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News discussed:

Ziz arrested with accomplices (WSJ here)

Big EO on shrinking federal workforce

Bird flu researchers

Nuclear weapon safety people

FAA “probationary” technicians and engineers

Most “probationary” positions across all the govt

They are barely saving anything and making up numbers

Elon on Saturday: what would you say you do here?

Big EO on cutting regulations

Hegseth is trying to cut 8% of military budget each year for next five years

Trump fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, + chief naval officer and vice chief of staff of air force.

Trump justice department dismissed Eric Adams indictment

Hagan Scotten, got two Bronze stars in Iraq - “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

Judge canceled April trial but left charges intact

Mitch McConnell was the only vote against RFK and Gabbard

Kash Patel confirmed as FBI director

Trump defunded Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

NIH caps “indirect costs” at 15%

Trump is trying to kill NYC congestion pricing

Also posted this

Utah banned public sector unions from collectively bargaining

Hanania: “Conspiracies against the taxpayer no longer allowed in Utah”

Largest measles outbreak in 30 years in Texas

German snap elections big win for center-right

Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip includes eight quantum bits

Sam Altman gearing up for biggest theft in history

Musk offers nearly $100B for OpenAI, rejected

Vance speaks at AI Summit - full speed ahead and F safety

Trump Attacked Zelesky and blamed him for starting the war

Demanding 50% of Ukraine’s mineral deposits

Wants Russia back in the G7

Happy News!

Bay Area startup working on gene-edited super babies! (also interview with lead at TBC)

Michael Jordan Opens 4th Health Clinic in Home State of North Carolina.

Baby humpback whale gets stranded on a beach, pushed back out by everyone around.

Woman in flipped, burning truck rescued by those nearby.

Brickworkers teach their friend how to read every day during their lunch break

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