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Centrist Democrats are afraid of expanding the Supreme Court– www.dailykos.com

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Centrist Democrats are afraid of expanding the Supreme Court– www.dailykos.com
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Oh boy, here we go with this shit.

“Third Way, the center-left think tank, is urging moderate Democrats to back common-sense reforms to prevent the left from pushing court expansion, an unpopular position that could motivate the G.O.P. base and alienate independents,” reported Puck News. “Instead, Third Way executive Lanae Erickson is suggesting that Dems pass legislation that would place 18-year term limits on justices—a cadence that would eventually lead to the appointment of two new justices every presidential term.”

Let’s call this a “yes … and?” situation. Term limits are a fine idea for judges, especially when coupled with strict ethics reforms, which Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is ready to unleash if Democrats win the Senate this November.

But term limits aren’t enough, and I’m not sure where the notion that court expansion is “an unpopular opinion” is coming from. A recent Marquette Law School poll paints a different picture:

Yes, term limits and ethics are overwhelmingly popular and should be the first step. But expanding the court is still supported by a majority of Americans. Is it contentious and controversial? Of course. Republicans won’t surrender their ill-gotten Supreme Court gains lightly. But it’s a divided country, and attitudes toward the court are aptly aligned with our nation’s partisan split.

There is no reason that Democrats shouldn’t expand the court if given the opportunity.

The stakes are simple: Democrats can pass all the popular legislation they want, but it means little if a right-wing Supreme Court can simply strike it down—and continue rolling back rights that Americans have relied on for generations. And no, there’s no shrugging their shoulders about it. Democrats can’t simultaneously claim they’re powerless because of the court and also refuse to use the constitutional power they have to reshape it.

Despite this, Third Way has been surprisingly progressive of late, embracing an economic populism that includes dramatically expanding affordable housing, taking on entrenched corporate interests, and even declaring healthcare a “basic human right” while pushing automatic coverage for everyone.

Ukraine grapples with a shortage of troops at the front after over 4 years of war– abcnews.com

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Ukraine grapples with a shortage of troops at the front after over 4 years of war– abcnews.com
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s advances in drone technology and tactics have captured the world’s attention. Despite those innovations, one problem has plagued the country since the start of Russia’s invasion: a shortage of combat-ready troops.

Ukraine always has been outmanned by Russia, but as the war drags through its fifth year, the need for personnel is increasingly acute, commanders and analysts say, with some units at only half strength. There just aren’t enough forces to fully exploit the battlefield advantages resulting from the drone innovations.

“Based on the equipment and the number of people we have today, we barely have enough to hold the sector we currently have,” said a deputy commander of the Da Vinci Wolves battalion in eastern Ukraine’s Pokrovsk area, a focus of Russia’s offensive.

“To move forward would inevitably mean greater losses,” said the deputy commander, who insisted on identifying himself only as “Afer” because of military rules.

Long-standing mobilization problems, including draft dodging and desertion, make it harder for Ukraine to build its reserves, according to military experts, resulting in only incremental changes along the 1,250-kilometer (775-mile) front line.

Ukraine needs to be able to commit forces quickly without taking them from elsewhere on the front. Otherwise, commanders have fewer options to turn a temporary advantage into a sustained operation, said Nick Reynolds of the U.K.-based Royal United Services Institute, a defense and security think tank.

The shortage means that units can’t be rotated often enough, he said, “leading to exhaustion and, in turn, exacerbating casualties.”

The Defense Ministry, which in July underwent a shake-up by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is trying to tackle the problem with reforms to mobilization, training and the way the army is organized.

Rubio calls for “unapologetic pursuit of national power,” invoking ancient Greece in Acropolis speech– www.cbsnews.com

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Rubio calls for “unapologetic pursuit of national power,” invoking ancient Greece in Acropolis speech– www.cbsnews.com
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Athens — As the United States wages a costly war with Iran and Europe struggles with the grinding conflict in Ukraine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood before the Acropolis on Wednesday and reached back more than two millennia to argue that the answer to the West’s current problems can be found, at least in part, in ancient Greece.

In a speech timed to the sunset from the Pnyx, where Athenians gathered for their democratic assembly, Rubio cast ancient Greece as the source not only of Western democracy and philosophy, but of what he described as the character that fueled the West’s rise.

“Here, in Athens, we found the first full realization of all the essential traits that would come to define the West,” Rubio said, citing “fierce individuality and relentless ambition,” and “a yearning for discovery, for adventure, risk and glory.”

He argued that those modern Western societies had allowed those qualities to erode.

“The ideal of many ideologies in our time has, frankly, become a world of perfect safety, a world devoid of risk or failure, where neither the glory of victory, nor the shame of defeat,” Rubio said. “We hold the most exceptional things among us hostage to the average, the ordinary, the mediocre.”

His remarks were delivered before roughly 250 invited guests, including senior Greek government officials, members of the diplomatic corps and representatives of the business, educational and cultural sectors, according to a senior State Department official.

Trump says Iran conflict will be over ‘shortly,’ sending oil prices tumbling down – World– tass.com

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Trump says Iran conflict will be over ‘shortly,’ sending oil prices tumbling down – World– tass.com
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NEW YORK, October 8. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump said the conflict with Iran would end soon after which global oil prices should plummet.

“What’s going to happen will be – as soon as that’s over which will be shortly – oil prices are going to come tumbling down,” Trump said in an interview with CBS.

There is no more a nuclear weapon threat in Iran, the US leader emphasized.

 

ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Caught “Exposing Himself” While Campaigning for Democrat Candidate– wltreport.com

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ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Caught “Exposing Himself” While Campaigning for Democrat Candidate– wltreport.com
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A political canvasser who claimed to be working for Pennsylvania Democrat Janelle Stelson, who is running to unseat Republican Rep. Scott Perry, was caught in a sickening act last week.

Reportedly, 25-year-old Chimaobim Adedayo Igbojekwe was busted while “exposing himself,” wearing only a shirt, in a public park full of people, including children.

He told police that he just wanted to hand out flyers for Stelson’s campaign and did not see a problem with his attire (or lack thereof.)

Originally, he was taken into custody on multiple charges, including indecent exposure. But, many of the charges were dropped and he was let off with a lesser charge of third-degree misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

However, that’s not where the story ends.

Later, it was revealed that this sicko is also an illegal alien from Nigeria.

So, ICE arrested him!

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BOMBSHELL: ICE just arrested a Nigerian illegal alien who was caught with his pants off and genitals fully exposed in a residential Pennsylvania neighborhood near a park and children—while he was working as a canvasser for Democrat PA-10 congressional candidate Janelle Stelson.

ICE Deputy Director Charles Wall: “It’s unbelievable that Janelle Stelson would employ an illegal alien to work on a Congressional campaign, let alone a pervert who exposed himself in public.”

Chimaobim Adedayo Igbojekwe is a visa OVERSTAY who was lawfully admitted in June 2017 and then granted deferred action by the Biden administration in 2021.

Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again– abcnews.com

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Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again– abcnews.com
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DAKAR, Senegal — In Miami, Daniela Fuentes styled hair for clients and performed in drag at a nightclub called Azúcar. She wore her blond wig in public and dressed as the woman she had known herself to be since adolescence in Cuba.

Now, more than 6,000 miles (10,000 kilometers) away in the Central African Republic, she wears men’s clothes, lowers her voice and tries not to draw attention to the breasts she developed after beginning hormone treatment as a teenager. As part of U.S. efforts to deport people to countries other than their own, authorities sent her Aug. 29 to a place where she has no ties and where advocacy groups have reported arbitrary detention, torture, and other rights violations of sexual and gender minorities.

“Everything is difficult here because I have to hide who I am,” said Fuentes, a 32-year-old transgender woman living on a compound she rarely leaves, sharing a room with four Cuban men also deported from the U.S. “I don’t know this place, the people or the language, and I have no idea what will happen to me.”

The Central African Republic — one of the world’s poorest countries, a place with a history of conflict that the U.S. State Department advises American travelers to avoid — is one of at least 12 African nations that signed agreements to accept “third-country” deportations, a policy the U.S. Supreme Court last month allowed to continue, at least temporarily.

In the Central African Republic — where transgender people have little to no legal protections and are marginalized in much of society — Fuentes dons her wig only in the privacy of her bathroom. She described disguising herself as protection, first in U.S. detention and now in a country she first heard of when she was already headed there on a deportation flight.

“My whole life, my whole identity, was taken away from me,” Fuentes said.

Germany: After AfD politician wins state speaker position in historic vote, he confirms he won with the help of the CDU– rmx.news

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Germany: After AfD politician wins state speaker position in historic vote, he confirms he won with the help of the CDU– rmx.news
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After yesterday’s vote in the Saxony-Anhalt Landtag, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) now holds the office of state parliament president for the first time in any German state. After winning the role, which is similar to a speaker position, 35-year-old Tobias Rausch sent shockwaves through the German political establishment when he confirmed he won with the support of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) votes. The backing of four CDU lawmakers could be one of the most concrete signs that the political firewall against the AfD is crumbling.

The newly elected president of Saxony-Anhalt’s state parliament said Wednesday that members of the conservative CDU voted for him. Perhaps even more importantly, he said that four CDU lawmakers have agreed to back the AfD’s candidate for state premier in December, which means Ulrich Siegmund could soon be the first AfD politician leading a state government.

Rausch gave a direct “yes” when Nius editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt asked on “Nius Live” whether CDU deputies had helped elect him. Asked whether Tuesday’s result signaled that AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund would safely take office as minister-president in December, Rausch replied, “That is to be assumed.”

Justice Democrats announce new executive director– www.politico.com

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Justice Democrats announce new executive director– www.politico.com
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The progressive political action committee Justice Democrats has appointed Rev. Hodari Williams as its new executive director. The change sets the organization up to hone a civil rights message ahead of the 2028 election cycle, Williams told POLITICO.

His appointment, shared first with POLITICO, comes at a time when self-proclaimed progressives (and socialists) are flooding the scene. The PAC has had its most successful election cycle ever, helping seven candidates — including Donavan McKinney in Michigan, Melat Kiros in Colorado and Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York — defeat incumbents in the primaries. While those candidates are heavily favored to win on Election Day, the fates of three other Justice Democrats candidates, including Tennessee’s state Rep. Justin Pearson, remain less certain going into November.

At one point, the group tried to get Williams to run for office. Though he declined, Williams said now is the right time to force change.

“America and its present-day politicians, from my experience, have a high blood pressure of promises and anemia of political courage,” Williams said in an interview, using a common Kenyan political expression. “Right now, JD is producing candidates who have the political courage to deal with the crises that are existing in marginalized and disenfranchised communities, and I want to be a part of that.”

Williams, 46, was born and raised in Lakewood, New Jersey. His parents were activists and community organizers who raised him on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. After graduating from Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina, with his bachelor’s degree, he joined the NAACP as a field organizer for voter rights and empowerment while pursuing his Master’s of Divinity at the Interdenominational Theological Center. In his time with the NAACP, Williams traveled across the Black Belt, where he said he witnessed poverty and inequity up close.

“Civil rights traditionally has been something that people have tried to separate from progressivism … but these movements are inseparable,” said Williams. “What I witnessed in the South as a worker in voter rights and voter empowerment and education, and as a regional representative for the NAACP, was that the conditions that created inequity still existed and needed to be confronted and challenged.”

‘Resilience’ of Israelis as they mourn the loss of loved ones and ‘the sense that we can be safe’– www.france24.com

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‘Resilience’ of Israelis as they mourn the loss of loved ones and ‘the sense that we can be safe’– www.france24.com
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AI Exports and the Dream of a “Tech West” | American Enterprise Institute– www.aei.org

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AI Exports and the Dream of a “Tech West” | American Enterprise Institute– www.aei.org
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Two facets of American AI policy are often treated as contradictory, when in reality they are two sides of the same coin: On the one hand, Washington wants to aggressively export US-designed chips and cloud services to make American hardware the backbone of the global intelligence economy. At the same time, Washington wants to keep Chinese AI labs compute-constrained—by refusing to sell them the high-end chips needed to reliably offer AI services to global publics.

There is no contradiction between these positions. A recent AEI report argues that American compute should be the easiest in the world to buy and the hardest to steal. Washington can—and should—pursue a policy of deliberately exporting high-end compute to most countries capable of installing it, with one major exception.

Some China hawks worry that shipping advanced chips abroad can create obvious enforcement loopholes: Chips installed in a data center in Malaysia or Thailand are often rented remotely by customers in Beijing or Hangzhou. China hawks worry that racks of servers sitting in Southeast Asia may effectively amount to Chinese compute by another name.

This is a real problem—one that Congress is working to address. But it is not an argument for keeping every GPU at home, as some have started to advocate.

Computing capacity is an important element of national power, and the United States should build as much AI infrastructure domestically as it practicably can. But there are limits to how quickly American communities will accept new data centers, along with requisite sources of power generation, transmission, and storage. My AEI colleague Will Rinehart has documented that political opposition to large data centers is growing. Meanwhile, environmental permitting remains difficult, and grid interconnection can stretch on for years. 

FBI ‘Sells’ Teen AK-47 For $600 To Attack Mall Of America, Then Arrests Him– www.ndtv.com

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FBI ‘Sells’ Teen AK-47 For $600 To Attack Mall Of America, Then Arrests Him– www.ndtv.com
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FBI agents thwarted a terror attack by a teenager on the Mall of America after monitoring him for nearly two years and ultimately supplying him with the AK-47 he planned to use, authorities said Wednesday.

The 18-year-old had been on the FBI’s radar since December 2024, when he began trading messages with a confidential informant. A criminal complaint says he initially expressed an interest in traveling to Somalia to fight for al-Shabab militants. As his plans to instead attack the mall solidified, the complaint says, agents sold him the gun and ammunition on Tuesday and arrested him on the spot.

“This was a radicalized young man who needed to be watched,” US Attorney Daniel Rosen said. Agents “were able to detect a threat, and disrupt it, before the defendant carried out his intention to kill, in his words, maybe 30 to 60 people.”

Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud was arrested Tuesday in a public park in Richfield, several miles northwest of the Mall of America, after he paid $600 to an undercover FBI employee posing as a member of the Islamic State group for the rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition, the agency said.

Mohamud appeared in a yellow jail uniform for his initial appearance Wednesday in federal court in St Paul. He told the judge he did not have a job, own a house or a car, or have any money in the bank. He was represented by Siri Carlson McDowell, a federal public defender. Carlson McDowell and relatives of Mohamud declined to comment after the hearing.

Syria weighs deploying thousands of troops to Yemen – Axios — RT World News– www.rt.com

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Syria weighs deploying thousands of troops to Yemen – Axios — RT World News– www.rt.com
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The move could bolster a Saudi-led offensive against the Houthis, with the US reportedly not opposed in principle

Syria could join a Saudi-backed military offensive against the Houthis in Yemen by deploying thousands of troops, Axios has reported, citing US officials.

Yemen’s internationally recognized government forces have launched a major counteroffensive to recapture territory seized by the Iranian-backed Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, including areas around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The Saudi-led coalition has backed the operation with extensive airstrikes against Houthi positions.

According to an Axios report, Riyadh and Damascus are discussing the deployment of up to 20,000 Syrian troops. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who previously led the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is reportedly considering the proposal but has yet to make a decision.

The issue came up during al-Sharaa’s meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday, the sources said. Saudi Arabia is seeking to reinforce Yemeni government forces, which US officials described as less well-trained than the Houthis.

Watchdog Files Criminal Referral Over Election Law Violations in Pivotal Senate Race– slaynews.com

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Watchdog Files Criminal Referral Over Election Law Violations in Pivotal Senate Race– slaynews.com
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A watchdog group has submitted a 114-page criminal referral asking federal prosecutors to investigate whether organizations behind millions of dollars in Alaska Senate advertising violated election law in connection with a candidate who shares Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R-AK) name.

The American Accountability Foundation filed the referral Wednesday with the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, seeking scrutiny of possible coordinated expenditures and contributions made in another person’s name.

The filing centers on Dan J. Sullivan, whose candidacy Republican officials have warned could confuse voters and siphon support from incumbent Senator Daniel S. Sullivan.

Democrat Mary Peltola is also competing in the race.

The referral adds to an existing federal inquiry into whether the similarly named candidate entered the contest to confuse voters.

Same-Name Candidacy Already Under Investigation

Alaska uses a nonpartisan primary in which the top four candidates advance to a ranked-choice general election.

State election officials initially removed Dan J. Sullivan from the ballot after determining that his filing was not made in good faith.

A state judge later reversed that decision.

Jewish Former Student Sues New York School, Says Admin Refused to Help While Protesters Shoved, Spat on Her– www.breitbart.com

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Jewish Former Student Sues New York School, Says Admin Refused to Help While Protesters Shoved, Spat on Her– www.breitbart.com
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On the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, a Jewish former student at The New School filed a federal lawsuit against the university, accusing the school of failing to protect her from antisemitic harassment, physical assaults, vandalism, and exclusion from campus spaces.

The Lawfare Project, a legal organization dedicated to protecting the civil and human rights of Jewish people worldwide, together with co-counsel Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of Sophie Shabot, a Jewish American and Israeli citizen who attended The New School’s Parsons School of Design.

The filing came on the third anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack, in which more than 1,200 people were murdered and another 251 abducted.

The complaint describes a series of incidents beginning after the attack in which Shabot says she was subjected to antisemitic harassment on campus.

In December 2023, protesters blocked Shabot from entering the University Center while allowing non-Jewish students through, according to the lawsuit. The complaint says she was shoved out of the building, spat on, and screamed at through a bullhorn.

The lawsuit says another confrontation occurred in March 2024 after protesters vandalized and took over a space reserved for a Hillel event featuring an Israeli speaker and prevented Jewish students from entering.

Saudi Arabia horror as Houthis blow up plane in brutal Riyadh airport attack | World | News– www.express.co.uk

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Saudi Arabia horror as Houthis blow up plane in brutal Riyadh airport attack | World | News– www.express.co.uk
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A plane was hit by a projectile during a Houthi missile attack in Saudi Arabia on Thursday as images showed the severe damage. The Saudia Airlines aircraft caught fire while parked at a terminal at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport amid a fresh wave of attacks on the kingdom. Three people briefed on the incident told Reuters that shrapnel from an interception or another projectile had struck the commercial aircraft, leaving it heavily damaged. No passengers were believed to have been on board at the time, although the sources could not rule out injuries linked to the incident. Footage shows thick black smoke and flames rising from the airport following the incident.

The Iran-backed rebels claimed responsibility for the attack on Riyadh airport, saying a ballistic missile had caused damage, although the group did not provide evidence for its claim

The group also warned workers to stay away from Saudi energy plants, saying they would be targeted.

A witness told the Associated Press that several explosions were heard across the Saudi capital, including a large blast at the international airport.

Hundreds of flights to and from Riyadh were cancelled in the aftermath, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware.

The latest violence came a day after Saudi Arabia said one person had been killed in an attack on Riyadh airport, while two others were killed in a separate strike on Abha airport in the southwest.

How the Nordics Built a Sustainable Blueprint for A.I. Data Centers– observer.com

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How the Nordics Built a Sustainable Blueprint for A.I. Data Centers– observer.com
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Over the past two years alone, hyperscalers have announced some of the largest digital infrastructure projects on record. In the U.S., an OpenAI-Oracle-SoftBank Stargate project has outlined five new data centers, totaling roughly five gigawatts of capacity, as part of a multi-year, multibillion-dollar expansion to support next-generation A.I. models. And in India, Google is investing roughly $6 billion to develop an infrastructure hub in Visakhapatnam. But while data centers may appear to be proliferating everywhere, not all locations are equally suited to the demands of A.I. 

A.I. workloads have highly specific requirements, and where infrastructure is built has a direct impact on time to market, total cost of ownership and environmental sustainability. As power constraints, permitting delays and grid congestion continue to slow new projects in major markets, the central challenge has shifted. The focus is no longer simply on building capacity, but on finding where capacity can be responsibly developed at scale. 

The Nordic region, traditionally known for its mining, steel, pulp and paper production, has experienced a rebirth in recent years as an ideal location for prominent businesses such as Spotify, Nokia, Klarna and Lego, alongside a growing ecosystem of cleantech and data-driven industries. Arguably, one of its fastest-growing sectors is that of A.I.-ready digital infrastructure. A powerful combination of forward-thinking governments and favorable natural conditions has enabled the area to offer systemic lessons for scaling A.I. sustainably.

Hegseth: Fort Hood Terrorist’s Execution to Be Public – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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Hegseth: Fort Hood Terrorist’s Execution to Be Public – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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Not only is Secretary of War Pete Hegseth planning to have terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan executed at the very base where he committed mass murder, but the public will be able to watch the execution. And hell yes, I’m excited.

Executing Hasan is justice, even if it is coming more than a decade after the massacre. But filming the execution and having it occur on the spot at Fort Hood where Hasan slaughtered 13 innocent people in the name of Allah is poetic justice. Unlike so many military bureaucrats before him, Hegseth knows how to punish an Islamic jihadi and ensure that the whole world sees America is no longer run by namby-pamby, pro-Islamist, woke cowards. There have been multiple Islamic terrorist attacks in America this year, and it is important for our military to send a strong message.

Hegseth told Human Events’ Jack Posobiec that deciding the circumstances of the execution was a “no brainer. Execution by firing squad. An Army major betrays his country, [he’s a] radical Islamist, kills a bunch of Americans at Fort Hood. Of course, we’re gonna do [the execution] at Fort Hood. Gonna do it on a Thursday, we’re gonna do it at 1:00, which is when he did it, and it’s gonna be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad.”

“They hit us bad.” Newly obtained footage, witness accounts detail Iran attack — and U.S. retreat — at major post in Kuwait– www.cbsnews.com

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“They hit us bad.” Newly obtained footage, witness accounts detail Iran attack — and U.S. retreat — at major post in Kuwait– www.cbsnews.com
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Washington — New videos obtained exclusively by CBS News show Iranian attacks on a major U.S. military base in Kuwait as the war with Iran kicked off seven months ago. American forces faced ballistic missiles, drones and what witnesses described as Iranian F-5 fighter jets.

The footage obtained by CBS News was recorded by a person stationed on the ground at Camp Buehring, and captures the moments of impact and their explosive aftermath. Damage to buildings and military equipment can also be seen in the videos.

The attacks on Camp Buehring offer a window into the strain Iranian attacks placed on American forces during the opening days of the war. CBS News has learned that soldiers defending the base ran critically low on .50-caliber ammunition as some soldiers were repositioned into the Udari Desert in Kuwait. Two soldiers were injured by lightning there in late April, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter.

Contacted by CBS News, U.S. Central Command, the primary unit which oversees American military operations across the Middle East, declined to comment.

U.S. and Russia Explore Nord Stream Restart, Sources Say– www.themoscowtimes.com

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U.S. and Russia Explore Nord Stream Restart, Sources Say– www.themoscowtimes.com
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Top Russian and U.S. officials, including U.S. Special Envoy Jared Kushner, have held talks about bringing a U.S. investor into the Nord Stream pipelines that delivered gas to Germany before Russia invaded Ukraine, five people with knowledge of the situation said.

The discussions included Kirill Dmitriev, a close adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, the people said.

Kushner, who has been trying to broker a truce between Russia and Ukraine, views doing business as central to restoring peace. Such a deal would enable U.S. investors to profit from energy flows to Europe once the war ends.

Dmitriev and Kushner have met in Moscow and New York in recent weeks. While it was unclear to what degree they discussed Nord Stream on those occasions, the topic remains on the agenda, two of the people told Reuters.

“Any deals will have to be negotiated by Russia with DFC (U.S. International Development Finance Corporation) and Treasury and must benefit United States taxpayers and companies,” a White House official said when asked about the pipeline discussions.

There had been “no Nord Stream discussions recently,” the official told Reuters.

Russia health officials deny reports of 2nd plague death in Siberia– www.cbc.ca

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Russia health officials deny reports of 2nd plague death in Siberia– www.cbc.ca
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The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.

Russia’s health regulator said ‌Thursday that reports that a ​second person had ​fallen ill following the death ​of a ⁠worker ⁠at ‌a plague research laboratory in Siberia were false.

Preventive ⁠measures have been completed for ‌all individuals who had contact with the first worker ​who ⁠died last week, ⁠and no dangerous ⁠pathogenic ⁠microorganisms ​have been detected, said ​the Russia health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor.

Russian authorities have said 28-year-old Daria Shipilova died last Friday ‌from pneumonia of an as-yet-unestablished origin. Shipilova was a lab employee at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far ‌East, located in the town of Shelekhov, prompting authorities in Russia to swiftly roll out a series of precautionary anti-epidemic measures that caught global attention.

Rospotrebnadzor said she died of an unknown type of pneumonia ‌and that no relevant pathogens had been found in anyone who came into contact with her. Officials in Russia said she was vaccinated and therefore “immune to the dangerous infections with which she worked.”