>>14080424

https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/07/08/maneuver-warfare-in-space-the-strategic-imperative-for-nuclear-thermal-propulsion/

Traditional chemical propellants used in current satellite designs are only designed to last for a limited life span, increasing the likelihood an adversary could “run them dry” by forcing more defensive maneuvers than their energy stores can sustain. Thanks to advances in technology, nuclear thermal propulsion would provide a solution to this challenge. Even though it sounds straight out of science fiction, advances in materials, testing and technology are now able to provide crucial space propulsion options for defense space applications.

Nuclear thermal propulsion provides much higher thrust and twice the propellant efficiency of legacy chemical systems. It works by transferring heat from the nuclear reactor to a liquid propellant. The heat converts the liquid into a gas, which expands through the engine nozzle to provide thrust for the spacecraft. An added benefit is the reactor can also electrically power mission payloads, greatly extending battery life and eliminating reliance on solar recharge.

This technology is not new: U.S. experts have been working on maturing these capabilities for the past 50 years. The field has now advanced to the point where nuclear propulsion will provide the rapid maneuver and presence needed for both defensive and offensive space applications — the very attributes that speak to today’s threat-driven mission requirements.

https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-lindell-mypillow-lawsuit-against-dominion-paused-2021-7

A federal judge in Minnesota has pressed pause on pro-Trump pillow mogul Mike Lindell's lawsuit against Dominion Voting Systems.

US District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz's order, issued Wednesday afternoon, granted Dominion's request to put a hold on the case amid ongoing litigation in another lawsuit in Washington, DC.

Dominion told Schiltz, the judge in the Minnesota case, that it would move to dismiss Lindell's lawsuit but wanted to hear the DC-based judge's reasoning first to create less paperwork. Schiltz also, on Tuesday, put on hold a separate lawsuit from MyPillow against Dominion using the same reasoning.

"Dominion plans to move to transfer or dismiss this case for many of the same reasons it will move to dismiss or transfer the My Pillow suit," an attorney for Dominion wrote. "Because the issues in this case — which was brought by My Pillow's inventor, founder, CEO, and spokesperson, Michael J. Lindell — and the My Pillow case are substantially similar, we respectfully request that the Court stay this case as well."

I wonder if they take money from CHYNA

https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/08/codepink-sunrise-movement-biden-china-climate-48-left-wing-groups-letter/

Forty-eight left-wing groups sent a letter to President Joe Biden and members of Congress calling on them to look the other way on China’s human rights abuses in favor of cooperation on climate issues.

“We are deeply troubled by the growing Cold War mentality driving the United States’ approach to China— an antagonistic posture that risks undermining much-needed climate cooperation,” the groups wrote in the letter Wednesday, first reported by Politico.

Signatories include CODEPINK, which supports socialist Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, and the Sunrise Movement, which is backed by Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and uses children and teenagers at their protests.

Criticism of China “does nothing to actually support the well-being of everyday people in either China or the United States,” they continued, calling “on the Biden administration and all members of Congress to… prioritize multilateralism, diplomacy, and cooperation with China to address the existential threat that is the climate crisis.”

They should just show up at the southern border, be quicker

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-translators-afghanistan-withdrawal-taliban-b1880591.html

President Joe Biden will announce a plan to house Afghan translators outside their homeland in foreign countries as they await admission into the US as part of his address regarding the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9769121/Squad-member-Rashida-Tlaib-calls-defund-Homeland-Security-border-immigration-agencies.html

Rashida Tlaib is calling on Congress to defund every federal enforcement agency tasked with protecting U.S. borders as Joe Biden's administration continues to struggle to address a growing migration crisis at the southern border.

'We must eliminate funding for CBP [Customs and Border Protection], ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and their parent organization DHS [Department of Homeland Security],' the progressive 'squad' member demanded.

Tlaib insisted during a virtual interview with Just Futures Law uploaded on Wednesday that advocates and human service agents 'continue to see over and over again that these agencies are inept.'

The Michigan representative said that rather than 'humanely guiding migrants through our immigration system', these agencies 'continue to terrorize migrant communities located within our communities.'