12 HOUR NEWS RECAP
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12 HOUR NEWS RECAP
1. Trump revoked Biden's security clearance and halted his intelligence briefings, citing findings from the Hur Report that Biden suffers from 'poor memory.' The DOGE member known as 'Big Balls' now has a higher clearance than Biden.
2. California's $128 billion bullet train boondoggle has burned through $13.6 billion - and not a single mile of track has been laid. Trump called it "the worst managed project in U.S history" and vowed to investigate the massive cost overruns and mismanagement.
3. Trump's lawsuit against CBS just got bigger, adding Paramount Global and Rep. Ronny Jackson after unedited "60 Minutes" footage exposed major media manipulation of Kamala's 'word salad' interview before the election.
4. USAID is on the chopping block after Trump announced he would shut it down: "The way in which the money has been spent, so much of it fraudulently, is totally unexplainable. The corruption is at levels rarely seen before."
5. Mike Benz revealed that Biden funded pro-censorship lobbyists in the EU: "The White House had a whole information integrity working group to have the U.S funded NGOs lobby the European Union and push the regulatory body around the EU Digital Services Act to add more and more censorship regulations to target their political opponents."
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— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)February 8, 2025
1. Trump revoked Biden's security clearance and halted his intelligence briefings, citing findings from the Hur Report that Biden suffers from 'poor memory.' The DOGE member known as 'Big Balls' now has a higher clearance than Biden.
2. California's $128… https://t.co/AOGOoARRka pic.twitter.com/nqNyRvhrEI
6. Hamas handed over 3 Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, who transported them to the IDF. Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Ami are now safely back in Israel.
7. Tom Cruise dropped an epic behind-the-scenes clip from Mission Impossible's latest film, which is set to hit cinemas in May.
8. Preparations for Starship's 8th test flight are underway. Booster 15 arrived at Pad A in Boca Chica, Texas, ahead of a critical Static Fire test scheduled for as early as Sunday.
9. Nancy Pelosi continued her streak as the "luckiest" investor in the world - she bought $100K of Tempus AI, and boom - she made 113% gains in weeks. Her "perfectly timed" move came right before a $300M merger, something federal agencies likely knew in advance.
10. Marc Andreessen warned that in the future, AI will control everything: "When you go to the doctor, you're gonna be dealing with an AI; when you talk to a lawyer, you're gonna be dealing with AI; when your kid goes to school, they're gonna be learning from an AI. What that AI says is going to matter a lot - it's going to define reality."
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