Important Takeaways:
- The Pensacola area has already received as much as 5.5 inches of snow on Tuesday, likely breaking a 130-year-old record for total snowfall, according to the National Weather Service.
- Despite temperatures sitting around 24 degrees, with wind chills ushering in frigid temperatures around 12 degrees, Pensacola residents haven’t wasted a moment bundling up and taking full advantage of the unprecedented snowfall.
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Important Takeaways:
- A historic plunge in temperatures has gripped the central and eastern U.S., bringing dangerous wind chills and record-breaking cold to many areas. From extreme subzero conditions in the Midwest to snowstorms along the Gulf Coast, the Arctic air has shattered records and created hazardous conditions across the region.
- What to know:
- Extreme cold warnings and advisories stretch from the Midwest to the South and East, with wind chills reaching as low as minus 50 degrees in places like Duluth, Minnesota.
- Tuesday morning saw Kansas City, Missouri, and Pueblo, Colorado, set record lows at minus 8 and minus 19 degrees, respectively.
- Gulf Coast states witnessed unprecedented snowfall, with New Orleans recording 10 inches of snow, and parts of Florida seeing totals of nearly 9 inches—a likely state record.
- The rare storm was fueled by a mix of unusually cold Arctic air and Gulf of Mexico warmth, resulting in record snowfalls and dangerous conditions.
- Temperatures are expected to remain frigid through the weekend, with a gradual warm-up forecast next week.
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Important Takeaways:
- Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian television to appeal to Donald Trump not to start World War III and congratulated him on his win, hours before Donald Trump’s Inaugural address as the 47th President of the United States.
- “We hear [Trump’s] statements on the need to prevent World War III. We undoubtedly welcome such a disposition and congratulate the elected US president,” Putin said in a televised session of Russia’s Security Council.
- He emphasized the potential of rebuilding relations with the US following Trump and his team talking about re-establishing communication as Moscow continues to wage a war in Ukraine.
- Putin said that he has heard Trump and his team’s “statements on their wish to restore direct contacts with Russia, which the outgoing [Biden] administration had cut off through no fault of our own.”
- He said that Moscow “never turned down this dialogue” and highlighted that US-Russia relations should be based on “equality and mutual respect.”
- Putin’s comments show a sharp change in the Kremlin’s stance back in November when they refused to congratulate Trump on his victory, stating the US being “unfriendly” to Russia as the reason.
- On his presidential campaign trail, Trump vowed to end the war in Ukraine.
- Recently, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, too, emphasized Russia’s interest in conversing with the US about the war in Ukraine.
- “No special conditions are needed for this. What is required is the mutual intent and political will to have a dialogue,” Peskov said.
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Important Takeaways:
- Evacuation orders that were issued have expanded due to a growing vegetation fire that broke out in the Bonsall area of San Diego County Tuesday morning.
- As of 4:10 a.m., the Lilac Fire has grown more than 50 acres, according to Cal Fire.
- Additionally, evacuation warnings have also been issued in the surrounding area. Officials said that the fire is a “potential threat to life and/or property. Those who require additional time to evacuate, and those with pets and livestock should leave now.”
- The fire was reported around 1:20 a.m. near Old Highway 395 and Lilac Road, according to the San Diego County Fire Department.
- The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department issued evacuation orders for nearby areas around 1:33 a.m. An interactive map with updated emergency evacuation information is available here.
- A temporary evacuation point is at Castle Creek Country Club located at 8797 Circle R Drive in Escondido.
- There are 66 personnel assigned to the fire, including six engines, two crews and one water tender, officials said.
- The fire is threatening some structures, the fire authority said.
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Important Takeaways:
- AI is changing our society
- This is a field where extraordinary advances are being made on a regular basis, and we are being told that nanotechnology is already “revolutionizing myriad industries”…
- Nanotechnology, a cutting-edge discipline at the intersection of science, engineering, and technology, is revolutionizing myriad industries with its focus on manipulating matter at the nanoscale. At this minuscule level, materials exhibit unique properties and behaviors, paving the way for unprecedented advancements in fields as diverse as medicine, electronics, energy, and materials science.
- Many are concerned that the healthcare industry is one area where nanoparticles are already being used on a widespread basis…
- The healthcare sector is witnessing a transformative impact through nanotechnology. Nanomedicine, an interdisciplinary field, employs nanoscale tools for the diagnosis, imaging, and treatment of diseases. Nanoparticles, with their ability to navigate biological barriers, offer a novel approach to targeted drug delivery, ensuring precise and efficient treatment with reduced side effects.
- “Precise and efficient treatment with reduced side effects” certainly sounds good.
- But there have been other developments in this field that are rather ominous.
- For example, a team of researchers in South Korea has discovered a way to use nanoparticles to “control the minds of mice”…
- Scientists at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have developed a new way to control the minds of mice by manipulating nanoparticle-activated “switches” inside their brains with an external magnetic field.
- The system, dubbed Nano-MIND (Magnetogenetic Interface for NeuroDynamics), works by controlling targeted regions of the brain by activating neural circuits.
- In experiments, the researchers activated inhibitory neurons within specific areas of the brain to increase appetite and feeding behaviors by 100 percent. By exciting these neurons, the team could conversely reduce the food the mice ate by 50 percent.
- They also used the system to selectively activate receptors responsible for maternal behaviors in the brains of female mice that hadn’t reproduced. By activating these pathways, the mice “significantly increased nurturing behaviors, such as bringing pups to their nest, similar to maternal mice,” according to a press release.
- Of course this is just the tip of the iceberg.
- Sadly, most of us don’t even realize that there are nanoparticles in many common foods that we eat on a regular basis…
- Among the foods most likely to have nano-tech: Foods with caramelized sugar, nutritional supplements, toothpastes, gums, M&Ms, Jello Banana Cream Pudding, Pop Tarts, Mentos, Nestle Original Coffee Creamer, and even… purified water!
- One of the scariest elements of the article isn’t that these pieces of nanotechnology are harmful to the human bodies. It’s that no one knows if they’re harmful. Testing has been nearly nonexistent. The FDA, the governing body we’ve put in charge to keep bad things from entering our bodies, doesn’t even have a list of foods that contain nanotechnology.
- And most people don’t even realize that there are nanoparticles in many of the shots that we are encouraged to get.
- In fact, this is an area that is being heavily researched. The following comes from an MIT article entitled “MIT scientists use a new type of nanoparticle to make vaccines more powerful”…
- Many vaccines, including vaccines for hepatitis B and whooping cough, consist of fragments of viral or bacterial proteins. These vaccines often include other molecules called adjuvants, which help to boost the immune system’s response to the protein.
- Most of these adjuvants consist of aluminum salts or other molecules that provoke a nonspecific immune response. A team of MIT researchers has now shown that a type of nanoparticle called a metal organic framework (MOF) can also provoke a strong immune response, by activating the innate immune system — the body’s first line of defense against any pathogen — through cell proteins called toll-like receptors.
- In a study of mice, the researchers showed that this MOF could successfully encapsulate and deliver part of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, while also acting as an adjuvant once the MOF is broken down inside cells.
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Important Takeaways:
- MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN
- President Trump will take bold action to secure our border and protect American communities.
- This includes ending Biden’s catch-and-release policies, reinstating Remain in Mexico, building the wall, ending asylum for illegal border crossers, cracking down on criminal sanctuaries, and enhancing vetting and screening of aliens.
- President Trump’s deportation operation will address the record border crossings of criminal aliens under the prior administration.
- The President is suspending refugee resettlement, after communities were forced to house large and unsustainable populations of migrants, straining community safety and resources.
- The Armed Forces, including the National Guard, will engage in border security, which is national security, and will be deployed to the border to assist existing law enforcement personnel.
- President Trump will begin the process of designating cartels, including the dangerous Tren de Aragua, as foreign terrorist organizations and use the Alien Enemies Act to remove them.
- The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty as the appropriate punishment for heinous crimes against humanity, including those who kill law enforcement officers and illegal migrants who maim and murder Americans.
- MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AND ENERGY DOMINANT AGAIN
- The President will unleash American energy by ending Biden’s policies of climate extremism, streamlining permitting, and reviewing for rescission all regulations that impose undue burdens on energy production and use, including mining and processing of non-fuel minerals.
- President Trump’s energy actions empower consumer choice in vehicles, showerheads, toilets, washing machines, lightbulbs and dishwashers.
- President Trump will declare an energy emergency and use all necessary resources to build critical infrastructure.
- President Trump’s energy policies will end leasing to massive wind farms that degrade our natural landscapes and fail to serve American energy consumers.
- President Trump will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
- All agencies will take emergency measures to reduce the cost of living.
- President Trump will announce the America First Trade Policy.
- America will no longer be beholden to foreign organizations for our national tax policy, which punishes American businesses.
- DRAIN THE SWAMP
- The President will usher a Golden Age for America by reforming and improving the government bureaucracy to work for the American people. He will freeze bureaucrat hiring except in essential areas to end the onslaught of useless and overpaid DEI activists buried into the federal workforce. He will pause burdensome and radical regulations not yet in effect that Biden announced.
- President Trump is announcing an unprecedented slate of executive orders for rescission.
- President Trump is planning for improved accountability of government bureaucrats. The American people deserve the highest-quality service from people who love our country. The President will also return federal workers to work, as only 6% of employees currently work in person.
- President Trump is taking swift action to end the weaponization of government against political rivals and ordering all document retention as required by law. President Trump is also ending the unconstitutional censorship by the federal government. No longer will government employees pick and require the erasure of entirely true speech.
- On the President’s direction, the State Department will have an America-First foreign policy.
- BRING BACK AMERICAN VALUES
- The President will establish male and female as biological reality and protect women from radical gender ideology.
- American landmarks will be named to appropriately honor our Nation’s history.
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Important Takeaways:
- Trump had a busy day but not too busy to pardon about 1,500 of those he deems “hostages” of the weaponization of justice under President Joe Biden.
- “Tonight, I’m going to be signing on the J6 hostages – pardons to get them out,” Trump told a crowd at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.
- “And as soon as I leave, I’m going to the Oval Office, and we’ll be signing pardons for a lot of people, a lot of people,” he added:
- Trump began the day at St. John’s Church. He then had tea with former President Joe Biden at the White House. He was sworn in at the Capitol building and then had lunch before participating in the Presidential Parade.
- Trump will finish his day making an appearance at the Commander in Chief Ball, Liberty Inaugural Ball, and Starlight Ball. But before the balls, he will go to the Oval Office to sign January 6 pardons.
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Important Takeaways:
- President Donald Trump vowed during his pre-inauguration speech on Sunday night to release records “in the coming days” related to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Trump also promised to release records related to “other topics of great public interest,” during the event at Washington, DC’s Capital One Arena.
- “As a first step toward restoring transparency and accountability to government, we will also reverse the overclassification of government documents, and in the coming days, we are going to make public remaining records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other topics of great public interest,” the 45th and 47th president said.
- “It’s all going to be released, Uncle Sam,” he added.
- During his campaign, Trump pledged to create a commission on presidential assassination attempts, as a tribute to RFK Jr.
- “After I was — can’t even believe I have to say this — nearly assassinated in Pennsylvania last month, Bobby called me to express his best wishes. He knows firsthand the risks incurred by leaders who stand up to the corrupt political establishment,” Trump said at the time. “And when you stand up, you bring on some trouble for yourself, but you have to do what’s right. You have to do what’s right for the country. I’ll tell you, we are both in this to do what’s right for the country.”
- Both Kennedy’s father and uncle were assassinated.
- “He lost his father and uncle in service to our country, and Bobby himself was subject to repeated threats to his safety during the course of his campaign, while being denied protection by the Harris-Biden administration,” Trump said. The Biden administration notably only ordered Secret Service protection for RFK Jr. after the Trump assassination attempt and after Trump demanded protection for him.
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Important Takeaways:
- Among the slew of executive orders signed after reaching the White House Monday night, President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), saying the far-reaching pandemic monitoring organization had “ripped off” the U.S.
- The U.S. is the largest funder of the WHO, which monitors disease outbreaks around the world. The U.S. also majorly contributes to the WHO’s work — including collaborations with the CDC and NIH on issues like cancer prevention and global health security.
- Trump’s executive order is an attempt to finish what he started in his last presidency and is all but guaranteed to succeed this time around. Trump removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but withdrawal requires one year of advance notice. Biden took office six months later and revoked Trump’s action before it ever took effect.
- “Everybody rips off the United States and that’s it — it’s not going to happen anymore,” Trump said.
- The text of the executive order describes an “unfair” demand of “onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries’ assessed payments.”
- “China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has 300 percent of the population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 90 percent less to the WHO,” the executive order said.
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Important Takeaways:
- The IDF fired warning shots on Hamas forces operating in the vicinity of its new defensive ceasefire lines during the late morning, the Jerusalem Post learned on Monday.
- Although the IDF has not yet issued a public statement on the issue and generally all signs are that Hamas is seeking to maintain the conditions of the ceasefire which went into effect on Sunday at 11:15 a.m., not everything is quiet.
- According to the IDF, when the Hamas forces started to approach closer to their position and the IDF fired warning shots, the Gazans retreated and moved away from the Israeli forces without any counterfire or resistance.
- Further, the IDF said it remained committed to holding all defense lines set down by the ceasefire and would respond with force to any Gazans who approached those lines in any potentially threatening way.
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