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The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
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February 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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Video shows a man pinned to the ground as Australian police strike him repeatedly during an arrest. The man appears already subdued as blows continue. The incident occurred at protests in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

Video: Jared Kimpton via X (@jared_kimpton)
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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US military forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said.
US military boards sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after pursuit from the Caribbean | CNN Politics
U.S. military forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said Monday.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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🔴 BREAKING | U.K. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has released his private WhatsApp and text messages with Peter Mandelson, a close Keir Starmer confidante who recently resigned from the Labour Party amid fallout over his relationship w/ convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The messages reveal...
February 9, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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Preparations are underway to deploy thousands of Indonesian soldiers to Gaza as part of an international “stabilization force,” potentially making Indonesia the first military presence to deploy to Gaza and join the so-called stabilization force, Kan News, Israel’s public broadcaster reports...
February 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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A crisis is rapidly developing in Cuba, as the Trump admin.'s efforts to block fuel from reaching the island have become increasingly effective since an exec. order threatened tariffs on any country trading with Cuba. Mexican Pres. Claudia Sheinbaum has buckled under the pressure & halted oil...
February 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Reminder that the Weston Golf and Country Club, like several other golf courses in Toronto, receives an artificially low property tax assessment to "preserve open space" that is not actually accessible to the public (hence the need for expropriation.)
February 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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My favorite Super Bowl memory is still when Elon Musk was at the 2023 game in Arizona and panicked about his Eagles tweet getting less engagement than Joe Biden's. He then flew immediately to Twitter's San Francisco office to start emergency meetings to fix the site's algorithm.
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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Israeli settlers broke into a mosque b/w the Palestinian villages of Kisan & Al-Minya near Bethlehem on Sun. night, Feb. 8, 2026, vandalizing the site & desecrating religious property. According to the head of the Al-Minya village council, settlers burned copies of the Quran, stole carpets, & cut...
February 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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There is mounting evidence of organ theft from Palestinian bodies returned by Israel, according to Gaza health officials & forensic observations. In an interview with Al Araby TV Network, Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, said 2 days ago that Gaza has received bodies...
February 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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If you want a sense of how dire the situation is in Cuba now, here is a list of the measures the Cuban president says the nation has started taking to try to keep people in nursing homes and hospitals alive while Trump & Rubio choke the island of essentials, which the Cuban gov't is now referring...
February 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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🚨 Trump Set Nuclear-Only Iran Demand. Netanyahu Flying In to Change His Mind.

Pres. Trump said yesterday the U.S. wants one thing from Iran: “no nuclear weapons.” He called recent Oman talks “very good” & said Tehran is “willing to do much more than they would have a year ago.”

That breaks with...
February 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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🇲🇽 Mexican cartels are acquiring .50-caliber ammunition manufactured at a U.S. Army–owned plant in MO & using it to outgun Mexican police & attack civilians, according to a joint investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists & The New York Times.

Since 2012, US agents...
February 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, helped arrange funding for the Clinton Global Initiative, one of President Bill Clinton’s signature post-White House endeavors, new documents released by the Justice Department show.
Epstein Files Reveal Scope of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Role in Clinton Circle
Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion helped advise on the kickoff of the Clinton Global Initiative and arranged for $1 million in funding for it, emails show.
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February 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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The US gov't has moved forward w/ new arms transfers to Israel worth about $6.67 billion, separate from the $3.3 billion in annual military aid & $500 million for missile defense in the FY 2026 budget. The package includes 3,845 guidance kits for 2,000-pound “bunker buster” bombs, the same class...
February 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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🇨🇺 CUBA | Cuba is bracing for a deepening fuel & electricity crisis as the US enforces an energy blockade aimed at cutting off oil supplies to the island, Pres. Miguel Díaz-Canel said in nationally televised remarks on Feb. 5. Díaz-Canel said the government will roll out a contingency and defense...
February 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Israeli PM Netanyahu two mornings ago is invoking Epstein to smear a political rival, fmr. PM Ehud Barak from Israel’s security establishment who sits to Netanyahu’s left.

But Drop Site’s reporting shows Epstein wasn’t just tied to Barak. He helped open doors for Netanyahu too.

An investigation...
February 8, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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🔴 Gaza | Latest updates (Feb. 6)

Israeli forces killed at least 3 Palestinians across Gaza on Friday as widespread bombardment, live fire, & demolition operations continued despite the ceasefire entering its 2nd phase, Al Jazeera reported. The Phase 2 death toll has risen to 125.

2 Palestinians...
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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🔴 Israel issued at least two forced displacement orders since two mornings ago: one in Khan Younis, which was later targeted with heavy Israeli strikes, and another currently active near Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City.
February 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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Homeland Security is monitoring anti-ICE Reddit posts, an intelligence bulletin leaked to me reveals:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...
Homeland Security Spies on Reddit Users
Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure.

Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.

The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
February 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Newly released Feb. 2026 DOJ files show years of direct contact b/w billionaire Marc Rowan, CEO & co-founder of Apollo Global Management and a Trump appointee to the Gaza “Board of Peace,” & convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, undercutting Apollo’s long-standing claims it never did business...
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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Today's quick update [Feb 5]:

- Sudan Doctors Network: at least 22 people killed and 8 others injured in RSF drone strike on a hospital in Alkuweik, South Kordofan (red).

- This is the second consecutive drone strike on the town in 2 days.

#KeepEyesOnSudan
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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🇸🇸 South Sudan | Jonglei State

Save the Children says armed gangs looted & burned its field office in Walgak, Akobo County, destroying its primary health care center & forcing an indefinite suspension of operations and evacuation of 30 staff. The attack follows the seizure of four Save the...
February 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM