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White House Denies it Blew Up Nord Stream Pipeline
From
www.channelnewsasia.com –
White House rejects report that US was behind Nord Stream sabotage
Excerpt:
Hersh said the decision to bomb the pipelines, which were shut down but contained residual gas, was made in secret by US President Joe Biden to cut off Moscow’s ability to earn billions of dollars from natural gas sales to Europe.
The US also believed pipelines gave Russia political leverage over Germany and Western Europe that could be used to weaken their commitment to Ukraine after Russia invaded, according to Hersh.
Two weeks before the Feb 24 invasion, Hersh noted, Biden himself said publicly that the US would not allow the new Nord Stream 2 pipeline to be opened if Russia attacked Ukraine.
Hersh alleged, citing a single unnamed source, that the idea came up first in December 2021 in discussions among Biden’s top national security advisors on how to respond to Russia’s expected invasion of Ukraine.
Twitter Heads Claim Mistake Made, Nothing More, on Hunter Biden Story Block
From
fortune.com –
Ex-Twitter execs testify they ‘erred’ on Hunter Biden
Excerpt:
Former Twitter executives conceded Wednesday they made a mistake by blocking a story about Hunter Biden, the president’s son, from the social media platform in the run-up to the 2020 election, but adamantly denied Republican assertions they were pressured by Democrats and law enforcement to suppress the story.
“The decisions here aren’t straightforward, and hindsight is 20/20,” Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of trust and safety, testified to Congress. “It isn’t obvious what the right response is to a suspected, but not confirmed, cyberattack by another government on a presidential election.”
He added, “Twitter erred in this case because we wanted to avoid repeating the mistakes of 2016.”
Neo-Nazis Allegedly Plot Attack on Baltimore Power Stations
From
www.aljazeera.com –
US neo-Nazi charged in plot to attack Baltimore power stations | The Far Right News
Excerpt:
The United States Department of Justice has charged a neo-Nazi leader and his associate with plotting to attack Baltimore’s power grid, a plan the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) thwarted with the help of a confidential informant.
Brandon Russell of Orlando, Florida, and Sarah Clendaniel from Maryland were arrested last week, US officials said in a briefing on Monday, and they have been charged with conspiring to damage an energy facility.
Russell is a convicted felon and founder of a neo-Nazi group called the Atomwaffen Division that works towards “ushering in the collapse of civilization”, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organisation that tracks US hate groups.
Turkey Blocks Twitter After Catastrophic Earthquake Cripples Country
From
www.nytimes.com –
Twitter Is Blocked in Turkey After Earthquake, Internet-Monitoring Group Says
Excerpt:
Twitter was blocked on several networks inside Turkey, according to NetBlocks, a group that tracks internet outages — taking out a key communication channel for coordinating relief efforts after Monday’s devastating earthquake.
Alp Toker, the director of NetBlocks, said Wednesday that the coordinated nature of the block suggested that it was likely the result of a government order. He said network data indicated that the block was being done with software installed by telecommunications providers that can prevent specific websites and services from loading.
NetBlocks later said that by Thursday morning network activity appeared to show that access to Twitter had been restored.
Wisconsin National Guard 17 Percent Short of New Recruit Needs
From
news.google.com –
Wisconsin National guard is 17% behind on recruiting efforts this year – WSAW
Excerpt:
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – Wisconsin is struggling to carry its own weight when it comes to the Army National Guard. The state should be about 8,000 soldiers strong. Yet recruiting challenges are making it hard to keep it that way, with current strength closer to 6,500.
The National Guard in Wisconsin answers first, but what happens when there just aren’t enough soldiers? “When we don’t have the service members that we need in our ranks, it really makes it harder on each individual,” said Lt. Col. Shannon Hellenbrand, Wisconsin Army National Guard
In 2022 the goal was 950 new soldiers. They fell short by enlisting 577, which is 40% lower. “We’ve not experienced recruitment challenges in this way as long as any of us can remember since even before the draft we’re told,” said Hellenbrand.
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