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Bosphorus Observer
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Obsessive ship-spotting by the Bosphorus -.-. .-. .. -- . .- / .. ... / ..- -.- .-. .- .. -. . 50501
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Russia flag bulker Zaid (sistership of Zafar which was sanctioned for links to Houthi financier Said al-Jamal with "initiatives in Russia" including arms procurement & plundering of Ukrainian grain) transited Bosphorus and returned to the BlackSea after delivering stolen wheat to Alexandria, Egypt
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Real picture:
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“Trump has purged one of the CIA’s most senior Russia analysts: The move will have a chilling effect inside American spy agencies. […] The removal of the CIA officer, who oversaw hundreds of analysts and other personnel, prompted alarm among many current and serving intelligence officials.”
Donald Trump has purged one of the CIA’s most senior Russia analysts
The move will have a chilling effect inside American spy agencies
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Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door early in the morning, it's probably the milkman. Pandora's box is open now. Expect other doors to be knocked
relevant context today that Bolton was highly critical of Trump's meeting with Putin
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bad things will happen to 'reality'
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Like he stole classified documents and hid them in the bathroom…
HAPPENING NOW: Benjamin Wittes is livestreaming from outside John Bolton's house, which seems to have some FBI action occurring.
Link below to watch along.
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Germany's DHL joins peers in restricting US-bound parcel services reut.rs/4fMUBIh
Germany's DHL joins peers in restricting US-bound parcel services
German postal services group DHL said on Friday it would suspend the shipment of standard parcels for businesses to the United States, in line with similar moves by European peers deterred by looming U.S. customs duties for low-value packages.
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#BBCNews - Hundreds of thousands of Grok chats exposed in Google results www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hundreds of thousands of Grok chats exposed in Google results
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot appears to have published messages without users' knowledge.
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Did not expect the end of democracy to be this unbearably stupid.