"Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest"
"Documents reviewed by The Post detail a new National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock."
#GiftLink #USpol #USpolitics #TrumpAdministration #Trump #NationalGuard
"_An archaeologist in Sweden spent three years traveling in vessels built like those from 1,000 years ago. He discovered lost sea routes, hidden trade harbors and new respect for Viking seamanship._"
#History #Histodons #Maritime #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Vikings #Sweden #GiftArticle #GiftLink @archaeodons @histodons
“The symbolism of holding the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska is horrendous —as though designed to demonstrate that borders can change, land can be bought and sold,” @samagreene.bsky.social said. "mainstream Russian discourse maintains a claim that Alaska should be returned to Russia”
https://wapo.st/3UHwfpH
#GiftLink
V WaPo
'Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government voted unanimously Monday to dismiss his attorney general, Gali Baharav-Miara, the chief prosecutor in his ongoing corruption case'
https://wapo.st/4muRNSf
#GiftLink
American democracy promotion is no more.
It was never applied equally, large powers such as China or Saudi Arabia didn’t face much blowback, yet there was a push for democracy & human rights around the world. It’s now gone.
Gift link.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/death-democracy-promotion/683671/
#democracy #giftlink #uspol
“Another whistleblower has come forward with evidence that raises serious concerns with Emil Bove’s misconduct. This is another damning indictment of a man who should never be a federal judge — and Senate Republicans will bear full responsibility for the consequences if they rubber stamp Mr. Bove’s nomination”
The #BigTech boom in #ArtificialIntelligence usage has also boomed the prices of #ElectricBills for millions, whether they had anything to do with it or not ..
https://wapo.st/3J6nouM #GiftLink #WaPo #BezosBrandNews #SharedStory
V NYTimes:
To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/air-force-one-trump-cost.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Zk8.xnQk.w3ZE4e972_05&smid=url-share
#GiftLink
A nonprofit planted five “microforests” in New Jersey. Scientists say they’re making a big difference.
The Plot Thickens 
Trump Live Updates: Judge Denies Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts in Florida
“Attorney General Pam Bondi informed President Trump in the spring that his name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to three people with knowledge of the exchange.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/23/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk8.i1-k.71QwRzXvXwCU&smid=url-share
#epstein #trump #biondi #conspiracy #GiftLink
V NYTimes:
The Environmental Protection Agency Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight #Climate Change
According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/epa-endangerment-finding-rescind.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk8.rq8P.hHS6ECg-rJim&smid=nytcore-android-share
#GiftLink #ClimateChange
Something to think about as we head into yet another heat wave tomorrow.
#GiftLink
Judge Sentences Ex-Officer in #BreonnaTaylor Raid to Nearly 3 Years in Prison
The sentence was a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, which had requested he serve only 1 day behind bars.
V NYTimes
Trump’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year would close 10 laboratories run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that research the ways a warming planet is changing weather, among other things. That work is essential to more accurately predicting life-threatening hazards.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/climate/floods-trump-cuts-disaster-preparedness-fema.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WE8.8ACd.OxYFw53ljMkP&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Be careful folks; this is the kind of thing that's involved in a rescue from some of the more remote places.
V NYTimes:
Ukrainian Intelligence Officer Is Shot to Death in Kyiv Parking Lot
The victim’s unit played a key role in Ukraine’s surprise attack inside Russian territory last summer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/world/europe/ukraine-intelligence-officer-shooting-sbu.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V08.awK9.y2gRauo3FG7T&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Mechanic 
