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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 18, 2025

The nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated and the Treasury will begin “extraordinary measures” to stave off the threat of a national default.

Massive Fire Burns at World’s Largest Lithium Battery Plant Near Monterey, CA

A Tale of Two State Insurance Markets: Florida fixed its market with reforms. California didn’t. See the results.

Firefighters Continue Containing LA Wildfires as Region Now Faces Serious Mudslide Risks

‘Journalists’ at The New York Times have come out with a new tell-all story about President Joe Biden. Basically, everything we’ve known was true through simple observation is now being ‘exposed’ by the very ‘journalists’ who covered it up.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 17, 2025

Russia’s Fuel Shipments Slumped by 9% in 2024

Europe Faces a Natural Gas Supply Challenge This Year

Israel’s Security Cabinet Approves Hostages-For-Terrorists Deal

“This Is A Disaster”: Fire Erupts At California Battery Storage Plant

Chinese hackers accessed Yellen’s computer in US Treasury breach, Bloomberg News reports

Nine Months And GM Can’t Supply A Bumper

Camera owner asks Canon, skies: Why is it $5/month for webcam software?

Jury Finds CNN Liable for Defamation of Navy Vet

How to Win an Election Against the Communists

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 15, 2025

After more than 15 months of fighting, a Gaza ceasefire deal that includes the release of Israeli hostages is expected to be implemented within days.

This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Chinese scientists have developed a method to target SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation. SCMP says the method simulates a space operation that could approach nearly 1,400 Starlink satellites within 12 hours using 99 Chinese satellites.

Russian Crude Oil Piles Up Near Chinese Coast After US Sanctions

Over the past 10 years, the U.S. and China have been the most frequent partners in AI research.

The United States Can’t Afford to Not Harden its Air Bases

Why UK gas storage levels are ‘concerningly low’

Texas has sued insurance provider Allstate, alleging that the firm and its data broker subsidiary used data from apps like GasBuddy, Routely, and Life360 to quietly track drivers and adjust or cancel their policies.

Dementia cases in United States expected to double by 2060

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 14, 2025

Mass Ukrainian Drone Onslaught Strikes Targets Across Western Russia

Arab official: Trump envoy swayed Netanyahu more in one meeting than Biden did all year

Singapore is turning to AI to care for its rapidly aging population

Perhaps most telling were the nine questions submitted to Marquardt by the jury, which appeared to suggest CNN was in trouble in their eyes.

SpaceX is superb at reusing boosters, but how about building upper stages?

Archaeologists discovered a unique structure in the City of David

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 13, 2025

North Korean Air Defense System Revealed In Ukraine By Russian Friendly Fire Strike

Iran sending covert missions to Russia for help developing nuclear program

Riyadh set to monetize all minerals, including uranium ‘yellowcake’

Europe’s Latest Natural Gas Supply Crunch

China Reports an Outbreak of Virulent Monkeypox Strain

Has Canada Become a Jamaican Bobsled Team?

Firefighters Continue to Battle Greater Los Angeles Fires as High Winds Forecast to Return

Port Strike Averted, But U.S. Import Surge Expected to Continue

California’s Insurance Crisis Just Got A Whole Lot Worse

New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill

Although women tend to love the notion of government control more than men do, it is women who will be told they’ll have to cut back. On treatments. And years. You know we’ve been taking more than our share.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2025

Israel Intensifies Counter-Terrorism Operations in West Bank Following Recent Attack

Impeachment Crisis Splits Koreans

Palisades Fire Threatens New Upscale Communities As Santa Ana Winds Return

Families in North Carolina STILL living in tents after Hurricane Helene… now a deadly winter storm is coming

NYC restaurants flip out over new ‘char broil’ rule that would force them to cut emissions by 75%

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 11, 2025

Newsom Cracks Down as Looters Exploit LA Evacuations, ‘It has turned into the wild wild west here’

The Los Angeles Times reports this morning — confirming a conspiracy theory that people have been spreading online as social media disinformation, of course — that the major local reservoir at the heart of Pacific Palisades was dry when the fire started, due to a torn liner (floating cover). The newspaper quotes a city DWP official as saying that the reservoir has been out of service for repairs for “a while.” They’re not sure about an actual date.

The LA Fire Department went woke. Now the LAFD is Run by Three Lesbians Named ‘Kirsten’

Misinformation Expert’s “Citation to Fake, AI-Generated Sources in His Declaration … Shatters His Credibility with This Court”

In 1929, New Yorkers paid almost 40% of the total federal income tax revenue despite having barely 10% of our population