**Not financial advice** If you’ve not been keeping an eye on JPY, USD and interest rates it might be time to consider your USD holdings & seek expert advice (would be sucky to be holding the bag if the music stops)
*this is not financial advice merely an observation
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Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 2/3/26 PART 1 | MSNBC BREAKING NEWS February 3, 2026
#InColdBlood #ICEOut #DHSOut battle #Minneapolis #ICE
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The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 2/3/26 PART 1 | MSNBC BREAKING NEWS February 3, 2026
The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 2/3/26 PART 1 | MSNBC BREAKING NEWS February 3, 2026The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 2/3/26 PART 1 | MSNBC BREAKIN...YouTube
From the company who build the SRBs for SLS, Northrop Grumman has successfully tested the BAMM29! 2.0, solid rocket motor from a test stand at its facility in Promontory, Utah.
Justin Davenport with the details:
nasaspaceflight.com/2026/02/ng…
Northrop Grumman tests second solid motor developed under 2025 SMART program
Northrop Grumman has successfully tested the Bombardment Attack Missile Motor 29! 2.0, also known as…Justin Davenport (NASASpaceFlight.com)
Immigrants are carrying this country on their backs while the right screams into the void.
Here’s the #Cato Institute report:
cato.org/blog/cato-study-immig…
While Tom Homan was trying to grab headlines this morning #ICE was again circling our schools. They’ve been out all morning and no “drawdown” is enough until every single one of these agents is out of our state and DHS is abolished.
@WorldOfAI
#Claude Sonnet 5: Greatest #AI Coding Model Ever! 1M Context, Cheap, & More! (Early Test)
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( Ed : Poor #OpenAI 😭)
Claude Sonnet 5: Greatest AI Coding Model Ever! 1M Context, Cheap, & More! (Early Test)
In this early test, we dive deep into Claude Sonnet 5, exploring why it’s being hailed as one of the greatest AI coding models ever. From handling 1M token c...YouTube
🇺🇦 The Washington Post, which has been owned by Jeff Bezos since 2013, has shuttered its Kyiv bureau amid the harshest winter since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, multiple staffers reported Feb. 4.
kyivindependent.com/jeff-bezos…
Kyiv bureau among those axed by Jeff Bezos' Washington Post, hundreds of journalists laid off
"I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated," Ukraine correspondent Lizzie Johnson wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.Kate Tsurkan (The Kyiv Independent)
❗️There will be a significant step: we expect a prisoner of war exchange in the near future, — Zelenskyy said.
There was also a report from our delegation following today’s meetings – it was a trilateral format. The talks will continue tomorrow, — the President informed.
🇪🇺🇷🇺 OSCE chairman-in-office Ignazio Cassis and OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu will travel to Moscow on 5-6 February for meeting with #Russia's minister of foreign affairs.
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OSCE Chairman-in-Office Cassis and Secretary General Sinirlioğlu to visit Moscow
BERN/VIENNA, 04 February 2026 — The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Switzerland’s Foreign Minister, Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis and OSCE Secre...www.osce.org
❗️There will be a significant step: we expect a prisoner of war exchange in the near future, — Zelenskyy said.
There was also a report from our delegation following today’s meetings – it was a trilateral format. The talks will continue tomorrow, — the President informed.
🇫🇷🇷🇺 French President Emmanuel Macron's most senior diplomat was in Moscow on Tuesday to hold talks with Russian officials, said a source who was aware of the meeting and two diplomatic sources.
@anthropic.com
Anthropic “Fennec” leak signals imminent Claude #Sonnet5 launch
The model identifier #claude-sonnet-5@20260203 checkpoint was reached February 3, sparking launch rumors.
dataconomy.com/2026/02/04/anth…
#AI
(Ed : And for Super Bowl too 🏈 why so dramatic poor Sam Altman 😭)
Anthropic "Fennec" Leak Signals Imminent Claude Sonnet 5 Launch - Dataconomy
Developers uncovered references to Anthropic's new model codenamed Fennec in Google Vertex AI logs, indicating Claude Sonnet 5 may launch on February 3, 2026.Emre Çıtak (Dataconomy)
“If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?”
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The Washington Post Dies in Daylight
Civic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper.Jonathan V. Last (The Bulwark)
A report by the #Ukraine portal Slidstvo on #Poland citizen’s Krzysztof Galos’ tragic journey to occupied Ukraine in April 2023. Ukrainian audio with Polish/English subtitles.
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Galus was first in Odessa, then in Berislav on the Dnieper River, where journalists found a photo of him with Ukrainian soldiers. Galos was last seen on 20 April in Hryhorivka in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where Ukrainian soldiers turned him back at a checkpoint, warning him that it was dangerous to continue his journey. Galos explained to them that he was going to visit his girlfriend in occupied Energodar and turned back, after which he had to find another way across the front line because contact with him was lost there. Further information comes from Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Taganrog, who saw him being beaten by Russians for months and then dying.
Original on YouTube (unfortunately without Polish subtitles): youtube.com/watch?v=aIIZzr_y-I…
«Лях! Курва! І лупцюють його»: нові факти про долю поляка в російській в'язниці
«Росіяни сміялися і раділи, що зловили поляка. Казали, що ви там офігіли у своїй Європі. І до вас доберемося!» — згадує експолонений Андрій. Чоловіка утримув...YouTube
🇰🇵 🇺🇦 North Korean troops fighting under Russian command are carrying out attacks in #Ukraine’s border areas, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said on Feb. 4.
kyivindependent.com/north-kore…
North Korean troops in Russia attack Ukrainian border communities, HUR says
Ukraine’s military intelligence says North Korean troops fighting under Russian command are attacking Ukrainian border communities from Russia’s Kursk Oblast.Yuliia Taradiuk (The Kyiv Independent)
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense and American defense contractor RTX have engaged in discussions about accelerating the delivery of Patriot missile systems and deepening industrial collaboration to bolster #Ukraine’s air defense capabilities.
united24media.com/latest-news/…
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense Engages Raytheon for Faster Patriot Missile System Delivery
Discussions between Ukraine's Ministry of Defense and RTX target faster delivery of Patriot systems to enhance air defense amid ongoing threats.Dariia Mykhailenko (UNITED24 Media)
4 February 1924 | A Pole, Piotr Wawak, was born in Porąbka.
In #Auschwitz from 1 February 1943.
No. 99126
He was transferred to Flossenbürg camp and liberated there on 22 April 1945.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
Video history | Auschwitz-Birkenau
For the world the German Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination is a symbol of terror, genocide and the Holocaust.=====Collections used in t...YouTube
🇪🇺⚽ The EU’s top sports official has sharply criticized FIFA President Gianni Infantino for saying that world football’s governing body should lift its ban on #Russia competing in international tournaments.
politico.eu/article/eu-sport-c…
EU sports chief slams call by football boss to lift Russia ban
Glenn Micallef said Russia poses “real security risks” in a statement blasting FIFA.Sebastian Starcevic (POLITICO)
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia spent $325 million on the Feb. 3 mass missile and drone attack on #Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Ukraine's military intelligence said on Feb. 4.
kyivindependent.com/mass-attac…
$325 million — that's how much it cost Russia to bomb Ukraine in latest missile, drone attack, HUR says
These funds could have financed Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast for "an entire year," HUR said.Yuliia Taradiuk (The Kyiv Independent)
‘It will take years to capture Donbas, but there is no money left, and the tankers are being taken away!’ Tsarev acknowledged the impasse on the SVO [special military operation]. Russian audio, EN & PL subtitles.
🇷🇺📉 The outlook for Russian exports will be more challenging in the first quarter of 2026 than last year, with negative consequences for the federal budget, First Deputy Central Bank Governor Alexei Zabotkin said on Wednesday.
Made in the USA: How American-Built Weapons Have Wrought Destruction in Gaza - bellingcat
Bellingcat has identified scores of incidents where remnants from munitions made in the US have been found after Israeli strikes in Gaza.Trevor Ball (bellingcat)
🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Union ambassadors on Wednesday approved details of a 90 billion euro loan for #Ukraine, an initiative agreed by EU leaders in December to meet most of Kyiv's financial needs in 2026-2027 and keep up its fight against Russia's invasion.
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