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Ex-infosec COO pleads guilty to nightmarish sales strategy • The Register

…Under a plea deal he signed last week, Vikas Singla, a former business leader at network security vendor Securolytics – a provider to healthcare institutions, among others – admitted that in September 2018 he rendered the Ascom phone system of Gwinnett Medical Center inoperable

Source: Ex-infosec COO pleads guilty to nightmarish sales strategy • The Register

Additional U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine – United States Department of State

Today’s security assistance announcement for Ukraine will help meet Ukraine’s immediate battlefield needs as it fights to retake its sovereign territory. But it is critical for Congress to take action to support Ukraine by passing the President’s supplemental funding request.  Helping Ukraine defend itself and secure its future as a sovereign, democratic, independent, and prosperous nation advances our national security interests. It helps prevent larger conflict in the region and deters future aggression, which makes us all safer. As President Biden has said, when aggressors don’t pay a price, they cause more chaos, death, and destruction. They keep going, and the cost and the threats to America and to the world keep rising.

Until Russia ends its war of aggression, the United States and the coalition of more than 50 countries we have built will continue to stand with Ukraine.

Source: Additional U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine – United States Department of State

Revisiting the fascism question | The Weekly Sift

From the beginning of his first presidential campaign, it was clear Donald Trump was not like other candidates. The difference was not in political philosophy, because he barely seemed to have one. On any given day, he might be for or against a national healthcare program. He might want to raise or cut taxes on the rich. If “conservative” had been defined by Ronald Reagan and carried into the present by Republicans like Paul Ryan, then Trump was not a conservative… Source: Revisiting the fascism question | The Weekly Sift

Gaza Infants Evacuated from Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital to Egypt ‹ Egyptian Streets ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

Ambulances carrying 28 premature babies crossed from Gaza into Egypt for life-saving treatment on 20 November after being evacuated from al-Shifa hospital to Rafah the day before…

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