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BREAKING: The Constitution at the DOD Pete Hegseth invites entire Pentagon to Christian prayer and worship service

I’ve got breaking news from sources in the Pentagon. Hegseth has invited what appears to be the entire Pentagon workforce to a Christian prayer and worship service in the official Pentagon auditorium during duty hours in violation of the First Amendment and military regulations. I have the story.

As Russia celebrates victory day, on behalf of Americans, you’re welcome

Deranged Trump fully believed a badly photoshopped picture of Abrego Garcia’s knuckles displaying “MS13” was real and got very angry at an interviewer for exposing the lie.

@realDonaldTrump is very dumb

On ending the war in 24h: "Obviously, everyone understands it was said as a joke.”

He gave interview against the backdrop of portrait gifted by Putin.

He stated that he was not joking about acquiring Greenland, turning Canada into the 51st state, and taking control of Panama Canal.

a greyscale satelitte image of Musk's data centre - with a bright red marker showing emissions from the many (I think about 30) fossil fuel combustion engines on site

Incredible satellite image of the 33 (!!!!) operational fossil fuel combustion engines at the site of Elon Musk's XAI data centre

“appalling that xAI would operate more than 30 methane gas turbines without any permits or any public oversight"
@selc.bsky.social

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Bloomberg: US “peace plan” suggests easing sanctions on Russia and leaving occupied territories to Moscow The United States has presented its own proposals to its European allies for a “peace deal” between Russia and Ukraine, which, in particular, envisage easing sanctions against Russia should a lasting ...

🤮 Bloomberg: US "peace plan" suggests easing sanctions on Russia and leaving occupied territories to Moscow

In latest media crackdown, White House limits newswire access to Trump Wire services including Reuters will no longer hold a permanent slot in the reporter pool.

Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters who cover Trump, the White House said, as it moves to exert greater control over who gets to ask him questions and report in real time reut.rs/3EcEFAK

🇳🇱🇺🇦 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Caspar Veldkamp, has arrived in Lviv.

He paid tribute to fallen Ukrainian defenders and is set to participate in a conference, hold working meetings, and discuss Ukraine's continued European integration.

@mercoglianos.bsky.social

The Finnish prime minister’s delegation was directed by the Hungarian government to the hotel of Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law - Direkt36 Direkt36 has obtained new evidence of how the Hungarian state is directing foreign diplomatic delegations to Hotel Dorothea, one of the hotels owned by the Prime Minister's son-in-law, István Tiborcz.

🇪🇺💰Orbán even used Hungary’s EU presidency to enrich his family. Our investigation reveals his government redirected Finnish PM Petteri Orpo and his delegation to Hotel Dorothea—owned by the Orbán family—during last year’s Budapest EU summit so they’d spend money there.

@direkt36.bsky.social @hs.fi

A Russian Merlin drone worth about $300,000 was destroyed by Ukrainian Defenders.

Glory!

How China’s relentless Taiwan drills illustrate invasion plan Analysts warn that China may consider its military ready to act by 2027, even if there are still political reasons for President Xi to hold back

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“Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

~The Diary of Anne Frank

Japanese Grand Prix: Grass fires again interrupt practice as Lando Norris fastest in final practice Trackside fires continue to be a concern at the Japanese Grand Prix as Lando Norris leads Oscar Piastri to a McLaren one-two in final practice.

The F1 is giving a pretty good glimpse of the future this weekend:

Scorched Earth backgrounded by endless Aramco banners www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...

Of course he is, this was the plan all along. To do a little quid pro quo'ing.

"A vast majority of Georgian people want Georgia to join the European Union. We call on the authorities to demonstrate a genuine and irreversible commitment to returning to the EU path."

Joint statement by HR/VP @kajakallas.bsky.social
& Cmmsr @martakos.ec.europa.eu: europa.eu/!PXr7KY

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

China admits its latest aggression around #Taiwan is a rehearsal for a blockade. This latest exercise is described as "stern warning and forceful deterrence" by an Eastern Theater Commander spokesman. A quick examination of the exercise and its purpose. 1/11 🧵

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

Yes, but it's answer wouldn't mean much. ChatGPT doesn't do logic, i.e. it doesn't 'think'. It simply tries to predict what text the user wants it to output (without knowing the meaning of any of it).

First off, Pete Hegseth is a disgrace and should be fired.

Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.

Just like JD once found his couch cushions when he was super horny

YouTube video by TRT World Ukrainian and Dutch leaders joke over a cup of coffee at NATO summit

After the horrible shitshow at the oval office a few weeks back, here is a different way for world leaders to interact

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Battles are underway in the Belgorod region. Ukrainian special forces stormed a Russian border outpost near Popovka. Russian troops report continuous assaults in small groups. FPV drones and aviation are engaged.

"Aviation continues to work on the plantings, there are too many Ukrainians."

A map of the world showing the size of the EU if Canada joined the union.

How about Canada joins the EU voluntarily & Vance goes & fucks his sofa.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney:

"It's easy to be negative about everything when you've never fixed anything...Negative slogans aren't solutions...Division isn't strength. Negativity won't win a trade war...Negativity won't bring down the price of groceries."

I would like to know this as well!

Yes, if they meet the agreed requirements (which might need to be revised slightly due to recent geopolitical events)

There should be something like a suspension of membership, where you can give a rogue nation a time out until they learn to behave.

YouTube video by Silicon Curtain Benjamin Tallis - Europe Rearms to Defend Against Russian Aggression but is it Fighting the Last War

Benjamin Tallis explores Europe's massive rearmament budget, hastily agreed to defend against Russian aggression, but asks if it is skewed towards fighting 'the previous war'. @bctallis.bsky.social - youtu.be/fweMfkqE5TQ