By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

US Africa Command has announced that its forces launched two more airstrikes in Somalia, bringing the total number of US bombings in the country this year to 77 as the Trump administration continues the heavy air campaign, which gains virtually no media coverage in the US. Continue reading “US Bombs Somalia for 77th Time This Year”

By Cindy Harper – Reclaim The Net

Stylized Australian flag with a large bright green check mark across the deep blue field, the Union Jack in the canton and the Southern Cross stars visible

Australia’s communications regulator is once again pushing for tighter control over online speech, using the language of “misinformation” as justification for expanding censorship. Continue reading “ACMA Pressures Tech Giants to Maintain State-Backed Fact-Checking in Australia”

By Max Blumenthal – The Grayzone

A month before Charlie Kirk’s killing, billionaire pro-Israel moneyman Bill Ackman arranged an intervention in the Hamptons during which sources say he and others “hammered” Kirk for the conservative leader’s growing criticism of Israeli influence in Washington. Kirk came away fretting about Israeli “blackmail,” sources say, as he contemplated a Catholic conversion.

Continue reading “Billionaire Bill Ackman convened stormy Israel ‘intervention’ with Charlie Kirk, sources say”

By blueapples – Zerohedge

The sorrow of tragedy, much like the fog of war, unfurls chaos that makes exercising the equanimity needed to ascertain the truth all but impossible. In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the increasingly fraught tensions ripping America apart at the seams provide a veil that the powers that be charting the course of the nation’s future are able to hide behind while pushing their ulterior motives. The veneer of the surface-level narrative about Kirk’s murder clouds public perception from examining the events that led to his death on a deeper level, as the acceptance of an explanation that largely and seemingly all-too-conveniently triggers the confirmation bias of the supporters grieving his loss is much easier to process.

Continue reading “Bill Ackman Allegedly Ambushed Charlie Kirk Over Israel Criticism Weeks Before Assassination”

By Ari Hoffman – The Postmillennial

EXCLUSIVE: Homeless man arrested for allegedly kidnapping, raping 5-year-old girl in Seattle-funded tent encampment

On Saturday night, Seattle police arrested a 46-year-old man at the controversial, city-funded Tent City 3 homeless encampment on South Hanford Street after he was allegedly caught raping a 5-year-old girl inside his tent. Continue reading “Homeless man arrested for allegedly kidnapping, raping 5-year-old girl in Seattle-funded tent encampment”

By Kyle Anzalone – Antiwar.com

An Israeli attack on Yemen hit the offices of two newspapers in Sanaa, killing dozens of journalists and civilians. The Yemeni Journalists Union condemned the attack, labeling it a heinous war crime. Continue reading “Israeli Strikes on Media Offices Kill At Least 25 Journalists in Yemen”

By Kyle Anzalone – Antiwar.com

Israel has ramped up its military operations in Gaza City, destroying dozens of buildings that Tel Aviv claimed are used by Hamas. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been forced from the city to the al-Mawasi area. Continue reading “300,000 Palestinians Forced To Flee as Israeli Strikes Pound Gaza City”

By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net

Close-up surveillance camera mounted on a pole in a busy urban crowd, with blue digital face-recognition icons and translucent profile outlines over a blurred city background.

A Cardiff man has filed a formal complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office after being wrongly accused of theft in a store using facial recognition software. Continue reading “Cardiff Man Wrongly Accused of Theft After Facial Recognition Error Triggers Privacy Complaint”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

U.S. authorities are warning of a new synthetic opioid from China that can be up to 50 times more potent than fentanyl.

Nitazenes pose an emerging threat as they are more resistant to naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses. They are often mixed with other drugs and delivered in the form of counterfeit pills mimicking drugs such as Xanax or Percocet, according to authorities. Continue reading “US Official Warns Of New Deadly Synthetic Opioid From China”