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Royal Caribbean Group stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the dayBy Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, New York Times Service WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has always demanded loyalty from his aides, but few have answered the call quite like Natalie Harp. A 33-year-old former far-right cable host, Harp is nearly always at Trump’s side. She has written him a series of devotional letters, including one that said, “You are all that matters to me.” Once, when Trump was playing golf in Scotland, she ran behind his cart to keep him up to date with positive stories and social media posts. Little known beyond Trump’s immediate orbit, Harp is now poised to play a potentially influential role in his White House, sitting right outside the Oval Office and acting as the conduit for a largely unsupervised flow of information to and from the president and helping him with his social media feed. She has no official title, but during the campaign, colleagues referred to her as the “human printer” because she followed Trump around with a portable printer and a battery pack to charge it, so she could hand him information in hard copy, as he prefers. But Harp also established herself at the center of a fast-moving carousel of text messages, articles and tidbits directed at Trump. This has generated concern among other aides who feel she has been far too willing to serve as a funnel for conspiratorial information at a moment when Trump appears more contemptuous than ever of attempts to manage or control him. One of her go-to news sources, people who have observed her say, is the website Gateway Pundit, which frequently disseminates conspiracy theories embraced by the far right. In recent weeks, people with knowledge of her performance say, she has been more willing to operate within the transition team’s chain of command. Still, her role over most of the past three years speaks to Trump’s desire to maintain open channels to a wide assortment of people and unvetted sources of information. And it underscores his tendency to surround himself with people who tell him what he wants to hear. A top adviser to Trump used to say he would ask 49 people what they thought of something, stopping at 50 if the last person told him what he wanted to hear. Harp fits well inside those patterns, people who work with Trump have said. They have described her as a conduit, rather than a filter, and an instant enabler of his impulses. She types up his thoughts as he dictates them and she quickly dispatches them onto social media. She has sometimes arranged media interviews for him without the knowledge of Trump’s press team. The Trump transition team declined to make Harp available for an interview. Trump has dismissed concerns about Harp, whom he calls “sweetie” and treats like a daughter, according to people close to him. They say he appreciates Harp in part because she was among the few aides working for him when he was still something of a political outcast, after he was voted out of office and after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Steven Cheung, Trump’s spokesperson, said Harp was “trusted and valued” and credited her “work ethic and dedication” for helping Trump win the election. In response to a request for comment for this article, the Trump campaign also asked several allies to provide character references. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., described Harp as professional and dedicated. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, said she had a “bubbly, outgoing attitude” that helped keep Trump in high spirits. But her direct relationship with Trump means that she has often operated largely outside the supervision of more senior aides, a situation that has at times raised alarm among some members of his inner circle who would like to see tighter control of what information he is receiving. When people seeking influence with Trump want to turn him against their rivals, they send damaging clips to Harp, knowing she will pass them along, unvetted. She is omnipresent in images of Trump on the campaign trail and in the days since he won the election. A Trump campaign documentary produced by Tucker Carlson showed Harp stationed next to Trump, taking dictation for Truth Social posts. When Trump sent angry text messages to billionaire donor Miriam Adelson over the summer, it was Harp who pressed send, according to two people with knowledge of the incident. The texts almost cost Trump the support of one of his party’s biggest donors, before intermediaries worked to repair the relationship. Harp provided Trump an article that had an illustration of him wielding a baseball bat next to the head of Manhattan’s district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, who was on the verge of indicting him. Trump quickly posted it to social media but deleted it after his lawyers pleaded with him to do so. She was by Trump’s side at Mar-a-Lago, taking dictation for his social media diatribe of more than 40 posts against E. Jean Carroll, whom he had been found liable for sexually abusing. Other Trump aides who were not at the Palm Beach, Florida, club at the time were helpless to stop him. The most recent incident was a sign of the higher stakes as Trump returns to the White House. Harp posted what was supposed to be a private message to Trump from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine for all to see, shortly before the two leaders met in person for the first time in five years. Harp, a devout Christian who grew up in California, first caught the attention of Trump in 2019 when she appeared on Fox News and credited him with saving her life. She had bone cancer, she said, and legislation that Trump signed in 2018, the Right to Try law, saved her by giving her access to experimental treatments. It is unclear what drugs she was referring to. Trump loved the story and invited her to speak on his behalf at the 2020 Republican National Convention. She joined his staff in 2022, after leaving her job as an anchor at the far-right One America News Network, where she further endeared herself to Trump by endorsing his baseless claims about the 2020 election being stolen. Trump once remarked, while angry after his arraignment in Fulton County, Georgia, in 2023, that Harp was the only member of his staff who cared about him, according to two people familiar with the comment. In 2023, Harp sent a series of letters to Trump that unnerved people around him, according to a half-dozen people with knowledge of them. “You are all that matters to me,” she wrote in one of the letters, which were seen by The New York Times. The letters’ authenticity was confirmed by two people with direct knowledge of them. “I don’t ever want to let you down,” Harp wrote, thanking Trump for being her “Guardian and Protector in this Life.” In another letter, she told Trump that she wanted to get back to “that synergy” she used to have with him, where “we’d talk about everything and nothing.” “I want to bring you joy,” she wrote, “to feel like we can get through a day without ever having to talk ‘work.’” At the White House, Harp is likely to serve a role unlike any presidential adviser in modern history. While the incoming staff secretary, Will Scharf, will be tasked with managing the paper flow in and out of the president’s office, those who have worked closely with Trump know that as long as Harp is around there will inevitably be an entirely separate stream of information to his desk. That is a change from Trump’s first four years in office, when staff members who controlled his social media feed usually alerted higher-ups of potentially problematic posts, like dismissals of significant advisers. Harp, by contrast, has mostly run her own program. This article originally appeared in The New York Times . Be civil. Be kind.jilino1 live casino 。

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WASHINGTON — A top White House official on Wednesday said at least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign. Deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger offered new details about the breadth of the sprawling Chinese hacking campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. Neuberger divulged the scope of the hack a day after the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued guidance intended to help root out the hackers and prevent similar cyberespionage in the future. White House officials cautioned that a number of telecommunication firms and countries impacted could still grow. The U.S. believes that the hackers were able to gain access to communications of senior U.S. government officials and prominent political figures through the hack, Neuberger said. “We don’t believe any classified communications has been compromised,” Neuberger added during a call with reporters. She added that Biden has been briefed on the findings and that the White House “has made it a priority for the federal government to do everything it can to get to the bottom this.” The Chinese embassy in Washington on Tuesday rejected the accusations that it was responsible for the hack after the U.S. federal authorities issued new guidance. “The U.S. needs to stop its own cyberattacks against other countries and refrain from using cyber security to smear and slander China,” embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu said. The embassy did not immediately respond to messages on Wednesday.

There are a lot of atrocities from the October 7, 2023 Hamas terror attack in Israel. The murders, the burning of innocent Israelis, the savagery that Hamas recorded -- it's too horrific for words. One of the things Hamas recorded themselves doing was raping women during the terror attack. And in the aftermath, some on the Left defended the use of sexual violence as part of Hamas 'resistance' to Israeli 'genocide' (there is no genocide). Others flat-out denied it, despite video evidence . Former Congressional Rep. Jamaal Bowman even called claims of sexual violence 'propaganda' ( something he later apologized for ). The sexual violence was so egregious, even Planned Parenthood condemned Hamas . But the Left love their terrorists more than they love the 'Me Too' movement, which is why a woman with a simple sign and a simple message, can trigger them so much. WATCH: She doesn't have to say a thing. Because she's right. My favorite image of the year. Her protest symbolizes so perfectly the power/strength of the truth. The truth doesn’t need to shout and all the shouting of the rabid liars doesn’t change the truth one bit. All of this. The screaming woman perfectly represents the “tolerant left” Straight outta central casting. I do not get it. Is the women yelling trying to say that it is ok to rape as a part of resistance or what is happening here? That's exactly what she's doing. Rape is NOT resistance. 🙏🏻🇮🇱💪🏻🎗️ It is not. ...... and worse requires armed police protection at all times. So sad From the oh-so-tolerant Left. I can’t wrap my brain around the concept that there are Muslims out there who actually have a problem with that statement. What kind of sick minded individuals are they? Not just Muslims. Leftists. Leftists are okay with sexual violence in the furtherance of their preferred political causes. That's scary. Leftists are nuts. https://t.co/dnlovpbkLG In a word, yes. 2024 is year we learned people lose their S**T over a sign reading: Rape is not resistance. 😳 https://t.co/46ZMkavRFS That's the Left. I wish a ton of people could see this woman. This is what nonviolent protest truly looks like. 1) She's prepared to suffer the consequences that come from necessary protest. 2) The protest speaks for itself. She doesn't have to speak, though not a requirement. The protest... https://t.co/jHMdHffxe5 Everyone should see her. Here's the woman in question, taking on her critics: „Maybe the rat should be silenced forever.“ Really?!! Darling, then tomorrow there will be another woman in my place. 👭 RAPE! IS! NOT! RESISTANCE! 🫵🏼 #HamasRapists pic.twitter.com/qzV8CaeYCD It takes bravery to stand up like this, truly. Keep up the good work, Karoline.US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Jared Isaacman, a billionaire online payments entrepreneur and the first private astronaut to conduct a spacewalk, as the next head of NASA. The nod raises questions about potential conflicts of interest, given Isaacman's financial ties to SpaceX chief Elon Musk, who is set to co-chair a government efficiency commission and is one of Trump's closest advisors. Isaacman, 41, the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, has emerged as a leading figure in commercial spaceflight through his high-profile collaborations with SpaceX. He made history in September by stepping out of a Crew Dragon to gaze at Earth from the void of space while gripping the spacecraft's exterior, during the first-ever spacewalk carried out by non-professional astronauts. "I am delighted to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business leader, philanthropist, pilot and astronaut, as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Jared will drive NASA's mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way for groundbreaking achievements in Space science, technology, and exploration." The groundbreaking spacewalk was part of the Polaris program, a collaboration between Isaacman and SpaceX that is set to include three missions in total. Financial terms of the partnership remain under wraps but Isaacman reportedly poured $200 million of his own money into leading the 2021 all-civilian SpaceX Inspiration4 orbital mission, his first foray into space. A staunch supporter of SpaceX and Musk, Isaacman frequently praises the company and its vision on social media platform X. 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A versatile and tenacious freestyle and butterfly racer, her career had looked in jeopardy after failing to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic team. Instead, she went on to become her country's most honored Olympian -- a field with plenty of competition given Australia's swimming prowess. "I am proud of myself for giving my swimming career absolutely everything, both physically and mentally," she said on Monday. "I wanted to see what I was capable of -- and I did." Born in Wollongong in New South Wales, McKeon, whose excellence was matched by her humility, had heritage in the pool with her father Ron swimming at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. McKeon's mother Susie swam at the 1982 Commonwealth Games while her brother David competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, with Emma and David becoming the first brother and sister to swim for Australia at the same Games in 56 years. 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Orsi, 57, is seen as a protege of former President José Mujica, who won the hearts of many in Uruguay through his modest lifestyle, prompting many to label him “the world’s poorest president”. Orsi himself comes from a humble background, having grown up in rural Uruguay in a house without electricity. While working as a school history teacher, he became active in local politics, eventually becoming mayor of Canelones, Uruguay’s second-most populous department. During Orsi’s time at the helm in Canelones, tech giant Google announced it would build a huge data centre in the department. Orsi struck a business-friendly note in his campaign, saying that he planned to avoid raising taxes that could scare off investors. Addressing his supporters on Sunday evening, he stressed he wanted to be a president for all 3.4 million Uruguayans, saying he would “call for a national dialogue again and again” and that he would listen to those who had voted for his rival. “I’m going to be the president who builds a more integrated country, where we set aside our differences and nobody is left behind, neither economically, socially or politically.” Outgoing President Luis Lacalle Pou said he would work with Orsi to ensure a smooth transition ahead of the swearing-in of the new president on 1 March next year. Orsi’s Broad Front also won a majority in the Uruguyan Senate, but his coalition did not clinch a majority in the Chamber of Representatives. Uruguay’s election – which pitted two moderates against each other – has bucked the trend seen in other countries in the Western Hemisphere, such as Argentina, Brazil and the US, where deep divisions came to the fore. Courtesy: BBC

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