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Trump Administration Gets $10 Billion for Brokering Tik Tok Deal
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (206+ words) Trump Administration Gets $10 Billion for Brokering Tik Tok Deal The Trump administration is poised to receive a roughly $10 billion "brokerage" fee from the investor group that recently took control of TikTok's U.S. operations, according to a report by the Wall Street…...
Trump Crypto Venture Offers 'guaranteed direct access' for $5 million
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (113+ words) Investors in World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by President Trump and his sons, have secured what the company described ... Posted by retort at 10:40 PM | 0 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Read the Retort using RSS. Hunter Biden says…...
Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (270+ words) Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists In January, the [Department of Veterans Affairs] had around 500 fewer psychologists and psychiatrists than it had at the same time last year, ProPublica found. Posted by reinheitsgebot at 11:33 PM…...
2.500 US Marines, Another Ship Ordered to the Mideast
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (817+ words) 2.500 US Marines, Another Ship Ordered to the Mideast Elements from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli have been ordered to the Middle East, according to the U.S. official, who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity…...
US May Move Its Anti-missile System Out of South Korea
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (389+ words) US May Move Its Anti-missile System Out of South Korea The US is relocating parts of a missile defence system installed in South Korea to the Middle East, according to officials cited by the Washington Post and South Korean news…...
How Bumblebee Queens Can Survive Underwater for Days
7+ hour, 11+ min ago (161+ words) How Bumblebee Queens Can Survive Underwater for Days The discovery that bumblebee queens could shake it off and emerge unscathed after more than a week submerged in water stunned scientists back in 2024. Posted by lamplighter at 06:30 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment…...
Here Comes Hormuz Inflation
8+ hour, 11+ min ago (322+ words) Garden supplies, birthday balloons and semiconductors could get hit by price inflation or shortages. Posted by reinheitsgebot at 05:31 PM | 5 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | It's not just oil. Here comes Hormuz inflation.[image or embed] Here Comes Hormuz Inflation…...
Colorado Woman Gets 3 Years for Voter Fraud
9+ hour, 8+ min ago (348+ words) Colorado Woman Gets 3 Years for Voter Fraud [Elizabeth Ann Davis, 62,] attended the January 6th, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Deputy District Attorney David Bonner noted the irony in this case, given the January 6 event centered on unfounded claims of voter…...
A Third of Americans Are Skipping Meals to Afford Health Care
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (1345+ words) A Third of Americans Are Skipping Meals to Afford Health Care Skipping meals, driving and prescriptions are just a few trade-offs that a third of Americans say they're making to pay for health care. Posted by LampLighter at 03:33 PM | 32 COMMENTS…...
Happy Pi Day
12+ hour, 33+ min ago (415+ words) Every year, math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day on March 14, a date whose digits represent the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi Posted by lamplighter at 01:08 PM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Happy…...