By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a speech at the Atlantic Council where he said Hamas has likely recruited as many fighters as it has lost in Gaza. Continue reading “Blinken Says Hamas Has Recruited as Many New Fighters as It Has Lost”

By Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial

Virginia LGBTQ activist, nurse practitioner pleads guilty to federal child sex crimes

A Virginia nurse practitioner with a history of LGBTQ activism has pleaded guilty to federal child sex crime charges. Lucas Allen Fussell, 42, of Onley, distributed and possessed child pornographic videos and images depicting the rape and sexual abuse of minor boys. Authorities said some victims were as young as toddlers. He faces a maximum of 40 years in prison. Continue reading “Virginia LGBTQ activist, nurse practitioner pleads guilty to federal child sex crimes”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Tuesday to accelerate the construction of large-scale data centers and clean power infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) on federal sites.

Continue reading “Biden Issues Executive Order For Building AI Data Centers On Federal Land”

By Libby Emmons – The Post Millennial

LA Fire Department officials declined to pre-position engines in the Palisades despite dire warnings: report

Los Angeles Fire Department records reviewed by the LA Times shows that the department’s “top commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and dozens of water-carrying engines in advance of the fire that destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades and continues to burn.” Continue reading “LA Fire Department officials declined to pre-position engines in the Palisades despite dire warnings: report”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.Com

With around 12 days remaining in the 60-day Israel ceasefire with Lebanon, Israel continues to commit multiple violations per day. A number of airstrikes are being conducted in southern and eastern Lebanon, along with a systematic destruction of civilian homes in villages near the Israeli border. Continue reading “Israel Continues Ceasefire Violations as New Lebanon PM Promises to Rebuild”

By Cindy Harper – Reclaimthenet.org

European Union flag with twelve yellow stars in a circle on a textured blue background.

On the very day that European lawmakers intensified their calls for stricter oversight of platforms like Meta and X, the European Commission (EC) denied accusations of censorship made by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Despite this denial, critics point out that the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and past demands to remove content reveal a pattern of censorship embedded in its approach to regulating digital platforms. Continue reading “Europe Denies Its Censorship Law is a Censorship Law”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

A week after a devastating inferno leveled large swaths of Pacific Palisades and Altadena to ash, Los Angeles County remained under a severe fire threat on Wednesday morning. Residents have been left in a state of shock, expressing frustration over what many see as possible negligence by county and/or state officials to mitigate the spread of the fires. The fires have become the region’s worst fire disaster in history, with new damage and economic loss estimates between $250 billion and $275 billion, according to AccuWeather. Continue reading “L.A. County Inferno Expected To Top $250 Billion In Losses”

By Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial

LGBTQ activist teacher in Missouri charged with child sex crimes

A Missouri high school teacher was taken into custody on child sex crime charges. Seth Brummond, 37, of Greenwood, has been accused of distributing and uploading at least 12 images of child pornography in recent months. He teaches at Lee’s Summit High School and was placed on administrative leave following his arrest, the school district said. Continue reading “LGBTQ activist teacher in Missouri charged with child sex crimes”