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Police officers Zullo, Miller, Cari, and Spaulding were serving their small community of East Haven,

Short read. I'm in favor of pardons and full restitution. 

Police officers Zullo, Miller, Cari, and Spaulding were serving their small community of East Haven, Connecticut.

These four officers discovered thousands of these illegal immigrants were using forged documents to obtain license plates, fake car insurance cards, and even fake driver’s licenses.

https://x.com/LELDF/status/2045826804720529812

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US transportation secretary touts 'wildly successful' program recruiting gamers for air traffic cont

Brilliant concept.

US transportation secretary touts ‘wildly successful’ program recruiting gamers for air traffic controllers

"US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday that it makes a lot of sense to hire gamers to address a shortage of air traffic controllers.

“If you think just what these gamers are doing on screens, and they’re talking and there’s a lot of things going on — they’re used to that. And that’s actually what you’re doing in a tower,” Duffy said at Semafor World Economy in Washington, DC. ..... "

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/17/2026/usdot-sec-sean-duffy-recruiting-gamers-as-air-traffic-controllers-is-wildly-successful

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U.S. naval blockade Strait of Hormuz cost Iran exports approx $276M/day

These numbers are staggering. Short read.

U.S. naval blockade Strait of Hormuz cost Iran exports approx $276M/day 

"1/10 The U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would cost Iran approximately $276M/day in lost exports and disrupt $159M/day in imports, a combined economic damage of ~$435M/day, or $13B/month. ......"

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2043456536454836467.html

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