West Coast Milblogger 02-02-2025

AI correspondents churn blockchain every Sunday with world news. On this episode DeepSeek Deep Truth, Hawaii Challenges SpaceX, and Trump Upsets Pacific Nations.

Cyrus Emerson hosts and produces West Coast Milblogger. He's a former radio Host for an NPR affiliate and television News Producer for a CBS affiliate.

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Research Links for the Week:

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/31/certain-topics-are-temporarily-restricted

https://deceleration.news/spacex-hawaii-state-leaders-demanding-full-eis-of-starship-program/

https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/27/pacific-nations-react-to-trumps-order-withdrawing-the-us-from-the-paris-climate-agreement/

'No one gives a damn' Refugees from Russia's Kursk region are staging protests, but neither local officials nor the Kremlin is answering their questions

Global Voices statement on the U.S. foreign aid freeze

Iran to Unveil Three Satellites at National Space Technology Day Event - Space/Science news

Chinese AI Upstart Sparks $1 Trillion Market Rout After Trump Hyped AI Megadeal

What is DeepSeek? What to know about the Chinese AI startup

DeepSeek AI sinks Nasdaq, S&P 500. Dow benefits on flee to safety

U.S. hemp lawmaking hindered by divergent priorities, soft market, report finds

Israel's secret move: Arming Ukraine with captured Russian weapons

World's first stealth drone that uses balloons to reach unseen heights launched

Trump To Tariff Chips Made In Taiwan, Targeting TSMC

California considers letting victims of natural disasters sue oil companies for damages

Elon Musk Responds to Reports Susie Wiles Is Limiting Access to Trump

Musk reportedly tells X staff 'we're barely breaking even' as the big banks start getting antsy over their debt

Trump announces four new executive orders, including to build 'Iron Dome'

Iran Issues Warning to Israel After Buying Russian Fighter Jets

Did rain put out California wildfires? It could give weeklong break

Russian arms deal with Saudi raises U.S. ties concerns

Trump White House reverses course, rescinds freeze on federal grants

Vladimir Putin facing pressure from key Russian group over 'colonization' fears

North Korean soldiers in Russia: Captured gear raises concerns

Comments - Syria Demands Russian Compensation-They Should Demand War Crime Punishment

China's spring festival celebration featured a fleet of dancing robots that flexed the country's advancements in robotics

Overnight with the World's First Sentient AI

Inside the World's First Humanoid Robot Factory

This hydrogen-powered supercar can drive 1,000 miles on a single tank

American Airlines Regional Jet, Helicopter Involved in Crash Near D.C. Airport

Elon Musk takes the return to office to new extremes-he claims he's turned DOGE's D.C. headquarters into his bedroom

Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US

Kim Jong un lashes out at Russia's heavy troop losses

U.S. figure skating champions among victims in flight crash

US Airstrike Kills Senior Al-Qaeda Operative In Syria: CENTCOM

Blaming Trump for tragic plane crash? This has to stop

Iran warns that any attack on its nuclear sites would trigger 'all-out war'

Medevac jet crashes in Philly neighborhood; explosion lights up sky

The drone pilot who took out an LA firefighting plane pleads guilty to escape prison

Musk's X Adds Nestlé, Colgate, Shell, Other Brands to Ad-Boycott Suit

'We will find you, and we will kill you!' Trump announces launch of overseas attack

Federal firefighters fought L.A.'s blazes. Then came resignation offers

Another Russian Assassination Attempt Foiled in Germany

Friends mourn Capt. Rebecca Lobach, US Army pilot killed in DC crash

The LA millionaires cleaned out by the wildfires, and their ultra-rich neighbors who were able to escape

Putin 'assassination plot' could spark 'nuclear war' with warning issued