Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages, officials say | Associated Press
- Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and hoping to get a different outcome. So to be hopeful hearing that a ceasefire deal is on the cusp of agreement would be insane, after consistent failures over the past 15 months to finally seal the deal on an agreement. But, new pressure placed on Israel by the Trump transition team may be the final stroke of luck needed to finalize everything. Only time will tell.
- Time has run out. No matter how many crimes Trump committed, how much evidence there is to substantiate them, or how much wrong he did during his first administration, time is up. Being a sitting president who can no longer face criminal charges. Jack Smith’s report shows just how much evidence and wrongdoing Trump spearheaded. But with the slow-moving justice system possibly tied together with the overall conviction strategy from the Biden Administration’s justice department, they ran out of time. And now there will never be another chance most likely.
- Russia continues to test 21st-century warfare tactics including disrupting critical infrastructure such as undersea internet cables and gas pipelines. This infrastructure lies mostly unguarded crossing hundreds of miles under the sea. One well placed strike in an unguarded portion of the ocean could have devastating effects costing billions of dollars. With this enchanted fear NATO has begun planning of a mission on how to protect these undersea assets.
Pete Hegseth to Face Democratic Questioning in Confirmation Hearing | New York Times
- As like all of Trump’s nominees, Pete Hegseth is no stranger to controversy and alleged misconduct including sexual harassment, public drunkenness, and extramarital affairs. He’s a traditionalist believing if women cannot match the standards imposed for men we should not lower the standards to allow them to serve in combat, something I’m somewhat in agreement with. Beyond that, his beliefs are to go against the “woke” military. His confirmation is still up in the air.