By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

Update(1235ET): It appears President Emmanuel Macron is feeling the pressure after French authorities arrested Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov over the weekend. The prosecutor’s office has since said his detention may last until Aug.28. Continue reading “Macron Widely Mocked For Saying Telegram CEO’s Arrest ‘Not Politically Motivated’”

By David Krayden – The Post Millennial

Kansas judge rules ban on machine guns unconstitutional

A federal judge on Friday ruled that a ban on possessing a machine gun is unconstitutional as he dismissed charges against Tamori Morgan, who had been charged with two counts of illegally owning a machine gun, the Daily Caller reported. Continue reading “Kansas judge rules ban on machine guns unconstitutional”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

More revelations about the previously secret world of “coordination” between the Biden administration and major social media companies have come out with a new set of Twitter Files documents. Continue reading “Behind the Curtain: New Twitter Files Reveal Biden-Harris Team’s Global Censorship Web”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

Early Sunday, Israel announced it was launching “preemptive strikes” against Hezbollah in Lebanon and carried out what appeared to be its largest bombing of southern Lebanon since the start of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. Continue reading “Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Heavy Round of Fire Across Border”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

The Washington Post cited unnamed administration sources to report that “U.S. debates support for Ukraine’s surprise offensive into Russia”, which suggests that some policymakers doubt that Ukraine’s invasion of Kursk advances American interests. To be sure, the US knew about this move ahead of time (if not actively participated in its planning) but didn’t thwart it, thus tacitly approving it. Nevertheless, five arguments exist for why this actually harms American interests, and they are as follows: Continue reading “Five Ways That Ukraine’s Invasion Of Kursk Actually Harms American Interests”

By David Krayden – The Post Millennial

Kamala's tie-breaking Senate votes as VP led to drastic increases in costs of food, rent, gas

Despite her sudden and apparent concern for the effect of inflation on ordinary Americans, Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking Senate votes contributed to the current inflationary crisis. Continue reading “Kamala’s tie-breaking Senate votes as VP led to drastic increases in costs of food, rent, gas”

By Aaron Sobczak – Responsible Statecraft

A July poll shows that a majority of the American public does not support sending U.S. troops to defend Taiwan or Ukraine, sentiment that lines up with findings from other recent surveys on these heated subjects, which suggests that Americans appear to be warming to restraint and non-interventionism in international affairs. Continue reading “Fewer Americans willing to fight and die for other countries”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

The Middle East has been on edge all week as the world awaits a retaliatory Iranian attack on Israel that could spark a regional conflict. As of Friday, Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah rebels have been exchanging fire, and an oil tanker earlier this week in the southern Red Sea was hit by a missile attack, likely from Iran-backed Houthi forces.  Continue reading “B-2 Stealth Bomber “Hot Pits” At Indian Ocean Air Base, Positioned Within Striking Range Of Iran”