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Former Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Anzac (FFH 150) in Perth, Australia - August 8, 2025

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USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship coming into San Diego - August 8, 2025

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USCGC Eagle barque training cutter coming into San Diego - August 8, 2025

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USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750) Legend-class Maritime Security Cutter leaving San Diego - August 8, 2025

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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier preparing leaving Pearl Harbor - August 8, 2025

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USS Kansas City (LCS 22) Independence-variant littoral combat ship coming into San Diego - August 8, 2025

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A deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr. CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically.

Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show Communities across the region still need to be reimbursed for about a hundred projects including debris removal, waste water treatment repairs, roads and bridges, damaged buildings and parks, as well ...

The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.

Most powerful warship in the world docks in Europe The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, arrived in Marseille this week alongside the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill, marking a high-profile U.S. Navy port visit in southern France.

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, arrived in Marseille this week alongside the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill, marking a high-profile U.S. Navy port visit in southern France.
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And there's absolutely no way this validates; but if it does.... we gonna need FEMA!

7 world-changing UC innovations that emerged from federal research funding From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned federal research funding into history-making, economy-boosting solutions.

From the world's first email to saving millions of premature newborns to CRISPR gene editing, history-making innovation is happening across the UC system every day. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/7-world...

Famed NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell has died at age 97 Lovell commanded the mission that almost ended in disaster after an explosion that threatened the crew's oxygen and electrical supply. The inspiring story of their survival was made into a hit movie.

RIP Jim Lovell

Rapidly spreading brush fire prompts an evacuation order for thousands north of Los Angeles A brush fire north of Los Angeles is spreading quickly and forcing evacuations in the area. The Canyon Fire ignited Thursday at around 1:30 p.m.

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Thieves Target Tennessee National Guard Facilities, Stealing Night Vision Googles and More A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job.

NEW: A string of previously unreported break-ins at National Guard armories in Tennessee is part of a recent series of similar crimes across the US. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop. (No paywall bc FOIA) www.wired.com/story/myster...

VA severs ties with most federal unions, terminating worker contracts About 80% of VA's roughly 450,000 employees are union members, but the department will no longer honor its contracts with the bargaining units.

About 80% of the department’s roughly 450,000-person staff are union members.
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The VA is one of the top employers of veterans nationwide. Our federal unions defend VA nurses, counselors, and case workers so they can do their jobs and serve those who’ve served. Don’t be fooled—this is not about making the VA better—this is about taking away their rights. We will fight back!

VA terminates key union contracts | CNN Politics The Department of Veterans Affairs is terminating collective bargaining agreements with several key government unions representing its employees.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is terminating collective bargaining agreements with several key government unions representing its employees. cnn.it/4fqBfIt

“We’re about the fix, not the fight,”

A parade of volcanoes is erupting in Russia following an 8.8 earthquake Six Russian volcanoes erupted shortly after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake stuck nearby, with a seventh possibly to follow.

6 volcanoes erupted across Kamchatka just days after a magnitude 8.8 quake. Among them was Krasheninnikov, which last erupted 500-600 years ago. Seismic shifts likely triggered the activity. A 7th, Mutnovsky, is showing signs of heat, but no prediction yet.
⚒️🌋🧪
#Earthquake
#Kamchatka

RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe

On Aug. 6, 1945, the world changed forever.

The U.S, in the middle of World War II, dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on another Japanese city — Nagasaki. Japan, an Axis power, surrendered soon after, ending the war. 🧵

Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Just Vanished from Congress' Website Part of Article I Section 8, and all of Sections 9 and 10, which address things like habeas corpus, nobility, and militias, are gone from Congress's website for the Constitution.

Constitution sections on due process and foreign gifts just vanished from Congress' website

Include provisions such as habeas corpus, forbidding the naming of titles of nobility, and forbidding foreign emoluments for U.S. officials. www.404media.co/constitution...

Amazon tried & tried to get drones working for their deliveries. They had technical failures, safety issues, noise complaints, logistics, public pushback, you name it.

If he thinks *Amazon* couldn't figure out drone deliveries, but Starbucks can, he's out of his mind.

Sailor Lost at Sea was Excited About His Future with the Navy, Family Says - USNI News A USS George Washington (CVN-73) crewmember believed lost at sea while the carrier operated near Australia was “a proud sailor” who was excited about his future with the sea service, his family told U...

#RIP
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YouTube video by PostmodernJukebox The Ghost Of You - My Chemical Romance (Vintage 1944 Style Cover) ft. Effie Passero

And wow
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California fires are burning, incoming heat wave could make things worse A widespread and prolonged heat wave is expected to intensify fire concerns across California over the next few days, as temperatures rise and landscapes further dry out. Already, several fires are bu...

Yesterday, I reported that 2025 has seen CA's worst start to wildfires in years.

And that data doesn't yet include the Gifford fire (in rural SLO/SB counties), which just became CA's largest of the year at 82K acres.

Now, a heat wave could make things worse.
www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Massive central California wildfire threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured More than 800 structures are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central California.

More than 800 structures are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central California.

My great-grandfather led a team of doctors that invented chemotherapy. He’s part of the legacy of breakthroughs in medical science that saved so many lives. And now we’re going to throw away years of groundbreaking research because we put a manifestly unqualified person in charge of public health.

From 2022, but still a good one.