The Daily Populous

Saturday December 28th, 2024 evening edition

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Donald Trump’s “best buddy,” South African-born Elon Musk, has endorsed a post on X slamming Americans as “re***ded” workers who can’t hold a candle to skilled foreign hires in Silicon Valley.

Musk was responding to a post — using a word widely considered a slur — explaining the difference between the “right right” (whom Trump claims to back) and the “tech right.”.

The “right right” want everything in America, including jobs, for Americans, the poster explained.

The “tech right,” however, want H-1B visas for “skilled” foreign workers because American workers “are re***ed,” and “you can’t out train” that, the poster added.

Musk responded Thursday night in a post that has been since deleted: “That pretty much sums it up.

Vivek Ramaswamy — Musk’s DOGE partner, both tasked by Trump to carve up the federal government — also slighted American intelligence in an X post earlier Thursday.

“The same 2 guys just yelling was looking out for them last week as the government was on the verge of a shutdown! »

Afghan forces target Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes

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Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that its forces hit several points inside Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes last week.

Thousands turned out to show their happiness and assure the Afghan military of their support against Pakistan.

“All of them were chanting angry slogans against this action by Pakistan, such as death to Pakistan,” Hamdard said. »

Man beaten to death on Christmas Eve in Madison Heights, suspect arrested

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Spencer says Cavanaugh was beaten to death after he stepped in to stop another neighbor from beating a dog.

“I believe it was a you’re not going to tell me how to raise my dog," Spencer added.

The Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the victim’s cause of death and send potential charges to the prosecutor’s office. »

Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias announce intention to stop actions against Israel - report

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Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias have reportedly reached an agreement to halt their actions against Israel, the Lebanese Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Monday.

The leader confirmed that the group would also stop all military operations against Israel.

Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest against corruption, inside the parliament in Baghdad, Iraq July 30, 2022. »

Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 105

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HONOLULU (AP) — Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died.

Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after suffering a bout of pneumonia, said Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors.

There were an estimated 87,000 military personnel on Oahu on the day of the attack, according to military historian J. Michael Wenger. »