‘Right now, there are no hard nos from Republicans for any of President Trump's nominees, because they're really good people’ — Jason Miller Trump Senior Advisor
It’s not that easy…
#TrumpPicks
‘I don’t feel the need to respond to CNN’ — Pete Hegseth
The most trusted name in news…
#CNN #TrumpPicks
Diddy with more lawsuits, 3 men accuse Combs of 'drugging and gang raping' them
Three men at two different hotels say Diddy went wild on them, drugging and raping them in Manhattan and at his Hamptons estate as recently as 2022, according to court documents.
One of the men says when Combs was finished raping him, he handed him off to others, another says he saw “a man and a woman sitting on the bed recording the rape on a camera,” his suit claims.
#Diddy
Trump posing for his Time Magazine Person of the Year photo shoot
Still got it?
#Trump #Time
Short-timer US Secretary of State Blinken making promises as he SLAMS the door
“For the first time in decades, Syria has an opportunity to have a government that is run by and answers to the people, not dominated by a dictator, religious or ethnic group, or outside power,” Blinken said.
Sounds like Iraq and Afghanistan all over again…
Biden handing out pardons at record pace, the largest act of clemency in history
The largest single-day act of clemency in the US, President Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and issues 39 pardons on Thursday.
“The United States is a nation of second chances,” Biden said.
How many of his buddies will he let off the hook?
#Biden #Pardons
❗️BBC radio suspended for three months in Niger — Al Arabiya
Niger govt accusing BBC of airing “erroneous information likely to destabilize social peace and undermine the morale of the troops” fighting extremists.
#BBC #Niger
EU: Assad's gone. It's safe now, off you go.
Syrians: Think we're falling for that 'rebel'... after seeing that CNN video! GO to hell…
#Syria #CNN
US President Joe Biden selling off border wall construction materials for 5 bucks — Daily Wire report
Biden is rushing to auction off unused border wall materials, as a middle-finger to Trump before he takes office. The US border wall materials on the Govt Auction site are going for a whopping $5.
Anyone want to bet... they just sell it back to Trump at triple the price…
#Trump #Biden #BorderWall
Guangdong’s latest engineering marvel: The Huangmaohai Passage changes the game for commuters
South China’s Greater Bay Area adds another jewel to its infrastructure crown with the opening of the Huangmaohai Passage.
This 31-km engineering feat cuts travel between Zhuhai and Jiangmen to just 30 minutes and cements Guangdong’s reputation for world-class connectivity.
#China
Africa will have permanent Security Council seats until 2026 – UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has vowed that Africa will have two permanent seats on the Security Council before his tenure ends in 2026.
“At the present moment, we have, I would say, a consensus of the P5 [five permanent members] that two permanent African members should exist in the Security Council. So, the most difficult obstacle is overcome,” he said.
#UN #Africa
West will ‘betray’ Ukraine – Slovakian PM
Robert Fico has claimed that Kiev “will lose territory,” possibly up to a third of its land, and “will not be invited to NATO,” while “the Russians are gaining more and more territory and the sanctions are not working.”
He concluded that Ukraine “has allowed itself to be dragged into this adventure that cannot end well for the country.”
#Ukraine
RFK Jr. wants to prove CIA killed his uncle – Report
John F. Kennedy's nephew is lobbying the proposal to nominate Amaryllis Fox Kennedy as the deputy director of the CIA to uncover the truth of his uncle's death, according to Axios.
An anonymous Republican source said on Wednesday that RFK Jr. has long suspected the CIA of being behind the assassination and "wants to get to the bottom of it.”
#RFK #CIA #US
Police probe if Luigi Mangione’s family knew about CEO murder
Authorities continue to investigate the brazen assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, now questioning whether Luigi Mangione's powerful and moneyed family knew he was hiding in plain sight.
Luigi Mangione's mother had reported him missing to police weeks before the shooting, but the circumstances of her statement – and whether the family contacted him afterward – remain murky.
So far, investigators have uncovered no evidence that the Mangione clan attempted to meddle in the case.
#UnitedShooting
South Korean MPs resume impeachment push over president’s martial law debacle
South Korea's opposition submitted a second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol over his martial law order votes, media reported Thursday. Passing requires two-thirds of the 300 National Assembly.
#SouthKorea
FBI had undercover agents in the crowd on January 6
FBI had 26 confidential human sources on the ground at the January 6th rally and some of them went into the Capitol, according to the Inspector General report.
This is all new information as former FBI Director Chris Wray denied ever having agents in the crowd.
Was this a cover-up?
#FBI
‘The money your oppressors stole from you literally went up in smoke’ — Netanyahu
Bibi taunts Tehran in video address "to the Iranian people."
#Israel #Iran
Still our favorite pie-in-the-face (and this one definitely wasn't staged)
Bill Gates in Brussels in 1998.
Looks like a few pies…
#BillGates
⚡️China's Xi not expected at Trump's inauguration — Reports
#China #Xi
Syrian 'rebels' doing rebellious things, this is the grave of Assad's father
#Syria
⚡️Enron’s new CEO Connor Gaydos gets pie-faced walking the streets of New York
#Enron
⚡️IDF says it struck Hezbollah operatives spotted ‘violating ceasefire’ in southern Lebanon — TOI
#Israel #Ceasefire
‘There is no evidence of foreign based involvement’: WH John Kirby deflects fears of mysterious NJ drones
John Kirby: “Our investigation was unable to corroborate ANY OF THE REPORTS about the mysterious drone sightings.”
"Many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft that are being operated lawfully,” Kirby continued.
Hmmm…
#Drones
❗️The Gukesh Gambit! India's 18-year-old chess prodigy makes history becoming the youngest-ever WORLD champion with victory over Ding Liren in Singapore
#India
❗️‘It's time to shift to a wartime mindset and turbocharge defense production and spending’ — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
So… Nothing’s changed…
#NATO
❗️Donald Trump rings New York Stock Exchange opening bell after being named TIME's 'Person of the Year'
#Trump
US deficit hits record $624B – worst-ever start to fiscal year
The US budget deficit for October and November 2024 reached $624.2 billion – 64% higher than the same period last year and the highest ever for the first two months of a fiscal year.
Growth in debt-funded spending has even surpassed levels seen during the COVID-19 crisis.
No DOGE alone is gonna help there
#US
❗️Anti-Assad forces to suspend Syrian constitution, parliament for duration of three-month transition period – statement
#Syria
❗️Trump opposes long-range strikes on Russia with US weaponry
“I disagree very vehemently with sending missiles hundreds of miles into Russia. Why are we doing that?” Donald Trump told Time magazine. “We’re just escalating this war and making it worse.”
Trump noted that he does not want the US to completely abandon Ukraine. “I want to reach an agreement,” he says, “and the only way you’re going to reach an agreement is not to abandon,” he said.
#Trump #Ukraine
