By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.Com

Tuesday, the Kurdish SDF launched an offensive against a number of villages in eastern Syria. The US backed the offensive with military action, and al-Mayadeen even suggests that the offensive itself came at the behest of the US military. Today we’re getting some more details, and the US is trying to re-frame the narrative of what actually happened. Continue reading “US Frames Syria Airstrikes as ‘Self-Defense’ Despite Happening Amid an Ongoing US-Backed Offensive”

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization said in a landmark new report published today. Continue reading “Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza”

By PORTFOLIO ARMOR – Zerohedge

In a thread on X, Will Tanner speculated on a possible motivation behind the hit.

CLEAR HIT JOB: Surveillance footage of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson being gunned down in Manhattan. Continue reading “Could This Be Why UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Was Killed?”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

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Critics might say that Lord Richard Allan is failing upward, at least where issues of free speech and responsibility in that context governing are concerned: this member of UK’s communications regulator Ofcom Board has now been appointed to head the new Disinformation and Misinformation Advisory Committee. Continue reading “UK’s “Safety” Watchdog Forms New “Misinformation” Taskforce”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

Days after President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter for a 10-year period dating back to his involvement with Burisma, senior White House aides are reportedly locked in a contentious debate over a potential unprecedented move: issuing preemptive pardons to a wide range of current and former public officials who could find themselves under intense scrutiny, and prosecution, after Donald Trump takes office, Politico reports.

Continue reading “Fauci, Schiff, And Cheney May Receive ‘Preemptive Pardons’”

By David Krayden – The Post Millennial

UnitedHealthcare CEO's wife says he received ‘threats’ before being shot to death on Manhattan street

The wife of the health insurance CEO who was murdered Wednesday in Manhattan said her husband had received “threats” prior to the attack. “There had been some threats,” Paulette Thompson told NBC News in her first comments since Brian Thompson was killed by a gunshot wound. According to reports, Thompson and others in the insurance company were under investigation by the Department of Justice for insider trading. Continue reading “UnitedHealthcare CEO’s wife says he received ‘threats’ before being shot to death on Manhattan street”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.Com

The Syrian Civil War and its various fronts continue to re-escalate today with the Kurdish SDF attacking, and temporarily claiming they had captured seven villages in the eastern Deir Ezzor Province. The villages are along the path between the provincial capital and the Abu Kamal border crossing with Iraq. Continue reading “US-Backed Kurdish Forces Attack East Syrian Villages”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

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The Australian Government Digital ID System (AGDIS) is about to be expanded with legislation that came into force on December 1, building in three more phases on the existing digital ID base, the myID app. Continue reading “Australia Expands Digital ID Ambitions with New Legislation”