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Virginia Democrats expect to release proposed new congressional map this week (Brakkton Booker/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/virginia-congressional-map-redistricting-00767226
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p76#a260205p76

Pro-American, Iranian Kurdish forces based in Iraq
are preparing armed units that could enter Iran,
creating a potential new front in an already expanding conflict,
according to Iraqi officials and senior members of Iranian Kurdish groups.
The C.I.A. has previously given small arms to the Iranian Kurdish forces as part of a covert program to destabilize Iran,
an effort that began before the current war, according to people familiar with the effort.
But in …

Pro-American Kurdish Forces Are Preparing Possible Iran Incursion
The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.

A propos die Clintons und deren Aussage zu Epstein: Ich hatte vor einem Jahr die Gelegenheit, Bill Clinton in Berlin bei einer Rede zu hören (don't ask) und ich bin nicht sicher, ob er dazu in der Verfassung ist.
Aber vielleicht geht's ihm ja besser. Mitleid habe ich wenig.
Bill Clinton schießt bei Rede in Berlin gegen Donald Trump | STERN.de

💢 Partisan X posts boost political polarisation among users, research finds
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/27/partisan-x-posts-increase-political-polarisation-among-users-social-media-resea…

Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years

"The relationship between power, poverty, inequality, and lack of political participation is mirrored in the damage to the natural world. They cannot be divorced from each other."
—Yale School of the Environment professor Gerald Torres ’77 J.D. writing in the new issue of Reflections https://

Sources: Alphabet plans a new complex in Bengaluru, India, which can accommodate up to 20K extra staff, amid US visa restrictions and proposed H-1B fee hikes (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-03/alphabet…

Miles Rapoport, the co-chairman of Crimson Courage, an alumni group that has urged Harvard to resist any deal that compromises its academic freedom,
said Trump and his White House were “completely unreliable negotiating partners.”
“I hope this strengthens Harvard’s resolve to not make a deal with an administration that is so ready to go nuclear at any moment,” Mr. Rapoport said.
Ryan Enos, a government professor at Harvard, said Trump’s shifting demands seemed to show he wa…

Trump, Changing Course, Throws Harvard Deal Talks Into Chaos
In the latest example of his mercurial negotiating style, President Trump went from dropping his ask for a $200 million fine to demanding $1 billion from the university.

Trump seeks $1 billion from Harvard amid dispute over alleged campus antisemitism (Reuters)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-harvard-1-billion-antisemitism-diversity-transgender-probes-rcna257221
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p34#a260203p34

If the United States is now kidnapping and killing dictators without direct provocation,
it will come back to bite us
after demolishing our moral authority in the world
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-comme…

War Is Peace: Trump’s Regime-Change Reversal
President Trump launched a war of regime change in Iran without a plan — a move that will demolish America's moral authority in the world.