“In 150 characters or less” by Nikita Gill

Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate
Jonathan Landay

Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S.,
-- including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel,
are having their #flights #canceled under Donald Trump's order
💥suspending U.S. refugee programs,
a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.

The group includes ⭐️unaccompanied minors awaiting reunification with their families in the U.S.

as well as
⭐️Afghans at risk of Taliban retribution because they fought for the former U.S.-backed Afghan government,

said Shawn VanDiver, head of the #AfghanEvac coalition of U.S. veterans and advocacy groups and the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The U.S. decision also leaves in limbo thousands of other Afghans who have been approved for resettlement as refugees in the U.S. but have not yet been assigned flights from Afghanistan or from neighboring Pakistan, they said.

"Afghans and advocates are panicking," said VanDiver.
"I've had to recharge my phone four times already today because so many are calling me.

"We warned them that this was going to happen, but they did it anyway.
We hope they will reconsider," he said of contacts with Trump's transition team

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-canceling-flights-nearly-1660-afghan-refugees-say-us-2025-01-20/

Smallpox once killed over 500 million people.

Thanks to efforts by the WHO that was strongly backed by the US, smallpox was eradicated by 1980.

The US recoups their investment every 26 days in money not spent on administering further vaccinations and treating new cases.

Withdrawing from the WHO will cost the US dearly in terms of money and lives.

The best way to make America healthy is by working together with the world on our shared goal of eliminating diseases that affect us all.

Let's take a look at Nancy Pelosi's $VST option buys.

She disclosed her buy in a $500,000-$1,000,000 range.

But using Unusual Whales, we can get her exact price paid and how much.

She bought at 3:39PM EST, and paid $608,964 total.

She was the entire volume of the day.

No… https://t.co/M6YtjHgMMd

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

While everyone is now busy analyzing Trump's executive orders and Musk's "awkward gesture" (i.e. Nazi salute), #Israel is transferring its #Genocide and #EthnicCleansing into the #WestBank. They're literally hunting down unarmed people in the streets of #Jenin.

#FreePalestine
#FuckIsrael

“The New River is an artificial waterway in England, opened in 1613 to supply London with fresh drinking water taken from Chadwell and Amwell Springs near Ware in Hertfordshire, and later the River Lea and other sources.”

The New River is still in use today, transferring around 220 million litres of water per day — 8% of London's total use. I went for a walk along a section of it. This is an Eurasian Coot.

#NewRiverWalkN1 #reflections #coot #feet #bald #scary

I don’t know the story here but my best guess is “tripped over the cat going down stairs in the dark but still love him anyway”. Photo from my collection, 1958.

Now that Zuckerberg has blown the Trumpet, @sylv_a has suggested date to tell our friends to switch from WhatsApp to Signal. With cool graphics.

(thanks @sylv_a)

Sickening #kleptocracy #plutocracy

#Trump’s #crypto-frenzied #inauguration weekend makes first family billions of dollars richer

The family’s meme coins launched over the weekend showed how Trump plans to take advantage of looser #regulations.

Ahead of the inauguration, members of the admin rubbed elbows w/industry leaders at the Crypto Ball.

“The reign of terror against crypto is over,” David Sacks, a #VC & the new White House #AI & crypto czar, told the crowd.

#law
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/20/trump-crypto-fueled-inauguration-makes-family-billions-of-dollars.html