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Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time in its war with Russia
Some soldiers take medical leave and never return, haunted by the traumas of war and demoralized by bleak prospects for victory.(AP)

Several Trump Cabinet nominees targeted with ‘violent’ threats, FBI says. The Trump transition team said the attacks included bomb threats and ‘swatting’ against several of President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees.

Trump talks about ‘effectively closing’ the border with Mexican president

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Keith Kellogg, a former national security adviser and retired lieutenant general in the US military, to be special envoy to Ukraine and Russia in his second administration. (BBC)

I giornali dicono che secondo Billboard, Beyoncé la più grande popstar del 21/o secolo, Taylor Swift è al secondo posto, Rihanna al terzo.
Penso che la classifica sia in base ai dischi venduti, quanto a Beyoncè a me non piace.

Trump fills Cabinet with loyalists, competing ideologies and government skeptics
The Cabinet is almost complete just three weeks after the president-elect’s reelection, offering an unusually quick window into his plans. – washingtonpost

A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah appeared to be holding as residents returned toward southern Lebanon, despite warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese military that they stay away from certain areas. If it holds, the ceasefire would bring an end to nearly 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. – AP

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Joe Biden says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal agreed | BBC News

Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire to end nearly 14 months of fighting. Israel has approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. – apnews

President-elect Trump is choosing his collaborators and making his government. He has a good way of proceeding because the people he is choosing are his closest collaborators.

President-elect Trump’s love of life won over President Biden’s neurotic way of managing power.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor in his second administration, elevating a Republican congresswoman who has strong support from unions in her district but lost reelection in November. Chavez-DeRemer will have to be confirmed by the Senate. – apnews

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, to serve as his next treasury secretary.
Bessent is a past supporter of Democrats who has become an enthusiastic supporter of Trump. He’s an advocate of cutting spending while extending the tax cuts approved by Congress in T…[Leggi tutto]

Trump gained 95,000 votes in New York City. Democrats lost half a million. In every neighborhood, Kamala Harris received markedly fewer votes than Joe Biden did in 2020, while Donald Trump notched modest increases in most areas – nytimes

Votano al M5S? Decidono che fine fa Grillo che è il Garante? Ma che partito è ? Non hanno nessuno che si candida a fare il presidente del partito? Sempre Conte per tutta la vita? Ragazzi, è solo un avvocato con forti conoscenze, non altro, perché non fa un partito suo? Non è giusto che abbia distrutto il movimento quando era forte e attivo. Cont…[Leggi tutto]

ll M5S è morto. Grillo Lo rianimerà? Conte ha distrutto il movimento e manda avanti un suo partito personale. Dvrebbe cambiare nome e togliere la sigla M5S che non dovrebbe usare dal momento che non c’è più niente di quello che c’era prima.

Biden sa di aver perso le elezioni presidenziali? Nessuno glielo dice? Manda ancora armi all’Ukraina, perché? E’ alla fine del suo mandato, diteglielo per favore.

Quanto conta la forza di convincimento di Zelensky che fa finta di poter vincere la guerra? Sostiene che gli USA sono più forti della Russia, e allora? Dove vuole parare? Vuole la terza guerra mondiale. Basta con la guerra, deve farla finita e pensare alle trattative di pace.