/qnotables25/ - ===Q Notables 2025===

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927501 (180650ZAPR25) Notable: We are not the same.

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>>48221

realDonaldTrump

THE BEST DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE IS THE ABILITY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE!!!

Apr 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM

9:32 AM EST

https://truthsocial.com/@QanonAnOnAnOn/114357618991434735

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114337112662665106

APril 14th, same day he met with Bukele

4D chess moves ...

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927523 (180700ZAPR25) Notable: UK Government faces claims of serious security and data protection problems in One Login digital ID

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UK Government faces claims of serious security and data protection problems in One Login digital ID

The Government Digital Service was warned about serious cyber security and data protection problems in its flagship digital identity system, with insider claims that the data of three million users may still be at risk

The Government Digital Service (GDS) was warned by the Cabinet Office and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that its One Login digital identity system had “serious data protection failings” and “significant shortcomings” in information security that could increase the risk of data breaches and identity theft.

Problems were subsequently confirmed by an internal investigation led by GDS’s chief information security officer (CISO). But when, soon after, an MP wrote to the Cabinet Office to enquire about potential issues around the information security of One Login, GDS did not mention any of the warnings in its response.

According to claims by a whistleblower, many of the security problems that were reported have yet to be resolved.

One Login is the government’s flagship system for securely accessing online public services, and underpins the Gov.uk digital wallet and the digital driving licence launched by technology secretary Peter Kyle in January this year as part of his new government digital strategy.

The whistleblower – who Computer Weekly has agreed not to name, but who has many years of cyber security experience and worked in a senior information security management role at GDS – first warned GDS leaders of serious cyber security problems with One Login in July 2022.

He says his warnings were not heeded, forcing him 18 months later to write to his MP to highlight the issues, citing the 1998 Public Interest Disclosure Act, which protects civil servants who whistleblow about situations they believe to be in the public interest. He was subsequently informed by GDS that he would face disciplinary action.

As a result of his initial warnings, then GDS chief executive Tom Read found out that development work on One Login had been offshored to Romania, without his knowledge or approval and without first seeking advice from the NCSC.

The whistleblower claims that some of the security failings he identified have still not been addressed, and as a result, the information security of the three million users of One Login remains at risk.

He cites over two-and-a-half years of reluctance from the GDS digital identity team to fully address his concerns.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622533/Government-faces-claims-of-serious-cyber-security-and-data-protection-problems-in-One-Login-digital-ID

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927580 (180731ZAPR25) Notable: Kent State University Will Not Take Down Window ‘Art’ With President Trump’s Head on a Pike and the Message “We Only Have to Get Lucky Once”

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Assassination Incitement Shock: Kent State University Will Not Take Down Window ‘Art’ With President Trump’s Head on a Pike and the Message “We Only Have to Get Lucky Once”

An ‘art’ display on a window at Kent State University in Ohio featuring President Donald Trump’s head impaled on a pike with the message “We only have to get lucky once” will stay up, according to a statement by a university spokesman.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/assassination-incitement-shock-kent-state-university-will-not/

https://x.com/PattiFunnie/status/1912899886799851647?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927618 (180755ZAPR25) Notable: “The Israeli Dream”: The Criminal Roadmap Towards “Greater Israel”?

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>>48236

notable

Hey shills this is what a properly sourced article on Israel looks like.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927626 (180802ZAPR25) Notable: Stay alert: South African community on the lookout for lions on the loose

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RT

@RT_com

1h

Stay alert: South African community on the lookout for lions on the loose

4 Big Cats are reportedly stalking the streets of Malamule, sparking fear among locals. But the hunt for them has hit a twist: trackers have found prints for 2 - with 1 captured.

So, where is the last?

Apr 18, 2025 · 6:21 AM UTC

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1913115673498186115

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Godspeed

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927648 (180833ZAPR25) Notable: China built Mega-Port in Peru

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>>48239

>China built Mega-Port in Peru

Affects Brazil / Chyna trade, but not trans-Atlantic trade.

Exactly how does that mean that Chyna doesn't need the Panama canal?

And you're arguing with BO over a perma-ban.

Nice try, nigger.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927652 (180843ZAPR25) Notable: China built Mega-Port in Peru

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>>48240

>And you're arguing with BO over a perma-ban.

Stating the facts of what habbended years ago is not "arguing", and Anon was replying to an Anon, not the BO. dumbass.

Reading comprehension, do you have it?

and here's a map of Peru, it's below Panama, and on the other side of Brazil is the Atlantic Ocean.

God, the stupid, it hurts.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927675 (180911ZAPR25) Notable: James Carville Calls David Hogg a ‘Contemptible Little Twerp’

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DEMOCRAT PARTY INFIGHTING: James Carville Calls David Hogg a ‘Contemptible Little Twerp’

Democrat party strategist James Carville, the Ragin’ Cajun, has found a new object for his rage in DNC vice chair David Hogg.

It was recently reported that Hogg is using DNC resources to run against a number of sitting Democrats. He wants people in office who are further left and will amp up the ‘resistance’ against Trump.

Carville is outraged about this and during an appearance on NewsNation called Hogg a ‘contemptible little twerp.’ He even suggested the possibility of a lawsuit against Hogg over this.

This is just the latest example of the ongoing war in the Democrat party between the old guard and the radical left ‘Democratic Socialists’ who are trying to take control of the party.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/democrat-party-infighting-james-carville-calls-david-hogg/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927684 (180914ZAPR25) Notable: China built Mega-Port in Peru

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>Anon sees you saying that 3000 miles of railway will replace the Panama Canal.

Yes Exactly.

China trades with all the South American countries. Biggest Brazil.

The Panama Canal is used by thousands of cargo ships and is clogged, ships have to wait their turn.

btw-China's trade with the US is a mere 14.7% of China's total trade. Now will be even less with tariffs.

Here Moran:

China's main trading partners:

China can ship across Land directly to India, Russia, Europe, Africa, SouthEast Asia and the Middle East. Most of the World.

DON'T NEED TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC.

China already ship goods directly to the US West Coast, China already OWNS the biggest ports in Los Angeles. Ditto Canada.

South America:

They no longer need to go through the Panama Canal to get to Brazil because they now have a fast train from Peru direct to the huge Brazil.

So WHAT "Atlantic trade" are you kvetching about? to where?

OMG you're so fucking stupid.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927771 (181021ZAPR25) Notable: #27987

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Dough

https://fullchan.net/?0c84f17f2b45a60f#6c7M3yevvrFJoj89WyuD6n6QHLkFHfn3QW8RW2pSdhxJ

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927843 (181047ZAPR25) Notable: Reuters photoshop ms13 gang banger meeting

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Reuters photoshop ms13 gang banger meeting

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927860 (181103ZAPR25) Notable: Reuters photoshop ms13 gang banger meeting

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That is a lot of WATER

>>48247

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927894 (181135ZAPR25) Notable: ICYMI: @nayibbukele I love chess

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Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅

@DanScavino

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I love chess.

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https://x.com/DanScavino/status/1913076636422910159

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OMG, i can die now

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927920 (181150ZAPR25) Notable: Karmelo: Dominique Alexander is a convicted criminal theft, bashing a two year old and organizes protests in Dallas

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>>48029 KiIIer Karmelo Anthony’s press conference starts by ATTACKING victim Austin Metcalf’s father for showing upPN

Nick Sortor

@nicksortor

WTF?! KiIIer Karmelo Anthony’s press conference just started off by ATTACKING victim Austin Metcalf’s father for showing up

“It is disrespectful of him coming here.”

MORE DISRESPECTFUL THAN STABBlNG HIS SON TO DEATH?!

End Wokeness

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https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1912918971407343747

They are normalizing black kids killing white kids for no reason at all.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927927 (181159ZAPR25) Notable: @KidRock And the main stream media…. F-you too! We The People!

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KidRock

@KidRock

And the main stream media…. F-you too! We The People!

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Regarding the dinner with PDJT, Maher, Dana and kid rock

https://x.com/KidRock/status/1912993123841490958

Kid Rock is furious, this is heartfelt.

3:39

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927931 (181202ZAPR25) Notable: These Are America's Oldest Companies

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These Are America's Oldest Companies

Friday, Apr 18, 2025 - 05:55 AM

Did you know that over one in five U.S. companies fail in their first year?

Despite this brutal statistic, a rare few have stood the test of time, not just for decades, but for centuries.

In this infographic, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu takes a look at America’s oldest companies founded in the 1700s. For context, this timeline also includes a selection of younger companies that are widely known.

All of these businesses have survived economic upheavals, wars, and technological revolutions, making their longevity even more impressive.

Let’s take a closer look at some of their histories.

Jim Beam: A Legacy in American Whiskey

Founded in 1795 by Jacob Beam in Kentucky, Jim Beam is one of America’s oldest and most iconic whiskey distilleries.

Initially named Old Jake Beam Sour Mash, the brand survived Prohibition by temporarily ceasing production and then swiftly restarted in 1933—just 120 days after repeal.

In 2014, the company was acquired by Japanese distiller, Suntory, for $16 billion, leading to the formation of Beam Suntory.

more:

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/these-are-americas-oldest-companies

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927938 (181208ZAPR25) Notable: FSU: “The shooter is 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, and he’s a son of a Leon County Sheriff deputy. Our deputy, Deputy Ikner, has been with the Leon County Sheriff’s Office for over 18 years. She has a tremendous job that she’s done.

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I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸

@ImMeme0

Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeilrevealed shared the information about the FSU shooter:

“The shooter is 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, and he’s a son of a Leon County Sheriff deputy. Our deputy, Deputy Ikner, has been with the Leon County Sheriff’s Office for over 18 years. She has a tremendous job that she’s done. Her service to this community has been exceptional. Unfortunately, her son had access to one of her weapons, and that was one of the weapons that was found at the scene.”

(The mother and son have the same weird smile)

https://x.com/ImMeme0/status/1912985491642655110

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927992 (181224ZAPR25) Notable: RFK files available…ty Tulsi!

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RFK files available...ty Tulsi!

https://www.archives.gov/research/rfk

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22927998 (181226ZAPR25) Notable: Sentient World Simulation: A tool to test PsyOps and control people’s minds

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Sentient World Simulation: A tool to test PsyOps and control people’s minds

By Rhoda Wilson on April 18, 2025

The Sentient World Simulation (“SWS”) is a project developed by the US Department of Defence to create a digital copy of the real world, aiming to test psychological operations and predict human behaviour.

SWS assigns a digital avatar to every person on Earth and uses data collected from their online activities to create a predictive model of each person’s behaviour.

It also replicates financial institutions, utilities, media outlets and street corner shops, applying theories of economics and human psychology to predict how individuals and groups will respond to various stressors.

SWS not only invades our privacy but can also cause severe damage to society.

Table of Contents

- SWS and DARPA Hive Mind Control Grid

- Sentient World Simulation: You’re In It Now (Probably)

- It’s Not Quite ‘The Matrix’ Yet But …

- Why Was the Sentient World Simulation Built?

- Who Uses SWS Data?

- Is There Public Outrage?

- Only Scratching the Surface

more:

https://expose-news.com/2025/04/18/sentient-world-simulation/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928025 (181232ZAPR25) Notable: ICYMI: @nayibbukele I love chess

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928029 (181234ZAPR25) Notable: Replying to @TrueGenFlynn I saw that in you from the beginning, when you asked us all to research and share the real news so as to plant seeds of what was to come. I’m so glad I did, and still do

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Michael T. Flynn 🙏🏼 🇺🇸

@TrueGenFlynn

https://1a-1791.com/video/fww1/f0/s8/2/b/0/_/C/b0_Cy.caa.mp4

Apr 18, 2025, 8:04 AM

https://truthsocial.com/@TrueGenFlynn/posts/114358870834813490

My Father’s Daughter 🇺🇸

@JeannieSpirSage

23m

Replying to @TrueGenFlynn

I saw that in you from the beginning, when you asked us all to research and share the real news so as to plant seeds of what was to come. I’m so glad I did, and still do. There are days I want to give up and then something inside me says not to stop until we have won this. Thank you General Flynn!

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928043 (181240ZAPR25) Notable: RFK files available…ty Tulsi!

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Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy

https://www.archives.gov/research/rfk

DNI Tulsi Gabbard

@DNIGabbard

Nearly 60 years after the tragic assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the American people will, for the first time, have the opportunity to review the federal government’s investigation thanks to

@POTUS

leadership and commitment to maximum transparency.

https://archives.gov/rfk

https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/1913201263472259118

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928044 (181240ZAPR25) Notable: Karmelo: Dominique Alexander is a convicted criminal theft, bashing a two year old and organizes protests in Dallas

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@Qanon76

“I’m not surprised.”

Dominique Alexander is a convicted criminal theft, bashing a two year old and organizes protests in Dallas

0:13

https://1a-1791.com/video/fww1/80/s8/2/h/V/_/C/hV_Cy.caa.mp4

Apr 18, 2025, 7:57 AM

https://truthsocial.com/@Qanon76/posts/114358842329857175

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928053 (181245ZAPR25) Notable: Karmelo: Dominique Alexander is a convicted criminal theft, bashing a two year old and organizes protests in Dallas

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>>48264

Dallas Activist Dominique Alexander Sentenced to Prison

For nearly two years, Dominique Alexander has been organizing protests in Dallas as the founder of the Next Generation Action Network. Now Alexander is going to prison. He was sentenced on Friday afternoon to two years for violating his probation on multiple occasions. The most recent violation occurred when he left...

https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-activist-dominique-alexander-sentenced-to-prison-8642594

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928064 (181250ZAPR25) Notable: ‘Assad knew everything’: Syrian gravedigger reveals horrors in first-ever unmasked interview

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Key witness in landmark case against Syrianofficials tells MEE hundreds of bodies were regularly delivered in refrigerator trucks for burial in mass graves

A Syrian gravedigger whose testimony helped secure the conviction of two Assad officials in thefirst international trial on Syrian state torturehas spoken exclusively to Middle East Eye after revealing his identity.

Muhammad Afif Nafieh was forced todig mass graves for authorities under Bashar al-Assad from 2011 until early 2018when he fled with his family to Germany.

He testified against Syrian officials convicted of crimes against humanity in a German courtin Koblenz, and has also shared his experiences with the US Congress, on the sidelines of the United National General Assembly, and at the British Foreign Office.

Speaking to MEE last week, Nafieh described arelentless seven-day working week in which he oversaw the burial of an increasing stream of bodies.

It would last seven years. The bodies were frequently delivered in 16-metre refrigerator trucks, which could carry up to 400 corpses at a time, and showed signs of torture.

“All the tools and methods of torture were used on the executed,” he said.

“When I saw them, I’d imagine in my mind how much pain this person had endured to get to the point of execution, how much he died before he reached us.He died a hundred deaths before reaching that final one.”

Before the war in Syria, Nafieh was a Damascus governorate municipal worker. He was responsible for arranging burials,but said he never dealt with bodies in that capacity, nor had he seen a corpse before.

That changed one day in 2011 when intelligence officers arrived at his office and put him in charge of recording the burial of bodies that would start arriving.

Nafieh suspects he was chosen because he had always been committed to his job.

“I never took time off. I was never late… even on my days off, I’d come in,” he said.

'No' was forbidden

“I couldn’t say no in such an oppressive regime. The word ‘no’ was forbidden. Saying you are tired? Forbidden. Saying you are sick? Forbidden. Saying anything of the sort was completely banned. It was a totalitarian regime.”

He said he couldn’t believe what he was seeing the first time the refrigerator trucks arrived at Najha, the first mass grave location where he worked.

“I was shocked. Why are they entering the cemetery?” he said.

“They opened the refrigerator truck and that was the catastrophe, one my mind couldn’t comprehend.The sheer number of bodies. More than 300 or 400 corpses.”

Nafieh’s job was to document the burial of the bodies, including noting which security branch they had come from and how many were put into the ground.

Four copies were made of each report he did, with one copy sent to the presidential palace, the official residence of the then president Bashar al-Assad.

“Bashar al-Assad knew everything that was going on in the branches,” Nafieh said.

Once Najha was filled up, Nafieh said he was taken by two intelligence officers to an arid piece of land in Qutayfah, another location on the outskirts of Damascus, and asked if he thought it would make a good cemetery.

It was further away from residential areas than Najha, away from prying eyes, and Nafieh said he was directed by one of the officers to bring his team from Najha to Qutayfah.

“In Qutayfah we would get one or two refrigeration trucks a week. Then it became two trucks, twice a week. We’d get four trucks,” he said.

Bodies were also coming from Sednaya prison, where he said people were executed at midnight and then buried at 3am, and from various hospitals in the Damascus area.

He said he was allowed to go home once a monthto see his wife and children and that he was significantly impacted by the work, losing a lot of weight and crying by himself.

“I couldn’t sleep at night. I would scream. I would feel like the people I buried were watching me,” he said.

Eventually, Nafieh said he started to plan his way out. He said he told intelligence officers he was ill.

He said he paid off one officer so that he could be relieved of his work and paid again in 2018 before he flew out of Syria for good.

“I wanted to finish this,” he said. Nafieh resettled with his wife and three children in Germany where he testified in a national court in Koblenz in2018 in the first ever international trial on Syrian state torture which resulted in the conviction of two Syrian officials.

“I vowed that the oppression in Syria would not go unanswered,” he said.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/assad-knew-everything-syrian-gravedigger-reveals-horrors-first-ever-interview-without-mask

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928066 (181251ZAPR25) Notable: ‘Assad knew everything’: Syrian gravedigger reveals horrors in first-ever unmasked interview

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Fall of Assad

As well as testifying in Koblenz,Nafieh has worked with the Syrian Emergency Task Force, a US-based advocacy organisation established in 2011which campaigns for a democratic transition and justice and accoutability in Syria.

Nafieh’s testimony, along with othersincluding that of ‘Caesar’, a former Syrian forensic officer who smuggled tens of thousands of photos of bodies showing evidence of torture, helped bring about the economic sanctions imposed by the US on Syria in 2019.

In April 2023 he addressed the US Congress's House Committee on Foreign Affairs where he urged lawmakers to help pressure regional Arab countries from normalising with the Assad government.

Now he’s calling for international sanctions on Syria to be lifted.

"I want to demand from the American government to lift the sanctions on Syria. Because Syria is a country whose regime has fallen," he said.

"I want to demand from the United States in my name, in the name of the free S,yrians and in the name ofeveryone who gave testimony for humanity, to lift the sanctions. Syria doesnt need this."

Nafieh has previously kept his identity hidden for his and his family’s safety. But following the fall of Assad in December, he said he was now ready to go public.

“Before the fall of the regime, I never showed my face becauseeven without revealing my identity or showing my face, my in-laws were arrested, their wives were arrested, and my sisters were arrested.

“So now, after the fall of the regime, it was a great joy. I wanted to reveal my identity.”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/assad-knew-everything-syrian-gravedigger-reveals-horrors-first-ever-interview-without-mask

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928079 (181255ZAPR25) Notable: NOAA budget cuts We All Gonna Die!

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928085 (181259ZAPR25) Notable: @FBIDDBongino I was in my HQ office last night after returning from our LA and Phoenix field offices getting a briefing on the tragedy at FSU

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Dan Bongino

@FBIDDBongino

I was in my HQ office last night after returning from our LA and Phoenix field offices getting a briefing on the tragedy at FSU.

I also requested an update from our team on the disgusting spate of dangerous SWATTING incidents. I requested an early briefing this morning at HQ from our management team to gather additional updates. The Director and I are very concerned about this and we’re doing our best to keep you informed.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928093 (181303ZAPR25) Notable: @realDonaldTrump Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland looked like a fool yesterday standing in El Salvador begging for attention from the Fake News Media, or anyone. GRANDSTANDER!!!

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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland looked like a fool yesterday standing in El Salvador begging for attention from the Fake News Media, or anyone. GRANDSTANDER!!!

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928095 (181303ZAPR25) Notable: Target CEO Cornell meets with Sharpton to discuss DEI rollback as civil rights leader considers boycott

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This week, leaders from Pepsi met with Sharpton and his team. He did not confirm whether Pepsi made any commitments, but did say it was encouraging that Pepsi’s CEO Ramon Laguarta attended. He added that the two will continue their discussions.

Sharpton’s meetings with companies including PepsiCo and Target — and his openness to boycotts — mark one of the first meaningful efforts to push back against the war conservative activists like Robby Starbuck have waged on DEI. Starbuck, a movie director-turned-activist, has urged companies to drop DEI policies in part by sharing what he considers unflattering information about their initiatives with his social media followers. He has successfully pressured a wide range of corporate giants to rethink their programs.

Target joins wider DEI retreat

With its decision to roll back DEI efforts, the cheap chic retailer ==Target joined Walmart

, McDonald’s

, Tractor Supply

and a slew of others that scrapped at least some DEI initiatives== as they grew concerned that the programs could alienate some customers or land them in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump, who has vowed to end every DEI program across the federal government.

Target’s decision contrasted with Costco

, which shook off pressure from conservative activists to maintain its DEI programs. Shareholders of the membership-based wholesale club soundly rejected a proposal in late January that requested a report on the risks of DEI initiatives.

NAN has called for so-called “buy-cotts” at Costco, and has brought people to stores in Tennessee, New York and New Jersey. It gave them gift cards to shop with at the warehouse club.

In the month of March, Target’s store traffic declined 6.5%, while the metric rose 7.5% year over year at Costco, Placer.ai data show.

Target’s challenges run deeper than DEI backlash, and resistance to its policy change only added to its issues.The discounter’s annual revenue has been roughly flat for four years in a row as it’s struggled to drive consistent sales gains.

Margins have been under pressure, as consumers buy more of groceries and necessities and less of more profitable categories like home goods and clothing. And the company has pinned its problems on a laundry list of problems in recent years, including having the wrong inventory; losing money from theft, damaged goods and other types of inventory losses; backlash to its collection for Pride Month and pricier costs from rushing shipments.

Competition has grown fiercer too, as big-box rival Walmart

has remodeled stores, launched new private brands and attracted more high-income shoppers.

In February, Target gave weak guidance for the first quarter and said it expected sales to grow 1% for the full year.

‘What changed?’

In his meeting with Cornell, Sharpton said he will ask for Target to follow through on pledges it made after police killed George Floyd in the company’s hometown of Minneapolis.

“You made commitments based on the George Floyd movement ... what changed?” said Sharpton. “Are you trying to say ... everything’s fine now, because the election changed? That’s insulting to us.”

In the wake of Floyd’s murder, Cornell said the event moved him.

“That could have been one of my Target team members,” Cornell said in 2021 at an event hosted by the Economic Club of Chicago, recounting his thoughts as he watched the video of Floyd taking his final breaths.

At the time, he said it motivated him to step up Target’s efforts to fight racial inequities.

“We have to be the role models that drive change and our voice is important,” he said at the event. “We’ve got to make sure that we represent our company principles, our values, our company purpose on the issues that are important to our teams.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/target-ceo-to-meet-with-al-sharpton-after-dei-rollback.html

Blackmailed by Black Mafia

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928097 (181304ZAPR25) Notable: @realDonaldTrump Prime Minister Georgia Meloni of Italy was great yesterday in her visit to the White House...

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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Prime Minister Georgia Meloni of Italy was great yesterday in her visit to the White House. She loves her country, and the impression she left on everyone was FANTASTIC!!! DJT

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928102 (181307ZAPR25) Notable: RFK files available…ty Tulsi!

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DNI Tulsi Gabbard

@DNIGabbard

Nearly 60 years after the tragic assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the American people will, for the first time, have the opportunity to review the federal government’s investigation thanks to

@POTUS

leadership and commitment to maximum transparency.

https://archives.gov/rfk

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928109 (181311ZAPR25) Notable: @PeteHegseth As we said from day one: DEI is DEAD at DOD.

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Pete Hegseth

@PeteHegseth

As we said from day one: DEI is DEAD at DOD.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928116 (181314ZAPR25) Notable: @MELANIATRUMP As families across the nation gather to celebrate Easter, I extend my gratitude to the dedicated East Wing Staff for their tireless effort in preparing the upcoming White House Easter Egg Roll.

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https://x.com/MELANIATRUMP/status/1913216447909708256

MELANIA TRUMP

@MELANIATRUMP

As families across the nation gather to celebrate Easter, I extend my gratitude to the dedicated East Wing Staff for their tireless effort in preparing the upcoming White House Easter Egg Roll.

This cherished tradition, rooted in history since 1878, brings joy, storytelling, and laughter to America’s children. I look forward to watching all of the smiles light up this memorable day, on Monday.

May this Good Friday inspire hope and faith for all Americans and our friends around the world.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928126 (181317ZAPR25) Notable: Rubio, Witkoff, Kellogg Meet with Macron, Ukraine and UK Delegation to Discuss Outline of Ceasefire/US ready to walk away

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TheLastRefuge

@TheLastRefuge2

Rubio, Witkoff and Kellogg Meet with French President Macron, Ukraine and UK Delegation to Discuss Outline of Ceasefire.

[WARNING: This is the non pretending version]

From theconservativetreehouse.com

9:05 AM · Apr 18, 2025

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928128 (181318ZAPR25) Notable: In the Netherlands, Islamic paramilitary units are training hard and threaten to conquer the world. "Alhamdulillah, the army is growing by the will of Allah. We will soon conquer the world, Inshallah."

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In the Netherlands, Islamic paramilitary units are training hard and threaten to conquer the world.

"Alhamdulillah, the army is growing by the will of Allah. We will soon conquer the world, Inshallah."

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928147 (181324ZAPR25) Notable: Tom Homan just embarrassed Joe Scarborough live on MSNBC—shutting down the media lie about a “mistaken” MS-13 deportation

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The Vigilant Fox 🦊

@VigilantFox

BOOM: Tom Homan just embarrassed Joe Scarborough live on MSNBC—shutting down the media lie about a “mistaken” MS-13 deportation.

Scarborough pushed the media narrative hard about deported illegal alien, Abrego Garcia:

“The administration has admitted it's a mistake. All parties have admitted it's a mistake. Do you admit that it's a mistake? And is this something that should not happen again?”

But the Border Czar stood firm:

“Look, I, I don't I don't agree with the term that was a mistake. I mean, I know that was put out in the beginning, but looking at this case, there's a couple of things in play here.”

Then he dismantled the talking point step by step.

“First of all, it's a mistake because they said he had a withholding, withholding or removal.”

“The facts around that withholding have changed over the years. For instance, when that decision was made on withholding, he wasn't classified as a terrorist, which he is now.”

“The conditions of that withholding was a danger of a specific gang in El Salvador, that gang don't exist anymore in El Salvador. Matter of fact El Salvador is one of the safest nations in the region now because of the actions of President Bukele.”

“So the facts surrounding that decision have changed.”

“The withholding order is set aside now that he's a terrorist because it doesn't, pertain to those designated as terrorists.”

Then came the knockout, with receipts.

“He is a member of MS-13. Two federal judges have decided that. We have a police department who have documented that. ICE intelligence has documented that. The El Salvadoran government says he's an MS-13 gang member, who has since been designated as a terrorist.”

“So the entire condition around that decision have changed.”

Scarborough tried to land a hit. Homan set the entire narrative ablaze.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928151 (181326ZAPR25) Notable: New figures show that ethnic Austrians are about to become a minority in Vienna’s elementary schools

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>>48280, >>>/qresearch/22928132

>"Alhamdulillah, the army is growing by the will of Allah.

SERIOUSLY, WHAT DO YOU DO?

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1913183457041072202

BREAKING:

New figures show that ethnic Austrians are about to become a minority in Vienna’s elementary schools.

For the first time, Muslim pupils are now the largest religious group in Vienna's schools. According to recent figures, they make up 41.2% of pupils, while Christian pupils have dropped to 34.5%. The rapid demographic change has prompted Austria’s largest party FPÖ to sound the alarm.

”41.2% Muslim pupils - it's no longer a minority, it's becoming the new majority. This isn't immigration anymore, it's displacement,” says the head of FPÖ’s youth wing Max Weinzierl.

The figures come from the city's school council. They also show that in more and more classrooms, German is a now the second language.

FPÖ’s security policy spokesman Hannes Amesbauer says that the changes are negative for Austria:

”Austrians will soon be strangers in their own country.”

At the same time, there are reports of an alarming increase in problems in schools. The teachers' union is sounding the alarm that staff are leaving ‘in droves’, and parents' organisations claim that there is chaos in the classrooms where few pupils speak German.

”The teacher has to repeat every sentence 10-12 times before it is understood,” says Evelyn Kometter, president of the Austrian Parents' Association.

Meanwhile, education officials now want to introduce a new school subject called ”Living in a Democracy” to promote tolerance and diversity values from an early age.

More and more young Austrian parents are leaving Vienna for the countryside, hoping to provide their kids with schools where the German language remains firmly entrenched and where there are low levels of violence.

The video below is from Vienna and shows how quickly the city has changed.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928162 (181330ZAPR25) Notable: UnitedHealth’s stock is plunging on higher medical costs. That may mean trouble for more insurers

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UnitedHealth’s stock is plunging on higher medical costs. That may mean trouble for more insurers

THU, APR 17 202510:34 AM

KEY POINTS

• UnitedHealth Group’s stock sank after the company slashed its annual profit forecast, citing higher-than-expected medical costs in its privately run Medicare plans.

• Those bleak results from a health-care giant seen as the insurance industry’s bellwether could potentially be a warning sign for other companies with so-called Medicare Advantage plans, according to some Wall Street analysts.

• UnitedHealth’s first-quarter results reveal “ominous signs” of an accelerating medical costs trend in Medicare Advantage businesses, some analysts said. (Because they were denying treatment and now they have to pay.Their stock price was only high because they denied claims and killed a lot of members.)

UnitedHealth Group’s stock sank 20% on Thursday after the company slashed its annual profit forecast, citing higher-than-expected medical costs in its privately run Medicare plans.

Those bleak results from a health-care giant seen as the insurance industry’s bellwether could be a warning sign for other companieswith so-called Medicare Advantage plans, according to some Wall Street analysts. It comes after a turbulent 2024 for health insurers, hurt by lower government payments, soaring medical costs and public backlash after the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s top executive, Brian Thompson.

UnitedHealthcare, the insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, is the nation’s largest provider of those plans. ==Shares of competitor Humana fell 5%, while Elevance Health dropped more than 1% and CVS

tumbled 2%. Cigna has no Medicare Advantage business. Its stock was up almost 1% on Thursday.==

UnitedHealth’s first-quarter results reveal “ominous signs” ofaccelerating medical costs in Medicare Advantage businesses, TD Cowen analyst Ryan Langston said in a note Thursday. He added that the company “correctly foreshadowed” increasing medical costs back in 2023, so Thursday’s comments “will call into question” the full-year outlooks for every insurer. (They only accelerated because all the companies were denying claims and treatments, until UHC got caught. Seniors are not getting sicker, they just can’t deny claims are kill them now)

Higher medical costs have dogged the entire insurance industry over the past yearas more seniors return to hospitals to undergo procedures they had delayed during the Covid-19 pandemic, such as joint and hip replacements. But the issue had previously not been as significant at UnitedHealthcare.

Barclays analyst Andrew Mok said UnitedHealth’s problems may be less of an issue for companies that made “significant” exits from some Medicare Advantage markets, including Humana and CVS, according to a note Thursday.Many insurers last year exited unprofitable Medicare Advantage marketsdue to higher medical costs and lower reimbursement rates from the federal government.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/unitedhealths-guidance-cut-may-mean-trouble-for-more-insurers.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928172 (181333ZAPR25) Notable: UnitedHealth’s stock is plunging on higher medical costs. That may mean trouble for more insurers

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Meanwhile, the issue could be a bigger deal for companies that gained greater market share in Medicare Advantage, such as Elevance Health and Alignment Health, according to Mok.

UnitedHealth said the rise in care use, or utilization, in its Medicare Advantage business came in far above what the company planned for the year, which was for care activity to increase at a rate consistent with what it saw in 2024. But trends that became apparent toward the end of the first quarter suggest that care activity increased “at twice” that level, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said during an earnings call on Thursday.

The jump was particularly notable in doctor and outpatient services, which do not involve overnight hospital stays, he added.

“It’s very, very unusual,” Lance Wilkes, Bernstein senior equity analyst, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday. He said rising utilization is “really surprising” coming off the high level of care activity that the industry saw over the past year.

Wilkes added that UnitedHealth and the broaderindustry may be “pulling back” the “intensity of some of the activity they do to manage utilization,” (fraudulent AI diagnosis is what they used. Also UHC is notorious for denying claims, forcing hospitals to resubmit claims because UHC didn’t get the claims and all kinds of other shitty tricks=.) which causes dissatisfaction among patients==. For example, some insurers require prior authorization, which makes providers obtain approval from a patient’s insurance company before administering specific treatments. (All hospital treatment requires PA, and some in office, they are lying about the problem)

“I think it’s probably United pulling back because of the policy headwinds and the scrutiny on the company,” Wilkes said. “I do think the horrible thing that happened to Brian Thompson and the company is a part of this, and I think it’s reflective of also the Department of Justice scrutiny on United over the last couple years.” (UHC has been sued by the government for more than 10 years for all their illegal processes)

UnitedHealth is reportedly grappling with a government investigation of its Medicare billing practices.

Also on Thursday, UnitedHealth pointed to issues related to changes in the profile of patients treated under its Optum health-care unit. That segment includes its pharmacy benefit manager, which negotiates drug rebates with manufacturers on behalf of insurers and maintains formularies, among other responsibilities. (The RX division is probably the worst and insurance companies should not own industry related companies, it’s a conflict of interest, and easier to cheat.)

But Witty said the company is taking action to improve results and considers the issues related to Optum and elevated medical costs “highly addressable as we look ahead to 2026.” (Once again Not True, they just denied claims for a long time.)

If nothing else, insurers are set to get a boost next year. The Trump administration in April said it would substantially increase reimbursement rates for Medicare Advantage insurers, hiking an earlier proposal from the Biden administration.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/unitedhealths-guidance-cut-may-mean-trouble-for-more-insurers.html

As an Insurance Broker for 29 years, this article is bullshit what caused this. They were greedy to get their stock price up so the denied 100s of 1,000s of claims of the members, using fraudulent AI models. All of them should get prosecuted. Plus the Congress should make a law that Health Insurance cannot be on the Stock Market, it’s a conflict of interest

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

April 18, 2025

Comet C/2025 F2 SWAN

In late March, the comet now designated C/2025 F2 SWAN was found independently by citizen scientists Vladimir Bezugly, Michael Mattiazzo, and Rob Matson while examining publicly available image data from the Solar Wind ANisotropies (SWAN) camera on the sun-staring SOHO spacecraft. Comet SWAN's coma, its greenish color a signature of diatomic carbon molecules fluorescing in sunlight, is at lower left in this telescopic image. SWAN's faint ion tail extends nearly two degrees toward the upper right across the field of view. The interplanetary scene was captured in clear but moonlit skies from June Lake, California on April 14. Seen against background of stars toward the constellation Andromeda, the comet was then some 10 light-minutes from our fair planet. Now a target for binoculars and small telescopes in northern hemisphere morning skies this comet SWAN is headed for a perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun, on May 1. That will bring this visitor from the distant Oort cloud almost as close to the Sun as the orbit of inner planet Mercury.

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

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Apr 18, 2025

Today’s rather aquatic-themed NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy, which sits 45 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (The Whale).

The designation Messier 77 comes from the galaxy’s place in the famous catalog compiled by the French astronomer Charles Messier.

Another French astronomer, Pierre Méchain, discovered the galaxy in 1780. Both Messier and Méchain were comet hunters who cataloged nebulous objects that could be mistaken for comets.

Messier, Méchain, and other astronomers of their time mistook the Squid Galaxy for either a spiral nebula or a star cluster.

This mischaracterization isn’t surprising. More than a century would pass between the discovery of the Squid Galaxy and the realization that the ‘spiral nebulae’ scattered across the sky were not part of our galaxy but were in fact separate galaxies millions of light-years away.

The Squid Galaxy’s appearance through a small telescope — an intensely bright center surrounded by a fuzzy cloud — closely resembles one or more stars wreathed in a nebula.

The name ‘Squid Galaxy’ is recent, and stems from the extended, filamentary structure that curls around the galaxy’s disk like the tentacles of a squid.

The Squid Galaxy is a great example of how advances in technology and scientific understanding can completely change our perception of an astronomical object — and even what we call it!

Hubble previously released an image of M77 in 2013. This new image incorporates recent observations made with different filters and updated image processing techniques which allow astronomers to see the galaxy in more detail.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-spots-a-squid-in-the-whale/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928259 (181403ZAPR25) Notable: Karmelo: Dominique Alexander is a convicted criminal theft, bashing a two year old and organizes protests in Dallas

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.@fbi .@bondi .@bongino .@potus .@whitehouse .@doj .@rando_fed_in_room

Transfer all GoFundme to the metcalf family

Charge the parents as well for murder

Charge media for conspiracy to conceal the murder

IDGAF ARRESTS THEM ALL!!!

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928260 (181403ZAPR25) Notable: ICYMI: @nayibbukele I love chess

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Apr 18, 2025

As NASA prepares to return to the Moon, studying astronaut health and safety is a top priority.

Scientists monitor and analyze every part of the International Space Station crew’s daily life—down to the air they breathe.

These studies are helping NASA prepare for long-term human exploration of the Moon and, eventually, Mars.

As part of this effort, NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is sending three air quality monitors to the space station to test them for potential future use on the Moon.

The monitors are slated to launch on Monday, April 21, aboard the 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission for NASA.

Like our homes here on Earth, the space station gets dusty from skin flakes, clothing fibers, and personal care products like deodorant.

Because the station operates in microgravity, particles do not have an opportunity to settle and instead remain floating in the air.

Filters aboard the orbiting laboratory collect these particles to ensure the air remains safe and breathable.

Astronauts will face another air quality risk when they work and live on the Moon—lunar dust.

“From Apollo, we know lunar dust can cause irritation when breathed into the lungs,” said Claire Fortenberry, principal investigator, Exploration Aerosol Monitors project, NASA Glenn.

“Earth has weather to naturally smooth dust particles down, but there is no atmosphere on the Moon, so lunar dust particles are sharper and craggier than Earth dust.

Lunar dust could potentially impact crew health and damage hardware.”

Future space stations and lunar habitats will need monitors capable of measuring lunar dust to ensure air filtration systems are functioning properly.

Fortenberry and her team selected commercially available monitors for flight and ground demonstration to evaluate their performance in a spacecraft environment, with the goal of providing a dust monitor for future exploration systems.

Glenn is sending three commercial monitors to the space station to test onboard air quality for seven months. All three monitors are small: no bigger than a shoe box.

Each one measures a specific property that provides a snapshot of the air quality aboard the station.

Researchers will analyze the monitors based on weight, functionality, and ability to accurately measure and identify small concentrations of particles in the air.

The research team will receive data from the space station every two weeks. While those monitors are orbiting Earth, Fortenberry will have three matching monitors at Glenn.

Engineers will compare functionality and results from the monitors used in space to those on the ground to verify they are working as expected in microgravity. Additional ground testing will involve dust simulants and smoke.

Air quality monitors like the ones NASA is testing also have Earth-based applications.

The monitors are used to investigate smoke plumes from wildfires, haze from urban pollution, indoor pollution from activities like cooking and cleaning, and how virus-containing droplets spread within an enclosed space.

Results from the investigation will help NASA evaluate which monitors could accompany astronauts to the Moon and eventually Mars.

NASA will allow the manufacturers to review results and ensure the monitors work as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Testing aboard the space station could help companies investigate pollution problems here on Earth and pave the way for future missions to the Red Planet.

“Going to the Moon gives us a chance to monitor for planetary dust and the lunar environment,” Fortenberry said.

“We can then apply what we learn from lunar exploration to predict how humans can safely explore Mars.”

NASA commercial resupply missions to the International Space Station deliver scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations.

Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver scientific research to the space station, significantly increasing NASA’s ability to conduct new investigations aboard humanity’s laboratory in space.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/nasa-glenn-to-test-air-quality-monitors-aboard-space-station/

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/nasas-spacex-crs-32/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928280 (181407ZAPR25) Notable: All Canadians, if you ever had any doubts about who to vote for in this month’s election watch this, it says it all. Good job Viva!

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Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney advising PM on COVID-19 economic response

Carney recently departed top job at Bank of England after guiding it through Brexit uncertainty

August 11, 2020

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928299 (181410ZAPR25) Notable: DEI in the Fed with an affirmative action plan and everything. They even have a video of Jerome Powell endorsing DEI.

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https://x.com/therabbithole84/status/1881925641920229690?s=61

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Apr 17, 2025

Last week, NASA’s Mars 2020 rover continued its journey down lower ‘Witch Hazel Hill’ on the Jezero crater rim.

The rover stopped along a boundary visible from orbit dividing light and dark rock outcrop (also known as a contact) at a site the team has called ‘Port Anson’.

In addition to this contact, the rover has encountered a variety of neat rocks that may have originated from elsewhere and transported to their current location, also known as float.

Pictured above is an observation named ‘Skull Hill’ taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument.

This float rock uniquely contrasts the surrounding light-toned outcrop with its dark tone and angular surface, and it features a few pits in the rock.

If you look closely, you might even spot spherules within the surrounding regolith! See Alex Jones’ recent blog post for more information on these neat features: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/shocking-spherules/.

The pits on Skull Hill may have formed via the erosion of clasts from the rock or scouring by wind.

We’ve found a few of these dark-toned floats in the Port Anson region, and the team is working to better understand where these rocks came from and how they got here.

Skull Hill’s dark color is reminiscent of meteorites found in Gale crater by the Curiosity rover: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/curiosity-mars-rover-checks-odd-looking-iron-meteorite/.

Chemical composition is an important factor in identifying a meteorite, and Gale’s meteorites contain significant amounts of iron and nickel.

However, recent analysis of SuperCam data from nearby similar rocks suggests a composition inconsistent with a meteorite origin.

Alternatively, ‘Skull Hill’ could be an igneous rock eroded from a nearby outcrop or ejected from an impact crater.

On Earth and Mars, iron and magnesium are some of the main contributors to igneous rocks, which form from the cooling of magma or lava.

These rocks can include dark-colored minerals such as olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite. Luckily for us, the rover has instruments that can measure the chemical composition of rocks on Mars.

Understanding the composition of these darker-toned floats will help the team to interpret the origin of this unique rock!

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/origins-uncertain-skull-hill-rock/

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Apr 17, 2025

NASA engineers began using a network of ground sensors in March to collect data from an experimental air taxi to evaluate how to safely integrate such vehicles into airspace above cities – in all kinds of weather.

Researchers will use the campaign to help improve tools to assist with collision avoidance and landing operations and ensure safe and efficient air taxi operations in various weather conditions.

For years, NASA has looked at how wind shaped by terrain, including buildings in urban areas, can affect new types of aircraft.

The latest test, which is gathering data from a Joby Aviation demonstrator aircraft, looks at another kind of wind – that which is generated by the aircraft themselves.

Joby flew its air taxi demonstrator over NASA’s ground sensor array near the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California producing air flow data.

The Joby aircraft has six rotors that allow for vertical takeoffs and landings, and tilt to provide lift in flight. Researchers focused on the air pushed by the propellers, which rolls into turbulent, circular patterns of wind.

This rolling wind can affect the aircraft’s performance, especially when it’s close to the ground, as well as others flying in the vicinity and people on the ground.

Such wind turbulence is difficult to measure, so NASA enhanced its sensors with a new type of lidar – a system that uses lasers to measure precise distances – and that can map out the shapes of wind features.

“The design of this new type of aircraft, paired with the NASA lidar technology during this study, warrants a better understanding of possible wind and turbulence effects that can influence safe and efficient flights,” said Grady Koch, lead for this research effort, from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

Data to Improve Aircraft Tracking

NASA also set up a second array of ground nodes including radar, cameras, and microphones in the same location as the sensors to provide additional data on the aircraft.

These nodes will collect tracking data during routine flights for several months.

The agency will use the data gathered from these ground nodes to demonstrate the tracking capabilities and functions of its “distributed sensing” technology, which involves embedding multiple sensors in an area where aircraft are operating.

This technology will be important for future air taxi flights, especially those occurring in cities by tracking aircraft moving through traffic corridors and around landing zones.

Distributed sensing has the potential to enhance collision avoidance systems, air traffic management, ground-based landing sensors, and more.

“Our early work on a distributed network of sensors, and through this study, gives us the opportunity to test new technologies that can someday assist in airspace monitoring and collision avoidance above cities,” said George Gorospe, lead for this effort from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.

Using this data from an experimental air taxi aircraft, NASA will further develop the technology needed to help create safer air taxi flights in high-traffic areas.

Both of these efforts will benefit the companies working to bring air taxis and drones safely into the airspace.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasa-studies-wind-effects-and-aircraft-tracking-with-joby-aircraft/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928324 (181420ZAPR25) Notable: Mortgage rates shoot up in response to market volatility, latest Freddie Mac data shows

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666 Satanic housing crash coming?

Mortgage rates shoot up in response to market volatility, latest Freddie Mac data shows

The average 30-year mortgage rate rose more than 20 basis points last week

So long, mortgage rate stability.

Aftersixweeks of hovering between6.6%and 6.7%, mortgage rates rose sharply this week, according to Freddie Mac’s latest survey, reflecting recent bond market volatility.

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.83% for the week through Wednesday, compared with 6.62% a week earlier. The average 15-year mortgage rate was 6.03%, up from 5.82% a week earlier.

Mortgage rates have been on a wild ride in recent weeks as the bond yields that underpin them whipsawed in the aftermath of President Trump’s tariff announcement and later delay of some levies. Most rate surveys showed a sharp rise last week, as 10-year Treasury yields approached 4.5%.

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mortgage-rates-shoot-up-in-response-to-market-volatility-latest-freddie-mac-data-shows-160015185.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928336 (181424ZAPR25) Notable: DEI in the Fed with an affirmative action plan and everything. They even have a video of Jerome Powell endorsing DEI.

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I wonder why Elon reposted this? 🤔

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1913231476038000713?s=61

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Crew Swaps Command on Friday Before Soyuz Departure and Dragon Launch

April 17, 2025

Expedition 72 will come to an end and segue into the Expedition 73 mission after three veteran crewmembers depart the International Space Station on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the orbital residents stayed busy on Thursday with cargo mission preparations, spacesuit checks, and microgravity research.

Station Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will hand over command of the orbital laboratory to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi at 2:40 p.m. EDT on Friday.

Afterward, Ovchinin will turn his attention to returning to Earth with Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos after 220 days in space.

The trio will undock in their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft from the Rassvet module at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Saturday ending Expedition 72 then parachute to a landing in Kazakhstan at 8:20 p.m. the same day (6:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 20, in Kazakhstan) on Pettit’s 70th birthday.

NASA+ will broadcast Saturday’s crew farewell, undocking, and landing activities live beginning at 2 p.m.

Onishi will stay onboard the space station leading Expedition 73 and orbiting Earth until July. Remaining with Onishi will be NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, and Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky, and Kirill Pskov.

Onishi and Kim will be on duty early next week monitoring the automated approach and rendezvous of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft carrying about 6,700 pounds of science and supplies for the orbital residents.

Dragon will launch at 4:15 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 21, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and dock at 8:20 a.m. the following day to the Harmony module’s space-facing port for a month long cargo mission.

The duo continued training on Thursday for Dragon’s arrival reviewing spacecraft monitoring techniques on a computer.

Kim began his Thursday shift studying how McClain‘s sense of balance is adapting to microgravity as she wore virtual reality goggles for the CIPHER human research investigation.

Afterward, Kim examined the retina, optic nerve, and cornea of his crew mates Ayers and Onishi using medical imaging hardware.

McClain and Ayers are due to exit the orbital outpost on May 1 for a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk.

The duo will prepare the port side truss structure for a new rollout solar array and relocate an antenna that communicates with commercial spacecraft at the station.

Pettit spent Thursday preparing their spacesuits, cleaning the cooling loops, and inspecting suit components.

Later, Kim and Onishi practiced installing jetpacks on the spacesuits that would be used to maneuver back to safety in the unlikely event a spacewalker became untethered from the space station.

Ryzhikov and Zubritsky are settling in for a seven-and-a-half-month space research mission and beginning to pick up Ovchinin’s and Vagner’s crew responsibilities.

The cosmonauts also attached sensors to themselves and studied how a long duration spaceflight affects the respiratory system.

Flight Engineer Kirill Peskov wrapped up a research session with the departing Vagner as they tested the lower body negative pressure suit that may help a crew member returning to Earth adjust quicker to gravity.

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2025/04/17/crew-swaps-command-on-friday-before-soyuz-departure-and-dragon-launch/

https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/international-space-station-change-of-command-ceremony-2/

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NASA’s Curiosity Rover May Have Solved Mars’ Missing Carbonate Mystery

Apr 17, 2025

New findings from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover could provide an answer to the mystery of what happened to the planet’s ancient atmosphere and how Mars has evolved over time.

Researchers have long believed that Mars once had a thick, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere and liquid water on the planet’s surface. That carbon dioxide and water should have reacted with Martian rocks to create carbonate minerals.

Until now, though, rover missions and near-infrared spectroscopy analysis from Mars-orbiting satellites haven’t found the amounts of carbonate on the planet’s surface predicted by this theory.

Reported in an April paper in Science, data from three of Curiosity’s drill sites revealed the presence of siderite, an iron carbonate mineral, within the sulfate-rich rocky layers of Mount Sharp in Mars’ Gale Crater.

“The discovery of abundant siderite in Gale Crater represents both a surprising and important breakthrough in our understanding of the geologic and atmospheric evolution of Mars,” said Benjamin Tutolo, associate professor at the University of Calgary, Canada, and lead author of the paper.

To study the Red Planet’s chemical and mineral makeup, Curiosity drills three to four centimeters down into the subsurface, then drops the powdered rock samples into its CheMin instrument.

The instrument, led by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, uses X-ray diffraction to analyze rocks and soil.

CheMin’s data was processed and analyzed by scientists at the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

“Drilling through the layered Martian surface is like going through a history book,” said Thomas Bristow, research scientist at NASA Ames and coauthor of the paper.

“Just a few centimeters down gives us a good idea of the minerals that formed at or close to the surface around 3.5 billion years ago.”

The discovery of this carbonate mineral in rocks beneath the surface suggests that carbonate may be masked by other minerals in near-infrared satellite analysis.

If other sulfate-rich layers across Mars also contain carbonates, the amount of stored carbon dioxide would be a fraction of that needed in the ancient atmosphere to create conditions warm enough to support liquid water.

The rest could be hidden in other deposits or have been lost to space over time.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/nasas-curiosity-rover-may-have-solved-mars-missing-carbonate-mystery/

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado9966

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928400 (181442ZAPR25) Notable: lab leak true origins

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NASA’s PUNCH Mission Captures First Images of Sun, Space

April 17, 2025

NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission successfully completed spacecraft commissioning this week, opening its instrument doors to capture “first light”, the mission’s first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere and the surrounding space.

This is the first step in revealing new details of how the solar atmosphere unfolds and streams through the solar system. Now, mission operation teams will continue the commissioning phase for the spacecraft’s instruments.

On April 14, the Narrow Field Imager (NFI) and one of the mission’s three Wide Field Imagers (WFI) opened its instrument doors and captured the first images for the mission.

On April 16, the remaining WFIs opened their doors and also started capturing images. The first NFI image shows star fields with the Sun near the center of the image.

The image was filtered to emphasize background star fields, which was obscured by zodiacal light, a very faint diffuse glow from dust orbiting the Sun.

Throughout the commissioning phase, scientists will be calibrating this view to better reveal details the Sun’s corona, or wispy outer atmosphere.

This calibration process will remove about 99% of the light from the corona, enabling scientists to track the faint threads of solar material as they flow outward throughout space.

The WFI image below, taken April 14, shows the wide field of view from WFI and is marked with labeled constellations.

As commissioning progresses, the PUNCH team will be removing the star fields and other background light from all images to highlight the faint stream of solar wind as it travels toward Earth.

These early images confirm a crucial milestone: the cameras onboard PUNCH’s four satellites are in focus and functioning as designed.

The PUNCH mission will make global, 3D observations of the inner solar system and the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, to learn how its mass and energy become the solar wind, a stream of charged particles blowing outward from the Sun in all directions.

The mission will explore the formation and evolution of space weather events such as coronal mass ejections, which can create storms of energetic particle radiation that can endanger spacecraft and astronauts.

During this first phase of the commissioning period, the team at mission control at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, worked to assure that the four satellites were functioning correctly and are moving into the proper orbit around Earth and distance from each other to create the PUNCH constellation.

The PUNCH satellites include one NFI and three WFIs. The NFI is a coronagraph, which blocks out the bright light from the Sun to better see details in the Sun’s corona.

The WFIs are heliospheric imagers that view the very faint, outermost portion of the solar corona and the solar wind itself. Once the PUNCH satellites reach their targeted alignment, the images from these instruments will be stitched together to create the wide view of the journey of the Sun’s corona and solar wind to Earth.

Once the commissioning is complete, PUNCH will provide the first-ever imagery of the solar wind and coronal mass ejections in polarized light, enabling scientists to discern new information about this activity.

Southwest Research Institute, based in San Antonio, Texas, leads the PUNCH mission and operates the four spacecraft from its facilities in Boulder, Colorado.

The mission is managed by the Explorers Program Office at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/punch/2025/04/17/nasas-punch-mission-captures-first-images-of-sun-space/

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928441 (181459ZAPR25) Notable: Moar Garcia

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928442 (181500ZAPR25) Notable: lab leak true origins

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/

JUST IN - White House updates http://COVID.gov to a website outlining how the pandemic originated from a Chinese lab leak.

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Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula

Apr 18, 2025

As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sharing a new image series revisiting stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the latest Hubble data and new processing techniques.

New images of NGC 346 and the Sombrero Galaxy have already been published.

Now, ESA/Hubble is revisiting the Eagle Nebula (originally published in 2005 as part of Hubble's 15th anniversary celebrations) with new image processing techniques.

Unfurling along the length of the image is a pillar of cold gas and dust that is 9.5 light-years tall.

As enormous as this dusty pillar is, it’s just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula, also called Messier 16.

The name Messier 16 comes from the French astronomer Charles Messier, a comet hunter who compiled a catalog of deep-sky objects that could be mistaken for comets.

The name Eagle Nebula was inspired by the nebula’s appearance. The edge of this shining nebula is shaped by dark clouds like this one, giving it the appearance of an eagle spreading its wings.

Not too far from the region pictured here are the famous Pillars of Creation, which Hubble photographed multiple times, with images released in 1995 and 2015.

The heart of the nebula, which is located beyond the edge of this image, is home to a cluster of young stars. These stars have excavated an immense cavity in the center of the nebula, shaping otherworldly pillars and globules of dusty gas.

This particular feature extends like a pointing finger toward the center of the nebula and the rich young star cluster embedded there.

The Eagle Nebula is one of many nebulae in the Milky Way that are known for their sculpted, dusty clouds.

Nebulae take on these fantastic shapes when exposed to powerful radiation and winds from infant stars.

Regions with denser gas are more able to withstand the onslaught of radiation and stellar winds from young stars, and these dense areas remain as dusty sculptures like the starry pillar shown here.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-spies-cosmic-pillar-in-eagle-nebula/

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

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928453 (181502ZAPR25) Notable: Will Patel and Bongino investigate Charles McGonigal, may be the most corrupt FBI official in modern history

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Will Patel and Bongino investigate this massive FBI scandal that nobody’s talking about?

April 17, 2025 (20 hours ago)1/2

Charles McGonigal may be the most corrupt FBI official in modern history—and yet somehow,his name has barely made a blip on the radar. This wasn’t some mid-level pencil-pusher.McGonigal was one of the top counterintelligence agents at the FBI’s New York field office. He was directly involved in the bureau’s most sensitive operations, including the infamous “Crossfire Hurricane” probe into (phony)Trump–Russia “collusion.”

And after that whole fraudulent mess, it turns out that ==he was secretly taking money from a Kremlin-linked oligarch]] and helping shake down Albanian oligarchs on the side. You can’t make this up, right?

Now here we are, with Kash Patel and Dan Bongino stepping into FBI leadership roles under Trump 2.0—which is great. Butsomehow, Charles McGonigal’s name is still off the radar. And that needs to change.

Because if we’re going to clean house, we need to clean all of it.

This isn’t some minor HR issue being swept under the rug. This is the rot at the heart of the Deep State—buried deep inside the FBI.

The Washington Examiner lays out just how deep this corruption goes—and just how quiet the system has been about it:

McGonigal, a high-flyer in the bureau, fell into disgrace and worse after his 2018 retirement from the FBI when it was revealed that, while serving as the powerful head of counterintelligence at the New York Field Office, he got into bed with a top Kremlin oligarch and shady Albanians. He did so for cash.

McGonigal wasn’t just dirty—he was embedded deep inside the FBI during one of the most politically sensitive times in recent history.

The Washington Examiner piece goes on:

In late 2016, his counterspy office in New York participated in the FBI’s investigation into Trump’s alleged ties to the Kremlin, the notorious Operation Crossfire Hurricane. Yet,just a couple of years later, McGonigal was on the payroll of Oleg Deripaska, a leading Kremlin oligarch who featured prominently in that investigation.

But it wasn’t just Russia.McGonigal had ties to a socialist prime minister, dirty intelligence operatives, and possibly millions in kickbacks.

The Washington Examiner piece continues:

In 2023, he was sentenced to four years in prison for illegally working for Deripaska. In early 2024, McGonigal received an additional 28-month sentence for concealing his $225,000 payment by Albanian intelligence… The Justice Department showed no interest in the wider implications of the case.

Dan Bongino actually discussed this case on his podcast back in early 2023. He even touched on the Albania angle. But curiously, that episode has now vanished from his archive. The Washington Examiner piece wraps it up:

We know that the deputy director is aware of McGonigal and his misdeeds. In early 2023, Bongino discussed the case, including its messy Albanian dimension, on his popular podcast. Oddly, however, that episode has since disappeared from his archive website. That’s not a good sign. (Dan must have been very right on some aspects of this. (Whistleblowers said that Ukraine was working with Albania mob on getting Trump)

Where is that podcast? Inquiring minds want to know and want to listen to it again.

https://revolver.news/2025/04/will-patel-and-bongino-investigate-this-massive-fbi-scandal-that-nobodys-talking-about/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928455 (181503ZAPR25) Notable: On This Day: Paul Revere begins midnight ride

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Big date for historical events. 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride today.

On This Day: Paul Revere begins midnight ride

On April 18, 1775, U.S. patriot Paul Revere began his famous ride through the Massachusetts countryside, crying out "The British are coming!" to rally the minutemen.

Other significant events on today's date:

In 1506, the cornerstone was placed for St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

In 1906, an earthquake estimated at magnitude-7.8 struck San Francisco, collapsing buildings and igniting fires that destroyed much of what remained of the city. Researchers and historians concluded that about 3,000 people died in the quake and its aftermath, and roughly 250,000 were left homeless.

In 1912, three days after the sinking of Titanic, her survivors arrived in New York City aboard the RMS Carpathia.

In 1923, the original Yankee Stadium opened in New York. The stadium was demolished in 2010 after it was replaced a year prior by the new Yankee Stadium.

In 1942, Lt. Col. James Doolittle led a squadron of B-25 bombers in a surprise raid against Tokyo in response to the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

In 1968, McCulloch Oil Corp. paid $2.24 million to buy London Bridge, which was sinking into the Thames under the weight of 20th century traffic. The oil company rebuilt the bridge bloc by block over Lake Havasu in Arizona.

In 1983, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, was severely damaged by a car-bomb explosion that killed 63 people, including 17 Americans.

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https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2025/04/18/On-This-Day-Paul-Revere-begins-midnight-ride/9521744942810/

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NASA Image Reveals Evidence of Ancient 'Megamonsoons' in Western US

Updated Apr 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM EDT

Anewly released satellite image from NASA's Earth Observatory has unveiled dramatic evidence of the extreme weather phenomena that shaped the prehistoric American West.

The image, captured by the Landsat 9 satellite's Operational Land Imager-2 in June 2024, shows deep red rock formations outcropping in Montana and Wyoming that scientists believe were formed by ancient "megamonsoons" some 220 million years ago.

At the center of this discovery is the Chugwater Formation in the Bighorn Basin, an oval-shaped lowland bordered by six mountain ranges.

The basin spans 150 miles across parts of Montana and Wyoming and is famed for its fossil troves.

Scientists analyzing the image said the area's distinctive reddish hue signals vast oxidation of sedimentary layers caused by extreme climate swings during the Triassic Period, when North America was still part of the supercontinent Pangaea.

The NASA image shows prominent geological folds cutting through the landscape, a result of millions of years of tectonic activity.

These formations originated when landmasses, once joined in Pangea, later broke apart and recombined to make the continents we live on today.

During that period, large-scale "megamonsoons" are believed to have swept through the tropical belts of the former supercontinent, bringing powerful seasonal wet and dry cycles.

These climate shifts are thought to have triggered oxidation—rusting—of exposed sediments across enormous areas.

The red rocks captured in the Landsat image are composed of hematite (iron oxide)-rich layers known as "red beds" that developed under these ancient atmospheric conditions.

Scientists have identified similar rust-colored strata on several continents.

One of the clearest expressions of this process lies in the Bighorn Basin, particularly at its northern end where the Chugwater Formation emerges.

This distinct band of red intersects Bighorn Canyon, a deep rift in the Earth that extends north into Montana.

The canyon reaches up to 2,500 feet deep and is a central feature of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.

The park, established in 1966 following the construction of Yellowtail Dam, encompasses more than 70 miles of lake along the Bighorn River and offers a window into both geological and human history.

Within the canyon and its surrounding wilderness, researchers have uncovered fossils dating to the Jurassic Period.

The diverse ecosystem now hosts bighorn sheep, wild horses and coyotes across its shrubland and woodland expanses.

Meanwhile, artifacts preserved along the Bad Pass Trail mark a route once used by indigenous communities over thousands of years.

Today, the recreation area attracts over 200,000 visitors annually for hiking, fishing, boating and exploration of the landscape's ancient past.

https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-megamonsoons-western-usa-wyoming-pangaea-triassic-2061053

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928463 (181506ZAPR25) Notable: Will Patel and Bongino investigate Charles McGonigal, may be the most corrupt FBI official in modern history

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The bottom line is this: if Patel and Bongino are serious about cleaning house, they can’t just ignore this. The American people deserve to know who McGonigal worked with, who protected him, andwho else inside the FBI may still be compromised.

A popular X thread connects thedots between McGonigal and a major counterintelligence operation called Operation Ghost Stories, which targeted deep-cover Russian spies inside the US, and actually raises even more questions for Patel and Bongino to answer:

Why was Operation Ghost Stories shut down so suddenly—and were the Russians being protected?

Was McGonigal one of the agents involved? And did his presence compromise the entire op?

J. Michael Walker:

The FBI ran an aggressive, brilliant Operation Ghost Stories… It was suddenly shut down in June 2010, the day Bill Clinton gave his $500,000 speech to a Kremlin-connected bank.

The @FBI also approved a hasty, almost panicked, removal of those 10 Russian spies from the US, and returned them to Putin without trying to turn any of them or get a better deal. Why? The later “collusion” narrative as a deflection point or projection makes sense.

Find those who shut down Operation Ghost Stories and quicklyreturned the 10 Russian SVR agents to Putin, and we are likely to find some Russian spy penetrations of the US government.

Also, this post in Spanish lays it out plainly: this wasn’t just corruption—it was global criminal behavior:

Translation: Brookfield hired corrupt former FBI agent Charles McGonigal as senior vice president of global security… It’s an international mafia..!

“Brookfield hired corrupt former FBI agent Charles McGonigal as senior vice president of global security. While working for Brookfield, McGonigal committed financial fraud, money laundering, and other crimes. It's an international mafia!

The McGonigal scandal is the Deep State in a nutshell—powerful, dirty, protected, and, for now, totally buried.

We believe Bongino and Patel are serious about reform. But this story can’t be ignored. It’s not just about one corrupt official—it’s about how deeply that corruption was embedded, how high it went, and who else may still be there.

McGonigal was the face of the FBI’s counterintelligence operation during one of the most pivotal (and sketchy) times in American political history. If this isn’t being investigated and exposed, then we’re not cleaning house—we’re just sweeping the dirt under a new rug.

Yes, McGonigal was sentenced—but that doesn’t mean the story’s over.

In fact, it’s just the opposite. The charges barely scratched the surface. There are still major questions about what he was really involved in, who he was working with, and how deep the corruption goes. Powerful people behind the scenes want this wrapped up and forgotten.

So, here’s the ask: Dan, Kash—it’s time to finish the job. Investigate McGonigal. Top to bottom.

https://revolver.news/2025/04/will-patel-and-bongino-investigate-this-massive-fbi-scandal-that-nobodys-talking-about/

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Kenya Space Agency Cautions Public on Potential Space Debris Re-Entry Over Eastern Africa

Friday, 18 April 2025 - 4:37 pm

The government, through the Kenya Space Agency, has cautioned Kenyans to be vigilant about the potential re-entry of a strange object from space.

The Agency, in a statement on Friday, April 18, noted that the object was of particular interest to Kenya, as the projected flight trajectory was over the eastern African region.

According to the Space Agency, the object could fall in Kenya, either from the North Eastern region to the South East of the country towards Tanzania and further southward.

Kenyans were urged to take great caution, as the object was predicted to fall within the region between Saturday, April 19, at around 7:29 am, and Sunday, April 20, at around 3:01 pm.

The Agency further warned that the object, of unknown weight, could pose a significant risk to people's lives and property along its path, owing to its large size.

"The Kenya Space Agency is working with partners to obtain a more precise prediction of the flight path and timeline," the Agency announced.

"While the debris is not expected to drop in Kenya, KSA, out of an abundance of caution, wishes to advise members of the public to be vigilant and to be on the lookout for potential debris dropping from or flying through the sky within the specified period."

Further, Kenyans were urged to report a dropping of any space debris to the security agencies through the nearest police station, national government administrative office or military camp for necessary action.

The latest announcement comes on the back of a similar incident that occurred on December 30, 2024, where a large space debris weighing 500 kilogrammes fell in Makuku Village, Makueni County.

According to villagers, a loud bang accompanied the object’s descent, prompting their attention. The locals who gathered around the ring-like object speculated about its origin and the dangers to their safety.

Days after its descent, the Kenya Space Agency and officials from the National Police Service (NPS) secured the site and retrieved the debris before commencing an investigation.

In a press statement, KSA confirmed that the ring-shaped object was a separation from a space rocket, adding that such items re-enter the atmosphere after burning up.

https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/111206-kenya-space-agency-cautions-public-potential-space-debris-re-entry-over-eastern-africa

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928529 (181530ZAPR25) Notable: Darren Beattie and Marco Rubio just fired Obama’s entire censorship army…

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For years now, the left has weaponized the word “disinformation”—not as some shield for truth, but as a sword against political dissent. It became their catch-all excuse to silence opposition, throttle free speech, and label anything that didn’t fit their agenda as dangerous or false or a conspiracy theory.

And at the very center of that push was Richard Stengel, a man who proudly called himself the “chief propagandist” while he dutifully served under Obama as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy.

Two years ago, Revolver took a deep dive into Richard Stengel and the censorship machine he helped build.

Revolver:

Self-proclaimed propaganda chief and First-Amendment-hater Richard Stengel has been exposed… again.

Thanks to the Twitter files, Stengel’s project “Hamilton 68” — a propaganda campaign created by the political establishment to smear dissenting views as “Russian disinformation” — was proven to be a complete and total scam.

You can read the entire article below: Obama’s “Chief Propagandist” Richard Stengel is exposed… again…

Stengel’s role wasn’t some symbolic title. This man helped lay the foundation for what became a sprawling censorship machine inside the US government—a fine-oiled machine that worked hand-in-hand with social media giants, NGOs, and international “partners” to shape public opinion and silence what they couldn’t control.

But now, in a twist so sharp it almost feels poetic, Darren Beattie—the man who helped expose this entire apparatus through Revolver—has stepped into that same role. And unlike Stengel, Beattie isn’t using it to expand government control over speech—he’s using it to dismantle it.

The State Department just shut down the last remaining piece of the government’s censorship apparatus. All staff at the Global Engagement Center’s (GEC) R-FIMI were put on leave, 50 positions were eliminated, and Congress was notified that the program is over.That includes the termination of $65 million in funding.It’s done.

And in yet another poetic twist, the very group that Marco Rubio and Darren Beattie just shut down had once been investigating Revolver back in 2020—for the thought-crime of exposing the left’s “color revolution” playbook against the American people.

The Global Engagement Center (GEC) worked directly with theElection Integrity Partnership (EIP) to target dissent—including Revolver Newsand our investigative reporting on the left’s color revolution. We exposed this coordinated censorship effort two years ago.

Revolver:

As it so happens, one of themost aggressive examples of EIP’s censorship was directed at Darren Beattie and Revolver News for their reporting on a concept called “color revolutions” and for spreading the (truthful but subversive) narrative that color revolution professionals within the national security establishment were deploying the same methodologies domestically to harm Trump and Trump supporters that they would deploy overseas to undermine and overthrow so-called “authoritarian leaders” overseas.

A color revolution might be described as follows:

A “Color Revolution” in this context refers to a specific type of coordinated attack that the United States government has been known to deploy against foreign regimes, particularly in Eastern Europe deemed to be “authoritarian” and hostile to American interests. Rather than using a direct military intervention to effect regime change as in Iraq,Color Revolutions attack a foreign regime by contesting its electoral legitimacy, organizing mass protests and acts of civil disobedience, and leveraging media contacts to ensure favorable coverage to their agenda in the Western press.[Revolver]

https://revolver.news/2025/04/darren-beattie-and-marco-rubio-just-fired-obamas-entire-censorship-army/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928535 (181533ZAPR25) Notable: Ghost Particle From Space Shatters Energy Records: 16,000x More Powerful Than Large Hadron Collider

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https://scitechdaily.com/ghost-particle-from-space-shatters-energy-records-16000x-more-powerful-than-large-hadron-collider/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08543-1

Ghost Particle From Space Shatters Energy Records: 16,000x More Powerful Than Large Hadron Collider

April 17, 2025

A groundbreaking discovery has rocked the field of neutrino astronomy—scientists have detected an ultra-high-energy neutrino using the KM3NeT telescope, with an energy level 16,000 times greater than the most powerful collisions at the Large Hadron Collider.

These elusive “ghost particles” provide a rare glimpse into the universe’s most extreme events, potentially originating from supermassive black holes or cataclysmic supernovae.

The detection of this neutrino, possibly a cosmogenic one, could unlock new secrets about cosmic ray acceleration and the fundamental forces shaping our cosmos.

However, more detections are needed to pinpoint its true origin and confirm its significance.

Chasing Ghost Particles

On February 13, 2023, an international team of scientists, including astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, detected a neutrino with record-setting energy using the KM3NeT telescope.

This deep-sea observatory, spanning a kilometer in size, captured a signal 16,000 times more energetic than the most powerful particle collisions ever produced at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.

How KM3NeT Captures Neutrinos

Neutrinos are among the most elusive particles in the universe. They have almost no mass, carry no electric charge, and rarely interact with matter.

“They are special cosmic messengers that reveal the secrets of the most energetic phenomena in the universe,” said Rosa Coniglione, then deputy spokesperson for KM3NeT.

Because neutrinos pass through most matter undetected, KM3NeT relies on seawater as its detection medium. Soon, the observatory will span several cubic kilometers, dramatically increasing its sensitivity.

When a high-energy neutrino interacts with an atomic nucleus in the water, it can produce a muon—a heavier cousin of the electron that carries a negative charge.

The muon travels so fast that it generates a cone of light, known as Cherenkov radiation, similar to the sonic boom produced by a supersonic jet.

KM3NeT is designed to detect this light. The telescope consists of 230 vertical strings, each holding 18 spherical optical modules, resembling pearls on a necklace.

Inside each module, 31 photomultipliers amplify even the faintest flashes of light from all directions.

These instruments allow scientists to track the elusive neutrinos and uncover their origins, shedding light on some of the most powerful cosmic events in the universe.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928547 (181540ZAPR25) Notable: Darren Beattie and Marco Rubio just fired Obama’s entire censorship army…

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While Revolver News is now perhaps best known for our national narrative shaping reporting on the January 6 Fedsurrection, our reporting first gained attention for our so-called Color Revolution series, documenting ahandful of key color revolution professionals who were actively involved in neutralizing Trump’s presidency and electoral prospects in 2020, and deploying the same tactics against Trump that they used against so-called “authoritarian” rulers overseas in Eastern Europe.

Here is a clip of Revolver News’ Darren Beattie famously calling out Norm Eisen, a notorious color revolution professional and key hatchet man against Trump:

You can read the entire article below:

DHS-Linked Org Deploys Dangerous New Censorship Tools Against Revolver News for Color Revolution Reporting

But as we mentioned earlier, that entire Obama-era censorship machine has now been dismantled. Mike Benz, Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, took to X to announce what may be the most significant blow yet to the government’s speech suppression network.

As many of you know, Mike Benz is one of the leading voices exposing the censorship-industrial complex.He did a great job breaking down just how monumental this development really is.

Mike Benz:

This historic development today was made possible by @SecRubio and Acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy @DarrenJBeattie, as part of a complete restructuring of the State Department’s activities and capacities to prevent the abuses and weaponization of the past.

The development today is the State Department’s initiation of a RIF (Reduction In Force) that will permanently end the positions at GEC / R-FIMI, so there is no more reshuffling of positions or simple renamings of the office to carry out the same malign censorship efforts.

While GEC was formally sunset late last year after a showdown in Congress to deny its reauthorization, the Biden State Department got around this by putting GEC’s staff and operations under a new name: the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office (R-FIMI).Last month, @SecRubio andActing Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy @DarrenJBeattie terminated 100+ contractors that R-FIMI worked with, which formed a deep partner web between censorship operatives in the private sector and the muscle of the US gov’t to go after speech.

But in gov’t, it’s easier to terminate a contractor than a public employee.The structuring of today’s move as Stage 1 of a RIF to eliminate the office and dissolve the office entirely prevents the possibility of bureaucratic delays that come from contesting firings.

Secretary Rubio and Acting Under Secretary Darren Beattie didn’t just cut staff—they ripped out the entire censorship apparatus by the root, leaving no room for it to be quietly renamed or resurrected later under a different banner.

And that’s the key.This wasn’t a surface-level fix—it was a structural demolition of Obama’s speech-policing legacy.

These two are committed to promoting free speech in America, and that’s what every American should want, regardless of what side of the aisle they’re on.

Look: (pic)

Still, we can’t let our guard down. The fight for free speech is far from over, and the forces that built this censorship machine in the first place aren’t going away quietly.

But make no mistake—this move marks one of the most significant victories yetin the battle to Make America Great Again.

https://revolver.news/2025/04/darren-beattie-and-marco-rubio-just-fired-obamas-entire-censorship-army/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928555 (181543ZAPR25) Notable: NASA

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ELVIS to enter orbit: Pioneering imaging system to enhance space biology and life detection beyond Earth

April 17, 2025

Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System, dubbed ELVIS, is not about resurrecting rock-n-roll legends, but pioneering scientific discovery.

Using innovative holographic technology to deliver detailed 3D views of cells and microbes, the system allows scientists to study the adaptability and resilience of life under extreme conditions.

Knowledge gained could reveal how life might persist on distant moons and planets, significantly enhancing our search for life outside Earth.

Beyond the capabilities of traditional two-dimensional microscopes, ELVIS offers scientists a closer look at the intricate structure, volume, and environmental interactions of cellular organisms.

This detailed view enables more accurate biological assessments that could shed light on the ability of life to thrive in the most extreme environments of space.

Portland State University (PSU), in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is spearheading the ELVIS project, which is scheduled to launch on SpaceX's 32nd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission, contracted by NASA.

The investigation combines expertise in biology, physics, and cutting-edge imaging technology, says Jay Nadeau, a physics professor at PSU and a principal investigator on the project.

"We are thrilled to leverage the ISS National Lab to prepare ELVIS for its future roles in space exploration missions," says Nadeau.

She added, "The successful operation of ELVIS in the demanding conditions of space not only paves the way for its use in off-Earth environments but also holds implications for enhancing biomedical and microbiological research on our planet."

During its tenure in space, ELVIS will focus its analysis on two resilient types of Earth-based life forms: Euglena gracilis, a microalga lauded for its adaptability, and Colwellia psychrerythraea, a bacterium that thrives in frigid ocean waters.

This study goes beyond merely observing organisms; it tests their observable and genetic adaptations to microgravity.

The insights gained could illuminate how life might survive beneath the icy shells of distant moons like Europa and Enceladus.

Built to endure the rigors of space, ELVIS incorporates durable, low-maintenance components and features automation that minimizes astronaut involvement, ensuring experiments can run continuously without disruption. As ELVIS gears up for launch, the team looks forward to testing its full potential to explore the resilience and adaptability of life under extreme conditions, Nadeau noted.

SpaceX CRS-32 is scheduled to launch no earlier than April 21, 2025, at 4:15 a.m., from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-elvis-orbit-imaging-space-biology.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928569 (181549ZAPR25) Notable: Karmelo: Dominique Alexander is a convicted criminal theft, bashing a two year old and organizes protests in Dallas

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PURE EVIL: Father of Austin Metcalf SWATTED After Karmelo Anthony Press Conference Where He was Smeared by an Anthony Spokesperson and Kicked Out

The depths of evil within the human race seem to worsen every year. But what someone did to the loving father of slain teen track and football star Austin Metcalf last night takes wickedness to another level.

Now, it has been confirmed that someone SWATTED Jeff Metcalf last night, mere hours following the Anthony press conference. Thankfully, he was not home at the time.

Make no mistake: this was not a ‘prank’ call but almost certainly an attempt to kill Jeff Metcalf for daring to show support for his slain son.

One can only pray that the authorities find the person responsible and show no legal mercy.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/pure-evil-father-austin-metcalf-swatted-hours-following/

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https://www.space.com/space-exploration/apollo/apollo-11-astronaut-neil-armstrongs-gold-omega-moonwatch-sells-for-record-usd2-2m-at-auction

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/716/

Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong's gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction

April 18, 2025

A new record has been set for the most paid at auction for an astronaut's timepiece.

The 18-karat gold Omega Speedmaster that was presented to Neil Armstrong four months after he became the first person to walk on the moon in 1969, sold for a hammer price of $1.7 million on Thursday (April 17).

With the auction house's fees included, the total price for the chronograph was $2,187,500 — $280,546.25 more than the previous record set in 2022 by a nearly-identical gold Speedmaster gifted to Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronaut Walter "Wally" Schirra.

The Armstrong watch also commanded the third most-ever paid for a space-related artifact, exceeded only by a Soviet-era Vostok 3KA-2 space capsule that sold for $2,882,500 in 2011 and the jacket that Armstrong's crewmate, Buzz Aldrin, wore aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft, which went for $2,772,500 in 2022.

"This watch, which my father liked to wear on special occasions, symbolizes one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of mankind," said Mark Armstrong, son of the late astronaut, in a statement released by RR Auction of Boston, Massachusetts.

Half of the hammer price, or $850,000, will be donated to charitable causes Neil Armstrong believed in, as identified by his son.

The unnamed consignor who placed the watch up for sale with RR Auction has also pledged a portion of the hammer price to the Wisconsin-based Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation, which helps shape future generations through scholarships that honor character and service.

"A substantial portion of the proceeds from the sale will [further] the impact that [my father] and many other Americans made to humanity more than half a century ago," said Mark Armstrong.

Like all of the astronauts who flew Gemini and Apollo missions, NASA issued Armstrong with an Omega Speedmaster Professional chronograph as part of his flight equipment.

As the commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong left his Speedmaster inside the lunar module "Eagle" as a backup to a broken timer, leading to Aldrin becoming the first person to wear a watch on the lunar surface.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928586 (181555ZAPR25) Notable: Karmelo: Dominique Alexander is a convicted criminal theft, bashing a two year old and organizes protests in Dallas

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🚨 DIGUSTING: Austin Metcalf's father was SWATTED last night, police confirm.

These people are evil.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1913225212633534593

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928587 (181555ZAPR25) Notable: Bill Nye on NASA budget cuts & key space issues

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Bill Nye on NASA budget cuts & key space issues

April 17, 2025

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Bill Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society sits down with host David Ariosto.

The conversation starts with Bill’s journey but quickly pivots to the proposed science budget cuts at NASA.

In this conversation, Bill Nye reflects on the current state of space exploration, describing it as the most exciting period since the Apollo era due to the surge in rocket launches, commercial space ventures, and ambitious scientific missions.

He emphasizes the importance of NASA focusing on extraordinary, non-commercial tasks such as exploring Mars, Europa, and Venus, while leaving routine operations in low Earth orbit to private companies.

Nye voices strong opposition to proposed budget cuts to NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, arguing that such reductions undermine essential scientific progress and public interest in space exploration.

He also critiques the idea of colonizing Mars, noting the planet’s extreme hostility and drawing parallels to the inhospitable nature of Antarctica.

The conversation delves into the philosophical implications of discovering extraterrestrial life, which Nye believes would profoundly shift humanity’s understanding of its place in the universe.

He warns against prematurely contaminating potential Martian habitats with human bacteria, advocating for cautious and deliberate exploration.

Beyond space science, Nye addresses the challenges of modern science communication and the divide between scientifically literate and disengaged populations.

He highlights the need to inspire younger generations to pursue STEM fields. Nye concludes by underscoring the need for strong leadership at NASA to maintain U.S. prominence in space and support ongoing missions.

https://spacenews.com/bill-nye-on-nasa-budget-cuts-key-space-issues/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYceCR8H-t8

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Gen. Saltzman addresses future Air Force, Space Force leaders at NATCON 2025

April 17, 2025

U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman emphasized the evolving role of the Space Force in the future fight during the 2025 National Conclave for Arnold Air Society and Silver Wings April 14.

Speaking to hundreds of cadets and national leaders gathered in Atlanta, Saltzman reinforced space as a critical domain of modern warfare, linking its increasing significance to the cyber-centric focus of this year’s conclave.

Retired and former U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond also attended NATCON.

The presence of both the first and second CSO at NATCON marked a pivotal moment in the annual gathering by connecting high-level national security discourse on space to the leadership development of future Air Force and Space Force officers.

The opportunity to hear directly from the highest-ranking Guardian was a significant milestone for cadets, many of whom are preparing to commission into an increasingly complex joint and multi-domain force. Saltzman, using a lighthearted and relatable approach to connect with attendees, left them with ten simple, yet powerful habits to embody for success.

“If you make a mistake, fix it.”

“If you are thankful, show it.”

“If you are confused, ask questions.”

“If you love someone, tell them.”

“If you hurt someone, take responsibility.”

“If someone needs help, give it.”

“If you are stuck, ask for help.”

“If you fall, get back up.”

“If you are wrong, acknowledge it.”

“If you see a wrong, make it right.”

Saltzman’s message highlighted character as the foundation of effective leadership in uncertain environments.

Beyond strategic insight, Saltzman offered a leadership philosophy rooted in accountability, empathy and integrity, all values essential not only for national defense but for personal growth amongst future leaders.

“This is truly a period of consequence in our nation’s history, and we are going to need incredible leadership. That leadership is going to come from you,” Saltzman said.

His presence at NATCON was not limited to the podium.

Throughout the event, Saltzman engaged with cadets in small-group conversations, photo opportunities and informal mentoring moments, embodying the very principles he preached.

His willingness to listen, advise and connect made a lasting impression on many future officers and members of the Department of Defense.

“The continued effort of Gen. Saltzman and other senior officers to interact with our generation through Arnold Air Society and Silver Wings is vital to the continued strength of our military and the development of its future leaders,” said Cadet Sunita Agarwala, NATCON co-commander from Detachment 590, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“His actions, generosity and words will not be soon forgotten by myself or anyone else in attendance.”

As the Space Force continues to define its identity and mission in an increasingly contested domain, the character of its future leaders will be just as critical as its technology.

Saltzman’s time at NATCON served as both a strategic briefing and a heartfelt challenge for those in attendance to lead boldly, live ethically and serve with purpose.

https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4159071/gen-saltzman-addresses-future-air-force-space-force-leaders-at-natcon-2025/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928644 (181611ZAPR25) Notable: World’s first ghost drone unveiled to hunt enemy UAVs without being seen on radar

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World’s first ghost drone unveiled to hunt enemy UAVs without being seen on radar

Updated: Apr 18, 2025 10:52 AM EST

In response to the evolving threat landscape, ELT Group has launched its latest Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) system by introducing KARMA (Kinetic Anti-drone Mobile Asset).

Engineered for rapid deployment and equipped with advanced AI-based capabilities, KARMA is available in both mobile and fixed configurations. It can detect, recognize, and identify Class 1 and Class 2 UAS platforms.

The new drone is the next-generation system of ELT’s earlier system, Adrian, which has been operational since 2015.

Ghost drone to kill UAVs

KARMA is purpose-built to ensure the security of military assets and critical infrastructure across dynamic threat environments.

The system uses a design that doesn’t rely on radar, making it quieter and harder to detect. This is important because modern warfare often involves using electromagnetic signals.

By keeping its electromagnetic signals low, the system becomes less noticeable while still being able to monitor its surroundings.

The system features a Track While Scan capability, delivering uninterrupted 360° surveillance through an infrared (IR) camera suite.

Integrated with proprietary artificial intelligence algorithms within the Command and Control (C2) framework, KARMA ensures high-confidence UAS detection and classification.

The C2 suite incorporates a simplified and intuitive Human-Machine Interface (HMI), offering the operator a comprehensive Local Air Picture (LAP).

The AI engine within the HMI continuously processes real-time data to optimize threat detection, recognition, and identification.

Once a threat is identified in operational settings, KARMA can relay target designation data to a federated Fire Control System (FCS) onboard the host platform.

The platform operator makes the final decisions on engagement, including any hard-kill actions. This ensures that humans are in charge during kinetic engagements.

Improving electronic warfare

From an electronic warfare perspective, KARMA integrates a high-fidelity RF sensor capable of intercepting and analyzing drone communication protocols.

This enables the extraction of critical metadata and operational patterns from adversarial drones.

The onboard jamming module is designed to disrupt drone communication links using directed RF energy, effectively neutralizing the threat.

The system is optimized for swarming threat scenarios, ensuring layered and redundant countermeasures in high-saturation environments.

KARMA’s flexible design allows it to connect easily with larger air defense systems.

It works with different sensors and tools, making it adaptable for specific mission needs.

The system can be deployed on legacy and new-generation military vehicles and civil platforms, making it suitable for border surveillance, strategic site protection, and urban infrastructure defense.

Capable of continuous, real-time airspace monitoring, KARMA ensures robust defense coverage in both civil and military domains.

Its AI-driven sensor fusion, silent operation, and flexible deployment options establish it as a formidable asset in the face of modern drone threats.

ELT Group is dedicated to providing advanced electromagnetic and AI solutions for defense and security.

With KARMA, they aim to improve traditional Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) methods by making them smarter, stealthier, and more responsive.

https://interestingengineering.com/military/ghost-drone-unveiled-to-hunt-uavs

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928663 (181616ZAPR25) Notable: Azerbaijan intercepts Iranian drone loaded with drugs

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Azerbaijan intercepts Iranian drone loaded with drugs

18 April 2025 18:35

On April 18, Azerbaijan's border authorities successfully intercepted an attempt to smuggle drugs from Iran using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

The incident took place on the service territory of the Horadiz border detachment, the Azerbaijani State Border Service told Caliber.Az.

The small drone, which had illegally crossed into Azerbaijan’s airspace, was quickly detected and neutralised following prompt operational measures.

A search of the area revealed a significant drug haul, including 8 grams of opium and 535 grams of marijuana, amounting to a total of 543 grams of narcotics.

The authorities seized the drugs and took immediate steps to secure the area.

https://caliber.az/en/post/azerbaijan-intercepts-iranian-drone-loaded-with-drugs

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928684 (181622ZAPR25) Notable: AI-Powered Drones Dominate World’s Most Advanced Autonomous Race in Abu Dhabi

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AI-Powered Drones Dominate World’s Most Advanced Autonomous Race in Abu Dhabi

April 18, 2025

The Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL), part of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), in collaboration with the Drone Champions League (DCL), concluded the inaugural A2RL x DCL Autonomous Drone Championship in the Middle East, at ADNEC Marina Hall, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

In a major breakthrough for autonomous flight and aerial robotics, Team MavLab’s AI drone outpaced a world-leading human pilot to win the AI vs Human Challenge.

The head-to-head duel was the most complex ever staged, featuring finalists from the DCL Falcon Cup—some of the top drone pilots in the world.

Over two high-intensity days, 14 international teams qualified for the finals week, with the top four advancing to compete across multiple challenging race formats.

Teams from the UAE, Netherlands, Austria, South Korea, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Turkey, China, Spain, Canada and the USA represented a mix of university labs, research institutes, and startup innovators.

Each team raced a standardized drone equipped with the compact yet powerful NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX computing module, a forward-facing camera, and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) for onboard perception and control.

With no human input, the drones relied entirely on real-time processing and AI-driven decision-making to reach speeds exceeding 150 km/h through a complex race environment.

The course design pushed the boundaries of perception-based autonomy—featuring wide gate spacing, irregular lighting, and minimal visual markers.

The use of rolling shutter cameras further heightened the difficulty, testing each team’s ability to deliver fast, stable performance under demanding conditions.

This marked the first time an autonomous drone race of this scale and complexity was staged on such a visually sparse track, underscoring the ambition and technical challenge of the event.

Championship Highlights

AI Grand Challenge Winner: MavLab (TU Delft) set the fastest time on the 170-meter course, completing two laps (22 gates) in just 17 seconds.

AI vs Human Showdown Winner: MavLab’s autonomous drone outpaced top human pilot—in a landmark AI vs Human showdown.

Multi-Autonomous Drone Race Winner: TII Racing emerged victorious in the multi-drone format, in a high-speed test of AI coordination and collision avoidance.

Autonomous Drag Race Winner: MavLab (TU Delft) claimed victory in the world’s first AI-only drag race, demonstrating straight-line speed and control under high acceleration against the championship’s top teams.

“At ATRC, we believe innovation must be proven in the real world, not just promised,” said H.E. Faisal Al Bannai, Adviser to the UAE President for Strategic Research and Advanced Technology Affairs, and Secretary-General of ATRC.

“A2RL is more than a race, it’s a global testbed for high-performance autonomy and reflects the UAE’s commitment to advancing AI, robotics, and next-gen mobility responsibly.”

“The future of flight doesn’t live in a lab – it lives on the racetrack,” said Stephane Timpano, CEO of ASPIRE, the hosting entity of the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League.

“What we saw this weekend brings us closer to scaling autonomous systems in everyday life.”

Markus Stampfer, Executive Chairman of DCL, added: “We brought elite racing conditions to autonomous flight—and the AI rose to the challenge. This was a major leap for both sport and technology.”

Ecstatic after clinching three top titles, Christophe De Wagter, team principal of MavLab, shared “Winning the AI Grand Challenge and the AI vs Human race is a huge milestone for our team.

It validates years of research and experimentation in autonomous flight. To see our algorithms outperform in such a high-pressure environment and take home the largest share of the prize pool, is incredibly rewarding.”

The A2RL X DCL Drone STEM Program, designed in collaboration with UNICEF and under the supervision of the ATRC, has trained over 100 Emirati students this year.

Over 60% earned the prestigious Trusted Operator Program certification and 24 achieved perfect scores, showcasing the cutting-edge aviation skills being developed as part of the program.

With the drone finale now in the books, all eyes turn to Season 2 of A2RL’s autonomous car racing series, set for Q4 2025 at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

https://uasweekly.com/2025/04/18/ai-powered-drones-dominate-worlds-most-advanced-autonomous-race-in-abu-dhabi/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928706 (181629ZAPR25) Notable: Drone images reveal extent of damage to fire-ravaged hangar at Old Sarum Airfield in Salisbury, UK

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Friday 18 April 2025 at 4:17pm

Drone images have revealed the extent of the damage to a former World War 1 airfield in Wiltshire after a huge fire broke out.

Firefighters were called to Old Sarum Airfield shortly before 7pm on Thursday 17 April, when the fire broke out at Hangar 3 on the site.

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue confirmed the building had partially collapsed and a fire had spread to an adjacent building.

Crews from Amesbury, Salisbury, Ludgeshall, Andover and Ringwood were all in attendance. .

Crews have spent the morning (Friday 18 April) damping down, but the fire services says firefighters have now left the scene.

A spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue said: "There are still some wisps of smoke rising from the rubble but the incident has been handed back to the site owner.

"A reinspection will be carried out later today. "The investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.

"The advice about keeping doors and windows closed has been rescinded, and any ash or debris in the local area should be left for the wind/rain to clear."

A spokesperson for Wiltshire Police said: "An investigation is now underway into the cause of the fire, and we would like to speak to anyone who was in the area shortly before the fire started.

"If you can help with our enquiries, please contact us on 101 quoting log number 262 of yesterday's date (17/04).

"You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

"We would also ask that members of the public keep their distance from the affected area while police and fire continue with the investigation."

Andy Munns, an eyewitness, shared pictures with ITV Meridian showing firefighters trying to tackle the blaze which had spread to the nearby café.

"I saw a large plume of smoke from my living room and then social media was just lighting up about the fire, so I popped over to see what was going on and the whole hangar was ablaze," he said.

"There was a huge plume of smoke which I think could be seen from 10, 15 miles away and an inferno that had taken hold in the main hangar, but also in the buildings next to it where the cafe and Go Skydiver housed too.

"It has been here since the First World War, one of a few remaining in the country with its grass runway.

"Two of the hangars are really well preserved, but one had fallen into disrepair in recent times, and it's a real shame to see it absolutely devastated by fire.

"Firefighters did an incredible job of containing the fire to just this section of the airfield. "There's a huge amount of sadness.

"People are really angry that something that's so historic and loved in the city has been destroyed."

Overnight relief crews from Verwood, Shaftesbury, Blandford, Warminster, Ferndown, Cranborne, Westbury, Redhill Park, Gillingham and an aerial ladder platform from Swindon were on scene.

They used multiple horse reel jets and mains lines to extinguish the blaze.

In a statement, Hangar 3 Old Sarum confirmed it was affected. It said: "Due to an incident involving Hangar 3 this evening we will be closed until further notice."

The condition of the nearby GoSkyDive centre, which is adjacent to the cafe, could not be confirmed.

A spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue service said: "We were called at 6.38pm on Thursday (17 April) to Lancaster Road, Old Sarum to reports of a building fire.

"Crews from Amesbury, Salisbury (x2), Ludgershall alongside crew from Andover and Ringwood (Hampshire and Isle of Wight FRS) are currently in attendance.

"The building has partially collapsed and the fire is affecting an adjacent building.

"Firefighters are working hard to contain the fire and a command unit is now in attendance from Devizes.

"No casualties have been reported. "Local residents are advised to please keep windows and doors shut and stay inside as a precaution due to smoke in the area."

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2025-04-17/firefighters-tackling-large-blaze-at-aircraft-hangar

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928710 (181632ZAPR25) Notable: Today in Q Post History we have 08 Deltas

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● PLEASE NOTE - Now that we’re in the month of April, andQ gave us 10 posts referencing “April Showers,”I am posting those ten posts each day, too.

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Keep up the lawful fight, fight, fight, and I will, too!

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928728 (181637ZAPR25) Notable: Trump live Oz confirm

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928734 (181638ZAPR25) Notable: Trump live Oz confirm

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928741 (181640ZAPR25) Notable: Massive Russian strikes target Ukrainian military-industrial complex

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18 Apr, 2025 13:34

Massive Russian strikes target Ukrainian military-industrial complex – MOD

The attack focused on drone production sites and airfields, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow

Russian forces have carried out long-range strikes on Ukrainian drone production facilities and airfield infrastructure, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has announced in a regular report.

The attacks were launched early on Friday using drones and precision-guided missiles, targeting key components of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex, according to the ministry.It described the operation as a success.

The statement noted similar attacks carried out by Russia since last Saturday, aimed at various military targets.It mentioned weapons plants, airfields, munitions depots, military training centers, and buildings housing Ukrainian troops and “foreign mercenaries.”

Friday also marks the expiration of a US-mediated moratorium on attacks against energy infrastructure.

On March 18, President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian Defense Ministry to suspend strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities for 30 days. The moratorium was agreed during a phone call with US President Donald Trump in support of Washington’s peace mediation efforts.

While Ukraine publicly supported the arrangement, Moscow has accused Kiev of numerous violations of the partial ceasefire, including attempted drone strikes targeting vital gas infrastructure deep inside Russian territory. Moscow characterized the attacks as evidence that the Ukrainian government cannot be trusted.

When asked on Friday for comment regarding the expiration of the moratorium, Kremlin spokesman DmitryPeskov stated that “the month has indeed ended,” adding that “at this point, no further directives have come from the commander-in-chief.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/615954-russian-strikes-ukraine-military-production/

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928808 (181655ZAPR25) Notable: Moldovan govt accused of ‘spiritual terror’ after bishop’s Easter trip to Jerusalem blocked

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18 Apr, 2025 09:46

Moldovan govt accused of ‘spiritual terror’ after bishop’s Easter trip blocked

Police in Chisinau earlier prevented Bishop Marchel of the Moldovan Orthodox Church from undertaking a ritual visit to Jerusalem

Moldova’s largest opposition party has accused the country’s government of “an unprecedented act of spiritual terror,” after a senior Moldovan Orthodox Church bishop was prevented from traveling to Jerusalem for an Easter ritual.

Bishop Marchel was set to attend the Holy Fire ceremony, a major religious event ahead of Orthodox Easter on April 20. Orthodox Christians believe the flame miraculously appears each year on Holy Saturdayat the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, marking the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. Pilgrims traditionally light candles from the flame to bring home.

However, Bishop Marchel told TASS on Thursday that Moldovan police had stopped him and two clerics at the airport, conducted searches, and delayed them until 30 minutes after their flight had departed.

The Party of Socialistsaccused the government of “publicly humiliating” the senior cleric and demanded an apology.

“We consider the actions of [President] Maia Sandu’s regime a deliberate act of spiritual terror against the Moldovan Orthodox Church and hundreds of thousands of its parishioners,” the party said in a Telegram statement on Friday. “Any pressure on the Church is a crime against the people and an encroachment on the foundations of Moldovan statehood.”

The party described the incident’s timing during the Holy Week as especially egregious.

“The authorities publicly humiliated the archpastor… during the Holy Week, on the eve of Easter. It is a moral downfall of the regime, for which there can be no justifications,” the statement read. It claimed that the incident amounted to “a declaration of war against the Orthodox majority” by an “anti-national regime.”

Moldova, where more than 90% of the population identify as Orthodox Christians, is home to two major branches of the Church: the Moldovan Orthodox Church, under the Moscow Patriarchate, and the Metropolis of Bessarabia, under the Romanian Orthodox Church. Tensions between the two, while multifaceted, have deepened in recent years amid President Sandu’s pro-EU stance and criticism of Moscow. While Sandu earlier claimed her government “has relationships” with both metropolises, critics have accused Chisinau of pressuring the Moscow-affiliated church.

The Russian Orthodox Church has also condemned the incident.

“The advisers to the Moldovan authorities, who are clearly far from Christianity, believe they are achieving some kind of a political goal,” said the Moscow Patriarchate spokesman Vladimir Legoyda. “This is a completely outrageous decision by the Moldovan authorities, a deliberate mockery of the faithful of the Orthodox Church of Moldova,” he wrote on Telegram.

https://www.rt.com/russia/615935-moldova-opposition-spiritual-terror/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928835 (181700ZAPR25) Notable: Moldovan govt accused of ‘spiritual terror’ after bishop’s Easter trip to Jerusalem blocked

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18 Apr, 2025 12:14

UN to probe Moldova for blocking bishop’s Easter ritual

The office of the human rights commissioner is currently collecting information on the incident

The UN has opened an inquiry into the Moldovan authorities’ move to prevent a senior Orthodox Church bishop from traveling to Jerusalem for an Easter ceremony.

Tamin Al-Kitan, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), told RIA Novosti that the agency is gathering information about the incident.

Bishop Marchel, a senior cleric with the Moldovan Orthodox Church, was scheduled to attend the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. However, he told TASS on Thursday that Moldovan police had stopped him and two clerics at the airport, subjected them to searches, and detained them until 30 minutes after their plane had departed.

“We have received your inquiry about Moldova. We have passed it on to our colleagues who are checking the information,” Al-Kitan told the news outlet, when asked to comment on the incident.

Thursday’s incident has drawn sharp criticism from Moldova’s political opposition. Former President Igor Dodon, who leads the Party of Socialists,denounced President Maia Sandu’s government over the bishop’s detention, calling it “an act of terror”against the Orthodox faith and the entire Moldovan Orthodox community.

His party issued a statement labeling the incident “a crime” against the Moldovan people and “an encroachment on the foundations of Moldovan statehood.”

The Russian Orthodox Church also condemned the episode, describing it as politically motivated and “a deliberate mockery”of the Moldovan Orthodox Church.

Moldova is home to two rival Orthodox branches:the Moldovan Orthodox Church, a self-governing arm of the Russian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate, and the Metropolis of Bessarabia, aligned with the Romanian Orthodox Church. Tensions between the two have persisted for years,with critics repeatedly accusing President Maia Sandu’s pro-EU government of pressuring the Moscow-linked church to shift allegiance to Romania.

MP Vasile Soimaru previously suggested the government aimed to “denounce” the Moldovan Orthodox Church, claiming it planned to follow Ukraine’s example. Kiev last year outlawed the Ukrainian Orthodox

Church, alleging continued ties to the Moscow Patriarchate despite its declared independence in May 2022.

The Kiev-aligned Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), created in 2018, has since sought to take over church properties formerly held by the UOC.

(The EU’s goal is to terminate all religion in Europe, they have been trying to destroy all the Religious Baltic countries because they are opposed to joining the EU, they want nothing to do it it. This is another version of a Color Revolution, to destroy their faith and take over their country.The UN did nothing when Zelensky in Ukraine outlawed the Russian/Ukraine orthodox Church. So they UN only takes on things that are politically correct, they are so afraid of being defunded they are pawns by the NOW.)

https://www.rt.com/russia/615952-un-to-probe-moldova-bishop/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928857 (181704ZAPR25) Notable: Schiff has 3,500 pages of phone records of people in press and gov't he has spied on & leaked

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928876 (181709ZAPR25) Notable: Moldovan authorities chose to detain Bishop Marchel of the Moldovan Metropolis at airport

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18 Apr, 2025 11:281/2

Playing with Holy Fire: Moldova launches a war on Christians to please its EU overlords

The detention of a ‘pro-Russian’ Orthodox bishop before one of the holiest days of the year is a sign of terrible things to come(By Nadezhda Romanenko, political analyst)

On Thursday, Moldovan authorities chose to detain Bishop Marchel of the Moldovan Metropolis, a metropolitanate under the Russian Orthodox Church, at Chișinau International Airport.

Bishop Marchel was on his way to Jerusalem to bring back the Holy Fire for Easter, one of the most sacred ceremonies of the year for Orthodox believers. According to reports, he was pulled aside for a “thorough inspection” of his person and luggage, had his passport confiscated, and was not allowed to board his flight – even though nothing suspicious was ever found. His documents were only returned thirty minutes after the plane departed.

By contrast, the rival Metropolis of Bessarabia – a different Orthodox Christian church in Moldova, canonically under the Romanian Patriarchate – sent its own delegate, Bishop Filaret, on the same mission unmolested.

This isn’t an isolated outrage but rather the latest episode in a systematic campaign against anyone deemed “pro Russian.” On March 25, 2025, Eugenia Gutul – the democratically elected head of the Gagauz autonomy – was detained at the very same airport. Her passport was confiscated and she was held incommunicado for 72 hours on opaque “corruption and illegal financing” charges, before being put under house arrest to await trial.

Two days later, opposition figure Alexei Lungu was stopped from leaving the country on murky grounds, and Viktor Petrov – another Gagauz leader – was held for hours in February after flying in from Istanbul, an arrest he claims was orchestrated by Prime Minister Recean’s office. These incidents form a clear pattern:every pro Russian politician, cleric or public figure is under suspicion of destabilizing “European choice” or colluding with foreign powers.

At its core, what is being played out in Moldova in regards to the Moldovan Metropolis is an attempt to hold the spiritual life of the majority hostage to a political agenda. Nearly 70 percent of Moldovans adhere to the Moldovan Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church. By making its shepherds and representatives into targets, the government is sending a message: worship with a Romanian or European aligned body and you’re free to practice your faith; profess loyalty to a politically inconvenient church and you risk being treated like a criminal.This is not a security measure – it is a politicization of religion.

Worryingly, Moldova’s airport detentions echo the trajectory taken by the Kiev authorities in Ukraine. In August 2024, the Ukrainian parliament passed a law effectively banning any religious organization “affiliated with a state engaged in armed aggression” – a barely veiled reference to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP). The bill sailed through 265–29 and obliged each parish to sever ties with Moscow or face court ordered closure within nine months.President Zelensky hailed it as a step toward “spiritual independence,” yet by criminalizing an entire denomination, Kiev set the stage for unprecedented state intrusion into religious life.

Since then, Ukrainian authorities have moved beyond legislation to direct law enforcement actions: dozens of criminal investigations into UOC MP clerics on charges of treason and “impeding community re subordination” have been opened, and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has conducted raids on church offices, seizing computers and documents, sometimes without clear warrants or transparent legal basis. Places of worship themselves have been raided and forcibly “re-subordinated” to the Kiev-backed Orthodox Church of Ukraine – like when St. Michael’s Cathedral in the city of Cherkasy was attacked by armed men wearing camouflage and balaclavas. The raiders reportedly used tear gas and stun grenades against the defending believers and clerics.

https://www.rt.com/news/615946-moldova-orthodox-church-detained/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928890 (181712ZAPR25) Notable: Moldovan authorities chose to detain Bishop Marchel of the Moldovan Metropolis at airport

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Church owned media outlets were also stripped of their licenses for alleged “propaganda,” and countless properties – cathedrals, monasteries, parish halls – have been expropriated or blocked from use.

International observers have warned that these measures risk violating Ukraine’s human rights commitments.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights noted in its December 2024 report that Ukraine’s new law “prohibits the activities of churches affiliated with Russia” and hasspurred “restrictions on religious freedom”that must be carefully scrutinized under the European Convention on Human Rights. Human Rights Watch likewise cautioned that the law’s sweeping scope could “interfere with the right to freedom of religion” if applied without narrow, evidence based safeguards – which are evidently nowhere in sight.

Moldova’s leaders ought to take note: by emulating Kiev’s model of cultural spiritual engineering, they risk undermining the very social cohesion they claim to defend. When border guards become adjudicators of faith, and when police and prosecutors are deployed to silence theological allegiance, the state forfeits the moral authority to protect its citizens’ fundamental rights. Bishop Marchel’s detention – ostensibly to prevent the arrival of the Holy Fire specifically for worshippers of a church deemed “pro-Russian” – is not an isolated misjudgment but part of a broader blueprint to “de Russianize” society under the banner of Western integration.

It is not too late to reverse course.The Moldovan government must immediately restore Bishop Marchel’s full rights, issue a public apology, and guarantee that no member of the clergy or laity will ever again face arbitrary obstruction in practicing their faith. More broadly, Moldova needs an urgent reassessment of the policies that equate spiritual affiliation with political threat. If the authorities persist in treating believers like suspects, they will do far more damage to Moldova’s soul than any external force ever could.

Sadly, the soul of the nation doesn’t appear to be part of the equation – the only thing that matters is the pro-Western authorities grip on power.

https://www.rt.com/news/615946-moldova-orthodox-church-detained/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928910 (181718ZAPR25) Notable: Amid War With Russia Ukraine Is Building Huge New £1.2bn Luxury Resort

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Amid War With Russia Ukraine Is Building Huge New £1.2bn Luxury Resort

Amid its ongoing war with Russia, a brand new luxury holiday resort has been taking shape in Ukraine’s Carpathian mountains.

So, as missiles have been flying over the East of the country, Ukraine has been quietly building a £1.2 billion ski resort in the west close to the border with Poland.

All this has been taking place as Western countries have been sending billions in aid and taken in Ukrainian refugees.

The Express reports: The construction of the GORO Mountain ski resort has started in the Lviv region, which will build 25 hotels, 5,500 rooms stretching across a total area of 2,965 acres, with 41 46.6-mile-long ski slopes with 846 acres of snow cove, over 10 miles of ski lifts, two modern gondola lifts and 11 chairlifts.

Construction started in October and the first phase of construction is scheduled to be completed for 2028-2029.

https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/amid-war-with-russia-ukraine-is-building-huge-new-1-2bn-luxury-resort/

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2013872/ukraines-incredible-new-1-2bn-resort

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22928951 (181728ZAPR25) Notable: Russian drone strike hits Easter cakes workshop in Sumy, killing entrepreneur

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Russian drone strike hits Easter cakes workshop in Sumy, killing entrepreneur

Fri, April 18, 2025 - 09:36

A few days before Easter, in Sumy, a Russian missile hit a private workshop producing Easter cakes.

Due to the strike, the entrepreneur was killed, Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Mykhailo Melnyk, reports.

"Around 5:00 a.m., the enemy struck a confectionery workshop in the city of Sumy with a Shahed UAV. The production of Easter cakes was damaged," Melnyk said.

According to the Head of the Regional Military Administration, an entrepreneur who had arrived to pick up products was killed.

"A female employee of the confectionery workshop sought medical help," Melnyk added.

Rescuers also showed photos from the site of the hit.

Workshop in Sumy attacked by three UAVs

As reported by the Prosecutor General's Office, Russian troops attacked the enterprise, which is a leading producer of bakery and confectionery products in the Sumy region, with three UAVs.

"As a result of the enemy attack, a 61-year-old driver who was loading products was killed, and a 55-year-old employee of the enterprise was injured," the prosecutors stated.

The premises of the bakery and vehicles were damaged.

Shelling of Sumy

Early in the morning on April 18, Sumy came under a Russian drone attack. There is one dead and one injured victim in the city, and the strikes targeted industrial facilities.

Russian troops have shelled Sumy more than once. Earlier, on April 13, on Palm Sunday, the Russian army attacked Sumy with missiles.

Reports immediately indicated that there were killed victims. About 35 people died in that tragedy, and more than 120 were wounded.

Also, on March 24, Russian troops launched a missile strike on the center of Sumy.

Due to the attack, apartment buildings and a school were damaged, and there were many injured. At that time, 108 people were wounded.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/matiukha-donated-a-thompson-retractor-system-1744957034.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929058 (181749ZAPR25) Notable: Abortion activists hold event to leave fake negative reviews of local pregnancy resource centers

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Minnesota Abortion Action Committee (MNAAC) held an event to leave fake negative reviews of local pregnancy resource centers.

“Hang out with MNAAC and help us flood crisis pregnancy center Google pages with reviews," the Minnesota-based group said in an email.

The email explains that snacks were provided and “laptops encouraged” while attendees watched a movie and review-bombed local pregnancy resource centers, which often provide free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, and other support services for women facing unexpected pregnancies.

Moar here: https://alphanews.org/exposed-far-left-abortion-group-floods-pregnancy-resource-centers-with-fake-reviews/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929107 (181805ZAPR25) Notable: WHITE HOUSE - LAB LEAK The True Origins of Covid-19

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929117 (181808ZAPR25) Notable: RT - Trump envoy repeating Russian ‘nonsense’ - Zelensky

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Trump envoy repeating Russian ‘nonsense’ – Zelensky

The Ukrainian leader has claimed that Steve Witkoff’s rhetoric is dangerous

US special envoy Steve Witkoff has been spreading “nonsense” about Ukraine’s territories, Vladimir Zelensky has claimed.

Although Witkoff is US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, he has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin three times this year in an effort to help broker a ceasefire between Kiev and Moscow. The diplomat mentioned that he had discussed Russian territorial demands, which angered Zelensky.

“I believe Mr. Witkoff has adopted the strategy of the Russian side. I think this is very dangerous, as he is – wittingly or unwittingly – spreading Russian narratives,” the Ukrainian leader said on Thursday. He added that Witkoff has “no mandate” to discuss territorial changes.

“That’s why I don’t really understand what he’s saying. We’ve heard this before – this is Mr. Putin’s nonsense.I didn’t expect that he would have certain people in civilized countries repeating these narratives. That’s why I don’t take this seriously,” Zelensky said, according to the news website Telegraf.

Zelensky reiterated that Kiev will “never recognize any temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory as Russian.”

Witkoff spoke with Putin for more than four hours in St. Petersburg on April 11. The diplomat told reporters after the meeting that a potential peace deal hinges on “these so-called five territories.”

“It’s a complicated situation rooted in some real problematic things happening between the two countries,” Witkoff told Fox News. He remained optimistic that the Trump administration would broker a permanent ceasefire.

In 2014, Crimea voted to secede from Ukraine and become part of Russia following a Western-backed coup in Kiev. The Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, did the same in September 2022. Russia demands that Ukraine withdraw its troops from the parts of these regions it still controls and renounce its territorial claims.

Moscow also insists that Ukraine must drop its plans to join NATO and become a permanently neutral state.

Last month, the US brokered a 30-day moratorium on attacks on energy infrastructure. However, both sides have accused each other of violating the accord. Kiev has broken the energy truce more than 80 times since it was announced on March 18, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

(Witkoff better have extensive security, Zelensky and Kiev have condemned him at least 4-5 times in the last three weeks.Zelensky is pissed the Witkoff is an effective Envoy to President Trump. The statements Zelensky are saying are not minor, they are almost vicious. I have a feeling that Zelensky will be dissapeared near the end or before, he's just making things worse.)

https://www.rt.com/russia/615920-zelensky-attacks-setev-witkoff/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929121 (181809ZAPR25) Notable: Kamala Harris’s campaign paid $50,000 to LeBron James Prod. Co. for endorsement

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Kamala Harris’s campaign paid $50,000 to the production company of billionaire NBA superstar LeBron James, who endorsed the failed Democratic candidate in a deceptively edited video attacking Donald Trump days before the presidential election.

The Harris campaign paid James’s SpringHill Entertainment on Jan. 28 for "campaign event production," according to campaign disclosures released this week. James, a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, did not appear at any campaign events for Harris. But he did post a 75-second video on his social media accounts on Oct. 31 that portrayed Donald Trump as racist.

https://freebeacon.com/democrats/lebron-james-endorsed-kamala-harris-then-she-paid-his-company-50k/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929192 (181832ZAPR25) Notable: 23 Orthodox rabbis call on Trump admin. to restore USAID funding

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Orthodox rabbis call on Trump admin. to restore USAID funding, respect 'sanctity of life'

The 23 rabbis claimed that funding must be restored for essential life-saving projects.

Joining the list of international organizations expressing their concern over recent freezes on the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) funding are a number of Modern Orthodox rabbis.

The 23 Jewish leaders shared that the Jewish “tradition commands us to uphold the sanctity of life and to care for the most vulnerable, regardless of national borders. We have already seen how the funding freeze and dismantlement are literally threatening the lives of the sick, hungry and vulnerable in the most immediate and devastating way.

“While the priorities and administration of USAID may well need to be revamped and even transformed in the case of some programs, such actions must be carried out with care and wisdom. Meanwhile we call for funding to be restored and the necessary administrative staff of USAID to be rehired, in order that essential, often life-saving funding in nutrition, food security, health and education can continue and massive loss of life and health can be avoided, and human potential can be saved.”

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Those behind the call to restore USAID are Rabbi Shimon Brand, Rabbi Shamir Caplan, Rabbi Dr. Michael Chernick, Rabbi Yehoshua Engelman, Rabba Ruth Friedman, Rabbi Michael Gordan, Rabbi Dr. Mel Gottlieb, Rabbi Dr. Yitz Greenberg, Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Rabbi Avram Herzog, Rabbi Frederick Klein, Rabbi Dina Najman, Rabbi Micha Odenheimer, Rabbi Isaac Sassoon, Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez, Rabbi David A. Schwartz, Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, Rabbi Alana Suskin, Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, Rabbi Dr. Jeremiah Unterman, Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, and Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929193 (181832ZAPR25) Notable: ‘not a big fan’ The Ukrainian leader has not “done the greatest job,” the President Trump has said

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17 Apr, 2025 23:59

Trump ‘not a big fan’ of Zelensky

The Ukrainian leader has not “done the greatest job,” the US president has said

US President Donald Trump has said he is “not happy” with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and the way he is handling the conflict with Russia.

At a press conference with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House on Thursday, a reporter suggested that Trump is holding Zelensky responsible for the conflict with Russia.

“I don’t hold Zelensky responsible, but I’m not exactly thrilled with the fact that that war started,” Trump replied. “So I’m not happy with him. And I’m not happy with anybody involved.”

Trump went on to say that Russia has a “bigger military force” than Ukraine. “If you’re smart, you don’t get involved in wars …I’m not blaming him, but what I am saying is that I wouldn’t say he’s done the greatest job, OK? I am not a big fan.”

Trump once again claimed that the conflict would not have started under his watch and blamed his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.

Although Trump has criticized Russia at times, he has repeatedly argued that Zelensky failed to conclude a peace deal with Moscow.“You don’t start a war against someone 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles,” he said on Monday.

During a heated exchange at the White House in February, Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of being ungrateful for American aid and “gambling with World War III.”

The US president and his negotiators stated that they are aiming to broker a ceasefire as soon as possible and to sign a deal on extracting profits from Ukraine’s mineral wealth. Trump has declined to provide specific security guarantees to Kiev.

Vance said this week that Zelensky’s claims that the Trump administration is peddling Russian narratives are “absurd.”

https://www.rt.com/news/615919-trump-not-fan-of-zelensky/

(This might be just what Trump means, but anons does this sound like a coded message in this, I'm just curious.)

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929216 (181839ZAPR25) Notable: Moldovan govt accused of ‘spiritual terror’ after bishop’s Easter trip to Jerusalem blocked

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18 Apr, 2025 18:08

Moldovan Orthodox bishop challenges police over blocked Easter trip

Bishop Marchel was prevented from flying to Jerusalem for the Holy Fire ceremony on supposed grounds that he had arrived late to the airport

A senior Moldovan Orthodox Church cleric who was detained and missed a flight to Jerusalem for an Easter ceremony has rebutted border police claims that he had failed to arrive at the airport sufficiently early.

Addressing the authorities on Friday,Bishop Marchel implored, “Please, good people, do not lie – especially today. It is Good Friday; care for your souls.” The border police alleged that the cleric had failed to arrive three hours before his flight, as is recommended.

On Thursday, Bishop Marchel told TASS that he had been scheduled to attend the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. However, his plans were cut short when the Moldovan border police stopped him and two other clergymen at the airport, subjecting them to searches and only releasing them 30 minutes after their plane had departed.

The UN has reportedly opened an inquiry into the Moldovan authorities’ conduct. Tamin Al-Kitan, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told RIA Novosti that the body is looking into the case.

The Moldovan government came under fire from the local opposition over the incident. Igor Dodon, a former president and leader of the Party of Socialists, described it as an “act of terror” against the Orthodox faith in the country.

The Russian Orthodox Church has denounced the episode as politically motivated.

On Friday evening,the cleric said he still hopes to arrive in Jerusalem in time for the Holy Fire ceremony, which is traditionally held around midday on Holy Saturday, and return home with candles consecrated in the flame.

Moldova, a former Soviet republic, is home to two branches of the Orthodox Church: the Moldovan Orthodox Church, a self-governing arm of the Russian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate, and the Metropolis of Bessarabia, aligned with the Romanian Orthodox Church.

While tensions between the branches have persisted for years, critics accuse President Maia Sandu’s pro-EU administration of increasing pressure on the Moscow-affiliated church.

https://www.rt.com/russia/615973-bishop-refutes-moldovan-police-claim-airport-detention/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929236 (181846ZAPR25) Notable: Tulsi Gabbard Released the RFK Files, 50,000+ Never before seen files

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Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy

https://www.archives.gov/research/rfk

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929263 (181854ZAPR25) Notable: Stephen Miller: The sanctuary cities are engaged in multiple criminal violations...

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https://x.com/cspan/status/1913298102427045988

Stephen Miller (@StephenM

) on Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD): "His heart is reserved for an illegal alien who's a member of a foreign terrorist organization. I am beyond appalled."

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929274 (181858ZAPR25) Notable: The Suppression of Christianity in Its Birthplace

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The Suppression of Christianity in Its Birthplace

Israel is no friend to Jesus

“I say that it is a narrow policy to suppose that Israel is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual friend of the United States and of enlightened western values. By design, Israel has no eternal allies. Its interests are indeed perpetual but center on its own success at aggressively portraying itself always as the victim while also advancing its own tribal interests.”

I admittedly tend to think often about the enemy we of the western Christian tradition have been nurturing at our breast for decades in a spirit of tolerance, a viper that is only setting out to corrupt and then destroy us, manifest particularly at this time of year, when the life and death of Jesus Christ ought to be rightly celebrated. Alas, in today’s Israel what is truly remarkable is the government’s open suppression of Christian identity and worship without any complaint coming from Washington or from the other nominally Christian nations of Europe.

Indeed, Christianity in the Middle East is generally dying due the pressure exerted by Israel to make Palestinian life and religious practice as difficult as possible as well as broader regional issues including Israeli and US punishment and replacement of regimes in places like Syria and Lebanon which up until recently harbored substantial Christian minorities.

Christians, generally speaking, find it easier to emigrate to friendlier countries worldwide than local Muslims as they often have established family overseas to help in the process.

The marginalization of Christians in Israel, recently driven by apartheid legislation and parliamentary declaration of Israel to be a Jewish state, has been around for a long time but it is particularly bad this year for both Christmas and Easter with refusal by the Israeli authorities to permit gatherings for church services and other celebrations. Only 6,000 security “passes” were issued by the Israelis to West Bank Palestinian Christians to celebrate Palm Sunday and Easter in Jerusalem this year unlike in the past when there would be 50,000 attendees. As a result, many celebrations and the usual parades have been canceled.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/suppression-christianity-birthplace/5884809

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929287 (181902ZAPR25) Notable: Fake News @MSNBC cuts coverage just as @POTUS reads facts about Salvadoran MS-13 gangbanger KAG

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>>>/qresearch/22929273

This is exactly what we mean when we say FAKE NEWS!

https://x.com/PressSec/status/1913281593147380165

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🚨 @MSNBC cuts away from Oval Office coverage just as @POTUS reads the facts about Salvadoran MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

The Fake News doesn't want the American people to know the TRUTH.

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1913279325358411781

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929300 (181907ZAPR25) Notable: @HillaryClinton wants the same due process as an MS13 Gangmember gets... for all Americans

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Hillary Clinton

@HillaryClinton 5h

Thank you, Sen. Van Hollen, for standing up not just for Kilmar Abrego Garcia but for every American who believes in due process.

We can't stop speaking out until he's home and this administration stops its horrific practice of kidnapping people without charge or trial.

Apr 18, 2025 · 2:03 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1913231959343476923

>>>/qresearch/22929281

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929316 (181912ZAPR25) Notable: Chrome User? Chrome extensions with 6 million installs have hidden tracking code

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Chrome extensions with 6 million installs have hidden tracking code

The complete list is available here, with the ones with the highest download counts listed below:

Cuponomia – Coupon and Cashback (700,000 users, public)

Fire Shield Extension Protection (300,000 users, unlisted)

Total Safety for Chrome™ (300,000 users, unlisted)

Protecto for Chrome™ (200,000 users, unlisted)

Browser WatchDog for Chrome (200,000 users, public)

Securify for Chrome™ (200,000 users, unlisted)

Browser Checkup for Chrome by Doctor (200,000 users, public)

Choose Your Chrome Tools (200,000 users, unlisted)

If you have any of the above installed, it is recommended that you remove them immediately and, out of an abundance of caution, perform password resets on online accounts.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-extensions-with-6-million-installs-have-hidden-tracking-code/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929325 (181915ZAPR25) Notable: Arsonist faced little resistance as Gov. Shapiro, his family, dog, motion and burglar detectors missed it

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>>48345

Arsonist faced little resistance as Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept

The arsonist who broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s residence while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his extended family slept upstairs on the first night of Passover encountered little resistance as he scaled a security fence, smashed windows with a hammer, ignited two Molotov cocktails and crawled inside before slipping off into the night minutes later.

That suggests multiple security failures, according to a former FBI agent who wondered why burglar alarms, motion detectors and other devices did not thwart the intruder sooner.

“He never should have gotten over the fence. He never should have gotten across the yard and to the house. He never should have broken the window. He never should have gotten inside,” said retired FBI Special Agent J.J. Klaver, now a security consultant.

https://whyy.org/articles/shapiro-arson-fire-intruder-what-to-know/

The dog didn't bark

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929334 (181920ZAPR25) Notable: Arsonist faced little resistance as Gov. Shapiro, his family, dog, motion and burglar detectors missed it

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The Times of Israel

@TimesofIsrael 25m

Josh Shapiro recalls arson attack, declines to back Schumer’s call for hate probe

Apr 18, 2025 · 6:54 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/TimesofIsrael/status/1913305058608849230

>>48380

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929377 (181934ZAPR25) Notable: @realDonaldTrump - We must root out corruption and implement accountability in our Federal Workforce!

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 04/18/2025 15:32:51

Following my Day One Executive Order, the Office of Personnel Management will be issuing new Civil Service Regulations for career government employees. Moving forward, career government employees, working on policy matters, will be classified as “Schedule Policy/Career,” and will be held to the highest standards of conduct and performance. If these government workers refuse to advance the policy interests of the President, or are engaging in corrupt behavior, they should no longer have a job. This is common sense, and will allow the federal government to finally be “run like a business.” We must root out corruption and implement accountability in our Federal Workforce!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114360632714487285

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929378 (181935ZAPR25) Notable: Russia's RT trolling Bondi over Epstein List Release (or lack thereof)

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RT

@RT_com 1h

Almost 2 months later and the ‘EPSTEIN client list’ is still on Pam Bondi’s ‘desk’

What happened?

Chances of Bondi ever releasing the list are now close to 10%, down from 95% in late Feb when she promised a release

Apr 18, 2025 · 6:20 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1913296627915252031

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929384 (181938ZAPR25) Notable: @SecretaryBurgum We're transferring the Roosevelt Reservation to the DOD.

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@SecretaryBurgum

: We're transferring the Roosevelt Reservation to the DOD. If someone now steps across the border onto that strip controlled by the Department of Defense, they're basically trespassing on a Defense installation... that allows our military to detain someone until Border Patrol arrives.

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1913207556652064892

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/22929385 (181938ZAPR25) Notable: Stephen Miller: The sanctuary cities are engaged in multiple criminal violations...

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>>>/qresearch/22929338

.@StephenM: "It is my view and the view of this administration that [sanctuary] cities are engaged in systemic criminal violations... the word scandal doesn't even come close to describing the enormity of the evil that we are talking about with these policies."

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1913313033901814108