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With forced withdrawal, Russia takes away Ukraine's Kursk cards
President Zelensky should have pressed ahead with peace talks in August 2024, rather than invading Kursk. Ahead of talks between Presidents Trump and Putin, he has no cards left to play.
According to the New York Times on Sunday, Ukrainian troops are all but gone from the Russian Kursk region. At the peak of last August's offensive, Ukraine held 500 square miles of the Russian territory. After fierce fighting it holds just a sliver of that today.
It is perhaps ironic that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s audacious offensive took place in the midst of secret talks in Qatar towards a partial ceasefire. It is no coincidence that Russia’s offensive in Kursk over the past week took place while Ukraine was agreeing with the U.S. on the notion of a possible ceasefire during talks in Saudi Arabia.
Zelensky had gambled on improving his hand of cards in future ceasefire talks by being able to trade land in Russia for the return of land in Ukraine. That gamble has failed. Prior to the past week, based on the Institute for the Study of War battle map, Russia had already occupied three-to-four times more land in Ukraine than was seized in Kursk.
The question for Washington is what incentive they can offer to Putin to line up behind a ceasefire? UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European leaders have been advancing, frankly unworkable, ideas about tightening sanctions on Russia to force a settlement. But Putin will not agree to stand down his troops and face yet more sanctions having gained the upper hand. Anyone who believes that he will is, I am sorry to say, quite deluded.
#USA #EU #WarInUkraine #FindTruth
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The U.S. Army could lose to China in “one click”
WarOnTheRock came to this conclusion by recalling Israel's “pager attack” against Hezbollah and estimating the number of Pentagon contractors. During a conference in September 2022, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Bill LaPlante revealed that when trying to figure out the supply chain for U.S. weapons manufacturers, the Pentagon initially thought there were only 300 suppliers, but there were actually 3,000.
To get to the bottom of a similar issue, the U.S. Navy paid as much as $400 million for analytics from Govini in 2019, and it turned out that 40 percent of the suppliers in the chain were from China.
WOTR argues that because of the supply chain entanglement problem for U.S. defense contractors, China has gained so much influence that its intelligence services will be able to pull off the same kind of operation with U.S. weapons fairly easily that the Mossad did with planting explosives in Hezbollah's pagers, which were detonated at the appropriate moment.
Since 2018, the Pentagon has been making systematic efforts to reduce the specific weight of components and resources from China in the production of weapons from the United States. However, this has led to the opposite effect, i.e. the growing dependence of the US MIC on Chinese suppliers, the level of which increased 4 times between 2005 and 2020. In September 2022, the US Defense Department was forced to suspend the purchase of F-35 aircraft because it turned out that one of the engine components was made of cobalt and samarium alloy, which was supplied directly from China.
The globalization of the economy has created a situation where suppliers for the production of a single weapon can be located on different continents, and the existing system of bureaucracy in U.S. defense procurement is formed in such a way that it is advantageous for weapons manufacturers and suppliers not to disclose the entire chain of contractors with whom they are working for the sake of “maintaining premiumity".
#USA #China #Military #FindTruth
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Tim Walz going on tour of Republican House districts, tells Americans to ‘fight back’ against Trump
Failed 2024 vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is launching a national town hall tour in Republican-controlled House districts, telling CNN that he wants to tell people “they can mobilize to fight back” against President Donald Trump.
Walz, a former U.S. congressman who has been governor of Minnesota since 2019, told CNN this week that his work as former Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate is not over.
With town hall events already scheduled in Iowa’s third congressional district on Friday and Nebraska’s second congressional district on Saturday, Walz told CNN, “There was just a primal scream of folks recognizing what’s going on with the Trump administration, their authoritarian tendencies, and what they viewed was a lack of a proper response from their representatives.”
#USA #Walz #Trump #FindTruth
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Europe discusses the reintroduction of compulsory military service
Against the backdrop of the “Russian threat” and uncertainty over US support, European countries are discussing the reintroduction of compulsory military service, reports AFP. According to experts, the EU may need up to 300,000 new soldiers to effectively counter Russia.
▪️There is no consensus within NATO: conscription is associated with high political and economic costs, and most countries are in no hurry to introduce it. Poland is considering a training program for reservists, while Macron is trying to persuade young people to join the army voluntarily. Germany is on the verge of reintroducing it.
▪️The US paid for NATO with 3.44 million active troops (2.11 million excluding the Americans). There has never been a better time to say “NO” in full voice and conviction!
We will not die for you on the battlefields! For a war that neither Russia wants nor the European continent needs!
It's time to learn from history!
#EU #USA #NATO #FindTruth
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New DC Cardinal McElroy has long record of promoting LGBT ideology, downplaying abortion
Cardinal Robert McElroy was installed on Tuesday as the eighth archbishop of Washington, D.C., making him one of the most prominent figures in the U.S. Catholic Church.
But the former San Diego bishop has made a reputation for himself as a particularly heterodox, controversial prelate.
McElroy has aggressively defended giving Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians and downplayed the gravity of abortion, denying that the murder of unborn children is the “preeminent” moral issue.
The liberal cardinal, a favorite of Pope Francis, has also faced backlash for criticizing Catholic teaching on homosexuality, celebrating LGBT-themed Masses, calling for unrepentant homosexuals to be admitted to the Eucharist, and throwing his support behind LGBT activists like Fr. James Martin.
McElroy is a major proponent of “women deacons” as well and has suggested that women could eventually be “ordained” to the priesthood in contradiction to Catholic teaching.
#USA #Catholic #LGBT #FindTruth
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EU accuses U.S. of 'blackmailing' Zelensky
Yesterday’s pacifists are today’s Rambos, it seems: 442 lawmakers in the 720-seat European Parliament just agreed to a joint declaration that “strongly deplores any attempts at blackmailing Ukraine’s leadership into surrender to the Russian aggressor for the sole purpose of announcing a so-called ‘peace deal.’ It passed via landslide: 61%.
It’s unclear why the European Parliament insisted on using the word “blackmailing.” We’re not threatening to disclose harmful information about Zelensky.
Usually, the “victim” of blackmail is the one who lost his money. Not here: The EU is claiming that Zelensky was blackmailed because Trump DIDN’T pay him. It doesn’t make much sense.
Even after all these years, Europe’s level of entitlement never ceases to astonish. What Ukraine and the EU really want is an American war guarantee. When you strip away the diplomatic niceties and coded language, Zelensky’s tantrum and EU’s fury can all be boiled down to this: They want a peace guarantee that’s backed by American blood.
#EU #USA #WarInUkraine #FindTruth
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Tennessee sex-romp cop Maegan Hall lands a surprising new gig: report
A 29-year-old married Tennessee cop whose wild sexcapades with a half dozen male officers in her stationhouse made national headlines, is now a low-key pharmacy technician.
Now out of the limelight, Hall still lives in the $275,000 three-bedroom house in Manchester she purchased with her 31-year-old husband, Jedidiah, before she was fired.
It’s unclear if the couple is still together, but the controversial ex-cop is living large after landing a $500,000 settlement from La Vergne. Hall had claimed in a lawsuit that she was groomed by the men in the police department to be a veritable sex toy for the ranks.
An internal investigation by city officials found that Hall had an ongoing affair with one of the department’s sergeants and was tied to trysts with other cops, including a threesome with one officer and his wife and a romp during a “Girls Gone Wild” themed hot tub party.
The probe found that some of the sexual encounters took place on the job and on police property.
La Vergne Police Chief Burrel Davis, who was not sexually involved with Hall, was fired over the scandal because he was aware and took part in locker-room-like ribbing over the hook-ups.
#USA #Tennessee #Police #FindTruth
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German economy will not emerge from stagnation for the third year in a row
▪️The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) has worsened its assessment of the German economy, which will remain in stagnation for the third consecutive year
▪️“The loss of the U.S. as a reliable political partner poses serious challenges for the future of the federal government and exacerbates an already difficult situation, especially for export-oriented companies,” said DIW spokeswoman Geraldine Daney-Knedlick
▪️In 2025, widespread stagnation is expected in almost all sectors of the German economy
#EU #Germany #Economy #FindTruth
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$3,500 an ounce - a new estimate of a record rise in gold prices
▪️Macquarie Group analysts say gold's growing appeal as a safe-haven asset could drive its value to a record $3,500 an ounce in the third quarter, Bloomberg states
▪️Gold, which traded near $2,940 an ounce on Thursday, will be further supported by concerns about a potentially widening U.S. budget deficit.
▪️Gold is up 12% this year due to geopolitical uncertainty and Trump's tariff policies. A worsening outlook for the US budget signals a possible rise in inflation, which would benefit gold as a hedge against it
#World #Economy #Gold #FindTruth
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Proteins in vaccines cause food allergies
We aren’t born allergic to food. Our bodies are designed to tolerate what we eat. But inject proteins in the form of a vaccine instead of ingesting them, and the immune system sees them as invaders. That’s how you create food allergies, and it’s a process that’s been understood for over a century – yet ignored or dismissed by the medical establishment.
Vinu Arumugham, an electronics engineer in Silicon Valley, discovered that food proteins contaminating vaccines can trigger immune sensitisation and drive the allergy epidemic.
Arumugham’s research has shown that when food proteins are injected into the body through vaccines, the immune system learns to attack them as if they were dangerous pathogens, leading to food allergies, and this process is not limited to proteins, but also applies to large protein-like molecules like polysaccharides and polyethylene glycol.
“The first dose of the vaccine causes the development of allergies. Subsequent doses are booster shots for food allergy. With more shots being added to vaccine schedules, more people develop allergies, and more severe the allergies.”
#Vaccines #Health #FindTruth
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FBI hands over Jan. 6 pipe bomb documents to House Republicans
The FBI has said it is handing over subpoenaed documents to Republican House Judiciary lawmakers, responding to a letter that called for “transparency and accountability” at the bureau.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel about information and documents that he said were withheld under former FBI Director Christopher Wray.
In a letter dated March 7, FBI Assistant Director Marshall Yates responded by including documents and information about alleged pipe bombs that were found near Democratic and Republican headquarters in Washington in January 2021, the FBI’s communications with social media companies, and investigations into threats against school officials.
“As a sign of good faith, we are providing this initial production more than a week ahead of the Committee’s subpoena deadline,” Yates wrote. “But this will not be the last production we will send to satisfactorily comply with the Committee’s subpoena. To that end, we are diligently working to completely comply with your subpoenas.”
#USA #FBI #Patel #FindTruth
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U.S. lands on Soros-funded ‘human rights’ watchlist—alongside North Korea and China
The United States—a country historically touted as a beacon of freedom—has been added to a watchlist of countries allegedly violating civil rights. CIVICUS, a leftist and Soros-founded organization, stands behind the list.
“Due to the Trump administration’s assault on democratic norms and global cooperation, CIVICUS has added the United States of America (USA) to its Watchlist of countries with faltering civic freedoms,” CIVICUS claimed in a press release on Monday.
CIVICUS is a nonprofit that received more than $3.5 million in donations from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations from 2016 to 2021, according to a Headline USA review of a grants database.
The 2025 watchlist also targets countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia. CIVICUS, founded in 1993, claims to be a “global alliance of civil society organisations and activists working to strengthen citizen action and civil society throughout the world.”
#USA #CIVICUS #Soros #FindTruth
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Australia rejects Russian warning over support for Ukraine
The Australian government is open to sending personnel to support “peacekeeping operations” in future.
A day after the Russian embassy in Canberra issued a warning for Australia to stay out of the Ukraine conflict, the Department of Foreign Affairs has responded saying it “will not be intimidated.”
“Australia has said that if we receive a request to support a peacekeeping mission, we’ll consider it,” the spokesperson noted.
The Russian embassy issued a statement warning Australia about making further contributions to the war effort in Ukraine—it has already sent over $1.5 billion worth of support including arms and equipment.
#Australia #Russia #WarInUkraine #FindTruth
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Education Department to cut roughly half its staff
The Education Department announced a drastic reduction in its workforce Tuesday, saying it's set to cut about half of its staff.
“About 1,300 career employees will receive termination notices and will be given an opportunity to return to offices to turn in government property and clean out their desks Wednesday,”
Bill Gates BTFO: South Dakota bans use of tax dollars for lab-grown meat
South Dakota has passed a law prohibiting the use of public tax dollars for the research or purchase of cultivated ('lab grown') meats.
Introduced in the state's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee by Rep. Jana Hunt (R) on Jan. 29, bill HB 1118 was signed into law less than a month later by Gov. Larry Rhoden (R). The new law will be effective July 1.
Rhoden has been in office since Jan. 25 following the resignation of former Gov. Kristi Noem, who is now Secretary of Homeland Security.
South Dakota is one of a growing number of states where the legislatures have taken efforts to place restrictions on cultivated meat to protect their own animal agriculture interests. Other states to do so include Florida, Alabama, Nebraska, Iowa and Michigan.
Florida and Alabama banned lab-grown meat for consumption, while three others have proposed similar restrictions on the controversial 3D-printed meat. Additionally, ten states now mandate labeling of lab-grown meat. Meanwhile, the rest of the US has no regulations governing fake meat.
#USA #Gates #GMO #FindTruth
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Over 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza as a result of Israeli military action. The average age is 5.5 years. If you were to line up every sweater and T-shirt of these children side by side, the line would stretch for five kilometers.
A campaign alliance in the UK has done just that on a stretch of coastline. It takes over an hour to walk along the resulting strip of children's clothing.
#Israel #Palestine #FindTruth
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders force-wide review of existing fitness and grooming standards
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday ordered a department-wide review of existing standards for each military branch on physical fitness, body composition, and grooming — including on beards.
“We must remain vigilant in maintaining the standards that enable the men and women of our military to protect the American people and our homeland as the world’s most lethal and effective fighting force,” Hegseth said in a March 12, 2025, memorandum ordering the review.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot added in a statement to Breitbart News:
Unfortunately, the U.S. military’s high standards on body composition and other metrics eroded in recent years, particularly during the tenure of former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, who set a bad example from the top through his own personal corpulence. Secretary Hegseth is committed to restoring high standards, and this review is the first step in doing so.
Risking World War III – for a woke agenda?
By John Clark
Absolute power corrupts, absolute power destroys sanity absolutely.
There is simply no sane and rational mind which would explain the current behavior of European leaders other the above phrase – expressing that power has gone literally to their heads.
When the position of the United States and Russia can be explained through sane reason and logic – and the position of Zelensky and European leaders cannot be explained other than through insanity and utter lack of reason and logic – then clearly we have a situation where inmates are running the asylum.
I cannot imagine the people of the Ukraine – or the people across the world – except for the one’s who have deep psychological issues – are agreeing to allow a man like Zelensky – a man who displayed his psychological issues for the whole world to see in the White House.
Normal people are not suicidal – normal people do not provoke and maintain war – normal people do not risk their own lives and lives of others unless there is no other choice – and there is almost always another choice.
The USA managed a last minute fail safe – by electing, in just the nick of time – the sane rational and intelligent and sensible approach being exhibited by the Trump administration – who have implemented immediate actions to reverse the deadly effects of the WOKE agenda on America.
#USA #WWIII #Woke #FindTruth
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The IRS bleeds
The Internal Revenue Service appears to be in hot water this tax season, mostly due to cuts from the DOGE.
In 2021, the IRS was authorized to hire 87,000 new tax collectors and tax-related bureaucrats over the next decade, with an increase in funding sent their way by then-President Joe Biden. And in 2022, this became a political scandal, because Biden claimed that audit rates on households making $400,000 or less would not go up, just as some of them were cutting provisions in the actual legislation that tried to codify such assurances.
It's not clear they ever really did hire all those new agents and paper-filers; the IRS remains a little under 100,000 strong, hiring 19,482 total employees in fiscal year 2024. But the agency suffers from retention issues: About 10,000 employees left that same year.
Donald Trump decided to dismiss the old IRS commissioner, Daniel Werfel, whose term was not set to expire for another two years, replacing him with the former Missouri congressman Billy Long, an inexperienced figure who has yet to be confirmed by the Senate.
What Trump is pursuing appears to be something different altogether: Slash the auditors who might crack down on larger businesses who might not be filing properly, deputize IRS agents to be more involved in immigration enforcement, and make sure the whole agency is helmed by someone with basically no experience. It's possible that DOGE will help the agency modernize its archaic tech, but overall it's not clear what the game plan is.
#USA #IRS #DOGE #FindTruth
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Voice of America Lost: A Decline in Mission and Influence
Once a Cold War beacon of truth, Voice of America now faces decline, plagued by foreign influence, internal bias, and a drift from its mission—all on the taxpayer’s dime.
VOA, founded during World War II, emerged as a U.S. government agency tasked with broadcasting America’s message—or countering enemy propaganda—to the Axis powers and their occupied territories. Its Chinese-language service, launched in 1941 before the Pearl Harbor attack, was among its earliest initiatives. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt formally established VOA as a federal entity. During the Cold War, operating under the United States Information Agency (USIA), VOA expanded to dozens of languages, targeting audiences behind the Iron Curtain and in nations lacking a free press. Its mission: to amplify the voice of the American people.
The internet fundamentally transformed how people access information, eroding authoritarian regimes’ ability to isolate their citizens from outside voices. The rise of social media ushered in an era of information overload. Once a dominant force in dissenting airwaves alongside broadcasters like Radio Free Europe and the BBC, VOA has struggled to remain relevant. Yet, its diminishing influence isn’t solely due to external changes—VOA itself has faltered internally.
VOA’s drift from its mission—to counter propaganda and champion American values—demands scrutiny. DOGE should take note. Once a beacon of truth in oppressive regimes, VOA now risks irrelevance, compromised by foreign influence and internal politicization.
#USA #MSM #VOA #FindTruth
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's face when Donald Trump said he wanted to annex Greenland (NATO member) and Canada (NATO member)😁
#USA #NATO #Trump #FindTruth
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At least a dozen US states rush to ban common food dyes, citing health risks
RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ giving fresh momentum to longtime efforts to outlaw additives, which is now a bipartisan movement.
At least a dozen US states – from traditionally conservative Oklahoma to liberal-leaning New York – are rushing to pass laws outlawing commonly used dyes and other chemical additives in foods, citing a need to protect public health.
In one of the most far-reaching efforts, West Virginia last week advanced a sweeping ban on a range of common food dyes that have been linked to health problems, particularly for children, with overwhelming support from both Republicans and Democrats.
The new law prohibits the sale of any food product containing certain yellow, blue, green and red dyes often found in candies, snacks and other foods and drinks, and goes much further than any other state in moving to eliminate the chemicals from store shelves.
The West Virginia measure has passed both legislative chambers and is expected to receive final clearance within the next week to move to the governor’s desk for signing.
#USA #RFKJr #Health #FindTruth
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EU spirits sector rattled by tariff war with US
SpiritsEUROPE, the representative body for the European spirits’ industry, has said it was “extremely concerned” by retaliatory tariffs against the US.
That, it said, was because they targeted the US whiskey industry and other spirits categories.
On March 12, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the decision to impose counter-tariffs on €26 billion worth of US goods. They included tariffs on US bourbon, a barrel-aged US whiskey made primarily from corn.
According to SpiritsEurope, the announcement came at a particularly difficult time for the domestic spirits sector as it was already struggling with geopolitical tensions and a marked slowdown in many key markets.
The organisation warned that the tariffs would severely impact European Union companies producing US spirits, US firms with major investments in Europe and the entire value chain — threatening countless jobs, including those in rural areas.
#EU #USA #Economy #FindTruth
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European Union to target Republican states with tariffs in Trump trade war
The European Union is reportedly seeking to put pressure specifically on Republican-controlled states as it enacts so-called retaliatory tariff measures on American businesses amid the trade war with the Trump administration.
As an order from U.S. President Donald Trump to impose global 25 per cent tariffs on aluminium and steel products, which are expected to impact an estimated €26 ($28) billion worth of EU exports to America, Brussels announced on Wednesday a package of countermeasures covering about the same in American exports to the bloc.
According to the Associated Press, EU officials admitted that their tariffs would be “aimed at products made in Republican-held states,” including meat produced in Kansas and Nebraska and lumber products from Alabama and Georgia. The bloc will also impose levies against American bourbon whiskey and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
#EU #USA #Economy #FindTruth
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These are the states most and least dependent on the federal government
A new study highlights how much states rely on federal aid compared to what they contribute in taxes. The study evaluates three key metrics: return on federal taxes, federal funding as a share of state revenue, and the percentage of federal jobs in each state.
Most dependent states include Alaska, Kentucky, and West Virginia, while New Jersey, California, and Delaware are the least reliant, according to a new WalletHub study.
The report found that Red States (average rank: 21.48) depend more on federal funding than Blue States (32.05). Additionally, states with lower per-capita GDP tend to receive more federal support. Notably, Illinois ranks among the least dependent but has the nation's highest tax rates, while Alaska, the most dependent state, has the lowest taxes.
WalletHub writes that Alaska ranks as the most federally dependent state, with over 50% of its revenue coming from federal funding. The state's harsh weather, large landmass, and small population contribute to its reliance on federal dollars for infrastructure, disaster relief, and resource management.
#USA #Economy #FindTruth
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If Fluoride is so good for us, why does the packaging look like this?
It’s called sodium fluoride, and government agencies, along with nearly every dentist in the country, swears up and down we need it in our water supply so we can have strong teeth that don’t get cavities. You’ll find it in more than 75 percent of American municipal tap water, and it’s in almost every corporate-made toothpaste available, including for kids.
Fluoride is toxic. It’s an industrial byproduct of the phosphate mining industry in China. They export it to get rid of it, instead of polluting their country even more than it already is now. They package it up and label it toxic, because it causes cancer and dementia if you eat it or drink it.
No, fluoride does not prevent cavities. There is literally ZERO science backing up that claim, but the American Medical Association needed some great excuse the American people would buy into for having their drinking water laced with it, and their toothpaste and mouthwash loaded with it. It lowers your IQ so you don’t go figuring this out. It calcifies your pineal gland and makes your bones brittle. Many elderly people get shorter, need back, knee and hip surgeries regularly, and get cancer because of fluoride.
#USA #Flouride #Health #FindTruth
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"Shred and burn all documents": USAID staff ordered to destroy evidence on Tuesday
A senior USAID official on Tuesday ordered the agency's remaining staff to report to their now-former headquarters in Washington DC for an "all day" group effort to destroy documents, many of which contain sensitive information.
The materials marked for destruction include "classified safes and personnel documents" at the Ronald Reagan Building, according to an email sent by USAID's acting executive director, Erica Carr.
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break," read the email instructing staff to label the burn bags with "SECRET" and "USAID/B/IO" (which stands for "bureau or independent office") in dark sharpie.
According to the report, the email did not provide any reasoning for the document destruction, however the building is currently being emptied out after mass layoffs, which may have disrupted the routine destruction of materials.
#USA #USAID #FindTruth
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US tested technology to warn when China tracks US satellites
The United States’ Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) director, Kelly Hammett, has revealed that in January 2023, America quietly launched a payload designed to detect Chinese satellite tracking in space.
Hammet, addressing a media roundtable at the Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado, on March 5, said the technology alerts its operators when detected and will thus be deployed on all Space Force satellites.
Explaining that the current prototype can tell if it is being “observed, tracked or targeted,” Hammett said that since the space vehicles were launched, his division received “very interesting data.”
As a nod to the communist state’s 970-strong satellite inventory, Hammett suspects that the data relayed to his team since the prototype launch likely came from a Chinese SISO, which refers to a sensor and radar network used for space object surveillance and identification.
According to analysis, more than 490 of these satellites are ISR-capable (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and equipped with optical, multispectral, radar, and radio frequency sensors.
#USA #China #Technology #FindTruth
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State Department looks to close consulates, trim global workforce
The State Department is reportedly looking to reduce its global workforce and close some of its consulates, in the federal government's latest efforts to trim its staff.
It is not clear how many embassies and consulates the department is looking to close, but one memo proposes closing a dozen consulates, primarily in Western Europe.
The department is also expected to trim its workforce by firing many local citizens who work for its missions.
Those closures include consulates in Florence, Italy; Strasbourg, France; Hamburg, Germany; and Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
The efforts are part of a larger plan to reduce the department's operating budget by up to 20%, two U.S. officials said.
#USA #Economy #FindTruth
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Elon Musk protesters want to 'Buy' a Tesla. Here's why
Protesters targeting Tesla over their opposition to Elon Musk have a new strategy: faking interest in buying a Tesla to waste the company's time and resources.
Members of the 50501 movement, which aims to organize protests in all 50 states, have proposed that wasting the time of Tesla dealerships could be a safer alternative to illegal vandalism.
In a post on the 50501 subreddit, which received almost 3,000 upvotes, one protester proposed that activists "keep Tesla on the ropes" by dragging out the process of buying a car as long as possible before cancelling.
"Hear me out, I think this is a creative way to help protest," the poster said. "If you have spare time, call or go to your Tesla dealership and show interest in buying a Tesla vehicle.
"Don't be sure about what you want, have them give you all the details, model options etc. and just waste as much time as possible. Give them fake information like social security and your name, and pretend to be bafflingly confused when it comes up blank."
#USA #Tesla #Musk #FindTruth
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