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Sounds like “software as a service” being proposed.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Trump is signaling Venezuela ground strikes are a-coming! Now what?
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“Congress has largely been focused on the double-tap strike. But the consensus among experts is that the entirety of the strikes is illegal.”
@naomilachance.bsky.social breaks down the details of Trump’s recent strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and what makes them illegal.
@naomilachance.bsky.social breaks down the details of Trump’s recent strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and what makes them illegal.
December 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Trump is signaling Venezuela ground strikes are a-coming! Now what?
How about a Congressional Resolution using a presidential clemency to pardon serious drug traffickers and other federal offenders constitutes abuse of executive authority, endangers public safety, and warrants review, limitation, and potential revocation through legislative and constitutional means?
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
How about a Congressional Resolution using a presidential clemency to pardon serious drug traffickers and other federal offenders constitutes abuse of executive authority, endangers public safety, and warrants review, limitation, and potential revocation through legislative and constitutional means?
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Government auditors said known problems with the Osprey have gone unresolved for years and in some cases at least a decade.
GAO: Services aren’t sharing information on longtime Osprey problems
Government auditors said known problems with the Osprey have gone unresolved for years and in some cases at least a decade.
www.defensenews.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Government auditors said known problems with the Osprey have gone unresolved for years and in some cases at least a decade.
Long overdue, this should have been a preempt instead of an after thought!
The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block President Trump’s construction of a large new ballroom on White House grounds, arguing that he violated at least four laws in bypassing any review process.
National Trust Sues to Block Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction
The lawsuit seeks to force President Trump to submit his ballroom plans for public review and input.
nyti.ms
December 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Long overdue, this should have been a preempt instead of an after thought!
Plain yogurt without sugar!
The average American eats nearly 14 pounds of yogurt each year, and there is a head-spinning amount of it that can be found in the dairy aisle. To make sense of it all, we tasted 54 plain cow’s milk yogurts. Here are the best: nyti.ms/44eoMn3
11 Yogurts Worth Their Weight in Granola
We tasted 54 plain yogurts to find the very best traditional and Greek varieties worth their weight in granola.
nyti.ms
December 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Plain yogurt without sugar!
It would be helpful to explain why Canadian housing permits increased by 14%? Oh it’s not supply and demand
Canadian housing permits jumped 14% in data released today, hitting the 4th-highest level in modern history as multifamily permits hit the 3rd-highest ever
Canada is now on track to allow roughly 300k housing units this year
Canada is now on track to allow roughly 300k housing units this year
December 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It would be helpful to explain why Canadian housing permits increased by 14%? Oh it’s not supply and demand
China’s radar lock on ASDF aircraft are not minor incidents. There have been many others. As Australia’s defense minister warns, Russia and China act as if already at war. Escalating military posturing risks catastrophic miscalculation. Firm consequences are needed, not wishful restraint!
Editorial: China’s increasingly aggressive military actions toward Japan, highlighted by a recent radar lock-on incident, reflect a growing pattern of pressure that Tokyo and its allies must counter with steady vigilance.
Lock-on incident shows China will continue to test Japan
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi disputed China’s claim that it had given warning about the exercises, arguing that there was “insufficient information to avoid danger.”
ebx.sh
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
China’s radar lock on ASDF aircraft are not minor incidents. There have been many others. As Australia’s defense minister warns, Russia and China act as if already at war. Escalating military posturing risks catastrophic miscalculation. Firm consequences are needed, not wishful restraint!
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Trump's trade war is the largest expansion of US tariffs in modern history, but despite that 60% of American imports still came in tariff-free last month
The largest exemption? A $33B carveout for computers, a massive chunk of which are the large GPUs bought for AI data centers
The largest exemption? A $33B carveout for computers, a massive chunk of which are the large GPUs bought for AI data centers
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trump's trade war is the largest expansion of US tariffs in modern history, but despite that 60% of American imports still came in tariff-free last month
The largest exemption? A $33B carveout for computers, a massive chunk of which are the large GPUs bought for AI data centers
The largest exemption? A $33B carveout for computers, a massive chunk of which are the large GPUs bought for AI data centers
The sudden wave of commentary about Trump’s health feels like déjà vu after the Biden saga. The country can’t endure another cycle of denial and crisis. Enough is enough—America deserves honest leadership and transparency
Trump is dozing off in meetings. He’s wandering during ceremonies. His rants are more unhinged, his temper shorter, and he’s suddenly getting MRIs the White House can’t explain. Something is wrong — and they’re hiding it
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Alarming Signs of a President in Decline
Trump is showing confusion, fatigue, erratic behavior, and unexplained medical tests — and the White House won’t level with the public about what’s happening.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The sudden wave of commentary about Trump’s health feels like déjà vu after the Biden saga. The country can’t endure another cycle of denial and crisis. Enough is enough—America deserves honest leadership and transparency
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Gift article: The connection between the Tate brothers and the Trump’s. How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Gift article: The connection between the Tate brothers and the Trump’s. How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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The billions being spent in the AI boom aren't solving California's tech job market because 1) investment money is not generating many coding jobs 2) the problem is primarily local (lack of new housing & general high cost of living) rather than cyclical
www.apricitas.io/p/california...
www.apricitas.io/p/california...
California Keeps Losing Tech Jobs
Amidst the AI Boom, Employment in Silicon Valley is Shrinking
www.apricitas.io
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The billions being spent in the AI boom aren't solving California's tech job market because 1) investment money is not generating many coding jobs 2) the problem is primarily local (lack of new housing & general high cost of living) rather than cyclical
www.apricitas.io/p/california...
www.apricitas.io/p/california...
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California continues losing tech jobs—in data released today, the Golden State lost more than 18k jobs over the last year and its share of US tech employment dipped to the lowest level since 2013
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
California continues losing tech jobs—in data released today, the Golden State lost more than 18k jobs over the last year and its share of US tech employment dipped to the lowest level since 2013
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In the same way that "The Handmaid’s Tale" looms over abortion politics, or "The Terminator" lurks over artificial intelligence, "The Camp of the Saints" hangs over immigration politics, Idrees Kalhoon writes:
The Return of MAGA’s Favorite Forbidden Book
What an apocalyptic French novel about a migrant invasion reveals about the worldview of nationalist conservatives
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In the same way that "The Handmaid’s Tale" looms over abortion politics, or "The Terminator" lurks over artificial intelligence, "The Camp of the Saints" hangs over immigration politics, Idrees Kalhoon writes:
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The cost of Trump's tariffs continues to hit new highs in data released this morning—import taxes are running at a $350B/yr pace for the first time in history, nearly 5x what they were this time last year
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The cost of Trump's tariffs continues to hit new highs in data released this morning—import taxes are running at a $350B/yr pace for the first time in history, nearly 5x what they were this time last year
@thornbecker.bsky.social can you repost Moonshot?
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@thornbecker.bsky.social can you repost Moonshot?
The U.S. model arose from a unique moment that cannot be replicated indefinitely. China’s bid to replicate that model may already be outliving its historical window. As in Alice in Wonderland, time itself keeps shifting, and great-power formulas expire the moment they are mastered.
For China, the US's greatest export was never democracy or consumer culture - it was the template for global power itself.
Read our Senior Research Fellow Yu Jie's latest analysis for
@foreignpolicy.com 👇
Read our Senior Research Fellow Yu Jie's latest analysis for
@foreignpolicy.com 👇
Three Lessons China Learned from the United States
America’s greatest export was never democracy or consumer culture. It was the template for global power itself.
foreignpolicy.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The U.S. model arose from a unique moment that cannot be replicated indefinitely. China’s bid to replicate that model may already be outliving its historical window. As in Alice in Wonderland, time itself keeps shifting, and great-power formulas expire the moment they are mastered.
Reposted
For China, the US's greatest export was never democracy or consumer culture - it was the template for global power itself.
Read our Senior Research Fellow Yu Jie's latest analysis for
@foreignpolicy.com 👇
Read our Senior Research Fellow Yu Jie's latest analysis for
@foreignpolicy.com 👇
Three Lessons China Learned from the United States
America’s greatest export was never democracy or consumer culture. It was the template for global power itself.
foreignpolicy.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
For China, the US's greatest export was never democracy or consumer culture - it was the template for global power itself.
Read our Senior Research Fellow Yu Jie's latest analysis for
@foreignpolicy.com 👇
Read our Senior Research Fellow Yu Jie's latest analysis for
@foreignpolicy.com 👇
We’ve seen this movie before: aging leaders surrounded by loyalists unwilling to confront hard truths. The question now is whether the country is bracing for another slow-moving political train wreck. The warning signs are familiar, but the willingness to act on them remains uncertain.
With more instances of Donald Trump appearing fatigued or forgetful, Americans are again seeing evidence of a president who lacks the energy to do his demanding job, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
The Enfeebling of the President
Trump is showing signs that he’s lost the physical stamina to do the job.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We’ve seen this movie before: aging leaders surrounded by loyalists unwilling to confront hard truths. The question now is whether the country is bracing for another slow-moving political train wreck. The warning signs are familiar, but the willingness to act on them remains uncertain.
“Die Another Day,” Icarus Project
The stealthy startup plans to use a network of satellites to harvest sunlight and send it to Earth using infrared lasers.
Overview Energy wants to beam energy from space to existing solar farms | TechCrunch
The stealthy startup plans to use a network of satellites to harvest sunlight and send it to Earth using infrared lasers.
techcrunch.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“Die Another Day,” Icarus Project
@wsj.com Trump’s U Turn on Nvidia Chips to China? It never was. Trump’s foreign policy is neither miscalculation nor reversal — it is a deliberate by reducing alliances and security commitments to a zero-sum ledger, he treats hard-won influence as expendable. His priority remains singular: himself.
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
@wsj.com Trump’s U Turn on Nvidia Chips to China? It never was. Trump’s foreign policy is neither miscalculation nor reversal — it is a deliberate by reducing alliances and security commitments to a zero-sum ledger, he treats hard-won influence as expendable. His priority remains singular: himself.
@nicollewallace.bsky.social compare Congressman Eric Schmitt response with VP Vance remarks when asked about Pardons on #ThisWeek. The verbiage is the same talking points // your low ratings, not going to embarrass the President, etc.
December 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
@nicollewallace.bsky.social compare Congressman Eric Schmitt response with VP Vance remarks when asked about Pardons on #ThisWeek. The verbiage is the same talking points // your low ratings, not going to embarrass the President, etc.
@bloomberg.com is #Trump having second thoughts that he’s no longer driving the bus? His pardon of a Texas Congressman who announces in turn he’s running as a Texas Democrats. And his flip flop on #CBS stating that since the #Paramount takeover CBS hasn’t changed.
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
@bloomberg.com is #Trump having second thoughts that he’s no longer driving the bus? His pardon of a Texas Congressman who announces in turn he’s running as a Texas Democrats. And his flip flop on #CBS stating that since the #Paramount takeover CBS hasn’t changed.
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Admissions and higher-education experts say President Trump’s ban on DEI is likely to hit an underrepresented group of applicants: men, and particularly White men.
Nationwide, the number of women on campuses has surpassed the number of men for more than four decades. https://wapo.st/3MdZKyn
Nationwide, the number of women on campuses has surpassed the number of men for more than four decades. https://wapo.st/3MdZKyn
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Admissions and higher-education experts say President Trump’s ban on DEI is likely to hit an underrepresented group of applicants: men, and particularly White men.
Nationwide, the number of women on campuses has surpassed the number of men for more than four decades. https://wapo.st/3MdZKyn
Nationwide, the number of women on campuses has surpassed the number of men for more than four decades. https://wapo.st/3MdZKyn
The fear Donald Trump may take extreme measures is no excuse for the nation to tremble in silence. His use of clemency has already crossed from recklessness into a clear and present danger to democratic norms. Now is the moment demands courage, scrutiny, and resistance—not quiet acceptance.
If you’re taking some satisfaction from the MAGA crackup, don’t let your guard down. It’s when Trump feels he’s in trouble that he does the biggest and craziest things to deflect attention. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-really-truly-the-end
Sunday thought: Really, truly, the end of Trump is near
MAGA is cracking up, but beware
robertreich.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The fear Donald Trump may take extreme measures is no excuse for the nation to tremble in silence. His use of clemency has already crossed from recklessness into a clear and present danger to democratic norms. Now is the moment demands courage, scrutiny, and resistance—not quiet acceptance.