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Aspiring and controversial MAGA cheerleader Valentina Gomez has after posting a video in which she appears to simulate executing an . The 25-year-old, who tried and failed to be elected as the , said in the disturbing clip that undocumented persons who committed violent crimes “deserve to be ended.” In the video, posted to X on Monday, Gomez is seen firing a handgun into the back of the head of a dummy tied to a chair with a black bag over its head. “It’s that simple, public executions for any illegal that rapes or kills an American. They don’t deserve deportation, they deserve to be ended,” she says. Public executions for any illegal that rapes or kills an American. — Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForUSA) The video has been flagged by X as potentially violating the platform’s rules against “violent speech,” but it had not been removed as of Tuesday. “Public executions for any illegal that rapes or kills an American.” Gomez captioned the video. It quickly sparked outrage from other social media users, with some branding the Colombian native as a “psychopath.” “What’s wrong with these people?” one wrote. “They’re unhinged, mentally ill, and sociopathic,” replied another. Critics even included , who wrote: “She is not just an American fascist. She is Colombian. And being a migrant, what she wants is to unleash hatred against migrants. Most Americans are killed by Americans.” However, others seemed to agree with Gomez’s stance, including fellow MAGA firebrand and Trump acolyte Laura Loomer who posted. “Love this.” After X started restricting the video, Gomez claimed that she was “the biggest threat to the establishment because I call it like I see it.” “I give people hope, and I don’t need their money. Remember, nobody is coming to save us. Stay strapped,” she said. The sentiment of Gomez’s video echoes that of President-elect , who has previously called for expanding the death penalty to those people who have arrived in the country illegally who kill a citizen or police. Trump has railed against Joe Biden’s decision to pardon the majority of federal death row inmates. Gomez has frequently shared outrageous or shocking videos on her social media pages and has consequently been banned from Instagram. In previous clips she frequently used homophobic slurs, and in one video, set two LGBTQ-inclusive books on fire. She has characterized the literature as “grooming, indoctrinating and sexualizing.” During the 2024 election campaign she called Vice President Kamala Harris a “hoe” and “little b****”, used the word “f****t” to describe transgender people and described Democrats as “full of gay s***”, among other things. Her bold rhetoric ultimately did not play well with voters. Gomez gained only 7.4 per cent of the vote with finishing sixth out of eight candidates in the race for . Last week she announced that she was running for Congress in and relocating to the state to challenge Republican congressman Dan Crenshaw’s seat. “I don’t fear pdfs, criminals, or the crooks in DC. I only fear God,” she wrote in a post announcing the move.

In a surprising development, Jabrill Peppers has been reinstated to the NFL and will be allowed to return to the Patriots this week. On Monday, the NFL announced that the league was removing Peppers Commissioner Exempt List. The Patriots safety was placed on that list after being arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation or suffocation, possession of a Class B drug (cocaine), and assault and battery on a family or household member. Last week, it was announced that the trial for Peppers was set for January 2025. Those charges were why Peppers was placed on the exempt list on Oct. 9. That made it so the captain couldn’t practice, play or attend games. Now, the NFL announced Pepper is “eligible to participate in all team activities, including playing in games.” The NFL statement read: “In accordance with the Personal Conduct Policy, the league initiated a preliminary investigation into an incident from early October. That review will remain ongoing and is not affected by this change in Peppers’ roster status."

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The Hit List Black Ops 6 event – how to earn your free rewards, including the Power DrillBy Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -A lithium technology startup backed by Rio Tinto expects to finalise a funding round in the next week to raise A$29 million ($19 million), even as the global lithium market struggles, its Melbourne-based CEO told Reuters. ElectraLith is developing a filtration technology that can extract lithium from brine deposits without using water or chemicals, which would be key in arid areas like Chile's Atacama desert, and needs only small amounts of energy. "The lithium market is not great, venture capital markets aren’t great, (so) the fact we are about to close this round with an oversubscribed investor base ... for us that’s fantastic," CEO Charlie McGill told Reuters. Several companies, including Exxon Mobil, are competing to commercialise their own direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies in an industry that is expected to grow to more than $10 billion in annual revenue within the next decade. DLE is expected to reshape the lithium market by speeding the production process of the metal used in EV batteries and electronics to hours or days, compared with months or longer with large evaporation ponds and open pit mines. ElectraLith's DLE-R process, for which the company holds commercialisation rights, filters brine through two membranes that extract lithium and turn it into lithium hydroxide, before injecting the remaining brine back into the aquifer. The group is working on how to scale the membrane for large projects while maintaining its properties, McGill said, and retains all commercial rights. ElectraLith plans to use funds raised to build its first pilot plant at Rio Tinto’s Rincon operations in Argentina, he said, adding the project is about a year from being ready to pilot. Two more pilot plants are set to follow. The firm is currently owned by venture capital firm IP Group, Rio Tinto and Monash University, where its membrane technology was developed under Professor Huanting Wang. By producing lithium hydroxide without water or chemicals, ElectraLith says it can compete at around half the cost of rivals, McGill said. "The availability of water in the regions where there are lithium mines is a major problem," he said. In Utah, where it is working on a project with Australia-listed Mandrake Resources, water from the Colorado River basin has to flow to Las Vegas and Los Angeles. "You can’t get a water permit," McGill said. "So we show up and we are like, 'We don’t need water.'" ($1 = 1.5349 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Melanie Burton; Editing by Sonali Paul)

U.S. federal prosecutors moved Monday to dismiss the criminal charges against U.S. president-elect Donald Trump that accused him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election and to abandon the classified documents case against him, citing longstanding U.S. Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. The decision by special counsel Jack Smith, who had fiercely sought to hold Trump criminally accountable for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election, represented the end of the federal effort against the former president following his election victory this month, despite the election-related cases and multiple other unrelated criminal charges against him. The decision, revealed in court filings, also amounts to a predictable but nonetheless stunning conclusion to criminal cases that had been seen as the most perilous of the multiple legal threats Trump has faced. It reflects the practical consequences of Trump's victory, ensuring he enters office free from scrutiny over his hoarding of top-secret documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. Smith's team emphasized that the move to abandon the prosecutions, in federal courts in Washington and Florida, was not a reflection of their view on the merits of the cases but rather a reflection of their commitment to longstanding department policy. "That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind," the prosecutors wrote in Monday's court filing in the election interference case. Trump victory forced issue of how to proceed The decision was expected after Smith's team began assessing how to wind down both the 2020 election interference case and the separate classified documents case in the wake of Trump's victory over U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris . The Justice Department believes Trump can no longer be tried in accordance with longstanding policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted. Special counsel Jack Smith speaks in August 2023 about the indictment of Trump. Smith's decision to dismiss the criminal charges and to abandon the classified documents case against Trump represented the end of the federal effort against him following his election victory earlier this month. (Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press) Trump has cast both cases as politically motivated, and had vowed to fire Smith as soon as he takes office in January. The 2020 election case brought last year was once seen as one of the most serious legal threats facing the Republican. But it quickly stalled amid legal battles over Trump's sweeping claims of immunity from prosecution for his actions while he was in the White House. The U.S. Supreme Court in July ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution , and sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to determine which allegations in the indictment, if any, could proceed to trial. The case was just beginning to pick up steam again in the trial court in the weeks leading up to this year's election. Smith's team in October filed a lengthy brief laying out new evidence they planned to use against Trump at trial, accusing him of "resorting to crimes" in an increasingly desperate effort to overturn the will of voters after he lost to Biden .NatWest is giving its customers in Wales the chance to buy someone experiencing homelessness a Christmas dinner this year. The bank has introduced the initiative through its MyRewards programme. Customers can now donate their available rewards, if more than £5, to buy a Christmas meal for a person experiencing homelessness in partnership with Social Bite. NatWest has also promised to match all donations to any of its 16 MyRewards charities, including Social Bite, up to £50 until December 31, up to a total of £150,000. This initiative is part of Social Bite’s ‘Festival of Kindness’, an annual mission aiming to provide 300,000 meals, gifts, and essential items to people who are homeless and vulnerable during the festive season. Jessica Shipman, chair of the NatWest Cymru Regional Board, said: "Social Bite makes a positive difference to some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. "The festive season often brings into focus the hardship so many face every day. We know that people want to help but don’t know how. "We’re excited to support Social Bite’s inspiring 'Festival of Kindness' initiative, giving our customers a way to gift a homeless person a warm meal. "We encourage everyone to join in and help make the festive season a little brighter for the most vulnerable in our society." Since the launch of Festival of Kindness in 2020, Social Bite has distributed 1.1 million meals, gifts, and essentials to people who are homeless during the festive period. Josh Littlejohn, founder of Social Bite, added: "Social Bite is proud to have had the support of NatWest for a number of years, and together, we've made great strides to help people break the cycle of homelessness. "A big thank you to all the wonderful NatWest customers who chose to donate their rewards to Social Bite."

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das has reiterated that the central bank's war against inflation is not yet over, indicating that rates will remain higher for longer. "By emphasising our firm commitment to realign inflation with the target, we also categorically say that it is not enough to be within the tolerance band, and that our job is not finished until we reach the target of 4% on a durable basis," said Das in his speech at a conference of central banks from the Global South. In his speech, Das said price stability is just as crucial as growth for the Global South, as it enables economic planning, reduces uncertainty, encourages savings and investment and supports sustained high growth. "Resilient growth has given us the space to focus on inflation to ensure its durable descent to the 4% target, a stable inflation or price stability is in the best interest of the people and the economy. It acts as a bedrock for sustained growth, enhances purchasing power of the people and provides a stable environment for investment." The governor's speech, highlighting importance of getting inflation under control, comes days after both the Union commerce minister and the finance minister, made a strong case for lower inflation. While commerce minister Piyush Goyal said RBI should look through food price inflation as this was a demand and supply issue, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman called for lower interest rates to promote private investments. Das acknowledged the role of monetary policy on growth but mentioned a a number of other factors that were conducive for growth. "To achieve higher growth, countries in the Global South need to step up investment in physical and social infrastructure, leverage technology and innovations and carry out institutional reforms. All these require congenial public policies, including monetary policies, to be growth supportive, while maintaining balance with inflation." According to Das, Global South countries have a significant share of low-income population, with large developmental needs. They are more vulnerable to supply shocks, requiring fiscal support, which puts further burden on their limited budgetary resources. He made a strong case for effective coordination between fiscal-monetary policy in this context. "Central bank communication assumes greater significance in the Global South, as these economies transition towards more independent central banks and the need for transparency and accountability increases," said Das. Ready to Master Stock Valuation? ET's Workshop is just around the corner!JV Article: How Ericsson technology, Rogers 5G connectivity at NORCAT lay the foundation for smart mines of the future

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