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Shooting Is a psyop?

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So It looks strange to me, even with the guy being arrested that has reached inside the Whitehouse. Arent there any metal detector???

Another thing Is this post with a Fox news Moment where It looks like that they cut the connection with the girl speaking moments before something that maybe confirm the staged shooting allegations.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXlM_B9jYwF/?igsh=MTV4eWlzZ3o4cXAzdg==

Trump tech layoffs continue

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Meta and Microsoft are the latest software companies to announce big cuts to their global workforce. Both companies are also making big investments in artificial intelligence (AI).

The link seems obvious. Meta’s chief people officer, Janelle Gale, said the job cuts – about 10% of staff or almost 8,000 workers – serve to “offset the other investments we’re making”. Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has previously spoken about a “major AI acceleration” with spending in excess of US$115bn planned this year.

Microsoft is also betting big on AI. The company also just announced early retirement packages for about 7% of its US workforce.

The two tech giants join Atlassian, Block, WiseTech Global and Oracle, who have all made similar announcements this year, each evoking AI without outright blaming it.

What is happening here? How we understand these layoffs depends on what we think AI is, and what implications it will have. Broadly speaking, there are three ways of looking at it: that AI is superintelligence, that it’s mostly hype, and that it’s a useful tool.

https://theconversation.com/meta-and-microsoft-have-joined-the-tech-layoff-tsunami-but-is-ai-really-to-blame-281436

Do you still think the country can take 2 more years of this? We NEED to withdraw our troops from Iran NOW. But of course Donald Trump needs that oil, doesn't he?
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Israeli Jewish men gang raped Palestinian Arab women

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http://web.archive.org/web/20260412083934/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/i-wished-death-sexual-violence-israels-prisons-organised-state-policy

‘I wished for death’: Sexual violence in Israel’s prisons is an ‘organised state policy’
Palestinian testimonies reveal how sexual violence, including rape using objects and dogs, is approved by 'highest levels' of Israeli leadership

By Katherine Hearst
Published date: 11 April 2026 11:53 BST

Sexual torture of Palestinian detainees from Gaza in Israeli prisons is an "organised state policy", endorsed by the "highest, political, military, and judicial authorities", a new report has revealed.
The report, seen exclusively by Middle East Eye, is based on testimonies from Palestinian former prisoners gathered by the rights watchdog Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.
It reveals how the scope of sexual violence of Palestinian prisoners, including rape using objects and trained military dogs, constitutes an "organised state policy", aided and abetted by Israeli institutions and leadership.
One former detainee, a 42-year-old woman from north Gaza who was held in the notorious Sde Teiman detention centre, said she was bound naked to a metal table and repeatedly raped by two masked soldiers over the course of two days.
She recalled that she was left shackled, naked and bleeding throughout the night before the soldiers returned the next day to continue raping her.
She said she wished for death and likened her experience to "another genocide behind walls".
Throughout her ordeal, she was filmed. Soldiers later showed her the footage while she was hung by her wrists under interrogation, threatening to publish the videos if she did not "cooperate".
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Trump leaves Latinx to die

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Migrant encounter data: numbers remain low, though a spring uptick is likely
On March 20, just after WOLA published its most recent Border Update, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released data on migration and enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border through February 2026. It showed U.S. authorities’ encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border remaining near 60-year lows.

The sharp decline is the result of the Trump administration’s suspension of the right to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, which remains before the federal courts, and a climate of fear that “mass deportation” operations have spread among migrants within the United States.

During the first five months of fiscal year 2026 (which began in October 2025), Border Patrol reported apprehending an average of 6,897 people per month near the U.S.-Mexico border. That is the lowest monthly average since 1966.

Despite this, a March 26 Federal Register notice from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proclaimed that “an actual or imminent mass influx of aliens is arriving at the southern border of the United States and presents urgent circumstances requiring a continued federal response.” That notice is “a legal trigger that expands federal authority, especially the ability to deputize state and local law enforcement under an ‘immigration emergency,’” immigration attorney Chris Thomas explained to Forbes.

Border Patrol’s apprehensions of migrants did increase in February, for the first time in five months, to 6,603 from 6,074 in January (9%). As has been the pattern since the Trump administration began, most of those apprehended were from Mexico (69%), and 88 percent were from Mexico or the three northernmost Central American countries (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador).

https://www.wola.org/2026/04/u-s-mexico-border-update-migration-data-dhs-shutdown-and-new-management-abuses-in-ice-custody-border-walls/

This is literally what happened in germany in the 1930s.
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Majority want to live in past, away from Trump - poll

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More than half (67%) of adults ages 18-29 said if they had the option, they’d choose to live in the past, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey. One-third said they’d pick a time period less than 50 years in the past, while another 14% said they’d choose more than 50 years in the past. One thing they all have in common - Donald Trump was not president in the past.

Meanwhile, 38% of Gen Zers said they’d prefer to live in the present, 10% said they’d go less than 50 years in the future, and 5% chose more than 50 years in the future.

The results were largely consistent across gender lines and partisan divides, though young Black adults were less likely to say they’d prefer to live in the past (33%) than young white adults (52%) or young Hispanic adults (47%).

The broader sentiment underscores the negative outlook many young Americans feel about their future prospects and the state of Trump's country. The poll found that 72% of Gen Z respondents said they expect life will be worse for them compared to previous generations, compared to 25% who said it will be better and 13% who said it would be about the same.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/discomfort-modern-technology-gen-z-desire-live-past-poll-rcna340897
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Trump forces head of Disney out of industry after Jimmy Kimmel

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April 23 (Reuters) - Former Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger is back at Thrive Capital, founder Josh Kushner said on Thursday.

"Bob leads with boldness and conviction because he knows what he is building and why. He is rejoining Thrive at a time when that kind of leadership matters most," Kushner said in a post on X.

Iger has taken an advisory role at Thrive, working with the firm's staff on investment decisions and advising founders of companies in Thrive's portfolio, according to the Wall Street Journal, which had reported the development earlier.

• Iger joined Thrive Capital as a venture partner in September 2022, advising on day-to-day initiatives including mentoring startup founders and identifying new investment opportunities.

• Iger first stepped down as Disney's CEO in 2020 after a 15‑year stint. He returned to run the company in November 2022 and stepped down from the role last month.

• He will remain on Disney's board until the end of the year.

• Thrive Capital, which invests in internet, software, and technology-enabled companies, raised $10 billion for its latest fund.

• Kushner, who is the brother of U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, founded Thrive in 2009.

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-04-23/former-disney-ceo-bob-iger-returns-to-thrive-capital

And this folx, this is an impeachable offense.
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Totalitarian UK strikes again

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Well, they've done it. The UK has banned smoking for life. Anyone born after 2008 will never be allowed to smoke.

I vape and it's my own fucking choice to do so. I'm not affected by this ban cos i'm old enough but it's ridiculous anyway.

I looked up other countries that have just outright banned smoking absolutely for all. Guess how many have done it?

None. The UK is hell.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn08jy6w0l5o
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KING CHARLIE HAND DELIVER KING t-Rump INSTRUCTION PARDON PRINCE ANDREW & INNOCENT GHISLAINE

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/king-charles-us-visit-start-monday-strained-uk-relations/

Britain's King Charles will visit the U.S. starting on Monday to mark America's 250th anniversary – his first trip since his coronation nearly three years ago.

Buckingham Palace has said the visit "will celebrate the historic connections and the modern bilateral relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States." But it comes at a time when the normally close relationship between the U.S. and Europe is strained.

For decades, the U.S. and the U.K. have enjoyed what Winston Churchill called a "special relationship." President Trump visited the U.K. in September – enjoying a carriage ride with the king, an inspection of troops and a state banquet.
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Trump’s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary’s Ouster

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/trump-navy-secretary.html

President Trump wanted one thing, more than anything else, from his secretary of the Navy, John Phelan: a new class of battleships.

“They’ll be the fastest, the biggest and by far — 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” Mr. Trump boasted at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate and resort in Florida a few days before Christmas. Mr. Phelan, a billionaire investor who has a home near the club, stood next to the president as he made the announcement.

Mr. Phelan’s job was to deliver the first of Mr. Trump’s battleships by 2028.

On Wednesday, Mr. Trump fired Mr. Phelan, who had struggled to come up with a plan to deliver the ships on the nearly impossible timeline that Mr. Trump has demanded, senior defense and administration officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.

Mr. Phelan is the first service secretary to be forced from the Defense Department during this administration, though he is far from the only senior Pentagon official to be dismissed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined more than two dozen generals and admirals over the past year, including the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. Randy George, earlier this month. Mr. Hegseth has also butted heads with the secretary of the Army, Daniel P. Driscoll, over promotions and a host of other issues.

The churn of senior Pentagon officials at a time when the U.S. military is engaged in war with Iran has alarmed top Republican and Democratic members of Congress.

The Pentagon did not respond to questions regarding the circumstances surrounding Mr. Phelan’s dismissal. Mr. Phelan could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Trump’s DOJ has cut thousands of law-enforcement jobs while vowing to get tough on crime

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https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-doj-has-cut-thousands-law-enforcement-jobs-while-vowing-get-tough-crime-2026-04-23/
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed to crack down on crime, according to records obtained by Reuters.
The records, from the U.S. Justice Department’s management unit, show that the total number of employees at the FBI has dropped more than 7% since the government’s 2024 fiscal year, a loss of about 2,600 people. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s staff has dropped by about 6%, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives lost about 14% of its workers.
Other parts of the Justice Department shrank even more rapidly. Its National Security Division, which handles intelligence and terrorism matters, lost nearly 38% of its staff, the department’s records show. The division’s most recent budget request to Congress noted “unprecedented personnel constraints” in the unit that handles cases involving espionage and the export of sensitive military technology.
"It’s the difference between being proactive and entrepreneurial or purely reactive to the most obvious imperative of the day," Adam Hickey, a former senior official in the National Security Division, said of the loss of staff.
Those records, which Reuters obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, offer the most detailed accounting to date of the extent to which the Trump administration has downsized some of the nation’s premier law-enforcement agencies.
Those agencies have traditionally handled the government’s highest-profile criminal investigations, including efforts to combat terrorism, deter drug traffickers and keep guns away from criminals.
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