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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162077 (231720ZJAN26) Notable: Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss President Donald Trump’s push for expanded U.S. access to Greenland

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GLOBAL CHESS: GOP rep reveals why Trump won’t move TOO soon

Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss President Donald Trump’s push for expanded U.S. access to Greenland, the role of the Arctic in missile defense and why he says the region is critical to countering China and Russia.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162080 (231723ZJAN26) Notable: 'COUNTRY’S NEED COMES FIRST': CEO sides with Trump on defense crackdown

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'COUNTRY’S NEED COMES FIRST': CEO sides with Trump on defense crackdown

Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss the company’s major breakup, surging defense demand and how A.I. is driving long-term growth. (I hope AI crashes and burns foreverits a weapon not a help to the country)

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162088 (231725ZJAN26) Notable: NASA/Space

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https://www.sciencealert.com/earthquake-sensors-detect-sonic-booms-from-incoming-space-junk

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz4676

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL_O7t3EBTk

Earthquake Sensors Detect Sonic Booms From Incoming Space Junk

23 January 2026

Scientists have just found a new way to track the uncontrolled reentry of falling space junk.

As they punch into the atmosphere, chunks of space debris create sonic booms that can be detected by ground-based instruments that are usually focused on what's happening below: the seismic sensors that monitor the internal rumbles of our restless planet.

It's not just theory, either: Planetary scientist Benjamin Fernando of Johns Hopkins University and engineer Constantinos Charalambous of Imperial College London tested their hypothesis on the 2024 reentry of the Shenzhou-15 orbital module.

The data collected by seismic sensors gave precision measurements, not just of the reentry itself, but also its speed, altitude range, size, descent angle, and timing of its fragmentation as it fell.

"Observations of cascading, multiplicative fragmentation offer insight into debris disintegration dynamics, with clear implications for space situational awareness and debris hazard mitigation," the researchers write in their paper.

Space debris is an escalating concern. According to an April 2025 report from the European Space Agency, an estimated 1.2 million pieces of potentially hazardous space junk are in Earth orbit – and that number is only going to increase as more satellites reach the end of their operational lifespans.

A 'dead' spacecraft of this nature cannot be communicated with or controlled; if it collides with another piece of junk, or its orbit decays sufficiently for reentry, all we can do is watch.

According to Fernando and Charalambous, however, we can do that watching much more effectively than we thought.

Knowing where, how high, how fast, and how a reentering piece of space debris broke apart can help us better understand the dynamics of atmospheric reentry and track where the pieces are likely to fall.

A sonic boom is what happens when an object travels faster than the speed of sound in a medium.

The name is a little misleading – It's not one discrete boom, but more of a wake, a shock wave formed by outward-moving pressure waves that get compressed into the shape of a cone behind the speeding object.

Objects entering Earth's atmosphere from space often fall faster than the speed of sound, reaching supersonic and even hypersonic velocities. They stream through the atmosphere, trailing a cone of acoustic energy that can be heard by listeners in its path as a boom.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162090 (231725ZJAN26) Notable: NASA/Space

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Seismic sensors are built for detecting acoustic signals from deep inside Earth. However, the researchers reasoned these instruments might be able to track the acoustic Mach cone of falling space debris, too.

On 2 April 2024, the discarded Shenzhou-15 orbital module reentered Earth's atmosphere over southern California. At 2.2 meters (7.2 feet) and 1.5 metric tons, it was large enough and heavy enough to pose a hazard to both aviation and ground-based infrastructure – the perfect test case for this kind of tracking.

The researchers accessed the publicly available Southern California Seismic Network and Nevada Seismic Network and looked for evidence of the module's passage.

They found signatures consistent with the booming Mach cone thumping down on Earth's surface and reconstructed the object's final flight and destruction.

According to the seismic data, the module was traveling at a speed of around Mach 25 to 30, which was consistent with the object's pre-entry orbital characterization, which determined its velocity at about 7.8 kilometers (4.8 miles) per second.

The researchers also found that while the earlier part of the fall produced a single large boom signal, it later decayed into a complex train of multiple, smaller boom signals – consistent with ground reports of the object's fragmentation.

Ultimately, the module burned up harmlessly in the atmosphere as it fell, but the results show that the characteristics of a reentry flight can be effectively and precisely tracked by seismic stations.

For objects that might not burn so completely, this could one day help locate the most likely debris field for pieces that fall to the ground.

"Because these objects necessarily reenter the atmosphere at supersonic speeds, if the largest fragments impact the ground, they will do so before their sonic booms are detected," the researchers write.

"However, detection and tracking based on seismoacoustic methods enable debris to be more rapidly and precisely located on the ground than could otherwise be achieved."

Another concern is the dispersal of potentially hazardous aerosol-sized particulates that may be released as the object burns and breaks apart. Knowing how these failure states play out could help scientists model where and how these clouds disperse.

For now, uncontrolled reentries remain precisely that. While we may not be able to prevent them, though, the new research shows a way we can use publicly available tools to watch and understand how they fall.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162094 (231727ZJAN26) Notable: Vice President JD Vance Addresses the National March for Life Rally

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LIVE MEOW - J.D VANCE IN FRONT OF A MASSIVE CROWD

Vice President JD Vance Addresses the National March for Life Rally

https://youtu.be/akCFsWnu3KQ

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162107 (231730ZJAN26) Notable: Vice President JD Vance Addresses the National March for Life Rally

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j.d: We started by tackling the evils we saw, like throwing grandmothers into prison for praying.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162115 (231733ZJAN26) Notable: Vice President JD Vance Addresses the National March for Life Rally

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j.d: Just yesterday we launched a fraud case against planned parenthood affiliates.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162118 (231734ZJAN26) Notable: The Arizona PROMIS

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162124 (231736ZJAN26) Notable: Vice President JD Vance Addresses the National March for Life Rally

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Vice President Vance [March For Life Rally]: The thing that I am perhaps the most proud of, is that we have been responsible stewards of your tax dollars on this question of life. And so, just yesterday, this administration launched fraud investigations into Planned Parenthood affiliates for millions of dollars in PPP loans that were unlawfully received, and unlawfully forgiven by the Biden administration. You should not be able to commit fraud and use tax payer money for abortion, it's that simple.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162135 (231738ZJAN26) Notable: Vice President JD Vance Addresses the National March for Life Rally

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Vice President Vance: Today, our administration is proud to announce a historic expansion of the Mexico City Policy. We're going to start blocking every international GO that performs or promotes abortion abroad from receiving a dollar of U.S. money.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162164 (231746ZJAN26) Notable: Vice President JD Vance Addresses the National March for Life Rally

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Vice President Vance: You march toady, we march today, because you have a answer to this question. About what kind of civilization we are, and about what kind of civilization we are about to become in the future. I read an article some time ago, it was about classic archaeology of all things, and one particular piece of information has haunted me. That one of the tell tale signs of an ancient brothel in the pagan world was that you could always find a large number of baby skeletons nearby. A lot of baby skeletons. And those bones, predominately, belong to boys. Because, unlike little girls, those boys would be of no use to the future adults who were running those brothels...we have to remember that in the ancient pagan world, discarding children was routine. From the skeletons and brothels, to the child sacrifice of the Mayans, the mark of barbarism is that we treat babies like inconveniences rather than the blessings to cherish that they are.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162175 (231750ZJAN26) Notable: ‘There are threats in orbit’: Space Force chief sounds alarm over Chinese, Russian space assets

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“Could a grappling arm be used for non-weapons purposes? Absolutely. Our Space Shuttle had a grappling arm. But what we saw [was] them use the grappling arm to grab a satellite and pull it out of its operational orbit,” he told The Times.

“Could that be used for servicing satellites? Absolutely. Could that be used as a weapon? Absolutely. So now, we have to think about that.”

“My job is to think about worst-case scenarios,” he said. “My job is to make sure that we don’t get caught off guard if something is used as a weapon system.”

Russia, meanwhile, has launched Matryoshka, or “nesting doll,” satellites. Once in orbit, they can deploy smaller sub-satellites to track other space assets and act as anti-satellite weapons.

“Think about a satellite that deploys another satellite that maybe deploys something that’s intended to be more like a bullet trying to strike a satellite,” said Gen. Saltzman.

“So you have these nested capabilities that we would have to keep track of. That’s the key piece there.”

China’s space launch capabilities are expanding, giving Beijing greater ability to put various new satellites into orbit beyond the more than 1,300 it already has.

“It is just amazing how quickly the Chinese and other adversaries are advancing,” Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told an audience last month at the Spacepower 2025 conference, sponsored by the Space Force Association.

“Four or five years ago, we had been dominating in launch, and you can see them making massive improvements, really trying to catch up,” Mr. Meink said.

The number of U.S. space launches is also expanding dramatically.

Gen. Saltzman told The Times that “in very recent years, nine to 10 launches from one of our launch bases were … a full year of work, and now we’re 10 times that.”

More than 100 assets were launched last year from Cape Canaveral in Florida, and several dozen more are taking off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, he said. “This is a 700% to 800% increase in launch tempo.”

The rapid increase in tempo is prompting concern in some national security circles, particularly as private U.S. companies such as SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin compete for access to launchpads.

Debate is at times heated over the extent to which commercial rocket and satellite launches should or shouldn’t be given priority over more national-security-focused launches.

Asked whether the United States needs to expand the number of designated sites for launches, Gen. Saltzman responded: “It’s more of a question of when will we need new launch sites?”

It’s one of many questions facing the U.S. Space Force, whose operations are focused primarily on ground-based command and control of U.S. space assets.

In 2014, Space Force Guardian Col. Nick Hague became the first Space Force officer to visit the International Space Station, raising the prospect that more guardians may soon be sent into orbit for training and potentially combat missions.

Gen. Saltzman told The Times that the Space Force has “a tight relationship with NASA, and right now, NASA has the primary responsibility in terms of human spaceflight.”

“Do [I] need astronauts in space? Guardian astronauts in space to do our current missions? Right now, the answer is I don’t,” he said. “Satellites alone are sufficient. But we are early in the days of maturing the domain.

With regards to national security and warfighting, as those missions change, as we progress out into regimes beyond geosynchronous orbit, out to cislunar and beyond, there may very well be a need to actually have military presence in terms of personnel on orbit.

“The Space Force will have a role in protecting anything that’s a vital national interest in terms of in, from and through space,” Gen. Saltzman said.

“So to the degree that there are assets on orbit that are commercial, civil or military, or allies and partners, quite frankly, that are vital assets to the United States for the things that we want to do, then it’s my job to protect them.”

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162199 (231758ZJAN26) Notable: FBI Announces Capture of Ryan Wedding

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FBI Announces Capture of Ryan Wedding

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162208 (231800ZJAN26) Notable: Poland owes Germany €1.3trn in ‘reparations’ over Nord Stream blasts – MP

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Poland owes Germany €1.3trn in ‘reparations’ over Nord Stream blasts – MP

The amount sought by a right-wing German MP matches what Warsaw demands from Berlin for damages suffered during World War II

Poland should compensate Germany for “complicity” in the 2022 explosions that put the Nord Stream gas pipelines out of operation, a right-wing German politician has claimed.

The amount cited by Kay Gottschalk, an MP from the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, corresponds to the €1.3 trillion in compensation for World War II that Warsaw previously demanded from Berlin.

Gottschalk wrote in an X post on Wednesday that “1.3 trillion euros should suffice as reparations for complicity in the Nord Stream sabotage.”

Berlin authorities have attributed the act of sabotage that severely damaged the conduits, which carried Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea, to a small group of Ukrainian nationals. Poland has rejected a German extradition request for a key suspect in the case.

In November, AfD co-chairman Tino Chrupalla told the broadcaster ZDF that while Russia posed no immediate threat to Germany, neighboring Poland could conceivably emerge as one. He cited the “current moral double standards” displayed by the Polish government in refusing to hand over a Ukrainian “terrorist” to German authorities.

Last October, the Warsaw District Court ruled that Berlin’s extradition request for the suspect in the attacks, Vladimir Zhuravlyov, was “unfounded.” The judge argued at the time that “blowing up critical infrastructure during a war… is not sabotage but denotes a military action.”

A month earlier, the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita claimed that Warsaw, which has been one of Kiev’s staunchest backers since 2022, allegedly considered granting asylum to the Ukrainian national. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has publicly supported the idea.

Last Thursday, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice published a ruling dated December 10, according to which the Nord Stream explosions were likely an “intelligence service” operation ordered by a foreign government.

Russian officials have repeatedly expressed deep skepticism over Berlin’s version of events, saying that a small group of Ukrainian saboteurs could not have executed such a sophisticated operation in NATO-controlled waters without direct state assistance.

https://www.rt.com/news/631428-poland-owes-germany-reparations-nord-stream-blasts/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162222 (231802ZJAN26) Notable: NASA/Space

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Garrant further emphasized the need for organizations to seek improvement and take accountability.

“Our grading scale is tough by design, because our warfighters and our Nation require nothing but the best,” Garrant shared.

“These results are a means for us to understand where we are, strategize how we can get better, and define the path forward.”

As part of SSC’s improvements, he asserted specific focuses for the year ahead.

- “We assessed the gap [between the data and sentiments], and it clarified where we need to focus, which was instrumental in shaping our 2026 commitments,” Garrant stated.

- The 2026 SSC Commitments include:

- Improve partnership and transparency across all stakeholders.

- Develop and implement a deliberate planning process to report and improve readiness of our Guardians.

- Implement acquisition reform initiatives as guidance is released, adding milestones as identified or needed.

“These commitments are informed by how we’ve evaluated ourselves, specifically targeting areas where we must continue to grow to ensure our position as a lead space acquisition arm is postured to meet the demands of the Joint Force, our Nation, and its allies and partners,” Garrant said.

In addition to the commitments, Garrant shared the launch of an updated version of the SSC Command Plan to reflect refined priorities and “a clearer path forward.”

Notable changes to the command plan include:

- Expanded language on the workforce, “SSC Warfighters,” as a stakeholder.

- Consolidation of the previous plan’s tenets to focus on the primary strategic imperative: “Deliver lethal, combat-credible, ready, and resilient military space capabilities.”

- Updated language to the Lines of Effort (LOEs) noting the implementation of the System Delta structure in the modernization of command structure, expansion of its approach to workforce development to highlight the aspects of equipping the “SSC Warfighters,” and a clear reaffirmation of the important role that accountability plays in creating credibility.

“Our Command will be challenged more than ever over the next two years, so we must train harder, deliver faster, operate with more tenacity, and field military space capability more effectively than ever before,” Garrant said. “

As the space domain continues to evolve, we must continue to outpace our adversaries through our partnerships. Together, we can ensure that our Nation remains the dominant force in the final frontier.”

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162240 (231805ZJAN26) Notable: Magistrate Douglas Micko halted the arrest of Don Lemon in the Minnesota church case. Micko’s wife, Assistant AG Caitlin M. Micko, works directly under Keith Ellison

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LAWFARE: A judge blocked Don Lemon’s arrest after Minnesota AG Keith Ellison declared him innocent. The judge's wife works as the Assistant AG under Ellison.

Magistrate Douglas Micko halted the arrest of Don Lemon in the Minnesota church case. Micko’s wife, Assistant AG Caitlin M. Micko, works directly under Keith Ellison, who publicly announced Lemon’s innocence before the decision. The ruling protected Lemon while charges moved forward against others. The overlap between prosecution leadership and the bench undermines confidence in equal justice.

Democrat magistrate Douglas Micko blocked the arrest of Don Lemon after charges were brought in the Minnesota church attack case. Micko is married to Assistant Attorney General Caitlin M. Micko, who reports to Keith Ellison. Ellison publicly declared Lemon innocent before the ruling. The appearance of coordination raises serious judicial ethics concerns.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162254 (231808ZJAN26) Notable: TikTok Announces Formation Of US Majority-Owned Joint Venture To Prevent Ban

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TikTok Announces Formation Of US Majority-Owned Joint Venture To Prevent Ban

TikTok said on Jan. 22 it has formed an American majority-owned joint venture that would oversee data security and the content ecosystem in a bid to maintain its operations in the United States

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC will operate as an independent entity overseen by a seven-member board of directors that includes TikTok CEO Shou Chew, Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban, Oracle executive vice president Kenneth Glueck, among others, according to a statement.

“The majority American owned Joint Venture will operate under defined safeguards that protect national security through comprehensive data protections, algorithm security, content moderation, and software assurances for U.S. users,” TikTok said in the statement.

The joint venture will be led by CEO Adam Presser and Chief Security Officer Will Farrell and is backed by three managing investors—tech company Oracle, private equity firm Silver Lake, and United Arab Emirates investment company MGX—each with a 15 percent stake.

ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of TikTok, retains a 19.9 percent stake, according to the statement. The new company is also backed by a consortium of investors that includes Dell Family Office, Vastmere Strategic Investments, Alpha Wave Partners, Revolution, Merritt Way, and Via Nova, among others.

TikTok said the joint venture will implement data privacy and cybersecurity measures to secure U.S. user data, apps, and algorithms, and put in place safety policies and content moderation to safeguard the content ecosystem.

The move complies with an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Sept. 25, 2025, and will enable continued access to the video-sharing app for more than 200 million U.S. users, the company said.

TikTok had been required, under a law signed by President Joe Biden in 2024, to divest its U.S. assets or face a nationwide ban over national security concerns. Trump later delayed enforcement of that law after taking office for a second term in January 2025.

On Sept. 25, 2025, Trump issued an executive order outlining a framework for TikTok to continue its operations in the United States through a joint venture that is majority-owned by Americans and governed by rules protecting Americans’ data and national security.

Trump’s order requires U.S. user data to be stored in a cloud environment run by an American company. To address this, TikTok said in its statement that the USDS Joint Venture will use Oracle’s cloud to store the data.

TikTok has faced scrutiny amid concerns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could potentially access U.S. consumer data and the algorithm owned by ByteDance. U.S. officials have raised national security concerns about the app due to ByteDance’s alleged ties to the CCP, claims the company has denied.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/tiktok-announces-formation-us-majority-owned-joint-venture-prevent-ban

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162265 (231811ZJAN26) Notable: US owes WHO $260mn in ‘messy divorce’???

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US owes WHO $260mn in ‘messy divorce’ – media

President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal from the global health body last year, accusing it of mismanagement and political bias

The US has completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), but still owes the agency roughly $260 million in outstanding membership fees, according to media reports citing WHO calculations.

Washington had long been one of WHO’s largest contributors, but US President Donald Trump grew openly hostile toward the organization after the Covid-19 pandemic, accusing it of mismanagement and political bias. He first initiated US withdrawal in 2020, but the move was reversed by Joe Biden in 2021. Last year – on his first day back in office – Trump signed a new executive order pulling the US out of the body.

Under a 1948 resolution authorizing US membership in WHO, Washington must give one year’s notice and settle outstanding obligations before withdrawal. While the notice requirement has been met, formally ending US membership this week, WHO said in January last year that Washington had failed to pay dues for the 2024-2025 budget cycle, totaling about $260.6 million. Bloomberg and CNN reported Thursday that the fees remain unpaid after Trump’s order halted all US transactions with the body.

Senior US officials told Bloomberg there is no statutory requirement to clear the debt before withdrawal is finalized, and that WHO lacks tools to enforce it, although legal experts have disputed this.

“As a matter of law, it is very clear that the US cannot officially withdraw from WHO unless it pays its outstanding financial obligations. But WHO has no power to force the US to pay,” Lawrence Gostin, head of Georgetown University’s WHO-collaborating center on global health law, told CNN. “It’s a very messy divorce.”

Reports say WHO could pass a resolution blocking the US exit until dues are paid. The agency is expected to discuss legal options at its World Health Assembly in May 2026.

https://www.rt.com/news/631417-us-who-debt-withdrawal/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162281 (231814ZJAN26) Notable: NASA/Space

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Dry immersion experiments clearly demonstrated the benefits of this approach.

The durability of response of standard probiotics lasted only five days, with that microflora beginning to deteriorate again.

Autoprobiotics, however, maintained the protective effect for up to a month after completing treatment, giving support to the body through the recovery period.

Breakthrough at SIRIUS: microflora as a stress indicator

The research continued in large-scale isolation experiments within the SIRIUS project.

The personalised autobiotic capsules for the female test subjects have been prepared in advance on the occasion of the eight-month and year-long missions.

Microflora is particularly vulnerable at the beginning of isolation and when exposed to the familiar world, full of microorganisms, after the prolonged isolation.

Therefore, the medication intake was scheduled for the first 30 days (the acute adaptation phase) and the last 30 days before exiting the complex.

The results confirmed the method’s high effectiveness. Moreover, the most interesting discovery came from analysing the year-long experiment data.

On day 102, all the female participants experienced a sudden and sharp decline in the microbiota: the number of protective bacteria decreased.

Studying the extravehicular activity schedule identified no direct relationship, but a more in-depth analysis of the events during the isolation period revealed the cause.

It turned out that on that very day, the crew received news of a delayed cargo vehicle carrying provisions and hygiene supplies. Although starvation threatened no one, the situation became a powerful stress factor.

Psychological tests confirmed a spike in anxiety and fatigue during that period. Biochemical analysis revealed a decrease in the key female hormone estradiol and an increase in stress proteins.

Stress immediately affects the microflora, confirming its relationship with the nervous and endocrine systems.

This observation led to a practical conclusion: autoprobiotics should be used not only routinely, during periods of adaptation, but also selectively – during unforeseen stressful situations in the course of a long mission.

The prospects: from a space station to an ordinary first-aid kit

The benefits of autoprobiotics have been proven not only in short-term but also in long-term experiments.

The capsules, made from the microflora of participants in the year-long SIRIUS experiment, retained their properties even after 11 months of storage in isolation.

This opens up practical prospects for real space flights. The technology for manufacturing such preparations is simple enough to be implemented on board an orbital station or a future base on the Moon and Mars.

The crew will be able to create a personal ‘microbial shield’ for the entire duration of the mission in advance, while still on Earth.

The application of this development is not limited to space. Autoprobiotics are also gaining popularity in terrestrial medicine.

There are already clinics where a healthy person can submit a sample of their microflora and receive an individualised preparation with a long shelf life.

It can be used in emergency situations, during antibiotic therapy, or routinely before an expected stressful event, whether it be a difficult job or a medical procedure.

It is an effective tool for maintaining health, and for women, it is also an important factor in preserving fertility, which is relevant both on Earth and on the way to distant planets.

Thus, the research conducted for Asgardia's tasks not only paves the way for the birth of the first child in space, but also provides Earthlings with advanced, personalised healthcare technology based on symbiosis with their own bodies.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162286 (231815ZJAN26) Notable: FBI Announces Capture of Ryan Wedding

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Feds Capture Olympian Turned Sinaloa Cocaine Kingpin Ryan Wedding.

Infamous drug trafficker, Sinaloa Cartel associate, and former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been arrested after being added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last year. A Canadian national, Wedding is accused of running a major drug network that smuggled cocaine from Colombia through Mexico into the United States. In addition, Wedding, 44, is accused of orchestrating several brutal murders to protect his drug trafficking interests.

Federal law enforcement believes that Wedding was hiding in Mexico under the protection of the Sinaloa Cartel prior to his arrest. FBI Director Kash Patel formally announced the Olympian’s capture on Friday.

https://twitter.com/i/status/2014746376530210920

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162291 (231817ZJAN26) Notable: Inside the Secret FBI Files: Comey, Trump & Divided America | Christina Bobb

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Inside the Secret FBI Files: Comey, Trump & Divided America | Christina Bobb

Jan 22, 2026

Former Trump attorney and DHS executive Christina Bobb returns to the program to share what she knows about a previously undisclosed room of FBI files hidden inside former FBI Director James Comey’s office.

What was being kept there—and why—raises serious questions about power, secrecy, and accountability at the highest levels of federal law enforcement.

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We then move beyond headlines into a real, candid conversation about Donald Trump’s intentions, the growing extremes on both sides of the political divide, and what this moment means for the country.

It’s the kind of discussion many Americans are already having privately in their homes and workplaces—but rarely hear addressed openly and honestly.

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You can learn more and purchase her books at https://ChristinaBobb.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyO-TjlBZd0

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162300 (231819ZJAN26) Notable: Mexico Created ‘Migrant TV’ to Coordinate Migrant Political Action Inside America

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Mexico Created ‘Migrant TV’ to Coordinate Migrant Political Action Inside America

“In 2024, mobilization of Mexican assets for American elections was the order of the day. The Mexican government launched a television channel called TV Migrante (Migrant TV) and beamed it out to the tens of millions of Mexicans living in the United States,” Schweizer writes. “While the programming featured some practical advice, the government-funded channel also bombarded the audience in the US with political messages.”

“The channel ran glowing videos about Kamala Harris. On the other hand, they fed migrants a diet of reports on candidate Trump’s ‘fake news and lies,’” he continues. “They also repeatedly played the Migrant Anthem as a call to arms for migrants living in the United States, reminding them to do their duty for their country.”

Migrant TV continued to offer critical coverage of Trump, as well as his administration, after he was sworn into the presidency for a second time.

“After Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, the Mexican government used Migrant TV to beam messages to millions of Mexicans living in the US, such as ‘Racism, Hate, and Business: The Trumpist Model,’” Schweizer writes. “They also ran slick stories about how ‘the United States Department of Homeland Security has become the main spokesperson for hatred against migrants’ and stories about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s ‘repressive machinery.’”

https://youtu.be/RgoXCo8ep1Y

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162336 (231825ZJAN26) Notable: 'MASSIVE ISIS PRISON BREAK': Nightmare scenario LOOMS in Syria

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'MASSIVE ISIS PRISON BREAK': Nightmare scenario LOOMS in Syria

Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin and former Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates discuss the transfer of ISIS detainees from Syria, growing security risks and possible American troop withdrawal.

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https://youtu.be/b_FqrLDZP1o

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162365 (231830ZJAN26) Notable: In Congress, Keith Ellison Sponsored "Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2014" Made it Easier to Transfer Funds to Somalia

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WHAT A COINCIDENCE: While Serving in Congress, Keith Ellison Sponsored Legislation That Made it Easier to Transfer Funds to Somalia

Before becoming the attorney general of Minnesota, Keith Ellison served in the House of Representatives, for the state’s 5th District, which includes the city of Minneapolis.

During his time in congress, Ellison only sponsored one bill, the Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2014. This bill made it easier to transfer funds to places overseas, like Somalia. Isn’t that fascinating?

You could not make this up.

Couple this with the fact that Ellison was caught on tape basically promising favors to fraudsters, and things are not looking good for him.

Hot Air has more on this:

It turns out that this bill was the Money Remittances Improvement Act, which created the conditions through which those hundreds of millions or likely billions of dollars were fraudulently acquired and sent off to fund the Somali civil war and to enrich members of Somali clans associated with those who settled here in Minnesota.

Any financial bill is complicated, but the most relevant portion of the bill in this case is to transfer the authority to monitor money transfers to foreign countries to the states, which are in turn supposed to ensure that federal regulations are strictly adhered to…

It’s almost as if the system were intentionally designed not to aid in the small remittances of people working in menial jobs as refugees to send money to their families back home, but rather to enable the shipment of hundreds of millions or billions of ill-gotten gains abroad.

Naah. Couldn’t be.

Such corruption is impossible in America, right? A no man with the patriotism and integrity that would vault him to the exalted heights of Congressman, Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee, and then Attorney General would ever participate in a scheme to defraud the state and federal governments, right?

In the video below, where Ellison is talking about the bill, he is being interviewed by the Mogadishu Times. Again, you could not make this up, no one would believe it.

In 2011, then-Congressman Keith Ellison—now Minnesota’s Attorney General admitted that “there is no control at all” when discussing what would happen once the banks stopped working with the hawalas.

Keith Ellison served as a congressman for more than a decade and the only bill he sponsored and was signed into law was Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2014.

His only concern was about getting money to Somalia

https://www.domigood.com/2026/01/what-coincidence-while-serving-in.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162438 (231844ZJAN26) Notable: Social Security has ‘no bankruptcy or collapse in the cards,’ economist says — but benefits may change

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Social Security has ‘no bankruptcy or collapse in the cards,’ economist says — but benefits may change. 1/3

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KEY POINTS

• While surveys show Americans worry Social Security may run out of money, benefits will continue, one economist says.

• But just how much future monthly checks amount to will depend on elected lawmakers.

• Here’s why the program faces a financial shortfall and how benefits may change.

Social Security, the federal social insurance program that millions of Americans rely on for income, faces a shortfall in funding it counts on from its trust funds.

But that doesn’t mean the program is going bankrupt or will be entirely unable to pay benefits.

“There is no bankruptcy or collapse in the cards,” Stephen Nuñez, director of stratification economics at the Roosevelt Institute, writes in new research titled, ”‘Will Social Security run out?’ is the wrong question.”

Surveys show many Americans are worried about Social Security’s future, and experts say this may inform their decisions about claiming benefits, one of the most important financial decisions in retirement. Concerns about the program’s future may prompt people to claim benefits earlier — which reduces their monthly checks and, in turn, may weaken their retirement security.

Almost three-quarters of Americans — 74% — said they worry Social Security will run out in their lifetimes, according to a 2025 Nationwide Financial survey of 1,812 adults.

Another 2025 survey from the Cato Institute found 30% of respondents don’t believe Social Security will be there for them when they retire, while 70% expect benefits to face future cuts. The libertarian think tank polled 2,000 Americans ages 18 and over.

Americans can assume that Social Security will be there for them in some form, Nuñez told CNBC.com.

“The word ‘bankruptcy’ used with the program doesn’t really accurately describe what’s happening,” he said.

Other retirement experts have similarly argued that the term “bankrupt” does not accurately describe Social Security’s funding predicament.

“Even if nothing is done, people will continue to receive the bulk of their benefits,” Alicia Munnell, senior advisor at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, wrote in May.

Social Security has faced funding woes before

In less than 10 years, government projections show, the Social Security trust funds used to help pay benefits will be depleted. The trust funds, which are invested in Treasury securities, are excess money reserves that were not used to pay benefits.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/will-social-security-run-out-is-the-wrong-question-economist-says.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24162441 (231844ZJAN26) Notable: Social Security has ‘no bankruptcy or collapse in the cards,’ economist says — but benefits may change

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Recent legislation enacted by lawmakers has made the program’s financial issues more imminent. That includes the Social Security Fairness Act, which increased benefits for certain public pensioners, and the “big beautiful bill,” which reduces tax rates seniors pay.

In particular, the fund dedicated to retirement benefits may run out by late 2032, according to the latest estimates from the Social Security Administration’s chief actuary. If Congress does not act, beneficiaries may face an estimated 24% benefit cut.

Notably, benefits would still be payable, as the program would have money coming in from payroll taxes.

If the program reaches that depletion date without congressional action to reform the program, there are several ways benefits may be affected, depending on the interpretation of the law, Nuñez said. Among the possibilities include an across-the-board benefit cut, prioritization of payments to the most vulnerable beneficiaries or staggering full benefit payments on a delayed schedule.

Social Security has been in this situation before. In 1982, the balance of the retirement trust fund fell to zero, prompting the government to temporarily authorize loans from the disability and Medicare trust funds.

In 1983, Congress passed legislation to shore up Social Security’s finances that included changes like raising the full retirement age and applying federal income taxes on benefits.

That package of reforms was slated to shore up the program for 75 years.

Yet the projected shortfall is coming much sooner.

There was a lot that lawmakers at the time got right, Nuñez said, such as anticipating the large size of the baby boomer population that would eventually claim benefits, as well as demographic changes, including a declining fertility rate and increased longevity.

Income inequality, Great Recession affect projections

Two surprises — earnings inequality and the Great Recession — have prompted the projected depletion dates to move up sooner.

Those two factors caused the program to start drawing down its reserves around 2009, much sooner than had been projected in 2021 and 2022, according to Nuñez.

Had the trust funds matured as projected, the depletion date would have been around 2063, rather than roughly 2034, the date Social Security’s trustees identified for the combined funds in their 2025 report.

Income inequality has affected how much the program takes in from the FICA payroll tax, which is applied to earnings up to a certain cap that is adjusted each year. In 2026, that limit is $184,500. Earnings up to that amount are subject to a 6.2% payroll tax paid by workers and another 6.2% paid by their employers.

In 1983, 90% of earnings were below the Social Security FICA payroll tax cap.

Yet projections that the percentage would stay about the same with future average annual earnings growth proved to be inaccurate.

Average real earnings grew as expected. Yet those gains were “unexpectedly unequal,” Nuñez said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/will-social-security-run-out-is-the-wrong-question-economist-says.html