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Silicon Valley Advisor: Amazon Must Reframe What’s Left of their Workforce

November 18, 2025

(Newsweek ) Like many companies this year, Amazon announced major layoffs. The problem is not only smaller teams are now left, but there’s also scattered attention. After a big cut, the instinct across any organization is to brace. People narrow their focus to survival. Leaders hedge. Initiatives r…

From ‘female Donald Trump’ to ‘Wacky’ Marjorie — how Taylor Greene’s alliance with the president crumbled

November 18, 2025

By Elissa Steedman with wiresABC/AP When Joe Biden stood in the US House of Representatives chamber for his final State of the Union address in March 2024, Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared to be one of Donald Trump’s most loyal soldiers. Sporting a crimson blazer and MAGA baseball cap, Ms Gree…

BC’s Tales of the Pacific – Nan Madol of Pohnpei

November 17, 2025

Growing up on Pohnpei, Minako always heard the stories about the mysterious and dangerous old city that was somewhere in the jungle, though few people had actually been there. Her mother warned her not to go near the place where demons and taotaomona dwelled because nothing good would come of it an…

The government shutdown is over. Who won?

November 17, 2025

BY RUTH CONIFF,Wisconsin Examiner The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over and all we got was the near-cancellation of food assistance just in time for Thanksgiving and a looming explosion in health care costs. None of the problems that led to the shutdown have been resolved. Instead…

BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ The awful tuna tragedy

November 9, 2025

THE most remarkable thing occurred a few weeks ago, and it took me this long to make sense of it so I could share it with you, dear reader. I don’t blame you one bit if you don’t believe the story because, to be honest, I would not believe it myself if I had not experienced it firsthand.

News from half a century ago

November 6, 2025

FIFTY years ago, the Northern Marianas was still part of the Trust Territory administered by the U.S. (The other TT districts were Palau, the Marshall Islands, and what is now known as the Federated States of Micronesia.)

Truth 150: 29+2 & No Champions – TAYA Reforms!

November 6, 2025

THE Truth is WE have 29 officials in the Legislature & two in the Executive Office YET it’s the SAME-O Impotency with taxes, nepotism, waste, austerity and UNLIMITED business & personal taxes FREELY given to J & P Holdings for 22 yrs. and still no Oversights — duh!

Refining Trump’s Higher-Education Reform

November 3, 2025

The Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” has ignited debate, with critics accusing it of authoritarian overreach while supporters argue it aims to reform American universities’ approach to free speech and merit-based admissions.

Truth 149: I Told You So – it’s the Same-O AGAIN!

November 2, 2025

THE Truth is Ambrodamus has been yelling & warning about “life & times in the CNMI being the SAME-O” and yet there is nothing NEW coming from any of our leaders. The fact that the Governor has already implemented Austerity with an announcement of MORE-To-Come is PROOF that WE the People of …

BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ The tragic legacy of Bikini

November 2, 2025

WHEN we hear the word bikini, we think of a two-piece swimsuit for women, but historians conjure a darker meaning. This is the tragic story of what was once a beautiful island paradise but now is an eerie ghost town.

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