Mick O'Brien

Mick O'Brien

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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

nytimes.comWho’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will end a mortgage rescue plan that has saved many veterans from needlessly losing their homes, the move could strand thousands of others who need help.

npr.orgTrump's VA is ending a rescue program that's saved 17,000 military veterans' homesThe Department of Veterans Affairs says it will end a mortgage rescue plan that has saved many veterans from needlessly losing their homes, the move could strand thousands of others who need help.
Mick O'Brien
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#Inauguration Even before the inauguration, there have been daily glimpses into the workings of crony capitalism. Bondi was so deeply involved in schemes with Trump that she seems incapable of understanding that her client will now be the U.S. government, not Trump. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-ag-...

abcnews.go.comTrump AG pick Pam Bondi made at least $3 million from Truth Social merger, filings showPresident-elect Trump's attorney general pick, Pam Bondi, made at least $3 million from the formation of Trump's Truth Social platform, disclosure filings show.
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#MtHood #Oregon #Cascades #winter #skiing #columbiagorge #PacificNorthwest #photography Oregon's Mt. Hood on a January afternoon from the top of Larch Mountain, east of Portland near the Columbia River Gorge.

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#solstice #earth #satellite #fulldisk #photography #astronomy Solstice greetings! Here's a satellite view of the planet centered on the Pacific Ocean, with Portland Oregon's location shown in red). Tomorrow will bring us more daylight (if not actual sunshine!), but only 7 seconds' worth.

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#photography #Nepal #Mustang #Tibet #Annapurna #Buddhist #Himalayas Above Muktinath, Mustang district, Annapurna Himal, central Nepal. This region south of the Tibetan plateau is sacred to Buddhists and Hindus, with remnants of Bonpo, the indigenous religion of Tibet, in some higher villages.

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#photography #mountains #Himalayas #AnnapurnaCircuit #Nepal #Gandruckvillage On the Annapurna Circuit trail: Gandruck village in the early evening, with Annapurna South (center) and Hianchuli (right), central Nepal.

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#photography #nepal #everest #khumbu #Lhotse The Everest massif at sunset, with Everest (top left) and Lhotse (right) as seen from Deboche. (11/09) Lhotse is the world's 4th highest peak.

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#photography #nepal #everest #amadablam #khumbu Trekking on the Everest Base Camp trail, with Everest peeking over the ridge on the far right, Lhotse center left, and Ama Dablam on the right.

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Meanwhile some of the billionaires close to Trump have become even wealthier since the election. Musk, who spent $250 million to elect Trump, has seen his stake in SpaceX alone rocket up by about $60 billion in the last month. www.axios.com/2024/12/04/t...

axios.comSpaceX investors are banking on Musk's relationship with TrumpElon Musk's stake in SpaceX has risen by about $60 billion as a result of Donald Trump's election.
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Trump, who positions himself as a populist, "has assembled an administration of unprecedented, mind-boggling wealth, ⁦" Zachary Basu‬⁩ writes, not even counting Elon Musk. "It's not hyperbole to call this a government of billionaires." www.axios.com/2024/12/06/t...

axios.comTrump's billionaires set to take government by stormAt least 14 billionaires — and counting — will serve in the next Trump administration.
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#photography #nepal #mustang #Dhaulagiri Bonpo village high above Kagbeni and the Kali Gandaki gorge, Mustang District, central Nepal. Dhaulagiri, the world's seventh highest peak (8,167 m / 26,795 ft), is on the far left.

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