By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial

Oregon sees record overdose deaths in 2023 despite national decline: report

Despite the US seeing an overall national decline in overdose fatalities Oregon experienced the second-largest surge in drug overdose deaths of any state in 2023, setting a record in the state. The findings come as Oregon has been one of the most pro-drug states in the country over the last few years. Continue reading “Oregon sees record overdose deaths in 2023 despite national decline: report”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about Israel’s need to achieve “victory” against Iran and its allies in the region. Continue reading “Netanyahu Says Had ‘Friendly’ Conversation With Trump About Achieving ‘Victory’ Against Iran”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The Israeli military believes there is now an opportunity to bomb Iran due to the weakening of its allies in the region following the ousting of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, The Times of Israel reported on Thursday. Continue reading “Report: Israel Sees Opportunity To Bomb Iran After Downfall of Assad”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

President Biden’s record-setting pardon-a-thon on Thursday included a commutation for “notorious fraudster” Eric Bloom, who defrauded investors of over $665 million in “the largest single financial fraud in the history of Chicago’s federal court.” Continue reading “Biden Commutes Sentence of ‘Notorious Fraudster’ Eric Bloom”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The monitoring group Airwars released a new report on Thursday that found Israeli forces killed a minimum of 5,139 civilians during the first 25 days of its bombing campaign in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023. Continue reading “Airwars Finds Israel Killed Over 5,000 Civilians in Gaza in October 2023”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

A digitally painted depiction of a neoclassical building at dusk, with illuminated windows and a richly colored sky in the background.

The Bank of England (BoE) is moving forward with plans to create the UK’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) – the digital pound – and has teamed up with the MIT university to research “privacy-enhancing technologies” related to that future CBDC. Continue reading “Bank of England’s Fake “Privacy” Push Sparks Fears of Surveillance Currency”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

Israeli-American FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, 43, pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying during the 2020 election about Joe Biden and his son Hunter taking a $10 million bribe from businessmen in Ukraine. Continue reading “Israeli-American FBI Informant Pleads Guilty to Lying About Bidens Taking $10M Bribe”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

Russia launched a massive drone and missile strike against Ukraine on Friday in retaliation for Kyiv’s recent use of the US-supplied Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) against a Russian military base.

ABC News quoted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said Russia launched 93 missiles and nearly 200 drones targeting the country’s energy infrastructure. This was one of the largest bombardments against Ukraine’s energy sector since the invasion began almost three years ago.

Continue reading “Russia Launches Massive Attack On Ukrainian “Critical Fuel & Energy Infrastructure””

By David Krayden – The Post Millennial

After meeting with incoming border czar Tom Homan Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams (D-NYC) told a news conference that he has committed his city to rooting out criminal illegal immigrants and helping find some of the 500,000 children that have gone missing in America due to the border crisis. Continue reading “‘We can’t find them’: Eric Adams says 500,000 children are missing due to border crisis after meeting with Tom Homan”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Ukrainian forces had launched another attack on Russian territory with US-provided Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), which have a range of up to 190 miles. Continue reading “Ukraine Fires More US ATACMS Into Russia, Moscow Vows Response”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

A painted Canadian flag with speech bubbles surrounding the maple leaf symbol.

Canada’s authorities want to speed up the process of adoption of a sweeping censorship law, Online Harms Act/Bill C-63 – and to that effect, it has now been split into two separate bills. Continue reading “Canada Splits Online “Harms” Bill to Speed Up Controversial Censorship Push”