CURRENT EVENTS July 14 - July 20

Poland begins controls on borders with Germany and Lithuania​

Move after far-right protests is latest example of measures within EU that are straining passport-free Schengen zone

www.theguardian.com

Poland begins controls on borders with Germany and Lithuania

Move after far-right protests is latest example of measures within EU that are straining passport-free Schengen zone
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

“… There have been far-right protests in Poland and anti-immigration campaigners have claimed that Germany is sending people to Poland despite them not having originally entered Germany via Poland, in contravention of EU rules. German authorities have denied this.

Poland’s controls are being carried out by hundreds of extra police officers and soldiers on 52 border crossings with Germany and 13 with Lithuania.

Germany introduced similar random checks on the Polish border in 2023. In May, shortly after the new government of Friedrich Merz took office, the German interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, ordered more intensive controls which meant that asylum seekers could be turned back at the border, sparking controversy and triggering court challenges.…”
 
nycfan said:

Poland begins controls on borders with Germany and Lithuania​

Move after far-right protests is latest example of measures within EU that are straining passport-free Schengen zone

www.theguardian.com

Poland begins controls on borders with Germany and Lithuania

Move after far-right protests is latest example of measures within EU that are straining passport-free Schengen zone
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

“… There have been far-right protests in Poland and anti-immigration campaigners have claimed that Germany is sending people to Poland despite them not having originally entered Germany via Poland, in contravention of EU rules. German authorities have denied this.

Poland’s controls are being carried out by hundreds of extra police officers and soldiers on 52 border crossings with Germany and 13 with Lithuania.

Germany introduced similar random checks on the Polish border in 2023. In May, shortly after the new government of Friedrich Merz took office, the German interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, ordered more intensive controls which meant that asylum seekers could be turned back at the border, sparking controversy and triggering court challenges.…”
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For some time Poland has been warning against what it says is a Russian-Belarusian campaign to destabilise the EU and stoke the far right by incentivising irregular migration through the bloc’s eastern borders with Belarus.

Siemoniak said that just before the controls began at midnight, Polish border guards stopped an Estonian man attempting to smuggle four people, thought to be Afghan citizens, over the border. “This is exactly the proof we need as to how necessary these controls are,” he said.

Tusk said the same four people had been previously registered as attempting the illegal crossing from Belarus.…”
 


“… Vice Adm. Yvette Davids has led the school since January 2024 and is departing from her post ahead of a term that typically lasts no less than three years.

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Instead of retiring at the end of her tenure as is required by law, Davids has been nominated to serve as the deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans, strategy and warfighting development. The move is essentially lateral, going from one three-star billet to another, according to a Senate aide speaking on condition of anonymity. It was not clear Friday whether Davids is leaving her Naval Academy posting voluntarily….”

Read more at: Marine general nominated to replace first female Naval Academy superintendent
Source - Stars and Stripes
 

President Trump will reportedly sign an executive order to limit NIL money for players​

President Trump loves the free market so much he’s going to limit NIL spending.

www.sbnation.com

President Trump will reportedly sign an executive order to limit NIL money for players

President Trump loves the free market so much he’s going to limit NIL spending.
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frontofficesports.com

Trump Is Actively Working on an Executive Order to Govern NIL

Trump’s potential involvement in college sports compensation has been rumored for months—but so far, no concrete actions have materialized.
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“… While it’s still unclear what the president’s order would contain, it’s unlikely to significantly conflict with current efforts in the House. But an executive order wouldn’t have the power to grant some of the antitrust protections that the NCAA and power conferences have been asking for in Congress to govern the NIL era, sources previously told FOS. Instead, the order could establish a commission to investigate the issue and report back best practices, as Trump has done in the past.

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Meanwhile, lawmakers in Congress have been considering legislation not just on NIL, but also on athlete employee status, antitrust protections for the NCAA, and other governance rules. They’ve held more than a dozen hearings and introduced a slew of bills—none of which have reached the floor of Congress for a vote. Those conversations, as well as NCAA lobbying efforts, have picked up as the House v. NCAA settlement reached its final stages and was ultimately approved in June.

The result of that labor so far is the SCORE Act, which would codify the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement, give the NCAA antitrust protections to shield it from lawsuits challenging compensation and governance rules, and rule that athletes aren’t employees. …”
 
nycfan said:

Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections​

A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.


“… In an official cable to diplomatic and consular posts on Thursday, Mr. Rubio said that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”

Such messages, the agency memo added, “should avoid opining on the fairness or integrity of an electoral process, its legitimacy, or the democratic values of the country in question.” The directive applied to the department’s domestic offices and foreign posts, Mr. Rubio said.

… the State Department under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. criticized foreign votes frequently, …So did Mr. Rubio, as a Republican senator from Florida known for his outspoken criticism of anti-democratic practices abroad.

Mr. Rubio dismissed Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election as “a complete fraud,” co-sponsored a 2020 Senate resolution demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus hold “a free, fair, and transparent election that adheres to international standards” and called Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a “tyrant” who “stole an election.”

Mr. Rubio has muted such talk since he joined the Trump administration, although in a Friday statement celebrating the release of American prisoners from Venezuela he said that the United States “continues to support the restoration of democracy in Venezuela.” …”
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Rubio's autocratic turn has been quite dramatic. If we ever get properly democracy back, I hope he pays a high post-Trump admin cost.
 
nycfan said:

Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections​

A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.


“… In an official cable to diplomatic and consular posts on Thursday, Mr. Rubio said that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”

Such messages, the agency memo added, “should avoid opining on the fairness or integrity of an electoral process, its legitimacy, or the democratic values of the country in question.” The directive applied to the department’s domestic offices and foreign posts, Mr. Rubio said.

… the State Department under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. criticized foreign votes frequently, …So did Mr. Rubio, as a Republican senator from Florida known for his outspoken criticism of anti-democratic practices abroad.

Mr. Rubio dismissed Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election as “a complete fraud,” co-sponsored a 2020 Senate resolution demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus hold “a free, fair, and transparent election that adheres to international standards” and called Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a “tyrant” who “stole an election.”

Mr. Rubio has muted such talk since he joined the Trump administration, although in a Friday statement celebrating the release of American prisoners from Venezuela he said that the United States “continues to support the restoration of democracy in Venezuela.” …”
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Hmmm. Would slapping a 50% tariff on a country with which we have a trade surplus fit Secretary Rubio’s directive?
 
farce© said:
I’m usually pretty good with counties in NC but I can never keep it straight with Morganton, Lenoir, and Marion and which one is in McDowell, Burke, or Caldwell county. All those foothills counties just run together in my brain.
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uncjhodges said:
i’m from burke county…that’s morganton (and Valdese)
Marion is Mcdowell
Lenoir is caldwell
they all suck
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farce, in the future you can at least remember Lenoir is Caldwell b/c of the L's. Still a coin flip with Morganton and Marion, but at least that narrows it down...
 
nycfan said:

Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections​

A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.


“… In an official cable to diplomatic and consular posts on Thursday, Mr. Rubio said that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”

Such messages, the agency memo added, “should avoid opining on the fairness or integrity of an electoral process, its legitimacy, or the democratic values of the country in question.” The directive applied to the department’s domestic offices and foreign posts, Mr. Rubio said.

… the State Department under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. criticized foreign votes frequently, …So did Mr. Rubio, as a Republican senator from Florida known for his outspoken criticism of anti-democratic practices abroad.

Mr. Rubio dismissed Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election as “a complete fraud,” co-sponsored a 2020 Senate resolution demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus hold “a free, fair, and transparent election that adheres to international standards” and called Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a “tyrant” who “stole an election.”

Mr. Rubio has muted such talk since he joined the Trump administration, although in a Friday statement celebrating the release of American prisoners from Venezuela he said that the United States “continues to support the restoration of democracy in Venezuela.” …”
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Folks need to be prepared for a shocking amount of fuckery, fraud, and criminality in the ‘26 midterms.

Trump has been so cartoonishly corrupt in just six months, that Dems holding one chamber, and subsequently investigative authority, could wither his support to the 30s% and grind is admin to a halt through hearings and PR crises.
 
hedge said:
farce, in the future you can at least remember Lenoir is Caldwell b/c of the L's. Still a coin flip with Morganton and Marion, but at least that narrows it down...
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Morganton is Butner West ,with all the State institutions-only prettier with the hills
 
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