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Senate Republicans are re-opening the Clinton email probe. It had to be done. Several thumb drives were never analyzed, with a detailed report showing that the FBI came up with laughable reasons not to do it, deviating from department policy. As Matt Taibbi, a former contributing editor to Rolling Stone, noted, the 35-page annex to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's 2018 report on the DOJ’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server and the 2016 election was a Keystone Cops operation. With such glaring incompetence, it was reported last night that this probe will be re-examined.

Don’t Sell Off Our American Birthright By Johnny Morris and Collin O’Mara June 27, 2025 America's public lands embody a revolutionary promise. Rejecting the European model that reserved the best lands and wildlife for the crown, our nation established that our majestic natural treasures⁶ would be the birthright of every American. These lands are not only central to our identity—the places we hunt, fish, and recreate across generations—they also serve as the foundation of America’s outdoor recreation economy, which supports more than five million jobs and contributes mightily to our US economy. A recent proposal in the Senate’s budget reconciliation...

1. Saudi Arabia seeks regime change in Iran. 2. US/Israel, EU, Arab neighbors seek (not always admmitedly in public) disarmed nuclear-Iran, especially Israel which has been threatened with annihilation by Islamic fascist Republic. 3. Phony-anti-war pro-war Tucker Carlson prefers nuclear Iran, emboldening head of terror snake. 4. All of the above does not mean there is a need (now) for '[boots] on the ground,' in today's drone age. 5. The vast contrast of Islamic Republic (just like Arab "Palestinian" regimes) targeting civilians VS Israeli warning for civilians to evacuate while operating against hostile targets, is as clear as ever. 6....

I just received this email: From: USCIS Support30166 [iubivlwtd168@hotmail.com]Subject: Case46178Online Request to be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support.View document. (links to: https://id-form.departmentimmigration.info/s30MH5gdi) (Obviously don't click, must be to malware)Due to the April 01, 2025 Executive Order, Securing Our Borders, USCIS is pausing acceptance of Form I-17, Online Request to be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support, until we review all categorical parole processes as required by that order.Use this form to request to be a supporter and agree to provide financial support to a beneficiary and undergo background checks as part of Uniting for Ukraine; the Processes...

WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is beginning to bring on officials with billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, according to an email sent on Friday to department staff. SEC staff were informed that the DOGE task force had contacted the regulator, and that they would be treated as staff for the purposes of network, system and data access. The SEC is establishing a liaison team with the "intent to partner" with DOGE, the email said. The memo was first reported by Reuters. "Our intent will be to partner with the DOGE representatives and...

Private contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to the top officials. To do so, the reporters used commercial people search engines along with hacked customer data that has been published on the web. Those affected by the leaks include National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Most of these numbers and email addresses are apparently still in use, with some...

The use of information technology (IT) has significant environmental and social impacts, including human mortality from climate change. One striking example is the carbon emissions and impacts associated with digital communication. To quantify the human cost of carbon-emitting technology, researchers use the 1,000-ton rule that estimates that for every 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, one person dies prematurely. This rule is derived from the following calculation: burning one trillion ton of fossil carbon is likely to cause 2 C of anthropogenic global warming, which in turn is likely to cause about one billion premature deaths spread...

Experts say new tranche of emails released by National Archives show U.S. information put at security risk. Briefing materials for President Barack Obama, subjects and times for White House Situation Room meetings and discussions about sensitive conversations with foreign leaders and even fallout from leaked National Security Agency intercepts were forwarded to Joe Biden's private pseudonymous email accounts when he was vice president, according to a new tranche of documents turned over to Just the News by the National Archives. Security experts and lawmakers, who reviewed the records, said they were disturbed by the nonchalant transmission of sensitive government information...

New email records released by the National Archives show then-Vice President Joe Biden was briefed about sensitive foreign policy matters by then-advisor Antony Blinken on his private email account, including details about a failed North Korean missile launch. Joe Biden, now president, first faced scrutiny about potential private accounts after emails contained on Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop showed the then-vice president in the Obama administration was using an email address with a pseudonym to communicate about business and official matters with his son, other family members, and senior staff. One new email, part of several batches released by the National...

Federal employees should expect another email on Saturday requiring them to explain their recent accomplishments, a renewed attempt by President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to demand answers from the government workforce. The plan was disclosed by a person with knowledge of the situation who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. The first email, which was distributed a week ago, asked employees “what did you do last week?” and prompted them to list five tasks that they completed. Musk, who empowered by Trump is aiming to downsize agencies and eliminate thousands of federal...

Well here is my e-mail. 10/17/21 Nothing unusual. planned schedule went well, drivers were on time. 10/18/21 Nothing unusual. planned schedule went well, drivers were on time. 10/19/21 Well a couple was late for their flight and begged me to drop them off first, which I did, and I got a good tip, otherwise normal 10/21/21 Severe thunderstorms were coming through the DFW area and WBAB 580 weatherman Brad Barton said stay in place, I said to my female supervisor that we should halt shuttle operations until the storms passed, the female supervisor called the female assistant female general manager,...

The reason this matters is that a significant number of people who are supposed to be working for the government are doing so little work that they are not checking their email at all! In some cases, we believe non-existent people or the identities of dead people are being used to collect paychecks. In other words, there is outright fraud.

FBI leaders going full “we were just following orders” as accountability for turning the agency into a full-time Anti-Trump operation looms. ... Julie Kelly. = Expecting a bloodbath at FBI today and tomorrow. My guess is acting FBI director Brian Driscoll will be gone by this evening for defying a direct order seeking names of FBI employees—perhaps more than 6,000—involved in Jan 6 cases. Hard to see how James Dennehy, who runs the NY field office, keeps his job after sending defiant email to colleagues over the weekend promising to “dig in” and not step down or follow orders. The...

The evolution of technology is unrelentingly swift. Generations have witnessed state-of-the-art inventions become obsolete in the blink of an eye. The fax machine, the pager, and the landline, all once revolutionary, have earned their place in the annals of history. Yet email — born in 1971 when engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the very first “ping” — has remarkably endured. This persistent form of communication continues to redefine itself for the digital age, but one enigmatic email feature hasn’t changed for over 50 years: the “cc.” The “cc” field is a familiar sight perched within the recipient line of an email....

The new feature, announced by the Office of Personnel Management, aligns with the goals of DOGE.WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is testing a new capability that would allow officials to email the entire federal government workforce from a single email address, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said in a statement Friday.The new capability could allow Trump to communicate directly with millions of federal workers across dozens of agencies simultaneously, with a single click of a mouse.The White House declined to comment.The effort aligns with the government modernization goals of the new Department of Government Efficiency, headed by tech...

An aide to New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams apparently wasn’t too happy their email was inadvertently exposed to a bunch of Trump supporters after a faux pas by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office. On Friday, President Trump announced the inauguration would be held indoors, creating a last-minute venue shakeup. That’s when Schumer’s office got an email out to his inauguration list, advising attendees that since the event was to be moved, their invites could not be used to access the new indoor venue. But the tickets could make nice souvenirs should they still want to pick them...

Artificial intelligence: authentic scams. AI tools are being maliciously used to send “hyper-personalized emails” that are so sophisticated victims can’t identify that they’re fraudulent. According to the Financial Times, AI bots are compiling information about unsuspecting email users by analyzing their “social media activity to determine what topics they may be most likely to respond to.” Scam emails are subsequently sent to the users that appear as if they’re composed by family and friends. Because of the personal nature of the email, the recipient is unable to identify that it is actually nefarious. **SNIP** While many savvy internet users now...

Penelope Hegseth joins 'Fox & Friends' to defend her son's character and discuss his nomination by President-elect Trump to be defense secretary.

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White House National Security Council communications adviser John Kirby said that addressing veterans’ concerns about the botched Afghanistan withdrawal was of “no use” in a reply-all faux pas. The blunder occurred on Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, when Fox News sought comments from the White House regarding criticism related to Afghanistan. Instead of responding solely to the White House aides who had forwarded him the email, Kirby mistakenly included everyone on the email chain, including the Fox News reporter. “Obviously no use in responding. A ‘handful’ of vets indeed and all of one stripe,” Kirby...