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"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen, but he [#MBS] knew nothing about it. And we can leave it at that. You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that,” #Trump said as if likability excuses #murder.
[Helsinki flashback] #Trump contradicts #US #intelligence, says #MBS 'knew nothing' about #Khashoggi death.
Then in classic Trump fashion, Trump dismisses a reporter’s question on the #murder of #journalist #JamalKhashoggi as an attempt to "embarrass" the #SaudiArabia leader, horrifically adding:
🚨 "things happen" [um… dismemberment doesn’t just “happen”] 🚨
Trump asked the reporter where she was from, then called her "fake news."
#US #AircraftCarrier arrives in the #Caribbean in major buildup near #Venezuela
The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of US #military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops & weaponry could signal for the #Trump admin’s purported drug enforcement campaign in #SouthAmerica.
#law #murder #Constitution #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers #authoritarianism #despotism #Autocracy
apnews.com/article/aircraft-ca…
Actual causes of death in the US and media coverage of same.
And then we wonder why people have such a skewed understanding of the world.
ourworldindata.org is a treasure. Thanks, hannahritchie.bsky.social and colleagues.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-ne…
#Health #Media #Death #Statistics #US
Does the news reflect what we die from?
What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?Hannah Ritchie (Our World in Data)
No thank you.
Sorry, I won’t even use #FaceID or that #fingerprint shite, #tech knows far too much about me as it is.
#iPhone users can now add #US #passport info to their #digital wallets
#InfoSec #privacy #BigTech #surveillance #law
apnews.com/article/apple-iphon…
#USpol
👉When the Tail Wags The Dog👈
#Epstein-Files: Will the real-life #US President soon resort to emulate his fictional predecessor?
"#Illinois Gov #JBPritzker says he’s worried how #Trump might respond 2 the growing controversy over his ties 2 #Epstein.
“My great fear...is that...the release of that information, which...will be devastating 4 Trump,...he might take us 2 #war w/ #Venezuela just 2 get a distraction in the news & take it out of the headlines.”
#House passes bill to reopen government after longest #shutdown ever
The legislation now goes to #Trump to sign into #law.
The bill INCLUDES the provision allowing Senators who were investigated by the #DOJ for their alleged involvement in Trump’s effort to overturn the #2020election to sue the #US #government for $500,000.
It DOES NOT INCLUDE the #healthcare subsidies for the #ACA, nor a reversal of the GOP #Medicaid cuts Democrats wanted.
