NEW - Amazon axes 16,000 corporate jobs in an operation called "Project Dawn," as it pushes AI and efficiency — Reuters

NOW - Tucker Carlson: "I did not consider that God was real or that you could talk to him or that he would answer. And it's only 56 years of rough and tumble living that have shown me that that is absolutely true and it is our only hope in the end... he's in charge, not us." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b888685aefbe69ecf42f5cb1884d5f1420d621f9597aef8065cbf800ce99dc80.file

NOW - Tucker Carlson speaking in Riyadh: "I'm, for whatever it's worth, a pretty fervent Christian and I feel completely comfortable here in the seat of Islam... and just saying that is a threat somehow to some people who are propagandists and liars." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/db0326a8072432879e1c06ca814dda77c3401b00d9d22da7285feba877bff8f9.file

JUST IN - German federal police are conducting raids at Deutsche Bank sites "investigating as yet-unnamed persons and bank employees on suspicion of money laundering" — Reuters

JUST IN - Trump says that a "massive Armada is heading to Iran," calls on Iran to "Come to the Table" to make a deal or "The next attack will be far worse! Don't make that happen again." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/870a09b96b3b069bb47e87149c39aa39203cb5046c6a8e20a46d5691e41e9068.file

NEW - U.S. Secretary of State Rubio says the U.S. is prepared to use force to ensure that Venezuela’s acting President cooperates to the greatest extent possible with the U.S. — Bloomberg

JUST IN - Virginia judge rules that the proposed constitutional amendment allowing Democrats to redraw the state's congressional maps is illegal — AP

NOW - Trump on Minnesota ICE operations: "We're gonna de-escalate a little bit." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/417301e0cd8d50a35067fa2a3a56c4ee41463976773103a0498e73e649722baf.file

NEW - "Crying Horse" toy becomes a bestseller in China ahead of Year of the Horse celebrations, after a factory worker accidentally sewed the smile on upside down — Telegraph https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2c6b2d5ab1958e12deb1e89253b10314c51e4ba61dda477e0a278fbec9c4a7c2.file

NOW - Trump says he doesn't like that Alex Pretti was carrying a gun: "I don't like that he had a gun." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/261e638dcd2eede33e79154f36256f9229eb7f42863a516863fdc945033f9f0f.file