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Yesterday, the US hosted a ceasefire monitoring committee meeting in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Naqoura. It was seen as historic because both Lebanese and Israeli officials attended, the first direct talks between the two nations in over 40 years. Continue reading “Israeli Airstrikes Pound Southern Lebanon a Day After US-Led Ceasefire Talks”
By Christina Maas – Reclaim The Net
Emmanuel Macron thinks the Republic needs a quality seal for reality. The French president recently proposed creating an official “reliability label” for news outlets, modeled on Reporters Without Borders’ Journalism Trust Initiative. He insists it is not censorship. It is a “democratic duty.” Continue reading “Macron’s Proposed Seal of Truth Meets a Wall of Criticism”
In a development that is not entirely surprising, European leaders are claiming that Washington is looking to “betray” Ukraine and President Zelensky during potential formal peace negotiations with Russia. “There is a possibility that the United States will abandon Ukraine on territorial questions without providing clarity on security guarantees,” French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly said according to a “leaked” phone call record with other European leaders. Continue reading ““We Must Protect Volodymyr”: Leaked Call Shows European Leaders Conspiring Against Trump Peace Plan”
US Central Command announced on Wednesday that it was launching the US military’s “first one-way-attack drone squadron based in the Middle East” as President Trump’s Department of War continues to get further entrenched in the region. Continue reading “US War Department Launches First Kamikaze Drone Squadron in the Middle East”
A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced a War Powers Resolution aimed at blocking President Trump from launching a war with Venezuela without congressional authorization. Continue reading “Senators Reintroduce Bill To Block Trump From Launching War With Venezuela”
By Christina Maas – Reclaim The Net
Washington has finally found a monster big enough for bipartisan unity: the attention economy. In a moment of rare cross-aisle cooperation, lawmakers have introduced two censorship-heavy bills and a tax scheme under the banner of the UnAnxious Generation package. Continue reading “Congress Goes Parental on Social Media and Your Privacy”
By ¡Do Not Panic! – The Grayzone
Continue reading “Former Israeli spies now overseeing US government cybersecurity”
The Trump administration’s killings of scores of Venezuelans are justifiably provoking outrage. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently proclaimed, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.” Donald Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that was written years earlier by President Barack Obama. Continue reading “How Obama Paved The Way For Trump’s Venezuelan Killings”
US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, held five hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his advisers at the Kremlin on Tuesday to discuss a potential peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, but the meeting ended with no sign of a breakthrough. Continue reading “Witkoff and Kushner Hold Five-Hour Meeting With Putin, No Sign of Breakthrough”
US Africa Command has announced that its forces have launched another airstrike in Somalia, marking the 102nd time the US has bombed the country this year, an unprecedented number. Continue reading “US Bombs Somalia for 102nd Time This Year”
By Christina Maas – Reclaim The Net
Washington has finally found a monster big enough for bipartisan unity: the attention economy. In a moment of rare cross-aisle cooperation, lawmakers have introduced two censorship-heavy bills and a tax scheme under the banner of the UnAnxious Generation package. Continue reading “Congress Goes Parental on Social Media and Your Privacy”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Israel First GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson on Tuesday brought together former First Lady Hillary Clinton and dozens of high-powered Zionists for a conference in Manhattan touting Jewish power, influence and purported victimhood. Continue reading “Zionists Tout Power, Influence and Victimhood at Miriam Adelson’s Israel Hayom Summit in New York”
While Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are in Moscow working to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, a series of attacks on Russia-linked oil tankers unfolded both before and during their visit. Now, reports are also emerging of an explosion along the Druzhba oil pipeline.
On Wednesday morning, Kyiv Post cited sources in Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) that reported an explosion struck the Druzhba (“Friendship”) oil pipeline – one of Europe’s most important energy arteries, which moves roughly 1.2 to 1.5 million barrels per day from Russia through Belarus and Ukraine into Central Europe.
President Trump invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the White House in the “near future” during a call on Monday, according to a statement from Netanyahu’s office. Continue reading “Trump Invites Netanyahu to His Fifth White House Meeting”
NATO’s top military officer has floated the idea of the Western alliance conducting a “pre-emptive” strike on Russia, a comment that drew a sharp rebuke from Moscow. Continue reading “NATO’s Top Military Officer Floats Idea of ‘Pre-Emptive Strike’ on Russia”
By Cam Wakefield – Reclaim The Net
Let’s say you’re British and you go on vacation to Florida. You eat too many ribs, you get sunburned and, because it’s Florida, you end up holding a shotgun on someone’s porch like you’re auditioning for Duck Dynasty. Continue reading “British Man Arrested in UK Over Florida Vacation Gun Photo”
Continue reading “Trump pardons convicted narco-trafficking pol amid plot to rig Honduran election”
Given the controversy over mRNA jabs for children, the death would likely have been big news – if Moderna and the supposedly independent physicians involved with the trial had reported it. Continue reading “How Moderna hid the death of a child in a Covid vaccine clinical trial – even as it seemed to disclose the trial’s results”
U.S. natural gas futures spiked to their highest levels in nearly three years as models now show a frigid first half of December across the Lower 48. Several forecasters are also warning of a potential polar-vortex-driven Arctic blast event later this month, which could drive temperatures even lower.
Let’s begin with an unusual sight (for this time of year) of winter storm alerts across the Northeast on Tuesday morning.
Continue reading “US NatGas Hits Three-Year High As Forecasts Point To “Long, Cold Winter””
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”
