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A portrait of President Donald Trump, commissioned by Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been gifted to the US leader, the Kremlin has confirmed.

Putin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed the gift was given to Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, during a meeting in Moscow earlier in March.

The existence of the portrait came to light in an interview between Witkoff and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Witkoff told Carlson that Trump was "clearly touched" by the "beautiful" painting.

Witkoff's meeting with Putin followed discussions with Russian officials regarding efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

Ceasefire talks involving US and Russian officials continued in Saudi Arabia on Monday, following meetings with Ukrainian negotiators the previous day.

During his interview, Witkoff described Putin's gesture as "gracious" and recounted an anecdote shared by the Russian president.

Putin reportedly told Witkoff he had prayed for Trump in 2024 upon hearing reports he had been shot at a Pennsylvania rally where Trump was campaigning for the US presidency.

According to Witkoff, Putin said he "was praying for his friend."

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got a preview

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tyb

it is fun to watch the senate hearing now the dems are not in control.

o7

>>22818737

tyb

o7

Renegade?

Evergreen?

Didn't Obama choose the name?

She's labeling others as if she has more authority over national security than our government.

>impeach.

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>>22818762

General Donald J Patton

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>>22818356

Now listen here you little sniveling ratfuck mimic muhjoo chucklefuck I know SP better than any SP because I'm SP that's me I'm the real SP and nobody SP's better than me the real SP. Nobody out SP's the real SP because that's me, the real SP

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>>22818737

Tyb

o7

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tyb

https://x.com/LucasSWGirl/status/1904531951039508547

Nobody, and I mean nobody out chuckles the chucklefuck

>>22818737

tyb

Today,

@DNIGabbard

released the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Read the assessment here: https://dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2025-Unclassified-Report.pdf

https://x.com/ODNIgov/status/1904554839679414487

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>>22818737

ty morn'n b

luuken guud

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114223777905731606

lol

Dumpsters fire.

Playing politics.

I Hate Politicians

NASA says removal of 'first woman, person of color' language from Artemis websites 'does not indicate' moon mission crew change

March 24, 2025

NASA websites no longer state that the Artemis 3 lunar mission will aim to land the first person of color and the first woman on the moon — a longstanding goal of the Artemis program that the agency has consistently called upon when discussing lunar plans.

The change appeared this weekend as NASA continues to cancel programs dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) as well as purge its websites of any language related to these efforts.

These decisions are guided by the Trump administration's push to end programs and close offices related to DEIA efforts in order to eliminate what it deems "immense public waste and shameful discrimination," according to the White House.

The agency's latest move, however, appears to have impacted its Artemis program websites. All mentions of landing the first person of color and first woman on the moon have been taken down from plans posted online, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

While it's unclear how the removal of this language might affect astronaut assignments for NASA's planned moon missions, a NASA spokesperson told Space.com that "it is important to note that the change in language does not indicate a change in crew assignments."

In addition to the statement above, the spokesperson gave Space.com the following statement, identical to ones given to other news outlets following the change in language on its Artemis program websites:

"In accordance with an Executive Order signed by President Trump, NASA is updating its language to better reflect the core mission of the Artemis campaign: returning astronauts to the lunar surface.

NASA remains committed to aligning with White House guidance and ensuring mission success."

The agency's Artemis program website previously stated that NASA "will land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the moon," according to an archived version of the site available online.

The current version of the site states that "With NASA’s Artemis campaign, we are exploring the moon for scientific discovery, technology advancement, and to learn how to live and work on another world as we prepare for human missions to Mars."

As has been shown so far, federal agencies have been swift with their response to the Trump administration's abrupt requests for them to implement changes in workflow.

Trump signed a series of executive orders within days of being sworn in for his second term asking federally funded organizations to take action in various ways, one of which was indeed the mandate of closing offices and ending any related programs associated with DEIA efforts.

Acting NASA administrator Janet Petro sent a memo to agency employees following that executive order stating that the agency's DEIA programs "divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination."

NASA isn't the only agency complying with White House orders; other federally funded science organizations — for instance, the Rubin Observatory — have been deleting DEIA-related content from their websites as well.

NASA has also slashed its workforce significantly as part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce federal spending. It's unknown to what extent the agency's budgets or workforce could be reduced.

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/nasa-says-removal-of-first-woman-person-of-color-language-from-artemis-websites-does-not-indicate-moon-mission-crew-change

QANONERS BTFO!

This is the clearest example of 8kun culture being targeted and destroyed in a comic. How should we respond??

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If President Trump is working with Xi, it doesn't mean the CCP isn't dangerous.

The little bastards want to steal everything, just to be the big dog on the world stage.

"Why wasn't climate change in the report?"

Durp

Something needs to be pointed out. When Donald Trump is briefed on what Elon Musk’s DOGE is finding Trump immediately calls it fraud

These contracts aren’t ‘waste and abuse,’ they’re fraud. Trump says “The fraud is incredible”

If it’s fraud, people need to go to prison

“One of those contracts was for, to do surveys of individuals, $830 million for surveys. And so part of the question was, Hey, could we actually see the surveys? Then the surveys came back and was a survey was like 81/2 by 11 sheet of paper with 10 questions that anyone's child in junior high could have put together or AI could have done for free…. $830 million. So that's one, one that we've stopped.”

Donald Trump “It would be a fraud, yeah it’s fraud.

We've had many fraudulent contracts that were caught by the work that Elon and his people are doing and working with our people. It's been brought to light that the fraud, not just waste and abuse, the fraud has been incredible”

More contracts

- The US Department of Agriculture, we've canceled a $300,000 contract educating on food justice for queer and transgender farmers in San Francisco

- A similar contract we canceled in New York again, educating transgender and queer farmers on food justice and food equality

- $600,000 contract in Louis out of Louisiana that was studying the menstrual cycles of transgender men

- Another contract out of a university in the middle of the country that focused on getting more diversity, equity, and inclusion into our pest management industry

“These are just a few examples of the hundreds and hundreds that we have found.”

-The clear case of fraud was with the small business administration where they were handing out loans a $330 million worth of loans to people under the age of 11

- The youngest was a 9 month year old who got a hundred thousand dollar loan

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1904553136406339682

Is this thing Human?

Who’s ready to unleash the Golden Era of American Energy Dominance?

https://x.com/ENERGY/status/1904518724398260590

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>Is this thing Human?

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TYB

>>22818804

>Day one Kash looks like a bum.

Comms?

As compared to Comey and Chris Wray?

They dressed up but they were both POS.

Give Kash some time.

IMHO.

BREAKING: The medical staff caring for Pope Francis during his hospitalization considered stopping treatment to allow him to die peacefully.

https://x.com/GeneralMCNews/status/1904556868271300857

We all know, it'll be in May.

Progress

I am just so important. Everything is about me. I spend nearly 10 hours daily here for nearly 7 years.

You are close with the philosopher stone.

It is real and yes it is the key to immortality

but you are using the wrong bodily fluid

Its the sexual essence energy of your semen that must be retained for 33 days.

no alcohol

no sex

The fountain of youth is this process of the pituitary and pineal generating the "Honey" and "Milk" that then flows down your spinal column to your sacrum at which point it will then rise again over a 33 day period.

If you retain even 10% and return it back to the head (Heaven)

your body will generate the "Blood of the Christ" New Blood.

This is how we turn led to gold, you are the led we are turning to gold.

The Golden Age is upon you.

Be Best OMen and Prayers

learn more here: https://imgur.com/a/A2ERP9J

Then seek the "Book of Wisdom" and the "Book of Key and Lock"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsmUiUkABoo

This is also part of the Cult of Saturn I wrote earlier to you about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVyeesJAuNs

In the beg the Earth was a Moon of Saturns and Saturn was our Dark Star, nibiru, planet x

Yes Caveman watched as saturn ate one of her moons, creating venus and rained brimstone upon the earth after which the star went dormant

thus the sacrificing of children

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>>22818789

Who actually wants to be him?

>Be unemployed

>Spend 10 hours a day here

Today in Q Post History we have 19 Deltas

March 25

There were19 Q Postson the date ofMarch 25.

LINK - https://qalerts.app/?q=Mar+25

ARCHIVE - https://archive.ph/NjcRp

Keep up the lawful fight, fight, fight, and I will, too!

o7

>>22818883

Hahaha sucks to be you.

7 years and you still contribute nothing.

You're a failure.

Maybe try something else?

You're not that good at Research.

I defend my anonymous "identity" no nore than he defends the satanist/marxist anonymous "hive" he wants everyone to use so him and the other lapdogs can continue the indoctrination scam they've been cultivating on the chans for decades and are so desperate they're actually displaying and using the evil behavior behind the projections on a religious group that were spammed for over half a decade here and decades elsewhere they could get away with it.

>>22818896

>7 years and you still contribute nothing.

>You're a failure.

Uh huh. Typical leftist projection.

Spiral in the sky likely to be from SpaceX launch

March 25, 2025

A large glowing spiral visible in the night sky on Monday is believed to have been caused by a SpaceX rocket launch in the US.

The Met Office said the shape was likely produced by a frozen plume of fuel from the rocket's exhaust, which reflected the sunlight and appeared to spin in the atmosphere.

The cloud-like shape was visible for several minutes above the UK and elsewhere in Europe before fading.

The Falcon 9 rocket from Elon Musk's space company lifted off at around 13:50 local time in Florida (17:50 GMT) on a classified US government mission.

The Falcon 9 is a reusable rocket. After launching, the first part takes the payload it is carrying, such as a satellite into space.

While this part of the rocket then turns back around towards Earth, the second stage of the rocket continues to take the satellite to the correct orbit.

Once released, the second stage will eject any leftover fuel, which freezes instantly due to the altitude and forms into a spiral pattern because of the rocket's movement as it falls back to Earth.

Light is then reflected off the frozen fuel, making it visible on Earth. Astronomer Allan Trow said it had appeared above Wales's Bannau Brycheiniog national park at around 20:00 GMT.

He said he had seen the phenomenon before around four years ago. "But these are pretty rare," he told the BBC, and agreed the rocket was its likely source.

Stockport-based Sonia was already out with her telescope when she saw "a swirling galaxy that was moving across the sky".

People living almost 200 miles (321km) away also spotted the unusual glow.

Steven Hall was taking his bins out from his home in rural Suffolk when he saw what looked like "a huge Catherine wheel which appeared to have its own atmosphere around it".

He added: "It did pass my mind, is this an unexplained, unidentified flying object?" SpaceX said on X the launch was carried out on behalf of the US government National Reconnaissance Office mission.

The Kennedy Space Center also said on X the launch was a classified mission for that office.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c241073v66jo

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/mysterious-blue-spiral-spotted-over-european-skies-what-was-it-photos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2hJFsv3Ik

I hate the idea of a freeloading Europe too

Thank you Pete Hegseth.

Thank you.

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>>22818890

Looking at vs living with

The feeling you get when all responses to your highly insightful post on QResearch are from shills.

>>22818907

That's your problem anon.. you're missing the 40,000 foot view thinking you have it all at 35.

Guess who this is?

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https://x.com/Scavino47/status/1904552153806500086

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Facts matter.

>>22818928

Imagine acting like you're inconspicuous but clearly I'm OTT

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>>22818938

Nothing better than having black coffee to wash down my breakfast.

>>22818921

It is what it is

Not a bad tune.

>>22818947

Sleepy learned it from somewhere

>Ahem

>>22818892

I'm moar importanter than you, I'm the best, me me me look at me I'm SP

>>22818902

Don't play dumb.

Also pulled to the left.

today's hearing = a continuation of the longest running show in US history

https://x.com/i/status/1904339244622942342

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Bye

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thanks baker

https://www.fox8tv.com/maxine-waters-floats-deporting-melania-trump-in-anti-doge-diatribe/

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/radioactive-coolant-leaks-from-europes-largest-nuclear-reactor-report-7892288

The reactor pool is leaking?

Is it cracked?

Wouldn't seismic activity (or massive concussion waves) crack a reactor containment pool?

Did someone test a device underwater?

Is that why the cables were cut under sea recently?

Think about it

The Researcher

@listen_2learn

So the person who supposedly added the journalist to the Signal group chat, Alex Wong, was an attorney for Covington & Burling, one of the law firms that Trump included in his EOs about government contracts and security clearances.

Interesting.

https://twitter.com/listen_2learn/status/1904551173488586788

Dazzling photos of this month's total lunar eclipse showcase a blood red moon near the Milky Way's heart

March 25, 2025

Breathtaking photos of the total lunar eclipse from earlier this month capture a glowing, blood red moon and star-studded heart of the Milky Way in the night skies over Chile.

A total lunar eclipse occurred overnight across March 13-14, coinciding with the Full Worm Moon.

The maximum phase, or totality, occurred at 2:59 a.m. EDT (6:59 GMT) on March 14, causing the moon to appear a deep red color in the night sky.

The "Blood Worm Moon" total lunar eclipse rose over the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), located on the summit of Mt. Cerro Tololo in northern Chile.

The National Science Foundation's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, or NOIRLab, which oversees the observatory, shared stunning photos of the ground-based telescopes beneath a glowing blood red moon and dazzling view of the Milky Way in a post on X (formally Twitter).

During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow on the moon.

This causes the surface of the moon to darken, and sometimes appear reddish when viewed from the night side of Earth, as the planet's atmosphere scatters sunlight.

Because of this, a total lunar eclipse is sometimes referred to as a "blood moon.”

The recent lunar eclipse — the first total lunar eclipse since 2022 — was visible across North America and most of South America.

Viewers in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile experienced totality as the moon passed entirely within the darkest part of Earth's shadow, or umbra, so that the sun was completely blocked.

Other areas including Western Europe and parts of West Africa experienced totality at moonset, before the moon disappeared below the horizon.

In New Zealand, the eclipse was partially visible as the moon rose on March 14.

The images taken at CTIO offer a breathtaking view of the total lunar eclipse, showcasing the bright red glow of the moon blanketed by Earth’s shadow.

Clear night skies also revealed the striking section of the Milky Way that we can see despite living within the galaxy, and twinkling stars above the observatory's ground-based telescopes.

Be sure to check out our roundup of the best photos of the "Blood Worm Moon" total lunar eclipse for even more spectacular views.

https://www.space.com/stargazing/astrophotography/dazzling-photos-of-this-months-total-lunar-eclipse-showcase-a-blood-red-moon-near-the-milky-ways-heart

https://twitter.com/NOIRLabAstro/status/1902510594432868433

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>>22818981

Omg Pepe

>YES

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Whale Psychiatrist ™️

@k_ovfefe2

🤣🤣🤣🤣 beautiful

Quote

Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸

@Bubblebathgirl

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2h

Department of Education employees were given cardboard boxes and 30 minutes to pack up their things Monday and leave the office.

CNN is reporting on these firings as if it’s people being sent off to war.

https://twitter.com/k_ovfefe2/status/1904554975834894721

THE FULL ARTICLE BY THE ATLANTIC WRITTEN BY JEFFERY GOLDBERG

Note: the meme explains it all, derka derka

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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

By Jeffrey Goldberg

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

https://archive.ph/4X5JZ

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The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen.

I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.

This is going to require some explaining.

March 24, 2025, 12:06 PM ET

The story technically begins shortly after the Hamas invasion of southern Israel, in October 2023. The Houthis—an Iran-backed terrorist organization whose motto is “God is great, death to America, death to Israel, curse on the Jews, victory to Islam”—soon launched attacks on Israel and on international shipping, creating havoc for global trade. Throughout 2024, the Biden administration was ineffective in countering these Houthi attacks; the incoming Trump administration promised a tougher response.

This is where Pete Hegseth and I come in.

On Tuesday, March 11, I received a connection request on Signal from a user identified as Michael Waltz. Signal is an open-source encrypted messaging service popular with journalists and others who seek more privacy than other text-messaging services are capable of delivering. I assumed that the Michael Waltz in question was President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. I did not assume, however, that the request was from the actual Michael Waltz. I have met him in the past, and though I didn’t find it particularly strange that he might be reaching out to me, I did think it somewhat unusual, given the Trump administration’s contentious relationship with journalists—and Trump’s periodic fixation on me specifically. It immediately crossed my mind that someone could be masquerading as Waltz in order to somehow entrap me. It is not at all uncommon these days for nefarious actors to try to induce journalists to share information that could be used against them.

I accepted the connection request, hoping that this was the actual national security adviser, and that he wanted to chat about Ukraine, or Iran, or some other important matter.

Two days later—Thursday—at 4:28 p.m., I received a notice that I was to be included in a Signal chat group. It was called the “Houthi PC small group.”

A message to the group, from “Michael Waltz,” read as follows: “Team – establishing a principles [sic] group for coordination on Houthis, particularly for over the next 72 hours. My deputy Alex Wong is pulling together a tiger team at deputies/agency Chief of Staff level following up from the meeting in the Sit Room this morning for action items and will be sending that out later this evening.”

The message continued, “Pls provide the best staff POC from your team for us to coordinate with over the next couple days and over the weekend. Thx.”

The term principals committee generally refers to a group of the senior-most national-security officials, including the secretaries of defense, state, and the treasury, as well as the director of the CIA. It should go without saying—but I’ll say it anyway—that I have never been invited to a White House principals-committee meeting, and that, in my many years of reporting on national-security matters, I had never heard of one being convened over a commercial messaging app.

continued

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TYB

>>22818966

chekt

"You have to do better"

- Sen. Michael Bennet

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>>22818999

The Nobody Is A Cat

Think about it.

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One minute later, a person identified only as “MAR”—the secretary of state is Marco Antonio Rubio—wrote, “Mike Needham for State,” apparently designating the current counselor of the State Department as his representative. At that same moment, a Signal user identified as “JD Vance” wrote, “Andy baker for VP.” One minute after that, “TG” (presumably Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, or someone masquerading as her) wrote, “Joe Kent for DNI.” Nine minutes later, “Scott B”—apparently Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, or someone spoofing his identity, wrote, “Dan Katz for Treasury.” At 4:53 p.m., a user called “Pete Hegseth” wrote, “Dan Caldwell for DoD.” And at 6:34 p.m., “Brian” wrote “Brian McCormack for NSC.” One more person responded: “John Ratcliffe” wrote at 5:24 p.m. with the name of a CIA official to be included in the group. I am not publishing that name, because that person is an active intelligence officer.

The principals had apparently assembled. In all, 18 individuals were listed as members of this group, including various National Security Council officials; Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East and Ukraine negotiator; Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff; and someone identified only as “S M,” which I took to stand for Stephen Miller. I appeared on my own screen only as “JG.”

That was the end of the Thursday text chain.

After receiving the Waltz text related to the “Houthi PC small group,” I consulted a number of colleagues. We discussed the possibility that these texts were part of a disinformation campaign, initiated by either a foreign intelligence service or, more likely, a media-gadfly organization, the sort of group that attempts to place journalists in embarrassing positions, and sometimes succeeds. I had very strong doubts that this text group was real, because I could not believe that the national-security leadership of the United States would communicate on Signal about imminent war plans. I also could not believe that the national security adviser to the president would be so reckless as to include the editor in chief of The Atlantic in such discussions with senior U.S. officials, up to and including the vice president.

The next day, things got even stranger.

At 8:05 a.m. on Friday, March 14, “Michael Waltz” texted the group: “Team, you should have a statement of conclusions with taskings per the Presidents guidance this morning in your high side inboxes.” (High side, in government parlance, refers to classified computer and communications systems.) “State and DOD, we developed suggested notification lists for regional Allies and partners. Joint Staff is sending this am a more specific sequence of events in the coming days and we will work w DOD to ensure COS, OVP and POTUS are briefed.”

At this point, a fascinating policy discussion commenced. The account labeled “JD Vance” responded at 8:16: “Team, I am out for the day doing an economic event in Michigan. But I think we are making a mistake.” (Vance was indeed in Michigan that day.) The Vance account goes on to state, “3 percent of US trade runs through the suez. 40 percent of European trade does. There is a real risk that the public doesn’t understand this or why it’s necessary. The strongest reason to do this is, as POTUS said, to send a message.”

The Vance account then goes on to make a noteworthy statement, considering that the vice president has not deviated publicly from

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kek

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Trump’s position on virtually any issue. “I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now. There’s a further risk that we see a moderate to severe spike in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself. But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.”

A person identified in Signal as “Joe Kent” (Trump’s nominee to run the National Counterterrorism Center is named Joe Kent) wrote at 8:22, “There is nothing time sensitive driving the time line. We’ll have the exact same options in a month.”

Then, at 8:26 a.m., a message landed in my Signal app from the user “John Ratcliffe.” The message contained information that might be interpreted as related to actual and current intelligence operations.

At 8:27, a message arrived from the “Pete Hegseth” account. “VP: I understand your concerns – and fully support you raising w/ POTUS. Important considerations, most of which are tough to know how they play out (economy, Ukraine peace, Gaza, etc). I think messaging is going to be tough no matter what – nobody knows who the Houthis are – which is why we would need to stay focused on: 1) Biden failed & 2) Iran funded.”

The Hegseth message goes on to state, “Waiting a few weeks or a month does not fundamentally change the calculus. 2 immediate risks on waiting: 1) this leaks, and we look indecisive; 2) Israel takes an action first – or Gaza cease fire falls apart – and we don’t get to start this on our own terms. We can manage both. We are prepared to execute, and if I had final go or no go vote, I believe we should. This [is] not about the Houthis. I see it as two things: 1) Restoring Freedom of Navigation, a core national interest; and 2) Reestablish deterrence, which Biden cratered. But, we can easily pause. And if we do, I will do all we can to enforce 100% OPSEC”—operations security. “I welcome other thoughts.”

A few minutes later, the “Michael Waltz” account posted a lengthy note about trade figures, and the limited capabilities of European navies. “Whether it’s now or several weeks from now, it will have to be the United States that reopens these shipping lanes. Per the president’s request we are working with DOD and State to determine how to compile the cost associated and levy them on the Europeans.”

The account identified as “JD Vance” addressed a message at 8:45 to @Pete Hegseth: “if you think we should do it let’s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again.” (The administration has argued that America’s European allies benefit economically from the U.S. Navy’s protection of international shipping lanes.)

The user identified as Hegseth responded three minutes later: “VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC. But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given POTUS directive to reopen shipping lanes. I think we should go; but POTUS still retains 24 hours of decision space.”

>>22818998

Chat Logs…

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/space-pirates-already-have-their-sights-set-on-the-high-seas-of-earth-orbit-can-we-stop-them

https://cscpg.org/

Space pirates already have their sights set on the 'high seas' of Earth orbit. Can we stop them?

March 25, 2025

Put on your eye patch and crank up your best "arrr." And while you're at it, plop down a stack of doubloons and conjure up visions of Captain Jack Sparrow!

Talk about "high crimes" and misdemeanors. The growing pace of space as a commercial resource brings with it the prospect for misdeeds, corruption, piracy, and war.

The Center for the Study of Space Crime, Policy, and Governance (CSCPG) is looking into the risks of piracy in space and solutions to this potentially devastating economic and legal problem.

Speculative non-fiction

"Now is the time to start thinking and talking about mitigating the threat of piracy in space," said Marc Feldman, executive director of the CSCPG.

"As we like to say, and please forgive me, Leon Trotsky, but you may not be interested in space piracy, but space pirates are interested in you …"

Feldman, a space entrepreneur and finance professional, has co-authored, with Hugh Taylor, a specialist in cybersecurity, technology, and compliance, "Space Piracy: Preparing for a Criminal Crisis in Orbit" (Wiley, 2025).

Taylor is director of the CSCPG. As they write in their newly published book, "we think the phenomenon will occur," and they offer suggestions for mitigating the risk.

"We refer to our content as 'speculative nonfiction,'" they add.

Attacks: physical and digital

Given that space piracy is a given, in their view, how best to characterize the first incident occurring - or perhaps it already has taken place?

"We are arguing that it's already started, in very early stages, with attempts to hack satellites," Taylor told Space.com.

"However, we think that the increasingly commercial nature of space will result in attacks, physical and digital, on space assets, probably starting with disruptions of Earth-based space assets like launch facilities or ground stations," he said.

As for concrete steps to counter the threat of space piracy, Taylor said that there are a couple of different entities that need to "deal with" the issue.

"From a U.S. perspective, our thought is that there needs to be a lead agency pulling together different stakeholders.

This could be the U.S. Space Force, though they don't appear to be structured for it or tasked with this right now," said Taylor.

Varied stakeholders

Alternatively, there could be a need for a dedicated space security agency (or sub-agency) in the U.S. intelligence community, Taylor said.

The U.S. Navy is a great candidate, given their 250 years of experience fighting pirates, "but they lack the legal charter to get involved, if I understand federal statutes," Taylor said.

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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz Invited Leftist Journ-o-Lister Jeff Goldberg to Group Chat on Signal Discussing Houthi Attacks

March 25, 2025 | Sundance1/3

According to Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic [SEE HERE], National Security Advisor Mike Waltz invited him to a group chat on the Signal app, where various Trump administration officials and cabinet members were discussing how to address the Houthi rebels in Yemen in advance of military airstrikes.

The media is having a field day with the story, andit does have multiple angles that will unfold in the next several days and weeks. Some mediaeven claiming the story could take down Mike Waltz and/or Pete Hegsethdue to the national security implications in the series of events [Politico Here].However, I wouldn’t go that far at all.

Why Mike Waltz would be texting an invite to Jeffrey Goldberg is an issue for later discussion. Generally, given the nature of these things it is not the principal who sets up the text network,usually a top aide or lead staff, which might indicate Waltz’s wife Julia Nesheiwat was involved[SEE WHY], but let’s put that aside.

Goldberg claims “details of war plans” were discussed in the group chat.Perhaps so, perhaps not. This specific part of the story is refuted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. What was discussed and further shared and outlined by Breitbart News [SEE HERE] is a conversation about the strategic reasoning for the U.S. to directly attack the Houthi rebels in Yemen and reopen the sea lanes into and out of the Suez Canal.

The EU and Egypt are the primary beneficiaries of U.S. involvement toward stopping the Houthi terrorists from targeting ships in the region.Egypt manages the Suez Canal, and obviously there are some strategic U.S. benefits in the region from helping Egypt deal with the Houthi issue. Specifically, as President Trump seeks to have Egypt, Saudi Arabia and partners help solve the problem in Gaza.

Additionally, most of the shipping through the region is headed to the European Union through the canal.Reestablishing safe maritime flow of goods economically assists the EU more than any other region. Again, a point of leverage for the Trump administrationas President Trump confronts the issues of EU support for anUkraine conflict he is trying to resolve.

These geopolitical considerations show up in the story as JD Vance engaged in the text message discussion, as shared by Breitbart News:

The 18 members of the group chat included Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, someone believed to be Homeland Security Advisor and White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, and others.

The group chat was called “Houthi PC small group,” with PC meaning “Principals Committee” — a reference to the group of top decision-makers from each agency during National Security Council meetings.

(https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/25/national-security-advisor-mike-waltz-invited-leftist-journ-o-lister-jeff-goldberg-to-group-chat-on-signal-discussing-houthi-attacks/

>>22819038

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Waltz reportedly sent the following message on March 13:

Team — establishing a principles [sic] group for coordination on Houthis, particularly for over the next 72 hours. My deputy Alex Wong is pulling together a tiger team at deputies/agency Chief of Staff level following up from the meeting in the Sit Room this morning for action items and will be sending that out later this evening.

Pls provide the best staff POC from your team for us to coordinate with over the next couple days and over the weekend. Thx.

Members of the group chat then sent names for points of contact for them on the strikes.

The next day, Waltz told the group they should have received messages in their classified computer and communications systems regarding taskings.

The text conversation then begins a dive into the geopolitical considerations behind any operation with a myriad of issues to be considered.Vice-President JD Vance overlays the strategic geopolitical dynamics.

Vance said regarding the strikes, “I think we are making a mistake,” adding, “3 percent of US trade runs through the Suez. 40 percent of European trade does. There is a real risk that the public doesn’t understand this or why it’s necessary. The strongest reason to do this is, as POTUS said, to send a message.”

“I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now. There’s a further risk that we see a moderate to severe spike in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself. But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.,” he argued.

The back and forth between Defense Secretary Hegseth, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Vice-President JD Vance and Assistant Chief of Staff to POTUS, Stephen Miller, is then included:

Hegseth reportedly wrote, “VP: I understand your concerns — and fully support you raising w/ POTUS. Important considerations, most of which are tough to know how they play out (economy, Ukraine peace, Gaza, etc). I think messaging is going to be tough no matter what — nobody knows who the Houthis are — which is why we would need to stay focused on: 1) Biden failed & 2) Iran funded.”

He reportedly added, “Waiting a few weeks or a month does not fundamentally change the calculus.2 immediate risks on waiting: 1) this leaks, and we look indecisive; 2) Israel takes an action first — or Gaza cease fire falls apart — and we don’t get to start this on our own terms. We can manage both. We are prepared to execute, and if I had final go or no go vote, I believe we should. This [is] not about the Houthis. I see it as two things: 1) Restoring Freedom of Navigation, a core national interest; and 2) Reestablish deterrence, which Biden cratered. But, we can easily pause. And if we do, I will do all we can to enforce 100% OPSEC—operations security. I welcome other thoughts.”

Waltz then reportedly posted a “lengthy note” about trade figures, and the limited capabilities of European navies.

“Whether it’s now or several weeks from now, it will have to be the United States that reopens these shipping lanes. Per the president’s request we are working with DOD and State to determine how to compile the cost associated and levy them on the Europeans,” Waltz said.

Vance then reportedly wrote to Hegseth, “if you think we should do it let’s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again.”

Hegseth responded: “VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC. But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given POTUS directive to reopen shipping lanes. I think we should go; but POTUS still retains 24 hours of decision space.”

(https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/25/national-security-advisor-mike-waltz-invited-leftist-journ-o-lister-jeff-goldberg-to-group-chat-on-signal-discussing-houthi-attacks/

>>22819033

dubs

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>>22819004

At this point, the previously silent “S M” joined the conversation. “As I heard it, the president was clear: green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn’t remunerate, then what? If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.”

That message from “S M”—presumably President Trump’s confidant Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, or someone playing Stephen Miller—effectively shut down the conversation. The last text of the day came from “Pete Hegseth,” who wrote at 9:46 a.m., “Agree.”

After reading this chain, I recognized that this conversation possessed a high degree of verisimilitude. The texts, in their word choice and arguments, sounded as if they were written by the people who purportedly sent them, or by a particularly adept AI text generator. I was still concerned that this could be a disinformation operation, or a simulation of some sort. And I remained mystified that no one in the group seemed to have noticed my presence. But if it was a hoax, the quality of mimicry and the level of foreign-policy insight were impressive.

It was the next morning, Saturday, March 15, when this story became truly bizarre.

At 11:44 a.m., the account labeled “Pete Hegseth” posted in Signal a “TEAM UPDATE.” I will not quote from this update, or from certain other subsequent texts. The information contained in them, if they had been read by an adversary of the United States, could conceivably have been used to harm American military and intelligence personnel, particularly in the broader Middle East, Central Command’s area of responsibility. What I will say, in order to illustrate the shocking recklessness of this Signal conversation, is that the Hegseth post contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.

The only person to reply to the update from Hegseth was the person identified as the vice president. “I will say a prayer for victory,” Vance wrote. (Two other users subsequently added prayer emoji.)

According to the lengthy Hegseth text, the first detonations in Yemen would be felt two hours hence, at 1:45 p.m. eastern time. So I waited in my car in a supermarket parking lot. If this Signal chat was real, I reasoned, Houthi targets would soon be bombed. At about 1:55, I checked X and searched Yemen. Explosions were then being heard across Sanaa, the capital city.

I went back to the Signal channel. At 1:48, “Michael Waltz” had provided the group an update. Again, I won’t quote from this text, except to note that he described the operation as an “amazing job.” A few minutes later, “John Ratcliffe” wrote, “A good start.” Not long after, Waltz responded with three emoji: a fist, an American flag, and fire. Others soon joined in, including “MAR,” who wrote, “Good Job Pete and your team!!,” and “Susie Wiles,” who texted, “Kudos to all – most particularly those in theater and CENTCOM! Really great. God bless.” “Steve Witkoff” responded with five emoji: two hands-praying, a flexed bicep, and two American flags. “TG” responded, “Great work and effects!” The after-action discussion included assessments of damage done, including the likely death of a specific individual. The Houthi-run Yemeni health ministry reported that at least 53 people were killed in the strikes, a number that has not been independently verified.

>>22819040

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The person identified as potentially [Stephen] Miller wrote, “As I heard it, the president was clear: green light,but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn’t remunerate, then what? If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.”

Hegseth reportedly responded, “Agree.” (Sourcing)

Sundance:

Anyone who follows the intersection of U.S. policy and geopolitical analysis would be fascinated, but this type of discussion doesn’t come as any big surprise.Indeed, the conversation is quite factually correctand the type of prudent background one would expect to see in any decision-making conversation of strategic importance.

In essence, every fly on the wall would be supportive of the tone, angles and prudent ‘American Interest’ considerations within the conversation.This overview is, quite simply, what we would expect to see.There is no negative here outside the fact the security of the conversation was seemingly compromised by Waltz, or someone on his behalf, inviting a journalist to watch it.

When Mike Waltz was selected as National Security Advisor,one of my first outlines included my expectation that “Waltz would likely to be the first Trump official removed from his position.” My thinking at the time was essentially that Congressman Mike Waltz and his wife Julia Nesheiwat (national security background) held traditional interventionist beliefs (neocon tendencies) in combination with ideological alignment with the climate change crowd.

The DC social circle of Mike Waltz and Julia Nesheiwat almost certainly contains friends with Jeffrey Goldberg’s outlook and worldview (a Pence like tribe). How would that interventionist, pro-NATO, pro-industrial military complex, social circle balance with a hardline ‘America First’ geopolitical policy approach. It is an ongoing question.

Up until this issue with Jeffrey Goldberg, both Nat Sec Advisor MikeWaltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have seemed to embrace President Trump’s foreign policy, and both have delivered on the execution of that policy.

I also find it very interesting that former Senate Intel Committee Chairman, now Secretary of State Marco Rubio is included in the Signal app chat group as reported, but there are no remarks from him within it.

It is important for us to remember, the entire apparatus of theDC foreign policy establishment, including the legislative branch members who benefit financially from policy, are against President Trump’s larger “America First” geopolitical efforts. The same opposition exists from the EU and NATO traditionalists.

An inside story like this is blood in the piranha pool for all those interests who oppose Donald Trump.

The content of the chat messaging, at least what we can see, is a non-issue.However, as this story unfolds it will be interesting to watch how Mike Waltz responds to questions about his ‘accidental’ inclusion of Jeffrey Goldberg in the chat group. How exactly did that happen?

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/25/national-security-advisor-mike-waltz-invited-leftist-journ-o-lister-jeff-goldberg-to-group-chat-on-signal-discussing-houthi-attacks/

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>>d9d587<<

Shills/bots/trolls when they think they are winning.

Sucks to be [you].

>>22819024

we gotta have a chat with the blacks

https://x.com/RealChrisLangan/status/1901749612077273480

>>22818974

we will deport every last one of you bitchez, including melania!

>>22819004

On Sunday, Waltz appeared on ABC’s This Week and contrasted the strikes with the Biden administration’s more hesitant approach. “These were not kind of pinprick, back-and-forth—what ultimately proved to be feckless attacks,” he said. “This was an overwhelming response that actually targeted multiple Houthi leaders and took them out.”

The Signal chat group, I concluded, was almost certainly real. Having come to this realization, one that seemed nearly impossible only hours before, I removed myself from the Signal group, understanding that this would trigger an automatic notification to the group’s creator, “Michael Waltz,” that I had left. No one in the chat had seemed to notice that I was there. And I received no subsequent questions about why I left—or, more to the point, who I was.

Earlier today, I emailed Waltz and sent him a message on his Signal account. I also wrote to Pete Hegseth, John Ratcliffe, Tulsi Gabbard, and other officials. In an email, I outlined some of my questions: Is the “Houthi PC small group” a genuine Signal thread? Did they know that I was included in this group? Was I (on the off chance) included on purpose? If not, who did they think I was? Did anyone realize who I was when I was added, or when I removed myself from the group? Do senior Trump-administration officials use Signal regularly for sensitive discussions? Do the officials believe that the use of such a channel could endanger American personnel?

Brian Hughes, the spokesman for the National Security Council, responded two hours later, confirming the veracity of the Signal group. “This appears to be an authentic message chain, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain,” Hughes wrote. “The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials. The ongoing success of the Houthi operation demonstrates that there were no threats to troops or national security.”

William Martin, a spokesperson for Vance, said that despite the impression created by the texts, the vice president is fully aligned with the president. “The Vice President’s first priority is always making sure that the President’s advisers are adequately briefing him on the substance of their internal deliberations,” he said. “Vice President Vance unequivocally supports this administration’s foreign policy. The President and the Vice President have had subsequent conversations about this matter and are in complete agreement.”

I have never seen a breach quite like this. It is not uncommon for national-security officials to communicate on Signal. But the app is used primarily for meeting planning and other logistical matters—not for detailed and highly confidential discussions of a pending military action. And, of course, I’ve never heard of an instance in which a journalist has been invited to such a discussion.

Conceivably, Waltz, by coordinating a national-security-related action over Signal, may have violated several provisions of the Espionage Act, which governs the handling of “national defense” information, according to several national-security lawyers interviewed by my colleague Shane Harris for this story. Harris asked them to consider a hypothetical scenario in which a senior U.S. official creates a Signal thread for the express purpose of sharing information with Cabinet officials about an active military operation. He did not show them the actual Signal messages or tell them specifically what had occurred.

>>22819004

All of these lawyers said that a U.S. official should not establish a Signal thread in the first place. Information about an active operation would presumably fit the law’s definition of “national defense” information. The Signal app is not approved by the government for sharing classified information. The government has its own systems for that purpose. If officials want to discuss military activity, they should go into a specially designed space known as a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF—most Cabinet-level national-security officials have one installed in their home—or communicate only on approved government equipment, the lawyers said. Normally, cellphones are not permitted inside a SCIF, which suggests that as these officials were sharing information about an active military operation, they could have been moving around in public. Had they lost their phones, or had they been stolen, the potential risk to national security would have been severe.

Hegseth, Ratcliffe, and other Cabinet-level officials presumably would have the authority to declassify information, and several of the national-security lawyers noted that the hypothetical officials on the Signal chain might claim that they had declassified the information they shared. But this argument rings hollow, they cautioned, because Signal is not an authorized venue for sharing information of such a sensitive nature, regardless of whether it has been stamped “top secret” or not.

There was another potential problem: Waltz set some of the messages in the Signal group to disappear after one week, and some after four. That raises questions about whether the officials may have violated federal records law: Text messages about official acts are considered records that should be preserved.

“Under the records laws applicable to the White House and federal agencies, all government employees are prohibited from using electronic-messaging applications such as Signal for official business, unless those messages are promptly forwarded or copied to an official government account,” Jason R. Baron, a professor at the University of Maryland and the former director of litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration, told Harris.

“Intentional violations of these requirements are a basis for disciplinary action. Additionally, agencies such as the Department of Defense restrict electronic messaging containing classified information to classified government networks and/or networks with government-approved encrypted features,” Baron said.

Several former U.S. officials told Harris and me that they had used Signal to share unclassified information and to discuss routine matters, particularly when traveling overseas without access to U.S. government systems. But they knew never to share classified or sensitive information on the app, because their phones could have been hacked by a foreign intelligence service, which would have been able to read the messages on the devices. It is worth noting that Donald Trump, as a candidate for president (and as president), repeatedly and vociferously demanded that Hillary Clinton be imprisoned for using a private email server for official business when she was secretary of state. (It is also worth noting that Trump was indicted in 2023 for mishandling classified documents, but the charges were dropped after his election.)

Waltz and the other Cabinet-level officials were already potentially violating government policy and the law simply by texting one another about the operation. But when Waltz added a journalist—presumably by mistake—to his principals committee, he created new security and legal issues. Now the group was transmitting information to someone not authorized to receive it. That is the classic definition of a leak, even if it was unintentional, and even if the recipient of the leak did not actually believe it was a leak until Yemen came under American attack.

All along, members of the Signal group were aware of the need for secrecy and operations security. In his text detailing aspects of the forthcoming attack on Houthi targets, Hegseth wrote to the group—which, at the time, included me—“We are currently clean on OPSEC.”

Shane Harris contributed reporting.

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Rare 'solar horns' will appear during partial solar eclipse on March 29 — Here are 6 of the best places in the US and Canada to see the unusual phenomenon

March 24, 2025

There's something special about the partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025.

For North Americans in the right place at the right time — and who get clear skies — there's a chance to see the unique spectacle of "solar horns," a phenomenon where the cusps of an eclipsed crescent sun appear as two distinct points above the horizon during sunrise.

For observers in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada aiming to witness this rare event, selecting the optimal location is crucial.

Selecting a location for 'solar horns'

"Solar horns" will be visible from locations in southeastern Quebec and southwest New Brunswick in Canada and in northern Maine in the U.S. Specifically, the phenomenon will be seen only between the St. Lawrence River estuary and the Bay of Fundy.

For the best chance, you'll need an unobstructed view of the eastern horizon, which means coastal areas and elevated terrain, though a low horizon on land can also work well if you watch from high up. Xavier Jubier's interactive Google Map of the eclipse (which has built-in sightlines from Peak Finder), The Photographer's Ephemeris and Timeanddate.com's map of the eclipse are valuable resources when deciding on specific locations. So too, a compass for when you're in position.

Where to see 'solar horns'

Here are some locations from where the sun will rise while eclipsed, with the moon's silhouette creating the spectacle of the cusps of the eclipsed crescent sun appearing separately on the horizon — "solar horns" or a "double sunrise":

Forestville, Quebec, Canada

Sunrise: 6:20 a.m. EDT at 83.7 degrees ENE.

Maximum eclipse: 87% at 6:24 a.m. EDT

Here's how it will look from the coastline at Forestville on the north side of the St Lawrence River, which has a water horizon.

Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Sunrise: 7:15 a.m. ADT at 84.2 degrees ENE.

Maximum eclipse: 83% at 7:18 a.m. ADT

Here's how it will look from Pagan Point Nature Reserve on the southeast corner of Saint Andrews, which has a low horizon over Passamaquoddy Bay, with the sun rising behind the coast of Mascarene.

Quoddy Head State Park, Maine, U.S.

Sunrise: 6:13 a.m. EDT at 84.2 degrees ENE.

Maximum eclipse: 83% at 6:17 a.m. EDT.

Here's how it will look from West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the most eastern point of the continental U.S., which has an ocean horizon over the Bay of Fundy.

South Lubec Flats, Maine, U.S.

Sunrise at 6:13 a.m. EDT at 84.2 degrees ENE.

Maximum eclipse: 83% at 6:18 a.m. EDT.

Here's how it will look from the South Lubec Flats Bar Road Parking Area, which has an ocean horizon over the Bay of Fundy. On the beach, just south of the parking area, the eclipsed sun will rise between Campobello Island in New Brunswick and Quoddy Head in Maine.

Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada

Sunrise at 7:14 a.m. ADT at 84.2 degrees ENE.

Maximum eclipse: 83% at 7:18 a.m. ADT.

Here's how it will look from Liberty Point at the end of Campobello Island in the Roosevelt Campobello International Park, which has an ocean horizon over the Bay of Fundy.

Presque Isle, Maine, U.S.

Sunrise: 6:16 a.m. EDT at 84 degrees ENE.

Maximum eclipse: 85% at 6:21 a.m. EDT.

Here's how it will look from Presque Isle, though since this is inland, an observing location offering elevation is recommended to see low to the horizon.

Where to see an eclipsed sunrise

Although only in Quebec, New Brunswick and Maine can the "solar horns" be seen — if skies are clear — an eclipsed crescent sunrise will be seen rising on its side from several other locations.

Anywhere with an ocean horizon will be best, with plenty of choice along the U.S. coast from Maine's border with Canada to Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

A very slightly eclipsed sunrise will be seen from New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia. From all of these locations, a low view to the northeast will be required to get a clear view of sunrise.

https://www.space.com/where-to-see-rare-solar-horns-partial-solar-eclipse-march-2025

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>>22819055

The end is near.

>>22819058

>>22818786

I see a Q.

But I've been doing this far too long.

kek

>>22819004, >>22819015, >>22819028, >>22819043, >>22819053, >>22819054 U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. -the Atlantic By Jeffrey Goldberg (full article)

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NASA terminating $420 million in contracts

March 25, 2025

NASA is terminating $420 million in contracts the agency says are redundant or “misaligned” with its core priorities, but has provided few details about what is being cut.

In a statement to SpaceNews late March 24, NASA press secretary Bethany Stevens confirmed a post by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that NASA had terminated about $420 million in “unneeded” contracts.

“NASA is committed to optimizing its workforce and resources in alignment with the Department of Government Efficiency’s initiatives.

As part of this effort, NASA has identified and phased out $420 million in contracts that were determined to be redundant or misaligned with our core mission priorities,” Stevens said in the statement.

“This streamlining effort ensures that taxpayer dollars are directed toward the highest-impact projects while maintaining NASA’s essential functions at the highest level of execution,” she continued.

“In total, we are aiming for these measures to result in considerably more savings for the American people, reinforcing our commitment to efficiency, innovation, and continued leadership in space exploration.”

NASA did not answer questions about specific contracts selected for termination or details about how it determined those contracts were redundant or misaligned.

The DOGE post, published just before midnight March 21, said only that it included three contracts worth $15 million each to consultancies for “Change Management Support Services.”

NASA awarded several blanket purchase agreements in early 2024 to consulting firms to provide support services for agency leadership, with a maximum, but not guaranteed, value of $15 million each over five years.

According to federal procurement databases, NASA issued “termination for convenience” notices to four of the companies — Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, Guidehouse, and McKinsey & Co. — in mid-March.

None of the companies had been funded for any work under those agreements at the time NASA issued the termination notices.

DOGE has stated it will maintain a list of savings from canceled contracts, grants and real estate leases, but has been slow to do so.

The website is updated only weekly, with the last update March 19. In February, the DOGE website stated it would provide updates twice weekly.

The site currently lists 17 NASA contract terminations, whose total value is $44.5 million. However, the actual savings is significantly less: $26.1 million, with only four of the contracts offering any savings.

The rest, with savings of $0 listed, suggest they are contracts whose total value has already been paid.

Both the total value and savings of the terminated NASA contracts is dominated by a single entry, a contract worth nearly $30 million for the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), which examines the “human dimensions of global change needed for Earth science research.” According to DOGE, canceling that contract saved $19.4 million.

There is concern in the scientific community that many of the new savings being announced by NASA may come in the form of grant terminations.

There are anecdotal accounts of research awards being revoked, but the reasons for doing so, and whether they are linked to this announcement, are unclear.

The announcement adds to uncertainty about the agency and its workforce since the start of the Trump administration.

That has included closing three offices at NASA Headquarters and laying off 23 employees, with plans in progress for larger-scale layoffs that could revamping headquarters.

There are rumors that the administration, in its upcoming fiscal year 2026 budget request, will seek significant reductions in NASA science programs that could approach 50% of its current budget.

That alarm extends to Capitol Hill. “What I want to focus on is, in the near term, preventing harm to NASA’s institutions,” said Rep. George Whitesides (D-Calif.), vice-ranking member of the House Science Committee and a former NASA chief of staff, during a Planetary Society event here March 24.

“All this brouhaha about cuts, about moving NASA’s headquarters, I mean, all this is distraction and, ultimately, potentially damage to what is one of the most noble pursuits of humankind, which is the exploration of space,” he said.

https://spacenews.com/nasa-terminating-420-million-in-contracts/

https://doge.gov/savings

>>22819038

>National Security Advisor Mike Waltz Invited Leftist Journ-o-Lister Jeff Goldberg to Group Chat on Signal Discussing Houthi Attacks

>National Security Advisor Mike Waltz Invited Leftist Journ-o-Lister Jeff Goldberg to Group Chat on Signal Discussing Houthi Attacks

>National Security Advisor Mike Waltz Invited Leftist Journ-o-Lister Jeff Goldberg to Group Chat on Signal Discussing Houthi Attacks

>>22818737

tyb

https://x.com/Ultranormalidad/status/1904349430788018379

they are going to declassify the documents on all the nazis that came to argentina … they say is like opening Pandora's Box 👀

>>22819084

Foundation?

>THAT playbook.

Think about it.

A cosmic cherry on top 🍒

@NASAWebb

treated us to a sweet perspective: Herbig-Haro 49/50—a towering swirl from a nearby protostar—is (coincidentally) topped with a multi-hued spiral galaxy. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/4iKLicn

https://x.com/NASA/status/1904287360805687356

>>22819097

GAY PORN BLACKMAIL

https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/world/journalist-reveals-trumps-national-security-advisor-follows-gay-porn-account/story

A needed dose of bitter reality from Paul Weston.

@PWestoff

https://x.com/PWestoff/status/1904501567849406954

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>>22819121

For (You) yes it is.

>>22819121

Companies in the Space Force commercial reserve program will not be publicly identified

March 25, 2025

The U.S. Space Force plans to keep the names of commercial companies participating in its new space reserve program under wraps, aiming to protect them from potential adversary threats as commercial satellites play a growing role in military operations.

Col. Richard Kniseley, director of the Space Force’s Commercial Space Office, said companies signing agreements under the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) program can disclose their participation but are not required to.

“That potentially puts a target on their back,” Kniseley told SpaceNews, underscoring the risk to private-sector firms providing space-based services during wartime.

The CASR initiative, authorized by Congress after more than two years of development, is designed to establish a reserve fleet of commercial satellites and support services to augment government-owned systems in times of crisis.

The program operates through pre-negotiated contracts with providers, allowing the U.S. government to secure priority access to satellite communications, surveillance, and space domain awareness services when military systems are overstretched.

Space services reserve for conflicts

On March 1, the first four companies signed CASR agreements for an initial three-month pilot program, supplying space domain awareness data to help track and analyze objects in orbit, said Kniseley.

These firms will also take part in the first CASR wargames scheduled for March 25, an exercise meant to refine operational procedures.

“The pilot program is essential to execute and exercise our practices and procedures,” he said.

While the companies are contracted to provide services under peacetime conditions, their agreements include ‘surge’ options and pre-priced capabilities for rapid scaling in emergencies.

However, key details surrounding CASR agreements remain unresolved. Kniseley acknowledged ongoing discussions between defense officials and industry executives on issues such as financial protection for commercial operators, service prioritization in wartime, and potential “denial of service” clauses.

These provisions could require participating firms to halt services to other customers if the U.S. military calls up their capacity during a conflict.

Industry concerns over financial risk

One sticking point is the question of compensation for damaged or destroyed satellites in a conflict.

Kniseley said defense policy officials are working to establish a framework that balances national security needs with the financial realities faced by commercial operators.

The decision to maintain confidentiality around CASR participants came after extensive discussions with industry leaders.

“We wanted to understand from them what would make a good partnership,” Kniseley said. “A lot of the feedback that we got from industry was this may put a target on their back.”

U.S. officials have long been aware of threats to commercial satellite infrastructure, including cyberattacks.

Kniseley noted that adversaries could see companies supporting military operations as strategic targets, making anonymity a necessary safeguard.

However, individual companies retain the option to publicly identify themselves as CASR members if they choose.

The cost and scale of CASR contracts are still being evaluated.

Kniseley said the Space Force is conducting mission area analyses to determine how much satellite capacity regional military commands — such as those in the Indo-Pacific region —will need for operations like secure communications and surveillance.

“We’re still doing that analysis, so that might be a conversation for the future,” Kniseley said.

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