TV/Web #news : Study details parasites preserved in dung of ancient reptile
200 million years ago |
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/08/10/parasites-ancient-reptiles/4671691672811/

TV/Web #news : ProPublica report details 38 more lavish trips gifted to
Clarence Thomas |
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/08/10/Justice-Thomas-lavish-trips-billionaires/9311691671463/

TV/Web #news : Vitamin K may help keep lungs healthy, study
suggests |
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2023/08/10/vitamin-K-lungs-health/2591691672872/

Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court

TV/Web #news : Poland plans to deploy 10,000 troops to its border with
Belarus |
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/poland-plans-deploy-10000-troops-border-belarus-102158212

TV/Web #news : FBI whistleblower tells Congress superiors suspiciously
"suppressed" investigation of Trump allies |
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/10/fbi-whistleblower-tells-congress-superiors-suspiciously-suppressed-investigation-of-allies/

Elon Musk says CEO is a “fake title,” and the position is “superfluous.” No wonder Linda Yaccarino seems so out of the loop on all the big decisions.

To translate: 'I just hired that broad to get people off my back, my ego would never let me give up all this power, are you kidding me, I'm so much fucking smarter thant everyone, I can do anything!'

TV/Web #news : Rep. Ted Lieu Nails Why Clarence Thomas Accepting Gifts Was
Criminal |
https://www.politicususa.com/2023/08/10/rep-ted-lieu-nails-why-clarence-thomas-accepting-gifts-was-criminal.html

NPR #news: Iran has moved some American prisoners to house arrest — a step to possible release | https://www.npr.org/2023/08/10/1193032297/iran-us-prisoners-house-arrest

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed his country's top general and ordered the military to step up war preparations “in an offensive way,” state media reports.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/-kim-jong-un-fires-general-north-korea-war-plans-military-rcna99171

TV/Web #news : Hospitals rationing or delaying care, including for cancer,
because of drug shortages, survey shows |
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/drug-shortages-causing-hospitals-skip-delay-ration-care-survey-finds-rcna99007

TV/Web #news : Several Americans held in Iran moved to house arrest in the
first step of a planned prisoner swap |
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/americans-imprisoned-iran-prisoner-exchange-deal-rcna99105

TV/Web #news : U.S. announces tax credits for clean energy programs in
underserved communities |
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/08/10/irs-treasury-tax-credits-wind-solar/4851691679660/

TV/Web #news : IRS unable to locate millions of tax records, watchdog
says |
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/10/watchdog-irs-tax-records-00110637

Video shows the fire that broke out at a gas production unit of the Mozyr oil refinery in Belarus on Aug 10. Ukraine's Security Service said earlier that it had gathered intel indicating Russia was preparing a false flag operation at this refinery.
Under the alleged plan, a Russian sabotage-reconnaissance group would carry out a "provocation" at the refinery. Moscow would then blame the attack on Kyiv in an attempt to drive Belarus into the war against #Ukraine
https://twitter.com/i/status/1689686012945997844

NPR #news: More endangered red wolves will be released in the U.S. under a legal settlement | https://www.npr.org/2023/08/10/1193200357/red-wolves-release-lawsuit

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Pro Publica has a new piece on Clarence Thomas’ secret luxury travel

“While some of the hospitality, such as stays in personal homes, may not have required disclosure, Thomas appears to have violated the law by failing to disclose flights, yacht cruises and expensive sports tickets, according to ethics experts.” #SCOTUS

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court

TV/Web #news : 9 Michigan Republicans plead not guilty to acting as 'fake
electors' in 2020 |
https://abcnews.go.com/US/9-michigan-republicans-plead-guilty-acting-fake-electors/story?id=102170741

TV/Web #news : Don’t Write That Confidential Email In Public! AI Can Now
Snag Keystroke Sounds With 95 Percent Accuracy |
https://abovethelaw.com/2023/08/confidential-email-ai-keystroke-sounds/

TV/Web #news : "Staggering levels of grift": Experts say Clarence Thomas
trips expose SCOTUS corruption "crisis" |
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/10/staggering-levels-of-grift-experts-say-clarence-thomas-trips-expose-scotus-corruption-crisis/