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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888033 (091347ZAPR25) Notable: ‘European aggression’ behind all global tragedies – Lavrov

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9 Apr, 2025 11:54

Ukraine ‘betrayed’ its history – Lavrov

Under Western influence, the nation was plunged into a “social amnesia,” forgetting its Russian roots and ideals, Russian FM has claimed

Ukraine has “betrayed” its own history by allowing the West to bring a Nazi regime to power in Kiev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. In an interview for the TASS Children project released on Wednesday, the diplomat said the West’s actions were deliberate, aimed at bringing about a “strategic defeat” of Russia.

“The forgetting of history, their spiritual and moral values, their roots, if you like, all this has become one of the main reasons for what we are now seeing in Ukraine,” he said, referring to the ongoing conflict, which he described as one that pitted the authorities against their own people from the outset.

Lavrov accused theWest of trying to rewrite history by “instilling oblivion of Russian roots”and promoting ideas in Ukrainian society that led to what he called “social amnesia.”

“This was used by the Americans and Europeans to bring an openly Russophobic Nazi regime to power in Ukraine that declared war against its own people, seizing power through an illegal coup d’etat, calling those who disagreed with this coup terrorists, and starting a real war against them,” he said.

Lavrov noted thatamong European countries, there are two views on confronting their own history with Nazism– some seek to “quickly erase the pages of their national shame,” while others see Nazi ideology as a “tool for maintaining their positions on the European political scene.” He pledged that Russia would continue to fight both trends.

“Our ambition is to ensure that this sacred memory never leaves history, never leaves the memory of all generations, that it remains unchanged. And we are convinced of our historical, moral and human rectitude,” he concluded.

Commemorations of World War II-era nationalist figures with ties to Nazi Germany have been common in Ukraine. Ukrainians hold annual torchlight marches in honor of Stepan Bandera, a leader in the militant Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), which collaborated with Nazi Germany and was involved in the massacre of more than 100,000 Poles, Jews, Russians, and Soviet-aligned Ukrainians.Less than two months ago, the Ukrainian city of Rivne marked the 120th birthday of Ulas Samchuk, a Nazi collaborator and anti-Semitic propagandistwho welcomed the mass killings of Jews during the war.

Moscow has repeatedly warned of a Nazi revival in Ukraine, citing “denazification” as a central aim of its military operation against Kiev. Western officials and media, however, have largely downplayed such concerns, often dismissing the allegations as “Russian propaganda.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/615429-ukraine-betrayal-russian-history/

The Nazis will ultimately overrule and attack the European countries, so the rise of Hitler’s plan has come again.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888039 (091349ZAPR25) Notable: @realDonaldTrump BE COOL! Everything is going to work out well. The USA will be bigger and better than ever before!

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POTUS!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114308258545250117

Apr 09, 2025, 9:33 AM

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888041 (091350ZAPR25) Notable: @realDonaldTrump THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT

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POTUS!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114308272725981913

Apr 09, 2025, 9:37 AM

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888078 (091359ZAPR25) Notable: The Dire Wolf Species Has NOT Been Resurrected From Extinction! It’s a Hybrid

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The Dire Wolf Species Has NOT Been Resurrected From Extinction! It’s a Hybrid

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences, a genetic engineering company, simply injected some of the dire wolf’s genome into a modern wolf species and created a mutant hybrid. Alex Jones reviewed genetically engineered animals and human hybrids. He warned that dangerous viruses can be obtained from resurrected DNA and that gain of function germ warfare is being developed. [Note: Viruses have yet to be proven to cause illness and to be contagious while vaccines and mRNA injections have been shown to be harmful].

more...

https://needtoknow.news/2025/04/the-dire-wolf-species-has-not-been-resurrected-from-extinction-its-a-hybrid/

Rogan vidya:

https://youtu.be/sQ5Dwh5S5l0

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888084 (091400ZAPR25) Notable: NSA/Space/Science

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

April 9, 2025

HH 49: Interstellar Jet from Webb

What's at the tip of this interstellar jet? First let's consider the jet: it is being expelled by a star system just forming and is cataloged as Herbig-Haro 49 (HH 49). The star system expelling this jet is not visible it is off to the lower right. The complex conical structure featured in this infrared image by the James Webb Space Telescope also includes another jet cataloged as HH 50. The fast jet particles impact the surrounding interstellar gas and form shock waves that glow prominently in infrared light shown here as reddish-brown ridges. This JWST image also resolved the mystery of the unusual object at HH 49's tip: it is a spiral galaxy far in the distance. The blue center is therefore not one star but many, and the surrounding circular rings are actually spiral arms.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888088 (091400ZAPR25) Notable: Massive Blow To Famed Climate Scientist, Michael Mann, Who Sued Critics

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Court Delivers Massive Blow To Famed Climate Scientist, Michael Mann, Who Sued Critics

Climate scientist Michael Mann filed a libel lawsuit against journalist Mark Steyn and the National Review in 2012 for criticizing Mann and his ‘hockey stick’ graph. Critics believe the Mann’s lawsuit aimed to silence the climate debate. Mark Steyn was ordered to pay Mann $1 million in punitive damages. The National Review filed a Special Motion to Dismiss under Washington, DC’s Anti-SLAPP Act — a law that is designed to protect the First Amendment and ensure that litigants such as Mann are unable to use the legal system to punish their critics. The National Review won its case and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia ruled in January that Mann owes National Review $530,000 to cover the outlet’s legal fees. Mann’s request to postpone the payment has been denied.

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https://needtoknow.news/2025/04/court-delivers-massive-blow-to-famed-climate-scientist-michael-mann-who-sued-critics/

https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/04/court-delivers-massive-blow-famed-climate-scientist/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888094 (091402ZAPR25) Notable: Carlyle eyes tech disruptors as US defense spending priorities shift

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Q&A: Carlyle eyes tech disruptors as US defense spending priorities shift

The Carlyle Group, which has invested in defense and national security since the firm's inception in 1987, places its bets on innovations poised to disrupt traditional defense systems, says Ian Fujiyama, who heads Carlyle's aerospace, defense and government business.

https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/carlyle-eyes-tech-disruptors-as-us-defense-spending-priorities-shift

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888113 (091406ZAPR25) Notable: ICYMI: Inside the mine housing the federal government's retirement records, now in DOGE's spotlight

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Inside the mine housing the federal government's retirement records, now in DOGE's spotlight

Updated April 7, 2025, 4:27 PM PDT

BOYERS, Pa. — As you ride in a golf cart into the mouth of the Iron Mountain limestone mine, the temperature change is immediately noticeable.

The natural climate control provided by the rough-hewn stone walls of the decommissioned mine — a day’s drive from the nation's capital and about an hour outside Pittsburgh — helped make it an ideal site for the federal government to process and store retirement records beginning in 1960.

Sixty-five years later, when so much is now done online, this mine is largely still how the Office of Personnel Management manages the documents of the 100,000 or so retirements from federal service each year.

Processing a retirement can take months, with a single missing signature sometimes setting the task back days or weeks.

“It is still done on paper,” said Alita Haniwalt, an OPM program manager in retirement claims. “I think it becomes overwhelming because there are no two retirements that are the same.”

Over the years, the warehouse-like OPM space inside the mine — which is 220 feet underground — has accumulated more than 400 million individual records, spread across 26,000 file cabinets, in some places stacked 10 high.

Cardboard boxes and paper files in manila envelopes seem to sprout from shelves and pile up on tables as they’re shuttled from station to station.

In the days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the mine quickly drew the attention of Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, a Tesla board member and Musk friend, said he was recruited to the project after he walked into a meeting where it was already being discussed.

“They were talking about how it’s a place where all the papers are stored for a manual retirement process. It’s been around for decades.

It’s been tried to be digitized for decades, unsuccessfully, and it’s a painful, slow process,” Gebbia said. “And they turn and look at me and go: 'Joe, you know how to build digital products with great user experience. Can you help us?'”

NBC News was granted rare and exclusive access to the mine Monday, when DOGE staffers arrived to tour it and plan the next steps in modernizing the OPM operation there.

In February, under the direction of DOGE, OPM staffers processed their first all-digital, no-paperwork federal retirement. The team was given a one-week goal, and it completed the retirement in two days.

“It really became a proof point and a rallying cry to everyone to say this is possible. Now we get to go build the product behind that and actually do something that’s scalable,” Gebbia said.

Matt MacIsaac, who runs day-to-day operations at the mine for OPM, said that while Musk’s Oval Office invocation of his workplace as a location ripe for a DOGE overhaul initially surprised him, he supported the modernization push.

“We’re ready to make this process better, make it more efficient and really get what we need for the civil servants,” said MacIsaac, who has worked for OPM since 2009 and in the mine since 2016.

Gebbia said the overhaul won’t involve closing the mine office, where 450 OPM employees work. The larger Iron Mountain facility bills itself as "a highly secure and resilient location" not only for storing records, but also as a data center.

“So the mine will always be here, and so will these paper records, but we can build a process where there’s no new paper added to the mine, step one, and step two, we can build a process where no paper has to leave the mine,” Gebbia said.

Gebbia said federal retirees could see changes as early as May 1. "We're working at startup speed, so we're working through iterations right now, and our next one will be testing with retirees on May 1," he said. "We're moving at an incredible pace."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/mine-federal-government-retirement-records-doge-rcna200101

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWlrN5Rsg9U

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888116 (091407ZAPR25) Notable: A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore access for the Associated Press to presidential events

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White House ordered to reinstate AP access

The news agency was barred from the press pool over a dispute over how the Gulf of Mexico is named

A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore access for the Associated Press to presidential events. The news agency was kicked out of the press pool for refusing to adopt the term “Gulf of America” for what has traditionally been known as the Gulf of Mexico.

Reporters from AP, one of the world’s oldest, were barred from Air Force One and the Oval Office after in February the agency declined to use “Gulf of America,” the name designated by US President Donald Trump for the body of water bordering the southeastern coast of North America. It opted to stick with the traditional term Gulf of Mexico, arguing that it is well established and recognized across the globe.

Trump himself has lashed out at the AP, branding it “a radical left organization.” In response to the ban, the agency filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that the exclusion violated First Amendment protections of press freedom.

White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich has argued that while the agency’s right to “dishonest reporting” is protected by law, it does not have a “privilege of unfettered access to limited spaces” where certain presidential events take place.

On Tuesday, US District Judge Trevor McFadden ruled in favor of the AP, stating that the government cannot exclude journalists from presidential events based on their editorial decisions. The White House has until the end of the week to appeal the order.

In his ruling, McFadden stressed that the court does not order the government to grant the AP permanent access to presidential events and “does not bestow special treatment” upon the agency.

“The AP is not necessarily entitled to the ‘first in line every time’ permanent press pool access it enjoyed... But it cannot be treated worse than its peer wire service either,” he said, noting that the order does not impose any rules on government officials about who they give interviews to or whose questions to take.

AP spokeswoman Lauren Easton welcomed the decision, noting that the ruling “affirms the fundamental right of the press and public to speak freely without government retaliation.” Meanwhile, AP Executive Editor Julie Pace wrote in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal that the lawsuit was much bigger than a dispute over a body of water. “It’s really about whether the government can control what you say,” she said.

https://www.rt.com/news/615449-white-house-ordered-reinstate-ap/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888162 (091417ZAPR25) Notable: NSA/Space/Science

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NASA Welcomes Bangladesh as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

Apr 08, 2025

ollowing a signing ceremony Tuesday in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka, NASA congratulates Bangladesh as the 54th nation to commit to the safe and responsible exploration of space that benefits humanity.

“We are thrilled by Bangladesh’s signature of the Accords,” said NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro. “Bangladesh affirms its role in shaping the future of space exploration.

This is about ensuring that our journey to the Moon – and beyond – is peaceful, sustainable, and transparent.

We look forward to working together, to learning from one another, and to seeing how Bangladesh’s incredible talent and vision contribute to humanity’s next great chapter in space.”

Ashraf Uddin, the secretary of defense for Bangladesh,signed the Artemis Accords on behalf of the country.

Charge d’Affaires Tracey Jacobson for the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, participated in the event, and Petro contributed remarks in a pre-recorded video message.

“Bangladesh’s commitment to the Artemis Accords will enhance the country’s engagement with NASA and the international community,” said Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus.

“By signing the accords, Bangladesh builds upon an important foundation for the open, responsible and peaceful exploration of space.”

In 2020, the United States, led by NASA and the U.S. Department of State, and seven other initial signatory nations established the Artemis Accords, a first-ever set of practical guidelines for nations to increase safety of operations and reduce risk and uncertainty in their civil exploration activities. That group of signatories has grown to more than 50 countries today.

The Artemis Accords are grounded in the Outer Space Treaty and other agreements, including the Registration Convention and the Rescue and Return Agreement, as well as best practices for responsible behavior that NASA and its partners have supported, including the public release of scientific data.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-welcomes-bangladesh-as-newest-artemis-accords-signatory/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888166 (091419ZAPR25) Notable: AI is pro-Western – Russia’s human rights chief

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8 Apr, 2025 15:45

AI is pro-Western – Russia’s human rights chief

Neural networks have become “powerful propaganda machines,” according to Valery Fadeyev

Foreign artificial intelligence systems are pushing Western ideological narrativesand could serve as powerful propaganda and censorship tools, Valery Fadeyev, the head of the Russian Human Rights Council, has stated.

Speaking at a roundtable on AI threats on Tuesday, Fadeyev said thathe and his team had tested foreign neural networks by asking questions about hot-button political issues– including the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Ukraine conflict. After the test run,he concluded that “we are on the brink of an ideological and informational catastrophe.”

“The texts that these chatbots produce contain ideologically charged content.They are ideologically driven Western texts. Powerful, unprecedented propaganda machines have been created,” he argued.

According to the human rights chief, the responses provided by foreignAI platforms are largely based on Western sources and filter out non-Western perspectives. He argued that this violates the Russian Constitution, which stipulates the freedom of access to information. “In practice, when we use neural networks, we receive pre-censored information, so it is probably unwise to talk about freedom of access to information here.”

Fadeyev argued thatthe influence of AI is now stronger than that of some traditional US-funded state media outlets, for which US President Donald Trump has cut funding.

“Many observers were optimistic – perhaps this is a sign of a new relationship with the US.But why would the Americans need Voice of America or Radio Liberty when they now have in their hands this colossal power – this ideological weapon?”he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that homegrown AI systems have been incredibly effective in improving security and state governance, stressing that the country must become a world leader in this domain. In 2023,he warned that Western-produced AI systems should not be allowed to dominate the Russian market.

https://www.rt.com/russia/615399-ai-pro-western-human-rights/

(I bet AI is feeding all the radical left protesters in the U.S. too. Reign in the CIA and Military, both are comped.)

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888168 (091419ZAPR25) Notable: China files a complaint with the WTO against U.S. tariffs

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https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1909940342650032502

BREAKING:

China files a complaint with the WTO against U.S. tariffs

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888176 (091422ZAPR25) Notable: NSA/Space/Science

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NASA photo strikingly captures devastation of Gyeongsang wildfires

09 Apr. 2025, 18:33

A U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) picture showed the devastating aftermath of last month's massive wildfires that broke out in North Gyeongsang last month, with a horizontal brown scar stretching across the southeastern region of the peninsula in a satellite image released Tuesday.

The image, captured on Friday by NASA’s high-resolution Earth observation satellite Landsat 9, uses a combination of visible and shortwave infrared bands to distinguish between burned areas and unburned vegetation.

NASA previously released another satellite image on March 22, a day after the wildfire broke out in Uiseong, showing a large smoke plume near Andong.

Based on data from fire and thermal anomaly detections, the agency confirmed the fire had spread to the East Sea coast by March 25.

"Light rain moved over the area and helped officials contain the blaze by March 28," said NASA. "Smoke and clouds ultimately cleared, allowing Landsat 9 to observe a burned area stretching more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the coastline."

The scale of the wildfire can also be inferred from estimated greenhouse gas emissions. On Tuesday, the National Institute of Forest Science estimated that the wildfires that burned between March 21 and 30 in the Gyeongsang region released approximately 3.66 million tons of greenhouse gases.

Based on the affected area of 48,239 hectares (119,201 acres), the agency estimated emissions of 3.245 million tons of carbon dioxide, 272,000 tons of methane and 143,000 tons of nitrous oxide, released primarily from the combustion of tree leaves and branches.

The amount accounts for about 9.2 percent of the annual net greenhouse gas absorption by Korea’s forests, which stands at 39.87 million tons. It is equivalent to 34.36 million mid-sized cars driving round-trip between Seoul and Busan.

The Korea Forest Service plans to release a detailed report on the actual area and volume of forest damage on Monday, following the completion of ongoing on-site inspections.

While the actual damage area often turns out to be smaller than the initially announced, in some cases, the final assessment reveals greater damage.

“If the actual area and volume of burned forest turn out to be larger than expected, the estimated greenhouse gas emissions could also increase,” said an official from the National Institute of Forest Science.

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-04-09/national/socialAffairs/NASA-photo-strikingly-captures-devastation-of-Gyeongsang-wildfires/2281511

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888190 (091424ZAPR25) Notable: NSA/Space/Science

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NASA reschedules super pressure balloon launch attempt

08 April 2025, 11:52 PM

NASA this morning (Wednesday April 9) cancelled an attempt to launch a super pressure balloon from Wānaka Airport, and has scheduled another attempt for tomorrow.

This is the sixth super-pressure balloon campaign held in New Zealand since 2015 and NASA is planning two test flights this year. Two balloons were successfully launched from Wānaka during NASA’s last visit in 2023.

NASA will begin flight preparations in the early-morning hours tomorrow (Thursday April 10) and will continue to evaluate real-time and forecast weather conditions throughout the morning.

If weather is favourable for launch, lift-off is scheduled between 9.00am and 1.00pm local time.

Public access to Wānaka Airport and roadside parking beside the airport is not permitted on the morning of the launch attempt.

State Highway 6 Wānaka-Luggate Highway from Mt Barker to Church Road and State Highway 8A Shortcut Road will be closed for the launch.

Light vehicles may detour via Camp Hill Road. Heavy vehicles will detour via Cemetery Road. A message board will be installed on State Highway 84 notifying of motorists of the closure status.

Immediately after lift-off, the balloon will be visible for kilometres around – the best viewing points will be on the hill on the Hāwea side of the Red Bridge by Kane Road or on the Hāwea Flat side of the Clutha River.

https://wanakaapp.nz/NewsStory/nasa-reschedules-super-pressure-balloon-launch-attempt/67f61913cccf16002e5a02e2

https://video.ibm.com/channel/nasa-csbf-ldsd

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888213 (091428ZAPR25) Notable: NSA/Space/Science

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Sols 4505-4506: Up, up and onto the Devil’s Gate

Apr 08, 2025

Earth planning date: Monday, April 7, 2025

Over the weekend, we completed our drive up the steep side of a canyon, up onto “Devil’s Gate,” a small butte which forms part of the ridge along the top of the canyon and now we can see down into the next canyon.

It is always true that we are going somewhere no one has been before – that's the idea of an exploratory mission after all, and everyone kind of gets used to it, we don't stop to think about it.

But today, coming over the top of a hill like this and fully looking for the first time into an area that we have only had glimpses of before, it really brings it home that the mission is doing something extraordinary, something out of this world .... and brings that feeling of awe back into focus.

We did not pass SRAP (Slip Risk Assessment Process) a couple of times as we climbed up the side of this canyon, meaning that the contact science instruments (APXS and MAHLI) had to stand down for that day’s planning.

However, this morning, in addition to a brand new vista, we saw that all six wheels are firmly on the ground and we passed SRAP quickly this morning, which must have been a relief to the rover planner in charge of assessing it today! (no one wants to be the bearer of bad news, day after day!)

Bedrock here has both flat bedrock and amazing large nodular features, which appear to have “wind tails” caused by winds consistently blowing in the same direction.

This is a Touch and Go plan, so APXS and MAHLI are focusing on a single target, the brushed “Coronado” target on the flat bedrock in front of us.

ChemCam will use LIBS to investigate the nodular features at “La Cumbre Peak.”

Near the rover, Mastcam will image some small diagenetic features at “Boulder Oaks” and the LIBS target.

The 3x2 (2 rows of 3 images) “La Jolla Valley” mosaic focuses on a very nodular patch, just outside of the workspace reachable by the arm.

Further from the rover, the 6x2 mosaic (2 rows of 6 images) “Los Penasquitos” looks at an amazing almost vertical vein.

This discontinuous vein stretches for about 6 meters (about 18 feet), with vein fins sticking above the surface at various points, like a series of shark fins breaking the bedrock surface.

Much further afield, ChemCam will acquire a long distance image on "Condor Peak,” which appears to have large scale vein networks, known as “boxwork structures” and may be an early example of the boxworks we are hoping to reach in Fall 2025.

The ENV (Environmental and Atmospheric group) planned a Mastcam “tau” measurement, to look at dust in the atmosphere.

There is a paired Navcam activity, looking at dust devils towards the north of the crater on the first sol and towards the south on the second sol.

A suprahorizon movie and our usual DAN and REMS measurements round out this plan.

Let’s see what the next drive will reveal to us!

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4505-4506-up-up-and-onto-the-devils-gate/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888227 (091431ZAPR25) Notable: ‘European aggression’ behind all global tragedies – Lavrov

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9 Apr, 2025 12:10

EU and UK at odds with US over Ukraine peace efforts – Russian diplomat

President Trump has caused a “serious chasm” in the West, as other nations pursue conflicting goals, Dmitry Polyansky has warned

The UK and the EU are pursuing objectives in the Ukraine conflict that clash with Washington’s pro-peace efforts, according to Russia’s deputy envoy to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky.

In an interview with RT on Tuesday, Polyansky stated that US President Donald Trump’s call for a negotiated resolution of the conflict – viewed by Moscow as a Western proxy war against Russia –has created a rift with European allies who are unwilling to alter their positions.

“Ukraine is in fact a private military company which is fighting for Western geopolitical interests,”he said. The Trump administration’s policy shift has caused a “serious chasm in the Western camp.But the interests of the UK, for example, and Brussels … have not changed.” (A private military company, who is paying for it?)

European officials supporting Kiev are both frustrated and anxious, Polyansky noted,but they also exhibit “a great degree of wishful thinking,” publicly claiming that “things are going their way.” He expressed confidence that Trump’s desire for peace is genuine and will not be undermined by other actors.

While Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has a history of acting at the behest of foreign interests,Polyansky asserted that the military situation heavily favors Russia. He indicated that theUkrainians “understand that they don't have any cards” to playandtheir limited options include enlisting “some of the great powers to fight directly with Russia or to involve the United States to pressure Russia.”

Kiev and its European allies are conveying to Trump that Moscow is not negotiating in good faith, Polyansky remarked. He pointed out that during the Tuesday UN Security Council session on Ukraine, European representatives were urging Washington to take decisive action against Russia.

Polyansky criticized Western officials for turning a blind eye to Ukrainian violations of a US-mediated moratoriumon attacks against energy infrastructure, noting that Washington appears reluctant to address this issue publicly.

The diplomat asserted that Trump is in a good position to resolve the crisis by confronting its root causes.The US leader “has all the means to do it, but he has to understand and to do something about the true colors of the Kiev regime, which is cheating, which is deceiving, and which is just fulfilling the geopolitical interests of the others,” he said.

https://www.rt.com/russia/615433-polyansky-interview-ukraine-conflict/

Perhaps Trump’s “supposed” reluctance is due to Kiev’s intent to blow up the world with nuclear explosions and they don’t win.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888229 (091431ZAPR25) Notable: NSA/Space/Science

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Sixty Years in Canberra: NASA’s Deep Space Network

Apr 08, 2025

Deep Space Station 43 (DSS-43), a 230-foot-wide (70-meter-wide) radio antenna at NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia, is seen in this March 4, 2020, image.

DSS-43 was more than six times as sensitive as the original antenna at the Canberra complex, so it could communicate with spacecraft at greater distances from Earth.

In fact, Canberra is the only complex that can send commands to, and receive data from, Voyager 2 as it heads south almost 13 billion miles (21 billion kilometers) through interstellar space.

More than 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away, Voyager 1 sends its data down to the Madrid and Goldstone complexes, but it, too, can only receive commands via Canberra.

As the Canberra facility celebrated its 60th anniversary on March 19, 2025, work began on a new radio antenna.

Canberra’s newest addition, Deep Space Station 33, will be a 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) multifrequency beam-waveguide antenna.

Buried mostly below ground, a massive concrete pedestal will house cutting-edge electronics and receivers in a climate-controlled room and provide a sturdy base for the reflector dish, which will rotate during operations on a steel platform called an alidade.

When it goes online in 2029, the new Canberra dish will be the last of six parabolic dishes constructed under NASA’s Deep Space Network Aperture Enhancement Program, which is helping to support current and future spacecraft and the increased volume of data they provide.

The network’s Madrid facility christened a new dish in 2022, and the Goldstone, California, facility is putting the finishing touches on a new antenna.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/sixty-years-in-canberra-nasas-deep-space-network/

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Eclipses, Science, NASA Firsts: Heliophysics Big Year Highlights

Apr 08, 2025

One year ago today, a total solar eclipse swept across the United States. The event was a cornerstone moment in the Heliophysics Big Year, a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system.

From October 2023 to December 2024 — a period encompassing two solar eclipses across the U.S., two new NASA heliophysics missions, and one spacecraft’s history-making solar flyby — NASA celebrated the Sun’s widespread influence on our lives.

Annular Solar Eclipse

An annular (or “ring of fire”) solar eclipse occurred Oct. 14, 2023, and kicked off the Helio Big Year with a bang.

Millions of people across North America witnessed the Moon crossing in front of the Sun, creating this brilliant celestial event. NASA’s live broadcast had more than 11 million views across different platforms.

Before the eclipse, NASA introduced the 2023 Eclipse Explorer, an interactive map to explore eclipse details for any location in the United States.

NASA shared tips on eclipse safety, including through a video with NSYNC's Lance Bass and even with an augmented reality filter.

Scientists also studied conditions during the annular eclipse with sounding rockets, balloons, and amateur radio.

Total Solar Eclipse

On April 8, 2024, millions of people across North America experienced a total solar eclipse that darkened parts of 15 U.S. states in the path of totality.

Ahead of the event, NASA hosted a widespread safety campaign, handed out over 2 million solar viewing glasses, and produced an interactive map to help viewers plan their viewing experience.

On eclipse day, NASA also hosted a live broadcast from locations across the country, drawing over 38 million views.

Researchers studied the eclipse and its effects on Earth using a variety of techniques, including international radar networks, scientific rockets, weather balloons, and even high-altitude NASA WB-57 jets.

Several NASA-funded citizen science projects also conducted experiments. These projects included more than 49,000 volunteers who contributed an astounding 53 million observations.

“We have opened a window for all Americans to discover our connection to the Sun and ignited enthusiasm for engaging with groundbreaking NASA science, whether it’s through spacecraft, rockets, balloons, or planes,” said Kelly Korreck, a Heliophysics program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

“Sharing the excitement of NASA heliophysics with our fellow citizens has truly been amazing.”

Science Across the Solar System

NASA’s heliophysics missions gather data on the Sun and its effects across the solar system.

The Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Nov. 9, 2023, and was installed on the International Space Station nine days later.

This mission studies atmospheric gravity waves, how they form and travel through Earth’s atmosphere, and their role in space weather.

On Nov. 4, 2024, the Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) mission also launched to the space station, where it studies the solar wind, with a focus on what heats it and propels it through space.

The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission ended after 16 years studying Earth's highest clouds, called polar mesospheric clouds.

NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) also ended after three successful years studying the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere, called the ionosphere.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888399 (091517ZAPR25) Notable: We are entering unchartered territory in the global financial system — Deutsche Bank

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888420 (091526ZAPR25) Notable: "President Trump is saying that if you have stolen our jobs and therefore threatened our national security, we will apply reciprocal tariff based on the degree of your misconduct."

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"President Trump is saying that if you have stolen our jobs and therefore threatened our national security, we will apply reciprocal tariff based on the degree of your misconduct." –@StephenM

https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1909988744418967942

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888466 (091532ZAPR25) Notable: Congress Can't Steal Tariffs

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888480 (091535ZAPR25) Notable: Mike Rogers announces ‘Space Command will officially be assigned to build its headquarters in Huntsville’

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Mike Rogers announces ‘Space Command will officially be assigned to build its headquarters in Huntsville’

April 9, 2025

After years of politicized delay by the Biden Administration, Alabama Congressman and Chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers announced that the headquarters of U.S. Space Command will officially be built in Huntsville.

Speaking on Auburn University’s McCrary Institute’s “Cyber Focus” podcast, Rogers confirmed that the long-awaited decision will be finalized this month.

“I expect sometime during the month of April, that space command will officially be assigned to build its headquarters in Huntsville,” Rogers (R-Saks) said.

“I’ve already talked with the contractor. He is ready to turn dirt on the day the announcement’s made, and we do expect it to be announced right after the Air Force Secretary is named.”

​President Donald Trump nominated Troy Meink to serve as the Secretary of the Air Force earlier this year. His confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee was successful in March.

The Senate has not yet scheduled a vote to confirm Meink’s nomination, but it is expected sometime in April, according to reports.

Roger’s statement marks the most consequential development in a long and politicized struggle with the previous Democrat-controlled White House.

In January 2021, during President Donald Trump’s first administration, the U.S. Air Force announced that Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal in Alabama was the preferred location for U.S. Space Command’s permanent headquarters.

That decision followed a comprehensive evaluation process in which Redstone Arsenal ranked first, surpassing all other contenders, including Colorado’s Peterson Space Force Base, which ranked fifth.

After taking office, Joe Biden’s administration initiated a review of the basing decision. By May 2023, reports indicated that the administration intended to reverse the previous decision and keep SPACECOM in Colorado.

Alabama’s congressional delegation responded vigorously to the potential reversal. U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) adamantly sounded the alarm in Congress that Huntsville was selected through a fair process and that political factors should not override national security interests.

Rogers’ remarks came during a wide-ranging conversation with host Frank Cilluffo that covered cyber threats, space policy, national defense priorities, and technological readiness.

During the interview, Rogers also discussed a potential new missile defense initiative called “Golden Dome,” echoing President Trump’s desire to mirror Israel’s Iron Dome system with a layered U.S. approach.

“Obviously, this would be exactly in the wheelhouse of Huntsville… They already have a big space mission up there,” he said. “This is exactly in their wheelhouse.”

As Rogers put it: “There will be a lot of battles fought where there’s not a gun fired. It’s going to be through cyber and through space.” For Huntsville, that future is about to become official.

https://yellowhammernews.com/mike-rogers-announces-space-command-will-officially-be-assigned-to-build-its-headquarters-in-huntsville/

https://twitter.com/McCraryCyber/status/1909959079876850017

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888484 (091535ZAPR25) Notable: Enough with your threats, or your undermining of our country through Mexican foreign terrorist organizations, your flooding of fentanyl on our streets, your bio weapon covid attack, spying, stealing, communism, etc.

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Enough with your threats, or your undermining of our country through Mexican foreign terrorist organizations, your flooding of fentanyl on our streets, your bio weapon covid attack, spying, stealing, communism, etc. Here’s my personal response (transposing your words): America is not a seeker of trouble but make no mistake, when challenged, we will NEVER back down. Intimidation and threats will NEVER work with America.

==LTG USA (Retired) former National Security Advisor to the 45th President.

April 9th, 2025==

We are going to deal with our own problems in our own country. And trust me, we will deal with them (that is in our nature—something a communist cannot comprehend). Last note of caution, be careful underestimating the America people. We will not be screwed with.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888499 (091538ZAPR25) Notable: JD: We do not ask permission from far left democrates…

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888530 (091543ZAPR25) Notable: NASA?Space/Science

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First African American woman to travel to space to speak at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith

Updated: 8:29 AM CDT April 9, 2025

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel to space, will visit Fort Smith on Wednesday, April 9.

Dr. Jemison will present a talk at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith titled "Exploring the Frontiers of Science and Human Potential."

During her presentation, she will also discuss her experiences as the first African American woman in space and share insights into her work as an author, researcher, and entrepreneur. A book signing will follow.

The talk will be held at the Reynolds Room at the UAFS Campus Center. The event is free, but tickets are required.

https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/first-african-american-woman-travel-space-fort-smith-uafs/527-8911546a-86e4-4ab8-99a4-091a1c16fdda

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888536 (091544ZAPR25) Notable: Ill home school issues/Prickster

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The State Journal-Registerhttps://www.sj-r.com › story › news › state › 2025 › 03 › 24 › what-is-the-homeschool-act-and-why-are-some-illinois-parents-against-it › 82569228007

What is the Homeschool Act and why are some Illinois parents ...

Mar 24, 2025 ... Dubbed the Homeschool Act, the legislation would require the Illinois State Board of Education to create a “Homeschool Declaration Form” that ...

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Illinois House Bill 2827: Expanded Government Oversight, Severe ...

2 days ago ... House Bill 2827 is a 60-page measure that would create new requirements for homeschooling families to report their educational

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888564 (091547ZAPR25) Notable: NASA?Space/Science

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ISS SSTV Event Celebrates International Day of Human Space Flight

April 9, 2025

ARISS will celebrate International Day of Human Space Flight with a special event transmitting SSTV images from the International Space Station (ISS).

The event Humans in Space will take place April 11-16. Those listening in can expect a series of 12 different images transmitted in SSTV mode PD120 on 145.800 MHz.

For a beginner's guide to receiving images from the ISS, see this guide from AMSAT-UK.

https://daily.hamweekly.com/2025/04/iss-sstv-event-humans-in-space/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Human_Space_Flight

https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/

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California sues U.S. Education Department over layoffs - CalMatters

Mar 13, 2025 ... After the Trump administration laid off half the Education Department staff, the lawsuit seeks to reverse the firings.

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The Education Department is being cut in half. Here's what's being lost

Mar 12, 2025 ... The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Federal Student Aid were especially ...

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Thousands of California educators issued pink slips again this year

Mar 14, 2025 ... At least 2000 credentialed school staff have received preliminary layoff notices before the March 15 state-mandated deadline, according to ...

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22888589 (091551ZAPR25) Notable: NASA?Space/Science

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Astroscale US to lead the first-ever refueling of a United States Space Force asset

April 9, 2025

Astroscale US will conduct two refueling operations of a US Department of Defense (DoD) satellite in geostationary orbit (GEO) for the United States Space Force (USSF).

This mission will demonstrate the ability of commercial Servicing, Mobility and Logistics providers to deliver on-orbit capabilities supporting the warfighter.

The Astroscale US Refueler is manifested to launch in the summer of 2026.

The Astroscale US Refueler will be the first spacecraft to conduct hydrazine refueling operations above GEO and will be the first-ever on-orbit refueling mission supporting a DoD asset.

Designed for maneuverability, the 300-kilogram spacecraft will carry a refillable hydrazine tank, supporting refueling for a client spacecraft during two planned operations and enabling an end-to-end refueling ecosystem with a client, servicer and depot in space.

“We’re changing the reality of what’s possible,” said Ron Lopez, President of Astroscale US. “This mission proves that in-space logistics does not have to be years away.

We’re a focused team with one goal: deliver and operate an operational prototype spacecraft for the Space Force.

That’s only possible because of our agile structure, solution-oriented design, close collaboration with Space Systems Command’s Servicing Mobility and Logistics program office and our incredible team.

The Astroscale US Refueler is proof that commercial space companies can develop and deliver new, operational capabilities on time and on budget.”

This mission will establish space heritage for scalable refueling services, a critical step toward enabling sustained maneuverability.

Astroscale US selected Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to build the bus and Orbit Fab’s refueling interfaces; the Astroscale US Refueler is part of a growing commercial ecosystem supporting dynamic space operations and enhanced options for mission planning, resilience and responsiveness.

“We’re not just enabling a refueling mission — we’re laying the groundwork for scalable, flexible logistics across space,” said Ian Thomas, Astroscale US Refueler Program Manager.

“This is infrastructure that expands options for the warfighter and demonstrates what rapid innovation looks like in action.”

https://www.satelliteevolution.com/post/astroscale-us-to-lead-the-first-ever-refueling-of-a-united-states-space-force-asset