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  • Rubio to torch 132 State Department offices in historic bloat-slashing overhaul

    04/24/2025 5:23:17 PM PDT · by Twotone · 13 replies
    The Blaze ^ | April 22, 2025 | Candace Hathaway
    State Dept. to close woke programs. The Department of State revealed on Tuesday the Trump administration’s plans to slash the agency’s bloat. Internal documents obtained by the Free Press revealed that the State Department will close 132 agency offices — a 17% reduction. The office terminations also reportedly involve eliminating 700 positions, including civil service and foreign service employees. The news outlet reported that the offices earmarked for closure include those dedicated to advancing human rights, democracy overseas, and thwarting extremism and war crimes. The State Departmen's new shake-up will consolidate 137 offices by transferring them to other parts of...
  • FDA Suspends Milk Testing: What It Means for Your Health

    04/23/2025 3:25:01 AM PDT · by EBH · 52 replies
    Men's Journal ^ | 4/23/25
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended its quality control program for testing fluid milk and other dairy products, citing reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division. This decision follows the termination and departure of 20,000 employees from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), part of a broader federal workforce reduction initiative. ​ Reuters reported, effective April 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has suspended its quality testing program for Grade A milk and other dairy products, citing massive staffing losses tied to federal budget cuts. While the move may seem bureaucratic, it...
  • Democrats Try to Own Trump White House for Using Real Eggs for Easter Egg Roll: ‘Americans Dyed Potatoes’

    04/21/2025 5:01:08 PM PDT · by chief lee runamok · 33 replies
    breitbart ^ | 04/21/25 | Hannah Knutson
    Democrats attempted to own the Trump administration by criticizing it for using real eggs for Monday’s White House Easter Egg Roll, claiming that Americans instead dyed potatoes due to the prices.
  • Military prepared for blockade: Koo

    03/29/2025 3:51:29 AM PDT · by EBH · 11 replies
    Taipei Times ^ | 3/26/25
    PREPARATIONS: Taiwan cannot allow China to implement a ‘fifth column’ approach, which would mean that the US could not help, a former Pentagon official said The military has prepared countermeasures should China attempt to blockade Taiwan, an action that would devastate the world economy and that the international community would be unlikely to ignore, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo said yesterday. Koo was responding to a question for comment about a Wall Street Journal report published on Sunday that said “China’s armed forces are more ready than ever to surround Taiwan, cut it off from the world and try...
  • Elon Musk to step down from DOGE after $1 trillion deficit reduction. Here’s what he said

    03/29/2025 3:37:58 AM PDT · by EBH · 54 replies
    Mint ^ | 3/28/25
    Elon Musk announced he will leave his role in the Trump administration at the end of May after leading a $1 trillion deficit reduction as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE claims it has saved Americans $130 billion so far. Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday announced that he plans to step down from his role in the Donald Trump administration at the end of May after overseeing a massive $1 trillion reduction in the US deficit. Musk, who was brought in as a “special government employee” for a 130-day term, has been spearheading government cost-cutting efforts...
  • ‘Tesla Takedown’ Protesters Plan Massive Global Demonstrations Against Elon Musk on March 29

    03/20/2025 1:17:10 PM PDT · by chief lee runamok · 57 replies
    breitbart ^ | 03/20/25 | Lucas Nolan
    Organizers of the “Tesla Takedown” movement are gearing up for their largest protest to date, with plans for 500 demonstrations at Tesla showrooms and Supercharger stations worldwide on March 29.
  • Veterans Affairs Ends Distribution Of Taxpayer-Funded Chemical Castration Drugs

    03/18/2025 9:34:53 AM PDT · by chief lee runamok · 8 replies
    Federalist ^ | 03/18/25 | Shawn Fleetwood
    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to “phase out” the distribution of chemical castration drugs to trans-identifying veterans, the agency announced on Monday.“All eligible Veterans – including trans-identified Veterans – will always be welcome at VA and will always receive the benefits and services they’ve earned under the law. But if Veterans want to attempt to change their sex, they can do so on their own dime,” VA Secretary Doug Collins said in a statement.
  • House Dems go into "complete meltdown" as Schumer folds

    03/14/2025 5:05:16 AM PDT · by chief lee runamok · 52 replies
    axio ^ | 03/14/25 | Andrew Solender
    House Democrats erupted into apoplexy Thursday night after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he would support Republicans' stopgap government funding measure.Why it matters: House Democrats feel like they "walked the plank," in the words of one member. They voted almost unanimously against the measure, only to watch Senate Democrats seemingly give it the green light.
  • Two killed in biggest ever Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow

    03/11/2025 3:02:48 AM PDT · by EBH · 18 replies
    Reuters ^ | 3/11/25
    Summary At least 91 drones downed around Moscow, 337 overall in Russia Two killed by debris at meat warehouse, 18 others injured Flights briefly suspended at Moscow's four airports Largest Ukrainian drone attack on Russian capital Ukraine on Tuesday launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow, killing at least two workers at a meat warehouse, injuring 18 others and causing a short shutdown at the Russian capital's four airports, Russian officials said. A total of 337 drones were downed over Russia, including 91 over Moscow region and 126 over Kursk region where Ukrainian forces have been pulling back, the...
  • FIFA urged to change host cities for the 2026 World Cup due to an unavoidable reason

    02/28/2025 12:30:02 AM PST · by xxqqzz · 36 replies
    Bolavip ^ | February 26, 2025 | Gianni Taina
    A study from Europe has warned FIFA about the extreme temperatures expected in the U.S. during the 2026 World Cup, raising concerns over player safety and match scheduling. FIFA has finalized plans for the 2026 World Cup, which will feature several historic changes. For the first time, the tournament will expand to 48 teams (up from 32 since France 1998), run for over five weeks, and span three host nations: the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Despite these plans, new challenges have surfaced, particularly for some U.S. host cities. Climate change poses a significant threat, according to a study by...
  • Republican Rep. Joe Wilson announces plan to propose $250 bill featuring Trump

    02/27/2025 3:33:35 AM PST · by EBH · 76 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2/27/2025
    Rep. Joe Wilson, R- S.C., announced that he plans to put forward a proposal for the development of a $250 bill that features President Donald Trump. "Grateful to announce that I am drafting legislation to direct the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to design a $250 bill featuring Donald J. Trump," the congressman declared in a post on X. "Bidenflation has destroyed the economy forcing American families to carry more cash. Most valuable bill for most valuable President!" he added. Current U.S. law indicates that only the portrait of a dead person may appear on U.S. currency and securities. Wilson,...
  • DeepSeek Release Reveals Hidden Dangers of AI

    Implications of AI ManipulationDeepSeek is not just a China problem. It’s a wake-up call for the rest of the world. AI has the power to shape perception, filter reality, and subtly guide users toward predetermined conclusions. If governments or corporations embed their own biases into these systems, then the AI we trust to inform us will instead become a tool for ideological enforcement.
  • Trump administration ordered to restore all frozen federal spending

    02/10/2025 1:31:31 PM PST · by EBH · 86 replies
    Reuters ^ | 2/10/25
    Feb 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to fully comply with a previous order lifting its broad freeze on federal spending, after a group of 23 Democratic state attorneys general last week said that some funds remained frozen. U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, ruled that, opens new tab all funding must be restored at least until he can hold a hearing on the states' motion for a longer-term order. The Trump administration had told states that it believed the order did not apply to certain environmental and infrastructure spending, and...
  • Seafood shocker as 99% of US products comes back positive for toxic chemicals linked to cancer

    02/07/2025 11:05:57 AM PST · by chief lee runamok · 64 replies
    dm ^ | 02/07/25 | Emily Joshu Sterne
    Researchers in Oregon analyzed nearly 200 samples of shrimp, salmon, and other fish native to west coast waters to test for microplastics, tiny particle that get into our blood, accumulate in our organs and cause untold damage.
  • Privacy A breach of Gravy Analytics’ huge trove of location data threatens the privacy of millions

    01/18/2025 7:23:41 AM PST · by EBH · 5 replies
    Tech Crunch ^ | 1/13/25
    A hack and data breach at location data broker Gravy Analytics is threatening the privacy of millions of people around the world whose smartphone apps unwittingly revealed their location data collected by the data giant. The full scale of the data breach isn’t yet known, but the alleged hacker has already published a large sample of location data from top consumer phone apps — including fitness and health, dating, and transit apps, as well as popular games. The data represents tens of millions of location data points of where people have been, live, work, and travel between. News of the...
  • U.S. bank regulator gives BlackRock a February deadline on bank stakes, Bloomberg reports

    01/13/2025 10:35:54 AM PST · by EBH · 11 replies
    CNBC ^ | 1/12/25
    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation gave a fresh deadline of Feb. 10 to BlackRock to resolve an issue regarding oversight into the asset manager’s investments in FDIC-regulated banking organizations, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter. The FDIC may open an investigation into BlackRock and demand more information from the company if it fails to make sufficient progress toward resolving the issues, the report said. The move by the FDIC follows a Jan. 10 deadline that BlackRock failed to meet, according to the report. snip BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street now collectively control some...
  • Exclusive: Border Patrol Arrests Former Russian Mercenary Near Roma

    01/10/2025 9:56:01 AM PST · by girlangler · 13 replies
    order Report ^ | Jan. 9, 2025 | Dave Hendricks
    McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Border Patrol arrested a former Russian mercenary on Saturday, when he illegally crossed the Rio Grande near Roma. Timur Praliev waded across the Rio Grande carrying two passports and $4,000. “The defendant was also in possession of a drone in his backpack when he crossed into the United States,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda McColgan said on Tuesday morning, when Praliev appeared before a judge at the federal courthouse in McAllen. “And he admitted, when interviewed, to being a member of the Wagner Group.”
  • Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer says he will step down as coalition talks collapse

    01/05/2025 5:11:30 AM PST · by EBH · 17 replies
    EuroNews ^ | 1/5/25
    Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer has said he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed for a second time. The announcement came after the People's Party (ÖVP) and the Social Democrats (SPÖ) continued coalition talks a day after the liberal Neos party’s surprise withdrawal from discussions. Neos, alongside Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer's conservative Austrian People's Party and the centre-left Social Democrats have been trying to forge a three-party ruling coalition after the right-wing Freedom Party won national elections in September.
  • Report: Las Vegas bomber may have used Tesla Cybertruck to avoid casualties

    01/03/2025 12:00:41 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 57 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 3/1/25
    The man who shot and blew himself up inside a Tesla Cybertruck on New Year's Day may have been motivated by purely personal and not political reasons. The New York Post reported that Matthew Livelsberger had a huge fight with his wife on Christmas, six days before his dramatic bombing. Authorities have been working under the assumption that the bombing was an act of terrorism given its location right outside the Trump Hotel and use of a vehicle from a company owned by Trump ally Elon Musk. However, Livelsberger was known to be a Trump supporter. Sources told the Post...
  • Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee

    01/02/2025 5:22:35 AM PST · by EBH · 76 replies
    AP ^ | 1/2/24
    President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald Trump has said should be jailed for their roles in the inquiry. Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 people in a ceremony Thursday at the White House, including Americans who fought for marriage equality, a pioneer in treating wounded soldiers, and two of the president’s longtime friends, former Sens. Ted Kaufman, D-Del., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn. “President Biden believes these Americans are bonded by their common decency and commitment to...