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Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"

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all the gay news & gossip (so far) from milano cortina a queer olympics roundup

My first roundup of the queerest stories from the Winter Olympics. It's free! Enjoy!

FASCINATING to listen to short clips of trumpet solos and hear Wynton Marsalis ruminate on them. Jazz fans, this is worth your time.

And the Olympic gold medal for free speech goes to Rich Ruohonen from Minnesota. Bravo.

French biathlete Julia Simon crossing the finish line and holding a "shhhh" finger to her mouth

headline: French biathlon star Juilia Simon found guilty of theft and credit card fraud Olympic medallist admitted using teammate's bank card

THE OLYMPICS OF BIATHLON MESS CONTINUES

GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS

Evangelicals won't dump Trump over his racist Obama video A few spoke out, but most right-wing Christians quietly support the president's ugly views

A smattering of evangelicals condemned Trump's racist Obama video.

But don't be fooled. Upholding white supremacy is the backbone of the Christian right.

They will never leave him. They just want him to be slightly more coded about racism.

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🇺🇦❗️ "Unlikely scenario that the war will end this year at all," — People's Deputy and Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security Roman Kostenko to RBC-Ukraine

▪️Peace at any cost is a trap: Russia demands the surrender of territories, the imposition of a language and a church.

The BBC Chose Transphobia over Science Transcript: Over the holidays, there was some news out of the UK that I wanted to highlight, lest it be lost in the news black hole that is Christmas and New Year: the British Broadcasting Corporat…

Thank you for support from Monkey Cage listeners - I am asked many questions - this by @skepchick.org is the beginning of some answers - to be supportive of trans people & trans allies made me an extremist and too political - this explains some of that process

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Cast your mind back to the forgotten year 2023, when such numbers would have pushed the Recession Probability Index to 210% with added double digit inflation for eternity (because a Democrat was President)

Conservative culture has dictated that coal is male-coded while wind and solar are female-coded so they're going to impose coal by force on the country like a giant nationwide unsolicited dick pic

Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

We are on the brink of like 90% literal state media

The alternatives are more sinister and with this bunch you can never rule it out

I miss when this was satire:

This is one of THE BEST WAYS to prevent these structures from being built out - LOCATE them, then the local populace needs to DENY THEM THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

Remember, kids -
The Federal Government CAN'T MAKE the State Government build them shit on their own dime.

Scoop: Dem House candidate Analilia Mejìa won't commit to voting for Hakeem Jeffries "I look forward to sharing my concerns," the New Jersey progressive told Axios.

I love her more.

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someone better check polymarket to see if they’ve pumped “bomb our next door neighbor and ally” or “kidnap another president”

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Pleased to report that I just took home a bronze in the Milan-Kundera Olympics for the relative bearability of my lightness.

BBC in Tehran as Iran marks 47th anniversary of Islamic revolution Lyse Doucet is in Iran for the first time since the crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests.

BBC in Tehran as Iran marks 47th anniversary of Islamic revolution

Great news! The plan would see Ukraine getting a seat at the EU table before carrying out the reforms needed for full membership privileges

"Ford Discloses Additional $900 Million Tariff Hit"
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Number of times GDP has grown 15% in Trump’s lifetime:

Zero.

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“.. Everything’s down and there really hasn't been a very thoughtful, detail‑oriented approach to sorting through who winners and losers are.”

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It didn't, it will be revised downward in a few months. How is anybody believing Trump BLS numbers?

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School Vouchers and the Threat to Religious Freedom Using school vouchers to weaken the wall between church and state

And just like other states with voucher programs, most schools getting this public money in Tennessee are religious schools, making vouchers a kind of forced tithing for taxpayers. 80% of TN vouchers go to religious schools.

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