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American authorities may approve the country's first major bill aimed at protecting children from harm on the Internet, TechCrunch writes. The law is called the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)
In 2024, the bill received majority approval in the United States Senate, but was rejected in the House of Representatives. The updated version presented this week has already gained the support of 62 senators from different parties, as well as major IT companies Apple, Microsoft, Snap and X, which significantly increases the likelihood of its adoption in 2025.
If the document is approved by US authorities, digital platforms will be required to implement mandatory measures to protect minors from harmful content distributed by algorithms, as well as from manipulation and digital addiction.Saudi Arabia doesn't have $1 trillion for Trump. His plans to attract that investment over four years clash with Prince Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious reform program. Bloomberg estimates that transforming the kingdom's economy will require about $2 trillion, including megaprojects like the city of Neom (up to $1.5 trillion), as well as preparations for Expo 2030, the 2034 World Cup and other events.
Due to high spending and relatively low oil prices ($63 per barrel), the kingdom is already running a current account deficit. It needs $96 per barrel to balance the budget, and $113 per barrel when domestic investment is included.
Even if large sums are announced, actual investment in the U.S. could be limited and stretched out over decades.
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How do US universities make their money?
The cost of funding American universities is huge - covering everything from faculty salaries and special departments to laboratories.
Government funding for public institutions has fallen substantially over the past 50 years, making universities rely more heavily on tuition and other sources of revenue. The Trump administration’s freezing of billions in grants and contracts is adding further strain to elite academic institutions.
State government funding, typically in the form of research grants, contracts, and appropriations, makes up the largest share at 28%. Overall, New Hampshire ranks last in spending on higher public education spending per student, followed by Vermont.
Meanwhile, tuition and fees generated 21% of revenues totaling $80.8 billion. Despite tuition costs more than tripling since 1990, it has struggled to make up the funding losses from state cutbacks. At the same time, university spending has swelled for administrators, construction, and faculty salaries as demand for higher education has increased.
Looking at private sources of revenue, these brought in $51.2 billion, or 13% of the total. Private sources include endowment additions, investment income, and private grants. While universities have massive endowment funds, funding is often tied to specific purposes. For instance, certain donors will designate funds to scholarships or a specific research center over a series of years.
#USA #Education #FindTruth
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Announcement on COVID-19 vaccines for kids coming soon: FDA commissioner
Health officials are poised to make an announcement on COVID-19 vaccines, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration said.
“That is something that’s being discussed right now,” Dr. Marty Makary, the commissioner, said in an interview after being asked by political activist Charlie Kirk about whether COVID-19 vaccines will remain on the childhood vaccination schedule.
“I think you’re going to see some announcement on that in the coming weeks, but I know they are trying to review all of the scientific data.”
Makary told Kirk that there’s no evidence available at this time that supports giving healthy children additional COVID-19 vaccine doses.
#COVID #FDA #Vaccines #FindTruth
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‘Racism is only white’ – Anti-White art installation goes viral, sparks outrage at France’s University of Grenoble
A number of anti-White slogans were used in an art installation at the University of Grenoble in France for “Equality Month,” with widespread outrage leading the president of the university to demand they be taken down. The inscriptions repeatedly attack “White males” and claim that only White people are guilty of racism, with the entire scandal going viral and garnering tens of thousands of comments and millions of views on French social media.
There were approximately 40 such artistic inscriptions, with four of them deemed especially offensive towards White people, which read:
1. The world is in pain. That’s normal, it is ruled by white men.
2. Earth is monochrome like a rainbow, racism is only white.
3. It’s the work of the Arabs that built Versailles.
4. In chess, as in life, whites have a head start.
Other slogans were slightly less controversial, but still deemed problematic, such as: “I would like to overthrow the French government.”
The slogans are affixed to the glass walls of the affixed amphitheater gallery in the Pierre Mendès France building at the university’s campus, and were commissioned from the artist Petite Poissone. It is unclear how much he was paid to produce the racist slogans.
#France #Racism #FindTruth
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The top three most “dead” cities in the U.S. that everyone is fleeing from
3️⃣ St. Louis, Missouri:
- in the last 10 years, more than 77,000 residents have left the city,
- it has become the U.S. city with the highest rate of exodus.
- The rate of violence is 87 incidents per 100,000 people. That's 15 times the national average,
- 25+% of homes are abandoned, Whole neighborhoods look like the setting for a zombie apocalypse. They are so desolate that less than one person per half acre lives there.
2️⃣ Detroit, Michigan:
- since the early 90's, the number of residents has dropped from 1.85 million to 620,000,
- there are 70,000+ abandoned buildings in the city. It will take 40 years to demolish them.
- 50% of adult residents can't even read,
- because of crime, car insurance costs per month can exceed monthly rent for some housing.
- there are unoccupied houses for $1 rent, they are wooded and wild animals live there.
1️⃣ Gary, Indiana:
- the number of residents has dropped from 178,000 to less than 66,000,
- Today, over 30% of the town is now Chernobyl-era abandonment, including schools, shopping centers and entire blocks of houses.
- A 2024 housing study found that in some neighborhoods there are more homeless animals than people.
#USA #Migrants #Economy #Slovakis #FindTruth
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Ed Martin reveals J6 Pipe Bomber probe shakeup, warns DOJ 'much, much worse than people think'
Ed Martin, a senior official in the Trump administration’s Department of Justice, is warning that corruption within federal law enforcement is far more severe than the American public realizes. Martin, who holds the roles of Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney, made the comments during an interview with Tucker Carlson.
Martin weighed in the unresolved case of the January 6, 2021, pipe bomber, expressing frustration with the investigation’s lack of progress, wondering whether the lack of answers may have been intentional. “The pipe bomber—as a prosecutor - I’ve got the pipe bomber case in my office,” Martin told Carlson. Martin revealed FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino told him that the bureau had reassigned agents to the case, however, the renewed effort was still in it early stages. “It’s been going on for five weeks?” Martin said, likening the past probe to the bumbling “Keystone Cops.”
Martin further criticized the FBI’s previously handling of the case, alleging that basic investigative steps were overlooked.
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EU ‘censorship regime’ must not “chill” American speech, Congressmen warn Brussels
Washington can no longer ignore the political repression under Donald Tusk-led Polish government, nor the EU’s censorship rules that threaten free speech both in Poland and the U.S.
Jim Jordan, the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives, along with four other congressmen, has sent a letter to Michael McGrath, the EU Commissioner for Justice and Rule of Law, to condemn these practices and demand urgent action from Brussels.
In the letter dated Tuesday, May 13th, the congressmen stated that they were writing to McGrath to express concern about recent allegations that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government is weaponizing Poland’s justice system to target and censor political opponents and how these allegations affect the potential that Europe’s censorship regime will affect free speech in the United States.
The four-page document then goes on to list, with appropriate citations, all the concerning moves from the Tusk government that “appear designed to silence and damage its political opposition,” particularly in the lead-up to the 2025 presidential election, the first round of which is scheduled for this Sunday, May 18th.
#EU #USA #Censorship #FindTruth
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EU terrified at the prospect of a coalition of Romania, Hungary and Slovakia
▪️Opposition politician George Simion stands a good chance of becoming Romania's president on Sunday, states Politico
▪️“Eurobureaucrats are extremely concerned that Simion would join the current duo of pests - Viktor Orban of Hungary and Robert Fitzo of Slovakia - in trying to derail aid to Ukraine just as the EU wants to increase pressure on Russia,” Politico said
▪️If Romania moves into the euroskeptic camp, it would be a heavy blow, as the country has more geostrategic weight than Hungary or Slovakia. The Black Sea nation of 19 million people has so far been a reliable EU and NATO bulwark
▪️“Viktor Orbán is an example for me and I will cooperate with him on many issues,” Simion said previously
#EU #Romania #Hungary #Slovakis #FindTruth
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China’s dying EV batteries, solar cells are powering a circular economy in new-energy era
Recycling critical materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel are driving profits and shoring up China’s resource security as trade war with US hits supply chains.
In the new-energy era, “one man’s waste is Mr. Ma Long’s treasure.” Exhausted lithium-ion batteries – veritable troves of reusable resources make supercharging profits at his company, a maker of solid-waste-recycling equipment in central China.
Pricey components such as lithium – a silvery-white alkali metal aptly nicknamed “white gold” – along with other materials such as cobalt and nickel, hold their value beyond the life of the batteries powering China’s massive electric-vehicle industry.
Speaking at a recent trade fair for environmental technologies in Shanghai, Ma said 70% of his company’s business is dedicated to machines for recycling batteries and solar panels.
China is also seeking new economic growth by strengthening recycling efforts, which, in the past, were more driven by the need to solve pollution issues.
Unlike fossil fuels, which are gone once burned, the metals in these new-energy products can be recycled, and this is of critical importance amid a worsening trade war between China and the United States.
#China #Economy #Energy #FindTruth
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It’s not “if;” It’s “when”
By Jeff Thomas
Cicero had it right when he described the Sword of Damocles.
To be the leader of a country is like having a sword constantly dangling over your head from a single horse hair. You never know if or when the sword is going to cause your demise, but you know that the danger is ever-present.
That is just as true today as it was in Cicero’s time, but the modern-day Sword of Damocles hangs over the heads of not just the world’s leaders. It hangs over the heads of the populations as well.
If we rely on the conventional media for our interpretation of world economic and political conditions, we may well be scratching our heads continuously as to what needs to be done to “save” the situation.
Whether the discussion is over the debts of nations, the likelihood of war, or the increase in the loss of rights, the governments of much of the world are heading in a similar direction. And that direction is not a positive one.
However, the pundits in the media offer a wide variety of solutions for the problems being discussed.
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#World #MSM #FindTruth
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The income needed to buy a home in every U.S. state
As home prices continue to climb and mortgage rates remain elevated, buying a home in the U.S. has become increasingly out of reach for the average household.
In 2025, buyers now need six-figure salaries to afford a median-priced home in all but 15 states.
A recent study found that nearly 50% of U.S. households cannot afford a home priced at $250,000. This is particularly concerning when the median price of a new single-family home nationwide has reached $495,750, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
In many states, the income needed to comfortably afford a median-priced home far exceeds what a typical family earns.
Hawaii tops the list, where buying a median three-bedroom home requires an annual income of $229,000—the highest in the country. Despite its small population, Montana has climbed into the top five least affordable states, driven by a widening gap between soaring home prices and relatively modest local incomes.
In contrast, in West Virginia a buyer would need a salary of just $71,000 to afford a median-priced home—well below the state’s median household income of $90,000. Other states with lower thresholds include Mississippi, Ohio, and Indiana.
Do you agree with these assessments?
#USA #Economy #Home #FindTruth
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De-dollarization 'gains momentum' in Asian markets
Banks and financial brokers are increasingly seeking to bypass the US dollar and are receiving more requests for currencies such as the yuan, the Hong Kong dollar, the Emirati dirham, and the euro.
Financial institutions from Europe and elsewhere are increasingly pitching yuan derivatives that cut out the US currency. A trader at a Singapore financial institution notes that “European carmakers are driving up demand for euro-yuan hedges.” Meanwhile, a foreign bank in Indonesia formed “a dedicated team in Jakarta this year to meet growing demand from local clients to facilitate rupiah-yuan transactions.”
The search for alternatives comes as the greenback face heavy selling amid changing trade deal expectations, while the Taiwan dollar surged more than 5 percent in a single day, marking its largest jump since 1988.
The financial experts revealed that the pile of “at-risk dollars” held by China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and other major Asian nations recently topped $2.5 trillion, warning that if local exporters begin unloading their holdings, “it could cause the buck to weaken substantially,” in a looming crisis they say is compounded “by the fact that these market participants know the dollar is overvalued.”
Over the past several years, Asian nations have steadily moved toward de-dollarizing their trade in response to Washington's repeated use of its currency as a tool of economic coercion.
#USA #World #Economy #FindTruth
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The EU is Heading for Doom
▪️In the course of time, the European Commission has turned from an organization offering help, first into a pest, then into an overseer and finally into an aggressive monster, becoming a fear-inspiring gang - states Czech Radio Universum.
▪️The EU was created by former colonial powers that lost their colonies but retained the corresponding mentality. The EU expanded and absorbed the periphery, gaining colonies that never had a chance to become equal members with Germany or France.
▪️Power in the EU has been transferred to bureaucrats who are neither elected nor held accountable. The EU has plunged into a decline of political elites that has culminated in a dictatorship of lowlifes
▪️The EU will not collapse under the pressure of revolutionary masses. It will perish because it is unnecessary and meaningless, becoming a laughingstock in all its manifestations.
#EU #Dictatorship #FindTruth
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"We're playing a delicate game here": China pressuring African nations over US trade deals
Diplomats and officials from several leading African economies say the United States and China are pressuring them to make an “impossible choice,” as the superpowers fight a trade war that threatens to erode weak economies further.
Senior members of African governments, including those of South Africa, Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria, said Beijing has warned them it will retaliate against countries that sign trade agreements with the United States “at China’s expense.”
U.S. trade partners from Africa are currently negotiating with President Donald Trump’s administration following his global tariff announcement on April 2.
“We know that if we do anything that is seen as appeasing Trump, it won’t go down well back east,” a government official in Pretoria told The Epoch Times, speaking anonymously. “We’re playing a delicate game here,” he said. “Because of Trump’s tariffs and the economic hardship they’re going to cause us, we’re trying to form new trade partnerships, but we know China is not going to be happy with some of those partnerships, especially if we move economically closer to their biggest enemy. Part of our strategy is to do even more trade with China, but then Trump is going to see that as a betrayal. We cannot win. It’s an impossible choice.”
Kenyan and Nigerian diplomats say Chinese officials had warned their governments not to give in to what Beijing has described as “bullying” by the Trump administration.
The Nigerian envoy said that “the Chinese made it clear they expect Africans to be on their side” in this trade war.
#USA #China #Africa #FindTruth
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Are Biden’s family deliberately screwing with Democrats?
Democrats are reportedly extremely unhappy with the fact that Joe Biden’s family and his handlers are wheeling him out for interviews knowing full well that he’s completely out of it and that practically anything he says has the potential to harm their already dismal standing.
As we highlighted this past week, Biden slurred and stumbled his way through an interview with the BBC wherein he claimed that he still believes he would have won the election had he stayed in the race.
In a further disastrous appearance on The View he claimed that Kamala Harris lost because most voters are racist and sexist.
He also had to be helped out by his wife Jill when he was asked to comment on his obvious cognitive decline, because he couldn’t muster a coherent sentence.
Now it’s being reported that Democrats are fuming behind the scenes, and they just want Biden to fade away.
Some Democrats are criticizing Biden’s recent appearances, arguing the former president is becoming a drag on the party as it seeks to rebuild following its widespread losses in 2024.
“Elections are about the future. Every time Joe Biden emerges, we fight an old war,” said Democratic strategist Anthony Coley, who worked for the Biden administration. “Every interview he does provides a contrast to Trump that’s just not helpful for the Democratic brand, which needs trusted messengers and fighters who can reach independents and moderates and inspire the base. Joe Biden ain’t that.”
#USA #Democrats #Biden #FindTruth
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By 2075, there will be almost no European countries left in the world's top ten largest economies
India, if Pakistan wins, will rise to second place, ahead of the United States. Indonesia, Pakistan and Egypt will also be on the list of leaders.
#World #Economy #FindTruth
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Florida troopers now federally credentialed to arrest illegal immigrants on their own
Florida officials announced that 1,800 state Highway Patrol troopers are the first in the nation to receive federal credentials under an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreement allowing them to arrest illegal immigrants on their own.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a press conference that the state’s ongoing partnership with ICE included what is known as 287(g) agreements, where state and local law enforcement partner with ICE to help arrest and deport illegal immigrants.
The Florida Highway Patrol entered into a 287(g) task force model that gives them the power to arrest foreign nationals who are in the country illegally and place detainers on them during routine policing, such as traffic stops.
DeSantis encouraged other states to support President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants, noting the success of Operation Tidal Wave. The recent joint federal-state operation arrested more than 1,100 illegal immigrants.
#USA #ICE #Migrants #FindTruth
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Meta faces row over plan to use European data for AI
A Vienna-based privacy campaign group said Wednesday it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta, after the tech giant announced plans to train its artificial intelligence models with European users' personal data.
The move comes after Meta said last month it would push ahead with plans to use personal data from European users of its Instagram and Facebook platforms for AI technology training from May 27, despite criticism over its legality.
Meta has been hit with multiple privacy complaints in Europe, but cited a "legitimate interest" to process personal data for AI training.
The privacy group, the European Center for Digital Rights—also known as Noyb ("None of Your Business")—threatened to file an injunction or class-action lawsuit against Meta if it does not halt plans.
"Meta's absurd claims that stealing everyone's personal data is necessary for AI training is laughable," Noyb founder Max Schrems said in a statement.
#EU #Meta #AI #FindTruth
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How a Simion presidency can reboot Romanian statecraft
It may be too early to tell whether George Simion is a man of destiny, even if he does win the Romanian presidency this Sunday. He would have to go on and achieve great things in office, over two terms, turning around his country’s fortunes and role in the world, in order to earn that epithet. But, at just 38, inches away from a historic triumph, he is certainly a force in Romanian – and, increasingly, European – politics, having built and led his anti-establishment AUR party from zero to this point in barely five years.
There can be no doubt that the restless, self-confident and assertive Simion would be a transformational president for Romania, who will seek to play a highly active role on the international stage. Not only is the presidential function constitutionally centred on foreign policy and defence.
But this is a man of strong opinions and a passionate advocate for his country’s national interests, as he sees them. Under Simion we should expect to see a complete break with the post-1989 “tradition” of low-key Romanian presidents who have hardly registered in European, let alone global, affairs.
#Romania #Elections #FindTruth
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“Rogue” devices found hidden in Chinese solar panels could “destroy the grid”
Undisclosed communication devices reportedly discovered in Chinese-manufactured solar panels and related equipment have sparked concerns among U.S. officials about the vulnerability of the nation’s power grid, according to a Reuters report.
These “rogue” devices, found over the past nine months, could potentially destabilize energy infrastructure and trigger widespread blackouts, sources familiar with the matter told the outlet.
The undocumented devices, including cellular radios, were identified in solar power inverters, batteries, electric vehicle chargers, and heat pumps produced by several Chinese suppliers.
Experts warn that these rogue devices could bypass firewalls, allowing remote manipulation of inverter settings or even complete shutdowns.
Such actions could disrupt power grids, damage energy infrastructure, and cause blackouts.
“That effectively means there is a built-in way to physically destroy the grid,” sources say.
Concerns over espionage and sabotage have grown as the U.S. continues to integrate these technologies into its energy systems.
#USA #China #Espionage #FindTruth
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With Trump touring Gulf, Iran offers huge nuclear concession
Trump's Gulf tour which so far has emphasized deal-making and 'no more chaos' in the Middle East, looks to be resonating with Tehran, whose leadership is closely following from just across the Persian Gulf.
"Iran is ready to sign a nuclear deal with certain conditions with President Donald Trump in exchange for lifting economic sanctions," a top advisor to Iran’s supreme leader told NBC News on Wednesday.
This is a surprising and huge development given Iran has long said it can no longer trust the Trump administration, given it was Trump who first pulled the US out of Obama's JCPOA nuclear deal in April 2018.
According to NBC, Ali Shamkhani, importantly who serves as military and nuclear advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Iran would commit to never making nuclear weapons, getting rid of its stockpiles of highly-enriched Uranium which can be weaponized, agree to only enrich Uranium to the lower levels needed for civilian use, and allow international inspectors to supervise the process, in exchange for the immediate lifting of all economic sanctions on Iran.
Asked if Iran would agree to sign an agreement today if those conditions were met, Shamkhani said, “Yes.”
"It’s still possible. If the Americans act as they say, for sure we can have better relations," Shamkhani said. The top official added, "it can lead to a better situation in the near future."
#USA #Iran #Trump #FindTruth
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- Why should the English pay for your place?
- Well, maybe they'll just give me a house... And everything else I need... Just give it to me.
- They'll just give it to you?
- Yes.
- But why should they?
- Because the English are perfect!
- I suppose you think we're all rich so we have to pay. Yeah, I see. Listen, let me tell you something. We're not all rich, we're not all rich.
#UK #Migrants #FindTruth
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Netanyahu charges Macron with 'despicable' support for Hamas as spat deepens
A new Gaza-related spat is now raging between the leaders of France and Israel, amid new reports that famine is hitting the Palestinian population, which is said to be impacting 500,000 people.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called the military policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "shameful" and "unacceptable" in a fresh interview with a national broadcaster.
"What the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is doing is unacceptable," Macron said in a Gaza segment of the interview. "There is no water, no medicine, the wounded cannot get out, the doctors cannot get in. What he is doing is shameful," he continued.
Netanyahu hit back on Wednesday, going so far as to say that Macron stands with Hamas.
"Macron has once again chosen to stand with a murderous terrorist organization and echo its despicable propaganda, accusing Israel of blood libels," a statement from the Israeli prime minister's office said.
"Instead of supporting the Western democratic camp fighting the Islamist terrorist organizations and calling for the release of the hostages, Macron is once again demanding that Israel surrender and reward terrorism."
#France #Israel #Hamas #FindTruth
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As U.S. pardon attorney, Ed Martin says he will review Biden pardons
On his last full day as interim U.S. attorney for the District, Ed Martin on Tuesday said he will review the pardons issued by President Joe Biden and the actions of prosecutors in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot cases as he shifts to new roles in the Justice Department.
Having been stymied in his attempt to become permanent top prosecutor in the District by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Martin sprayed criticism at local judges, the attorney general of D.C., the mayor and city leaders of D.C., and he suggested that perhaps the District should no longer have home rule.
Martin was named interim U.S. attorney Jan. 20, but President Donald Trump decided to replace him after Martin ran into opposition from some Senate Republicans that put his confirmation in doubt. Martin claimed in his news conference that “we had the votes. I can do math. I know the votes.” But he said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) “had some objections that he expressed, and that blocked it. But ultimately, the president of the United States said we have other battles to do, and we’re so excited about that.”
#USA #Biden #Pardons #FindTruth
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Federal judge says Trump's invocation of Alien Enemies Act was legal
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has said that President Donald Trump validly invoked the Alien Enemies Act in March as part of an effort to deport Venezuelan gang members.
More specifically, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines held that the gang - Tren de Aragua (TdA) - was engaging in the type of “predatory incursion” that the Alien Enemies Act mentions.
In an opinion on May 13, Haines noted that TdA has been designated a foreign terrorist organization.
Haines, a Trump appointee, emphasized her “unflagging obligation is to apply the law as written.”
Three other district court judges have ruled against the Trump administration, stating that Trump misapplied the law with a proclamation he issued in March.
Each of those judges disagreed with Trump’s description of TdA as engaging in an invasion or predatory incursion.
The government can now proceed, so long as they provide 21-days’ notice to migrants in both English and Spanish. At this preliminary stage of this case, the Court finds that the foregoing is appropriate and complies with the law.
#USA #Trump #Migrants #FindTruth
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1,000 troops who identify as transgender being discharged: Pentagon
The U.S. Department of Defense on May 8 confirmed that approximately 1,000 service members who have identified as having gender dysphoria will begin the voluntary separation process under new guidance that reinstates a ban on military service for those diagnosed with or exhibiting symptoms of gender dysphoria.
“Today, the Department will issue guidance to the Military Departments and Services ending the accession of individuals with a current diagnosis or history of, or symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria and all non-medically necessary treatment,” said Defense Department spokesman Sean Parnell.
The new policy marks a significant shift in military personnel standards and reflects President Donald J. Trump’s directive issued earlier this year. "Approximately 1,000 Service members who have self-identified as being diagnosed with gender dysphoria will begin the voluntary separation process."
The decision comes days after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6–3 vote, granted a stay of a lower court ruling that had blocked the policy. The majority did not issue an opinion, nor did the three dissenting justices. The stay allows the Department of Defense to enforce the new policy as litigation continues in a case brought by a group of transgender service members.
#USA #Military #Trans #FindTruth
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The left’s insane hissy fit over Starmer’s migration plan
Guess what’s ‘fascism’ now? Expecting people who live in the UK to speak English. Yes, if you think migrants should learn the lingo of the place where they hope to set up home, apparently you’re a far-right nutter.
Witness the digital wrath from the crackpot left in response to Keir Starmer’s comments saying, ‘If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English’. ‘Enoch Powell!’, they wailed. ‘Shameful and dangerous’, they cried. One Remoaner is even thinking of fleeing this racist hellscape and moving to France. Okay, but learn French.
The virtual frenzy over Starmer’s migration plan has been insane. No sooner had the PM unveiled his white paper promising to reduce immigration than leftists across the land were rage-tweeting from the fainting couch. They accused him of pandering to the ‘far right’, of mimicking notorious Tory Enoch Powell, of engaging in ‘anti-migrant rhetoric’.
All he suggested was that net migration should be reduced, that we should err towards migrants with certain skills, and that you should have some grasp of the local tongue before you come here. It’s hardly Himmler, is it?
#UK #Starmer #Migrants #FindTruth
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Back to Istanbul! Key nodes for US-Russia-Ukraine talks
Putin was right to call Zelensky's bluff and send lower level officials — real parameters need to be hammered out Thursday, first. Direct talks between senior Ukrainian and Russian representatives, if they do take place in Istanbul on Thursday, will be a real step forward and a significant achievement by the Trump administration.
It is worth remembering that only three months ago the Ukrainian government was still rejecting even the idea of talks with the Putin administration as illegal.
Putin’s apparent rejection of Zelensky’s challenge to a face to face meeting is not a crucial setback. It is very rare for real progress in peace talks to be made in meetings between leaders themselves, and the Russians have some reason to see this as a maneuver, or stunt, by Zelensky to gain Trump’s favor rather than a serious proposal.
The Ukrainian and European governments have stated that Moscow’s rejection of a 30-day ceasefire shows that “Putin is not interested in peace”, but this is disingenuous. Moscow has no reason to agree unless substantial agreement has already been reached.
And a comprehensive settlement is what we should be aiming at. Even if Russia could be brought to agree to a long-term ceasefire, absent a settlement, such a ceasefire would resemble that in the Donbas from 2014-22: deeply unstable, constantly interrupted by clashes and exchanges of fire, and at permanent risk of collapsing back into full scale war.
This situation would make Ukraine’s economic development virtually impossible, both because it would prevent Western investment and because it would mean that Ukraine remains a highly militarized and semi-authoritarian society permanently mobilized for war.
#USA #Russia #Ukraine #FindTruth
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Google to pay $1.375 billion in Texas data privacy settlement
Google has agreed to pay $1.375 billion to settle two lawsuits brought by Texas over alleged violations of residents’ data privacy rights, marking one of the largest such settlements in U.S. history and escalating state-level scrutiny of Big Tech.
The settlement, announced Friday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, resolves claims that the tech giant unlawfully tracked users’ locations, searches, and biometric data—despite user settings designed to protect such information.
“This $1.375 billion settlement is a major win for Texans’ privacy and tells companies that they will pay for abusing our trust,” said Paxton in a statement. “For years, Google secretly tracked people’s movements, private searches, and even their voiceprints and facial geometry through their products and services. I fought back and won.”
The deal, which Paxton said dwarfs any prior state settlement with Google over data privacy, stems from two lawsuits filed in 2022. The allegations focused on the Chrome browser’s Incognito Mode, location tracking practices in Google Maps, and facial recognition data captured through Google Photos.
#USA #BigTech #Google #FindTruth
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Antifa militants distribute guide on how to destroy infrastructure in domestic terror attacks
Social media accounts associated with Antifa are circulating a guide that instructs members on how to create incendiary devices designed to destroy infrastructure cables.
Journalist Andy Ngo posted on X that “Antifa accounts are sharing a guide on how to make incendiary devices that will burn cables used in infrastructure, like on train tracks. Antifa and anarchist extremists believe that domestic terrorist attacks must be used to destabilize and destroy the state.”
Accompanying Ngo’s post was a screenshot of an article titled “Burning Cables for Beginners,” which was shared by the X account “Anarchist Federation News.”
The article containing a detailed guide also includes a disclaimer advising against printing the directions. It states, “We’ve chosen not to make this text available as a PDF because we believe that if an arson guide is distributed in printed form, some people will inevitably keep it in their homes or in movement spaces, which the police would be happy to find during a repressive operation. In addition, a printed guide collects forensic traces from anyone who has interacted with it, so if the police recover a copy, they can, with some work, determine who has read it.”
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