Maybe I was dying because I haven't drank water for like 2 years. Instantly felt better after buying a bottle. I guess the soda was killing me so now I have to drink water like a nigga lost in the woods dammit.
USS Ford to sail for European deployment, giving US a 3rd carrier option if Iran-Israel conflict widens
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford will sail from the East Coast for Europe on a regularly scheduled deployment — but its presence also gives President Trump a third aircraft carrier option as he weighs what sort of military response the US should provide amid escalating strikes between Israel and Iran.
The Ford was previously deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean as a show of strength and to provide options to Israel following the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas.
The US Navy already has the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, and is sending the USS Nimitz to sail toward U.S. Central Command from the Indo-Pacific.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/uss-ford-to-sail-for-european-deployment-giving-us-a-3rd-carrier-option-if-iran-israel-conflict-widens/
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline by another 90 days
The latest extension is the third Trump has given TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance.
President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the short-form video app to an American owner by another 90 days.
On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order granting a third extension for the Chinese company to sell its platform so it can continue to operate in the United States.
“I’ve just signed the Executive Order extending the Deadline for the TikTok closing for 90 days (September 17, 2025). Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump said on Truth Social.
A statement from TikTok read: "We are grateful for President Trump’s leadership and support in ensuring that TikTok continues to be available for more than 170 million American users and 7.5 million U.S. businesses that rely on the platform as we continue to work with Vice President [JD] Vance’s Office."
While aboard Air Force One on Wednesday morning, Trump said he believed Chinese President Xi Jinping would be amenable toward a deal to sell the wildly popular app. Trump said he believed Xi would have to sign off on a deal if a buyer comes forward. ByteDance is based in Beijing.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that the administration wanted to ensure that Americans could continue to access TikTok.
“As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark. This extension will last 90 days, which the administration will spend working to ensure this deal is closed so that the American people can continue to use TikTok with the assurance that their data is safe and secure,” Leavitt said.
TikTok has 170 million users in the U.S. and support for a ban has declined, according to Pew Research Center. A law banning TikTok initially passed under the Biden administration over national security concerns, which led the app to briefly go offline ahead of Trump’s inauguration earlier this year.
However, once Trump signaled he planned to keep the app running in the U.S., TikTok resumed functioning.
TikTok has denied that it posed any security concerns to the United States and said American data is not stored in China. After the TikTok ban passed last year, American users began flocking to Chinese social media app RedNote claiming they were indifferent to China accessing their data. Since TikTok was given an extension in the U.S., it appears users have returned to the platform and are using RedNote less.
Once in office, Trump signed an extension of the deadline to sell the app, giving ByteDance 75 days to find a buyer. That extension ended April 5. Ahead of the April 5 deadline, some potential TikTok suitors expressed interest in purchasing the app. Amazon made a last-minute bid to buy TikTok. Others who expressed interest included Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, who joined billionaire investor Frank McCourt’s bid; artificial intelligence search engine startup Perplexity AI; and Steven Mnuchin, treasury secretary in the first Trump administration.
Top Trump officials were confident the app would sell but after sweeping tariffs were placed on China, no deal was made. Trump then gave the app another 90 days, which was set to expire Thursday.
Under the law, ByteDance must sell TikTok to a U.S.-based buyer. ByteDance previously said it would not sell TikTok and has been quiet on whether it has decided to make a deal.
The position to keep TikTok in the U.S. is an about-face from Trump’s first term, during which he signed an executive order banning it. That ban was later overturned by the courts.
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Biden era law banning the app unless it is sold to an American owner.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/trump-extends-tiktok-ban-deadline-another-90-days-rcna213720
CNN goes inside the now-destroyed Iranian TV state propaganda network
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1935741950986240059
It's odd how in modern history classes and books it's never mentions how the Russians absolutely massacred Europe after the Americans left following the WW2 victory. Russia claimed half of Europe and brought it into Communism, and no one mentions how Russia stole everything, raped literally everything in sight, and killed 20+ million Europeans.
And Putin is the one that wants to talk about history all day re: Ukraine…
Texas Instruments plans to invest more than $60 billion to manufacture billions of foundational semiconductors in the U.S.
Leading U.S. companies Apple, Ford, Medtronic, NVIDIA and SpaceX strengthen partnerships with TI to unleash the next era of American innovation.
-More than $60 billion investment includes seven U.S. semiconductor fabs across three manufacturing mega-sites in Texas and Utah supporting more than 60,000 new U.S. jobs
-Largest investment in foundational semiconductor manufacturing in U.S. history, building on TI’s almost-100-year legacy
-TI’s largest mega-site in Sherman, Texas includes investment of up to $40 billion dollars for four fabs: SM1 and SM2 – already underway – and two additional fabs, SM3 and SM4
-Leverages TI’s strengths as a global technology and manufacturing leader to advance critical innovations from vehicles to smartphones to data centers
DALLAS, June 18, 2025 – Texas Instruments (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today announced its plans to invest more than $60 billion across seven U.S. semiconductor fabs, making this the largest investment in foundational semiconductor manufacturing in U.S. history. Working with the Trump administration and building on the company’s nearly 100-year legacy, TI is expanding its U.S. manufacturing capacity to supply the growing need for semiconductors that will advance critical innovations from vehicles to smartphones to data centers. Combined, TI’s new manufacturing mega-sites in Texas and Utah will support more than 60,000 U.S. jobs.
“TI is building dependable, low-cost 300mm capacity at scale to deliver the analog and embedded processing chips that are vital for nearly every type of electronic system,” said Haviv Ilan, president and CEO of Texas Instruments. “Leading U.S. companies such as Apple, Ford, Medtronic, NVIDIA and SpaceX rely on TI’s world-class technology and manufacturing expertise, and we are honored to work alongside them and the U.S. government to unleash what’s next in American innovation.”
“For nearly a century, Texas Instruments has been a bedrock American company driving innovation in technology and manufacturing,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick. “President Trump has made it a priority to increase semiconductor manufacturing in America – including these foundational semiconductors that go into the electronics that people use every day. Our partnership with TI will support U.S. chip manufacturing for decades to come.”
https://www.ti.com/about-ti/newsroom/news-releases/2025/texas-instruments-plans-to-invest-more-than–60-billion-to-manufacture-billions-of-foundational-semiconductors-in-the-us.html?HQS=corp-dbwti-manu-mfg25-bhp-pr-null-wwe
So America left Europe just to give it to Russia for it to destroy and rape? It was different because Europe was already neutralized. Also why doesn't history mention it?
Texas Instruments plans to invest more than $60 billion to manufacture billions of foundational semiconductors in the U.S.
Leading U.S. companies Apple, Ford, Medtronic, NVIDIA and SpaceX strengthen partnerships with TI to unleash the next era of American innovation.
-More than $60 billion investment includes seven U.S. semiconductor fabs across three manufacturing mega-sites in Texas and Utah supporting more than 60,000 new U.S. jobs
-Largest investment in foundational semiconductor manufacturing in U.S. history, building on TI’s almost-100-year legacy
-TI’s largest mega-site in Sherman, Texas includes investment of up to $40 billion dollars for four fabs: SM1 and SM2 – already underway – and two additional fabs, SM3 and SM4
-Leverages TI’s strengths as a global technology and manufacturing leader to advance critical innovations from vehicles to smartphones to data centers
DALLAS, June 18, 2025 – Texas Instruments (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today announced its plans to invest more than $60 billion across seven U.S. semiconductor fabs, making this the largest investment in foundational semiconductor manufacturing in U.S. history. Working with the Trump administration and building on the company’s nearly 100-year legacy, TI is expanding its U.S. manufacturing capacity to supply the growing need for semiconductors that will advance critical innovations from vehicles to smartphones to data centers. Combined, TI’s new manufacturing mega-sites in Texas and Utah will support more than 60,000 U.S. jobs.
“TI is building dependable, low-cost 300mm capacity at scale to deliver the analog and embedded processing chips that are vital for nearly every type of electronic system,” said Haviv Ilan, president and CEO of Texas Instruments. “Leading U.S. companies such as Apple, Ford, Medtronic, NVIDIA and SpaceX rely on TI’s world-class technology and manufacturing expertise, and we are honored to work alongside them and the U.S. government to unleash what’s next in American innovation.”
“For nearly a century, Texas Instruments has been a bedrock American company driving innovation in technology and manufacturing,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick. “President Trump has made it a priority to increase semiconductor manufacturing in America – including these foundational semiconductors that go into the electronics that people use every day. Our partnership with TI will support U.S. chip manufacturing for decades to come.”
https://www.ti.com/about-ti/newsroom/news-releases/2025/texas-instruments-plans-to-invest-more-than–60-billion-to-manufacture-billions-of-foundational-semiconductors-in-the-us.html?HQS=corp-dbwti-manu-mfg25-bhp-pr-null-wwe
Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸
@Bubblebathgirl
84 illegals were arrested for deportation by ICE on Tuesday at Delta Downs Racetrack Casino in Louisiana:
“Along with a criminal investigation, agents are also assessing whether civil penalties are appropriate for the businesses that hired the alleged unauthorized workers.”
https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1935572951778169141
MAGA Voice
@MAGAVoice
BREAKING 🚨 ICE calls out LA Dodgers for Lying to their 3 Million followers on 𝕏: “False, we were never there”
https://x.com/MAGAVoice/status/1935802761540780440
No kidding. The West gets all the low-grade chips while everyone else gets the high-quality chips. Most people don't understand why it's a big deal.
Highly recommend watch vidrel on how graphics cards are sold by quality-grade. Not every batch is the same.
PM: Israel will ‘hit all nuclear facilities,’ has destroyed half of Iran’s launchers
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-israel-will-hit-all-nuclear-facilities-has-destroyed-half-of-irans-launchers/
IAEA: No fear of ‘radiological effects’ after IDF hits Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iaea-says-no-fear-of-radiological-effects-after-idf-hits-iran-heavy-water-reactor/
Migrant gang returns to terrorize Colorado residents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of6K0QSBhnw
Chinese PhD student in London gets life sentence for drugging and raping multiple women
Zou Zhenhao, 28, is considered by the police in London to be “one of the most prolific predators” they have encountered. Investigators say there are probably many more victims.
A Chinese student who drugged and raped women in London and in his home country was given a life sentence on Thursday in a case that a senior British police officer said had uncovered “one of the most prolific predators we’ve ever encountered.”
The student, Zou Zhenhao, 28, was convicted of attacks on 10 women in England and China between 2019 and 2023, but investigators said they had identified 50 further victims in videos he recorded using cameras inside his homes.
At his sentencing hearing on Thursday, statements from three of his victims were read aloud, describing how they had been left suffering long-term psychological damage. One woman said she was “consumed by terror, confusion, anger and shame” after she regained consciousness following an attack.
Originally from Dongguan, in the Guangdong Province of southeastern China, Mr. Zou was studying mechanical engineering at University College London at the time of the rapes. He targeted women he met through the student community, as well as by using social media and dating websites. The police said that all his victims are believed to be Chinese.
Mr. Zou came from a wealthy family, and he said during the trial that his father worked in a “state-owned enterprise.”
In a statement to the court, one of his victims said she initially feared the consequences of reporting Mr. Zou to the police, adding: “I know his family is very powerful in China, and he may blame me for ruining what was a potentially prosperous future.”
Judge Rosina Cottage gave Mr. Zou a life sentence with a minimum term of 24 years before he can be considered for release.
“You are a very bright young man, you appeared to the world to be well-to-do, ambitious and charming, but that charming mask hid the fact you were a sexual predator,” she told Mr. Zou, who showed no reaction as the sentence was handed down.
Judge Cottage said that some of Mr. Zou’s victims had sent him messages challenging him about what he had done, but that he had “gaslit” them by telling them they had consented to sex.
The senior police officer who oversaw the investigation, Kevin Southworth, a commander in the Metropolitan Police in London, said that because Mr. Zou had incapacitated women with a cocktail of drugs that also affected memory, some victims may have “no idea what’s happened to them.”
“The sad fact of it is that there may well be some women on those videos who we may never identify, either because the images are too poor or we just can’t find them,” he said in an interview with The New York Times this week.
Mr. Zou had a fixed modus operandi, Mr. Southworth said, where he would engineer social situations that would result in women visiting one of his two luxury London flats. He would then spike their drinks using a concoction of drugs that would render them physically incapacitated and temporarily unconscious.
Using a combination of hidden cameras and mobile phones, Mr. Zou then filmed himself raping the women and manipulating their bodies. He also kept items of jewelry and clothing after the attacks, some of which were committed only days apart.
The jury at Mr. Zou’s trial was played videos of the 10 rapes he was charged with, and some jurors wept at the “extremely distressing” footage, the judge said. Some of the videos showed women regaining consciousness and begging him to stop.
Seven of the 10 women Mr. Zou was jailed for raping were attacked in China, during visits there in 2022 and 2023; two were assaulted in a flat in Bloomsbury, central London, in 2019 or 2020; and one was in Mr. Zou’s most recent London residence, in Elephant and Castle, in the central part of the city, in May 2023.
It was the victim of the last attack who first contacted the police, but she withdrew her report after doubting her memory and suffering a mental breakdown.
The woman said she “felt a responsibility to warn others,” and posted an account of the attack on social media. Another victim recognized the description from her own experience in 2021 — and she had Mr. Zou’s name, address and phone number.
When police officers arrested him in January 2024, they realized the scale of his offenses. A search of his home uncovered drugs including butanediol and ketamine, hidden cameras, and several laptops and mobile phones, which contained the videos Mr. Zou recorded of his attacks.
Mr. Zou studied at Queen’s University Belfast from 2017 to 2019, then moved to London for a master’s degree and then a doctorate. He had flaunted the “trappings of wealth” including wearing a Rolex watch, Mr. Southworth said. Mr. Zou had also undergone a hair transplant and had cosmetic surgery on his face.
Investigators said that by convincing women to visit his home voluntarily, and then using alcohol as a carrier for drugs that would affect their memory, Mr. Zou tried to minimize the chance that his victims would go to the police.
“I think he is someone who is arrogant enough to believe they could get away with this,” Mr. Southworth said.
Mr. Zou was jailed for 11 counts of rape against 10 women, as well as for three counts of voyeurism, 12 counts of possession of extreme pornographic images, one of false imprisonment and eight of possession of drugs with intent to commit a sexual offense.
Two victims gave evidence at the trial, and 24 other women who believe they were attacked by Mr. Zou have so far responded to an appeal launched by the Metropolitan Police when he was convicted in March.
The police said they had received assistance from the authorities in China, including arranging for a victim to give evidence by video link from the country. Mr. Southworth encouraged any other potential victims to come forward, saying they would be treated “with empathy, kindness and respect.”
Most Chinese news outlets who covered Mr. Zou’s conviction in March did not report his full name and blurred photos of his face.
There were signs that discussion of the case was being censored on Chinese social media soon after the verdict. Posts on Weibo and WeChat, two popular social media platforms, about the case were deleted, and at least one account that shared them was temporarily shut down, according to China Digital Times, a website that tracks Chinese internet censorship.
Some Chinese media outlets eventually posted about the case, including Jimu News, which is affiliated with state-controlled media in Hubei Province. But that report did not mention Mr. Zou’s wealth or family background.
https://archive.is/SJtgh#selection-901.0-995.139
Chinese PhD student in London gets life sentence for drugging and raping multiple women
Zou Zhenhao, 28, is considered by the police in London to be “one of the most prolific predators” they have encountered. Investigators say there are probably many more victims.
A Chinese student who drugged and raped women in London and in his home country was given a life sentence on Thursday in a case that a senior British police officer said had uncovered “one of the most prolific predators we’ve ever encountered.”
The student, Zou Zhenhao, 28, was convicted of attacks on 10 women in England and China between 2019 and 2023, but investigators said they had identified 50 further victims in videos he recorded using cameras inside his homes.
At his sentencing hearing on Thursday, statements from three of his victims were read aloud, describing how they had been left suffering long-term psychological damage. One woman said she was “consumed by terror, confusion, anger and shame” after she regained consciousness following an attack.
Originally from Dongguan, in the Guangdong Province of southeastern China, Mr. Zou was studying mechanical engineering at University College London at the time of the rapes. He targeted women he met through the student community, as well as by using social media and dating websites. The police said that all his victims are believed to be Chinese.
Mr. Zou came from a wealthy family, and he said during the trial that his father worked in a “state-owned enterprise.”
In a statement to the court, one of his victims said she initially feared the consequences of reporting Mr. Zou to the police, adding: “I know his family is very powerful in China, and he may blame me for ruining what was a potentially prosperous future.”
Judge Rosina Cottage gave Mr. Zou a life sentence with a minimum term of 24 years before he can be considered for release.
“You are a very bright young man, you appeared to the world to be well-to-do, ambitious and charming, but that charming mask hid the fact you were a sexual predator,” she told Mr. Zou, who showed no reaction as the sentence was handed down.
Judge Cottage said that some of Mr. Zou’s victims had sent him messages challenging him about what he had done, but that he had “gaslit” them by telling them they had consented to sex.
The senior police officer who oversaw the investigation, Kevin Southworth, a commander in the Metropolitan Police in London, said that because Mr. Zou had incapacitated women with a cocktail of drugs that also affected memory, some victims may have “no idea what’s happened to them.”
“The sad fact of it is that there may well be some women on those videos who we may never identify, either because the images are too poor or we just can’t find them,” he said in an interview with The New York Times this week.
Mr. Zou had a fixed modus operandi, Mr. Southworth said, where he would engineer social situations that would result in women visiting one of his two luxury London flats. He would then spike their drinks using a concoction of drugs that would render them physically incapacitated and temporarily unconscious.
Using a combination of hidden cameras and mobile phones, Mr. Zou then filmed himself raping the women and manipulating their bodies. He also kept items of jewelry and clothing after the attacks, some of which were committed only days apart.
The jury at Mr. Zou’s trial was played videos of the 10 rapes he was charged with, and some jurors wept at the “extremely distressing” footage, the judge said. Some of the videos showed women regaining consciousness and begging him to stop.
Seven of the 10 women Mr. Zou was jailed for raping were attacked in China, during visits there in 2022 and 2023; two were assaulted in a flat in Bloomsbury, central London, in 2019 or 2020; and one was in Mr. Zou’s most recent London residence, in Elephant and Castle, in the central part of the city, in May 2023.
It was the victim of the last attack who first contacted the police, but she withdrew her report after doubting her memory and suffering a mental breakdown.
The woman said she “felt a responsibility to warn others,” and posted an account of the attack on social media. Another victim recognized the description from her own experience in 2021 — and she had Mr. Zou’s name, address and phone number.
When police officers arrested him in January 2024, they realized the scale of his offenses. A search of his home uncovered drugs including butanediol and ketamine, hidden cameras, and several laptops and mobile phones, which contained the videos Mr. Zou recorded of his attacks.
Mr. Zou studied at Queen’s University Belfast from 2017 to 2019, then moved to London for a master’s degree and then a doctorate. He had flaunted the “trappings of wealth” including wearing a Rolex watch, Mr. Southworth said. Mr. Zou had also undergone a hair transplant and had cosmetic surgery on his face.
Investigators said that by convincing women to visit his home voluntarily, and then using alcohol as a carrier for drugs that would affect their memory, Mr. Zou tried to minimize the chance that his victims would go to the police.
“I think he is someone who is arrogant enough to believe they could get away with this,” Mr. Southworth said.
Mr. Zou was jailed for 11 counts of rape against 10 women, as well as for three counts of voyeurism, 12 counts of possession of extreme pornographic images, one of false imprisonment and eight of possession of drugs with intent to commit a sexual offense.
Two victims gave evidence at the trial, and 24 other women who believe they were attacked by Mr. Zou have so far responded to an appeal launched by the Metropolitan Police when he was convicted in March.
The police said they had received assistance from the authorities in China, including arranging for a victim to give evidence by video link from the country. Mr. Southworth encouraged any other potential victims to come forward, saying they would be treated “with empathy, kindness and respect.”
Most Chinese news outlets who covered Mr. Zou’s conviction in March did not report his full name and blurred photos of his face.
There were signs that discussion of the case was being censored on Chinese social media soon after the verdict. Posts on Weibo and WeChat, two popular social media platforms, about the case were deleted, and at least one account that shared them was temporarily shut down, according to China Digital Times, a website that tracks Chinese internet censorship.
Some Chinese media outlets eventually posted about the case, including Jimu News, which is affiliated with state-controlled media in Hubei Province. But that report did not mention Mr. Zou’s wealth or family background.
https://archive.is/SJtgh#selection-901.0-995.139
Russia trying really hard to look like a functional society in a nutshell.
It's mostly about education. You can't inspect computer chips in person with your eyeballs like you can with a vehicle engine. So let's say 2 batches of computer chips are made, if you cant tell the difference and someone else can, you can lose up to 50% performance.
It might even be considered a national security issue because let's say other countries are getting the more powerful high-grade chips because the West is just naive and doesn't pay attention, well they'll have more control over crypto, and AI.
You're trying so hard, like I said.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
BIG WIN in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the President’s core power to call in the National Guard! The Judges obviously realized that Gavin Newscum is incompetent and ill prepared, but this is much bigger than Gavin, because all over the United States, if our Cities, and our people, need protection, we are the ones to give it to them should State and Local Police be unable, for whatever reason, to get the job done. This is a Great Decision for our Country, and we will continue to protect and defend Law abiding Americans. Congratulations to the Ninth Circuit, America is proud of you tonight!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114713649415085279