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The two countries incel wignat white nationalists worship are going to import millions of Indians.

https://m.economictimes.com/nri/work/as-western-doors-close-new-ones-open-for-indians/amp_articleshow/125872564.cms

As favourite immigration destinations of Indians such as the United States, Canada and many other developed countries, tighten entry pathways, global labour mobility is finding other routes. Rising nativism, political pressures and restrictive visa regimes in many Western nations are reshaping how workers, especially from labour-abundant countries like India, move around the world. The contraction in one part of the world is coinciding with an expansion in another. Russia, Japan and several other ageing or labour-short economies are increasingly opening their doors to Indian workers.

In July this year, a Russian business leader had expressed hope about inviting a large number of Indian workers. "As far as I know, by the end of the year, 1 million specialists from India will come to Russia, including the Sverdlovsk region. A new Consulate General is opening in Yekaterinburg, which will deal with these issues," Andrey Besedin, the head of the Ural Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told the RosBusinessConsulting (RBC) news agency. Besedin said the migration of Indians would fill the shortage of a highly qualified workforce in the Sverdlovsk region.

Japan’s turn towards Indian workforce

Japan, like Russia, faces a demographic crisis but has traditionally been cautious about large-scale immigration. That stance has begun to soften in recent years, and the August 2025 India-Japan Action Plan on Human Resources marks a breakthrough in bilateral manpower cooperation.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5644455-democratic-bill-health-insurance-subsidies/


Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a motion to advance a Democrat-drafted bill to extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies that are due to expire at the end of 2025, tax credits that Democrats say are needed to keep premiums from rising by double digits next year.

The legislation, which needed 60 votes to advance, failed by a vote of 51 to 48.

Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) voted for the Democratic plan to extend the enhanced health insurance tax credits, even though both lawmakers have called for reforms to the program. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), who is up for reelection next year, and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) also voted for the Democratic proposal.

The unusual vote on a Democratic-crafted health care plan while Republicans control the Senate was set up by a deal Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) struck with centrist Democrats to end the recent 43-day government shutdown.

The proposal, unveiled by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), would have extended the enhanced subsidies, which were first enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, another three years.

“Our bill is the last train to leave the station. After this, we will not have time to try again before premiums shoot through the roof next year,” Schumer said on the Senate floor before the vote.


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President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy and immigration have fallen substantially since March, according to a new AP-NORC poll, the latest indication that two signature issues that got him elected barely a year ago could be turning into liabilities as his party begins to gear up for the 2026 midterms.

Only 31% of U.S. adults now approve of how Trump is handling the economy, the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds. That is down from 40% in March and marks the lowest economic approval he’s registered in an AP-NORC poll in his first or second term.

Republicans are more unhappy with Trump’s performance on the economy than they were in the first few months of his term. About 7 in 10 Republicans, 69%, approve of how Trump is handling the economy in the December poll, a decline from 78% in March.

Larry Reynolds, a 74-year-old retiree and Republican voter from Wadsworth, Ohio, said he believes in Trump’s plan to impose import duties on U.S. trading partners but thinks rates have spiraled too high, creating a “vicious circle now where they aren’t really justifying the tariffs.”

Perhaps most worryingly for Trump, who’s become increasingly synonymous with his party, he’s slipped on issues that were major strengths. Just a few months ago, 53% of Americans approved of Trump’s handling of crime, but that’s fallen to 43% in the new poll. There’s been a similar decline on immigration, from 49% approval in March to 38% now.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-poll-approval-economy-immigration-inflation-crime-9e5bd096964990e040bc4bacd9fcac21

https://apnorc.org/projects/trumps-approval-rating-slips-on-the-economy-and-immigration/

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/trump-indiana-redistricting-republicans-rodric-bray-00686257
President Donald Trump threatened electoral consequences for Indiana Republicans who defy his demand that the state redraw its congressional map to secure more seats for the GOP — singling out a state senator who could help block the effort on Thursday.

Trump raged at Indiana Senate Republican leader Rodric Bray in a social media post late Wednesday, saying he would back primary opponents for those who stand in the way of an effort to preserve the GOP House majority in the midterms.

“Anybody that votes against Redistricting, and the SUCCESS of the Republican Party in D.C., will be, I am sure, met with a MAGA Primary in the Spring,” Trump wrote. “Rod Bray and his friends won’t be in Politics for long, and I will do everything within my power to make sure that they will not hurt the Republican Party, and our Country, again.”

His threat reflects the stakes for his presidency if the Democrats retake the House, which would allow them to thwart his agenda and launch investigations of his administration. Trump has sought to prevent that by pushing states with GOP governors and Republican-controlled legislatures to redraw their congressional districts.

Republicans stand to gain two more seats in Indiana, giving them all nine in the state, under the new proposed map.

Indiana Republicans have faced intense pressure to redraw their congressional districts for months. Vice President JD Vance has traveled to the state to lobby legislators in person, and House Speaker Mike Johnson made calls to individual senators. Trump himself has spoken to Republican state senators on multiple occasions — both on the phone and in person at the White House.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/11/us-plans-to-ask-visitors-to-share-5-years-of-social-media-history-to-enter

Visitors who are eligible to enter the United States without a visa may soon be required to provide the Department of Homeland Security with significantly more personal information, including details about their social media activity, email accounts and family background.

According to a notice published on Wednesday in the Federal Register, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is proposing to collect up to five years of social media data from travelers from certain visa-waiver countries.

The proposed requirement would apply to travellers using the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) under the Visa Waiver Program, which allows citizens of 42 countries – including the United Kingdom, Germany, Qatar, Greece, Malta, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Israel and South Korea – to travel to the US for tourism or business for up to 90 days.

Currently, the ESTA automatically screens applicants and grants travel approval without requiring an in-person interview at a US embassy or consulate, unlike standard visa applications.

At present, ESTA applicants are required to provide a more limited set of information, such as their parents’ names, current email address, and details of any past criminal record.

A question asking travellers to disclose their social media information was first added to the ESTA application in 2016, though it has remained optional.

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https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/charlotte-brewery-owner-accused-breaking-into-home-raping-child/HKIVK6LPV5HNLHQXGTNTEEZ53U/

CHARLOTTE — The co-owner of Sycamore Brewing was arrested early Thursday morning after allegedly breaking into a home and raping a girl under the age of 15.

Channel 9 found jail records showing that Justin Tawse Brigham was booked into custody on felony charges of statutory rape of a child, first-degree burglary, and indecent liberties with a child.

Before his arrest, Brigham, 44, was also listed as the co-owner of Sycamore Brewing, according to North Carolina business records. Sycamore Brewing is the largest brewery in Charlotte and one of the city’s most popular spots.

According to court documents, Brigham allegedly broke into a home in Stanfield and raped a 13-year-old girl on Wednesday.

The Stanly County Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened overnight, and the victims’ parents found Brigham in their daughter’s bedroom. Brigham was ultimately found completely undressed in a vehicle near the victim’s home. It’s not clear how Brigham first contacted the victim.

Brigham is being held in the Stanly County Jail on a $10 million bond. If he’s released, he’s not allowed to be on social media, according to court records.

Just after 1 p.m., Chopper 9 SkyZoom spotted investigators going into Brigham’s home in south Charlotte. It’s not clear what they may be looking for, but the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a search was underway.

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Captain Fatbeard The Fat Fear of the Seven Reeeees is resorting to commerical piracy and raiding of merchant vessels
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5643019-us-seizes-venezuela-tanker/
Trump says US has seized oil tanker near Venezuela

President Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, the latest escalation in what has become an increasingly tense relationship between the two countries.

“We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. A large tanker, very large,” Trump told reporters. “And other things are happening.”

Trump did not provide additional details about the seizure, and he told reporters they would hear from “the appropriate people” about it.

“It was seized for a very good reason,” Trump said.

Asked what would happen to the oil on the tanker, Trump said, “I assume we’re going to keep the oil.”

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Donald Trump saved the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado by helping her flee to Norway from the Maduro regime in Venezuela.
Trump assembled an expert team of contractors skilled in extraction operations as well as select members of the US military and helped her get through 10 government checkpoints undetected and eventually flee the country by boat.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5644246-maria-corina-machado-venezuela-norway-trip/
Trump administration helped Venezuela’s Machado escape to Norway: Report

The Trump administration reportedly aided Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in her secret travel from Venezuela to Norway for the award ceremony in Oslo.

Venezuela’s opposition leader has been in hiding since Jan. 9, shortly after President Nicolás Maduro started his third term following a disputed election.

Leaving her location on Monday, she first managed to get through 10 military checkpoints undetected, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the operation.

She next headed to Curaçao on Tuesday. Her path through the Caribbean Sea was flanked with danger in waters ripe with attacks from the Trump administration in recent weeks. The Journal reported that the group helping Machado reached out to the U.S. military so it would not strike her boat. In addition to Machado, two people were on board the fishing skiff that skipped across the sea after a two-month planning process.

“We coordinated that she was going to leave by a specific area so that they would not blow up the boat,” said the person close to the operation, according to the Journal.


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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-plans-envision-major-us-investment-russia-restoring-oil-flows-europe-wsj-2025-12-11/
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for peace in Ukraine includes proposals to restore Russian energy flows to Europe, major U.S. investment in Russian rare earths and energy, and tapping frozen Russian sovereign assets, the Wall Street Journal said.

The newspaper said the plans were detailed in appendices to peace proposals handed to European counterparts over recent weeks.

They include a plan for U.S. financial firms and other businesses to tap $200 billion of frozen Russian sovereign assets for projects in Ukraine, including a major new data center powered by the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant now controlled by Russian forces, the paper said.

U.S. companies would invest in Russian strategic sectors such as rare-earth extraction and oil drilling in the Arctic, while Russian energy flows to Western Europe and the world would be restored, it added.

The paper said one unidentified European official compared the proposed U.S.-Russian energy deals to an economic version of the 1945 Yalta conference.

At that meeting, the victors of World War Two, the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain, divided up their spheres of interest in Europe.

Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 after eight years of fighting between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian troops in the Donbas, formed of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

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https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/impeachment-haley-stevens-rfk-democrats-trump

One of Democrats' most fraught internal fights of the year resurfaced Wednesday after Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) introduced articles of impeachment against HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Why it matters: Stevens is part of a growing group of House Democrats effectively going rogue by mounting impeachment efforts without support from party leadership, to the frustration of many of their colleagues.

The Michigan Democrat stressed in an interview with Axios that she "worked closely" with the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees HHS.

But Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), the top Democrat on the panel, told Axios she "approached us about joining her, and then in the end we declined."

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told Axios he hasn't taken a look at Stevens' measure, adding: "You know what I'm focused on? Making sure that the American people don't have their health care ripped away from them."

State of play: Stevens is one of a handful of House Democrats who have tried to impeach Trump or one of his officials this year.

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) has introduced impeachment measures against President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-threatens-new-icc-sanctions-unless-court-pledges-not-prosecute-trump-2025-12-10/
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not.

If the court does not act on this U.S. demand and two others - dropping investigations of Israeli leaders over the Gaza war and formally ending an earlier probe of U.S. troops over their actions in Afghanistan - Washington may penalize more ICC officials and could sanction the court itself, the official said.

Sanctioning the court would significantly escalate the U.S. campaign against the ICC, which has long been criticized by U.S. officials including both Republicans and Democrats, who say the court infringes on U.S. sovereignty.

The Trump administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Washington has communicated its demands to ICC members, some of whom are U.S. allies, and has also made them known to the court. The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC in 2002 as a court of last resort, with the power to prosecute heads of state.

The demand and the threat to resume the U.S. sanctions campaign towards the court have not been previously reported.

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https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5641032-rahm-emanuel-social-media/
ormer Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) is calling on the U.S. to follow Australia’s lead and ban children younger than 16 from using social media.

“When it comes to our adolescents, it’s either going to be adults or the algorithms. One of them is going to raise the kids,” Emanuel said in a video on the social platform X. “And I think we need to help the parents. It’s too much for a parent to push against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, all the other social media apps.”

Down under, a law requiring social media companies to disable the accounts of Australian users under the age of 16 took effect on Wednesday. Failure to do so would in a fine of more than 49.5 million Australian dollars, equivalent to more than $32 million.

The law applies to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, Kick, Reddit, Twitch and X, and is the first of its kind globally.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/nyregion/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-grand-jury-unsealed.html

A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s motion to unseal the records of the grand jury investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime companion of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2021 of sex trafficking a minor and other counts.

The ruling by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer cited a new law passed by Congress requiring the Justice Department to release all its files on Mr. Epstein by Dec. 19.

But the opinion makes it clear that grand jury transcripts will be only a small part of a huge trove of materials that the Justice Department has said it intends to release under the new law.

The department also asked Judge Engelmayer to modify a protective order issued at the beginning of Ms. Maxwell’s case that maintained strict confidentiality over materials turned over to defense lawyers, known as discovery. “A paramount goal of the protective order,” the judge wrote, was “to protect the privacy interests of Maxwell’s and Epstein’s victims.”

In his 24-page opinion on Tuesday, Judge Engelmayer wrote that the new law, known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act, “unambiguously” applied to the discovery materials in the case. Modifying the protective order, he added, was necessary to enable the Justice Department “to carry out its legal obligations under the act.”

Such discovery includes materials gathered from searches of physical spaces, like Mr. Epstein’s house and island, and the contents of computers and other electronic devices seized from those spaces.

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/james-comey-dan-richman-justice-department-prosecuting

The Justice Department said in court documents on Tuesday that it plans to continue its efforts to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey.

The department’s stance was revealed in a lawsuit brought by the former FBI’s director’s friend and former lawyer Dan Richman. It comes two weeks after Comey’s previous indictment was dismissed and after a judge put temporary limits on the evidence prosecutors can use in future grand jury proceedings.

In the documents filed Tuesday — in a fast-moving court battle over evidence used to investigate Comey over his statements to Congress five years ago — the Justice Department refers to the situation as both a “pending criminal investigation” and “a potential federal criminal prosecution.”

The DOJ wrote to a federal judge that Richman’s lawsuit shouldn’t be able to stymie a criminal prosecution.

The lawsuit, the Justice Department wrote, “is actually a collateral motion aimed at hindering the government from using (Richman’s) property as evidence in a separate criminal proceeding.” The court that temporarily locked down evidence the Justice Department had from Richman “has effectively enjoined the government from investigating and potentially prosecuting Comey.”

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The recruitment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas has added a crucial bit of insight and one big number: 1.1 million. That’s how many layoffs have been announced year to date, only the sixth time since 1993 that threshold has been breached. You have to go back to 2009 to find a year with greater layoffs, and that was in the very depths of the Great Recession.

Technology remains the hardest-hit private sector industry, with more than 150,000 job cuts announced so far this year as firms continue to reset headcount after the boom years while they increasingly lean into automation.

Specifically, U.S.-based employers announced 1,170,821 job cuts in the first 11 months of 2025, up 54% from the same period in 2024. That makes 2025 one of only six years since 1993 in which announced layoffs through November have topped 1.1 million.

Hiring plans are not offsetting the damage. Through November, per the Challenger report, employers have announced 497,151 planned hires, down 35% from the same point last year and the lowest year-to-date total since 2010.

Earnings reports increasingly reveal, as many executives call it, a “bifurcated” or “K-shaped” economy, used to describe the different trajectories of rich and poor. The wealthier cohort is spending freely, with the upper 10% accounting for nearly 50% of consumer spending (and absorbing elevated costs passed through from tariffs), while the lower-income consumer shows increasing signs of strain.

Analysts at both Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Research have noted that this recovery is a financial one, reflected in stock prices and soaring profits—and increasingly in fewer workers required in white-collar positions. The era of “jobless growth” and process over people is emerging into view, thanks to the forever layoff.

https://fortune.com/2025/12/09/forever-layoffs-job-security-k-shaped-economy-white-collar-recession-challenger-glassdoor/