Trump’s Executive Orders: Reversing Biden’s Policies and Attacking the ‘Deep State’. NYTimes article (free). Includes list of EOs (without EO numbers) with links (to WhiteHouse.gov listed EOs) where available; well short of ‘a hundred’. Pull quote: “Some of Mr. Trump’s orders are almost certain to be challenged in court, and others will be largely symbolic. But taken together, they represent his intention to sharply turn away from the direction of the Biden administration, and to make good on his campaign promises to break what he and his aides cast as a “deep state” effort to thwart his agenda.”
Know Your Risk: Terrorist Designation of Cartels on Business Interests in Mexico. FTIConsulting.com article. Pull quote: “Severe criminal penalties would apply if a company is found to be engaging in business with companies associated with an FTO. This would also be the case if ransoms, extortion or protection fees were paid, with limited exceptions for acting under duress.”
LASD deputies warned to decontaminate clothes after lead, asbestos found in air near wildfire zones. Police1.com article. Pull quote: “But when blazes eat up urban areas and ravage buildings — such as the hardware store that burned, with its buckets full of paint and toxic chemicals — the smoke contains all sorts of other harmful particles, including the lead and asbestos that deputies were warned of in Wednesday’s message.” I have seen no reports about State or EPA testing air quality in relation to these fires.
TSA chief behind cyber directives for aviation, pipelines and rail ousted by Trump team. TheRecord.media article. Pull quote: “Most of the cybersecurity rules Pekoske helped usher in focused on mandating basic tasks like reporting cyber incidents, having cybersecurity coordinators and creating incident response plans and following minimum cybersecurity standards.”
Blue Ghost Conducts First Burn, Science Operations, Captures Eclipse. Blogs/NASA.gov blog post. Pull quote: “Jointly developed by NASA and the Italian Space Agency, the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) technology demonstration acquired Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals, and calculated a navigation fix at nearly 52 Earth radii: more than 205,674 miles (331,000 kilometers) from Earth’s surface. This achievement suggests that Earth-based GNSS constellations can be used for navigation at nearly 90% of the distance to the Moon, an Earth-Moon signal distance record. It also demonstrates the power of using multiple GNSS constellations together, such as GPS and Galileo, to perform navigation. Throughout its journey, LuGRE will continue expanding our knowledge of Earth-based navigation systems in space as it acquires and tracks signals on its way to the Moon, during lunar orbit, and for up to two weeks on the lunar surface.”
China performs high altitude reusable rocket test with uncertain outcome. SpaceNews.com article. Pull quote: “SAST published results and footage from the June test, but has so far remained silent on the 75-km attempt, being yet to publish any results or details of the flight more than 24 hours after liftoff. The lack of official updates raises questions about the success of the test, which could indicate challenges during reentry or landing phases.”
FRA approves first autonomous rail car test program. Trains.com article. Pull quote: “The FRA last week approved the request from Parallel, Georgia Central Railway, and Heart of Georgia Railroad. In August 2023 the Los Angeles-based Parallel and the G&W railroads sought FRA permission to test the battery-electric container cars, which take aim at short-haul intermodal markets.
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