Meta, the social-media giant run by Mark Zuckerberg, has promoted Joel Kaplan, the company's most prominent Republican, to lead its global policy team. Kaplan, deputy White House chief of staff under George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg as president of the team, Semafor reported Thursday. Kaplan has been one of the most ardent advocates at Meta against restrictions on political speech, fearing such policies would disproportionately mute conservative voices. Clegg was deputy prime minister of...

KYIV, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Moldova faces a security crisis after tens of thousands of residents in the breakaway enclave of Transdniestria were cut off from Russian gas supply, Prime Minister Dorin Recean said on Friday. Flows of Russian gas via Ukraine which supplied central and eastern Europe were halted at the end of 2024 as Kyiv rejected doing further business with Moscow. Recean said Moldova would cover its energy needs with domestic production and imports but noted the separatist...

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Lords Of Acid’s manager Marc Jordan confirms former Butcher Babies singer Carla Harvey has joined the band. Founded in 1988, Lords of Acid is known for their provocative lyrics, blending techno, acid house, and industrial music. “LOA had me hooked from the moment I heard ‘I Sit On Acid‘ as a teenager dancing the night away at Detroit’s goth Industrial Haven City Club,” shared Harvey. “Now I get to record an album and go on tour with my industrial heroes! Pinch 16-year-old me!” Harvey left Butcher Babies last July following a 15-year run. ### The post Lords Of Acid Get A New Member appeared first on RockinTown.

from The National Pulse: Crime prevention activist and former New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa has announced that the Guardian Angels group will resume patrols in the city’s subway system after a woman was burned alive earlier this month. This decision follows the brutal murder and what Sliwa describes as the “Daniel Penny effect,” causing civilians to be hesitant about intervening against criminals. Speaking at […]

by Geoffrey Grinder, Now The End Begins: An ISIS terror attack started us off on New Year’s Eve, and now a Tesla Cybertruck has exploded like a bomb in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. What’s the message here? Over the past few weeks on our NTEB Prophecy News Podcast, we’ve been warning you to buckle up […]