The Japan Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces have completed a Tomahawk land attack missile training under the US Navy in Yokosuka.

The week-long exercise included lessons based on the US Department of Defense’s naval cruise missile curriculum, which involves coordinating shipboard weapons operations as a prerequisite to the Full Operational Capability of missile systems.

At the training, Japanese warfighters undertook classroom sessions, walkthroughs, and demonstrations of the Tomahawk missiles aboard the USS McCampbell (DDG 85) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer.

They also received a hands-on review of the subsonic weapon’s control system consoles and corresponding equipment.

The training concluded with the participants showcasing skills in a generic strike mission simulation, the US Navy wrote.

“It was a privilege to conduct Cruise Missile Command training with our Japan Self-Defense Force counterparts over the past few days,” US Surface Combat Systems Training Command Western Pacific Officer in Charge Cmdr. Michael Arnold stated.

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/04/02/japan-us-tomahawk-missile-training/

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Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-russia-will-find-out-who-ordered-deadly-concert-shooting-2024-04-02/

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for a new approach to migration after Tajiks living in Russia were detained for a deadly attack on a concert hall outside Moscow that killed at least 144 people and wounded 551 more.
Islamic State, the militant group that once sought control over swathes of Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the mass shooting. Russia has said it suspects Ukraine was linked to the attack, a claim denied by Kyiv and dismissed by Washington.
At least 12 people - including four accused gunmen - have been detained in Russia in connection with the attack. Most are Tajiks who had lived and worked in Russia.
Putin told police chiefs that the attack was aimed at sowing discord, xenophobia and Islamophobia inside Russia. But he said that migration systems needed improvement, as it was clear that work permits were sometimes being issued to people with serious criminal records.
"We need to deeply and radically update our approaches to migration policy," Putin said, adding that some people with almost no knowledge of Russian or Russian culture were being allowed to work without proper checks.
"The decisive principle should be that only those who respect our traditions, language, culture, and history can come to live and work in Russia."
Russia's room for manoeuvre on migration, though, is limited.

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Have you deepfaked any of your friends yet, Anon? You... you DO have friends to deepfake, right?
>"Jodie" found images of herself used in deepfake porn - and then faced another terrible shock. She told BBC File on 4 about the moment she realised the person responsible was one of her best friends.

>WARNING: Contains offensive language and descriptions of sexual violence

>In the spring of 2021, Jodie (not her real name) was sent a link to a porn website from an anonymous email account.

>Clicking through, she found explicit images and a video of what appeared to be her having sex with various men. Jodie's face had been digitally added onto another woman's body - known as a "deepfake".

>Someone had posted photos of Jodie's face on a porn site saying she made them feel "so horny" and asking if other users on the site could make fake pornography of her. In exchange for the fakes, the user offered to share more photos of Jodie and details about her.

>Speaking for the first time about her experience, Jodie, who is now in her mid-20s, says, "I was screaming and crying and violently scrolling through my phone to work out what I was reading and what I was looking at."

>She adds: "I knew that this could genuinely ruin my life."


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https://fas.org/publication/indian-test-launch-of-mirv-missile-latest-sign-of-emerging-nuclear-arms-race/

SO much money spent on military...

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President Biden publicly celebrated both dates. Conservatives responded furiously.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/30/easter-transgender-day-of-visibility-culture-war-00149841

The “culture wars” have reached Easter.

President Joe Biden on Friday issued a proclamation recognizing March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, just as he has commemorated the day every year since he has been in office.

As Easter Sunday falls on March 31 this year, conservatives responded furiously, accusing the president, who is Catholic, of attempting to stifle Christian values by highlighting the event during an important religious holiday.

The controversy, which has galvanized conservatives and which transgender advocates say is manufactured, is the latest in a series of social conflicts that has enveloped the political process and current electoral cycle.

House leadership voiced their outrage, as did the Trump campaign, demanding an apology from the White House. The White House pushed back, saying that “as a Christian who celebrates Easter with family, President Biden stands for bringing people together and upholding the dignity and freedoms of every American.”

The Transgender Day of Visibility, observed on March 31 each year, was started by advocates 15 years ago as a way to celebrate transgender people and raise awareness of the discrimination they face.

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DEI Baltimore mayor fights back against C.H.U.D attacks on bridge accident:“duly elected incumbent.”

Mayor Brandon Scott has come to expect overt and not-so-overt racism.

The latest example came in the aftermath of Tuesday morning’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Within hours, Scott said he started to notice social media posts labeling him as a “DEI Mayor.”

Scott immediately bristled at the dog whistle.

“We know what these folks really want to say when they say DEI mayor,” he told The Banner. “Whether it is DEI or clown. They really want to say the N-word. But there is nothing they can do and say to me that is worse than the treatment of my ancestors. I am proud of who I am and where I come from.”


DEI — shorthand for diversity, equity and inclusion — has become a weaponized term used by the conservative right. Some use the term on its face value to attack diversity efforts. But others use it more nefariously to mean “Didn’t Earn It.”

Scott is far from a “DEI mayor.” He wasn’t appointed; he was elected by voters in a city with one of the largest Black populations in the country.


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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/01/truth-social-trump-media-results/

Trump Media stock plunges as 2023 Truth Social loss put at $58 million

Former president Donald Trump’s social media company said Monday it lost more than $58 million last year, sending its stock plunging roughly 25 percent only days after a highflying public debut valued it at more than $8 billion.

Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, said in a new Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday that the company generated just over $4 million in revenue last year, including less than $1 million in the last quarter of 2023.

The nosediving share price of the company — which uses the stock ticker DJT, for Trump’s initials — shaved off a quarter of its market value in a single day. It also slashed the value of Trump’s 57 percent ownership in the company by roughly $1 billion, to $3.6 billion.

The new financial figures throw into stark relief the gap between Trump Media’s highly hyped investor-driven valuation on the public stock market and the reality of its business performance.

It also raises questions about the possibility that Trump could use the company as a financial lifeline. Trump cannot sell his shares or use them as collateral for a loan for six months due to a provision in the company’s merger agreement, known as a lockup.
The company’s board could vote to waive that requirement but has yet to do so, the filings state. Cashing out early could sink the stock price further by flooding the market with shares and undermining investor confidence in Trump’s commitment to the brand, financial analysts said.


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I blame the trans basketball kids.


Study: Mississippi among least affordable states in US
by: Garret Grove
Posted: Mar 31, 2024 / 07:08 AM CDT
https://www.wjtv.com/news/state/study-mississippi-among-least-affordable-states-in-us/

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A new study shows that Mississippi’s distinction as being a cheap place to live may not be accurate.

USA Today recently calculated the cost of living across all 50 states. It found that Mississippi’s overall cost was $37,949 on average. Though that is the lowest cost in the U.S., the state also has the lowest median household income nationally at $52,719. Therefore, resident’s cost of living takes about 72% of their paycheck, the eighth highest percentage nationally. This, among other factors, led to the state’s cost of living rank being the ninth highest nationally.

Median household income was just one factor analyzed to determine a state’s overall cost of living. USA TODAY also used economic data associated with the following metrics:
Federal income tax and FICA contributions for a single filer
State income tax

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The owner of a popular gay bar was arrested and will face trial with two of his employees amid the latest crackdown on LGBT rights in Russia.

https://www.dw.com/en/lgbtq-club-owner-arrested-in-russia-for-extremism/a-68709295

The owner of an LGBTQ+ club in the Russian city of Orenburg was arrested for "extremism," the OVD-Info rights group said Sunday.

He was detained three days ago at a Moscow airport and has been remanded in custody with two of his employees.

Prosecutors accuse him of conspiring with supporters of the "international LGBT movement," as Russia authorities describes it.

Police arrested the art director and administrator of the Pose club earlier this month in a raid on the club during a drag show.

If found guilty, they face up to ten years in jail.

It is the first criminal case of its kind since Russia added the "international LGBT movement" to a list of extremist and terrorist organizations.

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https://tass.com/emergencies/1768249

NEW YORK, March 31. /TASS/. A barge crashed into a bridge in the US state of Oklahoma, as a result of the incident, traffic on the highway was blocked, the local Department of Transportation reported on social network X.

According to the department, Highway US-59 was closed on the Arkansas River south of Sollisaw due to a barge collision with a bridge.

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https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/pastor-plea-deal-pastor-who-sexually-abused-child-for-nearly-7-years-receives-probation

Pastor who sexually abused child for nearly 7 years receives probation

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — William C. Robinson, a pastor working for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries in Corpus Christi, received 10 years probation after sexually abusing an underage family member.

According to his indictment, Robinson sexually abused an underage family member between July 11, 2015 and June 27, 2022. The arrest affidavit states the sexual contact with the child began when she was nine.

"The offender in this case, by his own omission and by his acts, give cause for concern for the child's safety as well as others, which warrants his apprehension," the arrest affidavit stated.

Robinson was arrested on June 11, 2022.

On March 22, Robinson appeared in the 319th District Court where he accepted a plea deal that would avoid any jail time. He pleaded guilty to one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, one count of sexual assault of a child, and three counts of indecency with a child. In exchange for his plea, Robinson received 10 years deferred adjudication. If he complies with the terms of his probation, once he serves his sentence, Robinson can have the charges removed from his record.

The judge also ordered Robinson to serve 120 hours of community service, stay away from the victim, and take parenting classes. He will have a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Plus, his internet access will be monitored.

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Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President Biden ahead of the election in November, according to researchers and government officials.

The accounts signal a potential tactical shift in how Beijing aims to influence American politics, with more of a willingness to target specific candidates and parties, including Mr. Biden.

Some of the Chinese accounts impersonate fervent Trump fans, including one on X that purported to be “a father, husband and son” who was “MAGA all the way!!” The accounts mocked Mr. Biden’s age and shared fake images of him in a prison jumpsuit, or claimed that Mr. Biden was a Satanist pedophile while promoting Mr. Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.


Ms. Thomas and other researchers have linked the new activity to a long-running network of accounts connected with the Chinese government known as Spamouflage. Several of the accounts they detailed previously posted pro-Beijing content in Mandarin — only to resurface in recent months under the guise of real Americans writing in English.

In a separate project, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a research organization in Washington, identified 170 inauthentic pages and accounts on Facebook that have also pushed anti-American messages, including pointed attacks on Mr. Biden.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/business/media/china-online-disinformation-us-election.html

https://dnyuz.com/2024/04/01/chinas-advancing-efforts-to-influence-the-u-s-election-raise-alarms/

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VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/world_INFO_NOW/status/1774881835924738401

Currently, numerous agencies are on the scene investigating after a male suspect drove his red SUV and smashed into the front security gate at the FBI headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia this afternoon. The suspect was later arrested at the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Chamblee according to the FBI. The man, who was taken into custody, prompted the FBI to state that they could not provide any further details about what led this person to commit the act but assured that there is no concern for public safety.

VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/world_INFO_NOW/status/1774881835924738401