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www.wired.com JD Vance Adviser Posted on Reddit for Years About Use of Cocaine, ‘Gas Station Heroin,’ Other Drugs

Aaron Kofsky, JD Vance’s financial policy adviser, called Vance “a Trump boot licker” and instructed users on how to transport drugs through TSA in the posts. “Coke then opiates is always my go-to,” he wrote.

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https:// www.reuters.com /world/us-still-believes-iran-has-not-decided-build-nuclear-weapon-us-officials-say-2024-10-11/

"We assess that the Supreme Leader has not made a decision to resume the nuclear weapons program that Iran suspended in 2003," said the ODNI spokesperson, referring to Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The intelligence assessment could help explain U.S. opposition to any Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear program in retaliation for a ballistic missile attack that Tehran carried out last week.

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www.newsweek.com Putin Black Sea retreat demolished as Russian leader fears visiting—report

Russia's president only spent eight days at his Sochi residence in 2023, in contrast to an average of over 30 days annually before the Ukraine war.

Part of Vladimir Putin's summer residence has been demolished with the Russian leader seemingly increasingly reluctant to visit the property on the Black Sea because of the dangers posed by Ukrainian drone attacks

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The IDF is calling on Lebanese civilians in 25 villages and towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately and head north of the Awali River.

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www.theguardian.com Middle East crisis live: IDF declares new ‘closed military zone’ along Lebanon border as Israel remembers 7 October victims

Closed military area includes towns of Shlomi, Rosh Hanikra, Hanita, Arab al-Aramshe and Adamit; US calls for end to war

“An Israeli strike overnight targeted a local firefighting centre in Baraasheet where 10 civil defence members were present,” municipal official Reda Ashour said.

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www.aljazeera.com Blinken ignored US assessments that Israel blocked aid to Gaza: Report

Acknowledging Israel blocked US aid to Palestinians would have triggered a ban on arms transfers to Israel.

Acknowledging Israel blocked US aid to Palestinians would have triggered a ban on arms transfers to Israel.

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It might still be a developmental aircraft. While it’s not uncommon for the Russian air force to deploy test planes to combat zones in order to collect data in a real-world context, it’s a huge setback to a development effort to lose a rare and expensive test plane during combat trials.

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https:// www.reuters.com /world/asia-pacific/kazakhstan-votes-whether-build-first-nuclear-plant-2024-10-06/

The plan has faced public criticism on concern over any related hazards, the Soviet nuclear testing legacy, and fears that Russia will be involved in the project.

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Satellite images show dozens of Iranian missiles struck near Israeli air base
  • I dunno, I feel like lulling an enemy whose frothing at the mouth to attack you into believing your missiles aren’t a real threat is a good strategy to get them to underestimate you at their peril.

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  • America (and Biden) are entirely culpable for the genocide in Palestine.

    They knew (we all did) what Israel was doing and would do with the arms, money, and protection provided to them.

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  • Did all the Americans stop caring that they're responsible for the genocide?

    Sounds about right, America never gives a shit about the pain and suffering it causes to the rest of the world.

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    Google Gemini refuses to answer questions about deaths in Gaza but has no problem answering the same question for Ukraine.
  • I find ChatGPT to be one of the better ones when it comes to corporate AI.

    Sure they have hardcoded biases like any other, but it's more often around not generating hate speech or trying to ovezealously correct biases in image generation - which is somewhat admirable.

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  • They either fall into two camps.

    50 centers paid or voluntold to spread the party line.

    Useful idiots who think in a binary West bad/Rest good mentality.

    Either way they're tools of propaganda warfare.

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    Gaza Health Ministry says over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war
  • The United States, Israel’s top ally, says it is still working with mediators Egypt and Qatar to try to broker another cease-fire and hostage release agreement. But those efforts appear to have stalled in recent days, and Netanyahu angered Qatar by calling on it to pressure Hamas and suggesting it funds the militant group.

    israel doing everything in its power to keep the slaughter going and not get the hostages back safely.

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  • www.dw.com Would a recognized Palestine help end the Gaza conflict? – DW – 02/13/2024

    Calls to recognize Palestine as a state are much debated. Advocates say the move would have legal and symbolic power. But critics argue that it won't change the situation on the ground or solve the real problems.

    Although Germany does not consider Palestine a country, a majority of the world's states — 139 out of a total of 193 — at the United Nations do. What's significant this time, though, is that recognition is apparently being reconsidered by the US, a country that has previously vetoed almost every attempt to make Palestine a country.

    The UK also seems to be thinking about it even though in the past, the country has been just as opposed to the move as the US.

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    theintercept.com Pro-Israel DMFI Backs Centrist Democrat Who Progressives Fear Will Side With GOP

    DMFI, ally of AIPAC, is only the latest centrist group to throw support behind Tom Suozzi, who progressives fear will side with the GOP.

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