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The November death of former OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower, 26-year-old Suchir Balaji was ruled a suicide, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
According to the medical examiner, there was no foul play in Balaji’s Nov. 26 death in his San Francisco apartment. Continue reading “Suspicious OpenAI Whistleblower Death Ruled Suicide”
By Hayden Cunningham – The Postmillennial
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”
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”
Strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities are being seriously considered within the Donald Trump transition team, according to the Wall Street Journal. While there is no proof Tehran is trying to make a nuclear weapon, Washington and Tel Aviv are threatening to attack Iran’s nuclear energy infrastructure. Continue reading “Trump Transition Team Considering Strikes on Iran”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the downfall of Iran’s Islamic rule might be around the corner in a video message to its people, days after the buoyant premier took credit for toppling Tehran’s ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Continue reading “Invoking ‘woman, life, freedom,’ Netanyahu says Tehran is next after Damascus”
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”
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
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”
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.
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”
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
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”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Israel launched over 480 strikes across Syria in the two days following their “liberation” from Bashar al-Assad, destroying their air defense systems, long-range missiles, weapons stockpiles, airfields, anti-aircraft batteries, drones, fighter jets, naval vessels, tanks and weapon production sites to ensure the former regional threat remains a rump state forever. Continue reading “Israel Bombs Syria Back to the Stone Age in Wake of Jihadi ‘Liberation’ from Assad”
By Katie Daviscourt and Ari Hoffman – The Postmillennial
A Seattle Public Schools vice principal has been arrested on prostitution charges during a major child sex trafficking operation. Alex Diaz Rios, 29, was taken into custody by Renton Police on September 24 and has been charged with one count of patronizing a prostitute after soliciting a 15-year-old boy. He pleaded not guilty to the charges on November 13, court documents show. Continue reading “Seattle vice principal among 7 arrested during undercover child sex trafficking operation”
By Alex Oliveira and Craig McCarthy – NY Post
A New Jersey congressman claimed Wednesday that the mystery drones over the Garden State are from Iran, and they’re being launched by a mothership parked off the East Coast. Continue reading “Mystery NJ drones are coming from Iranian mothership offshore, congressman suggests: ‘Should be shot down’”
The Israeli military has pushed further into Syrian territory and is said to be only 25km from Damascus Continue reading “Israel Says It Launched 480 Strikes in Syria Since Fall of Assad”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Luigi Mangione’s one-page “manifesto” was published online Tuesday by Ken Klippenstein, who said major media outlets have had it in their possession but have refused to publish it without even providing a reason why. Continue reading “Luigi Mangione Laments Poor State of American Healthcare in Leaked ‘Manifesto’”
On Tuesday, the US announced that it disbursed a $20 billion loan for Ukraine that will be paid back using interest earned on frozen Russian Central Bank assets, a step that marks an escalation of the Western economic war against Russia. Continue reading “US Disburses $20 Billion Loan for Ukraine That Will Be Repaid Using Russian Assets”
