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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 24, 2025

Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after alleged sabotage plot against Hashemite Kingdom

India-Pakistan Tensions On Verge Of Erupting After Deadly Terror Attack

Trump seemingly negotiating with itself in public is probably not going to help convince other countries to agree to tough measures on the PRC while they have no idea where the US and China will ultimately land.

U.K. Leaders Plan to Approve Geoengineering Experiments To Dim Sunlight

Turkey: Powerful earthquake shakes Istanbul, injures dozens

Millennials’ appetite for financing is growing. In the past, they mostly used “buy now, pay later” plans for everyday items like beauty products and fast fashion. But in recent years, we’ve seen it creep into larger purchases—think Peloton bikes. Coachella tickets are just the latest milestone. And if current trends hold, Millennials will keep scaling up their purchases through installment plans.

In 2025, an attorney for a government school district is able to make it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court defending exposing children as young as three years old to books about sexuality. Imagine going back in time to any point—even just a few years ago—and explaining that

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 23, 2025

Top U.S. diplomats pulled out of a peace conference today as Trump scolded Zelensky, and Vance made it clear that Ukraine will need to accept Russia’s seizure of its land.

India announced a raft of counter-measures in response to the cross-border terror attack. New Delhi recalled its diplomats from Pakistan and ordered Pakistani nationals travelling on visas to leave the country immediately.

Beijing has asked South Korean companies to cease exporting products containing Chinese-originated heavy rare earth metals to U.S. defense firms, warning that Seoul could face sanctions.

41.2% of Vienna Students Are Muslim: ‘No Longer Immigration,’ But ‘Displacement’

LA mayor: $800M deficit, layoffs coming, seeking bailout

A groundbreaking new study suggests that a gut-dwelling bacteria may be behind the recent surge in early-onset colorectal cancer cases. The potential culprit? Colibactin, a toxin produced by certain strains of E. coli that thrive in the colon and rectum.

 At the end of January, the Trump administration pushed out a top Treasury Department official after he refused to give DOGE access to the government’s vast payment system. We’re talking to him today. It’s one of his first public interviews since leaving the civil service.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 22, 2025

North Koreans are not eating your dogs, Russia rushes to reassure citizens

Rapid Strike On Smuggling Ship Off Africa Highlights Increased Authorities Given To Commanders. Giving military leaders in the field more agency to make critical decisions is an initiative of the new Trump administration.

In Israel, there has been deep concern that neither Witkoff nor US President Donald Trump completely understands the importance of the details regarding setting back Iran’s nuclear program in the area of uranium enrichment, including advanced centrifuges, as well as regarding ballistic missile systems, which could be used to deliver nuclear warheads.

At least 26 tourists killed after gunmen open fire at Kashmir resort in ‘devastating’ terror attack

Police have long wanted to read encrypted messages. They now have the backing of the EU’s top brass.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 21, 2025

USMC Anti-Ship Missile Deployment To Highly Strategic Luzon Strait Is Unprecedented. It will be the closest to the Chinese mainland that U.S. land-based cruise missiles have been deployed.

Sino-US Trade War Redrawing Global LPG Trading, Outlook

Foxconn’s iPhone factory is fueling a real estate boom in a small Indian farming town

China’s Oil Supertankers Face $5.2-Million Fee per U.S. Port Call

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 20, 2025

U.S. food safety regulations require fresh eggs to be sanitized and refrigerated before they reach shoppers; in the European Union, safety standards call for Grade A eggs to be sold unwashed and without extended chilling. It is common in parts of Europe, for example, for consumers to buy eggs that still have feathers and chicken poop stuck to them.

The Wax and Wane of Greatest Common Factor Islam In New Jersey

Alito/Thomas Slam Middle Of Night Alien Enemies Act Stay: Judiciary has “an obligation to follow the law”

‘Unconscionable’: 3 former Pentagon officials say they don’t know why they were fired

Red, pink or white, all roses were once yellow says genomic analysis

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 18, 2025

Destruction From U.S. Attack On Houthi Port Shown In Satellite Imagery

A Depleted Hamas Is So Low on Cash That It Can’t Pay Its Fighters

Puerto Rico plunged into darkness again as island-wide blackout hits

You have to get almost to end to get the confession that it is a renewable problem. France To Slap Power Suppliers on Wrist For Doing Too Much

‘Ghost Guns’ And ‘Hate Crime’: Tulsi Gabbard Declassifies Biden Admin Docs Targeting ‘Domestic Terrorism’

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 17, 2025

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Launches New Southern Assault

NYT: President Trump Blocked Planned Israeli Strike on Iranian Nuclear Sites, Opts for Negotiations

American Forces Destroy Key Houthi-Controlled Fuel Port In Yemen

As a former marine who trained Taiwanese units and a retired Taiwanese naval officer educated in the United States, we understood all too well that Taiwan’s military remains a profoundly unserious organization. It is not ready to wage war.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 16, 2025

Russian state media deletes video of drone strike directed from central Moscow after angry bloggers argue it makes city a legitimate military target

U.S. Cutting Forces In Syria By Half

In ~3-6 months we are going to start having shortages of transformers, pumps, air conditioners, and other complex goods which are made (or their critical components) in China.

China Imposes Export Controls on Rare Earth Minerals

Trump threatens to spike chipmakers’ costs by billions as China mulls exemptions

After setting the contempt trap, Judge James Boasberg today snapped the trap shut with a wild 46-page opinion accusing Trump officials of “willful disregard” for his now vacated court orders.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 15, 2025

China is suffering its own ‘China shock’

The UN has succeeded in getting a global shipping tax. It sets a very dangerous new precedent. For the first time the United Nations would be able to tax the world directly, without twisting the arm of national governments. By 2030 the UN is projected to collect $40 billion in total from this tax.

EU Might Ban Carbon Fiber in Cars by Classifying It as ‘Hazardous’

How Starlink took over Africa’s largest internet market

The Good and the Bad for U.S. Consumers and the Oil Industry

Trump’s China Tariffs Hit New York’s Clean Heat Experiment

Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days