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Amidst the irregularities that characterized the second round of general elections in Ecuador, held last Sunday, April 13, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced that he “cannot recognize the [results of the] elections in Ecuador,” regarding the irregularities that have characterized the second round of general elections in Ecuador, held last Sunday, April 13, and the count tallied by the National Electoral Council (CNE).

Petro justified his stance by citing irregularities highlighted by the Organization of American States (OAS) and the state of emergency decreed by the then-president and reelection-aspiring candidate, Daniel Noboa, in seven provinces of the country—where more than half of the electoral roll is concentrated, with leftist orientation—hours before the vote.

“The Army directed the election day, the polling stations, and the vote count,” Petro explained. “There are no free elections under a state of siege.”

Looks like he's alive, thank god. But it makes me wonder how much of this is a photo op by the government of El Salvador. Still, at least some praise has to go to this dem senator, at least he had the balls to pressure them to get to see him, way more than I can say about the rest of these wet fart democrats.

Senator Chris Van Hollen: ''We were just denied entry into CECOT — the notorious prison in El Salvador where Mr. Abrego Garcia is being illegally held. We were there for one simple reason: to check on his well-being, which his family and lawyers have not been allowed to do. We won’t stop fighting.''

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The Ukrainian National Guard has announced that the commander of the notorious neo-Nazi Azov brigade, Colonel Denis ‘Redis’ Prokopenko, will be promoted, significantly increasing his troop command.

Originally formed as a volunteer unit of radical nationalists, Azov rose to prominence in Ukraine following the 2014 Western-backed coup, reportedly becoming a central part of an international white supremacist network.

In an interview on Thursday, National Guard Commander General Aleksandr Pivnenko announced that Prokopenko would lead a new corps, which will encompass Azov along with four additional brigades.

The proposal would reduce the more than $47 billion budget of the NIH to $27 billion — a roughly 40 percent cut. It would consolidate NIH’s 27 institutes and centers into just eight. Some of its institutes and centers would be eliminated, including the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the National Institute of Nursing Research.

There's a lot more horrible stuff in the article.

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Folding 27 NIH institutes and centers down into 8, which is even worse than the rumored plan for 15, is catastrophic for American biomedical research. Completely insane.

https://subium.com/profile/davelevitan.bsky.social/post/3lmxuwuk6qc2j

Gomez-Lopez was in a vehicle with other passengers and was traveling to work from Georgia when they were stopped after entering Florida.

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https://subium.com/profile/taniel.bsky.social/post/3lmzvr54nxs2a

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7578188

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/8716/

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SpaceX is proposing a subscription service where the government would pay to access the technology, rather than own it. Experts think the project could cost hundreds of billions. [...] SpaceX is partnering with Palantir and AI drone builder Anduril on this bid to build key parts of the Golden Dome.

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