Lem
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A place for me to bookmark and track important current events as they unfold. That's really all.
Cutting SNAP funding, more stringner Medicaid requirements, ACA subsidies lapsing resulting in much higher premiums, and now closing social security offices resulting in longer, more difficult, wait times to obtain benefits.
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Senators Demand Trump Admin Come Clean on Plan to 'Quietly Kill' Social Security Offices | Common Dreams
The lawmakers accused the Social Security Administration of "a slash-first, think-later approach," for which "beneficiaries will pay the price."
www.commondreams.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Cutting SNAP funding, more stringner Medicaid requirements, ACA subsidies lapsing resulting in much higher premiums, and now closing social security offices resulting in longer, more difficult, wait times to obtain benefits.
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
NATO head told allies we must prepare for war of the likes of WW2. This comes as the US released a Nat Sec strategy aligning moreso with Russia's goals. Indicative that the US will not have Europe's back. US seems to be abandoning NATO, post WW2 world order.
news.sky.com/story/uk-rap...
news.sky.com/story/uk-rap...
UK 'rapidly developing' plans to prepare for war
Al Carns has warned of a "shadow of war" at Europe's door, as hostile intelligence activity against the UK has jumped by more than 50% over the past year.
news.sky.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
NATO head told allies we must prepare for war of the likes of WW2. This comes as the US released a Nat Sec strategy aligning moreso with Russia's goals. Indicative that the US will not have Europe's back. US seems to be abandoning NATO, post WW2 world order.
news.sky.com/story/uk-rap...
news.sky.com/story/uk-rap...
US joins Russia, Belarus, China, North Korea, Nicaragua, Niger in voting NO to condemn Russians attack on in the Chernobyl sarcophagus.
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UN General Assembly backs Ukraine’s resolution on strengthening global cooperation to address Chernobyl’s consequences
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a Ukraine-initiated resolution aimed at strengthening international cooperation and mitigating the consequences of the Chornobyl disaster, formally ackn...
rubryka.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
US joins Russia, Belarus, China, North Korea, Nicaragua, Niger in voting NO to condemn Russians attack on in the Chernobyl sarcophagus.
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The doc lists Italy, Hungary, Poland and Austria as countries the US should “work more with... the goal of pulling them away from the EU”.
The NSS also called for the creation of a new body of powers called the Core 5 - US, China, Russia, India and Japan.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
The NSS also called for the creation of a new body of powers called the Core 5 - US, China, Russia, India and Japan.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Trump ‘to persuade four countries to leave EU’, leaked document shows
Leaked document reveals how US can ‘Make Europe Great Again’
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The doc lists Italy, Hungary, Poland and Austria as countries the US should “work more with... the goal of pulling them away from the EU”.
The NSS also called for the creation of a new body of powers called the Core 5 - US, China, Russia, India and Japan.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
The NSS also called for the creation of a new body of powers called the Core 5 - US, China, Russia, India and Japan.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Memo calls for cash reward system to encourage Americans to report suspected domestic terrorist activity, including advancing radical gender ideology, anti Christianity, problematic political and social agendas. Legal justification to crack down on free speech?
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Justice Department drafting a list of 'domestic terrorists'
A Justice Department memo calls for a ‘cash reward system’ that would encourage Americans to report suspected domestic terrorist activity.
www.latimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Memo calls for cash reward system to encourage Americans to report suspected domestic terrorist activity, including advancing radical gender ideology, anti Christianity, problematic political and social agendas. Legal justification to crack down on free speech?
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Five years of social media posts required.
The agency also plans to collect previously used telephone numbers from the last five years, email addresses from the last 10 years, IP addresses, and metadata from electronically submitted photos, according to the memo.
www.newsweek.com/trump-admini...
The agency also plans to collect previously used telephone numbers from the last five years, email addresses from the last 10 years, IP addresses, and metadata from electronically submitted photos, according to the memo.
www.newsweek.com/trump-admini...
Trump administration plans to check 5 years of social media for visitors
The proposal would require tourists to disclose up to five years of their social media history before they can travel to the U.S.
www.newsweek.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Five years of social media posts required.
The agency also plans to collect previously used telephone numbers from the last five years, email addresses from the last 10 years, IP addresses, and metadata from electronically submitted photos, according to the memo.
www.newsweek.com/trump-admini...
The agency also plans to collect previously used telephone numbers from the last five years, email addresses from the last 10 years, IP addresses, and metadata from electronically submitted photos, according to the memo.
www.newsweek.com/trump-admini...
President Donald Trump has raged against The New York Times, accusing the publication of “seditious, perhaps even treasonous” behavior after a recent op-ed questioned his health.
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Trump rages against The New York Times after op-ed questions his health
Trump, who frequently targets media organizations and journalists, calls for The New York Times to ‘cease publication’ after it released an op-ed about his declining ‘vigor’
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
President Donald Trump has raged against The New York Times, accusing the publication of “seditious, perhaps even treasonous” behavior after a recent op-ed questioned his health.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
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LEAK: FBI List of “Extremists” Is Coming, Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs hints at military combat deployment "in our own neighborhood."
GEN. DAN CAINE: " We haven't had a lot of American combat power in our own neighborhood; I suspect that's probably gonna change. We'll see what we're ordered to do."
GEN. DAN CAINE: " We haven't had a lot of American combat power in our own neighborhood; I suspect that's probably gonna change. We'll see what we're ordered to do."
December 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs hints at military combat deployment "in our own neighborhood."
GEN. DAN CAINE: " We haven't had a lot of American combat power in our own neighborhood; I suspect that's probably gonna change. We'll see what we're ordered to do."
GEN. DAN CAINE: " We haven't had a lot of American combat power in our own neighborhood; I suspect that's probably gonna change. We'll see what we're ordered to do."
Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump's new national security strategy as "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.
The 33-page document suggests Europe is facing "civilisational erasure" and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The 33-page document suggests Europe is facing "civilisational erasure" and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump's new national security strategy as "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.
The 33-page document suggests Europe is facing "civilisational erasure" and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The 33-page document suggests Europe is facing "civilisational erasure" and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The boat was allegedly heading to link up with a larger boat that was heading to Suriname. Admiral Bradley said it was possible it could've headed to the US. Note: that's a distance of 2000 miles.
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The Alleged Drug Boat Wasn’t Even Heading to the U.S.: Report
This new detail eviscerates Pete Hegseth’s argument.
newrepublic.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The boat was allegedly heading to link up with a larger boat that was heading to Suriname. Admiral Bradley said it was possible it could've headed to the US. Note: that's a distance of 2000 miles.
newrepublic.com/post/204065/...
newrepublic.com/post/204065/...
Trump’s vow to pardon such a high-profile convicted drug trafficker appeared to contradict the his campaign to unleash the might of the American military on small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that his administration says are involved in drug trafficking
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Trump’s vow to pardon such a high-profile convicted drug trafficker appeared to contradict the his campaign to unleash the might of the American military on small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that his administration says are involved in drug trafficking
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Kelly and a few other dems reminded troops that it's their duty to disobey unlawful orders. Trump's goes on tirade calling this treason. Hegseth announces an investigation and threatens to reinstate Kelly to active duty so that he can be prosecuted. Kelly is retired.
www.vox.com/politics/470...
www.vox.com/politics/470...
Why is Trump accusing a former astronaut of treason?
How MAGA’s war on Mark Kelly is a sign of a deeper weakness.
www.vox.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Kelly and a few other dems reminded troops that it's their duty to disobey unlawful orders. Trump's goes on tirade calling this treason. Hegseth announces an investigation and threatens to reinstate Kelly to active duty so that he can be prosecuted. Kelly is retired.
www.vox.com/politics/470...
www.vox.com/politics/470...
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Hegseth focuses on potential punishments for Sen. Kelly in confrontation over ‘illegal orders’ video www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
Hegseth focuses on potential punishments for Sen. Kelly in confrontation over ‘illegal orders’ video | CNN Politics
Publicly, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been highly critical of the six Democratic lawmakers who released a video last week urging military service members to disobey illegal orders, calling t...
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Hegseth focuses on potential punishments for Sen. Kelly in confrontation over ‘illegal orders’ video www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.reuters.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
