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Walking 4 days for PEPFAR treatment

Counter

FAA authorized mystery drones

Trump turned the government off and back on

Only 1% took the Musk buyout

Canada’s border security measure was announced in December

USPS stopped deliveries from China for 1 day.

Reciprocal tariffs announced, 25% on steel & aluminum

Trump possibly terminating USAID

this is pretty bad, but I’m against Hostage Puppies

National Science Foundation laying off 25% to 50% of staff

Trump EO: create a sovereign wealth fund

With what surplus?? Or are we just nationalizing industries?

Trump cut funding to UN Human Rights Council and UNRWA

Order imposes sanctions on ICC

Trump wants to take over Gaza

No one wants Gazans, “worst nightmare”

Egypt is hosting emergency Arab summit

Trump signed EO saying he’ll deport non-citizens who took part in Gaza protests

Trump is housing migrants at Guantanemo Bay

EO states Title IX must separate by biological sex

Elon Musk + staff gain access to Treasury payment system.

5 days later judge blocks access. ordered the destruction of any downloaded information.

Some public derisions about some of DOGE staff being young?

Fight-For-25 vibes

The CIA sent an unclassified email to the White House listing the first name and last initial of all new hires in the last two years

DNC elected new leadership including David Hogg as vice chair

TracingWoodgrains article on FAA hiring scandal

Iraqi man who burned Quran at a protest in Sweden in 2023 shot dead

Man in Manchester (England) arrested for… burning a Quran.

Do we need another Everyone Draw Muhammad Day?

Anthropic really does give the promised money to charities.

A young man slowly builds credibility with an AI to convince it to help him build a nuclear fusor

$Trump and $Melania memecoins

DJT stock still at $6.5 billion market cap

Happy News!

Czech beavers built a dam before government could even apply for permits

We have laser guns!

HELIOS - “High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance”

We have a treatment for prion diseases!

Dog treats made from cultured meat available in UK

Chemical building blocks of life and a history of saltwater on samples returned to Earth from the asteroid Bennu

first new pharmaceutical approach to treating pain in more than 20 years. Non-opiod!

Shortage of IV fluids for animals in Australia addressed by vet asking for discarded half-full bags from blood donation centers

No more pennies!

Troop Deployment

Eneasz - That Ol' Comfy Racism

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