The Political Thread

[Chris]

Germany set for snap elections after vote of no confidence in Chancellor Olaf Scholz – live

Chancellor triggered path to elections, due to take place on 23 February, by firing finance minister Christian Lindner

www.theguardian.com

Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as planned, has lost the confidence vote, paving the way to a snap election on 23 February. Of the 717 votes tallied, 207 gave Scholz their confidence, 394 did not and 116 abstained. Scholz had required 367 confidence votes to “win” the ballot. “We have reached the end of our daily agenda, and also of the traffic light coalition,” said the speaker of the Bundestag, Bärbel Bas, using the nickname of the now defunct three-way coalition. Scholz smiled at the result and shook the hand of his vice-chancellor Robert Habeck. Now the chancellor will head to Berlin’s Bellevue Palace to ask President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dissolve parliament and allow a general election.

 

[Samoa Looch]

 

[Chris]

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www.cnn.com

• At least four people are dead after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, police said. The suspect is also dead and multiple people are injured, according the police chief.

• Law enforcement said the shooter is believed to be a juvenile and authorities are still investigating the scene. There are currently no other threats to schools in the community, the police chief said.

• Abundant Life Christian school is a K-12 school that serves about 390 students, its website said. It planned to closed for Christmas vacation after this week.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Texas City Council that targeted LGBTQ+ people gets voted out — and replaced with first gay member

Voters in this city rejected three incumbent City Council members just one month after they voted to implement a harsh anti-trans bathroom ban, replacing one with the city's first out gay council member.

www.advocate.com

 

[Chris]

That is not a urban area whatsoever really either, it's West Texas

 

[Chris]

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• At least four people are dead after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, police said. The suspect is also dead and multiple people are injured, according the police chief.

• Law enforcement said the shooter is believed to be a juvenile and authorities are still investigating the scene. There are currently no other threats to schools in the community, the police chief said.

• Abundant Life Christian school is a K-12 school that serves about 390 students, its website said. It planned to closed for Christmas vacation after this week.

Update:

At least two people were killed and several others injured during a shooting at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, casting the small religious community into mourning just days before the school was going to close for Christmas.

Police rushed to Abundant Life Christian School just before 11 a.m. Monday in response to reports of an active shooter, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said.

In addition to the two victims, another six are injured, according to police. Barnes declined to provide further information about the victims.

The juvenile shooting suspect was also found dead at the scene, according to the police chief.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I don't comment here much; more of a lurker. But late-term pardons are typically a sitting president's way of repaying people he owes favors to. Donors, lobbyists, etc. Somebody Biden owed a favor to had a connection to this judge, so Joe is holding up his end of the bargain.

Republicans are just as Complicate as well. With Biden as president His age is a factor for me and trump they're nearly 80;.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Senior American officials reported that Turkey is building up forces along the Syrian border, raising fear of a possible invasion of territories held by the American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-fears-military-buildup-by-turkey-signals-preparations-for-incursion-into-syria-1c2e88e9

 

[Comrade Khan]

Yeah they want to attack.the Kurds

 

[Comrade Khan]

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Ukraine special forces taking credit for blowing up Russia Nuclear chief with a scooter bomb

scooter puff Sr ftw

 

[Samoa Looch]

Look at what kind of lies and fake news being spread on the BlueSky. Everyone knows that the US is one big mountain of crime. My foxy friends, the funny Conservators and Mister Orange are all telling me that for almost ten years now.

 

[Comrade Khan]

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Ukraine special forces taking credit for blowing up Russia Nuclear chief with a scooter bomb

scooter puff Sr ftw

 

[Chris]

Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules

Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter said.

www.nytimes.com

Elon Musk and his rocket company, SpaceX, have repeatedly failed to comply with federal reporting protocols aimed at protecting state secrets, including by not providing some details of his meetings with foreign leaders, according to people with knowledge of the company and internal documents.

Concerns about the reporting practices — and particularly about Mr. Musk, who is SpaceX’s chief executive — have triggered at least three federal reviews, eight people with knowledge of the efforts said. The Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General opened a review into the matter this year, and the Air Force and the Pentagon’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security separately initiated reviews last month.

The Air Force also recently denied Mr. Musk a high-level security access, citing potential security risks associated with the billionaire. Several allied nations, including Israel, have also expressed concerns that he could share sensitive data with others, according to defense officials.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Good.

Not that it matters now that he's on top of the food chain, but still. Good.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Yeah probably shouldn't put the military's top secret files in the hands of a billionaire who would sell out his own daughter for a dollar.