By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Rare blackouts have impacted the Ukrainian capital overnight and into Friday, along with some nine other regions plunged into darkness. While blackouts have been frequent in the eastern half of the country since the war began, they occur less commonly in Kiev.

But this is a sign of the escalating air campaign, also at a moment Ukrainian cross-border drone attacks keep wreaking havoc on Russian oil facilities.

Continue reading “Kiev, Nine Other Regions, Plunged Into Darkness As Russian Air War Escalates”

By Thomas Stevenson – The Postmillennial

Dem NC state lawmaker Cecil Antonio Brockman charged with statutory rape of 15-year-old

A Democrat North Carolina state lawmaker has been charged with statutory rape of a minor as well as multiple other sex crimes. Cecil Antonio Brockman, 41, was arrested on Wednesday for two counts of statutory rape of a child between 13 and 15, as well as two counts of indecent liberties with a child. Continue reading “Dem NC state lawmaker Cecil Antonio Brockman charged with statutory rape of 15-year-old”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

President Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have both “signed off” on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal. Continue reading “Trump Says Hamas and Israel Have ‘Signed Off’ on First Phase of Ceasefire Deal”

By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net

White four-pane Windows logo centered over an abstract blue folded-wave wallpaper with the words Windows 11 below.

Microsoft is once again tightening its grip on local account setups in Windows 11, eliminating several widely used methods that allowed users to bypass signing in with a Microsoft account during installation. Continue reading “Microsoft Makes It Harder to Set Up Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

Hamas, two years into the Gaza genocide, has reportedly accepted a raw deal in which they’ll give up their captives in the hope that President Trump will force Israel to go through with a complete withdrawal from Gaza. Continue reading “Hamas Accepts Raw Deal In Hope Trump Will Force Israel to Withdraw From Gaza”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

What a wild week it’s been for French politics. Let’s dive right into the latest development: overnight news that President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister by Friday evening, avoiding (for now) a snap election that could spark even more political turmoil.

Continue reading “Macron Will Name New Prime Minister, Averting Snap Election & Further Political Turmoil”

By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial

Marco Rubio fires State Dept official caught in romance with CCP affiliate who 'could have been a spy': OMG

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has fired a State Department Foreign Service officer who admitted in an undercover video from O’Keefe Media Group, that he had a romantic relationship with a woman linked to the Chinese Communist Party. Continue reading “Marco Rubio fires State Dept official caught in romance with CCP affiliate who ‘could have been a spy’: OMG”