Rep. Crank to Newsmax: Rare Earth Minerals Deal 'Good for Ukraine'
Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., told Newsmax on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's proposed deal for Ukraine to grant the United States 50% ownership of the country's rare earth minerals "would be good for Ukraine."
Crank, appearing on "National Report," was asked if he thinks it's fair for Trump to demand half of Ukraine's rare earth minerals as a form of reimbursement for the weapons and financial support the U.S. provided during a war with Russia.
"Yes, I do think it's a good thing if you think about it," Crank said, adding, "It would be good for Ukraine."
Rep. Jordan to Newsmax: Need More Answers on Theft of 400K Tax Returns
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Newsmax on Tuesday that the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, is looking into what he considers a favorable deal that a former IRS contractor received from the Biden administration's Department of Justice leading to him pleading guilty to stealing thousands of tax returns and delivering some to left-wing media outlets.
The former contractor, Charles Littlejohn, pleaded guilty in October 2023 to unauthorized disclosure of tax returns and return information, and was sentenced in January 2024 to five years in prison, according to the Department of Justice. Littlejohn reportedly admitted to using the IRS archive to access the tax returns and leaked them to The New York Times and ProPublica.
"We're going to work on getting more and more details about this whole thing," he said. "But I think it's a reflection of the Biden Justice Department and what their priorities [were]. Remember, this is the same Justice Department [that couldn't] tell us who planted the pipe bombs on Jan. 6. The same Justice Department [couldn't] tell us who leaked the [Supreme Court] Dobbs opinion. Same Justice Department [that couldn't] even tell us who put cocaine at the White House.
"So, you know, there's real problems there. I'm really encouraged by Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, the folks who are going to the Trump Justice Department, I think it's going to be a whole different story."
With the Meghan Markle & Pamela Anderson situation now beginning to erupt in regards to the Meghan Markle copying pamela anderson's cooking show called pamela's cooking with love.....one major development going on now involves more to do with Meghan Markle and why pamela anderson has growing issues with meghan...this comes well after the meghan markle netflix trailer and how more in studio drama is now beginning to take place since pamela anderson is now beginning to take action.
The subjugation of the Helots was ruthless. Each fall, when the newly elected Ephors took office, they would start with a proclamation to all Spartans, “shave your moustaches and obey our laws”, followed by a declaration of war against the Helots. The war declaration extended martial law for another year and allowed the killing of Helots without penalty. As part of the Agoge (military training), young Spartans were enrolled as members of a secret organization called Crypteia. Their task was to go out at night, kill any Helots they encountered, and take their food. This activity was designed to train Spartans to travel by stealth at night and keep the Helots fearful. The care with which Sparta protected itself are not surprising when one realizes that its army was perhaps 10,000 strong while the Helots numbered 220,000.
Rep. Mark Harris to Newsmax: Be Patient for Release of JFK Files
Harris told The Chris Salcedo Show that Americans need to be patient while Attorney General Pam Bondi reviews all the information before it is released.
Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., told Newsmax he is confident classified government files relating to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King will eventually be released to the public.
It's been a month since President Donald Trump signed an order to declassify the files so they could be released. That sweeping blanket order also covers the release of information surrounding the jail cell suicide of convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Harris told "The Chris Salcedo Show" that Americans need to be patient while Attorney General Pam Bondi reviews all the information before it is released.
It was Lycurgus who, in a time of great stress, convinced the Spartan people to adopt a new way of life – create a warrior class to protect Sparta from a revolt of the Messenian Helots. But it was a pact with the devil, because the subjugation of a people as slaves, requires the military might to hold down the inevitable revolts.
So the Agoge was adopted; twenty years military training for all young men starting when they reached age seven. Living together and fighting together – a lifelong bond between warriors.
Congress has appropriated $182.8 billion in humanitarian and military aid for Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion three years ago, according to data from the Ukraine Oversight Interagency Working Group, a coalition of two dozen federal government oversight entities, including from the departments of state, defense, and homeland security.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reportedly said earlier this month that Ukraine had received $75 billion directly from the U.S. and that another $100 billion was "never received." It sparked concerns among many regarding where that money went, and charges of corruption were raised.
In the aftermath, one of the undercover agents was reportedly transferred to the CIA, effectively placing her beyond the reach of any potential inquiry. The other received a promotion and is now a high-ranking FBI executive in a major field office.
Additionally, the whistleblower described a culture of silence surrounding the operation as agents were directed never to discuss the matter.
City Journal reporter Christopher F. Rufo took to social media Tuesday to announce that Gabbard is preparing a memo to be sent to all intelligence agencies to identify the employees involved.
"Memo sent. We know who they are. Action is underway," Gabbard wrote on X while sharing Rufo's comment.
About an hour after Rufo's post, Gabbard's deputy chief of staff confirmed news of the memo.
"The DNI sent a memo directing all intelligence agencies to identify the employees who participated in the NSA's 'obscene, pornographic, and sexually explicit' chatrooms and to terminate their employment and revoke their security clearances," Alexa Henning wrote on X. "Deadline: Friday."
Apple has said it had an active oversight effort to avoid legal risks and that the proposal inappropriately restricted management.
CEO Tim Cook said at Tuesday's meeting that Apple's "strength has always come from hiring the very best people and then providing a culture of collaboration, one where people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives come together to innovate."
But he also said, "As the legal landscape around these issues evolves, we may need to make some changes to comply, but our North Star of dignity and respect for everyone and our work to that end will never waver."
The other problem we have in the United States is that the people’s power ends with their vote. Because they elect representatives and do not participate in government themselves, their surrogates are open to the kind of corruption that makes them beholden to the rich and powerful rather than the people they represent.
Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia.
"This is a big question right now because, of course, Pope Francis forged his own path, and it was a liberalizing direction in the church," Murray said. "He authorized that divorced and remarried people could receive Communion. He authorized the blessings to be given to same-sex couples. These are things that his predecessors had never done and, in fact, had rejected those ideas."
What if I told you that reality is constantly trying to talk to you—but you've been trained to ignore it? Every single day, subtle messages are being placed in your path, moments too precise to be accidents.
The next winter found him in the Ampulia district on the opposite side of the Apennine Mountains from Rome. Following his victory at Cannae, Hannibal adopted a strategy of attacking Campania, hoping to get Rome’s allies to revolt and join him. This effort was largely unsuccessful and he was eventually forced to retreat south into the Bruttium district.
Alexa+ can also summarize footage from Ring security cameras, describing what’s going on in a scene and pulling up specific moments. “She’s your virtual security guard,” Panay said.
Amazon’s pitching the new Alexa as not just a general-purpose assistant, but a serious productivity tool. Users can upload files and documents (plus emails), and Alexa will be able to parse and refer to these in the future, according to the company. For example, a user could say something like, “I forwarded a work schedule, are there any interesting events I need to be aware of?,” and Alexa will highlight key items in the doc.
Beyond simply reading files, Alexa+ can take certain actions on those files. It can add text from a doc to a calendar, for instance, and create a reminder from info found within a particular doc or email.
The company notes that your information is not shared or used to personalize your experience across Google products.
The feature is available to users in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, France, Sweden, Thailand, India, and Indonesia.
NHL ratings broke records last week during the Four Nations Tournament. The controversy between the United States and Canada...led to 9.3 million people watching the championship game. The NHL was hoping to capitalize on this increased attention...but the results were disappointing.
We reveal and react to recent NHL ratings. We discuss the NHL needing outside controversy in order to draw ratings...and explain why the hockey itself isn't enough to maintain mainstream attention.
Are We Barbarians? Do we think we’re better than the Romans?
I suppose if you asked someone to describe the difference between ourselves and the Romans they might answer, “They lived crude backward lives without modern conveniences” or “They were Barbarians. We’re not.” There is a tendency to think everything is better now; that human beings have progressed over the last two thousand years to a higher form – ruled by logic and not fists. I wonder if the “We’re not barbarians” comment is accurate.
I’m a fan of the Showtime series The Tudors, and have observed with curiosity the many beheadings shown in the episodes. I found it surprising that parents brought their children to these “events” held five hundred years ago. Wouldn’t we label this barbaric behavior? Why would a mother bring a child to witness a beheading, watching the head fly off and blood shoot all over? Is this any different from gladiators in the Coliseum?
The word barbarian comes from “baba”, the Greek term for speech they couldn’t understand, particularly those of the backward tribes to their north. To the Greeks, barbarians were people who didn’t speak Greek and were, therefore, unrefined. A barbarian to them was an uncivilized person, or by our modern definition, a person lacking in moral or intellectual advancement - not humane, ethical, and reasonable.
But we still have our murders and rapists acting uncivilized. Five point four percent of the United States population is in jail. These people must be barbarians, right? Or maybe the white collar criminals aren’t because their crimes were committed in a civilized manner.
There is greater danger to our political system than bureaucracy – the power of corporations. As corporations consolidate and grow more international, their power widens. Inside the United States, they use lobbyists to influence legislation in ways that do not serve the public. Many corporations control vital industries which could be used as leverage points for power. Imagine, for example, the extortion possible by oil companies or electric utilities.
A corporation is a selfish thing; dedicated to its own survival and the survival of those who run it. Unchecked, corporations could gain so much influence over government they would be essentially controlling it. What would happen if we reached a point where corporations saw the government as The enemy rather than an ally? Look at our current economic situation. As the mortgage crisis unfolded, the U.S. government forced banks to take bailout money and live with government control, but the subsequent behavior by the banks was unanticipated by politicians who do not understand business. Rather than using security of government funding to relax their apprehension over loaning money, the banks did nothing. Most want to pay the government back quickly because they don’t want to burden of being told how to operate their businesses, and Congress is powerless to do anything about it. Is this a microcosm of a bigger corporate conspiracy? Only time will tell.
No obstacle would deter Caesar, however. He knew direct attack was impossible because of the hilltop position of the city, so he planned a siege to starve the Gauls into surrender.
Caesar ordered construction of a ten mile perimeter defense almost completely surrounding the city. Eight camps were placed in strategic positions with twenty-three lookout towers placed at equal intervals. Noting the construction and realizing he was being caught in a trap, Vercingetorix sent out his cavalry to break through and seek reinforcements. Informed of the break-out, Caesar decided he needed a more elaborate defense. His men dug a twenty-five foot wide trench, twenty-five feet deep, with vertical sides. Six hundred yards behind this trench two others were dug: both fifteen feet wide -- one filled with water. Behind the twin trenches, a twelve foot palisaded rampart was constructed. Towers were placed at one hundred and thirty yard intervals along the wall.
Why the Roman Republic Failed and What It Means to Us - Part IV
In the last three posts we have described the personalities and the events that led directly to the fall of the Roman Republic. From that point when Sulla left the scene, Crassus, Pompey and Caesar carried on a mutually beneficial arrangement (The Triumvirate), which lasted until Crassus’ death and the death of Pompey’s wife (Caesar’s daughter). Any one of these three men could have made dictator. Caesar succeeded because of the death of Crassus and the hesitation of Pompey.
Trump Administration Directs Large-Scale Federal Layoffs
Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump 's administration that sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of American government.
The memo expands the Republican president's effort to downsize the federal workforce, which he has described as bloated and impediment to his agenda. Thousands of probationary employees have already been fired, and now his administration is turning its attention to career officials with civil service protection.
The Social Security tax was signed into law in 1983 by then-President Ronald Reagan with the intention of strengthening the program's trust fund.
The law allows up to 50% of a recipient's Social Security benefits to be taxed if that person's income falls between $25,000 and $34,000, and when the person's income is over $34,000, up to 85% of it can be taxed.
The Republican Party platform, approved last summer and written in part by Trump, prohibits cutting Social Security or Medicare and rules out hiking the age for retirement.
According to Gasparino, it isn't just companies like Facebook and X that rely on Section 230 to protect them from libel lawsuits and mountains of legal fees; Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple investors could also be impacted by Carr's move to undermine the provision, depending on how far he goes.
New media companies have argued that they are merely conduits of information and should not face the same liability that a traditional publisher would.
However, Gasparino's sources say that Carr believes social media sites operate in a very different landscape than the early days of the internet and regularly make editorial decisions.
Meta's Facebook, for example, censored speech that questioned the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines, as did Twitter, prior to Elon Musk's purchase of the platform.
As the top regulator of media, the FCC has the legal authority to interpret Section 230, and Carr could reportedly erode or dispense with the shield entirely by issuing an advisory opinion. The courts would then have to decide whether to use his guidance as they decide Section 230 cases.
An advisory opinion from Carr could also mean that defamation cases against Big Tech companies that would have previously been dismissed could move forward in the court system, potentially leading to settlements due to the high cost of litigation.
!summarize #maxscherzer #umpire #robot #mlb
Rep. Crank to Newsmax: Rare Earth Minerals Deal 'Good for Ukraine'
Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., told Newsmax on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's proposed deal for Ukraine to grant the United States 50% ownership of the country's rare earth minerals "would be good for Ukraine."
Crank, appearing on "National Report," was asked if he thinks it's fair for Trump to demand half of Ukraine's rare earth minerals as a form of reimbursement for the weapons and financial support the U.S. provided during a war with Russia.
"Yes, I do think it's a good thing if you think about it," Crank said, adding, "It would be good for Ukraine."
!summarize #janiceturner #constitution #government
Rep. Jordan to Newsmax: Need More Answers on Theft of 400K Tax Returns
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Newsmax on Tuesday that the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, is looking into what he considers a favorable deal that a former IRS contractor received from the Biden administration's Department of Justice leading to him pleading guilty to stealing thousands of tax returns and delivering some to left-wing media outlets.
The former contractor, Charles Littlejohn, pleaded guilty in October 2023 to unauthorized disclosure of tax returns and return information, and was sentenced in January 2024 to five years in prison, according to the Department of Justice. Littlejohn reportedly admitted to using the IRS archive to access the tax returns and leaked them to The New York Times and ProPublica.
"We're going to work on getting more and more details about this whole thing," he said. "But I think it's a reflection of the Biden Justice Department and what their priorities [were]. Remember, this is the same Justice Department [that couldn't] tell us who planted the pipe bombs on Jan. 6. The same Justice Department [couldn't] tell us who leaked the [Supreme Court] Dobbs opinion. Same Justice Department [that couldn't] even tell us who put cocaine at the White House.
"So, you know, there's real problems there. I'm really encouraged by Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, the folks who are going to the Trump Justice Department, I think it's going to be a whole different story."
With the Meghan Markle & Pamela Anderson situation now beginning to erupt in regards to the Meghan Markle copying pamela anderson's cooking show called pamela's cooking with love.....one major development going on now involves more to do with Meghan Markle and why pamela anderson has growing issues with meghan...this comes well after the meghan markle netflix trailer and how more in studio drama is now beginning to take place since pamela anderson is now beginning to take action.
!summarize #brettbaty #nymets #mlb
!summarize #garrettcrochet #redsox #boston #springtraining
The subjugation of the Helots was ruthless. Each fall, when the newly elected Ephors took office, they would start with a proclamation to all Spartans, “shave your moustaches and obey our laws”, followed by a declaration of war against the Helots. The war declaration extended martial law for another year and allowed the killing of Helots without penalty. As part of the Agoge (military training), young Spartans were enrolled as members of a secret organization called Crypteia. Their task was to go out at night, kill any Helots they encountered, and take their food. This activity was designed to train Spartans to travel by stealth at night and keep the Helots fearful. The care with which Sparta protected itself are not surprising when one realizes that its army was perhaps 10,000 strong while the Helots numbered 220,000.
Rep. Mark Harris to Newsmax: Be Patient for Release of JFK Files
Harris told The Chris Salcedo Show that Americans need to be patient while Attorney General Pam Bondi reviews all the information before it is released.
Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., told Newsmax he is confident classified government files relating to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King will eventually be released to the public.
It's been a month since President Donald Trump signed an order to declassify the files so they could be released. That sweeping blanket order also covers the release of information surrounding the jail cell suicide of convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Harris told "The Chris Salcedo Show" that Americans need to be patient while Attorney General Pam Bondi reviews all the information before it is released.
It was Lycurgus who, in a time of great stress, convinced the Spartan people to adopt a new way of life – create a warrior class to protect Sparta from a revolt of the Messenian Helots. But it was a pact with the devil, because the subjugation of a people as slaves, requires the military might to hold down the inevitable revolts.
So the Agoge was adopted; twenty years military training for all young men starting when they reached age seven. Living together and fighting together – a lifelong bond between warriors.
Congress has appropriated $182.8 billion in humanitarian and military aid for Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion three years ago, according to data from the Ukraine Oversight Interagency Working Group, a coalition of two dozen federal government oversight entities, including from the departments of state, defense, and homeland security.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reportedly said earlier this month that Ukraine had received $75 billion directly from the U.S. and that another $100 billion was "never received." It sparked concerns among many regarding where that money went, and charges of corruption were raised.
In the aftermath, one of the undercover agents was reportedly transferred to the CIA, effectively placing her beyond the reach of any potential inquiry. The other received a promotion and is now a high-ranking FBI executive in a major field office.
Additionally, the whistleblower described a culture of silence surrounding the operation as agents were directed never to discuss the matter.
!summarize #victordavishanson #trump #counterrevolution #politics #society
City Journal reporter Christopher F. Rufo took to social media Tuesday to announce that Gabbard is preparing a memo to be sent to all intelligence agencies to identify the employees involved.
"Memo sent. We know who they are. Action is underway," Gabbard wrote on X while sharing Rufo's comment.
About an hour after Rufo's post, Gabbard's deputy chief of staff confirmed news of the memo.
"The DNI sent a memo directing all intelligence agencies to identify the employees who participated in the NSA's 'obscene, pornographic, and sexually explicit' chatrooms and to terminate their employment and revoke their security clearances," Alexa Henning wrote on X. "Deadline: Friday."
Apple has said it had an active oversight effort to avoid legal risks and that the proposal inappropriately restricted management.
CEO Tim Cook said at Tuesday's meeting that Apple's "strength has always come from hiring the very best people and then providing a culture of collaboration, one where people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives come together to innovate."
But he also said, "As the legal landscape around these issues evolves, we may need to make some changes to comply, but our North Star of dignity and respect for everyone and our work to that end will never waver."
The other problem we have in the United States is that the people’s power ends with their vote. Because they elect representatives and do not participate in government themselves, their surrogates are open to the kind of corruption that makes them beholden to the rich and powerful rather than the people they represent.
Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia.
"This is a big question right now because, of course, Pope Francis forged his own path, and it was a liberalizing direction in the church," Murray said. "He authorized that divorced and remarried people could receive Communion. He authorized the blessings to be given to same-sex couples. These are things that his predecessors had never done and, in fact, had rejected those ideas."
What if I told you that reality is constantly trying to talk to you—but you've been trained to ignore it? Every single day, subtle messages are being placed in your path, moments too precise to be accidents.
The next winter found him in the Ampulia district on the opposite side of the Apennine Mountains from Rome. Following his victory at Cannae, Hannibal adopted a strategy of attacking Campania, hoping to get Rome’s allies to revolt and join him. This effort was largely unsuccessful and he was eventually forced to retreat south into the Bruttium district.
Alexa+ can also summarize footage from Ring security cameras, describing what’s going on in a scene and pulling up specific moments. “She’s your virtual security guard,” Panay said.
Amazon’s pitching the new Alexa as not just a general-purpose assistant, but a serious productivity tool. Users can upload files and documents (plus emails), and Alexa will be able to parse and refer to these in the future, according to the company. For example, a user could say something like, “I forwarded a work schedule, are there any interesting events I need to be aware of?,” and Alexa will highlight key items in the doc.
Beyond simply reading files, Alexa+ can take certain actions on those files. It can add text from a doc to a calendar, for instance, and create a reminder from info found within a particular doc or email.
The company notes that your information is not shared or used to personalize your experience across Google products.
The feature is available to users in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, France, Sweden, Thailand, India, and Indonesia.
!summarize #nyyankees #Mlb
!summarize #lukeweaver #aaronjudge #nyyankees #pitching #Mlb
!summarize #nhl #sports #ratings #hockey
NHL ratings broke records last week during the Four Nations Tournament. The controversy between the United States and Canada...led to 9.3 million people watching the championship game. The NHL was hoping to capitalize on this increased attention...but the results were disappointing.
We reveal and react to recent NHL ratings. We discuss the NHL needing outside controversy in order to draw ratings...and explain why the hockey itself isn't enough to maintain mainstream attention.
!summarize #nba #ratings
!summarize #yieldcurve #treasuries #bonds #economy
!summarize #bloomberg #terminal #software #howto
!summarize #fasting #diet #health #testosterone #men
Are We Barbarians? Do we think we’re better than the Romans?
I suppose if you asked someone to describe the difference between ourselves and the Romans they might answer, “They lived crude backward lives without modern conveniences” or “They were Barbarians. We’re not.” There is a tendency to think everything is better now; that human beings have progressed over the last two thousand years to a higher form – ruled by logic and not fists. I wonder if the “We’re not barbarians” comment is accurate.
I’m a fan of the Showtime series The Tudors, and have observed with curiosity the many beheadings shown in the episodes. I found it surprising that parents brought their children to these “events” held five hundred years ago. Wouldn’t we label this barbaric behavior? Why would a mother bring a child to witness a beheading, watching the head fly off and blood shoot all over? Is this any different from gladiators in the Coliseum?
The word barbarian comes from “baba”, the Greek term for speech they couldn’t understand, particularly those of the backward tribes to their north. To the Greeks, barbarians were people who didn’t speak Greek and were, therefore, unrefined. A barbarian to them was an uncivilized person, or by our modern definition, a person lacking in moral or intellectual advancement - not humane, ethical, and reasonable.
But we still have our murders and rapists acting uncivilized. Five point four percent of the United States population is in jail. These people must be barbarians, right? Or maybe the white collar criminals aren’t because their crimes were committed in a civilized manner.
There is greater danger to our political system than bureaucracy – the power of corporations. As corporations consolidate and grow more international, their power widens. Inside the United States, they use lobbyists to influence legislation in ways that do not serve the public. Many corporations control vital industries which could be used as leverage points for power. Imagine, for example, the extortion possible by oil companies or electric utilities.
A corporation is a selfish thing; dedicated to its own survival and the survival of those who run it. Unchecked, corporations could gain so much influence over government they would be essentially controlling it. What would happen if we reached a point where corporations saw the government as The enemy rather than an ally? Look at our current economic situation. As the mortgage crisis unfolded, the U.S. government forced banks to take bailout money and live with government control, but the subsequent behavior by the banks was unanticipated by politicians who do not understand business. Rather than using security of government funding to relax their apprehension over loaning money, the banks did nothing. Most want to pay the government back quickly because they don’t want to burden of being told how to operate their businesses, and Congress is powerless to do anything about it. Is this a microcosm of a bigger corporate conspiracy? Only time will tell.
No obstacle would deter Caesar, however. He knew direct attack was impossible because of the hilltop position of the city, so he planned a siege to starve the Gauls into surrender.
Caesar ordered construction of a ten mile perimeter defense almost completely surrounding the city. Eight camps were placed in strategic positions with twenty-three lookout towers placed at equal intervals. Noting the construction and realizing he was being caught in a trap, Vercingetorix sent out his cavalry to break through and seek reinforcements. Informed of the break-out, Caesar decided he needed a more elaborate defense. His men dug a twenty-five foot wide trench, twenty-five feet deep, with vertical sides. Six hundred yards behind this trench two others were dug: both fifteen feet wide -- one filled with water. Behind the twin trenches, a twelve foot palisaded rampart was constructed. Towers were placed at one hundred and thirty yard intervals along the wall.
!summarize #china #dating #relationships #love
!summarize #palantir #microsoft #stock #technology
!summarize #buffett #stocks #economy #market
!summarize #americans #women #dead #belize #hotel #news
!summarize #matthewmcconaughey #atheist #hollywood
!summarize #joyreid #msnbc #media #cablenews
!summarize #media #president #presssecretary #news #biden
!summarize #eu #leaders #peace #ukrainse #warmongers
Why the Roman Republic Failed and What It Means to Us - Part IV
In the last three posts we have described the personalities and the events that led directly to the fall of the Roman Republic. From that point when Sulla left the scene, Crassus, Pompey and Caesar carried on a mutually beneficial arrangement (The Triumvirate), which lasted until Crassus’ death and the death of Pompey’s wife (Caesar’s daughter). Any one of these three men could have made dictator. Caesar succeeded because of the death of Crassus and the hesitation of Pompey.
Trump Administration Directs Large-Scale Federal Layoffs
Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump 's administration that sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of American government.
The memo expands the Republican president's effort to downsize the federal workforce, which he has described as bloated and impediment to his agenda. Thousands of probationary employees have already been fired, and now his administration is turning its attention to career officials with civil service protection.
The Social Security tax was signed into law in 1983 by then-President Ronald Reagan with the intention of strengthening the program's trust fund.
The law allows up to 50% of a recipient's Social Security benefits to be taxed if that person's income falls between $25,000 and $34,000, and when the person's income is over $34,000, up to 85% of it can be taxed.
The Republican Party platform, approved last summer and written in part by Trump, prohibits cutting Social Security or Medicare and rules out hiking the age for retirement.
According to Gasparino, it isn't just companies like Facebook and X that rely on Section 230 to protect them from libel lawsuits and mountains of legal fees; Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple investors could also be impacted by Carr's move to undermine the provision, depending on how far he goes.
New media companies have argued that they are merely conduits of information and should not face the same liability that a traditional publisher would.
However, Gasparino's sources say that Carr believes social media sites operate in a very different landscape than the early days of the internet and regularly make editorial decisions.
Meta's Facebook, for example, censored speech that questioned the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines, as did Twitter, prior to Elon Musk's purchase of the platform.
As the top regulator of media, the FCC has the legal authority to interpret Section 230, and Carr could reportedly erode or dispense with the shield entirely by issuing an advisory opinion. The courts would then have to decide whether to use his guidance as they decide Section 230 cases.
An advisory opinion from Carr could also mean that defamation cases against Big Tech companies that would have previously been dismissed could move forward in the court system, potentially leading to settlements due to the high cost of litigation.