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France's far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack (Agence France-Presse)
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/frances-far-right-leader-hit-by-egg-days-after-flour-attack/?taid=692b820cc7c4790001ebfc5b&utm_campaign=trueAnthem: Trending Content
http://www.memeorandum.com/251129/p55#a251129p55

Donald Trump has bizarrely claimed he didn’t approve of the massive ICE raid of a Hyundai manufacturing plant in Georgia.
“I was very much opposed,”
the MAGA leader told reporters aboard Air Force One,
en route to Japan as part of his wider diplomatic tour of Asia.
Hyundai is a major South Korean car manufacturer.
On Oct. 29, Trump will meet with its President, Lee Jae Myung, who has previously blasted the raid.
She warned the action would have severe con…

Trump Hammers His Own ICE Goons to Suck Up to Foreign Leader
He is slamming ICE over a raid at a U.S. Hyundai plant as he prepares to meet with South Korea’s president.

Leader of Russian Volunteer Corps Killed Fighting For Kyiv  - The Moscow Times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/27/leader-of-russian-volunteer-corps-killed-fighting-for-kyiv-a91564

US lifts sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Dodik and his allies (Daria Sito-Sucic/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-lifts-sanctions-bosnian-serb-leader-dodik-his-allies-2025-10-29/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p68#a251029p68

This pile of riot-appeasing baloney can roll right down the beach and cheerfully sink beneath the waves.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1029/1541211-tanaiste-immigration/

Govt should reconsider immigration policies, says Harris
Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working and that the Government should reconsider existing policies "in a very serious way".

The Telegraph's sale to RedBird Capital faces new controversy after the paper linked RedBird's John Thornton to Chinese leader and suspected spy chief Cai Qi (Simon Goodley/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct

New : French Judiciary Targets OKC Cult Leader Robert Spatz
https://chardonsbleus.org/en/french-judiciary-targets-okc-cult-leader-robert-spatz/#

French Judiciary Targets OKC Cult Leader Robert Spatz
Source information from Le Monde latest on the OKC case In 2019, six survivors brought forward allegations of severe abuse, including coercion, assault, and ...

Trump Spoke by Phone Last Week With Maduro, Venezuela's Leader (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/politics/trump-spoke-by-phone-last-week-with-maduro-venezuelas-leader.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k8.71F2.wOyy08If19vk&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251128/p48#a251128p48

Here's one way to respond to the decline in church membership in the US...
"Two new ‘churches’ show Santa Cruz may be leading the next wave of psychedelics"
https://lookout.co/two-new-churches-show-santa-cruz-may-be-l…

Two new ‘churches’ show Santa Cruz may be leading the next wave of psychedelics
Two local churches – Holy Trinity of Divine Church and the Rising Phoenix Entheogenic Temple – now make it easy to become a member and “buy” a wide assortment of raw mushrooms, gummies, chocolates and capsules. Together, they make a Santa Cruz a national leader in envisioning what psychedelic legality might look like.

From the D-Day ceremony in Normandy, France on Jun 6, 2024, marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
A WWII veteran tried to kiss Zelensky’s hand. #Zelensky stopped and hugged him. “No, you saved Europe. You are our hero.”
A leader who has the humanity to respect & revere our veterans. Imagine that.

Fedora 43 is out!
#fedora #linux

Fedora Linux 43 is here! - Fedora Magazine
I’m excited to announce my very first Fedora Linux release as the new Fedora Project Leader. Fedora Linux 43 is here! 43 releases! Wow that’s a lot. I was thinking about proposing special tetracontakaitrigon stickers to celebrate this release, but I’m not sure anyone would notice they weren’t circles. Thank you and congrats to everyone […]

Russian PMC Espanola leader Stanislav Orlov reportedly killed in occupied Crimea during masked raid: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/23/russian-pmc-espanola-leader-stanislav.html

Dak moves by Romo, now Cowboys' passing leader https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47077800/dak-prescott-becomes-cowboys-career-passing-yards-leader

If you’re a mediocre manager / executive / admin / leader, what this feels like is •you• have a brilliant idea that will fix things or save a bazillion dollars or boost the metrics or whatever, but all these annoying underling keep telling you that you can’t do that for reasons that you don’t understand and that make no sense to you and you suspect they’re kind of making up.
And you keep saying “Can’t you just…” and they keep giving these confusing gobbledygook answers and the result is that your brilliant leadership cannot come to fruition.
4/

I've just published my latest #podcast episode, where we focus on the importance of leader awareness of intercultural differences at work. I'm joined by an experienced workplace psychologist - Dr. Austin Tay.
👉🏻 You can find Ep 197 of 'My Pocket Psych' wherever you get your podcasts.
Thanks for listening!

"Some of the mistakes we have made, some of the unforced errors have given a sense that we are not on the side of ordinary people."
I imagine Leo is of the Roman persuasion too.
Who is new deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev1d3

Who is new deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell?
A Labour activist since the age of nine, the Manchester MP has promised to be a voice for party members.

Donald Trump has said he will grand a pardon to
Juan Orlando Hernšndez,
the former president of Honduras
who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US
on drug trafficking and weapons charges.
Hernšndez was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments

The Dynamic Leader Podcast
My intention, with every conversation, is to offer you, as leaders, insights and strategies on how you can become more effective in your role, to be strong and to be kind...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-dy

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company expects to earn close to $15B in profit in 2025, up from around $13B in 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-24/stablecoin-leader-tether-expect…

Tibetan religious authorities supported abusive leader of Belgian Buddhist sect (OKC) https://europeanacademyofreligionandsociety.com/news/tibetan-religious-authorities-supported-abusive-leader-of-belgian-bud…

Tibetan religious authorities supported abusive Belgian leader - EARS
Tibetan religious authorities supported the abusive leader of the Belgian Buddhist sect OKC, known as Robert Spatz.

Multihead Finite-State Dimension
Xiang Huang, Xiaoyuan Li, Jack H. Lutz, Neil Lutz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22912 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.22912…

Multihead Finite-State Dimension
We introduce multihead finite-state dimension, a generalization of finite-state dimension in which a group of finite-state agents (the heads) with oblivious, one-way movement rules, each reporting only one symbol at a time, enable their leader to bet on subsequent symbols in an infinite data stream. In aggregate, such a scheme constitutes an $h$-head finite state gambler whose maximum achievable growth rate of capital in this task, quantified using betting strategies called gales, determines th…

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said he had outlined his concerns about the state of healthcare in the country to Trump, and said:
“He seemed to, for the first time, understand the magnitude of this crisis.
“We hope he’ll talk to the Republican leaders and tell them, we need bipartisan input on healthcare, on decisions into their bill. Their bill does not have these – they never talked to us.”
But there was little sign that Republicans had shifted from their demands tha…

Spotlight on Puka Nacua intensifies as questions about Rams' star receiver evolve https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6921810/2025/12/29/puka-nacua-rams-star-wide-receiver/

Trump Hammers His Own ICE Goons to Suck Up to Foreign Leader (Will Neal/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-hammers-his-own-ice-goons-to-suck-up-to-south-korean-leader-over-raid-on-georgia-hyundai-plant/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251027/p36#a251027p36

Spain dismantles “GXC Team” cybercrime syndicate, arrests leader
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spain-dismantles-gxc-team-cybercrime-syndicate-arrests-leader/

Spain dismantles “GXC Team” cybercrime syndicate, arrests leader
Spanish Guardia Civil have dismantled the "GXC Team" cybercrime syndicate and arrested its alleged leader, a 25-year-old Brazilian known as "GoogleXcoder."

Europe’s Original Climate-Resilient City Has a Lesson for Us All
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-25/amsterdam-750th-anniversary-showcases-centuries-of-climate-adaptation

Amsterdam 750th Anniversary Showcases Centuries of Climate Adaptation
On Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary, it continues to be a leader in climate adaptation — showing how a city can thrive in overcoming existential challenges.

This guy was their PARTY LEADER.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yd878ejqko

Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.

Nice to see a UK party leader demonstrate some actual compassion and care this Christmas. I'm so fed up with politicians pedaling hate and division trying to pander to terrible racism and xenophobia, trying to pick up the votes of the hateful.
This is what political leadership really is. Not following the right wing media hatred but countering it.
Zack Polanski's Christmas message is less than five minutes.
#green #christmas

Behind the scenes, some of the most powerful people around Trump have been trying to persuade him to attack Venezuela
— and remove its president, Nicolšs Maduro
— in what would be an extraordinary escalation of months-long military build-up in the Caribbean.
Those in favour of the strikes say they could bring democracy and prosperity to Venezuela
and provide a way for the eight million people who have fled the country in the past ten years to return.
These includ…

Will Trump invade Venezuela — and what comes next?
Pressure is ramping up on Maduro’s regime, amid reports Trump has spoken to the leader by phone. Inside the White House, advisers are pushing for the US to do more

Bueno, y el premio Nobel de la Paz 2025 es para la venezolana Maria Corina Machado
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nobel-peace-prize-maria-corina-machado-venezuela-opposition-leader-2025/

🐂 Spain’s Civil Guard Arrests Alleged Leader of 260M Euro Crypto-Linked Ponzi Scheme
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/11/09/spain-s-civil-guard-arrests-alleged-leader-of-260m-euro-crypto-linked-ponzi-scheme…

Spain’s Civil Guard Arrests Leader of 260M Euro Crypto-Linked Alleged Ponzi Scheme
The alleged Ponzi scheme attracted over 3,000 victims by offering guaranteed returns on contracts tied to various assets.

There is an error in this Associated Press article (dated October 3th) : CAPSAT is not an elite military unit.
In fact, it is often seen in the army as a place of punishment, where people are sent to be forgotten.
No wonder it was a focal point of frustration in 2009 and 2025.
#Madagascar #GenZRevolution

One way to reduce the violent rhetoric in politics is for Trump to stop pardoning criminals.
• https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/pardoned-jan-6-rioter-accused-threatening-us-democratic-leader-jeffries-2025-10…

Hubris much?
#AusPol

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley guarantees she will remain leader until next election
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley may be under siege, but says she has no doubts she will remain party leader until the next federal election.

Alabama GOP Leader Who Used Fake ID To Vote Has Trans Books Axed From Kids Sections At Public Libraries - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/11/alabama-gop-leader-who-used-fake-id-to-vote-has-trans-books-axed-from-kids-sections-at-public-libraries/

RE: #bcgreens leader looking strong.

Auch wir vom Team Troet.Cafe sprechen unsere ungebrochene Solidarität mit @… aus, dessen Leitung momentan von der U.S. Regierung mit Sanktionen angegriffen wird.
Der Präsident des Internationalen Strafgerichtshof erhielt auch eine Sanktion dieser Art, für ihn hieß das: Einreiseverbot, Schließung seiner Bankkonten, Schließu…

Cowboys Eye Pass-Rush Boost With Trade for NFL Sack Leader https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-eye-pass-rush-boost-with-trade-for-nfl-sack-leader

The US are a corrupt murderous pit and a mobster is the leader of that country. https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/115425443945960807

"Changes to Advent of Code starting this December"
TL;DR: There's going to be fewer days and no global leader board.
https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/1ocwh04/changes_to_advent_of_code_starting_this_decembe…

Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
INTERCEPTOR LEADER: [V.O.] Interceptor Leader to Control. Request instructions!
SERVALAN: Hold position, Interceptor Leader, and wait for instructions from Assault Leader One. We will attack when the Liberator breaks out of Alpha Sector. Four should do it nicely. Well, Dastor, I think it's time we had a little strategic counsel. Bring this - Jarvik to me.

Oh how does this keep happening to #reform? They really must be very unlucky to have so many wrong-uns in their ranks. Gill was the party leader in #wales : h…

Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a "grave betrayal" of the electorate's trust and inflicted "profound harm".

Exasperation with the United States has been building in Vietnam.
Blow by blow, it has risen with the elimination of American aid for clean energy and H.I.V. prevention,
up-and-down tariffs,
indifference to requests for a leader-to-leader meeting,
a Trump family golf development near Hanoi that has enraged local residents,
and surprises like the new tax on U.S. imports of furniture
— one of Vietnam’s priority industries for growth.
It has been 50 ye…

Is the U.S. Losing in Vietnam? Russia, North Korea and China Are Gaining.
U.S. allies worry that American volatility and Russian outreach and arms sales, in particular, are driving Vietnam into a new phase.

Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago (Julie Bosman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/chicago-bovino-tear-gas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE8.zvwS.tyOHcndQdwCm&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p36#a251029p36

Dak set to become Cowboys' career passing leader https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47051314/dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott-passing-leader

I tried to reach the last owners of Versailles to see how having such an opulent palace while your people starve worked out… but they seem not to be able to reply.
https://apnews.com/article/east-wing-white-house-ballroom-demolition-b60f…

What lawmakers are saying about Trump's demolition of the East Wing
Members of Congress are divided largely along party lines on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that President Donald Trump wants to build. The stunning images of the teardown this week have left Democratic lawmakers incensed. Republicans, meanwhile, are likening it to a long line of White House renovations over the years. House Speaker Mike Johnson says “the ballroom is going to be glorious.” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schu…

Tibetan religious authorities supported abusive leader of Belgian Buddhist sect (OKC) https://europeanacademyofreligionandsociety.com/news/tibetan-religious-authorities-supported-abusive-leader-of-belgian-bud…

Tibetan religious authorities supported abusive Belgian leader - EARS
Tibetan religious authorities supported the abusive leader of the Belgian Buddhist sect OKC, known as Robert Spatz.

While Phillipson was seen as a Starmer loyalist, in my view she'd have been at least as good a choice. Not that I really care about what happens in Labour Party any more.
Lucy Powell appointed new deputy leader of the Labour Party | ITV News
https://www.itv.com/news/202…

liars gotta lie! stop the lies Dallas!
https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/115571477279104286

As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazon is playing defense by blocking agents' access to its site and investing heavily in its own tools (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/amazon-faces-a-dilemma-fight…

Amazon faces 'leader's dilemma' — fight AI shopping bots or join them
Agents like OpenAI's Instant Checkout and Perplexity's Instant Buy threaten to reshape the e-commerce landscape.

"Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm"
#Brazil #AmazonRainforest #FossilFuels

A federal agent's daring plan: Recruit Maduro's pilot to turn on the Venezuelan leader (Joshua Goodman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/dhs-plan-capture-maduro-pilot-planes-7915d5a0819ceb518a8ca2b47da8b2e5
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p48#a251028p48

Ian @… is a technical leader who is looking for a new role. He’s built a number of “full stack” things from scratch and has a recent security designation.
Please share if you know of companies that could benefit from his skill set.

North Korea on Thursday displayed apparent progress in the construction of a
nuclear-powered submarine,
with state media photos showing a largely completed hull,
as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited a shipyard to inspect the construction of what the North describes as
an 8,700-ton-class nuclear-propelled submarine,
which the leader has called a…

North Korea shows progress on nuclear-powered submarine
North Korea displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday said Kim had visited a shipyard to inspect the construction of what the North describes as an 8,700-ton-class nuclear-propelled submarine, which he has previously called a crucial step in the moderniz…

Dak Prescott passes Tony Romo as Cowboys' career passing leader: Where he ranks all-time among Dallas QBs

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/dak-prescott-cowbo…

New : French Judiciary Targets OKC Cult Leader Robert Spatz
https://chardonsbleus.org/en/french-judiciary-targets-okc-cult-leader-robert-spatz/#

French Judiciary Targets OKC Cult Leader Robert Spatz
Source information from Le Monde latest on the OKC case In 2019, six survivors brought forward allegations of severe abuse, including coercion, assault, and ...

Venezuelan opposition leader awarded Nobel Peace Prize, sought by Trump: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/10/venezuelan-opposition-leader-awarded-nobel.html

Grenell Vows To Sue Musician For $1M For Canceling Kennedy Center Show Due To Dear Leader's Renaming - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/grenell-vows-to-sue-musician-for-1m-over-canceled-kennedy-center-show-due-to-glorious-leaders-renaming/

Lucy Powell is Labour's new deputy leader (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/lucy-powell-labour-new-deputy-leader/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251025/p4#a251025p4

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, according to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the Bloomberg news service,
advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal,
say Russia had supported it and that he respects the president as a man of peace.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said according to the transcript.
When asked by Russian state media to comment on Bloomberg’s…

How Witkoff coached Putin's aide on pitching Trump, according to a Bloomberg report
President Donald Trump’s chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a Ukraine peace plan. That's according to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published Tuesday by Bloomberg News. The news agency said it reviewed a recording of the call. It said Trump envoy Steve Witkoff advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call the U.S. leader to c…

OpenAI confirms Andrea Vallone, the head of an OpenAI safety research team that works on ChatGPT's mental health responses, is set to leave at the end of 2025 (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-research-lead-mental-health-quietly-depar…

A Research Leader Behind ChatGPT’s Mental Health Work Is Leaving OpenAI
The model policy team leads core parts of AI safety research, including how ChatGPT responds to users in crisis.

Cowboys' Dak Prescott 'humbled' to near passing Tony Romo as Dallas' all-time pass yards leader

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cowboys…

Alleged leader of cultlike 'Zizian' group pleads not guilty to federal gun charge (Justin Fenton/The Banner)
https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/zizian-group-cult-leader-not-guilty-plea-HNG2KNZIGVBLBN2X3XP3MEAXPE/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p128#a251125p128

Dallas Cowboys linked to former NFL sack leader to bolster pass rush https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-linked-former-nfl-sack-leader-trey-hendrickson-bolster-pass-rush

This widely-linked story is, I think, much ado about nothing. Anyone who's seen the inside of an Amazon warehouse immediately thinks “Shouldn’t robots be doing this?” and that includes every Amazon biz and engineering leader, starting like 25 years ago. There is no doubt that the whole warehouse sector would love to replace humans with robots. It’s hard. So what’s new? Is it possible LLM fairy dust will solve the problem? Unconvinced.

Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents
Amazon is leaning into automation plans that will enable the company to avoid hiring more than half a million US workers, according to leaked documents.

"Known for its oil, Texas became a renewable energy leader. Now it’s being unplugged."
#US #USA #America #Energy

Known for its oil, Texas became a renewable energy leader. Now it’s being unplugged.
The state was to get $400 million for solar energy in disadvantaged communities. The Trump administration took it all back.

A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of Vladimir Putin of
justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison.
Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin and is affiliated with the Communist party, was arrested last year.
According to Russian independent news site Mediazona, the charges against him stem from an article Udaltsov posted online in support of another group of Russian activists accused of …

New : French Judiciary Targets OKC Cult Leader Robert Spatz
https://chardonsbleus.org/en/french-judiciary-targets-okc-cult-leader-robert-spatz/#

French Judiciary Targets OKC Cult Leader Robert Spatz
Source information from Le Monde latest on the OKC case In 2019, six survivors brought forward allegations of severe abuse, including coercion, assault, and ...

Berlin must become a leader in the drone industry, support Ukraine, German Economy Minister says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/07/berlin-must-become-a-leader.html

Staten Island Leader Pushes Secession Over Mamdani - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/staten-island-leader-pushes-secession-over-mamdani/

Series B, Episode 10 - Voice from the Past
AVON: Don't overreact. Remember, this is for your beloved leader.
JENNA: Well, I hope Blake appreciates this.
BLAKE: Renounce. Renounce.
ORAC: Renounce what? Tell us what.
BLAKE: Freedom. Freedom Party.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/210/127

Sachin Katti, Intel's CTO and AI officer, says he is leaving the company to join OpenAI; Intel says CEO Lip-Bu Tan will take over its AI efforts (CRN)
https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/2025/intel-ai-leader-sachin-katti-dec…

Intel AI Leader Sachin Katti Decamps To OpenAI
Intel Chief Technology Officer Sachin Katti is headed to OpenAI.

Cowboys leader named Community MVP for work spotlighting mental health https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/11/21/cowboys-dt-solomon-thomas-nflpa-community-mvp-week-12-me…

Turkish court expected to rule on case that could oust opposition leader (Ece Toksabay/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-court-expected-rule-case-that-could-oust-opposition-leader-2025-10-24/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251024/p6#a251024p6

People urged to wear masks when they are ill as UK faces ‘tidal wave’ of flu | Flu | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/09/nhs-leader-calls-for-revival-of-mask-wearing-amid-tidal-wave-of-flu<…

Dutch online grocery store Picnic raised €430M from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and others, after raising €355M in January 2024 (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/11/21/dutch-online-grocery-store-picnic-raises-430m/

Dutch online grocery store Picnic raises €430M
Dutch online grocery store Picnic has raised €430 million from existing investors and is ploughing much of the funding to grow its operations in Germany.Picnic's existing investors include German supermarket giant Edeka, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, Dutch investment firm Hoyberg and Amsterdam-headquartered investment firm NPM Capital.As well as bolstering its presence in Germany, where Picnic says it's the market leader, the funds will be used to expand into multiple unnamed m…

Michail Chkhikvishvili,
a self-described cult leader who called himself “Commander Butcher”,
did not look like a Hollywood vision of a contemporary terrorist,
despite the bizarre, almost made-for-TV extremist actions he planned,
such as having people dressed as Santa Claus hand out poison candies on the streets of New York.
Chkhikvishvili appeared in a Brooklyn court last week as one might find an office IT tech:
close-cropped hair and black-rimmed glasses…

Tibetan religious authorities supported abusive leader of Belgian Buddhist sect (OKC) https://europeanacademyofreligionandsociety.com/news/tibetan-religious-authorities-supported-abusive-leader-of-belgian-bud…

Tibetan religious authorities supported abusive Belgian leader - EARS
Tibetan religious authorities supported the abusive leader of the Belgian Buddhist sect OKC, known as Robert Spatz.

Also: "Vanity Fair quotes Wiles as referring to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought as a “a right-wing absolute zealot.”"
Wiles Torches Top White House Officials In Interview, Says Glorious Leader "Has An Alcoholic's Personality" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/wiles-torches-top-white-house-officials-in-interview-says-glorious-leader-has-an-alcoholics-personality/

Turkish Court Rejects Case Versus Opposition, Aiding Markets (Firat Kozok/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-24/turkish-court-drops-case-against-opposition-party-leader
http://www.memeorandum.com/251024/p35#a251024p35

Escalating the friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America,
Donald Trump said Sunday, the United States will slash assistance to Colombia because its leader, Gustavo Petro,
“does nothing to stop” drug production"
The U.S. president warned that Petro “better close up” drug operations “or the United States will close them up for him, and it won’t be done nicely.”
Hours later, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the latest U.S. strik…

Trump announces an end to US aid to Colombia
It's a war of words between President Donald Trump and Colombian leader Gustavo Petro over illegal drugs, with hundreds of millions of dollars in American aid hanging in the balance. Trump says he'll slash U.S. assistance and enact tariffs because Colombia's leftist president “does nothing to stop” drug production and is an “illegal drug leader.” Petro is rejecting the accusations and defending his work to fight narcotics in Colombia, the world’s largest exporter of cocaine. Colombia …

2025 NFL playoff picture, standings: Buccaneers have early lead in NFC, Colts surprise AFC leader

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2025-nf

The former executive producer of 60 Minutes Bill Owens
said he faced intense internal pressure from his corporate bosses
to avoid certain stories that had the potential to generate backlash for parent company Paramount,
in his first public remarks since his sudden resignation in late April.
In January, 60 Minutes ran a segmentfeaturing former state department employees who had quit over how Joe Biden’s administration handled the war in Gaza.
The segment drew bac…

Turning Point leader pleads guilty to attempted election fraud
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-arizona-lawmaker-guilty-attempted-election-fraud-40622084/

Cincinnati ICE Leader Charged Federally, Booked into Butler County Jail (Madeline Fening/Cincinnati CityBeat)
https://www.citybeat.com/news/update-cincinnati-ice-leader-charged-federally-booked-into-butler-county-jail/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p55#a251219p55

Rumors flew in the hours after a shooting at Brown University killed two students on Dec. 13.
One falsehood had it that one of the victims, a leader of the college Republican Club, was “targeted for her conservative beliefs, hunted, and killed in cold blood.”
Another was that it had been a terrorist attack, a claim that made the rounds when a Palestinian student was identified as a possible suspect two days later and hounded on the internet.
⭐️A churn of disinformation after…

Prominent Leaders Amplify Disinformation About Brown University Shooting
Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.

NFL sack leader Nik Bonitto excited to chase Von Miller's team record: 'Maybe one day I can be in those shoes'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-sack-leade…

"Weiss touted El Salvador’s brutal leader while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison."
Bari Weiss Spiked CBS Story on CECOT After Praising Bukele
https://zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss-trump-el-salvador-cecot-60-minutes

Ukraine risks losing key partner or its dignity, warns Zelenskyy,
as Trump sets Thanksgiving deadline to accept deal
US president says ‘Thursday is an appropriate time’ in radio interview as Ukrainian leader weighs up US proposal
Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president António Costa have insisted on Friday that Ukraine must have a central role in deciding its future
and said European leaders would hold discussions on the US-drafted proposal on Saturday.

Furious progressives swarm Schumer's job as Democratic leader (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/18/schumer-democratic-leader-senate
http://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p168#a251117p168

Angered by the Democratic leadership’s fecklessness and lack of a bold vision for the future,
a group of senators including Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
has formed an alliance to push back on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the party’s campaign arm ahead of next year’s critical midterm elections.
The “Fight Club” is pressing the Democratic Party to
“embrace candidates willing to challenge entrenched corporate interests,

Sanders, Warren Help Form Senate Democratic ‘Fight Club’ Challenging Schumer’s Leadership | Common Dreams
"So glad there are some Senate Dems willing to fight back," said one progressive strategist.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping,
who told Trump that Taiwan's "return to China" is a key part of Beijing's vision for the world order.
The call between Trump and Xi came weeks after the two leaders met in South Korea, where they agreed to a "framework" for a trade deal that has yet to be finalized

Cincinnati ICE Leader Accused of Strangling Woman Held on $400k Bond (Madeline Fening/Cincinnati CityBeat)
https://www.citybeat.com/news/cincinnati-ice-leader-accused-of-strangling-woman-held-on-400k-bond/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p28#a251213p28

On Sunday night Bari Weiss,
the editor of The Free Press and the new head of CBS News,
abruptly stopped a forthcoming 60 Minutes report on the torture endured by migrants in the brutal El Salvadoran prison CECOT,
where the Trump administration has sent more than 280 men.
Trump supporters praised the decision from Weiss, who,
notwithstanding her description of conditions at CECOT as “horrific,”
had previously praised El Salvadoran leader Nayib Bukele for ma…

Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect
How we got to a place where free speech means whatever conservatives want to say

Trump mulls asking Israel to free Palestinian leader Barghouti as US looks to Gaza's post-Hamas rule (Aamer Madhani/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-gaza-barghouti-israel-palestinians-hamas-909aabb7b905f95e3890280cf72df5bd
http://www.memeorandum.com/251023/p159#a251023p159

Putin calls European leaders
‘little pigs’
and says Russia will achieve its
Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force
The Russian leader says the aims of its ‘special military operation’ will be met ‘unconditionally
https://www…

Oklahoma Black Lives Matter leader indicted on alleged misuse of donations (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/11/oklahoma-city-black-lives-matter-leader-indicted/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p142#a251211p142

Among those who joined Jeff Merkly
on the Senate floor was
Cory Booker, who said:
“We are seeing a time now that if we do not ring the alarm bells,
more and more Americans will be hurt by a president
who is acting more like an authoritarian leader than a democratically elected executive.”
Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal likened Trump’s partial demolition of the White House East Wing
to layoffs and funding cuts he has ordered across the government.

Bari Weiss gushed about the popularity of El Salvador’s president,
who describes himself as the “world’s coolest dictator,”
and how safe he’s made the Central American nation
– without noting he’s suspended basic civil liberties,
has been accused of making deals with gang leaders,
and has thrown thousands of innocent people in jail without giving them a fair trial.
Months later, on Sunday night, Weiss squashed a CBS News story on the treatment of immigran…

Bari Weiss Spiked CBS Story on CECOT After Praising Bukele
Weiss praised El Salvador’s brutal leader, Nayib Bukele, while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune noted that the next vote in the Senate, on the House-passed stopgap funding bill to reopen the government, will take place tomorrow (October 22).
He said he’s confident that he’ll get enough Democrats on board to cross the 60-vote threshold