🇺🇸 - Five current and former IRS employees have been charged in a scheme to fraudulently collect COVID-19 aid.
According to court documents, the defendants tried to obtain a total of USD 1 million by submitting false applications.
According to the Department of Justice, the defendants used the money for cars, luxury goods and personal travel. Brian Saulsberry of Memphis obtained USD 171 400 and is accused of buying a Mercedes and cushioning a personal investment account.
Tina Humes, also of Memphis, received USD 123 612 according to the DOJ, and is accused of using it to buy jewelry and go on a trip to Las Vegas.
This is part of a larger effort to crack down on COVID-19 fraud schemes that has led to 150 prosecutions and the seizure of USD 75 million dollars.
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YouTube reportedly taking down videos discussing American opposition to data centers, flagging the content as “praising, promoting, aiding violent extremist or criminal organizations.”
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Mansfield, MA To Pass Near Total Ban On Data Centers— An Important Reference For Towns Across US At The Least
https://cdm.press/news/local-news/2026/05/29/mansfield-ma-to-pass-near-total-ban-on-data-centers/
Andover New Jersey cancels data center project and passes a complete ban!
Rural NJ for the win!
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🌍 Hedging Is the New Normal
We are living in a new world of hedgers. The shocks of the last several years—COVID-19, Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and the Iran conflict—have upended how nations approach international affairs. The smooth flows of a globalized and rules-based world have clotted into uncertainty, forcing states to find new pathways for trade, diplomacy, resource extraction, and defense cooperation. Countries no longer consider historical partnerships, values-driven alliances, and regional blocs to be sufficient to protect and advance national interests.
Hedging is the practice of avoiding exclusive dependence in a world of unreliable partners. It involves cultivating competing relationships across different domains so that no crisis or betrayal will leave a state out of options. In decades past, states tended to hedge their bets in specific circumstances. India, for example, emerged from colonization as a nonaligned nation but hedged amid...