From the Trenches World Report
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Early Friday morning, the Israeli military raided the town of Beit Jinn, in western Syria, sparking a clash and Israeli artillery shells and airstrikes against the town that left at least 15 dead and 20 wounded. Continue reading “Israel Mulls Escalation in Syria After Deadly Attack on Beit Jinn”
President Trump on Saturday declared that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela is to be closed, a sign that he might soon launch an attack on the country with the aim of ousting President Nicolas Maduro. Continue reading “Trump Declares Closure of Venezuela’s Airspace”
By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net
Starting November 30, 2025, people in Missouri will find the digital world reshaped: anyone wishing to visit websites containing “harmful” adult material will need to prove they are at least 18 years old by showing ID. Continue reading “Missouri Locks the Web Behind a “Harmful” Content ID Check”
By Kit Klarenberg and William Evans – The Grayzone
Continue reading “Files expose Britain’s secret D-Notice censorship regime”
Last year during sweeping British protests triggered by the stabbing murders of three young girls at a dance recital by the radicalized 17-year-old child of Rwandan migrants, London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley threatened to have American citizens “arrested and extradited” to the UK for “stoking racial violence” (i.e. pointing out that third world migrants and often the children of third world migrants are a societal net negative and should be deported). Continue reading “UK Man Arrested For Posing With Gun In Photo Taken While In The US”
Israel continued with its attacks on southern Lebanon on Thursday. A year on from the ceasefire with Lebanon, the strikes show no signs of abating, and indeed come with persistent threats of further escalation by the Israeli military. Continue reading “Israel Pounds Southern Lebanon as Trump Issues Ultimatum”
The suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, worked for a CIA-backed “Zero Unit” known as the Kandahar Strike Force (KSF) or the “03” unit, which has been implicated in war crimes against Afghan civilians. Continue reading “DC National Guard Shooter Worked for CIA-Backed Kandahar Strike Force in Afghanistan”
By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net
European governments have taken another step toward reviving the EU’s controversial Chat Control agenda, approving a new negotiating mandate for the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation in a closed session of the Council of the European Union on November 26. Continue reading “EU Council Approves New “Chat Control” Mandate Pushing Mass Surveillance”
Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, has submitted his resignation – the highest level official to fall amid the massive graft probe which has brought rare international embarrassment on the Zelensky government.
As a reminder, Andrew Korybko recently opined that Yermak’s removal could prompt some progress in peace talks:
He’s Zelensky’s powerbroker so his downfall could undo the already shaky alliance between the armed forces, the oligarchs, the secret police, and parliament that keeps Zelensky in power, thus pressuring him into peace, especially if his warmongering grey cardinal is no longer pushing him to keep fighting.
A week and a half ago, the UN Human Rights Office issued a statement reporting that Israel had killed 114 civilians since the beginning of the ceasefire in Lebanon. Today, they updated that number to 127 confirmed civilians, entirely on the basis of a single attack. Continue reading “UN Calls for Investigations as Number of Lebanese Civilians Killed by Israel During Ceasefire Rises to 127”
More than 100,000 Palestinians have likely been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, according to a research team from the Germany-based Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR). Continue reading “Study: Israeli Forces Likely Killed More Than 100,000 Palestinians in Gaza”
By Cindy Harper – Reclaim The Net
Warnings over Britain’s shrinking space for free expression took center stage at a London event on Friday, where US Ambassador Warren Stephens urged policymakers to resist laws and interventions that “undermine our commitment to freedom of expression.” Continue reading “US Ambassador Warren Stephens Warns UK Government Against Laws Threatening Free Expression and Liberty”
A scathing Senate report has unmasked the Biden administration’s deliberate push to repurpose at least 11 U.S. airports as shelters and processing hubs for illegal immigrants—ignoring dire warnings of risks to American travelers and aviation security.
The Israeli military killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Monday, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, as Israel continues to violate the US-backed ceasefire deal. Continue reading “Israeli Forces Kill Four More Palestinians in Gaza”
The US State Department on Monday formally designated the Cartel de los Soles, or Cartel of the Suns, a group that doesn’t actually exist, as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization,” providing a pretext for a potential attack on Venezuela. Continue reading “US Designates Non-Existent Cartel as a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’ To Justify Attacks on Venezuela”
By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net
California’s experiment in using household electricity data for police surveillance has come to an abrupt end. Continue reading “Judge Ends Sacramento Utility’s Decade-Long Police Data Sharing”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Jewish Zionist activist Melanie Phillips, while speaking recently before a pro-Israel conference in New York City, called on Jews worldwide to put “the Jewish people and the Jewish nation” first. Continue reading “Melanie Phillips: Jews Worldwide Must Put ‘The Jewish People and The Jewish Nation’ First”
By Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed – The Grayzone
Documents released by a federal court offer disturbing new details about an attempt by figures connected to Trump to orchestrate a coup against a government they clearly did not understand. This unprecedented look at the actors and their conspiracies—from terrorism to false flags—could illuminate the nature of the looming US military assault on Venezuela. Continue reading “White House officials knew in advance about the 2020 Venezuelan coup, according to archives”
Amazon Web Services is making a major push into government-focused artificial intelligence and supercomputing, announcing plans to build the first AI- and HPC-dedicated cloud infrastructure designed specifically for U.S. federal agencies, according to Amazon’s PR. Continue reading “Amazon Announces $50B Plan For Dedicated Government AI Supercomputing”
By Jack Hunter – Responsible Statecraft
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia’s 14th district, who at one time was arguably the politician most associated with Donald Trump’s “MAGA” movement outside of the president himself, announced in a lengthy video Friday night that she would be retiring from Congress, with her last day being January 5. Continue reading “Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign: ‘I refuse to be a battered wife’”
