Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Moscow wants to bring in 30,000 additional troops from North Korea to fight alongside Russian forces in the Kremlin's war against Ukraine. "We also see Russia's cooperation with North Korea. Russia wants to receive another 30,000 troops from North Korea," Zelenskyy said in his nightly address Saturday evening. "Since June, preparations have been under way in Russia's Voronezh region to receive them." According to estimates, Pyongyang already has transferred about 12,000 troops to Russia's Kursk border region, under a mutual defense pact signed with Moscow in 2024.
Mike Johnson Snaps Over Republican Dysfunction
A collection of far-right lawmakers have learned that they can effectively hold their votes on important measures hostage in order to get what they want"a tactic that has not only worked, as Johnson placates them to win over his party's razor-thin majority, but has also endlessly frustrated other Republicans.
A series of water main breaks across Los Angeles in recent days is raising concerns about the city's aging infrastructure and whether more failures could occur. Crews continued working to repair the massive trunk line that ruptured Thursday in West Hollywood, leaving behind a large sinkhole on Sunset Boulevard. The break is the latest in a string of water main failures that have flooded streets, damaged homes and businesses, closed roadways and disrupted water service. In Studio City, an 8-inch water main failed, flooding a street and temporarily leaving about 60 customers without water while crews completed repairs. Read more
In a pilot program at Salamanca City Central School District on the Seneca Nation Reservation in upstate New York, for the first time in the US an AI robot will begin teaching classes to human beings.
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Trump's tariffs are headed to court " again. Two lawsuits filed by small businesses are challenging Trump's sweeping tariffs announced Thursday that impose double-digit levies on 60 trading partners. The tariffs, implemented under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 for what the Trump administration says is countries' failure to prevent imports produced by forced labor, cover 99% of U.S. imports. Critics say the goal is less to prevent forced-labor imports and more to replace the worldwide tariffs that Trump imposed last year that were struck down by the Supreme Court in February. They came just as temporary 10% worldwide tariffs " that had also been challenged in court " expired. Educational toy company Learning Resources, which was part of the tariff lawsuit that won in the Supreme Court, filed a new suit along with several other small businesses in the Court of International Trade on Friday over the current round of tariffs.
Soundtracks were a great way to discover bands before the Internet took over. We would hear a track or two in a movie, go buy the album, and share/copy with friends. Then we'd get curious about a particular band and set out to find more of their music. Sharing and enjoying music was a more tactile social experience compared to today's passive playlist sharing. That said, care to share a soundtrack or two that you really enjoy(ed)? Read more
Vice President JD Vance and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine both raised concerns about escalating the war in Iran as President Donald Trump weighed the possibility during a White House meeting on Friday, a source familiar with the matter and a US official told CNN. On Friday night, the US appeared to pause its bombing campaign on Iran after nearly two weeks of consecutive nights of strikes. Operations are "on a hold," a Department of Defense source told CNN on Saturday. On Friday, Caine specifically raised concerns about the US munitions stockpile and other potential negative implications, according to the sources.
Maine Democrats choose the replacement. fairvote.org He wasn't the people second choice. The people don't get to pick who they want. Read more
Approximately 10% of the world's nitrogen based fertilizer comes through the Persian Gulf That supply line has been severed. We have already lost a crop yield. We have already lost a growing season with reduced fertilizer. This damaged to this growing season was slightly prevented by use of alternative fertilizers and the limited stockpiles The next growing season-September to November will see a major reduction in output. It is inevitable. The world lives on a "just in time" model of razor thin margins for food supply to the most vulnerable places on earth. Countries that were food poor even before this war relied heavily on donated food. The coming crop yield will be significantly lower meaning famine. This damage is unavoidable at this point. But the real harm comes in 2027 when these losses multiply. Keep in mind that the alternative fertilizer processes say for phosphorus based fertilizer uses sulfur which comes from LNG processing.
South African-born mega-oligarch Felon Musk sniveled in an interview that the "far right" he supports are "normal people." The world's worst person puled: "No, I support the normal people. What you call the far right, falsely. Literally, you could go back 10 or 15 years and these policies were completely normal."
Felon Musk is instrumental in causing race riots in the UK
Colt Gray (16) pleaded guilty to all 55 counts of murder and aggravated assault for killing two people and wounding two in September 2024. Like an Israeli soldier shooting defenseless Palestinians in Gaza, so too did Colt Gray when he opened fire on defenseless students and teachers at Apalachee High School with an AR-15 assault rifle. At sentencing, this malpariso faces life imprisonment.
Colin Gray was found guilty of murder and faces 100 years in prison for idiotically giving his son the AR-15
For the title link I chose some earlier Pink Floyd. After their soundtrack excursions of the late 60's and very early 70's ..
... Any Colour You Like / Video taken from Set The Control For The Heart Of The Sun and Careful With That Axe, Eugene at Brighton Live at Brighton Dome, 29-06-1972 ...So ... what tunes are popping up on your playlists this evening?
On May 30, 1990, New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio signed a ban on assault weapons into law, making good on one of his campaign promises and giving New Jersey some of the strictest gun regulations in the country. Thirty-six years later, that law has been left in tatters by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled last week that the Second Amendment disallows the state's prohibitions on semi-automatic rifles and magazines with over 10 rounds of ammunition.
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told Newsmax on Thursday that he is concerned about the rise of socialism within his party. He said that Democrats should reject government ownership of businesses and instead embrace free-market capitalism as the path to achieving progressive policy goals.
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It seems all might not be well in Melania Trump's marriage. The first lady, 56, has been married to Donald Trump since 2005 and it's safe to say they've faced their share of ups and downs over the years. According to Michael Wolff's book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, the pair sleep in separate rooms at the White House, with the president allegedly requesting a key so he could lock the door of his room. Even Melania's first meeting with her now-husband raised eyebrows as he was on a date with another woman at the time. Their relationship has now been dragged into the spotlight again, with Wolff claiming the couple "barely speak." The comments come after a body language expert suggested the president and first lady seemed "tense" while at the 2026 World Cup final.
