Wanted to impress his friends, did he? Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira, 21, has been arrested by the FBI as the suspect in the leak of hundreds of classified military document to the internet (Washington Post): The leak, probably the military’s largest in at least a decade, has revealed secrets about everything from gaps in Ukrainian air defenses to the specifics of how the United States spies on its allies and partners. […] The crisis has blindsided the Pentagon, which did not become aware until last week that secrets had for weeks been spreading online, and forced the Biden administration to have awkward conversations with allies and partners about explosive issues. The FBI did not descend on the Teixeira home until after The Post revealed numerous details about the still-anonymous leaker on Wednesday night, and after the New York Times followed up on Thursday by naming Teixeira. The FBI’s lag in response time may be explainable, but when they did after the press got there first, boy howdy! He’s from a patriotic family — and allegedly leaked U.S. secrets, reads the Post headline. The irony is not lost on you, Dear Readers, nor is it on Jeff Sharlet.
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Calling her post as Associate Justice “a job I’ve loved for the past three decades,” she said, “I’m hopping mad that Clarence would do anything to jeopardize that.”
Geoengineering schemes are getting more press as CO2 levels keep rising. But how can their risks be assessed?
DeSantis signs six week abortion ban Stranger things have happend besides Donald Trump’s presidency and Demogorgons. So, it would be unwise to predict that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed away his Oval Office aspirations last night. But then, it’s Ron DeSantis (Washington Post): Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signeda bill Thursdaythat would ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, after the legislature passed the bill earlier in the day. The measure cuts off what has become a critical access point for abortion care in the South since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. DeSantis signed the bill late at night and released a photo just after 11 p.m. — a sharp contrast to how he celebrated a 15-week ban on abortion last spring with speeches and live media coverage at a church. The quiet passage underscored DeSantis’s reluctance to talk about the bill as he tours the country touting other legislative achievements. DeSantis is giving the GOP’s rabid primary voters the Handmaid’s Tale America they demand while making as little public show about it in front of non-MAGA general election voters.
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Jean Marseille and his son, Diego.
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Jean Marseille recorded these dispatches on his phone while surviving on the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from October through December 2022. As the chaos that followed the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 devolved into further lawlessness, Jean witnessed firsthand a city in free fall.
1. Your goal is to retrieve your treasure from a monstrous entity.
2. All you need is pen and paper, but expensive software makes it much easier.
3. The rules are constantly being updated, but they’re still shackled to a system from the 1970s.
4. You’re constantly referring back to an incomprehensible spreadsheet.
5. You’d have put more effort into your backstory if you knew it would be this important later.
6. Some classes have a much easier time than others, and it’s unclear why.
7. You’re drowning in acronyms.
8. Being a Cleric has its advantages.
9. If you’re a musician, this is going to be extra complicated.
10. Every check can result in a circumstantial bonus or a penalty.
11. Groups who can afford it hire an unsavory rogue to do their dirty work.
12. When in doubt, just round the number down.
13. If you want to get away with this bluff, you’d better come up with a damn good story.
14. Tread carefully. Traps are everywhere.
15. You’re unsure whether your opponent is Lawful or just Chaotic—but they’re definitely Evil.
The NYPD's robot dogs are re-joining the force.
Today marks the final day of our second round of industrial action. Junior doctors up and down the country downed tools as part of a 4-day walkout in what is thought will be the most impactful strike action the NHS has seen. This has come as a result of the Health Secretary, Steve Barclay, walking […]
Residents blasted Rep. Matt Schaefer’s controversial bill in a hearing that stretched late into the night.
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Murdoch has his best suit at the dry cleaners for yet another walk up the aisle next week… to the Witness Box. Dan Evans reports on his long history of brushes with the law
The Air National Guardsman as Pentagon leaker story is comig apart. But like "six guys in a boat", no one in polite company will say so.
The experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccines that were developed and launched to market in record time, generating record profits for their manufacturers as well as injuries for untold thousands, will be put to the test before the German courts.
Europe has helped to create the conditions for ecological breakdown but is accepting fewer and fewer victims of it through migration says Thomas Perrett
The government rescued Silicon Valley Bank’s wealthy depositors, but neighborhoods counting on the collapsed bank are out of luck.
In a bonus podcast segment for supporting subscribers, David talks with Marxist economist Richard Wolff about Biden’s pledge to “reshore” U.S. jobs.
The transaction is the first known instance of money flowing from Crow to the Supreme Court justice. The sale netted the GOP megadonor two vacant lots and the house where Thomas’ mother was living.
The post Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal. appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Leaks for me, not for thee.
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We Cannot Reverse the Damage Done By Poor Pandemic Reporting, But The Fourth Estate Must Do Better.
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John Wilkes, Adam Clayton Powell, and Julian Bond were elected, excluded and returned to the legislature.
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Finland's membership in NATO marks the end of the nation’s admirable tradition as a global peacemaker.
The post Finland’s NATO Move Leaves Others to Carry On the ‘Helsinki Spirit’ appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Banning TikTok would be a messy business....and probably not technologically enforceable.
A thorough dissection of America’s capitalist mythology reveals the sham to which lots of people continue to subscribe, despite growing nationwide suffering.
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