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Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles
https://apnews.com/article/high-speed-train-vegas-los-angeles-brightline-595913ff2fa3d9001fb89bfab4e6c4d2
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Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles
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Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles
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Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles
https://apnews.com/article/high-speed-train-vegas-los-angeles-brightline-595913ff2fa3d9001fb89bfab4e6c4d2
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Hegseth slashes Army training as Trump’s war rages on
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is drastically cutting Army training to pinch a few pennies.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/14/800038507/news/hegseth-slashes-army-training-iran-war/
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Watch Live: Pete Hegseth, Adm. Brad Cooper give news conference as Iran offensive continues
https://misryoum.com/us/us24/watch-live-pete-hegseth-adm-brad-cooper-give/
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to give a press briefing with Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command leading U.S. forces in the Middle East, as the war against Iran continued for a sixth day. Thursday's briefing...
#Watch #Live #Pete #Hegseth #Adm #Brad #Cooper #give #news #conference #Iran #offensive #continues #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com
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"The only job on earth with a higher turnover rate than being married to (Secretary of Defense Pete) Hegseth is working for him: He’s fired or lost four aides in the last month. Another ex-adviser, John Ullyot, an ardent Trumper, has described the situation at the Pentagon as #TotalChaos”:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/opinion/trump-pope-dialogue-future.html
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Congressional Democrats are expected to overwhelmingly reject a bill to fund ICE,
the agency spearheading Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown,
amid mounting outrage over its heavy-handed and violent tactics in Minnesota and elsewhere.Signals for a no vote came from Hakeem #Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives, along with Pete #Aguilar, the chairman of the party’s caucus, and Katherine #Clark, the chief whip.
Their sentiments are expected to influence the vast majority of the Democrats’ 213-strong House caucus to vote no
– 🔥although sufficient Democrats are believed to be ready to vote in favor to enable the legislation to pass. ❌
🆘The party has no plans to whip its members into line to enforce the leadership view.The anticipated Democratic thumbs-down comes despite provisions in the bill that keeps the agency’s 💥$10 BILLION annual budget,
reduces ICE enforcement and removal operations,
and imposes a 5,500 reduction to its number of detention beds.
The legislation also secured $20m for the “procurement, deployment, and operations of body worn cameras” to be worn by ICE agents, thanks to Democrats’ efforts.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/democrats-ice-funding-bill?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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I'm quite certain the #NavySeals assigned to #SealTeamSix have some thoughts about the naming of this "team of elite private sector businessmen"
"The Department of Defense launched a team of elite private sector businessmen tasked with handling and approving defense contractor negotiations, aimed at fixing the former “broken Pentagon bureaucracy.”
"Dubbed “Deal Team Six,” the crew is tasked with creating better deals with defense companies to ensure their production of U.S. military equipment is not at the expense of the taxpayer, but that of the contractor, according to a Thursday social media video posted by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth."
#DealTeamSix #USMilitary #DepartmentOfDefense #DOD #DepartmentOfWar #DOW #PeteHegseth
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One of Patriot Front's newest recruits is a former Navy SEAL combat medic who put his thumb on the scales, possibly committing perjury, to help a war criminal evade accountability.
Corey Noel Scott of Oklahoma testified during a court martial in 2019 that he himself killed an unarmed captive who had been stabbed, without provocation, by his platoon leader while they were stationed in Iraq. That testimony seems to have played a big part in getting the platoon leader acquitted of murder charges.
The trial happened during Trump's first term, and then-Fox "News" host Pete Hegseth personally intervened on behalf of the defendant in that case (a defendant who had openly bragged about actually stabbing the victim in text messages).
The Informant got hold of Scott's secret Patriot Front recruitment interview notes, in addition to finding his X/Twitter account (which he promptly deleted after he was contacted about it). All of it points toward explicitly neo-nazi views.
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The Informant has done some really great investigative journalism about this stuff, although the volume of their output hasn't been very high these past few years. Still, I strongly recommend subscribing, if keeping up with developments in the US far right is your thing, because when they do publish, it's solidly researched and reliable.
https://www.informant.news/patriot-front-corey-scott-navy-seal/?ref=the-informant-newsletter
#PatriotFront #CoreyScott #NavySEALs #EddieGallagher #WarCrimes #Hegseth #Trump #NeoNazis #fcknzs #Oklahoma #ThomasRousseau #BenjaminOK
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/18888/ ‘An unauthorised war’: Democrats grill Pete Hegseth on war in Iran #gdnpfpnewsworld #guardian #GuardianNews #world
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Graphic details revealed in Monterey sex assault claim against Hegseth
A woman told Monterey police that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, took her phone,…
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Trump Tells Islamic Terrorist State Iran To Take Deal Or Face Destruction
A lot happened between the United States and the Islamic terrorist regime of Iran lately. Previously there was progress reported in the latest talks between them and the result was the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. A short time later, Iran closed the strait and blamed America with a bunch of allegations. Iran even fired at ships in the strait as if they don’t really care about the ceasefire. In his latest move over the situation, US President Donald Trump told Islamic regime of Iran to take the deal or else they would face destruction, according to a report by Newsmax.
To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from Newsmax report. Some parts in boldface…
President Donald Trump on Sunday morning threatened to “knock out every single power plant and every single bridge” in Iran unless the country’s leaders accept a “very reasonable deal” offered by the United States.
Trump accused Iran of blatantly violating a ceasefire agreement by firing on ships in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, including vessels tied to key U.S. allies France and the United Kingdom.
“Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, criticizing Tehran’s actions as reckless and provocative.
“We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran.“
Trump made clear that patience with the Iranian regime is running out, declaring “NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!” and vowing decisive action if diplomacy fails.
He framed the moment as long overdue, arguing past administrations failed to confront what he called Iran’s “killing machine” over decades.
The president also underscored what he described as a strategic advantage for the United States, noting Iran’s threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil transit chokepoint, are backfiring.
Trump said a U.S.-led blockade has already effectively shut down the passage, costing Iran an estimated $500 million per day while redirecting energy demand toward American producers in states like Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska.
Meanwhile, the administration is continuing diplomatic efforts.
Trump said U.S. representatives are heading to Islamabad, Pakistan, for negotiations, signaling that talks remain active despite rising tensions.
A White House official confirmed to Newsmax’s Mike Carter on Sunday that Vice President JD Vance, envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner will be leading the negotiations.
According to Axios on Saturday, Trump convened a high-level Situation Room meeting with top officials, including Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, to address the escalating crisis.
The current ceasefire is set to expire within days, and officials warn that without a breakthrough, hostilities could quickly resume.
Iran has acknowledged receiving new U.S. proposals and says it is reviewing them, but has not yet committed to a deal.
The renewed tensions come after signs of progress in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, particularly limits on uranium enrichment.
However, Iran’s latest military actions in the Strait appear to have complicated those discussions.
Speaking Saturday, Trump dismissed Tehran’s tactics as ineffective brinkmanship.
“They got a little cute … they wanted to close up the Strait again,” he said, adding that Iran “can’t blackmail us.”
For addition insight, watch the YouTube news videos below.
https://youtu.be/F6ogewyVdW0?si=n43NV9z_zHLhhaJJ
https://youtu.be/e4lvscT5HVI?si=B12QxJzhIp1nIrj_
Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? If diplomacy fails again, do you think America and Israel will unleash a new wave of offensive attacks against the Islamic terrorist regime of Iran? Did you notice there is division between Iran’s diplomats and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)? Are you convinced that the so-called supreme leader of Iran is not really leading the regime at all? Do you think the rebellious Iranians should leave their country before a new wave of attacks against the Islamic regime happens?
You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.
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I hate Catan but everyone always wants to play it
Perhaps it is because the type of person that organizes game also loves Catan but I hate that game so much. At least Pete seems to dislike it as well
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🍕 hey st.pete/tampa, be sure to check out Florish pizza. They have a huge variety and you can build your own. Super easy and quick to get takeout, too. Even non-veg people we've brought there love it. Go now or plan to go there this week! https://www.eatflorish.com/
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BAL Orioles Lineup 05/13
1. Taylor Ward LF
2. Gunnar Henderson SS
3. Adley Rutschman C
4. Pete Alonso 1B
5. Tyler O'Neill RF
6. Leody Taveras CF
7. Coby Mayo DH
8. Weston Wilson 3B
9. Blaze Alexander 2B
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BAL Orioles Lineup 05/13
1. Taylor Ward LF
2. Gunnar Henderson SS
3. Adley Rutschman C
4. Pete Alonso 1B
5. Tyler O'Neill RF
6. Leody Taveras CF
7. Coby Mayo DH
8. Weston Wilson 3B
9. Blaze Alexander 2B
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BAL Orioles Lineup 05/13
1. Taylor Ward LF
2. Gunnar Henderson SS
3. Adley Rutschman C
4. Pete Alonso 1B
5. Tyler O'Neill RF
6. Leody Taveras CF
7. Coby Mayo DH
8. Weston Wilson 3B
9. Blaze Alexander 2B
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BAL Orioles Lineup 05/12
1. Gunnar Henderson SS
2. Taylor Ward LF
3. Adley Rutschman C
4. Pete Alonso 1B
5. Samuel Basallo DH
6. Tyler O'Neill RF
7. Dylan Beavers CF
8. Coby Mayo 3B
9. Jeremiah Jackson 2B
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BAL Orioles Lineup 05/12
1. Gunnar Henderson SS
2. Taylor Ward LF
3. Adley Rutschman C
4. Pete Alonso 1B
5. Samuel Basallo DH
6. Tyler O'Neill RF
7. Dylan Beavers CF
8. Coby Mayo 3B
9. Jeremiah Jackson 2B
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BAL Orioles Lineup 05/12
1. Gunnar Henderson SS
2. Taylor Ward LF
3. Adley Rutschman C
4. Pete Alonso 1B
5. Samuel Basallo DH
6. Tyler O'Neill RF
7. Dylan Beavers CF
8. Coby Mayo 3B
9. Jeremiah Jackson 2B
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Politico: Inside the White House plan to sell the Iran war online. “The administration’s TikTok-style mash-up videos of missile strikes spliced into movie clips and video games — along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attack-style language at Pentagon press conferences — have gobsmacked those with a more traditional view of how a government should sound during a time of war. But […]
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Politico: Inside the White House plan to sell the Iran war online. “The administration’s TikTok-style mash-up videos of missile strikes spliced into movie clips and video games — along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attack-style language at Pentagon press conferences — have gobsmacked those with a more traditional view of how a government should sound during a time of war. But […]
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Politico: Inside the White House plan to sell the Iran war online. “The administration’s TikTok-style mash-up videos of missile strikes spliced into movie clips and video games — along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attack-style language at Pentagon press conferences — have gobsmacked those with a more traditional view of how a government should sound during a time of war. But […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/politico-inside-the-white-house-plan-to-sell-the-iran-war-online/ -
Politico: Inside the White House plan to sell the Iran war online. “The administration’s TikTok-style mash-up videos of missile strikes spliced into movie clips and video games — along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attack-style language at Pentagon press conferences — have gobsmacked those with a more traditional view of how a government should sound during a time of war. But […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/politico-inside-the-white-house-plan-to-sell-the-iran-war-online/ -
El senador del veterinario de combate Tammy Duckworth se dispara y pasión a Pete Hegseth AF ** King Descargue #combate #del #Descargue #dispara #Duckworth #Hegseth #King #llama #Pete #senador #Tammy #veterinario #ButterWord #Spanish_News Comenta tu opinión 👇
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It Never Did: the thread about “why did Edinburgh become the home of Hogmanay?”
HOGMANAY, n.
[hɔgmə′ne:]The 31st December, the last day of the year, New Year’s Eve.
Generic Scots, origin much disputed, the only satisfactory etymology is the derivation from northern French dialect hoginane etc. from 16th c. French aguillanneuf, a gift given at the New Year, a children’s cry for such a gift, the second element of which appears to be l’an neuf, the New Year. In Scotland the word is probably due to the French Alliance and had been borrowed before 1560In a news article the other day, the BBC’s Edinburgh and East Reporter sought to answer the age old question of “Why did Edinburgh become the home of Hogmanay?” It’s not a bad little piece by any account, but doesn’t really get under the bonnet of how the city came to consider itself the “official” home of these festivities and it reminded me that this is something I have previously peered into without writing it up. So with just under nine hours to go until The Bells, let’s finish off the Threadinburgh year by
BBC news article screen shot “Why did Edinburgh become the home of Hogmanay?”The “official” Edinburgh’s Hogmanay™ festivities are an ancient tradition dating back to the last century, to the year 1993 to be precise. This three-day event was dreamed up by Unique Events Ltd. and the quasi-autonomous agency Edinburgh Marketing to “[package] Edinburgh more effectively” and thus “improve the visitor experience” at this time of year. All the bones of the now established programme were there; a torchlight procession, a concert in Princes Street Gardens and a street party with “fireworks spectacular” on Princes Street.
Newspaper advert for “Edinburgh’s Hogmanay”, The Scotsman – Saturday 11 December 1993Prior to this, the officially unofficial locus of Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh was on the High Street, outside the Tron Kirk. By the early 1990s, crowds of up to 20,000 were in regular attendance here but a particularly violent 1992, with 1,900 drink-related injuries treated at the Royal Infirmary and three separate sex attacks reported to the police, saw an official rethink.
Photo of crowds outside The Tron in 1991/92 Hogmanay. Edinburgh Evening News – 2nd January 1992In stepped the marketing and events types, buoyed by the success of the closing celebration of the city’s European Council Summit in 1992 which marked the end of the UK’s presidency and start of the Single Market. At the same time as trouble was kicking off outside the Tron, the Beacon Europe event was being started from Edinburgh Castle, the beginning of a chain of 700 beacons that stretched from John O’ Groats to Lands End with 300 more lit on the continent, the Greek Prime Minister lighting one at the chain’s far end in Athens to coincide with its start in Edinburgh.
Beacon Europe pamphlet, showing an engraving of a 16th century figure holding a beacon in their hand. Subtitled “European Unity Celebrations, 31 December 1992”The beacon was lit at the stroke of midnight after musician Fish led a free (but ticketed) sing-along in Princes Street Gardens, followed by a “children’s eco-anthem for Europe.” A laser fired from the Ross Bandstand then ignited a 30ft gas flame on the Castle’s Half Moon Battery.
Edinburgh 1992 beacon lighting on the Castle’s half moon battery at Hogmanay. Official photo via Edinburgh City LibrariesOfficial support quickly materialised behind the Hogmanay™ idea, the District Council were particularly keen, being somewhat embarrassed by the traditional public displays of lasciviousness, drunkenness and urination outside the Tron – and therefore also their own doorstep at City Chambers. Their support extended to helping financed the scheme to the tune of £200,000, along with Lothian Regional Council, Edinburgh and Lothians Enterprise and the Scottish Tourist Board. This meant that most of the outdoor events could be made free to the public. Not everyone was happy though – the scheme was branded “three days of hell” by Conservative councillor Ian Hoy and in the Evening News, then Labour councillor George Kerevan labelled it as “Come to Edinburgh and get smashed“.
The council and events types were also keen to do something about the traditional Hogmanay being a local event for local people, a mass blow-out which resulted in a 2-day public holiday and hangover with most businesses and much hospitality closed down. Pete Irvine of Unique Events told the ‘News “it’s a myth that New Year is a ‘great time’… there is nothing for the many people who are on holiday“. The stated founding aim was not just the “biggest and best Hogmanay party” in Scotland – a title Glasgow traditional claimed – but in the World. There was of course an irony that in order to do this, the traditional Scottish long New Year public holiday had to be eroded.
With official support and substantial public and corporate funding, Hogmanay™ proved a huge success. But an infamous 1996 street party where an estimated 400,000 people crammed the city centre in appalling weather, resulting in crush injuries and hypothermia, saw restrictions brought in. Initially this was by means of free wrist-bands (four per person) but it soon pivoted to becoming an ever-pricier ticket only event. The organisers had an eye on the long game from the beginning and had told the ‘News they had booked the pipe bands for the Millennium street party before the first one had even taken place.
22nd November 1997, The Scotsman, a queue of 1,000 people snakes up Bank Street towards the High Street to get some of the 180,000 free wrist bands for that year’s Hogmanay street party in Edinburgh being handed out from the Box Office on Waverley Bridge.Another cornerstone of Hogmanay™ is Ye Olde Tochlicht Processione, also an invention of 1993. This was co-opted from a mix of long established Scottish rural traditions like the Comrie Flambeaux, Biggar Ne’erday Bonfire, Stonehaven Fireballs and the Masonic processions of the Borders which mark the Feast of St. John the Evangelist.
1996-7 Torchlight procession advertising booklet for Edinburgh, sponsored by the Bank of Scotland. Edinburgh and Scottish Collection, Edinburgh City Libraries.The event has continued to grow in its scale – and the volume of debate and criticism it generates – ever since and is a substantial industry in itself. The rest, as they say, is history, and the answer to the question “Why did Edinburgh become the home of Hogmanay” is of course because it deliberately set out do so and has spent a huge amount of public and private money in pursuit of that goal over the last three decades. The other answer to the same question is that the city is not the “home of Hogmanay” at all, and has no authority to claim itself as so. Hogmanay is an ungovernable, spontaneous celebration that is owned by nobody and belongs to all of Scotland. Edinburgh just happens to have commercialised the idea, declared itself as brand owner, and in the process totally lost the whole point of it.
And on that slightly snarky note I shall thank you for reading this far, for sticking with Threadinburgh and that you have a very Happy New Year when it comes and a 2026 full of local history. If you’re still in need of a further fix of appropriate reading material for the time of year, I can suggest this culinary thread about the history of the New Year Day steak pie.
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Inside Pixar’s Scrapped Movie ‘Be Fri’ and the “Devastating” Aftermath
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Une armée américaine déboussolée
Un reportage de Robert Tait à Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/03/pentagon-pete-hegseth-us-military
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What we witnessed was not journalism but the choreography of propaganda.
CBS, in particular, offered thirty uninterrupted minutes of state-sanctioned fantasy,
anchored by a fawning interview with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth,
a man implicated in the killing of more than one hundred people at sea without evidence, accountability, or due process.Rather than interrogating power, the networks shifted seamlessly into spectacle.
At no point did either network raise the most basic questions of legality, sovereignty, or international law.
Instead, both CBS and NBC trafficked in images of people dancing in the streets, staging public jubilation around what was, in fact,
a spectacularized violation of both international and domestic law.Repressive imperial power has become visceral and ocular.
It now works through the eye as much as through the gun.
⚠️ State terrorism is no longer merely enforced by violence,
-- it is normalized and taught, rendered legitimate through a form of #pedagogical #terrorism produced and circulated by nearly the entire corporate media apparatus.⭐️What is taking shape is a new apparatus of colonial terror,
where power, social media, and everyday life collapse into a single machinery of consent,
🔥training the public to see violence as spectacle and domination as normal.There was no mention that the attack and abduction were #condemned by the presidents of Mexico and Brazil, by international legal scholars, and by a widening circle of global leaders alarmed by the precedent being set.
There was no scrutiny of the #fabricated #claims that Venezuela was plotting an invasion of the United States or serving as the epicenter of drug trafficking,
assertions long discredited but endlessly recycled to justify imperial violence.Nor, crucially, was there any acknowledgment of Trump’s staggering #hypocrisy:
while declaring a war on drugs in the name of national security, he #pardoned one of the most notorious narcotics traffickers ever prosecuted in the United States, #Juan #Orlando #Hernández, described by prosecutors as a central figure in an eighteen-year operation that flooded the U.S. with more than 400 tons of cocaine