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Journalist Ron Olsen on the web. Essays on politics, media and current affairs.

11/22/2024

https://workingreporter.com/wordpress/welcome-to-our-new-ongoing-alternate-reality/

Blog, Politics, Putin, Russia, Trump Welcome To Our New Ongoing Alternate Reality November 22, 2024 Ron Olsen Leave a comment Putin has been making noises about nuclear war for months. Now Kim Jong Un, is making the same threatening sounds about nuclear conflict on the Korean Peninsula while his tro...

11/22/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBenjAJFd4Y

On Nov. 22, 1963, at approximately 12:30 p.m. CST, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade. JFK,...

11/22/2024

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/nissan-announced-job-cuts-over-weak-sales-not-trump-tariffs-2024-11-20/

Nissan Motor's announcement that it will cut 9,000 jobs is unrelated to the incoming Trump administration's tariff proposals on vehicles manufactured outside the United States, contrary to suggestions made on social media.

11/22/2024

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/

Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report.

11/21/2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/g-s1-35211/gaetz-out-attorney-general-trump

Allegations of s*x trafficking and drug use had stirred controversy over Matt Gaetz being attorney general.

11/21/2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/g-s1-35169/icc-israel-hamas-arrest-warrants-gaza

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

11/21/2024

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/bluesky-social-media-platform-tops-20-million-users/story?id=116043104

The alternative to X has grown rapidly since the election.

11/21/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/angela-merkel-i-mistook-donald-trump-for-someone-completely-normal

Memoir of former German chancellor recalls US president’s soft spot for tyrants and apparent fascination with Putin

11/20/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/ukraine-uk-missiles-strike-russia

Storm Shadow missile attack comes day after Kyiv used US-supplied long-range weapons to strike within Russia

11/20/2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/g-s1-34898/bluesky-traffic-surge-after-election

Unlike other social media sites, Bluesky allows users to create their own algorithm. The site does not have ads, nor harvest data for artificial intelligence training. But it is still very small, and it does not make money.

11/20/2024

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to adopt a "sanctuary city" ordinance that prohibits any city resources or personnel from being used to help federal enforcement of immigration laws.

https://abc7.la/4fzfINf

11/20/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/20/trump-cabinet-picks-contempt-rage-vengeance

With them, Trump will tear down any person or institution that tried to restrain his worst impulses or hold him accountable

11/19/2024

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5196969/dr-oz-trump-cms

In announcing his pick, Trump said Oz will work closely with RFK, Jr. "to take on the illness industrial complex." Oz, a celebrity physician, ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2022.

11/19/2024

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241114-israel-committing-ethnic-cleansing-amid-mass-forced-displacements-gaza-hrw-report-says

Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, including pursuing a deliberate policy of forcibly displacing people and denying them the right to return home, according to a Human…

11/19/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/19/gavin-newsom-lyle-erik-menendez-clemency

California governor will wait until new LA district attorney Nathan Hochman is in office before deciding brothers’ fate

11/19/2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/g-s1-34736/trumps-threats-of-mass-deportations-lead-to-hard-discussions-for-families

About 11 million Americans are related to an immigrant without legal status in the U.S. As President-elect Trump ramps up promises of mass deportations, these families are having hard conversations.

11/19/2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5196228/ukraine-atacms-missiles-attacks-russia

Ukraine has fired six ATACMS into Russia, marking the first attack using the U.S.-made long-range missiles in 1,000 days of war.

11/14/2024

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/x-sees-largest-user-exodus-musk-takeover-rcna179793

X users are weighing the decision to keep their followings or build them back up on alternative platforms after the election.

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