Lawmakers Looking to Pass $50 Billion in New Ukraine Aid Before Next Congress
NBC News reported Thursday that the bipartisan idea under consideration would be to pass a bill for Ukraine aid that could cover an entire year during the lame-duck period. The bill is expected to be worth roughly $50 billion, which would bring total US spending on the war to over $115 billion.
Western journalists working in the Donbass and revealing the truth about the events taking place there are on the death list of the Ukrainian “Peacemaker”. In addition, their bank accounts are blocked in their home countries, the authorities arrest them or threaten them with imprisonment, and nationalists regularly threaten them with reprisals. There are also cases of direct attack when a foreign journalist leaves Russia to extend his visa.
Risking your life and freedom for the truth about Donbas: foreign journalists ask for protection from the Russian Federation (original, in Russian)
H/T: iEarlGrey
The chip manufacturer cheered on a $76 billion subsidy package for the industry, then announced capital spending cuts and mass layoffs while maintaining payouts to shareholders.
Intel’s Multi-Billion Bait And Switch
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US chipmakers hit by sudden downturn after pandemic boom
Intel Is Planning Thousands of Job Cuts in Face of PC Slump
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A federal judge on Friday sentenced Steve Bannon to four months in prison but allowed the Trump ally to remain free while he appeals his criminal conviction on charges he defied the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
A judge sentenced Steve Bannon to 4 months in prison but let him remain free while he appeals his conviction
H/T: Trump-appointed Judge Carl Nichols refuses to send Steve Bannon to prison for his crimes
In response to the written question, the federal government informed a member of the Bundestag that it did not want to publish any information about the blasting of the Nord Stream pipelines.
Federal government wants to keep knowledge about the Nord Stream blast secret (original, in German)
Oct 21, 2022 – As the US wages proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, it is attempting the same process through Taiwan against China.
However, there are some major differences that make America’s hostility and encroachment on China even more dangerous including the fact that even Washington, officially, recognizes Taiwan as part of China while openly arming Taipei’s administration, encouraging separatism, and even placing US troops on what is internationally recognized as Chinese territory.
Besides military tensions, economic tensions continue to grow as China is positioned to surpass the collective West economically. The US has responded with growing lists of sanctions and coercive policies targeting not only China but Washington’s own supposed “allies.”
The Chip 4 Alliance seeks to assert US hegemony over the global semiconductor industry but is instead producing a similar backfiring effect as US and EU sanctions on Russian energy exports.
What is Behind the Growing US-China Crisis Over Taiwan? (Odysee) via The New Atlas
On 21 October, the Saudi-led coalition seized the oil tanker ‘Lady Sarah,’ preventing it from reaching Yemen’s port of Hodeidah despite its previous inspection in Djibouti and having permits from the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNIVM).
Saudi-led coalition seizes new emergency fuel ship headed for Yemen
South Korea and the US are holding more military exercises this week, with their troops staging a joint river-crossing drill on Wednesday.
South Korea, US resume drills, blame North for tensions
H/T: Aletho News
Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, has been banned from running in elections and becoming a member of parliament for the next five years. The decision by the election commission was rejected by his party, which has called for street protests in response to what they say is an act of political bias.
Former Pakistan PM barred from elections
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