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Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Donald Trump have had a tense relationship
that escalated into threats by Mr. Trump,
before easing.
Anything could happen at their Feb. 3 meeting.
The meeting between the two presidents
— arranged after Trump threatened Mr. Petro with military action
— is meant to de-escalate tensions, diplomats said.
It is also meant to address topics such as “the fight against transnational organized crime, especially on the border,”…

Colombia’s President, an Outspoken Trump Critic, Heads to the White House
Gustavo Petro of Colombia and President Trump have had a tense relationship that escalated into threats by Mr. Trump, before easing. Anything could happen at their Feb. 3 meeting.

Filing: Chinese chipmaker GigaDevice aims to raise up to ~$600M in a Hong Kong IPO, offering 28.9M shares at up to ~$21 each (Nichiket Sunil/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-based-gigadev…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ClassicalLive
- Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’ from Vienna
Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including Mahler's 'Resurrection’ Symphony from Vienna plus a celebration of Radio 3's New Generation Artists.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002nprp

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Gustavo Cerati:
🎵 Cosas imposibles
#GustavoCerati
https://furz.bandcamp.com/track/gustavo-cerati-cosas-imposibles-furz-reworx
https://open.spotify.com/track/7be5IEj6GYti0jauRKODoG

*Was ist guter Lokaljournalismus?*
von Prof. Armin Scholl (Uni Münster)
"..., dass die Versorgung mit professionellem Lokaljournalismus wesentlich zum Funktionieren der Demokratie beiträgt."
"Dazu muss die Hoffnung bestehen, dass genau dies auch nachgefragt wird, also ein Publikum findet, das bereit ist, diese Art von Journalismus zu unterstützen."
1/2 ⬇️

Gastbeitrag von Armin Scholl | Was ist guter Lokaljournalismus? | RUMS
Guten Tag, kennen Sie noch die Gratiszeitung „Kaufen + Sparen“? Oder wenn Sie jünger sind, „Münster Dings“ auf Instagram oder TikTok? Beide liefern lokale Informationen über Münster, aber haben nicht viel mit richtigem Lokaljournalismus gemein. „Kaufen + Sparen“ war ein Anzeigenblatt, das [...]

Trump scolds CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins for not smiling as she asks about survivors of Epstein's abuse
Frustrated by her persistence in asking questions about Jeffrey Epstein during an Oval Office event
he wanted to use to promote himself and his party,
Donald Trump scolded the CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins for supposedly not smiling enough in his presence.
The exchange began with Collins pointing out that Trump’s attempt to frame the disclosures in the late…

Weil #ICE als #GESTAPO bezeichnet werden bei der @… nachlesen:

Vor 85 Jahren: Nazis bauen Macht der Gestapo aus | Hintergrund aktuell | bpb.de
Am 30. November 1933 trat das zweite "Gestapo-Gesetz" in Kraft, mit dem das Geheime Staatspolizeiamt in Preußen zu einem reichsweiten Terror-Instrument ausgebaut werden konnte - hin zu einer politischen und rassistischen Geheimpolizei ohne jede juris

So the maga-heads are demanding full funding of DHS because El Cheato's war has created an incentive for Iranian terrorist activity in the US.
NO WAY should be fund DHS - let it wither and die!!!
It was and is trump's choice to illegally launch a war in Iran (and Venezuela). And it was trump's acolytes who chose to turn ICE and CBP into an unholy resurrection of the German Stasi and Gestapo.
So, no funding for DHS, none. Period.

Trump repeats claim that federal government should run elections in some states
Asked by a reporter to explain his suggestion on Monday,
to podcaster-turned-FBI deputy-director-turned-podcaster-again Dan Bongino,
that the US should “nationalize” elections
and have them run by the federal government,
Trump repeats his false claims that elections in states he lost in 2020 were “crooked”.
“If you think about it, the state is an agent for the federal governmen…