Today in 1900, the U.S. Navy commissions its first modern submarine, the USS Holland (SS-1). With a crew of six, it can dive to a maximum depth of 75 feet. It’ll be decommissioned in 1905 and later exhibited in various museums until 1932 when it’s broken up and sold for scrap. pic.twitter.com/a7HsygUueg
— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) October 12, 2024
Day: October 12, 2024
Today in 1900, the U.S. Navy commissions its first modern submarine, the USS Holland (SS-1). With a crew of six, it can dive to a maximum depth of 75 feet. It’ll be decommissioned in 1905 and later exhibited in various museums until 1932 when it’s broken up and sold for scrap. pic.twitter.com/a7HsygUueg
— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) October 12, 2024
Study finds TikTok mutes dissent against #China | Monitor h/t @DWalpiri https://t.co/EmgeXcYGF3
— Andrew J Phelan (@ajphelo) October 12, 2024
Source- https://t.co/086cXBgGaM
Original Russian: “Земля небом, братья…” pic.twitter.com/WFh1aL26Zj
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 12, 2024
⭕️ Approx. 30 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory following sirens that sounded in the Upper Galilee area. Fallen projectiles were identified in the area.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 12, 2024
And now it’s heading home after a European week in Lisbon 🇵🇹, Brussels 🇪🇺 and Vienna 🇦🇹. pic.twitter.com/J9pk3wUYWo
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) October 12, 2024
- US urges Israel to stop shooting at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon BBC.com
- LIVE: Israel targets UN in south Lebanon, turns northern Gaza into ‘ruins’ Al Jazeera English
- Peacekeepers’ safety in Lebanon ‘in jeopardy,’ UN official warns after Israeli fire injures two CNN
- Live updates: Biden says he is urging Israel to stop attacks on U.N. peacekeepers as outcry grows The Washington Post
- What is the U.N. peacekeeping force stationed in Lebanon? NPR
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TELEPHONE TAG: Could U.S. intelligence agencies have monitored the calls if Donald Trump had spoken to Vladimir Putin in the years since the former U.S. president left office?
Veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book, War, is full of disturbing new details about the Trump-Putin relationship. Woodward reported that the two men have been in touch as many as seven times since Trump left office. He recounts a moment in early 2024 at Mar-a-Lago where Trump told an unnamed senior aide to leave the room so “he could have what he said was a private phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
Both Trump and the Kremlin denied the report, and Woodward said he was unable to corroborate it further.
