Assad’s fall is an opportunity for a US win over China Trump may believe that Syria is “not our fight,” but the competition with China is very much ours and will undoubtedly be a focus of his administration. 01/5/2025 - 5:00 am | View Link
In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Freedoms Off Limits Under al-Assad Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported Nescafe. They say the city seems theirs again. 01/4/2025 - 8:59 pm | View Link
Why Even a Jihadist Syria Is Better Than Assad | Opinion Yet the world hesitates to rejoice. Why? Because the dominant rebel faction in post-Assad Syria is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist group with ties to al-Qaeda. Western governments and much of ... 12/31/2024 - 12:42 am | View Link
Syria’s New Government Steps Up Pursuit of Assad Loyalists Finding the remnants of the old dictatorship and bringing them to justice has emerged as a top priority for the new administration in Syria. 12/28/2024 - 8:34 am | View Link
UN investigative team says Syria’s new authorities ‘very receptive’ to probe of Assad war crimes The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria says the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for cooperation during a just-concluded visit ... 12/23/2024 - 5:10 pm | View Link
A new vacuum cleaner with a claw arm.
I can see the killer claw arm movies coming.
Gizmodo:
It was only a matter of time before robot vacuums reached a new stage of evolution. Over the years, they have become faster, smarter, and can even climb. So, it should be no surprise to anyone here at CES 2025 that we’d see one that can sprout a claw arm to assist in its cleaning duties.
The Roborock Saros Z70 is a robot vacuum with a foldable arm inside its chassis.
Trump 2024 campaign official Corey Lewandowski defended President-elect Donald Trump for falsely suggesting a man killed over a dozen people in New Orleans after crossing an open border into the United States.
During a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Howard Kurtz pressed Lewandowski on Trump's false claim.
"Why, the day after we all learned that the New Orleans mass murderer was an American citizen and had served in the Army, did Donald Trump put this up on Truth Social?
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) raised his voice at Republicans who want to pass tax cuts at the same time as border security measures.
While speaking to Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, Graham accused some Republicans of "playing Russian roulette."
"'I'm very worried that if we don't put border first and get it done, it's going to be a nightmare for our national security," Graham exclaimed.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he will vote against President-elect Donald Trump's plan to eliminate or raise the debt limit.
During a Sunday interview on Sunday Morning Futures, Fox News host Mara Bartiromo noted that Trump planned to eliminate or raise the debt limit as part of a large bill that would include funding border security.
"President Trump wants eliminating or raising the debt ceiling in this first big package," Bartiromo told Johnson.
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