Politics (24)
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Pentagon tracking after Kirk killing: 2 services vow crackdown
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Pentagon tracking posts celebrating Charlie Kirk’s killing sparks crackdown: 2 services pledge action, dozens flagged, and ‘zero tolerance’ on Sept. 12, 2025.
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Disturbing Engraved Casings: 3 phrases in Charlie Kirk shooting
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Engraved casings surfaced in the Charlie Kirk shooting: 3 phrases, Helldivers arrows, and a Mauser .30‑06 tied to a 22‑year suspect.
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RFK Jr.’s video games blame for shootings defies 2019 APA finding
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Video games blamed by RFK Jr. for mass shootings, but 2019 APA says no causal link; a 23% SSRI statistic and expert critiques complicate the debate.
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Shocking Gates Tie: $170B Boosts Mass Deportation, ICE Beds May Double
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Mass deportation accelerates: a $170B bill and $45B for detention could lift ICE capacity from 56,000 to 100,000+. A 2014–16 Gates GEO stake resurfaces.
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Supreme Court greenlights FTC firing: 2-1 stay 1935 precedent at risk
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FTC firing fight escalates as Supreme Court issues a 9/8 stay, pausing a 2-1 D.C. Circuit reinstatement and putting 1935 Humphrey’s Executor at risk.
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Bessent’s urgent 2025 call: US, EU must ‘collapse’ Russian economy
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collapse Russian economy plan: On Sept 7, 2025, Bessent urged a US‑EU sanctions drive and secondary tariffs; EU officials meet Treasury in Washington on Sept 8.
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Norway’s wealth tax backlash: 1.1% levy, NOK 34bn at risk
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Norway’s wealth tax shapes a bitter 8 Sept vote: 1%–1.1% rates on assets above NOK 1.76m, NOK 34bn revenue, 100+ rich exits, 2026 deferral plan. Parties split on cuts.
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Misleading Fox video sparks Portland troops threat; 96,000 activations
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Portland troops threat follows a misleading Fox 2020 video; Trump weighs deployments as 316 Guard sent to D.C. and 96,000 past activations loom large.
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Tech CEOs’ $1.45T Pledges at White House Ignite Backlash
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Tech CEOs pledged at least $1.45T in U.S. investments at a White House dinner; $600B each from Meta and Apple, $250B from Google, $80B/year Microsoft.
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Heated RFK Jr. vaccines hearing: 1.2M U.S. deaths vs. ‘I don’t know’
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RFK Jr. vaccines claims drew fire in a 3-hour Senate hearing as senators cited ~1.2M U.S. COVID deaths and CDC data showing up to 70% reduced severe illness risk.