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On the eve of the inauguration, the Venezuelan opposition shows weakness on the streets with empty rallies in Caracas. Opponents had hoped for a change of government before January 10 and are betting on US support to overthrow Maduro.

People are tired of this Juan Guaido shit, even those who dislike Maduro are fucking tired of this shit. The opposition does literally nothing useful besides be racist, lie, and cry for Israel and USA to bomb their country. No wonder literally no Venezuelan General has defected to their side, even though the Military is known for being reactionary.

U.S. authorities have found notes from Matthew Livelsberger, the U.S. Army soldier who committed suicide and detonated a Tesla 'Cybertruck' near the Trump International Hotel

Having been deployed to Afghanistan twice, he expressed in his writings a need to 'cleanse' his mind of lost comrades and the 'burden of lives he took.' He characterized his actions as a 'wake-up call' to a society that only pays attention to violence, warning that the U.S. was 'terminally ill and headed toward collapse.'

US LNG exports soar, Europe remaining the main destination

US LNG exports reached near record levels in December, rising to 8.5 million metric tonnes (MT) as two new plants started, and driving up full-year shipments 4.5% over 2023.

In 2024 Europe accounted for 55% of total US LNG exports, 34% of total US exports went to Asia while the next 11% went mainly to Latin America with a few cargoes to the Middle East, mainly to Egypt and Jordan, LSEG data showed.

I still don't really understand why Biden was considered decent on climate change, US hydrocarbon production continues climbing higher regardless of who's president.

Theory: Assad jokingly said “Assad must go” and accidentally activated the curse.

The Pantomime King's Great Speech: Denmark Celebrates The Cult Of Mediocrity

Denmark, January 1st, 2025

Under the oppressive gloom of a grey, windy and rainy Danish winter, last night the nation’s eyes turned toward the imposing Amalienborg compound, a strictly laid-out collection of opulent rococo palaces in the heart of Copenhagen funded by the blood and sweat of enslaved Africans in the West Indies. Last night, this bastion of inherited privilege set the stage for the most sacred spectacle in Nordic hermit kingdom's official cult of personality, the monarch's annual new years eve speech.

The occasion was particularly historic—or farcical, depending on one’s perspective. Nearly a year ago, the nation's aging ceremonial figurehead, Queen Margrethe Glücksburg, abdicated in favor of her son and hand-picked successor, Frederik Montpezat, in a bloodless but wholly undemocratic transition of power. Last night, Frederik, a man born into power and spared the inconvenience of earning it, addressed his subjects for the first time in this annual exercise of carefully choreographed worship.

Happy New Year everyone, I want to wish everyone a good 2025

New information from The Washington Post claims that the 37-year-old soldier shot himself in the head before the Tesla cybertruck exploded in front of the Trump International hotel in Las Vegas. Authorities have identified the victim of the Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas: Matthew Livelsberger, an active-duty soldier in the elite Green Berets.

He worked at Fort Bragg, California and for the last 3 months had been working as a “Remote and Autonomous Systems Manager” for the US Army.

The FBI is investigating the motives of Matthew, who died inside Tesla's Cybertruck. A curious connection has been pointed out by them: Matthew and Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar (ex-military who ran over dozens in New Orleans) worked at Fort Bragg, but at different times, officials say.

Messi misses Presidential Medal ceremony with Biden

Lionel Messi was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, by President Joe Biden on Saturday but did not attend the ceremony at the White House. The Argentine World Cup winner and eight times Ballon d'Or winner, now plays in the United States for Major League Soccer's Inter Miami.

Messi is the first Argentine to receive the honor and the first male soccer player. But while other recipients of the award, including U2 singer and activist Bono, former basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, attended the ceremony at the White House, Messi was absent.

Messi's representatives said in a statement distributed by Inter Miami that Messi had a prior commitment. "The White House informed FIFA, who informed the club at the end of December that Leo was going to be awarded with this recognition," the statement read.

"Leo, through the club, sent a letter to the White House saying that he is deeply honored and that it is a profound privilege to receive this recognition but that due to scheduling conflicts and prior commitments he was going to be unable to attend. "He appreciated the gesture and noted that he hopes to have the opportunity to meet in the near future," the statement added.

Milei's labor reform proposes 12-hour working days and partial payment in vouchers.

The Milei government is threatening labor rights and is proposing to make vacations more flexible, to waive collective bargaining agreements and to provide severance pay in up to 12 installments. The bill, dubbed the Investment and Employment Promotion Law, is expected to be presented at the start of the 2025 legislative year in March.

The proposal, spearheaded by parliamentarians such as Romina Diez, José Luis Espert and Gabriel Bornoroni, combines tax breaks for companies with far-reaching changes to labor regulations. Among the measures are the possibility of working hours of up to 12 hours without overtime pay, the flexibilization of vacations and the introduction of vouchers as a form of partial payment of salary - a practice that dates back to the 1990s and is widely criticized for not being considered official pay.

The proposal also affects the granting of vacations, allowing them to be divided into individual weeks and distributed throughout the year, provided there is an agreement between employer and employee. Another relevant change is the possibility for workers to waive collective bargaining agreements, making them responsible for negotiating directly with companies. This measure is criticized for weakening union protection and reducing employees' bargaining power because it is not considered official remuneration.

The General Confederation of Labor (CGT), Argentina's main trade union body, is still evaluating the proposal. Although the CGT has shown a willingness to engage in dialogue, union leaders in various regions of the country have already expressed concern about the impact of these measures on labor rights. Critics point out that the reform weakens worker protection in the name of a liberal agenda, which was one of Milei's main campaign promises.

Cuba and Bolivia officially acquired the status of associate countries of the BRICS group, joining a platform that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa as founding members.

In Croatia, the incumbent president, Zoran Milanovic, won the presidential elections. He was noted for his constant criticism of arms supplies and spending money on Ukraine. He is considered to be close in views to Orban and Fico. But unlike them, in Croatia he has far fewer real powers.

In December 2021, Milanović criticised prime minister Plenković's visit to Ukraine made at the start of a new escalation of the crisis over Ukraine calling it "plain charlatanism". The prime minister responded by saying that the government sought to maintain good relations with Russia too.

Harsh reaction from Ukraine's government followed Milanović's statements made on 25 January 2022 about Ukraine not being fit to join NATO, as well the country being corrupt and Russia deserving to be given a way to have its security demands met. Milanović also referred to the 2014 Maidan Revolution in Ukraine as a "coup d'état".

Milanović supported the expansion of same-sex couples' rights and introduced the Life Partnership Act. During 2012, a Law on medically assisted fertilization was enacted, health education was introduced in all elementary and high schools, and Milanović announced further expansion of rights for same-sex couples. The referendum, organized by the citizen initiative For the family of Željka Markić, proposed an amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, thus creating a constitutional prohibition against same-sex marriage. Milanović opposed the proposal and told HRT that he would vote against it.

In October 2023, Milanović criticized Israel's retaliatory strikes on the Gaza Strip, saying: "I condemned [Hamas'] murders, I even expressed disgust and abhorrence, but the right to defense does not include the right to revenge and the killing of civilians." In October 2024, he compared "Netanyahu's regime" to Putin and said that for him: "both Netanyahu and Putin are defendants on International Criminal Court"

Some news agencies say he won and others say there will be a second round. It seems that this Zoran Milanović is like the social-liberal version of Robert Fico. He's a socdem, critical of Ukraine, but he doesn't seem to openly support homophobia or xenophobia against other Slavs. I'd also like to say that it really annoys me when you go to Wikipedia or news outlets and they report that a presidential/executive candidate is “independent”. They are not even independent, they literally have parties supporting them and openly say that these people are their candidates.

China's CR450: A new era of high-speed rail at 400 km/h

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South Korean police tried to arrest ousted former president Yoon Suk-yeol on charges of abuse of power and insurrection. Yoon, who is facing impeachment, ignored three summonses to testify, which led to the arrest request.

Before the police operation, Yoon Suk-yeol made a public appeal to his supporters to resist the arrest warrant. In a statement released at his official residence, he asked them to “fight together against anti-state forces”.

Hundreds of supporters responded to the call and gathered at the site, forming human barriers to prevent the police from entering. Many carried South Korean and US flags. In addition, military personnel clashed with the police.

Huge power outages in Puerto Rico again

Happy New Year comrades, the world will be much better if all the zionists died.

Free Palestine and death to "israel".

In another possible terrorist attack in the USA, a Tesla Cybertruck filled with fireworks and explosives was blown up at the entrance to Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, apparently injuring 7 people.

Video of the explosion on twitter

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This New Orleans attack reeks of Boston Marathon bombing.

Jimmy Carter dies, 2 terrorist attacks happen. The Carterheads out there got really angry at the fact we will never get another chance to elect Peanut James again.

Yesterday I posted that LE suspected individuals on a surveillance video of being involved which I thought was odd and unlikely for this sort of circumstance (because for several reasons this kind of thing you would expect to be a sole individual whether he was a fed patsy or not)

Turns out it appears it was just shitty police work they were prob just workers setting prepping for the event or something

In spite of this there’s still cop sources saying multiple people involved is likely.

My take? The reason you hear pigs talk about how they suspect others to be involved is because of the sheer amount of materials he had/planning is rightfully raising alarms in cop brains. Others WERE involved they were just other pigs. Not all of the pigs are on the same page about this and once this becomes clear we will get small blurbs of confirmation and all talk about that will evaporate in the media

Lithuanian journalist that pissed on Soviet WW2 memorial lost most of his fingers in Ukraine (CW: Nazi missing fingers)

Reuters have released their 2024 best of photos compilation. Here are 10 from around the world relevant to the news mega. Part 1

Lebanon - Hezbollah fighter

::: spoiler spoiler

Occupied Palestine - Police disperse ultra orthodox protestors

India - Gathering of Mohdi supporters

Ukraine - "Hate and Revenge" Ukrainian soldier

Haiti - Protesters

Brazil and Mexico Confirm Their Presence at the Inauguration of Nicolas Maduro - Telesur English

Electric car sales up 474%, ICE down 15%

An update from the Yemeni Armed Forces on last night's operations:

Interesting points: the use of a Zulfiqar ballistic missile in the attack. Now the original Zulfiqar missile only has a range of 700km, so not long enough to hit Israel from Yemen. Dezful, the second missile in the Zulfiqar series, only has 1000km range. The longest range missile in the Zulfiqar missile series is the Martyr Haj Qasem missile, named after Qasem Soleimani. It has a larger solid fueled booster stage, and a stated range of 1400km. All missiles in the Zulfiqar series have Maneuverable Re-entry Vehicles (MaRVs). I think, given the range requirements of hitting Israel from Yemen (+-2000km), the Martyr Haj Qasem ballistic missile was used on a depressed trajectory with a lighter warhead or extended glide phase for the MaRV. The combat debut of this missile. It also matches the piece of debris seen last night which didn't match any missiles used before, the coupling that connects the larger booster stage with the smaller Zulfiqar warhead. But that's just a guess from me.

Second interesting point: another attack on the US Navy using only cruise missiles and drones. No anti ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) used, for the second time in a row. Last time this was a success, causing an F/A-18F aircraft to be downed by friendly fire as a result. But the ASBMs are the most threatening weapons to the US Navy. With Ansar Allah having Zulfiqar series ballistic missiles, let's hope that they can get the Zulfiqar Basir, the ASBM version. It will give them longer range compared to the Tankil ASBM which based on the Zoheir with 500km range.

In response, the US carried out a large nighttime and daytime air raid on Sana'a, over 10 strikes reported. Video from CENTCOM shows the use of FA-18 aircraft during the night, and Tomahawk cruise missile launches during the day.

Happy GODDAMN NEWS year everybody.

Well hexbear was down this morning but as I’m sure most of you are aware by now, someone ran a bunch of people over in the French quarter in New Orleans last night (10 deaths I think with dozens injured)

What a start to the year :/ No motive yet but they were killed in a police shootout. This individual had a rifle, body armor and (I think) an IED that they didn’t get to use. The assailant used a pickup truck to run these people over

Edit:

Update on IED(s) from the guardian

Appears this could have been a lot worse potentially

Edit 2: name released

A very curious coincidence… Yesterday, a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas blew up, killing the driver and wounding seven bystanders. Now investigators identified the driver as a 37-year-old Green Beret (specifically, an “intelligence and operations specialist”), that had been pictured in social media wearing a shirt with the Ukrainian Neo-Nazi slogan “Slava Ukraini” on it: https://www.rt.com/news/610363-vegas-cybertruck-suspect-ukraine/

Some news from occupied Palestine.

Palestinian al-Qassam Brigades forces conducted IED strikes on five Zionist tanks in and near northern Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp. The resistance also fired a SAM at a Zionist Apache helicopter east of the al-Bureij refugee camp (in central Gaza): https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740270/Qassam-Brigades-targets,-destroys-5-Israeli-battle-tanks-in-northern-Gaza

US imperialist leader Joe Biden wants to provide the fascist and genocidal Tel Aviv regime with another $8 billion of US weapons: https://tass.com/world/1896219

Zionist genocidal attacks on Gaza have now killed over 45,700 civilians (note, this is the more conservative count, coming from Gaza’s Health Ministry), 59 of which were massacred over the past 24 hours: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740294/Israel-massacre-Palestinians-children-Gaza-City-Khan-Yunis-

The Yemeni Armed Forces conducted a ballistic missile strike on a target near Jaffa (which is near Tel Aviv): https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/05/740323/Yemen-attacks-Israel-missile

PA suspends Al Jazeera

Seriously what’s going on between Brazil and China?

On Dec 23rd, 2024, Brazilian authorities halted the construction of BYD factory after Chinese construction workers were found living in “slavery-like” conditions. This would have been the first BYD factory outside Asia and a significant expansion into Latin America. On Dec 27th, Brazil had stopped issuing temporary work visa to BYD, with the factory merely three months away from completing its construction.

Very conveniently, on the same day, China launched an investigation into its beef import, citing that oversupply has caused a squeeze on its domestic price.

Any trade measures to try to reduce beef imports would hit China's largest suppliers, Brazil, Argentina and Australia.

China's total beef imports reached $14.2 billion in 2023, surging from $8.2 billion in 2019, customs data show. Brazil accounted for 42% of the total trade value, followed by Argentina at 15% and Australia at 12%.

This is clearly pointed towards Brazil. Is this China sending a warning shot to Brazil that they better not interfere with the BYD incident? Will Brazil fold to China’s pressure? Seriously, what’s going on? I hope they don’t start fighting or something.

Milei government orders closure of museum against dictatorship in Argentina.

Museum honored Argentine writer kidnapped and disappeared during the military dictatorship in Argentina. Javier Milei's government has ordered the closure of the Haroldo Conti Cultural Memory Center, considered one of the largest museums in Argentina against the country's military dictatorship. The measure was ordered by the Argentine Secretary for Human Rights, Alberto Baños.

Created in 2008, the museum pays homage to the Argentine writer Haroldo Conti, who was kidnapped and disappeared in 1976, when the military ruled Argentina. In addition to recovering the memory of the country's leaden times, the museum promoted theater, literature, dance, photography and education activities. Baños announced the museum's closure on December 31, in a WhatsApp message to employees who worked there. The measure came into force on Thursday (2/1).

President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald Trump has said should be jailed for their roles in the inquiry.