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Joanne Leon

@joanneleon

Mom, engineer BSIE, software, Rutgers alum, Lyme research advocate. Host of @AroundtheEmpire podcast: war & peace, geopolitics & more

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Germany Is Reinventing Itself as a Weapons Factory: As autos and heavy manufacturing falter, Berlin is steering factories, workers and capital toward rearming Europe My report via The Wall Street Journal wsj.com/world/europe/g…

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The Trump administration has suspended U.S. dollar shipments to Iraq and frozen security cooperation programs with its military, escalating pressure on Baghdad to dismantle Iranian-backed militias, Iraqi and U.S. officials said wsj.com/world/middle-e…

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Reverse discrimination does not undo historical injustices but rather perpetrates new ones against a different set of individuals. This foments social strife and undermines the ideal of America as a meritocracy. AI models should not be taught that this practice is justified.

Reverse discrimination does not undo historical injustices but rather perpetrates new ones against a different set of individuals. This foments social strife and undermines the ideal of America as a meritocracy. AI models should not be taught that this practice is justified.
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FT: The White House has accused China of undertaking industrial-scale theft of American AI labs’ intellectual property and warned that it would crack down on a practice that exploits US innovation. Demetri ft.com/content/abde4e…

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UPDATE: the DOJ has joined @xAI’s lawsuit against Colorado on First Amendment grounds. AI models should not be required to alter truthful output to comply with DEI.

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Bill Maher asks how the government is “failing the poor so badly” when he pays “60 PERCENT” of his earnings in taxes. “Last week was tax day… I paid the government probably almost 60% of what I earn. That’s a lot.” “And I… wouldn’t mind if Bernie Sanders would stop saying the

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Listen to This Article - New York Times: Old People Suck and We Should Take Their Stuff It’s time to do away with these societal “grifters” and “stowaways,” says an eminent Yale professor racket.news/p/listen-to-th…

Listen to This Article - New York Times: Old People Suck and We Should Take Their Stuff

It’s time to do away with these societal “grifters” and “stowaways,” says an eminent Yale professor

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If we're going to claim greed is the real culprit let's talk about why the country is flooded with illegal immigrants. The whole movement has no rational arguments against the actual problems caused by their open border policies so they parrot their default grievances for

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...As with other would-be assassins, such as Nicholas Roske, the rhetoric used by many politicians is being taken as a license for violence. jonathanturley.org/2026/02/06/pol… While they hope to ride the rage wave back into power, they are clearly unleashing chaos. jonathanturley.org/2024/07/14/the…

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Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert are perfecting a new genre of rage humor for the perpetually irate. Even without the later assassination attempt, Kimmel hit a new low in saying that the First Lady had "a glow like an expectant widow." facebook.com/watch/?v=79932…

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Breaking: Jerome Powell said he would remain on the Federal Reserve board as a governor, an unusual step that denies President Trump a vacancy on the central bank’s seven-member board on.wsj.com/48ssvj8

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The governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa and a number of other current and former officials were accused by US prosecutors with conspiring with cartel leaders to import drugs into the US in exchange for political support and bribes bloomberg.com/news/articles/…