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The FBI arrested a suspect in the Jan. 6 pipe bomb investigation. The agency has publicly identified Brian Cole Jr., of Woodbridge, VA, as the suspect in the case that has confounded law enforcement and launched a number of conspiracy theories for nearly five years. The night before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol, pipe bombs were placed outside the Democratic and Republican headquarters in Washington, DC. While they did not detonate, both bombs were operational and could have killed people, officials said. Beyond naming a suspect, the FBI did not provide details of a motive, or if the bombs were connected to the Jan. 6 insurrection. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that Cole was charged with explosives offenses, though additional charges could be filed.
Lawmakers were shown a video of the lethal Caribbean boat strike. High-ranking US military officers met with members of Congress yesterday and showed them a video of the controversial Sept. 2 follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea. Admiral Frank M. Bradley, who the White House said authorized the strike, defended the decision, denying reports that there was an order to kill survivors. After seeing the video, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton called the attack “highly lawful,” while Democratic Rep. Jim Himes said it was “one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service.”
Paramount called the Warner Bros. Discovery sales process “unfair.” The company behind Mission: Impossible and CBS News did the corporate equivalent of tattling to the teacher, issuing a scathing letter to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav and the company’s board. The letter argues that the ongoing bidding war between Paramount, Netflix, and Comcast to acquire WBD is not a fair fight. In particular, Paramount accused WBD leadership of favoring Netflix’s bid and implied it wouldn’t pass regulatory scrutiny. Experts believe the letter could be a prelude to a hostile takeover attempt by Paramount.—AE
Robert Reich
Ten ways to make America more affordable
Friends,
Trump’s economy is truly sh*tty for most Americans. Every time Trump or his lapdogs in Congress tell voters that the economy is terrific, they seem more out of touch.
A significant number of Democrats have won elections over the last 10 months — mayoral, gubernatorial, and special elections — by stressing affordability.
Democrats can show America that they can be better trusted than Republicans to bring prices down and real wages up by promising 10 things.
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The Democrats’ Pledge to Make America Affordable Again
1. We’ll eliminate Trump’s across-the-board tariffs. They’re import taxes that are raising the prices of just about everything American consumers buy. We’ll eliminate them where their costs to consumers are far higher than any potential benefits in the form of new jobs.
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In The NEWS
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> NASA scientists find bioessential sugars and a gum-like material rich in oxygen and nitrogen in an asteroid sample, offering clues about how life’s molecular building blocks arrived on Earth (More)
Business & Markets
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> Delta Air Lines reports this year's 43-day-long US government shutdown cost the airline an estimated $200M (More)
> OpenAI to acquire Neptune, a startup that builds monitoring and debugging tools used in training AI models; deal terms were not disclosed (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump pardons Rep. Henry Cuellar (D, TX-28) and his wife, indicted last year on charges of receiving almost $600K in bribes from Mexican and Azerbaijani companies (More)
> House Oversight Committee releases 10 images, four videos taken in 2020 of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's two private islands (More, w/photo, video)
> European Commission proposes using over $150B in frozen Russian assets to fund reparations-style loan to Ukraine despite Belgium's concerns of Russian retaliation (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Predetermination
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At 78 years of age, I have seen more than I wanted to see and done more than I would care to admit; yet I am who I am for a reason.
What's that reason?
I believe our lives are predetermined.
Why?
Because they have been seen.
Explain.
In string theory, subatomic vibrating filaments of energy move in random, unpredictable direction UNTIL they are being observed, then their path becomes fixed.
Therefore, all our lives are fixed because they have already been observed.
Explain.
Think of the inner sprocket of a bicycle wheel and compare its revolutions to those of the outer edge of the wheel.
Every time the outer wheel makes one complete revolution, the inner sprocket has made several complete revolutions because its diameter and circumference are substantially less.
Therefore, if you were to compare earth as the inner sprocket and the edge of the known universe as the outer wheel, earth makes substantially more revolutions.
Consequently, we age faster on earth than life would age OUT THERE.
So... our entire life has been witnessed before we have actually lived it and whatever happens to us has already happened.
WE BECAME WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BECOME...
Belgium’s 15-year-old prodigy earns PhD in quantum physics
Laurent Simons and his parents. Credit: Justin Stares
Belgian child prodigy Laurent Simons has officially become a doctor in quantum physics at just 15 years old.
On Monday, he successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Antwerp, VTM Nieuws reported.
"After this, I’ll start working towards my goal: creating ‘super-humans’," he told the broadcaster shortly after the milestone achievement.
According to VTM, Laurent believes he may be the youngest person ever to obtain a PhD. His latest success marks a new peak in a trajectory that has fascinated the scientific world for years, a journey that began long before his teenage years.
Bachelor at 12
Laurent’s academic feats were already making headlines back in 2022. Then aged 12, he had just completed a bachelor’s degree in physics with distinction at the University of Antwerp, finishing the three-year programme in only 18 months.
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