By Dan Frieth – Reclaim The Net

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Under the pretext of strengthening measures against child exploitation online, a controversial Senate bill is resurfacing with provisions that privacy advocates say would gut critical internet protections and compromise the security and privacy of all citizens. Continue reading “Senate Pushes Bill That Could End Private Messaging”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Authored by Col. Douglas Macgregor (ret.)

In the last 72 hours, Israel launched a preemptive strike against Iran when negotiations between Washington and Tehran were still ongoing. Iran was caught off-guard.

But Iran recovered more quickly from its Pearl Harbor moment than Israel expected. In less than 18 hours after Israel’s surprise attack, Iran responded firing hundreds of ballistic missiles including hypersonic missiles into central Tel Aviv and across Israel.

Meanwhile, Israel’s Iron Dome failed. Israeli intelligence failed. Now Netanyahu is pleading with Washington to intervene with American Military Power to rescue Israel from certain defeat; a defeat Netanyahu crafted with encouragement from Washington. Continue reading “Col. MacGregor: Dear President Trump, Keep America First – Not Israel first, Not Ukraine First”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

Israel is begging the US to bail them out just 48 hours after they decided to launch an unprovoked war with Iran with what was supposed to have been a devastating “decapitation strike.” Continue reading “Israel Urges U.S. to Join War With Iran After ‘Decapitation Strike’ Fails to Eliminate Nuclear Site”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

The US was shipping hundreds of Hellfire missiles to Israel while President Trump was out touting his push for “diplomacy” with Iran, according to a new report. Continue reading “Report: U.S. Quietly Sent Israel Hundreds of Hellfire Missiles While Touting ‘Diplomacy’”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is among the few MAGA voices in Congress who is breaking ranks and becoming vocal over what increasingly looks like inevitable American involvement in the Israel-Iran war which is currently spinning dangerously out of control. Continue reading “Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts ‘Disgusting’ MAGA Hawks, Breaks Ranks Over Iran War”

By The Post Millennial

BREAKING: Suspected Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter arrested near his home

The suspect in the targeted shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers, a brutal attack that left two dead and two others critically injured, was captured Sunday evening following an intense manhunt. Continue reading “BREAKING: Suspected Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter arrested near his home”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.com

Unusually far-right even in the generally far-right Israeli cabinet, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has sparked some new controversy today in a speech to an ultra-nationalist youth conference, where he called for Israel to have full control over both Syria and Lebanon, on top of annexing Gaza and the West Bank. Continue reading “Israeli Minister Calls for Israeli Control Over Syria and Lebanon”

By Chip Gibbons – The Dissenter

CIA Analyst Sentenced To Prison For Releasing Documents On Israel's Plans To Strike Iran

As United States embassies and military bases across the Middle East braced for a potential Israeli strike against Iran, friends and family of Asif Rahman gathered inside the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, for his sentencing. Continue reading “CIA Analyst Sentenced To Prison For Releasing Documents On Israel’s Plans To Strike Iran”

By Jim LobeKelley Beaucar Vlahos – Responsible Statecraft

Last night President Donald Trump acknowledged that his administration knew about the Israeli attacks on Iran. This morning on Truth Social he suggested that it was part of a plan to get Tehran to accept a nuclear deal and if they do not comply now, “it will only get worse.” Continue reading “Trump knew about Israel attacks, already threatening ‘next’ ones”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday that Israeli forces killed 103 Palestinians and wounded 427 over the previous 24-hour period as Israeli troops continued to shoot people seeking aid, and airstrikes and artillery pounded the Strip. Continue reading “Israeli Forces Kill 103 Palestinians in Gaza, Including 21 Aid Seekers”