"Too Late!" - Trump Blasts Powell After Weakest ADP Jobs Report In Over 2 Years "Too Late!" - Trump Blasts Powell After Weakest ADP Jobs Report In Over 2 Years Following April's weak ADP print (lowest job additions since July 2024), analysts expected a rebound in May from the "unease" before Trump paused the Liberation Day tariffs. Jobless claims, among others, have all supported signals that the labor market refuses to fold to soft data's squeamishness over Trump's policies... image Source: Bloomberg So, against expectations of a +114k print, ADP's Employment Report came in at just +37k for May - the lowest since March 2023's decline. image Source: Bloomberg That was a 5 standard deviation miss from expectations... image Source: Bloomberg This is the biggest miss since August 2022... image Source: Bloomberg Small Businesses dominated the weakness in the labor market... image Goods producing firms lost 2k jobs while Services added just 36k... image But the picture was weak across most sectors... image "After a strong start to the year, hiring is losing momentum," says Nela Richardson Chief Economist. "ADP Pay growth, however, was little changed in May, holding at robust levels for both job-stayers and job-changers." image Source: Bloomberg President Trump is pissed... image But bond bulls are happy... image And 2025 rate cut expectations are (dovishly) rising... image So, what's your guess for Friday's print now?
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US Army Hits Annual Recruitment Goals 4 Months Early US Army Hits Annual Recruitment Goals 4 Months Early
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US Army Hits Annual Recruitment Goals 4 Months Early
Pentagon cites rising enlistment interest among youth, crediting Trump-era reforms and patriotic momentum.
 The U.S. Army has reached its fiscal year 2025 recruitment goal of 61,000 active-duty enlistments—four months ahead of schedule—marking what officials call a pivotal moment in military readiness and national morale. image Announcing the milestone in a June 3
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Army meets fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals four months early
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has successfully met its fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals for active duty, signing contracts with more than 61,000 fu...
 , Army leadership framed the achievement as a “turning point” in overcoming recent recruitment struggles, attributing the surge to a “renewed sense of patriotism and purpose among America’s youth.” “I’m incredibly proud of our U.S. Army recruiters and drill sergeants,” Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said in a statement. “Their colossal efforts and dedication to duty helped the U.S. Army accomplish our FY25 annual recruiting goal a full four months ahead of schedule.” This year’s target represents a more than 10 percent increase from the 55,000 recruits enlisted in fiscal 2024. The Army said the higher bar was set to match a spike in interest and enthusiasm for military service, with daily contract signings in 2025 outpacing last year’s levels by as much as 56 percent. Driscoll credited top-level support from President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, praising their commitment to “equipping, training, and supporting these future Soldiers as they face a world of global uncertainty and complex threats.” “Putting Soldiers first is having a tangible impact and shows that young people across our country want to be part of the most lethal land fighting force the world has ever seen,” Driscoll said. Hegseth
The Epoch Times
US Army Says Recruitment Numbers Hit 15-Year High
Army officials enlisted 346 soldiers on average per day in December, officials say.
 the recruitment spike in February, pointing to a post-election boost that brought enlistment numbers to a 15-year high. At the time, Trump said the uptick reflected a national mood shift. “There’s a spirit about our country that [people] haven’t seen in many, many years,” Trump said during a Feb. 5 event at the White House. He also credited his January executive order that revoked gender identity policies in the military in favor of a renewed focus on “readiness and effectiveness.” After years of struggling to meet quotas, the Army had only narrowly hit its 2024 goal, with just over 55,000 active-duty accessions and 11,000 enlistees in the delayed entry program. In 2023, the service brought in about 50,000 recruits, well short of its “stretch goal” of 65,000. In 2022, the Army missed its 60,000-person goal by 15,000. Former Army Secretary Christine Wormuth had forecast in January that the Army was on track to reach 61,000 recruits by the end of fiscal year 2025—which runs through the end of September—and projected another 20,000-plus in the delayed entry pool for fiscal year 2026. That benchmark has now been exceeded. Reacting to the achievement, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell
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 , Driscoll reflected on his own Army experience: “The values I gained—discipline, duty, honor—have shaped me into the husband, father, and citizen I am today. Choosing to serve was one of the most meaningful decisions of my life.” The announcement comes just ahead of the Army’s 250th birthday on June 14, which will be marked by a major military parade in Washington. Trump is scheduled to host the parade—held on both the Army’s birthday and his own 79th birthday—as the centerpiece of a broader national celebration. The parade, part of a day-long public festival on the National Mall, will 📄.pdf military demonstrations, static equipment displays, live music, and culminate in an evening concert and fireworks show. The celebration is also a key milestone in a longer campaign of patriotic events coordinated by the White House’s Task Force 250, created by
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 in January to organize festivities leading up to America’s 250th Independence Day in 2026. Meanwhile, the U.S. Air Force has also
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Air Force Recruitment Soars to 15-Year High, Officials Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested the resurgence of interest in military service is fueled by a renewed emphasis on combat readiness and dis...
 a surge in recruitment, with its December-to-February numbers reaching their highest levels in 15 years.
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WTI Extends Gains As Crude Stocks See Biggest Draw Since December WTI Extends Gains As Crude Stocks See Biggest Draw Since December Crude prices are higher this morning on signs of progress in trade talks between the US and EU and the API report of a major drawdown in American crude inventories (despite product builds). Geopolitical tensions continue to drive prices more aggressively as the possibility of a Putin-Zelensky meeting came and went and Iranian peace deal talks stumble. The big question for traders is - will the official data confirm API's drawdown? API Crude -3.28mm Cushing +952k Gasoline +4.73mm Distillates +761k DOE Crude -4.30mm Cushing +576k Gasoline +5.22mm Distillates +4.23mm The official data confirmed API's report with a large crude draw offset by big draws in products... image Source: Bloomberg Even including the 509k barrel addition to the SPR, total crude stocks fell by the most since December... image Source: Bloomberg The rig count continues to slide (now at its lowest since Dec 2021), and despite Trump's 'Drill, Baby, Drill' push, US crude production remains well of its highs... image Source: Bloomberg WTI extended gains after the official data confirmed API's... image Source: Bloomberg Oil rose at the start of the week after a decision by OPEC+ to increase production in July was in line with expectations, easing concerns over a bigger hike. However, prices are still down about 11% this year on fears around a looming supply glut, while traders continue to monitor US trade tariffs as President Donald Trump said his Chinese counterpart is “extremely hard” to make a deal with. Saudi Arabia led increases in OPEC oil production last month as the group began its series of accelerated supply additions, according to a Bloomberg survey. Nevertheless, the hike fell short of the full amount the kingdom could have added under the agreements.
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Oil Prices Tumble On Report That Saudis Want To 'Super-Size' OPEC Production Hikes | ZeroHedge
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Nvidia's Revenue Pipeline Tops $1 Trillion, UBS Tells Clients Nvidia's Revenue Pipeline Tops $1 Trillion, UBS Tells Clients Following Nvidia's
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 last Wednesday, UBS analysts were inundated with investor inquiries, primarily focused on the chipmaker's near-term growth visibility and the durability of its long-term revenue pipeline. image Below, UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri addressed the most frequently asked questions, unpacked key commentary from the earnings call, and provided expanded visibility into a multi-year AI infrastructure boom. Visibility to data center revenue doubling yet again? An area where we have received a few investor inbounds, but still seems somewhat overlooked is NVDA's commentary on its pipeline. The company noted on its FQ1:26 earnings call that it has visibility into "tens of gigawatts" of AI infrastructure projects in the "not too distant future". Assuming a "low case" pipeline of 20GW and NVDA's stated range of ~$40-50B per GW, this puts its total revenue opportunity for this pipeline at a minium of ~$1T. While the company did not specify a timeframe for this pipeline, based on our conversations, we believe these projects are likely to be rolled out over a 2-3 year period. Using the average of this timeframe, this suggests the company may effectively have "visibility" to ~$400B/yr in data center revenue, or about 2x our $233B data center revenue estimate for C2026. This is obviously very heady, but we did note in UBS' deep dive on OpenAI's Abilene AI Factory that Crusoe alone has ~20GW in project pipeline and this is just one digital infrastructure project developer. The upshot of this is that we believe investor concerns around growth sustainability should be allayed by some of this commentary from the earnings call. The math around the rack numbers given on the call One of the main investor questions we got coming out of the call was what NVDA was trying to imply by the GB200 rack numbers it provided on the call - which were so far above conventional wisdom that it spurred some confusion. The company said "on average major hyperscalers are each deploying nearly 1,000 NVL72 racks or 72,000 Blackwell GPUs per week and are on track to further ramp output this quarter". Taken at face value, this implies a GPU run rate of nearly 1MM/Q for each hyperscaler - so far above most consensus estimates that it was hard to foot. Therefore, we believe the company was not trying to communicate a revenue "run-rate" but simply trying to reassure investors that GB200 rack issues are resolved and a large quantity of racks are moving from the ODMs and OEMs now to customers - consistent with our commentary into the call that investor concerns about supply chain inventory were overblown. We would not try to do anything more with these numbers as we think the company meant this to be more illustrative than quantitative. NVLink bolsters growth in Networking. Networking revenue grew to ~$5B in FQ1:26 (+64% Q/Q), $1B of which NVDA attributed to NVLink revenue which was up substantially Q/Q. We believe this is almost entirely tied to the ramp in shipments of GB200 NVL72 rack scale systems, each of which includes a 72-GPU NVLink domain (vs an up to 8-GPU domain for HGX systems). NVDA is recognizing NVLink revenue separately for these NVL72 systems, which is/was not the case for HGX boards where revenue has been consolidated into the Compute sub-segment of Data Center. As such, we would expect Networking revenue to track more closely to NVL72 rack shipments going forward, albeit maybe with a little bit of a lag. Gaming growth driven by… gamers. The sharp improvement in Gaming revenue in FQ1 (up nearly 50% Q/Q and well ahead of expectations) has prompted many investors to question whether there was some component of 50-series RTX cards being pulled into China for AI workload purposes. Though this cannot be completely discounted, we suspect any such pull-in was likely very limited due to: 1) availability of Blackwell-based RTX GPUs being still too limited in the gaming channel to enable larger-scale deployment, 2) RTX 50-series GPUs are PCIe based and do not support NVLink for scale-up, and 3) NVDA had to some degree starved the gaming channel for Blackwell out of the gate as it prioritized capacity for data center applications so the FQ1 (April) growth was driven by back-filling the channel following these severe supply shortages. Gross margin drivers for 2H. General improvement in Blackwell profitability and cost downs remain the primary driver to get margins back to the mid-70%s target by FYE26. Part of this, we believe, is GB300 - for which NVDA may actually recognise a small amount of revenue inside of FQ2 with the real ramp being FQ3. Longer-term, we believe pricing to value remains the key function for NVDA's margins - this comes down to both hardware and the software overlay of which the release of Dynamo at GTC is a prime example (accelerates inference on NVDA hardware by >30x). Taken together, Nvidia's earnings, along with expanding visibility into a multi-year AI infrastructure boom via UBS, suggest that this boom is less about product cycles and more about exponential infrastructure scaling.  Last week, UBS analysts Steven Fisher, Amit Mehrotra, and others noted that the construction boom of AI data centers is not expected to show up in the real economy or provide structural tailwinds until the second quarter of 2026. image "More slowing before reacceleration in 2026,"
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 , "We expect stimulus and structural forces to drive the rebound, while cyclical factors remain weak." Another UBS note outlined the
AI Data Center Boom Requires A Lot Of Natural Gas  | ZeroHedge
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 on data center-driven power demand, particularly for natural gas-linked utilities and midstream names. The AI data center buildout could be viewed as the digital-age cousin of the 1930s "New Deal"—but instead of highways and dams, it's GPUs and megawatts. It's reshaping American infrastructure but with Big Tech at the helm. 
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Beijing Furious After Europe Uses "International Procurement Instrument" For First Time In Escalating Trade War With China Beijing Furious After Europe Uses "International Procurement Instrument" For First Time In Escalating Trade War With China When it comes to its trade war with the US, Brussels is quick to parade just how anti-Trump it is, how unfair US trade practices are (just ignore the fact that Europe was far more protectionist for decades) and how much it loves free trade, honest. But in Europe's growing trade war with China (you don't really hear much about it because the media would rather public attention be soaked up by the far less important transatlantic feud, and away from the far more important Chinese trade war) thing are rapidly disintegrating.  As Rabobank's Michael Every points out, the "We Love Free Trade" EU just used its International Procurement Instrument for the first time to freeze Chinese medical devices out of its public procurement markets for five years unless China opens its market to EU equivalents. As Every notes, "that’s economic statecraft with muscle, underlining that there are lots of tools in the mercantilist toolkit besides tariffs." In response, Beijing took some time away from its constant criticism of US trade policy to also criticize as protectionist the European Union’s plan to curb Chinese medical device manufacturers’ access to public procurement contracts, and vowed to take action to protect the country’s interests,
Bloomberg.com
Chinese Firms Warn EU Procurement Curb Could Hurt Trade Ties
Beijing criticized as protectionist the European Union’s plan to curb Chinese medical device manufacturers’ access to public procurement contra...
 reports. China urged the EU to handle any differences through dialog and cooperation to safeguard trade relations, the Commerce Ministry <a href="http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/xwfyrth/art/2025/art_f2088f2d4d654d5481c58ba0cf9b78cd.html" rel="nofollow">said in a statement </a>on Tuesday. “China will closely monitor the EU’s follow-up actions” and will take measures to protect the rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, the ministry said. Beijing’s comments come after EU member states overwhelmingly agreed to the curb, which would represent the first use of its International Procurement Instrument, a 2022 law that’s meant to promote reciprocity in access to public procurement markets, and represents a unique slant on how creative mercantilists can and will get when their markets are threatened. It allows the EU’s executive arm to impose various restrictions on firms seeking to participate in procurements, ranging from score adjustments in tenders to an outright ban from public contracts above €5 million ($5.7 million). The dispute adds another irritant to relations and comes just as Beijing seeks to shore up ties with the EU, positioning itself as a more reliable partner as Donald Trump alienates the bloc over issues from tariffs to defense. In reality, when it comes to capturing market share, the only thing mercantilists are "reliable" in doing is slashing prices to boost exports.  Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao is due to meet with EU trade officials early this month in Paris, where he may address the bloc’s trade grievances including a lack of fair access to China’s own procurement market. European leaders will travel to Beijing for a summit next month with their Chinese counterparts.  “At first glance recent EU moves relating to China seem a bit contradictory, reviving senior level interaction while taking measures against unfair imports,” said Wendy Cutler, a former senior US trade negotiator now at the Asia Society Policy Institute. “But, in light of different types of pressures from member states, Brussels needs to navigate carefully when it comes to China,” she said. “It has no choice but to look for avenues of cooperation while sending a clear signal that the EU will stand up for European companies that are facing unfair competition.” Only problem is that from China's point of view, the competition is completely fair, and it will retaliate accordingly. Indeed, a Chinese business lobby group warned earlier that EU’s plans would hurt trade ties and the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU expressed “profound disappointment” over the move, according to a statement on Monday. “Its targeted application against Chinese enterprises sends a troubling signal—not only adding new complexity to China-EU economic and trade relations, but also contradicting the EU’s stated principles of openness, fairness, and non-discrimination in market access,” said the organization, whose members include the Bank of China, Cosco Shipping Holdings Co. and BYD Co. “Beijing appears to be sending a warning to all advanced economies that actions against China will have consequences,” said Gerard DiPippo, associate director of the RAND China Research Center. “The odds of an EU-China rapprochement are lower than some speculated after the trade war with the US started.” Which, of course, will be music to Trump's ears, even if it will be difficult for the mainstream media to explain to its naive audience how the global trade war which it had repeatedly portrayed as "Trump against everyone", was really "everyone against everyone." In response to a question on the EU’s move, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian on Tuesday called on the bloc to stand by its commitment to market rules.  The EU launched an investigation into China’s procurement of medical devices last April, with the probe finding in January that Beijing discriminated against foreign firms. Consultations failed to find alternative solutions, Bloomberg previously reported. The Chinese commerce chamber argued that market reciprocity must be based on “an accurate understanding of historical and practical realities.” “For years, European medical device companies have enjoyed significant access to the Chinese market, playing a key role in supporting the modernization of China’s healthcare system and achieving substantial growth,” it said. “The EU’s current decision fails to acknowledge this context and undermines the spirit of balanced engagement and mutual benefit.” 
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UK Rail Station Volunteer Ousted For Wrongthink Over 'Pride' Train... And He Is Gay UK Rail Station Volunteer Ousted For Wrongthink Over 'Pride' Train... And He Is Gay https://modernity.news/2025/05/27/rail-station-volunteer-ousted-for-wrongthink-over-pride-train-and-he-is-gay A volunteer has been banned from a railway charity scheme in the UK after he asked a basic question regarding a train that had been wrapped in ‘Pride’ colours. image
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Gay railway station volunteer banned over gender-critical views
Matthew Toomer was removed from West Midlands Railway’s ‘Adopt a Station’ scheme after expressing concerns about its ‘Progress Pride’ train
 Here is the train in question: What awful hateful thing did Mr. Toomer say? He commented on a social media post about the rebranded train, asking if it would “return to its natural state once the event is over.” Oh the horror. He was then “summoned” to attend a meeting with railway officials and informed that he views (he didn’t express any views) “do not align with [WMR’s] values and mission.” He was then banned from the station volunteer group altogether as punishment for merely hinting at not being fully onboard with the trans train. Mr Toomer told reporters “As a gay man myself, I want to stress that this wasn’t about objecting to visibility.” Yes, even the gays can’t ask questions about the relentless ‘progress’ of THE MESSAGE. “My concern was the increasing tendency of public transport organisations to take visible positions on divisive issues,” Toomer further outlines, adding “The Progress Pride flag has become associated with particular ideological stances – particularly around gender – which not everyone, including many within the LGB community, fully endorse.” “My position was simply that public services should remain neutral and welcoming to everyone,” he emphasised. Noooooo. That opinion won’t do. While the Free Speech Union has demanded that the train company “apologise for this vindictive decision and reinstate him,” the Telegraph gleaned that the company had basically scoured Mr. Toomer’s social media activity and discerned that it was “problematic”. A WMR spokesman said “Our company has a proud culture of inclusion and allyship,” adding “We believe the views Mr Toomer has expressed on social media on a range of subjects are at odds with these values and could be harmful or offensive to our colleagues, customers or other volunteers.” Wrongthink then, essentially. When asked to point out examples of the “problematic” posts by Mr Toomer, the spokesman could not or would not do so. The case officer for the Free Speech Union, Rebekah Brown, remarked, “I expect the vast majority of West Midland’s Railway’s customers will agree with Mr Toomer, not with WMR’s enforced ideological orthodoxy.” “A train company has no business acting as the arbiter of permissible opinion for volunteers, with these chilling consequences for individuals’ freedom of speech in their daily lives,” Ms Brown further urged. Forcing ideological views on everyone, such as plastering Pride flags across stations, trains, and buses every June, often stems from bandwagon jumping and virtue signaling rather than any genuine public demand. Literally EVERY train and bus company in the UK does it. Our Pride train officially has a name and we are ✨e m o t i o n a l✨
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Our Pride train officially has a name and we are ✨e m o t i o n a l✨
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Our Pride train officially has a name and we are ✨e m o t i o n a l✨
 Our Pride train has just departed for its first official journey from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly. The train is serviced by our full LGBTQ+ crew, creating not just a Pride train, but a Pride experience 🌈 https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveProud?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw — Avanti West Coast (@AvantiWestCoast)
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Our Pride train has just departed for its first official journey from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly. The train is serviced by our full LGB...
 Train gets covered in LGBTQI+ Progress flags.
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Train gets covered in LGBTQI+ Progress flags.
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Train gets covered in LGBTQI+ Progress flags.
 As if it *knew* it were needed – like a train-shaped superhero summoned from afar – the Thameslink https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pride?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw — Tim Dunn (@MrTimDunn)
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As if it *knew* it were needed – like a train-shaped superhero summoned from afar – the Thameslink #Pride Trainbow appeared. Then, with its spe...
 Our fabulous https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrideTrain?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw is ready for Manchester Pride this Friday and we want YOU to come along for the fun✨ Here's where you can join us: 🌈 London Euston (10:20) 🌈 Milton Keynes Central (10:50) 🌈 Stoke-On-Trent (11:48) 🌈 Stockport (12:17) 🌈 Manchester Piccadilly (12:28)
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Our fabulous #PrideTrain is ready for Manchester Pride this Friday and we want YOU to come along for the fun✨ Here's where you can join us: ...
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Our fabulous #PrideTrain is ready for Manchester Pride this Friday and we want YOU to come along for the fun✨ Here's where you can join us: ...
 Seen our https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrideOfScotRail?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw train yet? Don’t worry if not, it’ll be wearing this design until it needs repainted in 2029! — ScotRail (@ScotRail)
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Seen our #PrideOfScotRail train yet? Don’t worry if not, it’ll be wearing this design until it needs repainted in 2029!
 🌈To mark https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrideMonth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw this morning! 🚆The train will be running between
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 and Bournemouth today. 🏳️‍🌈We are immensely proud to celebrate diversity and support equality. Happy Pride Month! https://twitter.com/hashtag/PRIDE2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw — SWR Help (@SW_Help)
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🌈To mark #PrideMonth, we are delighted to have unveiled our brand new #trainbow this morning! 🚆The train will be running between @LondonWate...
 Look who has had a glow-up for Pride 🤩 🏳️‍🌈 Keep an eye out for our special bus and Overground train. More coming soon… Tag a pal who would like a P-ride on one of these! https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pride2023?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw — TfL (@TfL)
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Look who has had a glow-up for Pride 🤩 🏳️‍🌈 Keep an eye out for our special bus and Overground train. More coming soon... Tag a pal...
 Update: I am at Reading railway station but alas cannot hear you above the volume of the screaming queerness of
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Update: I am at Reading railway station but alas cannot hear you above the volume of the screaming queerness of @networkrailwest’s rainbow stairs...
 We were delighted to bring some colour to one of our new Intercity Express Trains 800 008 today and join in with the Pride month celebrations. Send us your pics of the https://twitter.com/hashtag/trainbow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw — GWR (@GWRHelp)
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We were delighted to bring some colour to one of our new Intercity Express Trains 800 008 today and join in with the Pride month celebrations. Send...
 UK adds “intersex-inclusive Pride train” to their railway network
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UK adds “intersex-inclusive Pride train” to their railway network
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UK adds “intersex-inclusive Pride train” to their railway network
 The transgenders on the bus go snip snip snip…
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Just drove past this monstrosity, which claims to be a bus for ‘everyone’. @UniofHerts - What about students and academics who don’t wish to...
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The transgenders on the bus go snip snip snip...
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FBI Probing Allegations Of 'Targeted Violence' Against Religious Groups in Seattle: Official FBI Probing Allegations Of 'Targeted Violence' Against Religious Groups in Seattle: Official
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FBI Probing Allegations of ‘Targeted Violence’ Against Religious Groups in Seattle: Official
The White House condemned what it called a violent disruption of a worship event.
 The FBI is investigating after officials said a religious event in Seattle was disrupted by violence, a top FBI official said on May 27. “We have asked our team to fully investigate allegations of targeted violence against religious groups at the Seattle concert,” Dan Bongino, the FBI’s deputy director,
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We have asked our team to fully investigate allegations of targeted violence against religious groups at the Seattle concert. Freedom of religion ...
 on social media platform X. “Freedom of religion isn’t a suggestion.” The office of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell did not respond to a request for comment by publication time. image Organizers said the May 24 event was held at Cal Anderson Park in support of “the sanctity of human life, the sacrality of biological gender, the importance of the nuclear family, and the right to freedom of speech and religion.” They said the movement organizing the event stands against indoctrination of children “by a liberal, political, and sexual agenda that seeks to destroy their God-given identities.” Counterprotesters, including the Freedom Socialist Party, https://everout.com/seattle/events/protest-fascist-family-values/e206800/ their demonstration was meant to “keep your bibles off our bodies.” Clashes at the event resulted in 23 arrests, the Seattle Police Department
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23 Arrests Made During Saturday Cal Anderson Protest - SPD Blotter
Officers arrested 23 people at a protest inside Cal Anderson Park Saturday afternoon. Police working to keep two different groups apart, witnessed ...
 . One juvenile was released. The rest of those arrested were charged with assault and obstruction. The White House Faith Office
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“The White House Faith Office condemns the violent disruption of Seattle’s MayDay USA worship event. We affirm the fundamental rights to free s...
 in a statement on Tuesday that it condemned “the violent disruption of Seattle’s MayDay USA worship event.” “We affirm the fundamental rights to free speech and religious freedom for all Americans, as protected by federal law. Public officials must protect the inalienable rights of all citizens, regardless of their faith or religious beliefs. We urge the City of Seattle to uphold these rights at all faith-based events, safeguarding the ability of people of faith to gather and express their beliefs without fear of harassment or violence,” the office said. After the event, Harrell, a Democrat,
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Mayor Harrell Statement on Extreme Right-Wing Rally at Cal Anderson Park - Office of the Mayor
Seattle – Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell released the following statement:  “Seattle is proud of our reputation as a welcoming, inclusive city for...
 it a “far-right rally” that he said was meant “to provoke a reaction by promoting beliefs that are inherently opposed to our city’s values, in the heart of Seattle’s most prominent LGBTQ+ neighborhood.” He said that anarchists infiltrated counterprotesters and “inspired violence,” which led to officers making arrests and asking organizers to end the event early. The request was accepted. Organizers said in a statement to news outlets that “under Mayor Harrell’s leadership, the city of Seattle has continued its spiral into lawlessness and dysfunction while the First Amendment rights of citizens to peacefully assemble has been disregarded.” The Seattle mayor’s office later
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Statements from Prominent Seattle Christian and Faith Leaders - Office of the Mayor
Seattle – Today, a diverse group of Seattle Christian and Faith leaders made the following statements: Pastor Carey Anderson, First A.M.E. Church...
 statements from some faith leaders that offered support for Harrell and criticized the event organizers. Russell Johnson, the lead pastor at Pursuit NW,
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The @MayorofSeattle owes Christians in WA State an apology for his bigoted remarks after folks who were holding a peaceful worship event at Cal And...
 on X that Harrell should apologize to Christians in the state “for his bigoted remarks after folks who were holding a peaceful worship event at Cal Anderson Park were violently assaulted for the high crime of expressing their deeply held religious beliefs in the form of a permitted worship event on city property.”
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Watch: Macron's Wife Smacks Him In The Face In Front Of Press Watch: Macron's Wife Smacks Him In The Face In Front Of Press https://modernity.news/2025/05/26/awkward-macrons-wife-smacks-him-in-the-face-in-front-of-press French President Emmanuel Macron faces international humiliation as he was caught on camera getting smacked by his wife during a diplomatic visit to Vietnam. image The entire world got a glimpse into the relationship between the French premier and his wife, who literally used to be his teacher when he was a little boy. As the door of the airplane opened, Brigitte Macron palmed him full in the face. Macron immediately saw the cameras and acted like nothing had happened, before going back behind the door of the plane and presumably begging his wife to stop physically attacking him. Bizarre moment Emmanuel Macron is slapped by his wife Brigitte
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Bizarre moment Emmanuel Macron is slapped by his wife Brigitte
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Bizarre moment Emmanuel Macron is slapped by his wife Brigitte
 POW. Let’s see that again… Macron slapped by his wife Brigitte.
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Macron slapped by his wife Brigitte.
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Macron slapped by his wife Brigitte.
 As the pair then reemerged, Brigitte refused to hold his hand while walking down the steps. Imagine for one moment if Macron pushed his wife in the face like this? Imagine!! Domestic abuse against men is common and widely ignored. All violence is unacceptable.
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Macron’s ’wife’ gets caught slapping him … 👀 Via @GBNEWS
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Imagine for one moment if Macron pushed his wife in the face like this? Imagine!! Domestic abuse against men is common and widely ignored. All viol...
 Macron looked extremely tense, and his fist was tightly clenched as he strained to hold back his anger. Breaking: French President Emmanuel Macron got slapped by his wife on face🇫🇷 French President Macron's reaction after wife Brigitte Macron slapped him in the face🤔😂
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Breaking: French President Emmanuel Macron got slapped by his wife on face🇫🇷 French President Macron's reaction after wife Brigitte Macron ...
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Breaking: French President Emmanuel Macron got slapped by his wife on face🇫🇷 French President Macron's reaction after wife Brigitte Macron ...
 This isn’t going to do much to quell these rumours: It’s now known by every other world leader that the French President’s wife pushes him around. The memes are forever: 🤣
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@RadioGenoa 🤣
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 Poor Macron
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Poor Macron
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Poor Macron
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Judge Grants Harvard Temporary Relief On Foreign Student Ban Judge Grants Harvard Temporary Relief On Foreign Student Ban Update (1200ET): Hours later, a judge has granted Harvard's request for a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's foreign student ban.  US District Judge Allison Burroughs, an Obama appointee, issued the temporary restraining order freezing the policy. image *  *  * Update (1919ET): To the surprise of no one, Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Friday, less than 24 hours after the Department of Homeland Security gave the university 72 hours to hand over information on foreign students or they would block international students from attending the nation's oldest university. image In a Friday morning letter to the Harvard community, president Alan Garber wrote: "We condemn this unlawful and unwarranted action," adding that it "imperils the futures of thousands of students and scholars across Harvard and serves as a warning to countless others at colleges and universities throughout the country who have come to America to pursue their education and fulfill their dreams." The lawsuit, which claims that the move violates its First Amendment and due process rights, accuses the Trump administration of a "campaign of retribution" against the university, which indicated that it would also be filing a temporary restraining order (TRO) asking a judge to immediately block the administration's action. The suit claims that the Trump administration is exerting "clear retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to control Harvard’s governance, curriculum and the ‘ideology’ of its faculty and students." "With the stroke of a pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter of Harvard’s student body, international students who contribute significantly to the university and its mission," reads the lawsuit. "Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard." The US revoked Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor program certification, meaning foreign students can no longer attend the university. Existing international students must transfer or lose their legal status, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. -BBG This is the second lawsuit Harvard has filed against the Trump administration in a matter of weeks. Meanwhile, the Trump administration and House Republicans are also investigating Harvard over alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party. In a 📄.pdf sent Monday, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is requesting a series of information about Harvard’s activities that "create risks to U.S. national security and further the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) genocide in Xinjiang." The letter was signed by John Moolenaar, chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition; Tim Walberg, chairman of the U.S. Committee on Education and Workforce; and Elise Stefanik, chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, according to
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Congressional committees accuse Harvard of working with Chinese Communist Party
Chairs of three Congressional Committees are accusing Harvard University of collaborating with the Chinese Communist Party.
 . The Congressional bodies are accusing Harvard of, and requesting information on:     Harvard hosted and trained members of the Chinese Communist Party     Harvard researchers collaborated with China-based academics on research funded by an agent of the Iranian government     Harvard researchers used funding from the Department of Defense to partner with China-based academics on research with potential military applications     Harvard researchers partnered with China-based individuals linked to China’s defense academic and industrial base on research that could advance China’s military modernization     Further information regarding the safeguards Harvard places around research collaborations related to organ transplantation when research is conducted with People’s Republic of China-based researchers *  *  *
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 Harvard is having a really bad year. From feds https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/trump-administration-freezes-2-2-billion-in-grants-to-harvard/ of Harvard admissions. "I am writing to inform you that effective immediately, Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification is revoked," according to a letter sent to the university by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, which they promptly shot over to the
Trump Administration Says It Is Halting Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
The move was a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump’s demands.
 . The university has 72 hours to hand over requested information. The decision followed a back-and-forth in recent days over the legality of a wide-ranging records request by the Department of Homeland Security. According to Bloomberg, existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status, the notice reads. This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus. It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments…
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This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its c...
 — Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem)
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This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its c...
 In April DHS threatened to block Harvard from enrolling international students if the university refused to hand over detailed records about the student body containing "relevant information" on student visa holders who have been involved in "known illegal" or "dangerous" activity. "It is a privilege to have foreign students attend Harvard University, not a guarantee," Noem wrote in an April
Read the Letter From Kristi Noem to Harvard
In a letter sent to the university on Wednesday, Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, demanded “relevant information” regarding each s...
 . "The United States government understands that Harvard University relies heavily on foreign student funding from over 10,000 foreign students to build and maintain their substantial endowment." Harvard dug in last month following the Trump admin's demands - with president Alan Garber saying in a statement "No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue." Not So Fast? Concurrently, a federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations is pending. The order by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White in Oakland bars the government from arresting or incarcerating the plaintiffs and similarly situated students; from transferring any of them outside the jurisdiction of their residence; from imposing any adverse legal effect on students and from reversing the reinstatement of the legal status until the case is resolved. Students can still be arrested for violent crimes. -
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Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students' legal status
A judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court cas...
 According to White, the government's actions "wreaked havoc not only on the lives of Plaintiffs here but on similarly situated F-1 nonimmigrants across the United States and continues do so." Read Noem's letter below (emphasis ours): Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program Decertification I am writing to inform you that effective immediately, Harvard University's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification is revoked. As I explained to you in my April letter, it is a privilege to enroll foreign students, and it is also a privilege to employ aliens on campus. All universities must comply with Department of Homeland Security requirements, including reporting requirements under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program regulations, to maintain this privilege. As a result of your refusal to comply with multiple requests to provide the Department of Homeland Security pertinent information while perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-llamas sympathies, and employs racist "diversity, equity, and inclusion" policies, you have lost this privilege. The revocation of your Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification means that Harvard is prohibited from having any aliens on F- or J- nonimmigrant status for the 2025-2026 academic school year. This decertification also means that existing aliens on F- or J- nonimmigrant status must transfer to another university in order to maintain their nonimmigrant status. This action should not surprise you and is the unfortunate result of Harvard's failure to comply with simple reporting requirements. On April 16, 2025, I requested records pertaining to nonimmigrant students enrolled at Harvard University, including information regarding misconduct and other offenses that would render foreign students inadmissible or removable. On April 30, 2025, Harvard's counsel provided information that he represented as responsive to my request. It was not. As a courtesy that Harvard was not legally entitled to, the Acting DHS General Counsel responded on my behalf and afforded Harvard another opportunity to comply. Harvard again provided an insufficient response. Consequences must follow to send a clear signal to Harvard and all universities that want to enjoy the privilege of enrolling foreign students, that the Trump Administration will enforce the law and root out the evils of anti-Americanism and antisemitism in society and campuses. If Harvard would like the opportunity of regaining Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification before the upcoming academic school year, you must provide all of the information requested below within 72 hours. Please be advised that providing materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent information may subject you to criminal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1001. Other criminal and civil sanctions may also apply. I expect full and complete responses to the following requests: Any and all records, whether official or informal, in the possession of Harvard University, including electronic records and audio or video footage, regarding illegal activity whether on or off campus, by a nonimmigrant student enrolled in Harvard University in the last five years. Any and all records, whether official or informal, in the possession of Harvard University, including electronic records and audio or video footage, regarding dangerous or violent activity whether on or off campus, by a nonimmigrant student enrolled in Harvard University in the last five years. Any and all records, whether official or informal, in the possession of Harvard University, including electronic records and audio or video footage, regarding threats to other students or university personnel whether on or off campus, by a nonimmigrant student enrolled in Harvard University in the last five years. Any and all records, whether official or informal, in the possession of Harvard University, including electronic records and audio or video footage, regarding deprivation of rights of other classmates or university personnel whether on or off campus, by a nonimmigrant student enrolled in Harvard University in the last five years. Any and all disciplinary records of all nonimmigrant students enrolled in Harvard University in the last five years. Any and all audio or video footage, in the possession of Harvard University, of any protest activity involving a nonimmigrant student on a Harvard University campus in the last five years. Developing...
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The Latest Hungarian-Ukrainian Tensions Are Troubling The Latest Hungarian-Ukrainian Tensions Are Troubling
The Latest Hungarian-Ukrainian Tensions Are Troubling
Ukraine is much more of a credible threat to Hungary than the inverse.
 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban 
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Orban announced the operation of the Ukrainian special services against Hungary
The special services of Ukraine have launched an operation against Hungary, trying to disrupt a referendum among its residents on the country&#039;...
  over whether to support Ukraine’s EU membership plans.  He also accused the opposition of unprecedentedly colluding with them.  This coincided with Hungary 
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Hungarian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian drone
The Hungarian air Defense forces shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle over the border with Ukraine. This was announced by Magyar Hirlap on Wednesda...
  after Ukraine accused Hungary of spying on it and Hungary accused Ukraine of pushing hostile propaganda. image The larger context concerns Hungary’s principled refusal to send arms to Ukraine or allow its territory to be used by others to that end due to its pro-peace policy. As can be evinced above, it’s also against Ukraine joining the EU, the reason being that Ukraine 
The Under-Discussed Humanitarian Dimension Of Hungary’s Stance Towards The Ukrainian Conflict
It would be a betrayal of Hungary’s objective national interests to arm Ukraine since that would indirectly put its co-ethnics in harm’s way du...
  how the aforesaid policies align with Hungarian national interests, Zelensky and many in the West accuse him of being Putin’s puppet. This was the tacit pretext upon which Ukraine let a gas deal with Russia lapse at the start of the year 
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The Political Consequences Of Ukraine’s Decision To Cut Off Russian Gas To Europe - TheAltWorld
Russia and the EU will manage the latest phase of their US-instigated divorce without much difficulty
  after Prime Minister Roberto Fico’s return to power in late 2023. Ukraine’s move was therefore clearly meant to punish them for their pro-peace policies, which Ukraine believes undermine European unity towards the conflict and could one day obstruct EU financial aid. The latest tensions are more troubling than any of the aforesaid since they concern security issues. Mutual mistrust was boiling for a while as detailed above but it’s now taking on a new dimension. Given their deteriorating ties since 2022, it was to be expected that they’d spy on each other, but few could have expected Ukraine’s innuendo that Hungary might be preparing an invasion and Hungary’s innuendo that Ukraine might try to orchestrate a 
The Color Revolution Model: An Exposé of the Core Mechanics
By:  Andrew Korybko The Color Revolution Model: An Exposé of the Core Mechanics &#8212;&#8211; [ Note:  The Color Revolution and Arab Spring phe...
 . These claims deserve to be scrutinized. Ukraine’s build upon smears that Hungary is a Russian proxy and might therefore be ordered to open a “second front” sometime in the future on the pretext of protecting its co-ethnics. While they’re indeed being discriminated against, the costs of a Hungarian military intervention in their support far outweigh the benefits. Hungary would ostracize itself from the West, open itself up to crippling sanctions and possibly even allied attack, and have to incorporate or forcibly expel Zakarpattia’s Ukrainian population. Hungary’s claims are more believable since Ukraine already behaves as a Western proxy. Former Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov 
Ukraine Humiliated Western Propagandists After Its Defense Minister Admitted It’s A NATO Proxy
Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov’s description of the Ukrainian-NATO relationship perfectly aligns with Merriam-Webster’s definition of a proxy.
  on Wagner in Mali. It thus wouldn’t be surprising if Ukraine is helping the West undermine Russian-friendly Orban. With this insight in mind, Ukraine is much more of a credible threat to Hungary than the inverse. In fact, Ukraine might exploit the latest tensions as the pretext for ramping up pressure on Hungary, which could in turn prompt more European countries to do the same.  Any legal action against the Hungarian opposition for their collusion with the Ukrainian special services might also lead to serious EU sanctions. Hungary must therefore brace itself for major meddling ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections.
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