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Turns out in Gaston County, North Carolina, a company named Piedmont Lithium aimed to Mine Lithium… you know, the core mineral for Electric Vehicle Batteries
The only problem… the residents.
Residents have been battling against reopening the Lithium Mines… pic.twitter.com/JcwaJVrglT
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) October 3, 2024
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday that Israeli forces killed 99 Palestinians in Gaza over the previous 24-hour period, bringing its death toll since October 7, 2023, to 41,788 Continue reading “Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill at Least 99 Palestinians in 24 Hours”
Ninety-nine American healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza over the past year published an open letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris on Thursday that detailed the horrors they witnessed and called for an end to US military support for Israel. Continue reading “American Healthcare Workers Who Volunteered in Gaza Say Over 118,000 Have Been Killed”
President Biden said Thursday that the US and Israel were discussing the possibility of striking Iran’s oil facilities in retaliation for the Iranian missile barrage that targeted Israel on Tuesday, which was a response to multiple Israeli escalations. Continue reading “Biden Says US and Israel Are Discussing Strikes on Iranian Oil Facilities”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
World Economic Forum (WEF) Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab appears quite enthusiastic about a future where technology takes the lead and central role in people’s everyday lives, but also across industries. Continue reading “Klaus Schwab Champions the “Intelligent Age,” Despite Concerns Over Censorship and Surveillance”
By Kit Klarenberg and Wyatt Reed – The Greyzone
Leaked docs reveal that prior to the toppling of Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, the US govt-funded International Republican Institute trained an army of activists including rappers and “LGBTQI people,” even hosting “transgender dance performances,” to achieve a national “power shift.” Institute staff said the activists “would cooperate with IRI to destabilize Bangladesh’s politics.” Continue reading “Leaked files expose covert US government plot to ‘destabilize Bangladesh’s politics’”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ announcement on Wednesday that FEMA “does not have the funds” to make it through hurricane season came just over one month after he announced the US will spend a record $454 million to secure mostly Jewish institutions. Continue reading “FEMA Running Out of Funds for Hurricane Victims After DHS Allocates Record $454M to Secure ‘Mostly Jewish Institutions’”
By QUOTH THE RAVEN – Zerohedge
Part of what I love about having this blog is that it is cathartic for me when I want to be heard, understood, or otherwise just bitch and moan about things in the world of finance, the economy, and politics that I find askew. Continue reading “The Reprehensible Audacity Of FEMA Being Broke”
By Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial
More than 100 people are named as plaintiffs in lawsuits filed against San Diego County over alleged child sex abuse crimes committed in a 24-hour emergency shelter for children. The alleged sexual abuse occurred at the Polinsky Children’s Center, which is a county-owned facility for minors who have been separated from their families for their own safety. Continue reading “San Diego emergency children’s shelter faces over 100 sex abuse allegations from former residents”
By WILL JONES – The Daily Sceptic
Moderna has been rebuked by regulators after offering children £1,500 cash to test the Covid vaccine. The Telegraph has more.
Continue reading “Moderna Rebuked After Children Offered £1,500 Cash to Test Covid Vaccine”
By William Hartung – Responsible Statecraft
The divestment campaigns launched last spring by students protesting Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza brought the issue of the militarization of American higher education back into the spotlight. Continue reading “The military showers universities with hundreds of millions of dollars”
Israel is planning to launch a “significant retaliation” attack against Iran over the Iranian missile barrage that targeted Israel on Tuesday, which was a response to several Israeli escalations in the region. Israeli officials acknowledged to Axios that the situation could lead to a full-blown regional war, which would involve the US. Continue reading “Israel Planning Major Attack on Iran”
Dealing a significant blow to California’s attack on free speech through its legislative efforts to regulate AI-generated content, the Eastern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction against Assembly Bill 2839, which aimed to curb the spread of “deepfakes” and other digitally manipulated media during election periods. Continue reading “Court Blocks Newsom’s Unconstitutional Attempt to Muzzle Parody During Election Season”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
CBS News opened the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday by claiming that Iran could be “one week” away from having nuclear weapons and asking both candidates if they’d support a “preemptive strike” by Israel to stop the “largest sponsor of terrorism in the world.” Continue reading “CBS Opens VP Debate by Claiming Iran ‘One Week’ Away From Having Nukes, Proposing Preemptive Strikes”
By Thomas Stevenson – The Post Millennial
Biden-Harris Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has admitted that funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will not last through the hurricane season this year. This comes after the DHS diverted over $640 million for “non-citizen migrants,” the latest term for illegal immigrants, for shelters in 2023. This diversion of funding was in April 2024, prior to the disaster that struck the Southeast with Hurricane Helene. Continue reading “Biden-Harris DHS Sec Mayorkas admits FEMA funds won’t last through hurricane season after diverting $641 MILLION for ‘noncitizen migrants’”
Israeli occupation forces opened fire on an ambulance, injuring six paramedics, as they tried to evacuate injured Palestinians in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Continue reading “West Bank Escalations – Ambulance Crew Shot and Injured, Scores Detained by Israeli Forces”
Scores were killed during an Israeli incursion into the areas of Qizan Al-Najjar, Al-Manara and Ma’anin in the Khan Younis Governorate early on Wednesday morning, the Ministry said. Continue reading “Scores Killed in Gaza as Israel Bombs School, Orphanage – Health Ministry”
The Israeli occupation forces targeted Al-Shejaiya school in the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday claiming the lives of seven displaced Palestinians and injuring many others, Al-Jazeera reported. Continue reading “Eight Killed, Scores Injured – Israel Targets another School in Gaza”
In March, a Wharton professor who studies artificial intelligence and start-ups claimed on X, “The modern economy rests on a single road in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The road runs to the two mines that are the sole supplier of the quartz required to make the crucibles needed to refine silicon wafers.” Continue reading ““Modern Economy Rests On Single Road” In North Carolina Where Hurricane Collapsed Bridges”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
President Joe Biden on Sunday told reporters that he will not deploy more troops to the Middle East only for the Pentagon to announce one day later that America will be sending “thousands” of more troops to defend Israel. Continue reading “U.S. Sending Thousands More Troops to Middle East to Support Israel, One Day After Biden Said He Wouldn’t”