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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr tells a Senate committee the FCC "is not an independent agency"; the agency removed "independent agency" from its site as he testified (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/17/brendan-carr-fcc-independent-se…

FCC chair suggests agency isn't independent, word cut from mission statement
The statement speaks to a broader trend of regulatory agencies losing power to the executive branch during the Trump era.

Slovakia’s Fico threatens to cut power exports to Ukraine over Druzhba pipeline dispute: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/slovakias-fico-threatens-to-cut.html

“Well, we’re fucking close to civil war,”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/trump-minneapolis-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.hJSN.dTWxAanbCCRi&smid=url-share

Opinion | There’s a Reason Trump Is Targeting Minneapolis
Minneapolis stands in defiance against Trump’s dark vision of America.

2026 NFL free agency: Kirk Cousins, Alvin Kamara among notable NFC cut candidates https://www.nfl.com/news/2026-nfl-free-agency-kirk-cousins-alvin-kamara-among-notable-nfc-cut-candidates

We are screwed
Jay Bhattacharya, a top Trump administration health official and an outspoken critic of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s response to the coronavirus pandemic,
will lead the CDC on an acting basis, according to four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe personnel moves.

Bhattacharya, who will continue his role as director of the National Institutes of Health, replaces Jim O’Neill, who had served as the CDC’s acting directo…

White House taps Jay Bhattacharya, CDC critic, to lead agency for now
The co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which rebuked CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will oversee the nation’s leading public health agency.

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People played the Frozen soundtrack to drown them out
Lang appears to be yelling anti-Muslim phrases on his megaphone, but it’s difficult to hear what he’s actually saying. Dozens of people, including ones from the media, are around him as he stumbles from one side of the street to the other.
Jake Lang trying to hit people with what appears to be a curtain rod
Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall. He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him.
Big ups to whoever got Lang with a water gun LMAO
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FYI, the temperature in Minneapolis is about 10°F / -12°C.
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Eat your l'il plastic heart out, Chatty Kathy:
After a teddy bear talked about kink, AI watchdogs are warning parents against smart toys | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/28/artificial-intelligence-smart-toys

Russia may target nuclear plant substations to cut power and force Ukraine’s capitulation, Ukrainian intelligence warns: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/russia-may-target-nuclear-plant.html

Urgently! Kupiansk is almost liberated: the AFU drove the Russians out of 90% of the city: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/urgently-kupiansk-is-almost-liberated.html

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