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speak easy's JournalBondi Beach gunmen believed to be ISIS
ASIO examined Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram in 2019 for close ties to Islamic State cellAn IS flag was found in their car at Bondi Beach, according to a senior JCTT official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The official said ASIO took an interest in Naveed Akram six years ago, after police foiled plans for an IS terrorist attack.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/bondi-beach-attack-gunmen-father-and-son/106142630
Akram's ties to ISIS appear to pre-date October 7, and the War in Gaza
'He is Not a Lame Duck!'
‘He is Not a Lame Duck!’ Mike Johnson Claims Failure of Trump Pressure Campaign in Indiana Redistricting Is ‘Inconsequential’CNN’s Manu Raju caught up with Johnson in the halls of Congress and asked, “Are you worried about Trump’s grip on power after Indiana? Do you think it shows he’s a lame duck?”
“Not at all!” Johnson snapped back. “No, he is not a lame duck!”
Johnson continued, “He’s the most powerful president of this generation and many others. We have a lot more work to do together. The outcome in Indiana is inconsequential to that.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/not-lame-duck-mike-johnson-175440466.html
You're slipping Mikey. What you were supposed to say is 'He’s the most powerful president of this generation and any other generation in history.'
Kelly: Trump only concerned with trying to 'fleece the American people'
Kelly, in an interview on “The Jim Acosta Show” on Wednesday, said when it comes to affordability, the president “doesn’t understand anything about what the American people go through.”
“I mean, all this guy cares about is figuring out how he can fleece the American people out of their money, including his supporters,” Kelly added.
Trump has embarked on an “affordability” tour, delivering remarks on Tuesday at an event at a Pennsylvania casino that often resembled a campaign address.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5645234-kelly-trump-affordability-crisis/
Dems should repeat 'The Trump Affordability Crisis' as often as possible.
Disney's OpenAI Deal 'Appears to Sanction' AI Company's 'Theft of Our Work,' WGA Says
“Disney’s announcement with OpenAI appears to sanction its theft of our work and cedes the value of what we create to a tech company that has built its business off our backs,” the union said in a message to members Thursday. WGA said it will meet with Disney “to probe the terms of this deal, including the extent to which user-generated videos use the work of WGA members. We will continue to fight to protect our members’ creative and economic interests in the context of AI technology.”
Under Disney’s three-year licensing agreement, OpenAI’s Sora will be able to generate user-prompted videos from a set of more than 200 masked, animated or creature characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars. Sora and ChatGPT Images are expected to start generating “fan-inspired” videos with Disney’s licensed characters in early 2026. In addition, as part of the deal, Disney will make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI.
According to WGA’s message to members, “Companies including OpenAI have stolen vast libraries of works owned by the studios and created by WGA members and Hollywood labor to train their artificial intelligence systems. We have repeatedly called for the studios to take legal action to defend the valuable intellectual property we help to create.”
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/wga-disney-openai-deal-theft-of-our-work-1236606872/
Disney has not responded to a request for comment,
Nobel Prize for Venezuelan Dissident Draws Criticism
Source: New York Times
María Corina Machado is being honored for her push for democracy even as she backs President Trump’s military buildup and aggressive campaign against Venezuela.
She has also repeated debunked claims that Mr. Maduro manipulated U.S. elections, fueling accusations that she is amplifying misinformation to gain favor with the Trump administration.
“It will be a different kind of Nobel Prize ceremony,” said Benedicte Bull, a professor at the University of Oslo and a leading expert on Latin America in Norway. “Much more politicized than what we have seen before.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/world/americas/nobel-prize-venezuela.html
We will make America affordable again
or not
Trump struggles to persuade Americans to ignore affordability issues
Trump Calls Affordability a 'Con Job' as His Edge on the Economy Slips
Source: New York Times
President Trump is growing frustrated as Americans struggle with higher prices and pessimism over the state of the economy.
President Trump on Tuesday downplayed the cost-of-living pains being felt by Americans, declaring that affordability “doesn’t mean anything to anybody” as his political edge on the economy continues to dissipate.
In remarks during a cabinet meeting, Mr. Trump railed against Democrats who have championed the issue, which helped the party secure several off-year election victories last month and is likely to be a defining topic in the midterms next year.
After ticking off what he claimed were trillions of dollars of investments and other economic accomplishments, Mr. Trump called the issue of affordability a “fake narrative” and “con job” created by Democrats to dupe the public.
“They just say the word,” he said. “It doesn’t mean anything to anybody. They just say it — affordability. I inherited the worst inflation in history. There was no affordability. Nobody could afford anything.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/trump-affordability-economy-messaging.html
Affordability "doesn’t mean anything to anybody." Keep saying it Donald, loud and clear, as often as possible.
The Trump Family has lost 1 billion on crypto
World Liberty's digital governance token is down about 50%
Trump Media and Technology down 70%
The 'official' $TRUMP meme coin down 90%
Bitcoin sell-off halts Trump family's crypto windfall
The Trump family has lost roughly a billion dollars, according to estimates.
The $TRUMP meme coin is now trading near an all-time low of $5.73, according to crypto trading platform CoinMarketCap. The digital token peaked at about $45 just ahead of inauguration. That's a loss of nearly 90% since the start of the year.
And World Liberty's digital governance token is down about 50% since its September launch.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236680781_In_from_the_cold_'nuclear_winter'_melts_down
Amazing numbers from the 2025 Governors race exit polls
Women
NJ: 62 - 37 Sherrill (D)
VA: 65 - 35 Spanberger (D)
Women 18 - 30 years
NJ: 81 - 19 Sherrill (D)
VA: 82 - 18 Spanberger (D)
A majority of white women voted Dem.
White men, no college
69 - 31 GOP (NJ)
71 - 29 GOP (VA)
https://edition.cnn.com/election/2025/exit-polls/virginia/general/governor/0
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