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"President Trump said he was unhappy with continued attacks by both Iran and Israel and warned Israel against dropping bombs as their cease-fire got off to a shaky start."
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Iran launched a missile strike against the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, one of several U.S. military bases across the Middle East, in retaliation for the U.S. bombing its nuclear sites. Qatari authorities say there were no casualties and that air defenses "successfully thwarted the attack and intercepted the Iranian missiles." Here's @AssociatedPress's liveblog.
#News #Iran #Israel #UnitedStates #Qatar #MiddleEast
ABC News ; What to know about COVID variant NB.1.8.1 causing 'razor blade throat'
An Acquaintance on Pillowfort evidently contracted this. They do not live in one of the states where the spread has been reported, which means the CDC etc is being unreliable for info about it or at tracking it under the new administration.
They said :
I am counting the first day I noticed any throat irritation as day 1 of symptoms. I started Paxlovid on day 4. I am currently on day 16 and dealing with profound fatigue and muscle weakness, though my cognition is okay. I tested positive for covid on day 13. I am up to date on my vaccinations and practice hand hygiene. I got this because I did not wear a mask indoors in crowded areas (was unable to due to work). The sore throat started mild, got progressively worse, reaching its zenith on days 3.5-5 or 6. I also experienced ear popping (days 3-13), congestion (worse on days 3-6, but still present on day 16).
This is a Sneaky Variant and Can Last Weeks Even With Treatment
#News #Covid #NewStrain #RazorBladeThroat #MaskInPublicAgain
What to know about COVID variant NB.1.8.1 causing 'razor blade throat'
NB 1.8.1 is allegedly causing more painful sore throats in some patients.Mary Kekatos (ABC News)
Cambridge is suing to get promised federal funds without having to pledge against DEI, immigrants
Meanwhile, Here in Cambridge....
#OurModernTimes #News #Cambridge #MA #DEI #Immigrant #LawsuitVsTrumpAdministration #Seattle
As more Palestinian civilians come under fire near aid distribution sites run by the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’, international aid organisations denounce the Israeli-American scheme.
Eye-witnesses have reported Israeli forces, and local gangs working with them, firing on crowds of civilians and shooting dead dozens of people — including children.
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#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News
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Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
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The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
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#News #NIH #Trump #Science #Research #Health #PublicHealth #Medicine
Science Shattered
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost.ProPublica
Trump nominates official with ties to antisemitic extremists to lead ethics agency
Trump's Now Betraying The Jewish Americans... Why Am I Not Surprised?
Trade Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs, Threatening His Economic Agenda and Tax Cuts
The U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday struck down tariffs imposed on virtually every country by President Donald Trump, ruling that he exceeded the authority granted to him under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
No No and NO Declared At Trump's Tariffs
#News #Tariffs #Busines #Barron's #CourtDecision #ExceededAuthority #Abused
Judge Halts Trump Admin’s Attempt to Withhold HUD Funds From Cambridge
Once More The Battle Ends up in the Court over Trump Administrative Overreach.
The ruling comes after Cambridge joined more than 30 other towns, cities, and counties in a lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner. The lawsuit argues that adoption of certain policies “in exchange for Continuum of Care funds is an abuse of executive power and violates the Constitution and federal laws,” according to a city statement.
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#News #Cambridge #MA #HUD #Funding #CourtOrder #SeparationOfPowers #Homelessness #ScottTurner
Judge Halts Trump Admin’s Attempt to Withhold HUD Funds From Cambridge | News | The Harvard Crimson
A federal judge granted Cambridge a second temporary restraining order on Friday against the Trump administration’s attempt to tie homelessness funds to compliance with executive orders the city says violate its Welcoming City Ordinance.www.thecrimson.com
US citizen says ICE mistakenly took him into custody outside Massachusetts courthouse
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —A U.S. citizen said he was mistakenly taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside a Massachusetts courthouse Friday. He was later released after agents confirmed his identity. Hugo Monteiro, a 31-year-old Brazilian American from Revere, said he was taken by ICE agents outside Cambridge District Court when they confused him for another person.
#News #ICE #Cambridge #MA #TheyJustDon'tLearn #IntimidationTactics #ICECrimes
US citizen says ICE mistakenly took him into custody outside Massachusetts courthouse
A U.S. citizen from Revere was mistakenly taken into custody by ICE agents outside a Cambridge courthouse. He was released after proving his identity.Ted Wayman (WCVB)
Germany arrests self-declared 'king' and bans his extremist group
Peter Fitzek, 59, was among those arrested in morning raids across seven states on Tuesday, which involved about 800 security personnel.The government banned their group, the Reichsbürger, or "citizens of the Reich", which seeks to establish the Königreich Deutschland, or "Kingdom of Germany".
Alexander Dobrindt, German's interior minister, accused the group of attempting to "undermine the rule of law" by creating an alternative state and spreading "antisemitic conspiracy narratives to back up their supposed claim to authority".
His ministry announced the dissolution of the group, and accused it of financing itself through "economic criminal structures".
Germany vs The Man Who Would Be King
#OurModernTimes #News #Germany #FarRight #Reichsbürger
Germany bans extremist movement and arrests self-declared 'king' Peter
Police arrest the leaders of Germany's largest Reichsbürger faction, that calls itself "Kingdom of Germany".Damien McGuinness (BBC News)
Labour and other political parties banned from four biggest UK Prides
No More Pandering To Political Parties That Are False Allies
#UK #News #PinkNews #LabourBetrayalHasAPrice #TransphobesGoAway
Labour and other political parties banned from four biggest UK Prides
Political parties, including Labour, the Conservatives, the Greens and the Lib Dems, have been banned from four major Pride events in the UK.Amelia Hansford (PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news)
Where Are The Women?
It's Worse Than You Think... and I bet Trump & Friends Have Stock in these Companies
#ICE #News #Detainees #PrisonsForProfit #FollowTheMoney #RepublicansProfitingOffofDetention
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China Set to End One of Its Last US Dependencies Thanks to 35 Million Tons of High-Purity Quartz Deposit Worth 1.4 Billion Euros
#News #China #USA #Quartz #OurModernTimes
China Set to End One of Its Last US Dependencies Thanks to 35 Million Tons of High-Purity Quartz Deposit
The find may allow China to end its reliance on imports from the United States, particularly from the globally dominant Spruce Pine mine in North Carolina.Arezki Amiri (The Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel)
China vows retaliation against countries that follow U.S. calls to isolate Beijing
“China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China’s interests. If this happens, China will not accept it and will resolutely take reciprocal countermeasures,” the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said, according to a CNBC translation.
Retaliation For Those Who Make A Deal With Trump : The Trade War Becoming A Cold War
#News #TradeWar #China #USA #Trump #TheLinesAreDrawn
China vows retaliation against countries that follow U.S. calls to isolate Beijing
In a shift toward a harder stance this month, China retaliated against U.S. tariffs with levies of 125% on imports of American goods.Evelyn Cheng (CNBC)
El Salvador offers Venezuela prisoner swap involving US deportees
El Salvador's president has offered to repatriate 252 Venezuelans deported by the US and imprisoned in his country - if Venezuela releases the same number of political prisoners.
Nayib Bukele appealed directly to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a post on social media.
He said many of the Venezuelan deportees had committed "rape and murder", while Venezuelan political prisoners were jailed only because they opposed Maduro, whose re-election last year is widely disputed.
#ElSalvador #Venezuela #Trump #OurModernTimes #News #BBC
El Salvador offers Venezuela prisoner swap involving US deportees
El Salvador proposes exchanging 252 US-deported Venezuelans for the same number of "political prisoners" in Venezuela.Jaroslav Lukiv (BBC News)
Four judges and two lawyers in Indonesia have been charged with transacting bribes to issue a favorable ruling for palm oil giants Permata Hijau, Wilmar and Musim Mas in a high-profile corruption case.
Prosecutors allege that the companies funneled up to 60 billion rupiah ($3.57 million) to the judges through intermediaries, avoiding potential fines totaling more than $1 billion.
By Hans Nicholas Jong
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#News #Conservation #Environment #PalmOil
Judges charged in Indonesian bribery scandal after clearing palm oil giants of corruption
JAKARTA — Prosecutors in Indonesia have charged four judges and two lawyers accused of bribery in a recently concluded trial involving palm oil giants Permata Hijau, Wilmar and Musim Mas.Hans Nicholas Jong (Conservation news)
Trump & Bukele Plot US Citizen Detention In Salvadoran Torture Camps, While Defying Supreme Court Via Gibberish Responses To Reporters
Crowing About His Flaunting Law & Order Lies and Ignoring The Supreme Court
#News #Trump #SupremeCourt #SalvadoranTortureCamps #CrimesAgainstHumanity #IgnoringDueProcess #Fascism
Trump & Bukele Plot US Citizen Detention In Salvadoran Torture Camps, While Defying Supreme Court Via Gibberish Responses To Reporters
In a stunning White House appearance that should alarm anyone who cares about constitutional rights, democracy, the rule of law or anything of the sort, Donald Trump and Salvadoran dictator Nayib B…Techdirt
Republican rebels try to stop Trump's Canada tariffs
Four Republican US senators have broken ranks and voted with the Democrats in an effort to block President Donald Trump's tariffs against Canada. In a rare display of opposition to the president, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul and Susan Collins helped to vote through a resolution 51 to 48 to end Trump's emergency declaration on fentanyl trafficking that he has used to justify tariffs on Canadian imports.
#News #BBC #Trump #Canada #LisaMurkowski #MitchMcConnell #RandPaul #SusanCollins
Republican rebels vote with Democrats to scupper Trump's Canada tariffs
Four Republican senators vote with Democrats to try and end levies on imported Canadian goods, steel and aluminium.Adam Hale (BBC News)
Our top story: If the voucher bill were to pass, select private companies could soon be reeling in tens and even hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars per year. We took a closer look at who stands to gain the most. texasobserver.org/school-vouch…
#education #politics #USpol #vouchers #news #schools #TXlege #Texas #GregAbbott
How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in Texas
The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)
Texas Lawmakers Want a Charter School Network to Stop Paying Its Superintendent Nearly $900K. The School Board Says No.
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The rebuke from lawmakers and charter school leaders came after an investigation from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed that Salvador Cavazos, who oversees fewer than 1,000 students, is among the most well-paid superintendents in the country.
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