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🚨 Congress gives itself a carve out in the reauthorization of FISA 702 warrantless spying on Americans. The bill requires the FBI to notify and seek consent from Congress before violating the privacy of Congressmen. This will persuade many members of Congress to vote yes. pic.twitter.com/usKVeNnq3b — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 9, 2024
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via The Telegraph The Treasury said NHS pension liabilities alone had climbed above £1 trillion, while the cost of future pension promises to millions of public sector workers including doctors, civil servants and teachers ballooned by £333bn to reach £2.64 trillion in the 2021-22 financial year. The jump in liabilities was driven by a substantial downgrade to …
Biden told reporters that he is counting on the border action happening by itself. “When is a border executive action coming?” a reporter asked Biden. “I’m counting on the border action happening by itself,” Biden said. WATCH: REPORTER: "When is a border executive action coming?" BIDEN: "I'm counting on the border action happening by itself." …
By Matthew Piepenburg The French poet, Arthur Rimbaud famously wrote that “Nothing is true.” Hmmm. Fairly sensational, no? Deciphering the nuance behind such poetic phrases is almost as difficult as deciphering the meaning behind so many political (and hence central banking) phrases. Reality Amidst Fantasy: Putin Speaks Of course, not everything is a lie—but in …
Americans of both parties think the biggest issue the country faces is the government itself and “poor leadership”—outranking both inflation and the economy—according to a new Gallup poll, as headlines this month have been dominated by political controversies like the House Speaker vote and classified White House documents being found at leaders’ homes. KEY FACTS …
A lifesaving cancer therapy may actually be causing new diseases in patients receiving the treatment. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it was investigating reports of 19 cases of new cancer linked to CAR-T therapies, which are given to terminal blood cancer patients. The treatment sees immune cells taken from the body and …
by DutchKevv I’m just baffled how nobody in upper management noticed that the company had so many loyal people working, for a great CEO. 500/700 are mentally ready to leave openAI and a lot probably will. Not to mention the cheap price for MSFT to basically fully takeover OpenAI. I’m baffled. Update: it’s now 670 …
Can get additional money for housing, meals, without receipts confirming the bills Bidenflation apparently isn’t a worry to many members of Congress who are taking advantage of a $34,000 “pay raise” that they voted for themselves through an internal rule change that avoided the political backlash of openly allocating themselves more money, according to a …
by DesmondMilesDant Historically, a bull steepener with the short end of the curve dropping is what typically correlates with bear markets. A bear steepening of the yield curve with LTTs selling off indicates the bond market thinks the economy is running strong (or at least stronger than what was previously thought), which in a roundabout …
via thebrighterside: The discovery is outlined in a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which suggests that the traditional thinking around the formation of OH in the atmosphere is incomplete. Until now, it was thought that sunlight was the primary driver of OH formation, but this new research shows that …
h/t Medium-Hotel4249
by mitte90 I don’t have to tell anyone here about the rash of new and upcoming online “safety” bills being introduced in many western countries presently. Basically these amount to increasing censorship of ordinary people whose speech is portrayed as harmful or dangerous, and at the same time increasing the ability of governments to impose a …
“The larger the US balance of payments deficit is, the more it spends militarily and politically around the world, the more foreign central banks end up financing the domestic budget deficit so that the US Treasury doesn’t have to borrow from US investors – it doesn’t have to create money itself… Well, that means that …
by Chris Black Fox is not radical enough for the average right-wing American (Tucker was their talisman), but still on the unappeasable liberal institutional enemy’s list. And yes, this is the worst of all worlds. https://twitter.com/reyesa/status/1669359268473225222 All you need to stop wasting your time on the conservative movement is turn off Fox News and do …
