Taliban threaten to use US arms to thwart attempts to retake them
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Taliban threaten to use US arms to thwart attempts to retake them
First official response from the government in Kabul to President Donald Trump’s pledge to retrieve US arms from the de facto Islamist Afghan leadersAyaz Gul (Voice of America (VOA News))
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TIL that the Trump administration is swapping the term "climate resilience" for "climate change" in agency documents. Good thing there's a book that explains how "resilience" is used as fossil-fuel propaganda and tells us—policymakers, advocates,…
Scoop: Trump nominates Neil Jacobs to head NOAA (Andrew Freedman/Axios)
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Scoop: Trump nominates Neil Jacobs to head NOAA
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Half of Wisconsin Head Start programs can't access needed funds after federal freeze (Richelle Wilson/WPR)
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Half of Wisconsin Head Start programs can’t access needed funds after federal freeze - WPR
One Head Start center in Waukesha closed last week, leaving more than 250 families without child care. Director Tim Nolan said the funding freeze hasn't just had ripple effects — it's been a "tsunami."richelle.wilson (WPR)
“He has moved beds into the headquarters of the federal personnel office a few blocks from the White House, according to a person familiar with the situation, so he and his staff, working late into the night, could sleep there, reprising a tactic he has deployed at Twitter and Tesla.”
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Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.Jonathan Swan (The New York Times)
![NSFW/NSFL: Ukrainian drone of the 25th Airborne Brigade flew into a Russian dugout. One enemy soldier was set on fire. Pokrovsk direction [graphic content]](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/21349958 "NSFW/NSFL: Ukrainian drone of the 25th Airborne Brigade flew into a Russian dugout. One enemy soldier was set on fire. Pokrovsk direction [graphic content]")
NSFW/NSFL: Ukrainian drone of the 25th Airborne Brigade flew into a Russian dugout. One enemy soldier was set on fire. Pokrovsk direction [graphic content]
Published 04.02.2025This video is for educational and informational purposes only. It is neither intended to glorify nor encourage violence. It just documents the brutal reality of the war. Viewer discretion advised! Remember Rule 1!https://v.redd.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
The Proud Boys trademark is now owned by a Black church. @CBSNews explains why, and what that means.
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Proud Boys lose their trademark ownership to a Black church they vandalized, court rules
Court rules Metropolitan AME Church owns Proud Boys' trademark after White supremacist group fails to pay $2.8 million judgment.Aimee Picchi (CBS News)
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Trump’s tariff gambit: As allies prepare to strike back, a costly trade war looms
Steep tariffs risk sparking retaliatory measures that could rattle the domestic economy. It’s happened before.The Conversation
Key Issues Shaping State-Level Tech Policy
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Key Issues Shaping State-Level Tech Policy
We’re taking a moment to reflect on the 2024 state legislative session and what it means for the future of digital rights at the state level.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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What Is the Hour? It’s XVII o’ Clock
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What Is The Hour? It’s XVII O’ Clock
When live-action role playing, or LARPing, one must keep fully in tune with the intended era. That means no digital watches, and certainly no pulling out your fantastic rectangle from the future to…Hackaday
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Not a lot of subtlety here. Musk says Europe should encourage immigration of "White South Africans" because they are "fiscally positive."
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in reply to Voice of America • • •Was going through with the *Trump 1.0* deal with the Taliban for all US and coalition troops to exit Afghanistan "regardless of what the hell happens" the worst and most damaging blunder of the Biden administration?
Not just effectively re-arming the islamists with all the coalition (mainly US) military gear left behind in the chaos, but also leaving the country under medieval-style despotic rule.
I wonder how much domestic support Biden and the Democrats in general lost over this *Trump deal*?
#Biden #JoeBiden #trump #Afghanistan #taliban