By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.Com

As it does virtually weekly, Israel reiterated today that civilians are not to return to their homes in any areas of southern Lebanon Israel currently occupies. This apparently includes not just villages, but the Mediterranean Sea as well, as an Israeli military boat captured a Lebanese fisherman near the coast at Ras Naqoura. Continue reading “South Lebanon Homes Burn, Fisherman Captured as Israel Ceasefire Violations Continue”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

The White House with digital circuit overlay design.

Intelligence Community Directive 406 was signed in the dying days of the Biden Administration – on January 16 – essentially, yet another part in a recent big drive, pushed particularly strongly during the recent WEF meetings in Davos, to promote “public-private” partnerships. Continue reading “Intelligence Community Directive 406 Expands US Spy Agencies’ Ties with Big Tech”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

Palestinians are “fundamentally evil,” “collectively guilty,” unworthy of “any mercy” and need to be ethnically cleansed from Gaza to make it “great again,” according Zionist activist Martin Oliner, a Trump appointee to the US Holocaust Memorial Council. Continue reading “Trump Appointee: Palestinians Are ‘Fundamentally Evil,’ ‘Collectively Guilty’ And ‘Not Worthy of Mercy’”

By Thomas Stevenson – The Post Millennial

Family of woman found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011 can take Philly gov to court after officials ruled it suicide, judge rules

The family of Ellen Greenberg, who died from 20 stab wounds in 2011, with half of them going into her back and neck, can take the city of Philadelphia to court after officials at the time of her death ruled the case a suicide, a judge ruled on Friday. Continue reading “Family of woman found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011 can take Philly gov to court after officials ruled it suicide, judge rules”

By Jack Poulson – The Grey Zone

One of the two U.S.-based contractors set to operate a Gaza checkpoint, Safe Reach Solutions, is a shell company of the Wyoming-based generational wealth management firm Two Ocean Trust, LLC.

Continue reading “Gaza checkpoint contractor is shell company of ‘generational wealth management’ firm”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

Cooper with short hair wearing a dark jacket and a pendant, set against a purple background.

The UK’s government continues to use last year’s Southport killings which led to widespread protests to promote online censorship, as a supposed panacea for the society’s ills. Continue reading “UK Gov Pushes Censorship, Blaming Online Content for Southport Killings”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally thanked President Trump on Thursday for signing an Israel First, America Last executive order calling on the Department of Justice to prosecute Americans for so-called “anti-Semitism.” Continue reading “Netanyahu Thanks Trump for Executive Order on ‘Fighting Antisemitism’”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

Statista’s Anna Fleck reports that, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, the costs attributed to defense equipment, personnel, operations and maintenance came to nearly $1.3 billion in 1993 and rose to nearly $2.4 billion in 2023.

Infographic: Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since the Early 90s | Statista Continue reading “Global Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since The Early ’90s”

By Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial

Illegal immigrant indicted in West Virginia for killing 32-year-old woman, setting her body on fire

A grand jury indicted an illegal immigrant from El Salvador in connection to the death of Samantha Dailey, 32, of Charles Town, West Virginia. David Antonio Calderon, 46, has been accused of killing Dailey in Jefferson County and then setting her body on fire in a field in neighboring Berkeley County. The murder occurred in May 2024, The Spirit of Jefferson reported. Continue reading “Illegal immigrant indicted in West Virginia for killing 32-year-old woman, setting her body on fire”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

American students are performing poorly in reading and math skills, failing to regain lost ground during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests administered to fourth graders and eighth graders.

“The most notable challenges evident in the 2024 data are in reading comprehension. Reading scores dropped in both fourth and eighth grades since 2022, continuing declines first reported in 2019, before the pandemic,” said a Jan. 29 statement from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which administers the tests. Continue reading “American Students’ Reading Scores Decline, Show Little Improvement In Math”