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UPDATE 4-13-24 5:10 ET The NY Times reports Iran has launched drone attacks on Israeli territory. ...Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said in a statement broadcast on state television that it had launched missiles as well as drones toward Israel from...
by xaxnar
on Sat Apr 13, 2024 at 07:46 AM PDT
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The Washington Post on March 22 gives details (and a map) of Israel’s seizure of 3.8 square miles of Palestinian territory in the West Bank. The article quotes Peace Now, a settlement watchdog group, that this is “the single largest land seizure by the...
by ybruti
on Mon Mar 25, 2024 at 02:24 PM PDT
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When President Biden gives his State of the Union Address Thursday night, you can bet the press will be hanging on every word, looking for anything that will bolster the narrative that he is losing it, that age is catching up with him, the there is...
by xaxnar
on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 08:25 AM PST
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Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has some thoughts in his Backchannel column: What Can the US Do To Bring the Israel-Hamas War to An End? (the link should allow full access) It’s not a secret that many people are upset that President Biden has not...
by xaxnar
on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 03:40 PM PST
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Scripps News has been following events at East Palestine with multiple reports ever since the catastrophic train wreck a year ago on February 3, 2023. (The list of reports at the link really cover the story in depth.) They have a followup report here...
by xaxnar
on Sun Feb 04, 2024 at 11:41 AM PST
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SCRIPPS NEWS has a report tonight on East Palestine, OH. A year after fiery train derailment, Biden to visit East Palestine The president will make his first visit to the Ohio city as long-term environmental concerns linger from last year's derailment....
by xaxnar
on Thu Feb 01, 2024 at 09:47 AM PST
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The New Hampshire Primary was the first in which it was essentially a choice between just Trump or Haley - but it won’t be the last. While Haley did not score a knock-out, neither did Trump win by an overwhelming margin either, not for a former...
by xaxnar
on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 08:10 AM PST
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According to Jodie Ginsberg, President of the Committee to Protect Journalists, an international advocacy group for reporters, the Israel-Gaza war is the most dangerous conflict for journalists since the group began keeping records 30 years ago. CPJ...
by Mark Taylor Canfield
on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 12:56 PM PST
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Elon Musk has launched an ambitious mission to get a manned flight to Mars as fast as possible. The billionaire says he wants to colonize the Red Planet so humanity is “not a single-planet species.” But on Earth, employees of Musk’s SpaceX company say...
by Charles Jay
on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 02:30 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Nov 03, 2023 at 09:36 PM PDT
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Via NBC News Trump said: “And then two nights ago, I read all of Biden security people — can you imagine? National defense people and they said, ‘Gee, I hope Hezbollah doesn’t attack from the north because that’s the most vulnerable spot.’ I said,...
by xaxnar
on Thu Oct 12, 2023 at 09:58 AM PDT
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From Rebecca Rommen at Business Insider: The Netherlands gifted Ukraine a fleet of F-16 fighter jets 9 years after Putin's proxies blew MH17 out of the sky, killing 196 Dutch passengers ...The Malaysia Airlines Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur flight was...
by xaxnar
on Tue Aug 29, 2023 at 12:37 PM PDT
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Now that Twitter has telegraphed its clear intention to go tweets up (Xs are what artists draw on people’s eyes to indicate they’re dead, right?), goofball internet edgelord and sometime automobile executive Elon Musk would be advised to focus on his...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
on Thu Jul 27, 2023 at 11:50 AM PDT
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Via gCaptain: Here’s a sampling of stories that have to do with shipping and how climate concerns are driving change for the better. Thirsty? If you’re on a ship at sea, fresh water is something you don’t want to be without — and if you are on a...
by xaxnar
on Fri Jun 09, 2023 at 10:51 AM PDT
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Via gCaptain, a Bloomberg report details that the oil that underpins Russia’s economy is still moving.
Russian Crude Exports Stay High as OPEC+ Partners Call for Clarity
Russian crude oil flows ...
by xaxnar
on Wed Jun 07, 2023 at 09:00 AM PDT
with 24 Recommends
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F rom Reuters:
LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that the only way for Moscow to ensure a lasting peace with Ukraine was to push back ...
by xaxnar
on Fri Feb 24, 2023 at 10:44 AM PST
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The New York Times had an opinion piece on January 26, 2023 by� Mikhail Zygar, identified as “ a Russian journalist and the author of “All the Kremlin’s Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin.�
by xaxnar
on Fri Jan 27, 2023 at 08:17 AM PST
with 38 Recommends
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Recently, Virginia (Ginni) Thomas was quoted as saying:
I can't say that I was familiar at that time with any specific evidence. | was just hearing it from news reports and friends on the ground, ...
by Liberal Thinking
on Sat Dec 31, 2022 at 12:10 PM PST
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ICYMI, news came out this weekend that Trump had some financial interests he did not disclose while Presidenting, including one with a company with connections to North Korea. From The Guardian: Donald Trump failed to disclose a $19.8m loan from a...
by xaxnar
on Mon Dec 05, 2022 at 10:08 PM PST
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Charles P. Pierce writing at Esquire regularly outshines the rest of the punditocracy. Today he has two pieces well worth reading; the one on Biden is especially eloquent while the one on Pelosi is ...
by xaxnar
on Mon Nov 14, 2022 at 10:33 AM PST
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