By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.Com

The extended ceasefire in Lebanon has just a couple of days left, and while Israel is maybe withdrawing from population centers, but keeping its military in southern Lebanon with new hilltop surveillance posts, the situation wasn’t less bloody this weekend. Instead, Israel continued attacking and killing Lebanese civilians at a heavy pace. Continue reading “Israeli Troops Kill Several, Including 13-Year Old Girl in Southern Lebanon, Capture Paramedics”

By Cindy Harper – Reclaimthenet.org

A 60 Minutes segment titled "Policing the Internet," produced by Michael Karzis, featuring a woman seated next to a large screen displaying a laptop graphic. Inset shows a panel of three people in a discussion.

A shocking discussion on CBS News’ 60 Minutes has highlighted the stark limits of online speech in Germany, where oppressive scenes once thought to be relegated to history and dystopian fiction, show law enforcement has been conducting pre-dawn raids and confiscating electronics from individuals accused of posting content deemed as “hate speech.” Continue reading “Germany’s Shocking War on Online Speech: Armed Police Raids for Online “Insults,” “Hate Speech,” and “Misinformation””

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

Israel’s Ministry of Defense on Sunday released video showing the arrival of a massive shipment of some 1,800 MK-84 2,000-lb bombs sent by the Trump administration. Continue reading “Israel Shows Off New Shipment of 2000-lb Bombs Sent by Trump Amid ‘Ceasefire’”

By KIT KLARENBERG – The Grey Zone

Newly-leaked documents reveal a crew of military academics pitching the US National Security Council a series of extreme strategies for Ukraine, from IED’s inspired by Iraqi insurgents to sabotaging Russia’s infrastructure to propaganda “from ISIS’ playbook.”

Conceived under the auspices of the UK’s University of St. Andrews, the plans were outsourced through third parties to ensure “plausible deniability.”

Continue reading “Secret terror blueprints for US NSC to ‘help Ukraine resist’ exposed”

By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial

Google complied with censorship requests from China, Russia, authoritarian regimes

Google has cooperated with authoritarian regimes, including Russia and China, by complying with censorship requests and removing content critical of governments, according to an investigation by the Observer. Continue reading “Google complied with censorship requests from China, Russia, authoritarian regimes”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

Europe is growing more hawkish in its rhetoric, seeing the need for a counterbalance against Trump efforts to secure lasting peace in Ukraine, which recently included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announcing that the US does not see future NATO membership for Ukraine as a realistic possibility. Continue reading “UK’s Starmer: I’m Ready To Put British Troops In Ukraine”

By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial

Dave Chappelle reveals SNL censored his jokes on trans, Gaza

Comedian Dave Chappelle revealed that Saturday Night Live (SNL) censored him from touching trans issues as well as the war in Gaza during his monologue when he hosted the show in January. Continue reading “Dave Chappelle reveals SNL censored his jokes on trans, Gaza”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.Com

A group of UN experts have issued a statement on the ceasefire in Lebanon today, expressing outrage at Israel’s flagrant violations, including the killing of civilians trying to return to their homes, and the systematic destruction of those homes during the nominal cessation of hostilities. Continue reading “UN Says Israel Must Stop Killing Lebanese Civilians Trying to Return Home”

By Cindy Harper – Reclaimthenet.org

Jerome Powell in a suit and glasses speaking into a microphone at a conference or hearing, with papers and water bottles on the table.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pledged on Tuesday to revise language in a Fed manual that instructs reserve bank officials to consider whether a financial institution’s leadership engages in “controversial commentary or activities” when reviewing applications for payment system access. Continue reading “Fed Under Fire for “Debanking” Rules as Powell Promises a Rewrite”

By Armageddon Safari – Zero Hedge

Originally published via Armageddon Prose:

This week in “government by special interest,” flyover country is awash in agricultural chemicals — and it’s only going to get flooded harder in the near future if a raft of proposed legislation is any indication. Continue reading “State Bills Grant Pfizer-Style Immunity to Pesticide Manufacturers That Give People Cancer”

By Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial

BREAKING: 18-year-old trans suspect arrested for plotting Indiana high school shooting

Authorities arrested an 18-year-old transgender suspect who allegedly planned to carry out a mass shooting at Mooresville High School in Indiana. Trinity “Jamie” Shockley, of Mooresville, was taken into custody Wednesday on terrorism charges and has been booked into Morgan County Jail without bond. The FBI alerted the local police department to the matter on February 11 after receiving a tip that Shockley was planning a school shooting, WTHR reported. Continue reading “BREAKING: 18-year-old trans suspect arrested for plotting Indiana high school shooting”