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President Trump will meet later Tuesday with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark to formally sign a deal that will bolster America’s military presence on the world’s largest island, ending a standoff that had hindered US-European relations.
A formal text of the agreement, announced by Trump Friday evening and confirmed by Copenhagen soon after, was not publicly available Tuesday morning. However, three people familiar with negotiations told Reuters the deal will give the US full control over two additional military sites.
In addition to the existing Pituffik Space Base, the US will also have access to Narsarsuaq, a former World War II and Cold War-era airbase surrounded by a settlement whose population has dwindled to just a few dozen; and Mestersvig, currently used by the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, an elite Danish special forces unit.
Omaha Steve (111,940 posts)
So you live in assisted living...we are closing the doors you have 30 days to move out (UPDATE)
Last edited Mon Sep 21, 2026, 09:26 PM - Edit history (1)
UPDATE below
Our local assisted living community Hickory Villa 7315 Hickory st... is closing its doors unexpectedly after the out-of-state ownership group decided to pull all of their operations out of Nebraska. This sudden closure has left 49 vulnerable residents—all seniors aged 55 and older on Medicaid—with just a 30-day notice to completely relocate. Because of strict corporate regulations during this closure process, our staff members are unfortunately prohibited from physically helping residents pack or box up their belongings. While some residents have family members step in to help, many do not have any local support system. We are turning to our community for urgent assistance to ensure our residents can move with dignity. We are looking for help with the following: Packing Supplies: Donations of sturdy cardboard boxes, packing tape, bubble wrap, moving blankets, and permanent markers. If you have extra supplies to drop off or if you are willing to volunteer your time to help a senior pack, please reach out to us 402-392-0767
7315 Hickory St or reply to this post. Any amount of community support will make a massive difference during this incredibly difficult transition. Thank you so much for your kindness.
*** update*** I have had alot of calls and donations and volunteers!! Thank you. We have about 10 more residents to find places for. I will know by Friday move out dates so then we can try to plan packers and needs next. This is what the next door app is for! Thank you all for reading and taking the time to comment read or share!!!
bucolic_frolic (57,090 posts)
3. This is what it's coming down to .... we humans have to be human and humane
I couldn't convince a relative that private equity buyouts in retirement villages could mean HOA and monthly maintenance jumping hard, like from $150 to $600. But it happens, and now look at this OP. Leaving elders vulnerable. Corporate greed indeed.
Skittles (175,574 posts)
5. from their statement
".....rising operating costs combined with other economic pressures have made it extremely difficult for us to sustain this level of care at Hickory Villa"
that usually means not enough profit
https://democraticunderground.com/100221518827
Award-Winning Gaza Journalist Admits That Hamas Controls the Media Narrative™
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/09/21/award-winning-gaza-journalist-admits-that-hamas-controls-the-media-narrative-n3819182
A Gaza journalist who has met with Mayor Mamdani and been honored with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination and a spot on the Time100 list admitted that he buried footage of Israeli hostages being beaten by a Palestinian mob on Oct. 7, 2023 in order to protect the perpetrators.
Photographer Motaz Azaiza also revealed that all media in Gaza is controlled by Hamas through a single WhatsApp group — and the terror group will target any journalist who publishes criticism.
Azaiza — who has become one of the most famous journalists in Gaza — was in the territory on Oct. 7, when Hamas marched the hostages taken from Israel through the streets of Gaza, where all hell broke loose.
“People got out, watched, beat them, hit them, and I followed them and filmed,” Azaiza told the Taqarrab podcast.
“But I did not publish those videos.”
“Why? Because I did not want to ruin the lives of the people who were filmed,” the photographer said.
“I understood that Israel would use those videos to identify every person who was there and eliminate them.”
“I did not want to be responsible, even indirectly, for the deaths of those people in exchange for a few likes and views online,” he added.
The Mexican government hired an American gun-control organization under an agreement making $300,000 available to lobby U.S. officials, pursue firearms lawsuits and train Mexican officials to advocate on American gun policy. Their goal? Gun control.
The organization, Global Action on Gun Violence, has documented connections to Democratic lawmakers. It featured Rep. Dan Goldman in a gun-trafficking discussion promoted in its May and June 2025 newsletters and endorsed legislation backed by prominent Senate Democrats.
A June 9, 2026 Justice Department filing confirms that the Washington-based nonprofit, registered as Mexico’s foreign agent, continued providing “legal, advisory, consultancy, and lobbying services” during the six months ending April 30.
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The group endorsed Sen. Dick Durbin’s Stop Arming Cartels Act, cosponsored by Adam Schiff, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker and other Democrats. The proposal would prohibit future nongovernmental manufacture and sale of .50-caliber rifles, require registration of existing rifles and create an exception to federal gun-industry liability protections for transactions prohibited under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
Its advisory committee also lists former Democratic Rep. Michael Barnes and Democratic New York State Sen. Zellnor Myrie. The organization says committee membership does not indicate support for all its work.
Fixt 'er for ya, my friend...
A group housed at the New York University School of Law and backed by billionaire climate activist Michael Bloomberg quietly closed its doors in late August amid congressional scrutiny into its funding and operations. The so-called State Energy and Environmental Impact Center's signature initiative involved placing paid, climate-focused "fellows" in Democrat-controlled state attorney general offices nationwide as those offices sued the oil industry and other energy providers.
The center's sudden closure comes as a surprise: It continued to update its public database tracking state attorney general actions relevant to its climate priorities until Aug. 31, the date of its apparent closure. It also released an episode of its in-house podcast, Recharged with the State Impact Center, less than three weeks prior to that date. And in its 2025 "year in review" report released last December, the center indicated that it would continue operating throughout 2026.
But prior to its closure, the center was coming under increased pressure for effectively paying the salaries of state law enforcement agencies that were pursuing lawsuits in line with the center's priority of going after energy providers.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is heading to New York City, but the U.S. State Department is keeping his entourage slim and his movement limited.
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A State Department spokesperson told the Washington Examiner on Monday that the “delegation is smaller than last year,” most likely due to restrictions placed on Pezeshkian’s media team reported by Iranian state outlets.
“In an unprecedented hostile move by the U.S. government, Trump has denied U.S. visas to certain members of the president’s high-level delegation, including members of his communications team,” reported Iranian state news agency IRNA this week.
The State Department has also imposed tight restrictions on approved diplomats’ travel and commerce throughout their trip.
“Consistent with our host country obligations, the core delegation from the Iranian regime will be able to attend UN General Assembly High Level Week,” the department confirmed to the Washington Examiner. “The delegation will be under travel restrictions and will face prohibitions on the purchase of luxury and other goods per our policy.”
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott accused the Iranian officials of wanting to “go on shopping sprees in New York” while “ordinary Iranians endure brutal repression, water and electricity shortages, and soaring inflation.”
“We will not let the Iranian regime’s elites exploit UNGA for a luxury retail splurge paid for by the Iranian people’s suffering, all while the regime funnels Iran’s wealth to support its terrorist proxies,” Pigott said on social media last week. “The U.S. will continue to ban Iranian UN Mission officials, visiting officials, and their dependents from buying wholesale club memberships or luxury goods here. New York-area retailers: be on guard, don’t become complicit in these violations.”
