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Sen. Mark Warner calls 28-point plan for Russia-Ukraine truce 'a historically bad deal' The senator said it was worse than the deal British leader Neville Chamberlain accepted from Adolf Hitler.

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iRobot Co-Founder Calls Out Elon Musk's Optimus Robot 'Fantasy' - SlashGear Elon Musk seems to think Optimus will be a hit and claimed it will claim much of Tesla's stock value.

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Inside a Wild Bitcoin Heist: Five-Star Hotels, Cash-Stuffed Envelopes, and Vanishing Funds Sophisticated crypto scams are on the rise. But few of them go to the lengths one bitcoin mining executive experienced earlier this year.

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Elon Musk Is Not Beating the Allegations: Grokipedia Cites a Hardcore Nazi Website 42 Times A new analysis of AI-generated ripoff of Wikipedia, "Grokipedia," found that it cites the neo-Nazi forum Stormfront 42 times.

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Donald Trump’s peace plan would be bad for Ukraine, Europe and America It is a sad mix of naked opportunism and strategic myopia

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Grok’s Elon Musk worship is getting weird Elon Musk is as smart as da Vinci, fitter than LeBron James, and really good at drinking piss.

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Euro Defense Continues to Rocket (Rock It?) The EU recently declared that space also needs to be addressed by the military, which is another big step towards building its own path forward in deftech and aerospace.

Europe - and others - continue to choose not buy their next generation of defense equipment from the US, Russia...or China. It's a brave new world. #defense #Ukraine #India #space
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Don’t Let Larry Summers Back Into Polite Society While Larry Summers’s “association” with Jeffrey Epstein was already known, this newest batch of emails reveals their relationship ran deep.

Don’t Let Larry Summers Back Into Polite Society
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Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.

Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
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“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”

—Ambrose Bierce

Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery

One step closer to authoritarianism. Hey MAGA is this what you think is democracy and freedom? This is the FIRST AMENDMENT for a reason. #freedom #liberty
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A Secret Service Agent Explains What Trump Is Like Behind The Scenes A Secret Service agent who has served seven presidents says Donald Trump is weirder than all of them put together.

A Secret Service Agent Explains What Trump Is Like Behind The Scenes
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The US designated more terrorist groups in 2025 than in the last 10 years combined The move may indicate that the U.S. government increasingly views narcotics traffickers as a problem that requires a military solution.

Pretty cool idea. They've been working on this for years. Could be a winner for $BWXT and X-Energy. #USArmy #Pentagon #nukes #deftech
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The US designated more terrorist groups in 2025 than in the last 10 years combined The move may indicate that the U.S. government increasingly views narcotics traffickers as a problem that requires a military solution.

Hmmm. #natsecsky
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Broadband expansion in Virginia can continue under federal program, Trump administration says States had to rewrite their proposals for federal funding after the Commerce Department changed the program rules to put satellite internet companies on equal footing with fiber-optic cable provide…

This is what $43M bought Musk in the last election. Sats have very specific value vs fo cable. Otherwise it's far too expensive, especially for consumers. #Starlink #swampy
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BYD Is Speedrunning Its Takeover Of Europe Today on Critical Materials: BYD will double its EU dealer network, Tesla squeezes China out of U.S. supply chain and Germans have a China problem.

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Tesla safety driver falls asleep during passenger’s robotaxi ride A Reddit user posted video of his safety driver sleeping at the wheel in San Fransisco.

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NIH funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts.

Your tax dollars not working for you... #CDC #NIH
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NIH funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says

White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation

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Chinese EV Maker Plans 620-Mile Solid-State Battery Cars In 2026 Dongfeng is also working on an ultra-high-voltage EV platform capable of charging at a whopping 2 megawatts.

And Elon is still working on FSD and robotaxis in the rain. #EVs
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Netherlands WWII cemetery removes displays honoring Black soldiers ABMC, however, told Dutch news outlets that one panel is “off display, though not out of rotation,” although a second panel was “retired.”

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Trump defends Tucker Carlson after interview with activist known for his antisemitic views President Donald Trump is brushing aside concerns about conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with a far-right activist known for his antisemitic views.

The hypocrisy. Defunds universities over antisemitism and yet praises an interview with a Nazi? Will the press follow up?
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Far-right group with links to neo-Nazi leader offers online military training Experts say Observations Group’s connections to the Base and Rinaldo Nazzaro present ‘urgent danger’

Think Oklahoma City. Lovely. #natsecsky
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Scott Bessent grilled after giving wild reason for soaring beef prices in US: 'Cows climbing over Trump’s wall' - The Times of India US News: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attributed rising US beef prices to an alleged \"invasion of cows\" across the southern border, claiming migrants broug

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How to Track Kash Patel’s Jet Flight-tracking is a powerful tool for government transparency. Here’s how to do it.

How to Track Kash Patel’s Jet by @sambiddle.com
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Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported? Exchanges about Trump between reporter Landon Thomas Jr. and Jeffrey Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.

Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported? by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
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A viral arrest, a drunken brawl and an overdose: the last days of a notorious Border Patrol agent We obtained hours of body-camera video that give the fullest — and perhaps last — glimpse of Agent Isaiah Hodgson’s mindset when he became a flashpoint in the fight over immigration raids.

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AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.

What a lovely future to blindly stumble into... #AI
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Bill Pulte is really having a week The revelations against the Trump loyalist keep piling up.

Bill Pulte arrived at his job running the FHFA amid a flurry of criticisms that he is both a “nepobaby” and unqualified for the job.

And it's only gone downhill from there.

Here's to Sir Salman
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