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NonilexThe deal will open up negotiations on what is known as a “123 agreement.” It will allow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> & American companies to invest in & construct <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energy</a> projects in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bahrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bahrain</a>, an island nation off the coast of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaudiArabia</a> with a population of ~1.5M people.Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> & Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani signed the memorandum of understanding on Wednesday, after Rubio signed a similar agreement w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Malaysia</a> last week.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a>

NonilexIn several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/states" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#states</a>, it asked detailed questions about the process to remove <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/noncitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#noncitizens</a> & other *ineligible* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voters</a> from the rolls.Grantham, the Fremont County clerk, said Small asked him if he would allow a third party to review whether his voting machines complied with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> law. Grantham declined the request, he said, citing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> laws that restrict access to voting machines.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectionLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectionInterference</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

Dining & CookingWith More Needing Food Assistance, Sheboygan County Food Bank Seeking Donations <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/2180742/with-more-needing-food-assistance-sheboygan-county-food-bank-seeking-donations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.diningandcooking.com/2180742/with-more-needing-food-assistance-sheboygan-county-food-bank-seeking-donations/</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/births" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#births</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/broadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#broadcasting</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#events</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#free</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#local</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/manitowoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manitowoc</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/obituaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#obituaries</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Seehafer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seehafer</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a>

NonilexThe move by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> represents an expansion of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentialPower</a>, allowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> to functionally eliminate a government department created by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a>, without legislators’ input.It comes after a decision by the justices last week that cleared the way for the Trump admin to move forward with cutting thousands of jobs across a number of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HUD</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Treasury</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/supreme-court-education-department.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/supreme-court-education-department.html?smid=url-share</a>

NonilexBut the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> were most withering about the cuts to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOfAmerica</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioFreeAsia</a>, which for decades pierced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarian</a> veils around the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#world</a>. The report noted that in recent years some of that support came from then-Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a>, Trump’s secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> adviser, who has not publicly dissented from the admin’s decision to lay off nearly all the staff at both outlets.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpIsWeak</a>

NonilexThe report opens with the cutbacks at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept, whose US based staff is being reduced by about 17%, & on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternationalAid</a> programs focused on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#food</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicine</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a>, it notes, has increased its diplomatic budget by 8.4%, committed $500M to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WHO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WHO</a> & “continues to spend billions on international educational & cultural exchange programs.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpIsWeak</a>

Nonilex…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NATO</a> Secretary-General <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkRutte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarkRutte</a> was due in Washington on Monday & Tuesday. He planned to hold talks with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, Secretary of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Defense</a> Secretary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeteHegseth</a>, as well as members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a>.Talks during Kellogg’s visit to Kyiv will cover “defense, strengthening security, weapons, sanctions, protection of our people & enhancing cooperation between Ukraine & the United States,” said the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Andrii Yermak.

United StatesCalifornia, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agencyAfter years of s… <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/affordablehousingdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#affordablehousingdevelopment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#america</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/creation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creation</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GavinNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GavinNewsom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Governor</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a>-agency <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/immigrationprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrationprotests</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAimmigrationprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LAimmigrationprotests</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LAprotests</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/losangeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#losangeles</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/newagency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newagency</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Newsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newsom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/office" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#office</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/one" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#one</a>-offprogram <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/raypearl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raypearl</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/reorganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reorganization</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stategovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stategovernment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/treasurer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#treasurer</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/unitedstatesofamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unitedstatesofamerica</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USnews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USAnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAnews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/year" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#year</a> <a href="https://www.europesays.com/2242049/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2242049/</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/2242049/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2242049/</a> California, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agency <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AffordableHousingDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AffordableHousingDevelopment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#america</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/creation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creation</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GavinNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GavinNewsom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Governor</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HousingAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HousingAgency</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ImmigrationProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ImmigrationProtests</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAImmigrationProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LAImmigrationProtests</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LAProtests</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewAgency</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Newsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newsom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/office" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#office</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OneOffProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OneOffProgram</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RayPearl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RayPearl</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/reorganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reorganization</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StateGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StateGovernment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/treasurer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#treasurer</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USANews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/year" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#year</a>

NonilexIf the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept “*believes* those assurances to be *credible*,” then <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> may deport someone to that country “without the need for further procedures,” he wrote in the memo, obtained by WaPo.The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> has rarely deported people to countries where they are not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#citizens</a>, & lawyers warned that thousands of longtime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> w/ work permits & families in the US could now be uprooted & sent to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DueProcess</a>

UK<a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/259774/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/uk/259774/</a> Jeff Minick: 1,000 good books to (slowly) consider <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alabama</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Birmingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birmingham</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/breaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#breaking</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Entertainment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HUNTSVILLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HUNTSVILLE</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#local</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mobile</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/provide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#provide</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Share</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sports</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stories</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/updated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#updated</a>

Nonilex“President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & Secretary of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> are once again making America less safe & less secure,”Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TimKaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TimKaine</a> (D-VA) said in a statement. “This is one of the most ridiculous decisions that could possibly be made at a time when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> is increasing its diplomatic footprint around the world & establishing an overseas network of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transportation</a> bases, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> is continuing its years-long brutal assault of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sovereign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sovereign</a> country, & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> is careening from crisis to crisis.”

NonilexThe total reduction in the workforce [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RIF</a>] will be ~3k, including the *voluntary* departures, acc/to the notice & a senior <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept ofcl, out of the 18k employees based in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>.The move is the first step of a restructuring that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has sought to ensure US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignPolicy</a> is aligned with his "America First" agenda. Fmr diplomats & experts say the firing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignService</a> officers risks America's ability to counter the growing assertiveness from adversaries such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a>.

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept began firing >1,350 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> based employees Friday as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin goes ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DiplomaticCorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiplomaticCorps</a>, undermining US ability to defend & promote interests abroad.The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#layoffs</a>, which affect 1,107 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilService</a> & 246 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignService</a> officers in the US, come as the US faces multiple global <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crises</a>: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a>'s war in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> conflict, & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> on edge due to tensions between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iran</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/state-department-says-it-will-fire-more-than-1350-workers-trumps-shake-up-2025-07-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/state-department-says-it-will-fire-more-than-1350-workers-trumps-shake-up-2025-07-11/</a>

OccuWorld📣 A Fraud That Hurts New Mexicans — And A State That Won’t Stop It<a href="https://medium.com/@xtrabigc/a-fraud-that-hurts-new-mexicans-and-a-state-that-wont-stop-it-da100c48c843" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@xtrabigc/a-fraud-that-hurts-new-mexicans-and-a-state-that-wont-stop-it-da100c48c843</a>I Exposed the Fraud. It Could Happen to You. Let’s Make Sure It Doesn’t Happen Again.<a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Insurance</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/BlindEye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlindEye</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMexico</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Ubiquitous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ubiquitous</a>

All for GardeningPerlite is beneficial for gardening in containers <a href="https://www.allforgardening.com/1367375/perlite-is-beneficial-for-gardening-in-containers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.allforgardening.com/1367375/perlite-is-beneficial-for-gardening-in-containers/</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#agriculture</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/AgricultureU0026Forestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgricultureU0026Forestry</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#content</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#diy</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DIYU0026ExpertContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DIYU0026ExpertContent</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earth</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/EarthSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EarthSciences</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Enabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enabled</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/expert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#expert</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/extension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extension</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/forestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forestry</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#garden</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/gardeners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gardeners</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Highlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Highlights</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HowTo</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Master" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Master</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MasterGardeners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MasterGardeners</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Neutral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neutral</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ohio</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/OhioStateUniversityExtension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OhioStateUniversityExtension</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Overall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Overall</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/OverallNeutral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OverallNeutral</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/sciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciences</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#story</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/StoryHighlightsAIEnabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StoryHighlightsAIEnabled</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/u0026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#u0026</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#University</a>

NonilexAt the same time, negotiations were intensifying over a deal in which the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> would secure greater access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congo</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#minerals</a> in return for help defending the country from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rwanda</a> backed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurgents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurgents</a> rampaging across its eastern provinces.To get the ball rolling, Kahana met w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept ofcls in DC in March. The ofcls thought it worth empowering a team led by Kahana to discuss US *diplomatic* goals & the release of the 3 Americans w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tshisekedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tshisekedi</a>, the businessman & the State Dept said.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexReuters pieced together the course of events by speaking to the 3 Americans on the trip, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept ofcl involved in the initiative, & 2 people the trio met during their brief stay in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congo</a>'s capital Kinshasa.The story of the ill-fated venture, which has not previously been reported, provides a glimpse of how the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin…works through *unconventional* channels in pursuit of *deals* to bring Americans home….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a>

Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥<a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Nonilex</a> "In April, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept upgraded <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a>’s travel advisory to its highest rating, citing a “drop in violent crimes & murders.” The upgrade came two months after this meeting, which looks like a caricature of politicians doing a corrupt deal.

PK 🌻<a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Nonilex</a> The “funny” thing about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> giving <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> the safest rating (“level 1”) is that the detailed description reads much more like it does for dangerous countries (probably level 2-3). For reference, Canada is level 1, many “safe” countries in the EU and Central America are level 2, Nicaragua is level 3, and North Korea, Syria, and Sudan are level 4 “do not travel.”<a href="https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/ElSalvador.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/ElSalvador.html</a> (expand the “safety and security” section)

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