Hostile Government Takeover by AGiftfromTodd

Beginning Music: Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variation #5
Ending Music: Electronic - Getting Away With it (Instrumental)

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The Hidden Persuaders - Good Reads

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say - LINK

Legal questions surround Trump's federal worker resignation offer - LINK

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TikTok ban: Why does the US want to shut down this app? - LINK

For TikTok users, mourning, frustration and clinging to hope as TikTok ban looms - LINK

Welt Am Draht - World On A Wire (1973) - LINK (Youtube)

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Families in shock begin to visit their charred homes in Los Angeles area - LINK

US right wing fans misinformation fires as firefighters battle Los Angeles blazes - LINK

Los Angeles fire maps show updating view of where Palisades, Eaton and more fires are burning right now - LINK

Inmates are fighting California wildfires in long-running and controversial practice - LINK

Why Do People Think NASA Has Discovered a 'Parallel Universe'? - LINK

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Soldier who died in Cybertruck explosion left note saying it was a ‘wakeup call’ for country’s ills - LINK

Driver who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas railed about ‘political grievances’ and domestic issues before suicide - LINK (CNN)

Suspect was pictured in New Orleans before attack - what else do we know? - LINK

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Four revelations from the House ethics report on Matt Gaetz - LINK

Rep. Kay Granger confirms she has "unforeseen health challenges" but denies report she is in Memory Care - LINK

Caning of Charles Sumner - LINK (Wikipedia)

Biden commutes 37 federal death row sentences. And, a push to understand long COVID - LINK

Two killed and scores injured in Germany as car ploughs into crowd at Christmas market - LINK

Finland boards oil tanker suspected of causing internet, power cable outages - LINK

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ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit - LINK

The Hidden Autopilot Data That Reveals Why Teslas Crash | WSJ - YOUTUBE

BBC Bweaking NuwuS - x.com/BBCBweaking / bsky.app/profile/bweaking.nuwus.org

House approves funding bill and sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline - LINK

Gerry Connolly defeats AOC to become top Democrat on Oversight Committee - LINK

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South Korea opposition leader urges president's party to back impeachment over martial law - LINK

In South Korea, insurrection charges are closing in on the president - LINK

A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden’s clemency list - LINK

Experts say Biden has a constitutional right to issue preemptive pardons - LINK

RFK Jr.'s lawyer and top ally asked FDA to revoke approval of polio vaccine - LINK

Some in the U.S. farm industry are alarmed by Trump's embrace of RFK Jr. and tariffs - LINK

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What we know about UnitedHealthcare CEO's fatal shooting outside NYC hotel - LINK

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