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Sunday, May 10, 2026

The flights are notable not only for their proximity to the coast, which puts them well within range of gathering intelligence, but for the suddenness of their appearance.


Wage growth for workers has stagnated while CEOs' earnings continue to rise, according to a new report released Thursday from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation. In the U.S., according to Oxfam, CEO pay increased about 20 times faster than workers' wages in the past year, based on an analysis of data from the S&P Capital IQ database, the Federal Reserve and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.


George Retes woke up on July 10, 2025, hoping the day would change his life for the better. Retes, an Army veteran, worked as a security contractor for a legal cannabis farm in Ventura County, California. After seven months on the graveyard shift, working from midnight to 8 a.m., Retes was eager to move to a daytime schedule and spend more waking hours with his family.


Hungary's new prime minister, Pter Magyar, has been sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán. "I will not rule over Hungary -- I will serve my country," Magyar said after he took the oath of office in parliament.


Saturday, May 09, 2026

One woman was recently told to pay up if she wanted clandestine footage removed from social media. read more


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States react to FLOCK?

New CT law bars police from sharing license plate data for immigration enforcement
www.ctinsider.com

... The legislation follows a CT Insider investigation that found Connecticut police departments using cameras from Atlanta-based company Flock Safety were sharing data to a "national network" that allowed out-of-state agencies to access their data. The data was searched thousands of times by out-of-state agencies for "ICE," "ICE-assist" and "immigration" purposes, the reporting found. ...


Trump says he trusts China's Xi on coronavirus and the US has it totally under control' (January 2020)
www.cnbc.com

... President Donald Trump told CNBC on Wednesday he trusts the information coming out of China on the coronavirus, which has killed nine people and sickened nearly 500 others in that country.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed the first case in the United States.

"We have it totally under control," Trump told "Squawk Box" co-host Joe Kernen in an interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "It's one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It's going to be just fine." ...


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