Rubio, Scott, Dunn to Biden Admin: Haitian Adoption Cases Must Be Expedited

(the Clintons destroyed haiti, so they can take the kids)

Jun 13, 2024 | Press Releases

Amid political and social turmoil in Haiti, children who have been matched with American parents are currently waiting for approval from Haitian authorities to complete the adoption process. Several of which will join families in Florida.

U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) as well as Representative Neal Dunn (R-FL) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas urging them to work with the Haitian Government to expedite the adoption process.

“Given the hardships in Haiti, we request an expedited processing timeline in collaboration with Haitian authorities. The lack of accountability and oversight in Haiti’s institutions poses risks to vulnerable children, and delays exacerbate their vulnerability.”

https://www.rubio.senate.gov/rubio-scott-dunn-to-biden-admin-haitian-adoption-cases-must-be-expedited/

North Dakota votes must be certified to make elections official

(Bismarck, ND) – The votes have been counted, concessions have been made but the primary election results in North Dakota won't be official for several more days.

Secretary of State Michael Howe says the county canvassing boards have to meet 13 days after the election and the state canvassing board meets 15 days after the election to certify the votes.

Once that is done the elections are official.

https://www.wdayradionow.com/news/regional-news/77247-north-dakota-votes-must-be-certified-to-make-elections-official

Biden taps CFTC commissioner Goldsmith Romero to lead scandal-hit FDIC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero, a Democratic member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to replace Martin Gruenberg as chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the White House said on Thursday.

The intended nomination from the White House comes after Gruenberg, a Democrat, said in May he would step down once a successor is confirmed by the Senate. The FDIC chief succumbed to pressure from lawmakers who said the bank regulator needed fresh leadership after an investigation found widespread sexual harassment and other misconduct at the agency.

Goldsmith Romero, 53, has a background in enforcement and has led major actions against Wall Street banks and other financial firms during her career. She joined the CFTC in March 2022 after a decade investigating financial crime and fraud as the watchdog of a key 2009 financial crisis bailout program.

The White House also said it plans to nominate Kristin Johnson, another Democratic CFTC Commissioner, to be the Treasury Department's assistant secretary for financial institutions, a key role after three banks failed in 2023.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-nominate-cftc-commissioner-goldsmith-172103284.html

U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid to trademark ‘Trump too small’

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by a California man to trademark the suggestive phrase “Trump too small.”

The court, in a unanimous opinion, ruled that the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) had correctly turned down the request to trademark the slogan about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Steve Elster, who wanted to print T-shirts with the phrase, had claimed before the court that the PTO’s rejection of his trademark application was a violation of his First Amendment free speech rights.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-too-small-supreme-court/

Eye Tracking lets you navigate iOS 18 without touching your iPhone

Apple's Eye Tracking tech offers a new way for iPhone and iPad owners to interact with their devices. The first appearance in iOS 18 demonstrates how powerful it can be to some users.

In May, Apple revealed some of the accessibility features arriving in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, and included eye tracking as one of them.

Eye Tracking is one of the primary ways that the Apple Vision Pro functions. It's used to track what the user is looking at, so screen elements can be selected and used, with a pinch of the fingers to confirm.

The version found in iOS 18 is the same concept, but for a much smaller screen.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/13/eye-tracking-lets-you-navigate-ios-18-without-touching-your-iphone

During former President Donald Trump's visit to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Republicans surprised him with a birthday cake.

Representative Mike Lee said the cake had "45" and "47" candles on it, a reference to his first term as president and the potential for him to be the 47th president, as well. Before blowing out the candles, Trump said he would make a wish that related to "everyone in this room," according to Senator Cynthia Lummis.

Representative Matt Gaetz characterized the House meeting as a "pep rally" for Trump, emphasizing unity within the party. Trump urged Republicans to come together and avoid internal conflicts, offering to support members in tough races through tele-townhalls and other means. However, he also acknowledged that he was supporting some of their opponents.

In his first visit to Capitol Hill since the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, Trump met with Republicans to discuss campaign strategies ahead of the November election. Trump praised House Speaker Mike Johnson and pledged to help Republicans "win big" in the upcoming election, adding that he plans to make a bid to win every state.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-gets-early-birthday-surprise-1912613?piano_t=1

House appropriators sign off on pay raise for junior troops as Democrats rebel against culture war riders

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a defense spending bill that funds a 19.5% pay raise for junior enlisted service members and includes divisive social policy riders, defying the White House and Democrats.

In a 34-25 vote, the committee advanced legislation that will allocate $833 billion to the Defense Department in fiscal 2025 while also eliminating funding for diversity and inclusion programs, gender-affirming health care and abortion access for troops in states that ban or limit the procedure.

Republicans said the bill refocuses the Pentagon on its core war-fighting mission amid competition with China and removes spending on social agendas that do not align with the Defense Department’s primary purpose. The legislation cuts $18 billion from the White House budget request for defense, including $621 million from climate change initiatives and $53 billion from diversity efforts.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-06-13/house-republicans-democrats-defense-budget-pay-raise-culture-wars-14173058.html

>>21018145

You and one of your many personality's faggot.

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theres room for both of us, turd eater.

T-Mobile signs huge multi-billion dollar 10-year contract with one branch of the U.S. Military

T-Mobile today announced that it has signed a 10-year deal with the U.S. Navy to supply wireless technology to the branch of the U.S. military responsible for seaborne operations. This is a big deal for the nation's second-largest wireless provider considering the fierce competition that exists in the retail sector of the wireless industry. The contract is a Spiral 4 pact which means that the Department of Defense will be able to place orders for wireless service and equipment (such as handsets) from T-Mobile.

https://www.phonearena.com/news/t-mobile-signs-huge-contract-with-us-navy_id159398

US Army celebrates 249th birthday

On June 14, 1775, 249 years ago, the Second Continental Congress founded a united army to bring the 13 colonies together in the fight for independence from Great Britain. The U.S. Army was officially born. The Army was founded just months into the American Revolutionary War and predates the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Over its nearly 2½ centuries of service, the Army evolved from a ragtag militia hastily formed to fight against Britain to the largest branch of one of the most powerful militaries to ever exist. Today, over 450,000 active-duty service members, as well as about 300,000 National Guard soldiers and 175,000 reservists make up the Army — the largest of the six military branches. This year’s theme is “Honoring the Past, Defending the Future.”

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-13/us-army-birthday-249th-2024-14172007.html

>>21018206

You are the reason Q isn't posting.

US Army, Navy reduce dependence on China for ‘critical technology’

The report, built with Govini’s Ark data-analytics platform, looked at Pentagon purchases of 15 so-called critical technologies: biotechnologies, data interfaces, nuclear modernization, space, communications and networks, engines, advanced manufacturing, robotics and autonomy, advanced engineering materials, AI and machine learning, hypersonics, clean energy and storage, microelectronics, advanced computing, and directed energy.

Since 2018, when Congress passed a ban on China-made communications technology, Pentagon leaders and lawmakers have been pressing Defense Department components to reduce their dependence on Chinese-made components and gear as part of an effort to develop more resilient supply chains.

“We know we're never going to get China fully out of U.S. supply chains,” said Murphy Dougherty. “That's not even the goal, but managing the presence of lots of different foreign suppliers and aligning those to the right level of capability or component or parts, making sure we have redundancy where we need it and that the most sensitive parts are fully protected and coming either directly from the United States or from friends and allies is really what the call to action is.”

https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2024/06/mixed-results-us-military-efforts-reduce-dependence-china/397368/

US submarine stops in Guantanamo Bay during Russian military drills

A nuclear-powered U.S. Navy submarine pulled into Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Thursday in a demonstration of U.S. strength as Russia prepares to conduct military drills in the waters off the coast of the island.

Russia has sent the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and the Kazan nuclear-powered submarine to Cuba for the military demonstrations. The military drills are considered routine, but come at a time of heightened tension between the U.S. and Russia, over the latter's war with Ukraine.

U.S. Southern Command said the USS Helena's visit was part of a routine port visit, which happens when the submarine travels through Southern Command's region, according to the Associated Press. The USS Helena is a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine.

Pentagon officials claimed the drills are not a concern or threat to the U.S., but that other U.S. ships have been monitoring the exercises anyways.

“This is not a surprise. We’ve seen them do these type of port calls before,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Wednesday about the drills. “We of course take it seriously, but these exercises don’t pose a threat to the United States.”

https://justthenews.com/government/security/us-submarine-stops-guantanamo-bay-during-russian-military-drills

Governor Hochul Announces Protection of 275 Acres of Open Space in Cayuga County

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York State, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, permanently protected two environmentally sensitive parcels of open space in Cayuga County: a 203-acre addition to Fillmore Glen State Park in Moravia and 72 acres of forested wetlands in Venice. Both projects were funded through the State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Water Quality Improvement Project program, which supports projects that directly improve water quality or aquatic habitat, promote flood risk reduction, restoration, and enhanced flood and climate resiliency, or protect a drinking water source.

“The Finger Lakesregion is home to some of New York's most extraordinary wonders, and expanding the footprint of the protected wetlands is a promise we make to their long-term wellbeing,” Governor Hochul said. “We are preserving our natural environment and ensuring New York continues to be a recreational and economic asset for future generations.”

Since 2018, The Nature Conservancy has used funding from the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Water Quality Improvement Project program (WQIP) to identify, protect, and restore lands in the Owasco Lake watershed that have the most impact on the lake's water quality. The newly acquired wetlands in Venice, utilizing a portion of a $1.1 million WQIP grant, brings the total amount of watershed area protected by The Nature Conservancy to 624 acres. Protected areas are not developed. Instead, the natural features of these lands are preserved to safeguard the water quality of nearby Owasco Lake, which serves as the drinking water source for more than 40,000 individuals.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-protection-275-acres-open-space-cayuga-county

Anduril awarded $19M to build rocket motors for U.S. Navy

STONE COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - On Wednesday, Anduril Industries said it was awarded $19 million to design, build, and test rocket motors for the United States Navy.

Anduril said the motors will be built at their Stone County facility on McHenry Road. This comes after Anduril announced a $75 million expansion at the facility it acquired from Adranos.

nduril says the SN-6 is a “highly versatile missile for defeating air, surface, and hypersonic missile threats that is deployable on 60 surface ships.”

Along with the rocket facility in McHenry, Anduril will develop the motors at its office in Huntsville, Alabama.

https://www.wdam.com/2024/06/13/anduril-awarded-19m-build-rocket-motors-us-navy/

DTRA Albuquerque Opens New Facility at Ribbon Cutting Ceremony On Kirtland Air Force Base

KIRTLAND Air Force Base, New Mexico – The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Albuquerque Office (DTRA-ABQ) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, June 12, 2024, for the agency’s new multi-use building on Kirtland Air Force Base. The 76,000 square foot facility will be home to more than 300 U.S. military personnel and DoD civilians and includes unclassified and classified workspaces and meeting rooms, administrative offices, and a seismic laboratory.

Expected to be fully operational in the second half of 2024, the building will house current DTRA employees in Albuquerque and DTRA members currently at Eglin Air Force Base near Pensacola, Florida. That move will bring team members of one of DTRA’s specialized research and development offices together under one roof.

“I have made modernizing our defense capabilities at New Mexico’s military installations, research labs, and testing ranges a top priority," said U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich. "That includes securing the Fiscal Year 2021 Military Construction Appropriations Bill to construct this state-of-the-art building that will help us retire deteriorating facilities at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. This will make Kirtland home to DTRA’s largest workforce outside of the National Capital Region and further solidify New Mexico’s military installations—including Kirtland and the White Sands Missile Range.”

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/473902/dtra-albuquerque-opens-new-facility-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-kirtland-air-force-base

Rafferty takes over US Army’s top artillery command in Europe

WIESBADEN, Germany — The U.S. Army’s top artillery command in Europe, which is responsible for strengthening capabilities with NATO allies and partners, saw its leadership change Thursday for the second time since its reactivation three years ago.

Maj. Gen. John Rafferty took the reins of the 56th Artillery Command from Maj. Gen. Andrew Gainey in a ceremony at Clay Kaserne. The Army revived the command in 2021 in response to Russian maneuvers along NATO’s eastern flank.

“We are aligned and united again to enable and help another partner defeat a foe right now,” Gen. Darryl Williams, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commander, said Thursday while paying tribute to the recent 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-13/army-artillery-rafferty-europe-nato-14169236.html

Airbus Appoints Dr. Victoria Coleman, Former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, as CEO of Acubed and Airbus’ Head of Research & Technology in North America

SUNNYVALE, Calif.(BUSINESS WIRE)Acubed, Airbus’ Silicon Valley-based research and innovation center, today announced the appointment of Dr. Victoria Coleman as CEO, effective July 15, 2024. Dr. Coleman will also serve as Airbus’ Head of Research & Technology for North America. Dr. Coleman brings a breadth of experience to the dual role, as well as a distinguished track record of leadership, having most recently served as the Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force. In her new role, she will report to Robin Hayes, Chairman and CEO of Airbus Americas, Inc. and the Board of Directors of Acubed.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240613580259/en

To Go Far, Grow Together.

Trump brings new focus to Congress over ending federal taxes on tipped income

Former President Donald Trump touted a wide range of familiar policy ideas during his visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday, but GOP lawmakers said he especially emphasized his new plan to exempt income earned from tips from federal taxes.

“The legislative priority that President Trump spoke about most was a desire to pass a bill to have no tax on tips,” Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said after Mr. Trump’s morning meeting with House Republicans.

A few hours later, Mr. Trump shared with Senate Republicans the story of how he came up with his approach.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/13/donald-trump-brings-new-focus-to-congress-over-end/

Trump endorses former Maryland governor Larry Hogan's Senate bid

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan, who has been one of former President Donald Trump's fiercest critics in the GOP, received Trump's endorsement in his Maryland Senate bid on Thursday in an interview on Fox News.

I'd like to see him win," Trump told the network during a trip to Washington, D.C. I think he has a good chance to win.''

The Maryland race could determine control of the Senate, a point Trump noted in the interview.

''I would like to see him win, and we got to take the majority. We have to straighten out our country, so I'd like to see him win," Trump said.

https://www.startribune.com/trump-endorses-former-maryland-governor-larry-hogans-senate-bid/600373401/

>>21018755

money laundering

how much in interest do states generate?

more exploitation of the poor.