prosecutor tells U.S. Supreme Court to reject Trump’s immunity claim: Special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-jack-smith-jan-6-supreme-court-f8bd5c4e7fb2251587e4443d9ded7178__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MtMi_O20$

Appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay April 15 hush money criminal trial: A New York appeals court judge Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay his hush money criminal trial, taking just 12 minutes to swat aside an argument that it should be postponed while the former president fights a gag order.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-gag-order-hush-money-juan-merchan-0a10c7ee0236f760ce50c05cafb163ef__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9Mh_uX4I0$

# Medical / General News
More than 100 US deaths linked to Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs – including 28-year-old who died from ‘intestinal mass’ and a pregnant woman, our analysis shows
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13276757/deaths-linked-ozempic-weight-loss-drugs-analysis.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MpihBZp3$

# Military / DOD
US Navy to Test Onboard Microwave Weapon in 2026: A stated goal is to deliver a shipboard weapon prototype for integration in fiscal 2026 as well as a test bed for continued technology maturation and evaluation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://defensescoop.com/2024/04/04/epirus-navy-hpm-microwave-antx-coastal-trident/*:*:text=A*20stated*20goal*20is*20to,continued*20technology*20maturation*20and*20evaluation__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MksthUjs$

# Security
House Judiciary Committee Applauds Bipartisan Passage of H.R. 6570, the Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act: The bipartisan bill reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for three years with significant reforms, requires all intelligence agencies and the FBI to obtain a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) before conducting any query of a U.S. person
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-judiciary-committee-applauds-bipartisan-passage-hr-6570-protect-liberty__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MosZ8Mbm$

# Social
How to fortify your home defenses as squatters wreak havoc across America: Raleigh Realty owner Ryan Fitzgerald told Fox News Digital the alarming trend of squatters occupying vacant properties “poses a real risk to homeowners.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2024/04/08/us-news/experts-share-vital-tips-for-homeowners-defending-against-squatters/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MpesWU1x$

Senate passes tenants’ rights legislation; GOP senator fixates on ‘squatters’: Sen. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, offered an amendment to strengthen property owners’ protections against squatters — people living in a home without the owners’ knowledge or permission — which has become a talking point in right-wing media in recent weeks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/08/senate-passes-tenants-rights-legislation-gop-senator-fixates-on-squatters/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MhkLk_Q5$

# Space / NASA / UFO Disclosure / Planetary All eyes on the moon: Space agencies around the world are focused on the south pole of the Moon, but these astronomers have set their eyes on the far side: The Moon race is officially in full swing with Japan, India, China, and even a private corporation making their marks on the surface. The calendar is packed with a slew of planned missions in the coming months and years to set the stage for a more sustained presence on the lunar surface.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inverse.com/science/lunar-telescope-space-race__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xMJjjrSVbcb8uMteOh_QqtZo9rKRufcttJdmLpCcGUxwockFZ3Y_iDovAG5I04qBi8LO0z_XSZpDi-5RSLYVvSc9MlFLOOnE$

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# Borders / Immigration / Migrants
New Mexico becomes latest hotspot for migrant crossings
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6350571670112

Joe Biden’s 33,000 secret migrant flights to New York passes buck to city taxpayers: Some 37,000 of New York’s estimated 150,000 migrants, or 25%, were bused from Texas. But there’s another number, comparable to that, that Adams should blame on another politician: Joe Biden.
https://cis.org/Bensman/Oped-Joe-Bidens-secret-flights-33000-migrants-New-York-passes-buck-city-taxpayers

Housing program for illegal immigrants could affect market: Our country is facing a housing shortage. The cost of renting or purchasing a home is taxing the budgets of middle-class Americans in ways not seen in decades. Press reports point to high mortgage interest rates, supply bottlenecks, labor and materials price inflation and zoning restrictions as proximate causes. But the housing supply is only half the story. Largely missing from the affordability discussion is the impact of immigration policies on housing demand.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4238426-the-migrant-and-housing-crises-are-colliding-with-predictable-results/

# Corporations / Industry
Discount Retailer Is Closing All Its 371 Stores Across the U.S., Liquidating: Discount chain 99 Cents Only Stores is closing all of its 371 stores and liquidating all its merchandise, including fixtures and furnishings, beginning on Monday. The company tapped Hilco Real Estate for the disposition of its leased and owned locations.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/popular-discount-retailer-shuts-down-all-stores-liquidating

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Texas Seniors Suddenly Lose Medicare Benefits: Texas Seniors Suddenly Lose Medicare Benefits:
The agency confirmed that 350 seniors had been removed from the state’s Medicare Savings Program, which is estimated to have taken away up to $200 from seniors’ monthly Social Security checks.
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-seniors-error-medicare-coverage-benefits-1888195

‘Our country is broke’; Senate candidate Carolyn Phippen says U.S. can’t afford to help Ukraine or migrants: Phippen said the $100 billion in financial and military aid delivered to Ukraine has left the U.S. less prepared to defend itself and is a bad use of money the country doesn’t have. “We literally are $34.5 trillion in debt, if nobody noticed.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/country-broke-senate-candidate-carolyn-030000752.html

Biden’s budget is anti-consumer; here’s why: His proposal would do nothing to address the country’s national debt crisis. Biden plans to increase spending by $1.1 trillion, a proportion would be for non-military, discretionary items like expanding the federal child tax credits, tuition reduction, clean energy infrastructure, and biomedical and environmental research. When first proposed, raising the corporate tax rate was estimated to cut America’s Gross Domestic Product by $720 billion over 10 years. It would also reduce workers’ wages and full-time employment opportunities.
https://dcjournal.com/bidens-budget-is-anti-consumer-heres-why/

# Education / Schools
Congressman: Latest Biden student loan details are a ‘complete scam’: “Complete scam” is a North Carolina congressman’s description of President Joe Biden’s latest details for shifting repayment of student loans from borrowers to taxpayers. Republican U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson wrote, “Joe Biden’s ‘student loan forgiveness’ plan is a complete scam. It forces hardworking Americans like you to bail out those who willingly took on heavy college debt and haven’t paid it off.”
https://highlandcountypress.com/news/congressman-latest-biden-student-loan-details-are-complete-scam#gsc.tab=0

# Employment / Labor
“I owe money for working?” Woman highlights how the US tax system “sounds like a acam”: “Why cant they tell us exactly what our taxes are being used for? like an itemized list, pothole, dronestrike etc.” Tons of politicians rake in major net worths after taking office, and they’re larger than the public salaries they receive from taxpayers. It’s the aforementioned dollar-usurping initiatives implemented by the government and others that have got people thinking that the tax system is largely a scam, something that a TikToker named Kat (@kat71766) called out in a viral clip.
https://www.distractify.com/p/us-tax-system-sounds-like-scam#:~:text=%22I%20Owe%20Money%20for%20Working,%2C%20pothole%2C%20dronestrike%20etc.%22

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
A battle for water rights unfolds in Nevada’s lithium mining area: Nevada’s Clayton Valley hosts the Silver Peak mine, the sole active U.S. lithium extraction site, amidst growing demand for the metal due to the electric vehicle boom. Albemarle, the mining giant, faces competition for water rights in an area where water is already a rare commodity, challenging the sustainability and expansion of lithium mining.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/a-battle-for-water-rights-unfolds-in-nevada-s-lithium-mining-area-2667720527.html

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure
Why communities in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia are fighting chemical recycling plants: The industry says chemical recycling could help solve the plastic waste crisis, but some environmental health advocates say chemical recycling facilities worsen climate change and emit toxic chemicals.
https://www.ehn.org/chemical-recycling-fossil-fuels-2667485370.html

Nature Is Behaving Strangely and Scientists Don’t Know Why: Ecological theory and experience tells us that plants on meadows and pastures across Denmark should be dispersing heavier seeds. They are doing the opposite. Nature slowly begins to change if meadows and grasslands are allowed to grow wild without human interference or grazing animals.
https://scitechdaily.com/nature-is-behaving-strangely-and-scientists-dont-know-why/

Herds of Mysterious ‘Glacier Mice’ Baffle Scientists: These moss balls move in unison, and researchers are okay with not knowing why. Whatever you call them, they’re cute and quite confusing for scientists. Moss balls like these form around an irritant such as a small rock or accumulation of dust, similar to how a pearl forms around a grain of sand in an oyster. Their pillowy bodies are moss, through and through. In 1950, Icelandic researcher Jon Eyþórsson
“I call these mossy balls Jökla-mýs, literally ‘glacier mice,’ and you will have noted that rolling stones can gather moss.”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/herds-of-glacier-mice-baffle-scientists

# General News
Qatar is facing an ongoing blockade. Kushner, meanwhile, has played a key behind-the-scenes role in hardening the U.S. posture toward the nation: Jared Kushner’s real estate company had unsuccessfully sought a critical half-billion-dollar investment from one of the richest and most influential men in the tiny nation, according to three well-placed sources with knowledge of the near transaction.
https://theintercept.com/2017/07/10/jared-kushner-tried-and-failed-to-get-a-half-billion-dollar-bailout-from-qatar/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia Runs a Hidden Prison System for Ukrainian Detainees—In Crimea: Human rights monitors claim that occupation forces engage in torture and prolonged captivity in a sprawling penal network.
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-prisons-civilians-torture-detainees-88b4abf2efbf383272eed9378be13c72

Another Russian dissident turns up dead in Kremlin custody: The dead man, Alexander Demidenko (61), had been arrested on charges of drinking alcohol in public and charged with a felony for arms trafficking. However, it seems his true crime was helping Ukrainian citizens escape from Russia back to Ukraine.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/8/2234145/-Yet-another-Russian-dissident-dies-in-Kremlin-custody

Tensions Rise as Niger Rejects US Presence, Shifts Towards Russia: What’s Next for US Engagement in Africa? What’s Next for US Engagement in Africa?
https://www.fpri.org/article/2024/04/nigers-pivot-to-moscow-whats-next-for-us-engagement-in-africa/

Ukrainian NATO membership ‘unacceptable’: Ukrainian accession to NATO would pose a threat to Russia’s national security and is fundamentally unacceptable, Moscow’s ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Antonov, has said.
https://www.rt.com/russia/595635-ukraine-nato-membership-unacceptable-antonov/

# Gov / Politics
The Left’s latest scheme to permanently change elections in America: From noncitizen voting to lawsuits inviting activist judges to rewrite our election laws, left-wing activists are taking every opportunity to change elections permanently for partisan gain. Their latest tactic is to undermine the basic principle of “one person, one vote” with a new scheme called ranked choice voting.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/2957752/the-lefts-latest-scheme-to-permanently-change-elections-in-america/

Texas Independence Movement Seeks Breakup of Mexico: A leading Texas nationalist group has warned Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador it will begin actively supporting secessionist movements in his country in response to what it argues is his failure to control illegal migration into the Lone Star State.
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-independence-movement-seeks-breakup-mexico-1888449#:~:text=A%20leading%20Texas%20nationalist%20group,into%20the%20Lone%20Star%20State

No, Texas Can’t Secede, and the Border Fight Is About Politics More Than Policy: First up, a necessary fact check before we go any further: Texas cannot just up and quit the United States. Even so, here we go… Again. Texas Gov. Rick Perry had heads snapping across the country for pushing the idea that his state could secede. “We were a republic. We were a stand-alone nation. And one of the deals was, we can leave any time we want,” Perry wrongly told tech visitors in Austin back in 2009.
https://time.com/6591108/texas-secession-border-texit/

Congressional Retirements Cause Chaos for Both Parties: The House continues to hemorrhage membership as it struggles with infighting, dysfunction and a lack of productivity that has infuriated lawmakers in both parties. “The vast majority of members came to make a difference. We understand the utility of posturing and politics for the goal of governing. That’s not what’s going on anymore though. The inmates are running the asylum,” the lawmaker added.
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/27/house-members-retiring-quitting-productivity

None of This Is Normal: Donald Trump’s 2024 bid is an antidemocratic revenge fantasy being treated like a conventional political campaign. “For hard-working Americans, Nov. 5 will be our new Liberation Day,” Trump said as he headlined this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. “But for the liars, and cheaters, and fraudsters, and censors and imposters who have commandeered our government, it will be their Judgment Day.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/donald-trump-2024-election-none-of-this-is-normal

Elon Musk Is Platforming Far-Right Activists in Brazil, Defying Court Order: Experts warn, “They are trying to use Brazil as a laboratory on how to interfere in local politics.” A Brazilian court has announced that it will be opening an investigation into X owner Elon Musk for obstruction of justice, after Musk reactivated far-right accounts that the Brazilian government had flagged for removal
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/08/elon-musk-brazil-x-jair-bolsonaro

Need more evidence that RFK Junior is working for Trump? No one should doubt that Trump and Trump donors are behind RFK Junior’s campaign, with the goal of siphoning off enough votes from Biden to ensure a Trump victory.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-evidence-that-rfk-junior-is

RFK Jr. Will Seek Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in talks to run on the Libertarian Party presidential ticket, a move that could translate his popularity into becoming a near-guaranteed choice on ballots in all 50 states. The party switch would ease his ballot access hurdles and buttress his campaign with an organized network of supporters.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/25/libertarian-candidate-president-robert-kennedy-jr-00148662

# Juvenile / Children / Youth
Map Shows 12 States That Allow Child Marriage After Virginia Passes Law: “This is a stunning victory for the nearly 9.2 million girls in the 12 states where we have helped to end child marriage,” Unchained At Last, an organization dedicated to ending forced and child marriages in the U.S., said in a Tuesday statement.
https://www.newsweek.com/child-marriage-ban-state-map-virginia-law-1888471

Mississippi’s Withdrawal from Child Food Program Sparks Intense Backlash: As Mississippi’s decision to reject the summer EBT will affect over 324,000 children, people are criticizing Tate Reeve for this act. His remarks have sparked intense backlash, with different scholars and educationists calling it an act of ”cruelty”.
https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/11/federal-summer-food-program-tate-reeves/

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Conservatives Vow Vote Against Reauthorizing FISA Minus Warrant Requirement: Conservative lawmakers are calling for an end to warrantless surveillance of Americans ahead of a House floor vote on Wednesday to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
https://www.offthepress.com/conservatives-vow-vote-against-reauthorizing-fisa-minus-warrant-requirement/

DEA bust turns up euthanasia drug marketed as heroin: DEA agents recently found 11 pounds of an unusual drug when they busted a cartel-linked illicit drug operation in Texas: The dealers marketed the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital as heroin, according to a DEA spokesperson. Agents seized other more common illicit drugs in larger quantiles during the multi-year investigation. Among them: 1,212 pounds of meth, 548 pounds of cocaine, 74 pounds of heroin, and 22,600 fentanyl-laced pills. The spokesperson said the seizure of pentobarbital was “uncommon.”
https://am1280thepatriot.com/news/national/article_b6db7664-f359-11ee-927d-5b3c806d1c01

# Legal / DOJ
Trump sues judge in hush money case: Former President Trump sued the New York judge overseeing his hush money case Monday over the gag order he imposed on the former president, an eleventh-hour bid to delay the trial which is scheduled to begin next week. Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order bars Trump from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and the judge’s family, but doesn’t stop him from hurling insults at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) or the judge himself.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4581421-trump-sues-ny-judge-overseeing-hush-money-case-in-effort-to-delay-trial/

Michigan school shooter’s parents sentenced to 10-15 years in prison: The parents are the first to be convicted over a school shooting after they were found guilty of manslaughter earlier this year. Their sentencing ends one chapter of the emotional, ongoing legal saga that has gripped the exurban Detroit community since 2021 when the Crumbleys’ 15-year-old son brought a gun to school, killing four students and injuring seven others.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/09/jennifer-james-crumbley-sentencing-school-shooting/

# Medical / General News
Abortion in Arizona set to be illegal in nearly all circumstances, state high court rules: The Arizona Supreme Court ruled the state must adhere to a 123-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2024/04/09/arizona-abortion-law-state-supreme-court-upholds-near-total-ban/73251148007/

# Medical / Science / Technology
Scientists discover highly toxic material in human urine: Endometriosis has no known cause, and the scientists examined whether microplastic levels would correlate with the disease, causing inflammation or leaching chemicals into the body. “This raises important new questions with respect to their transport around the body and how they have traversed, or by-passed, the kidney glomerular filtration system with dimensions that are seemingly an order of magnitude too large to navigate such organs, as well as the potential biological impacts as a result of their presence,” the authors wrote.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/presence-of-microplastics-in-human-urine-endometriosis-study/#:~:text=This%20study%20provided%20%22the%20first,microplastics%20on%20humans%20are%20unknown

Scientists identify concerning reason behind sudden explosion of new health threat in US: ‘Kind of our nightmare scenario’: Scientists say extreme weather linked to climate change is causing a resurgence of a previously rare disease in California called valley fever, which can cause cough, tiredness, and chest pain. About 20% of cases can lead to more serious complications like ulcers, swollen joints, meningitis, and death.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/candida-auris-fungal-infections-symptoms/#:~:text=Scientists%20say%20extreme%20weather%20linked,joints%2C%20meningitis%2C%20and%20death

# Military / DOD
NATO helicopters are shooting down and eliminating enemy drones in a rarer kind of Red Sea battle: Victories like these can be more difficult to achieve, given that they require hitting a moving target from another moving target in the air, but they aren’t all that surprising because helicopters are capable assets and the crews likely would have trained for such scenarios in advance, a former US naval aviator told Business Insider.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nato-helicopters-kill-enemy-drones-red-sea-combat-2024-4#:~:text=NATO%20helicopters%20are%20shooting%20down,kind%20of%20Red%20Sea%20battle&text=Houthi%20attack%20drones%20have%20mostly,helicopter%20shot%20down%20a%20drone

Japan’s Aegis-equipped vessel marks first space object tracking with SPY-7 radar: Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated the first live track AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar for the Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV), marking a critical milestone in the program which will serve as the cornerstone for Japan’s national defense.
https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2024-04-04-SPY-7-Radar-on-Japans-Aegis-System-Equipped-Vessel-Achieves-First-Track-of-Objects-in-Space

U.S. Army Moves Closer To Unleashing ‘Dark Eagle’ Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon In Major Test With U.S. Navy: The U.S. Navy is reportedly preparing to test a hypersonic weapon as part of a joint developmental program with the U.S. Army, which aims to unleash the military’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) capabilities. “The Army is working closely with the Navy in the development of the LRHW,” according to a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report. “LRHW is comprised of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB), and the Navy 34.5-inch booster.”
https://thedebrief.org/u-s-army-moves-closer-to-unleashing-dark-eagle-long-range-hypersonic-weapon-in-major-test-with-u-s-navy/

# Military / Global
Money From Ukraine’s Burisma Used for Terrorist Attacks in Russia – Moscow: Russia’s state investigative committee said on Tuesday that money flowing through Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma had been used to finance “terrorist attacks” and assassinations in Russia and other countries in recent years. Burisma was dissolved last year.
https://www.unionleader.com/news/military/russia-says-ukrainian-energy-firm-burisma-financed-terrorist-attacks/article_cf4766f4-28b9-55e6-af46-36453929cb52.html

# Social
21 States Where Squatters Can Legally Take Your Property: Squatters can be a nasty surprise for property owners. Imagine leaving your home for a long trip only to find someone else living there legally when you return. It may sound far-fetched, but it’s a real risk in some states due to “squatters’ rights” laws. These allow people staying on property they don’t own to eventually become the rightful owners after meeting certain conditions over several years. Tales of owners losing homes and land to crafty squatters highlight why this issue matters.
https://homewardhow.com/squatters-can-steal-your-house-in-these-21-states/

Texas homeowner Abram Mendez details squatter experience, ‘We’re in fear’: Texas homeowner Abram Mendez details his experience with a squatter he’s dealing with in his San Antonio home.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6350570975112

‘It’s just been very difficult’; Mississippi widow deemed a squatter, saying she lost her home of nearly 20 years to a deed scam, here’s what happened: A cash-strapped Mississippi widow has been kicked out of her family home after she claims to have been tricked into sharing her deed of trust with a scammer. Marcia Naylor’s husband of 28 years died suddenly two years ago, leaving her to take care of herself and two grandchildren all alone. Struggling to pay her bills on a single income, Naylor took a tip from a family member, who introduced her to a company that claimed they could ease her financial burden.
https://moneywise.com/real-estate/mississippi-widow-called-a-squatter-in-her-own-home

Florida cracks down on squatters, allowing law enforcement to immediately arrest: Rise in homeowners vs. squatters incidents prompts action from lawmakers. Florida passed a law allowing squatters to be criminally charged. Peeples, 61, filmed a confrontation with the squatters; video shows the occupants of the home striking Peeples and demanding she leave the property. She told “Nightline” that her nightmare got worse after the police said they could not pursue criminal charges against the people who had moved into her residence.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/rise-homeowners-squatters-incidents-prompts-action-lawmakers/story?id=108503701

# Space / NASA / UFO Disclosure / Planetary
The Moon ‘turned itself inside out,’ and scientists have just figured out how: The composition of our natural satellite is chemically confusing, new evidence suggests this is because the Moon’s mantle did an incredible inward flip billions of years ago. What was on the surface plunged downwards, and what was underneath emerged on top.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240408130616.htm

Former US Navy admiral leads search for underwater alien USOs: Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have caused so much concern in recent years that even Nasa launched a lengthy probe to find out what they were. Now some experts believe the hunt should move from the skies to the sea.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/30/ufos-noaa-timothy-gallaudet-california-aliens-usos-uss-omah/

Defense specialist encounters unidentified object ‘going faster than the speed of sound underwater’ while doing classified work on the Navy’s USS Hampton submarine: Bob McGwier claims he encountered an unidentified submerged object. The scientist was conducting classified work on the Navy’s USS Hampton, he wasn’t told to keep it quiet and said he was ‘blowing this wide open’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12910629/defense-specialist-unidentified-object-navy-submarine.html

# Technology
Feds ordered Google to unmask certain YouTube users. Critics say It’s ‘terrifying.’: In two court orders, the federal government told Google to turn over information on anyone who viewed multiple YouTube videos and livestreams. “What we watch online can reveal deeply sensitive information about us, our politics, our passions, our religious beliefs, and more,” said senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. “It’s fair to expect that law enforcement won’t have access to that information without probable cause. This order turns that assumption on its head.”
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/23/24109625/google-was-ordered-to-identify-people-who-watched-certain-youtube-videos

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# Indigenous / Global
Brazilian special forces fight back against Amazon deforestation: In Brazil’s Amazon, a small, specialized unit takes bold steps to protect Indigenous lands: The men—fighters with combat gear and assault rifles—belonged to a tiny special-forces unit known as the Specialized Inspection Group, or G.E.F. Most of them wore face coverings; mining in the rain forest is increasingly infiltrated by violent criminals, making it dangerous for them to reveal their identity.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/brazilian-special-forces-fight-back-against-amazon-deforestation-2667693574.html

# Archaeology / Anthropology
Gold Plates Found in Saudi Arabia Has Utah Curious: Many in Utah are Interested in the Discovery: They claimed the plates date back to 2,000 years ago and possibly older. They note the group who brought them out would have been around the time of Christ, but the records detail events that took place earlier in Israelite history. [Note: I tried to find other links to verify this .. no luck.]
https://star981.com/gold-plates-found-in-saudi-arabia-has-utah-curious/#:~:text=Many%20in%20Utah%20are%20Interested%20in%20the%20Discovery&text=The%20Paul%20Brothers%20on%20their,stone%20vaults%20and%20many%20records

Peruvian cave packed with artifacts, mummies that some believe to be aliens becomes hotspot for grave robbers: A Peruvian cave packed with hundreds of pre-Hispanic artifacts has some believing in aliens, spurring grave robbers to steal the mummies and other historical items to sell on the black market. Leandro Rivera discovered the cavern in the Nazca region of Peru’s southern coast by change.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/06/world-news/peruvian-cave-packed-with-artifacts-mummies-that-some-believe-to-be-aliens-becomes-hotspot-for-grave-robbers/

Mysterious ‘Growing’ Stones in Romania Multiply After Rainfall: The most captivating trait of the Trovants is their apparent ability to grow and multiply. After rainfall events, the stones can develop bulbous protrusions, which eventually break off from the parent stone, becoming a new, smaller Trovant. Over time, with more rain, these offspring too can grow and replicate
https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/trovants.htm

# Borders / Immigration / Migrants
Texas Is Trying to Upend Who Controls U.S. Immigration Policy: By criminalizing the entry of undocumented immigrants into the state, it’s seeking to usurp federal control over how to enforce U.S. immigration laws. If the courts allow such an infringement, the consequences for immigrants—and Texans of color who could be profiled as immigrants—would be devastating.
https://time.com/6962871/texas-federal-immigration-law-history/

Mexico surges troops to the border to stop ‘Way of the Cross’ migrant caravan of 2,000 from reaching Texas: Hundreds of federal, state and local Mexican law enforcement have arrived on the border near El Paso, Texas to prevent a migrant caravan with an estimated 2,000 people from reaching the US.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/texas/article-13249293/Migrant-caravan-marching-border-expected-reach-Texas-DAYS.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Popular Paper on Ivermectin and COVID-19 Contains False Information: Results of the study of the antiparasitic medication, once a much-discussed potential treatment for COVID-19, were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
https://www.kumc.edu/about/news/news-archive/jama-ivermectin-study.html

# Education / Schools
MAGA Rage Targeting Local Librarians Is Getting Uglier: Dozens of new bills would criminalize libraries, education, and museums. to make schools into nastier, angrier, more divided, less inclusive spaces.
https://en.pressbee.net/show2807143.html?title=maga-rage-targeting-local-librarians-is-getting-uglier

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Big oil ignores millions of climate deaths when billions in profit are at stake: Radical climate change activism is our only hope. Burning fossil fuels and destroying forests have caused inestimable environmental harm by producing a warming effect through the artificial concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2) has risen by 50 percent in the past 200 years, much of it since the 1970s, raising the Earth’s temperature by 2 degrees Fahrenheit.
https://truthout.org/articles/big-oil-ignores-millions-of-climate-deaths-when-billions-in-profit-are-at-stake/

Six Things Everyone Should Know About the Mountain Valley Pipeline: These are the CEOs, big banks, asset managers, campaign finance ties and regulatory conflicts wrapped up in the MVP. Concerted legal challenges and direct action protests have stalled the pipeline’s construction, and its estimated costs have boomed from an initial $3.5 billion nearly a decade ago to $7.2 billion today.
https://truthout.org/articles/six-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-mountain-valley-pipeline/

Study Grades Natural Gas as Best Source for Reliability, Affordability and Environmental Impact: A new study finds that natural gas is the most effective energy source meeting growing energy demands affordably and reliably, while balancing environmental and human impact.
https://tennesseestar.com/policy/study-grades-natural-gas-as-best-source-for-reliability-affordability-and-environmental-impact/jtnews/2024/04/08/

Faced with high prices, Biden administration cancels oil purchase to refill U.S. energy stockpile: The Department of Energy said it will not award contracts for solicitations offered last month of 3 million barrels of domestically produced crude oil, for the Bayou Choctaw, Louisiana site. The oil had been slated for delivery in August and September. Here are the facts about the SPR and efforts to put oil back in.
https://pgjonline.com/news/2024/april/biden-administration-cancels-latest-oil-reserve-refill-plan-amid-high-prices

Biden’s So-Called LNG Export Freeze Sacrifices Gulf South Communities, Again: Environmental justice advocates in Texas aren’t waiting on Biden, or anyone else for that matter, to save them. The projects, Hinojosa says, not only represent ongoing forms of environmental racism against the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe of South Texas and surrounding Latiné communities, but also cause deleterious climate impacts: The two terminals and the Rio Bravo Pipeline would spew as many greenhouse emissions as approximately 40.4 million cars on the road per year.
https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-so-called-lng-export-freeze-sacrifices-gulf-south-communities-again/#:~:text=The%20projects%2C%20Hinojosa%20says%2C%20not,many%20greenhouse%20emissions%20as%20approximately

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Germany Begins Felling Ancient Forest for Wind Turbines:  Work has started on the clearing of up to 120,000 trees in the central German “fairy tale” forest of Reinhardswald, but this step is the partial destruction of the 1,000-year-old ancient wood itself. The forest, the setting for many of the Brothers Grimm  mythical stories, is being damaged to provide access for an initial 18 giant wind turbines around the Sababurg “Sleeping Beauty” castle.
https://principia-scientific.com/germany-begins-felling-ancient-forest-for-wind-turbines/

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure
Mysterious rings rise above Mount Etna: Rare smoke rings rise into the blue sky above Sicily’s Mount Etna. Towering over the island at a height of 3,357 metres, Etna is Europe’s most active volcano and activity has been recorded there for over 3,500 years.
https://www.barrons.com/news/rare-smoke-rings-rise-from-italy-s-mount-etna-df299d83

California’s coveted coastal cliffs eroding in atmospheric rivers: Kathleen Treseder, a climate change professor at the University of California at Irvine, has some startling news for the Golden State: Experts predict a 100-yard (91 meters) destruction of sea cliffs going inward and any resident or business within that distance should be concerned.
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/californias-coveted-coastal-cliffs-eroding-atmospheric-rivers-2024-02-29/#:~:text=Kathleen%20Treseder%2C%20a%20climate%20change,that%20distance%20should%20be%20concerned

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure / Global
Russian objection to U.S. territorial claims off Alaska complicates maritime relationship: The Russian government, which has staked territorial claims to most of the Arctic Ocean, is challenging the U.S. claims made in December to sovereignty over 520,400 square kilometers of extended outer continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean, an area bigger than California, and another 176,330 square kilometers in the
https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/04/06/russian-objection-to-u-s-territorial-claims-off-alaska-complicates-maritime-relationship/

The decomposed body of a mysterious marine creature recently washed ashore on a beach in Malaysia, captivating onlookers: The strange mass has drawn crowds of onlookers, sightings of beached marine mammals are rare in this area
https://www.livescience.com/animals/marine-mammals/decomposing-globster-washes-ashore-in-malaysia-drawing-crowds#:~:text=A%20mysterious%20sea%20creature%20found,could%20be%20a%20whale%20carcass.&text=The%20decomposed%20body%20of%20a,beach%20in%20Malaysia%2C%20captivating%20onlookers

# General News
Trump’s Ugly, Hateful Rants in Michigan Should Be Covered as a Scandal: The real story here is the way Trump is twisting select crimes to viciously smear undocumented immigrants across the board. Trump’s ugly demagogic rants in Michigan, and others like it, deserve to be treated as a national scandal. The cherry-picking of isolated terrible crimes to smear migrants as a class is not something we would tolerate if it were directed toward other groups.
https://en.pressbee.net/show2795692.html?title=trump-s-ugly-hateful-rants-in-michigan-should-be-covered-as-a-sc

Details Emerge of Trump’s ‘Secret’ Plan to End Ukraine War: Foreign policy experts called the plan a “terrible deal” that would reward Russia for breaking international law with its invasion. Trump’s proposal consists of pushing Ukraine to cede Crimea and the Donbas border region to Russia, according to people who discussed it with Trump or his advisers and spoke on the condition of anonymity because those conversations were confidential.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/07/world-news/trumps-plan-to-end-ukraine-war-is-for-kyiv-to-give-up-land-to-russia-report/

The doctor who wrote a note about Trump’s ‘excellent’ health is a ‘fixture’ at the former president’s golf club: The vague note was written by Bruce A. Aronwald, an osteopathic physician from New Jersey. The doctor is a longtime member of the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-health-report-doctor-member-bedminster-golf-club-2024-4#:~:text=Donald%20Trump%20shared%20a%20doctor’s,Club%20in%20Bedminster%2C%20WaPo%20reported

Trump Admits He Only Wants White People to Come to the U.S: The former president wondered why the U.S. doesn’t get more migrants from Denmark, Norway, and Switzerland.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admits-only-wants-white-151913182.html

Trump’s Last-Ditch Attempt to Stop His First Criminal Trial Is Idiotic: The former president may be suing the judge in his case. Donald Trump is using the Supreme Court immunity case for another delay tactic in his hush-money case
https://newrepublic.com/post/179737/trump-delay-hush-money-criminal-trial-immunity

The Shady Company Backing Trump’s Bond Somehow Just Got Even Shadier: Knight Specialty Insurance isn’t even licensed in New York, among other issues.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shady-company-backing-trump-bond-155853187.html

‘Whatever They Decide’: Trump Backs Eradication of Abortion Rights by States: Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is “responsible for the harm and chaos caused by Republicans’ abortion bans in the states, and all he is saying is that he wants more of it,” said one rights advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-abortion-ban

# Gov / Politics / Global
Protestors chant ‘death to America, death to Israel’ during pro-Gaza rally in USA: The demonstration, which took place in the town of Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit that is home to the largest Muslim population in the U.S., was held to mark al Quds day, an international day of support for Palestinians and opposition to Israel.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/anti-israel-protesters-chant-death-to-america-death-to-israel-at-michigan-rally/

Poland prepares for war as the US dithers: The post-World War Two trans-Atlantic defense consensus is fraying. The United States is becoming increasingly introverted and unaware or unconcerned over the growing threat to Europe’s security. The stumbling Biden administration, the prospect of a second Trump presidency, and the accelerated militarization of Russia have convinced a growing number of European leaders that they must prepare for war with Moscow. Especially if Ukraine suffers any major defeats this year.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2955349/poland-prepares-for-war-as-the-us-dithers/

Mexico’s president says his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid: Mexico’s government ended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy late Friday to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas. Glas had been residing at the embassy since December and sought political asylum after being indicted on corruption charges.
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-ecuador-diplomatic-crisis-de5aa3a638b54fdfa3474c8ee25ca57e

Son of Hamas founder blasts student supporters in US: ‘Those pro-Palestine need to go to a mental asylum’: The son of one of the founders of Hamas has blasted the terror group’s student supporters in the United States, accusing them of participating in Hamas’ brutal crimes and declaring they “need to go to a mental asylum.” Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, made the remarks as he appeared on “Dr. Phil Primetime” last week to debate two anti-Israel student activists from the University of Michigan.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/08/us-news/son-of-hamas-founder-blasts-pro-palestinian-student-supporters-in-us/

# Gov / Politics
Inside the Election Denial Groups Planning to Disrupt November: Groups like True the Vote and Michael Flynn’s America Project want to mobilize thousands of Trump supporters by pushing baseless claims about election fraud—and are rolling out new technology to fast-track their efforts.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/08/election-denial-groups-plan-to-disrupt-november/

US intel warns of potential terrorist threat at gatherings after Moscow attack: Law enforcement officials expressed concern that radicals in the U.S. might respond to ISIS calls for similar attacks in the wake of last month’s deadly terrorist attack at a concert hall in Moscow.
https://abc7.com/us-intel-warns-of-potential-terrorist-threat-at-gatherings-after-mo/14628745/

The Government Isn’t Ready for the Violence Trump Might Unleash: Donald Trump keeps talking as if addressing differences through violence is a normal part of the American political process. The presumptive Republican nominee recently promised forgiveness for the January 6 insurrectionists, posted a video involving a fake image of President Joe Biden hog-tied in the back of a truck, and riled up his supporters by claiming that “if we don’t win this election, I don’t think you’re going to have another election in this country.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/biden-trump-january-6-preparedness/677995/

Joe Biden’s Top Economic Advisor Has a Harsh but Realistic Solution to Social Security’s Growing Cash Shortfall: For most retired Americans, Social Security income is something they couldn’t live without. Over two decades of annual surveys from national pollster Gallup have shown that 80% to 90% of then-current retirees rely on their monthly benefit, in some capacity, to cover their expenses. Furthermore, 76% to 88% of non-retirees expect to lean on their payout to offset at least some portion of their retirement costs.
https://www.joann.com/?clickref=1100lyppwzSa&utm_source=iconsumer&utm_medium=affiliate

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Unruly crowd surrounds Virginia cops during street takeover with rifle-wielding man hanging out of car window among the out-of-control stunts: At least one officer was injured during a Virginia street takeover on March 31. Video shows the angry mob swarmed the cops and jumped on their cruisers. Four people have been charged in connection and identified using social media
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13281141/Unruly-Virginia-street-takeover-rifle-wielding-man.html

# Legal / DOJ
The Supreme Court Could Puncture Prosecutorial Immunity: A worrisome case of misconduct is on the high court’s doorstep, creating the potential for a rollback of the power that district attorneys have long enjoyed. Under this doctrine, prosecutors cannot be sued for any actions related to their job as a prosecutor, no matter how egregious the behavior. For example, prosecutors cannot be sued for knowingly prosecuting an innocent person, withholding evidence of innocence, or even fabricating false evidence of guilt.
https://ij.org/immunity-for-prosecutorial-conduct/

# Medical / General News
Where Nursing Homes Hide Their Profits: While industry leaders plead poverty to fight proposed staffing standard, private equity owners are funneling cash into their affiliated real estate and management firms.  Researchers found many of these private equity-owned operations, including Lakeview, are funneling funds, which come from Medicare and Medicaid, to pay exorbitant fees to their affiliated companies. Nursing home owners are poaching government funds that could be used to increase staffing levels to line their own pockets with inflated real estate and management fees.
https://www.levernews.com/where-nursing-homes-hide-their-profits/

Pro-Lifers Are Up Against a Real-Life Crisis: The IVF vs. embryonic personhood fracas forces Republicans to face the living people harmed by their defense of cellular rights. When most of Alabama’s fertility clinics suspended operations in fear that dropping a vial might be prosecuted as manslaughter and patients were left anguished in the middle of time-sensitive treatments, the GOP faced the present, palpable harms inflicted on real people by its abstract religious pieties.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/04/republican-ivf-embryo-personhood-abortion/

Former President Donald Trump declined to take a position on a potential federal abortion ban and said the fate of the procedure should be left to individual states.
https://wgntv.com/news/trump-says-abortion-law-should-be-determined-by-states-declines-to-take-position-on-federal-limit/

Fetal personhood rulings could nullify a pregnant patient’s wishes for end-of-life care: All 50 states plus Washington D.C. recognize the validity of advance directives. But not if you’re pregnant. As of early 2024, more than half of U.S. states also have laws on the books that automatically invalidate an incapacitated patient’s previously expressed end-of-life wishes if the patient is pregnant.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fetal-personhood-rulings-could-nullify-122245869.html

Medicare saved my eyesight; Trump is threatening to cut it: Throughout his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump has targeted vital social programs like Medicare and Social Security. In a revealing recent interview, he openly discussed cutting such programs to reduce national debt. Medicare and Social Security aren’t just numbers on a budget sheet, these programs are a lifeline for millions.
https://dcjournal.com/medicare-saved-my-eyesight-trump-is-threatening-to-cut-it/

# Military / DOD
The Missile the United States Developed That Was So Fast a Plasma Ring Formed Around It: After years of speculation and planning, the US military began developing an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) that could intercept Soviet re-entry vehicles (RVs). Called the Sprint missile, it saw use by the US Army between 1975-76, and was capable of reaching incredible speeds in a matter of seconds. The weapon proved beneficial for only a short period of time, however, as policy changes brought an end to its use.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/weapons/sprint-missile.html

Unprecedented US War Drills and Naval Deployments raise fear of war in Korea: Current US military buildup in the Korean Peninsula surpassed Cold War levels. In addition to ramping up the scope and frequency of regional military exercises, the U.S. is deploying half of its aircraft carriers to the Pacific in the coming weeks, an unprecedented regional concentration of naval power that is being branded as a “show of force” against China and North Korea.
https://truthout.org/articles/unprecedented-us-war-drills-and-naval-deployments-raise-fear-of-war-in-korea/#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20ramping%20up,against%20China%20and%20North%20Korea

US, allies make 4-power military demonstration in contested South China Sea: The United States and three of its Pacific allies planned a military exercise in the South China Sea on Sunday, a move to demonstrate their rights to navigate and overfly the region freely, according to a statement from all four defense chiefs Friday.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-04-06/quadrilateral%C2%A0drills-south-china-sea-13500644.html

US coalition forces shoot down 2 missiles, 1 drone in continuing clashes with Yemen-based Houthis: U.S. coalition forces destroyed two missiles and shot down a drone Saturday, in continuing clashes with Yemen-based Houthis.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2024-04-07/centcom-yemen-houthis-missiles-uav-13506847.html

Army mulls introducing robot platoon into armored brigades: The platoons would be able to use a variety of drones, and swap out components as needed for missions.
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2024/03/army-mulls-introducing-robot-platoon-armored-brigades/395254/

The Vietnam-Era Aircraft That’s Looking to Make a Comeback: The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco was a Vietnam-era light-attack and observation aircraft that was favored by the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. While capable of conducting a variety of tasks, it struggled to produce enough power to make it a truly invaluable asset.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/aircraft/north-american-rockwell-ov-10-bronco.html

Sea Drone Found in Black Sea is American Boat with Massive Soviet Warhead: A mysterious maritime drone (USV) has been discovered in the Black Sea. The capsized vessel marries a U.S. built hull with a Soviet-era Russian warhead. At around 500 kg (1,100 lb), the warhead is more than twice the size of that on a Harpoon or Neptune missile.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/04/sea-drone-found-in-black-sea-is-american-boat-with-massive-soviet-warhead/#:~:text=A%20mysterious%20maritime%20drone%20(USV,a%20Harpoon%20or%20Neptune%20missile

Military Drone Milestone: Valkyrie’s Autonomous Abilities: The Air Force conducted a three-hour flight test of a XQ-58A Valkyrie drone that was controlled by algorithms, a milestone that has major implications for the service’s “collaborative combat aircraft” program, the Air Force Research Lab announced
https://defensescoop.com/2023/08/02/air-force-flight-tests-ai-agents-with-valkyrie-drone/

# Military / Global
Putin’s forces ‘unleash chemical attacks on Ukrainian soldiers’ as Russians ‘drop gas on frontline daily’: Russian troops are allegedly sending drones along the frontlines daily to drop banned packages full of tear gas and other dangerous chemicals on unsuspecting troops.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/11018296/putin-russia-chemical-attacks-ukraine-soldiers-tear-gas/

China is providing satellite intelligence for military purposes to Russia, US warns: “Amid signs of continued military integration between the two nations, China has provided Russia with satellite imagery for military purposes, as well as microelectronics and machine tools for tanks, according to people familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg reported, citing sources
https://www.newsweek.com/china-russia-satellite-imagery-ukraine-war-conflict-1887770

South Korea’s second military spy satellite is in orbit and communicating, Seoul says: A South Korean military reconnaissance satellite launched Sunday in the United States is successfully in orbit and communicating with ground stations, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-04-07/south-korea-second-spy-satellite-13508699.html

# Science Technology / Biosciences
Scientific Revelation: Discovery Of A Previously Unknown Ocean Depths Within The Earth: Scientists reveal a colossal ocean 700km beneath Earth’s surface, challenging our understanding of water origins. Ringwoodite, a mineral acting like a “sponge,” holds this vast reservoir. Seismic analysis unveiled its presence, suggesting Earth’s water may originate internally, not from comets.
https://scitechdaily.com/accidental-deep-ocean-discovery-changes-our-understanding-of-earth/

Harvard scientists have developed an “intelligent” liquid: Scientists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a programmable metafluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity and even the ability to transition between a Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid.
https://scitechdaily.com/not-science-fiction-harvard-scientists-have-developed-an-intelligent-liquid/

# Social
Man ‘put through hell’ after losing home to DWP: A man who lost his home after being prosecuted by the DWP says he is “frightened to put my head on the pillow.” George Henderson claims he made an “honest mistake” by failing to declare his income working as a taxi driver.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/man-loses-home-dwp-put-28941060

Fury as FDNY firefighters are forced to remove Stars and Stripes honoring 9/11 heroes after Democratic lawmaker branded it a ‘fascist symbol’: Authorities at the New York City Fire Department commanded a ladder company in the East Village to remove a flag honoring six of the company’s men who perished on 9/11 after a resident complained it was a “fascist” symbol.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13257065/FDNY-firefighters-red-line-New-York-progressive.html

Shocking moment squatter clambers through window into house as outraged homeowner watches in horror,  only for cops to tell the couple the man has the right to. Police told them that because of squatter’s rights in Texas, a squatter can legally obtain property through adverse means. Technically, the issue between the couple and the squatter was civil, rather than criminal, and they would have to get lawyers involved for a proper judicial eviction process. Outraged Texas couple is pleading with lawmakers as their contractor turned squatter refuses to leave their property.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13273133/Shocking-moment-squatter-clambers-window-house-outraged-homeowner-watches-horror-cops-tell-couple-man-right-to.html

‘I Am Not Woke’: John Fetterman Says Squatters ‘Have No Rights’ During NY Post Interview: “It’s wild, that if you go away on a long trip, for 30 days, and someone breaks into your home and suddenly they have rights,” he sad. “This is crazy. Like if somebody stole your car, and then they held it for 30 days, then somehow you now have some rights?
https://nypost.com/2024/04/06/us-news/fetterman-blasts-squatters-violent-crime-i-am-not-woke/

A homeless camp with trash on nearly every square inch of the ground
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3394194352169-a-homeless-camp-with-trash-on-nearly-every-square-inch-of-the-ground?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MTI2MDM3NDYyNDc%3D

# Space / NASA / UFO Disclosure / Planetary
Blaze Star: Huge stellar explosion will be visible from Earth for a week in once-in-a-lifetime event:  For the first time in eight decades, a celestial phenomenon will grace our night sky, offering a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness a star’s brilliance with the naked eye during a dramatic explosion.
https://www.earth.com/news/t-coronae-borealis-blaze-star-explosion-visible-one-week/

Scientists Just Sent an Invite for Alien Life to Visit Earth: Hey, aliens! Lexington, Kentucky would be a good place to spend your next deep-space vacation. This was the message that a group of Kentucky scientists, linguists and scholars recently beamed at the TRAPPIST-1 system, which lies 40 light-years from Earth and harbors multiple potentially habitable planets.
https://www.space.com/seti-scientists-alien-message-first-interstellar-tourism-campaign

SpaceX achieves milestone with successful quantum drive engine “limitless” ‘zero fuel’ engine launch into space. Quantum drive propulsion system draws ‘limitless power’ from the Sun – but some physicists say it is impossible
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/spacex-elon-musk-launch-space-fuel-b2451369.html

DARPA awards Phase Four with contract for Very Low Earth Orbit Propulsion System: In a significant advancement for satellite technology,  Phase Four has been awarded a $14.9 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop an air-breathing electric propulsion (EP) system, aiming to enhance satellite functionality in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) at altitudes between 90-450km.
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/DARPA_Entrusts_Phase_Four_with_14_9M_for_Innovative_Very_Low_Earth_Orbit_Propulsion_System_999.html

NASA spacecraft is transmitting mysterious ‘gibberish’ from outside our solar system: As it drifts further from us, the Voyager 1 spacecraft sends regular radio signals. But, since November, it has been emitting a stream of gibberish back to Earth that is completely unreadable and experts now think they know why.
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/nasa-engineers-discover-why-voyager-1-is-sending-a-stream-of-gibberish-from-outside-our-solar-system

NASA Spots Object Speeding Around the Moon: For the past five months, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has been sending a steady stream of unreadable gibberish back to Earth. Now, NASA engineers finally know why.
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/nasa-engineers-discover-why-voyager-1-is-sending-a-stream-of-gibberish-from-outside-our-solar-system

# Technology
Why Roku is disabling TVs, and how to opt out of its terms of service: If you want to opt out of the new “Dispute Resolution Terms,” you have to write a letter. Roku customers are threatening to stop using, or to even dispose of, their low-priced TVs and streaming gadgets after the company appears to be locking devices for people who don’t conform to the recently updated terms of service.
https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/tvs/why-is-roku-disabling-tvs-a1111833568/

# Technology / Global
The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island: By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation’s history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding its already outsize role in preserving the digital world for posterity.
https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-backed-up-aruba-caribbean-island/

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
What is this thing? Somewhere in the Bahamas. [Best viewed full screen]
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDepthsBelow/comments/1bw009o/what_is_this_thing_somewhere_in_the_bahamas_by/

# Archaeology / Anthropology
The Strange Klerksdorp Spheres Found In 3 Billion-Year-Old Rock: Klerksdorp spheres are small objects, often spherical to disc-shaped, that have been collected by miners and rockhounds from 3-billion-year-old pyrophyllite deposits mined by Wonderstone Ltd., near Ottosdal, South Africa
https://www.iflscience.com/klerksdorp-spheres-strange-spheres-found-in-3-billion-year-old-rock-68111

# Borders / Immigration / Migrants
‘The worst flop ever’: How Texas’ MAGA governor ruined Eagle Pass’ solar eclipse weekend: The intimidating presence of troops and razor wire at the Rio Grande ended up scuttling the original plans for the 57 South Music Festival in Eagle Pass for the weekend of the solar eclipse. The location for the festival was moved to the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino, which is a 20-minute drive by car. As a result of the change, tickets for the festival dropped in price. At a March 14 town hall meeting, the town lowered their expectations for eclipse visitors from more than 100,000 to approximately 50,000.
https://www.alternet.org/texas-maga-governor/

US Court Orders Transfer of Migrant Children From ‘Profoundly Inhumane’ Open-Air Sites: “But it remains a tragedy that a court had to direct the government to do what basic human decency and the law clearly require,” said one advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/migrant-children

Illegal alien who had previously been deported at least 8 times, charged with murder in Ohio: “Garcia-Gutierrez has been deported 7 times and he has been in our jail 11 times using 7 different names and 3 different date of births,” the Butler County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/womens-basketball-coach-dawn-staley-gets-hammered-on-x-after-trans-athlete-remarks

U.S. and China in high-level talks to deport more Chinese nationals, Mayorkas says: The negotiations come as the number of Chinese nationals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without authorization rose to 24,000, an elevenfold increase over the prior year.
https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/us-china-high-level-talks-deport-chinese-nationals-mayorkas-says-rcna146590

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Ivermectin cures parasites in cows, not COVID-19 in humans: Medical experts are warning the public of the dangers of taking Ivermectin, a medication used to treat heartworms in cows, as a COVID-19 remedy. “There’s no evidence that Ivermectin can either prevent or treat COVID-19, and the risk of attempting to use this is much greater than any potential benefits,” said Dr. David Vearrier, a toxicologist and professor of emergency medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2021/08/Ivermectin.html

Prominent epidemiologist says data proves COVID lockdowns failed, and hurt population: Experts decry continued lack of public health transparency. “We’re still seeing the withholding of key information,” Dr. Robert Malone says.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/sun-prominent-epidemiologist-says-covid-19-lockdowns-had-serious

Earliest COVID-19 vaccine recipients wrote in tens of thousands of injuries left off CDC surveys: Agency unsuccessfully fought to keep “free text” entries hidden after turning over the checkbox survey data in a different lawsuit. “Persistent immune imprinting,” from taking same vaccine repeatedly, confirmed again.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/earliest-covid-19-vaccine-recipients-wrote-tens-thousands-injuries-left?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Major Policy Change on Social Security Payments: The maximum benefit for a worker who claims Social Security at full retirement age (FRA) in 2024 will be $3,822 a month, up from $3,627 in 2023. FRA is 66 years and 6 months for people born in 1957 and 66 and 8 months for those born in 1958; people born from July 2, 1957, through May 1, 1958, will reach it in 2024. The COLA isn’t just for retirees. It increases monthly payments for all types of Social Security and for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
https://www.aarp.org/retirement/social-security/info-2023/cola-benefits-and-medicare-premiums-rise.html#:~:text=The%20maximum%20benefit%20for%20a,will%20reach%20it%20in%202024

$90,000,000,000,000 Transfer of Wealth Is Underway – Along With ‘Debt After Death’ Tidal Wave: An estimated $90 trillion transfer of wealth is now underway as baby boomers begin to give assets to their children – and a new survey shows a massive transfer of debt is happening at the same time.
https://dailyhodl.com/2024/04/05/90000000000000-transfer-of-wealth-is-underway-along-with-debt-after-death-tidal-wave-report/

# Education / Schools
Inflation, COVID-era spending policies result in teacher layoffs nationwide: School districts across the country are laying off teachers, citing high inflationary costs, budget deficits and federal COVID-era funding running out after receiving windfalls in federal subsidies for three years.
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/inflation-covid-era-spending-policies-result-teacher-layoffs-nationwide?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

# Employment / Labor
‘Time for Justice in Alabama’: Supermajority of Mercedes-Benz Workers File for UAW Vote: “We are standing up for every worker in Alabama,” said one employee. “We’re going to turn things around with this vote. We’re going to end the Alabama discount.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mercedes-alabama-uaw

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure
Trump’s Second-Term Blueprint Would Take A Wrecking Ball To Public Lands: Pendley’s blueprint for Trump, if he should win in November, includes holding robust oil and gas lease sales on- and offshore, boosting drilling across northern Alaska, slashing the royalties that fossil fuel companies pay to drill on federal lands, expediting oil and gas permitting, and rescinding Biden-era rules
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/project-2025-trump-blueprint-public-lands_n_660f001fe4b083254eab6ba5#:~:text=Pendley’s%20blueprint%20for%20Trump%2C%20if,and%20rescinding%20Biden%2Dera%20rules

# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure / Global
Another Submersible Has Gone Missing in the Ocean, This Time Near Antarctica. It was crucial to studying climate science. While it wasn’t carrying humans like the Titan submersible, it’s an unfortunate loss for scientific research.
https://www.mensjournal.com/news/another-submersible-has-gone-missing-ocean-near-antarctica

# General News
Impersonated, imprisoned and sectioned, man gets identity back after 30 years: When William Woods met Matthew Keirans in 1988 he had no idea he would have every aspect of his life taken from him.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/04/05/man-gets-his-identity-back-after-30-years/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Still Facing US-Backed Famine, Yemenis Want to Save Gaza From the Same Fate: Millions in Yemen, where 80 percent are food insecure, protest every Friday in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
https://truthout.org/articles/still-facing-us-backed-famine-yemenis-want-to-save-gaza-from-the-same-fate/#:~:text=Millions%20in%20Yemen%2C%20where%2080,solidarity%20with%20Palestinians%20in%20Gaza

‘A dire situation’:  Mexico’s refusal to pay water debt grips South Texas border: U.S. dam repairs coupled with low-water payments are hurting RGV
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southwest/a-dire-situation-mexicos-refusal-to-pay-water-debt-grips-south-texas-border/

# Gov / Politics
Biden Admin Installs New Rule Making It Harder to Fire Bureaucrats: The rule, issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), clarifies that nonpartisan career civil servants with protected status can’t have that status taken away, and it prevents nonpartisan career civil servants from being reclassified as political appointees.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4574163-biden-administration-new-rule-makes-it-harder-to-fire-federal-workers/

New rule strengthening federal job protections could counter Trump promises to remake the government: The government’s chief human resources agency issued a new rule on Thursday making it harder to fire thousands of federal employees, hoping to head off former President Donald Trump’s promises to radically remake the workforce along ideological lines if he wins back the White House in November.
https://apnews.com/article/federal-employee-job-protections-rule-trump-biden-4c1954c0ac089d0370a405ec4029fc9d

Biden steps up pressure on Israel, using the key levers available against an ally with strong domestic support: Israel has historically made statements and taken actions to placate US anger without always following through. But will Biden’s threat to put conditions on aid force Israel to behave differently?
https://www.arcamax.com/currentnews/newsheadlines/s-3191970

Top GOP Fundraisers Battle to Replace McConnell as Party’s Senate Leader: Fundraising prowess has emerged as an essential factor in the race to replace McConnell.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4521407-fundraising-looms-large-in-battle-to-replace-mcconnell/

‘They can recommend what they want,’ but Trump is setting policy from position of strength: The former president paid no price for bucking hard-line conservatives on Social Security and abortion in the primary.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/05/trump-abortion-social-security-00150680#:~:text=’They%20can%20recommend%20what%20they,and%20abortion%20in%20the%20primary

US, China hold military talks in Hawaii: The talks mark the restart of a dialogue Beijing abruptly ended following then-House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, a self-governing island that China claims as its own. Chinese officials have criticized U.S. support for Taiwan as interference.
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-china-hold-military-talks-in-hawaii-/7558684.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Condemned Inmate Could Face ‘Surgery Without Anesthesia,’ Lawyers Say: Missouri’s execution protocol allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn’t work, lawyers for a death row inmate say in an appeal aimed at sparing his life. Invasive “cutdown procedure,” involves an incision that could be several inches wide and several inches deep. Forceps are used to tear tissue away from a vein that becomes the injection point.
https://apnews.com/article/missouri-execution-brian-dorsey-injection-method-aaffa63d0e64c2c87f1d99fbe01cfc0d

NYPD cop’s murder mirrors larger national pattern: Repeat offenders committing violent crimes,
revolving door justice, the pattern has emerged across the country as cities like New York and Washington, D.C. have softened bail laws and continue to release dangerous individuals into the public.
https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/nypd-cops-murder-mirrors-larger-pattern-justice-system-releases-dangerous-offenders

# Legal / DOJ
‘Are you kidding me?’:  Biden-appointed judge torches DOJ for blowing off Hunter Biden-related subpoenas from House GOP: District Judge Ana Reyes on Friday sharply criticized the Department of Justice for instructing its personnel not to comply with subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee while pursuing charges against former Trump officials who defied congressional subpoenas
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/05/biden-appointed-judge-torches-doj-00150884

# Media
Amid surging mail theft, post offices failing to secure universal keys: A CBS News review of thousands of pages of audits, court records and agency documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show postal workers and supervisors not tracking the keys, not locking them up and not reporting them missing.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mail-theft-post-offices-fail-to-secure-universal-keys/

The Postal Service is running a ‘covert operations program’ that monitors Americans’ social media posts: The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts, including those about planned protests, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.
https://news.yahoo.com/the-postal-service-is-running-a-running-a-covert-operations-program-that-monitors-americans-social-media-posts-160022919.html

USPS has cheated mail carriers for years: Dozens of post office managers have been caught changing employee timecards. Managers at hundreds of post offices around the country have illegally underpaid hourly workers for years, arbitrators and federal investigators have found. Private arbitration records tell part of the story. From 2010 to 2019, at least 250 managers in 60 post offices were caught changing mail carriers’ time cards to show them working fewer hours, resulting in unpaid wages, according to a batch of arbitration award summaries obtained by Public Integrity for cases filed by one of the three major postal unions.
https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/usps-cheated-mail-carriers/

# Medical / General News
Vaping Is Linked to Serious New Conditions: EVALI is a serious medical condition in which a person’s lungs become damaged from substances contained in e-cigarettes and vaping products. Vaping involves using a device known as an e-cigarette, also called a vape pen, mod, or tank, to heat up liquid, turning it into a vapor that can be inhaled.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/what-does-vaping-do-to-your-lungs

He Got a Pig Kidney Transplant. Now Doctors Need to Keep It Working: Researchers think a combination of genetic edits and an experimental immunosuppressive drug could make the first pig kidney transplant a long-term success.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/04/05/pig-kidney-transplant-rick-slayman/73214776007/

# Medical / Science / Technology
The World’s Most Powerful MRI Machine Just Took Some Stunning Images of the human brain: The world’s most powerful MRI machine has started proving its worth, by scanning living human brains. The resulting images give an ultra high resolution glimpse into the brain, which will help us better understand the nature of consciousness and treat neurodegenerative diseases.
https://newatlas.com/medical/powerful-mri-brain-scans-iseult/

# Military / DOD
US preparing for significant Iran attack on US or Israeli assets in the region as soon as next week: The US is on high alert and actively preparing for a “significant” attack that could come as soon as within the next week by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Monday’s Israeli strike in Damascus that killed top Iranian commanders, a senior administration official tells CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/politics/us-israel-iran-retaliation-strike/index.html

Military personnel swear allegiance to the Constitution and serve the American people – not one leader or party: In the U.S., unlike in many other countries, the oath implies military leaders should be trusted for their expertise and judgment, not for their loyalty to an individual or political party. We emphasize to cadets the rules and professional expectations associated with this profound responsibility.
https://theconversation.com/military-personnel-swear-allegiance-to-the-constitution-and-serve-the-american-people-not-one-leader-or-party-225161

Former defense security predicts Iran will launch retaliatory attack: Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday he thinks Iran will retaliate for a recent airstrike by Israel on an Iranian Embassy compound in Syria, but on a limited scale. “They are going to act,” Esper said on CNN’s “The Source” with anchor Kaitlan Collins.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4577866-former-defense-security-predicts-iran-will-launch-retaliatory-attack/

# Science Technology / Biosciences
A Superconductor Found In Nature Has Rocked The Scientific World: Scientists from Ames National Laboratory have identified the first unconventional superconductor with a chemical composition also found in nature. Miassite is one of only four minerals found in nature that act as a superconductor when grown in the lab.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a60216120/superconductor-found-in-nature/

# Space / NASA / UFO Disclosure / Planetary
Thousands of unusual white rocks found on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover: Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth? “These are very unusual rocks and we’re trying to figure out what’s been going on.”
https://www.space.com/thousands-mysterious-rocks-mars-sample-return

Comet 3 Times Size of Everest Returns to Sun After 71 Years—to Converge With Total Solar Eclipse: Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks can currently be seen in the night skies of the northern hemisphere. Comets, composed of dust, rock and ices, heat up and expel gas when their orbits bring them closer to the sun, creating a glowing halo around the comet itself known as a coma. Outbursts observed from Comet 12P give it a horned-like appearance, earning it nicknames such as “Devil Comet” and “Millennium Falcon.”
https://www.space.com/horned-comet-visible-total-solar-eclipse

# Technology
Strange allies unite in an across-the-aisle effort to save Chinese TikTok from forced divestment: The battle lines in Washington over the TikTok divestment bill cross partisan divides and make allies out of ideological opposites.
https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/strange-allies-unite-across-aisle-effort-save-chinese-tiktok-divestment

# Transportation / Travel
Tesla Is Going All In on Robotaxis—Buckle Up: Autonomous vehicle tech has proven tricky for even the most sophisticated tech developers. But Tesla seems to be staking its future on it. Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested this afternoon that his electric automaker is going all-in on autonomous vehicle tech–and that Tesla’s robotaxi will be unveiled on August 8.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:69EBDA72

Elon Musk Is Forcing Self-Driving on Customers Whether They Want It or Not: Sorry, but if you’re buying a Tesla you’re going to have to endure a Full Self-Driving test drive. Musk recently sent out a company-wide memo instructing all of its sales associates to install and activate the newest version of FSD on its vehicles so that they can take buyers on a “short test ride.”
https://www.inverse.com/tech/tesla-ev-full-self-driving-demonstration-elon-musk

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