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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that President Donald Trump "has complained to aides repeatedly" in recent weeks about his Attorney General Pam Bondi being "weak" and "ineffective" at pursuing his agenda. read more


President Donald Trump and his top aides' preferred path to the U.S. taking ownership of Greenland is incentivizing people there to vote in a referendum to align with the United States, according to two people familiar with his thinking and granted anonymity to speak candidly.


In a social media post, Trump defended the aggressive immigration enforcement actions being carried out across Minneapolis as part of his deportation agenda. read more


The United States and the United Kingdom are pulling certain personnel from key bases around Iran amid rapidly escalating tensions in the region, sources told Reuters on Wednesday. "All the signals are that a U.S. attack is imminent, but that is also how this administration behaves to keep everyone on their toes. Unpredictability is part of the strategy," a Western military official told Reuters on Wednesday.


Tuesday, January 13, 2026

The Trump administration is taking a $150 million equity stake to build the US's only big producer of gallium, a critical mineral used in satellite systems and military radar. read more


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Trump reiterates desire for Greenland following high-stakes meeting
www.reuters.com

... President Donald Trump reiterated on Wednesday that the U.S. needs Greenland and that Denmark cannot be relied upon to protect the island, even as he said that "something will work out" with respect to the future governance of the Danish overseas territory.

The remarks, which came after a high-stakes meeting between U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials, indicate that there are still fundamental, if not intractable, differences between how Washington, Copenhagen and Nuuk see the political future of the island. ...


Trump would want military action in Iran to be swift and decisive, sources say
www.nbcnews.com

... The president has told his advisers he would want any action to deliver a decisive blow to the Iranian regime, but so far he hasn't gotten that guarantee from them, sources say. ...

@#80 ... Jeff reminds me of Donald Trump. ...

You left one off your list ...

He may use multiple aliases.


Trump: Yes, I've used aliases (2016)
nypost.com

... "You know, over the years I've used aliases," Trump said in an interview on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" that capped a day of campaigning across the Los Angeles area. ...

Pres Trump's destruction of USAID has given China the opportunity to obtain a major foothold in Africa.

USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths (November 2025)
hsph.harvard.edu

... The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children," Gawande wrote. He noted that the toll will continue to grow and may go unseen because it can take months or years for people to die from lack of treatments or vaccine-preventable illnesses"and because deaths are scattered. ...

Then there's Pres Trump's apparent acquiescence to China regarding rare-earth minerals.

Then there's Pres Trump's attempts (and some successes) in killing scientific and medical research in the US, allowing China to continue pulloing forward in those areas.

... and I'm not even touching upon AI or Big Tech. ...



@#1 ... Are ATCs ok? ...
@#2 ... Misdirect messages aimed at ATCs from blind planes? ...

From #9 in the following thread ...
drudge.com

... Ah like to brag, but am actually not very smart.
Mostly is juvenile insults and low grade level stuff. ...

Paul Marcarelli
en.wikipedia.org

... Paul Marcarelli (born May 24, 1970) is an American actor.

He is best known for being the ubiquitous "Test Man" character in commercials ("Can you hear me now?") for Verizon Wireless from 2002 to 2011.

He appeared in all of his Verizon commercials wearing a gray Verizon jacket and his own horn-rimmed glasses.[1][2] ...


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