...Interior Minister Moshe Arbel said that border control officers at Ben Gurion Airport refused to let in the terrorist and demanded that an investigation be opened into the matter. Shin Bet agents overruled the decision and permitted him to enter Israel, according to reports in Israeli media.
...Medics and paramedics are providing medical treatment to two wounded 24-year-olds and a 59-year-old man in light condition
[IsraelTimes] Former captives quoted saying they ‘were scared to death’ at Hamas transfer in Gaza City; some hardly saw daylight in 471 days; all of them knew what happened on October
After 471 days in captivity at the hands of Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... Death Eaters in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... , three Israeli women who were released on the first day of a hostage release-ceasefire deal with the terror group have begun to share details of their ordeal, according to reports in Hebrew media on Monday.
Romi Gonen, 24, Emily Damari, 28, and Doron Steinbrecher, 31, were handed over to the Red Thingy by masked Hamas button men in Gaza City on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by what appeared to be a chaotic crowd of mainly young men, many of them in Hamas uniforms and masked.
"We were scared to death at the transfer point, from the combination of the armed Death Eaters and the Gazook crowd," one of the women was quoted as saying by Channel 12 news, in comments approved for publication by the Israeli military censor.
The former hostages said that they were only told on Saturday that they were set to be released from Gaza the following day.
The three were the first hostages to be released in the initial stage of the three-phase accord, which provides for a total of 33 captives to be freed over 42 days in exchange for nearly 2,000 Paleostinian prisoners.
Gonen was kidnapped from the Supernova rave near Kibbutz Re’im on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led Death Eaters burst across the border into Israel, killing some 1,200 people and seizing 251 hostages, mostly civilians. Damari and Steinbrecher were both kidnapped from their homes at nearby Kibbutz Kfar Aza, during the terror rampage.
Channel 12 reported that the women said they were not held alone during their time in captivity, and that they were moved to various places in Gaza, including the designated "humanitarian zone" in the south of the Strip.
Some of the hostages said that they hardly saw the light of day over the past 15 months, spending most of their time in captivity underground.
They said that from time to time, they were exposed to television and radio news, including protests calling for the government to secure the release of the hostages held in Gaza.
"We saw your struggle," the former hostages were quoted as saying. "We heard our families fighting for us."
They were also said to have pieced together the details of the brutal Hamas attack that sparked the war, and they knew that their families had survived, though many of their friends were killed during the assault.
"I didn’t think I would come back. I thought I’d die in Gaza," one of the hostages was quoted by Channel 12 as saying.
The report added that while the women sometimes received medicines they required, one of them underwent a medical procedure without anesthesia during her captivity.
Both Damari and Gonen were shot during the terror attack in which they were kidnapped. Damari lost two fingers as a result of her injury.
Other former hostages who were released in a weeklong truce in November 2023 said they underwent surgery without anesthesia.
Also on Monday, parents and siblings of the three released hostages held a presser at the Sheba Medical Center, where the women were airlifted on Sunday evening, and said that they were all doing well. They also extended their gratitude to the government, the negotiators, US President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... , and the Israeli people for their support and assistance in bringing their loved ones home.
Hamas confirmed in an official statement on Monday that the next hostage release under the nascent ceasefire deal will take place on Saturday, January 25, as initially scheduled, despite a previous claim from the terror group’s prisoners’ office.
Four hostages are set to be released this coming Saturday. Over the following four weeks, three hostages will be released each Saturday, until a final group of 14 on day 42 of the ceasefire.
[IsraelTimes] Men in 20s taken to hospital in critical and serious condition; they reportedly attacked an officer as others set fire to homes and cars in nearby Palestinian villages
Two Israeli men were apparently shot and badly injured by a police officer in the West Bank late Monday, medics said, during an alleged attack by settlers on two Paleostinian villages.
The incident came as Paleostinian media reported that settlers had attacked the villages of Jinsafut and al-Funduq, setting fire to homes and vehicles.
According to media reports, the two masked Israelis attacked a Border Police officer near a settler outpost close to the Paleostinian villages and pepper-sprayed him. The officer in response opened fire, wounding the pair. It was unclear why the men attacked the officer.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said the men in their 20s were listed in critical and serious condition after being shot near the settlement of Ramat Gilad. They were taken to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba.
Police did not immediately comment on the reports.
The Israel Defense Forces said troops and Border Police officers were dispatched to the area to disperse the "violent mostly peaceful rioting." It later said that the rioting was dispersed by the forces.
The chief of the IDF’s Central Command, Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, the head of the West Bank division, Brig. Gen. Yaki Dolf, and head of the Civil Administration, Brig. Gen. Hisham Ibrahim, were set to hold an assessment in the area, the army added.
There were no reports of arrests in the attack on the Paleostinian villages.
A night earlier, Israeli assailants set homes and vehicles ablaze in three West Bank Paleostinian villages and pelted Paleostinian cars with rocks, apparently in violent mostly peaceful protest over the release of Paleostinian prisoners within the framework of the hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... The IDF said two suspects were detained in the Sunday night rioting.
Israeli authorities have been accused of turning a blind eye to claims of rampant settler violence, with many attributing the lack of response to the government’s far-right flank, including outgoing police minister Itamar Ben Gvir, a lawyer known for previously defending settlers accused of violent mostly peaceful attacks in court. There have been few arrests and even fewer convictions, according to observers.
On Friday, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that all seven Jewish Israelis held on allegations of settler violence under administrative detention orders would be freed, tying it to the release of Paleostinian terror convicts as part of the hostage-ceasefire deal signed in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... last week.
[IsraelTimes] Earlier today, the IDF says it opened fire on Palestinian suspects who “posed a threat” to troops stationed in southern Gaza’s Rafah.
Israeli forces are still deployed inside the Gaza Strip, during the ceasefire with Hamas. The IDF has issued several warnings to Palestinians not to approach areas where troops are positioned.
According to the military, the suspects who approached troops in Rafah were shot and hit. “Further details are under review,” the IDF says.
Graphic footage circulating on social media today purports to show a Palestinian man coming under fire while trying to drag the body of a teenager who was also shot. It is unclear if the footage, reportedly from Rafah, is of the same incident reported by the IDF.
“The IDF is acting in accordance with the ceasefire agreement, and is maintaining a security zone in accordance with the agreement,” the military says.
Sucking up in the hope of charming the stupid American into turning his back on Israel.
[IsraelTimes] A senior Hamas leader says that the terror group is ready for dialogue with the US and credits US President Donald Trump with “ending” the war in Gaza.
“We’re prepared for a dialogue with America and achieving understandings on everything,” Qatar-based Mousa Abu Marzouk tells The New York Times.
His comments came on Sunday after the release of three Israeli hostages in the first stage of a hostage-ceasefire deal.
The report notes that it is not clear if Abu Marzouk speaks on behalf of all Hamas leadership, including the hardline terror leaders in Gaza.
Abu Marzouk calls Trump a “serious president.”
“If not for President Trump, his insistence on ending the war, and his dispatching of a decisive representative, the deal wouldn’t have happened,” says Abu Marzouk, referring to new Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff.
“Truthfully, Trump gets the credit for ending the war,” he says.
Abu Marzouk says Witkoff is welcome to visit Gaza.
“He can come and see the people and try to understand their feelings and wishes so that the American position can be based on the interests of all the parties, and not only one party,” he says.
“We are ready to work with you to achieve peace during your era, according to the two-state solution based on international legitimacy, the State of Palestine and the State of Israel living side by side in security and peace, and to achieve security and stability in our region and the world,” says the statement on Wafa’s English-language site.
“Gaza, with its great people and its resilience, will rise again to rebuild what the occupation has destroyed and continue on the path of steadfastness until the occupation is defeated,” Hamas says in a statement issued on the second day of a hostage-ceasefire deal with Israel.
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While it is true, Trump coming back into office likely is the icing on the cake.
The IDF is the real reason, and Hamas is just trying to avoid stating the truth everyone knows and is slapping Hamas in the face.
Which is the IDF has decimated Hamas' and other area terrorist groups numbers since Oct. 7th 2023. Add to the fact, Iran is losing control of its collection of surrounding controlled Arab nations. Iran, the world's main sponsor of Islamic Terrorism, is having serious $$$$$$ issues, and now a serious growing internal problem with its citizenry openly rebelling.
In short, Hamas has played the usual terrorist game.
Strike, make the news, get their asses handed to them, hint at a peace treaty, make outrageous demands, milked it for all its media worth, play it for months, settle and rebuild to strike again using another name.
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This phase ended faster because Trump doesn't give a shit about the Hamas supporters here. They will try to rebuild and go at Israel again in 5 years.
Now if Trump gives Iran a twist, Hamas and Hezbollah are truly fucked.
[IsraelTimes] A childcare center in Sydney was set alight early morning today and antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on the wall, authorities say, the latest in a spate of attacks in Australia targeting the Jewish community.
The childcare center, located near a Jewish school and synagogue in the city’s east, suffered extensive damage but there were no reports of injuries in the attack which occurred around 1 a.m. (1400 GMT, Monday), police say.
"Fuck the Jews," is written the wall next to the center.
It was the second antisemitic attack on property in four days in Sydney, and comes amid a spate of similar crimes targeting the Jewish community in Australia’s most-populous city.
New South Wales state Premier Chris Minns says the perpetrators would be caught and police have put more resources into investigating hate crimes, as public frustration grows over the lack of arrests following previous antisemitic attacks.
"The kind of people who would ... attack a fellow Australian whom they don’t know because of their race or religion, it is completely disgusting and these bastards will be rounded up by the police," Minns says during a media briefing.
What about all the other bastards? Australia has had a problem with her Lebanese for decades, not to mention the current crop of Israel-hating politicians, who haven’t cared a fig that Australian Jews were being harassed — since 10/7 in the name of Hamas.
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BREAKING: Terrorist firebombing attack on Jewish preschool in Sydney. The terrorists spray painted “FUCK THE JEWS” next to the burning building.
I thought they just wanted a ceasefire???
We need mass arrests and deportations for Islamist extremists inciting the violence pic.twitter.com/PeUQjNPQ1M
[RT] Why the 47th president’s Greenland move could reshape the world order
Donald Trump certainly knows how to grab attention. The new US president has entered the 2025 political season like a bull in a china shop.
In less than a month, Trump and his team have managed to rattle Canada, Mexico, and Panama. But while these moves could be dismissed as political trolling, it’s Denmark that’s really on edge. Overnight, Greenland, previously regarded as a remote, unremarkable landmass, has become the crown jewel of Trump’s imperial ambitions.
Reports from US media insiders suggest Trump is “100% serious” about his intention to grab the island. The president-elect has even hinted at taking the island by force if Denmark refuses to sell. This has sparked a flurry of debates in the American press, with even Trump’s detractors weighing the military capabilities of America and Denmark and calculating the potential benefits of controlling Greenland.
Naturally, theories abound as to why Trump is so fixated on this land. Broadly, these explanations fall into three categories. First, Greenland might be part of Trump’s larger, yet unclear, plan for a geopolitical reordering of the world. Second, Greenland’s rare earth metals and its strategic Northwest Passage – a North American counterpart to Russia’s Northern Sea Route – could give the US a critical edge over China. Finally, skeptics argue that Trump’s obsession with Greenland is nothing more than a personal whim, fueled by his desire to secure a place in history.
Trump’s penchant for “bigger,” “greater,” and “brighter” projects certainly fits the narrative. What could be more monumental than securing the largest territorial acquisition in modern history? Colonizing Mars is Elon Musk’s business, but annexing Greenland – now that’s a legacy-defining move. However, this theory falters when considering the practical implications of such a move.
What’s the point of annexing Greenland? The US already maintains a military presence in the Arctic. Greenland’s resources could be accessed through negotiations with Denmark, likely at a much lower cost than outright control. And the geopolitical fallout would be immense. Whether or not the EU retaliates, NATO – already strained – would be effectively dismantled. A rift between the US and Western Europe could push the EU closer to Russia or even China, severing access to critical overseas markets and military infrastructure. For a president promoting the philosophy of Make America Great Again, such risks seem counterproductive.
A more plausible explanation is that Trump doesn’t actually intend to annex Greenland but rather aims to increase American control over its resources and strategic location without formal acquisition. To achieve this, Trump is deploying his signature “madman” strategy.
Consider the famous scene from the Russian TV series Streets of Broken Lights, where Anatoly Dukalis, pointing a machine gun at criminals, shouts, “I’m a fool, I served in Afghanistan! Drop your weapons!” The criminals comply, not because Dukalis is actually insane, but because he convincingly pretends to be. Trump’s approach is remarkably similar. Over the years, the American media has cultivated his image as an erratic, dangerous madman. To many, the phrase “crazy idiot” is now synonymous with Donald Trump.
Remarkably, this “madman” strategy works. By playing into expectations that he’s unpredictable and willing to do the unthinkable, Trump forces his adversaries to make concessions. During the campaign, Trump threatened to crack down on social media and jail journalists he deemed unfair. After his victory, he appointed Brendan Carr to head the Federal Communications Commission. Carr promptly vowed to dismantle companies censoring their platforms. On January 11, Mark Zuckerberg gave a tearful interview to Joe Rogan, detailing how the Biden administration suppressed free speech and pleading for Trump’s protection against European censors.
In the case of Greenland, Trump has done little more than make provocative statements. Yet Danish officials are already reaching out to his team, proposing to expand US bases on the island and expressing a readiness for dialogue to avoid losing their territory. It wouldn’t be surprising if Denmark now offers Washington significant concessions.
If this is where it ends, Greenland could go down as one of the most audacious political scams in modern history.
The geopolitical implications of Trump’s gambit are significant. The island’s rare earth metals are crucial for high-tech industries, and control of the Northwest Passage could alter global trade routes. However, the most important outcome might be the impact on NATO. A serious rift would mark the end of the alliance as we know it.
The irony of Trump’s strategy is that it relies on the very media narratives that portray him as a threat to the Western world order. By leveraging his reputation as an unpredictable “psychopath,” Trump is reshaping the global chessboard in ways that his predecessors never could.
The story of Greenland’s annexation may remain unfinished, but one thing is clear: Donald Trump’s “madman” strategy continues to defy conventional wisdom, forcing even his fiercest critics to play along.
With containment of the Eaton Fire at 87%, Los Angeles County announced that all Altadena communities are now open for residents to return; while a new wind event was moving into the Southland that could further challenge firefighters or spark new blazes Tuesday.
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Palisades fire now 59% contained. After this week's wind event, there is an excellent chance of precipitation next weekend.
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This morning we have an 80-acre fire in Bonsall, a quaint inland community in northern San Diego County. CAL Fire reported at 7:55 am it was 10 percent contained. Hope they stamp it out tout suite. Evacuation orders and evacuation warnings have been issued. Local TV reports a number of back country schools are closed today because SDG&E de-energized power lines in the area. Santa Ana is back.
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[RT] US President Donald Trump is unlikely to actually annex Canada by force and is simply “trolling” outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the press service of Russia’s embassy in Ottawa has told the Daily Storm.
Ahead of his inauguration on Monday, Trump had suggested that Canada should become the 51st state of the US, adding that Washington could use “economic force” to absorb its northern neighbor.
In an article published on Monday, the outlet quoted the diplomats as stating that what Trump is doing “looks more like a cruel joke, an attempt to tease Canadians, trolling the current Canadian leadership,” particularly given the lack of “personal chemistry” between him and Trudeau.
The embassy is said to have suggested that it was “hardly worth talking about any attempts at a forceful takeover, an armed conflict or a split in NATO” and noted that Trump’s loud statements may be linked to upcoming trade negotiations between the US and Canada.
Trump had previously announced plans to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China after he takes office, including a 25% tax on all Canadian imports to the US.
“Trump is creating division and confusion within the Canadian political establishment. In doing so, he is softening Ottawa’s position ahead of the inevitable future trade negotiations,” the diplomats told the outlet, adding that the “nervous and pliant reaction” to the provocation suggests that Trump “is already winning” in this regard.
[Jpost] Letter from a terrorist to the world is written by Jerusalem Jane to reveal the horrendous reality and deep trauma facing the Jewish people and Israel when the world and mainstream media again and again is failing Israel and is believing the lies from Israel's enemies.
A heartbreaking, very partial catalogue of Palestinian atrocities against Israeli Jews since 2011. Hamas does not deserve to negotiate with America for aid in rebuilding. Hope will not drive Gaza to become a partner for peace.
[Jpost] "The special relationship between America and Israel on display!" The House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans said on X Saturday.
A team of Israeli firefighters and wildfire experts has arrived in Los Angeles to assist with ongoing wildfires, hosted by the Consulate General of Israel and Israeli Police and Attaché Gal Ben Ish. They’re working alongside local units and Cal-OES, using advanced Israeli… pic.twitter.com/qP22SSyRVl
…using advanced Israeli technology to help contain the fires. The team also met with Congressman Brad Sherman yesterday, who thanked them for their support. “We are proud to offer our support to California,” said Israel Bachar, Consul General of Israel. The team will continue their mission to protect lives and minimize damage. #Israel #LosAngeles #WildfireResponse #USIsraelPartnership
The Israeli consulate in Los Angeles said on X on Friday that the experts would be working alongside local fire fighting units and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services using “advanced Israeli technology to help contain the fires.”
“This delegation is further evidence of the friendship and deep commitment of the relations between Israel and the United States, and of the importance that the State of Israel places in assisting its great friend as it deals with one of the largest fires that the state of California has ever known,” said the Israeli ministries.
California Congressman Brad Sherman welcomed the Israel firefighters, noting that Israel was absorbing the costs of the delegation.
The Israeli ministries and the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia said that the Israeli experts were sent with the assistance of the Emergency Volunteers Project, an organization funded by the federation and established 16 years ago to aid Israeli emergency services during national disasters.
Israeli NGO Lev Echad
…”One Heart”…
sent its own delegation of emergency response experts last Tuesday, hoping to help with the development of infrastructure to improve aid efforts in the LA area.
“The goal of the delegation is to work in collaboration with local leadership, aid organizations, and new volunteers, providing tools to build unified systems that enhance community response and recovery,” said Lev Echad CEO Tomer Dror.
Local Jewish groups have also started their own initiatives, with the Jewish Federation Los Angeles working to provide mental health support, meals, and shelter for people displaced by the fires. The Jewish group said on its website that it also started a Wildfire Crisis Relief Fund to “support our neighbors affected by this catastrophic event.”
“In these challenging times, the strength and resilience of our Los Angeles community shines brightest,” JFEDLA said on its website. “Together, we can support those in need and help rebuild what has been lost.”
While Israeli projects have sought to aid victims of the fire, the Adalah Justice Project
… pro-Palestinian group that celebrated the 10/7 invasion of Hamas, they’re funded via the Tides Foundation…
and Jewish Voice for Peace
…another Tides Foundation recipient, they’re a radical anti-Israel and anti-Zionist activist group that advocates for the boycott of Israel and eradication of Zionism, deploying their claimed Jewish identity as defense against the charge of Jew-hate…
took to social media on January 10 to blame Israel for the severity of the disaster.
“Billions for genocide abroad worsen environmental crises at home,” Adalah and JVP said in an Instagram post criticizing the US government for aid to Israel that could have been used to respond to the LA fires.
The anti-Israel groups claimed that the Israeli war against Gazan terrorist organizations had “emitted more carbon than twenty of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries” in a year, “exacerbating climate change.”
Code Pink ... a U.S. anti-war group. The group describes itself as a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities. It was founded in 2002 by Jodie Evans, Medea Benjamin and of the other usual antiwar suspects. Its website lists hysterical allegations of US war crimes, and states that thousands of civilians were killed in Fallujah in 2004. Maybe it was millions. Benjamin was a 2000 candidate for the U.S. Senate on the Green Party ticket. She lost...
Nowadays the war that Code Pink concentrates on is Israel vs Hamas. They’re funded by Neville Roy Singham, a Shanghai-based American billionaire tied to China’s Communist Party. His wife is Jodi Evans…
also connected the war in Gaza to the LA fires, claiming on Substack that a war economy was prioritized over “respect for indigenous caretaking practices and life.”
“Amidst a world that has gone through imperialist ecocidal war for decades, the world’s biodiversity, much of which is in sovereign indigenous land, has been decimated,” Code Pink said earlier in January.
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Wouldn't be necessary if Newsom's priority was public safety instead of scams like high-speed rail to nowhere and housing for the hobos and illegal aliens.
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As a wag said, California should be a worldwide expert in fire theory, not a charity case.
[Jpost] Approximately 1-2 hours following Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, the Senate Intelligence Committee appointed John Ratcliffe as the CIA Director. He is tasked with leading the world's foremost intelligence and espionage organizations during this particularly critical period.
Unlike some former CIA directors who for mere thousands of dollars would disgrace themselves by attending fanatical Islamic terrorism events such as those hosted by the MEK, exchanging integrity for money, Ratcliffe would never fabricate baseless lies and empty rhetoric against the Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the most esteemed and influential figure of the Iranian opposition.
Mike Pompeo, refuses to recognize that the Islamic Republic and the MEK are two sides of the same coin, with this terrorist group originating from the Freedom Movement — supporters of Khomeini and Mossadegh — and this notorious and shameful group having blood on their hands from Americans such as Colonel Paul Shaffer, Jack Turner, and Oveis Hawkins.
Ratcliffe is committed to ethics, principles, and the pillars of free thought. He understands that if Tehran's regime were to collapse, the transitional period would require a strong, reputable, and credible leader to guide society temporarily until it can choose its own path via democratic means—whether toward a modern democratic republic or a return to its monarchical roots, reflecting the true course of Iranian civilization and history.
Speaking of borders and fences ...
[IsraelTimes] Col. Shemer Raviv details challenges on 200-kilometer border for which he is responsible, including the increasing threat of drones
The 200-kilometer-long border Israel shares with Egypt is not considered one of the multiple fronts of the ongoing war sparked by the Hamas terror group’s October 7, 2023, onslaught.
Yet, amid the conflict, significant changes have been taking place on the Egyptian border fence. The commander of the regional brigade charged with the border warned in an interview with The Times of Israel last week that there is potential for this “front” to erupt.
“If you ask the IDF chief of staff he’ll tell you we have seven fronts in the war. He doesn’t count this one, despite the situation here,” Col. Shemer Raviv, the commander of the Paran Regional Brigade, said during a tour of the border.
The Israel-Egypt border has been largely peaceful since the two countries signed a peace agreement in 1979, Israel’s first with an Arab state.
By 1982, Israeli forces had withdrawn from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, which they had conquered during previous wars, and a border between the countries was established based on an arbitrary line drawn in the sand from Rafah to Eilat, in a 1906 agreement between the British and Ottoman empires.
In 2010, Israel began to construct a large barrier along the border, largely aimed at keeping out African migrants and Islamic terrorists who operate in Egypt’s Sinai.
“In the years before that, there was a lot of smuggling — drug smuggling, prostitution smuggling, human smuggling. The highlight of it all was the infiltrators who come from Africa,” Raviv said, recalling that when he was a company commander in the Paratroopers Brigade he was dispatched from the border with the Gaza Strip to help handle the thousands of incoming economic migrants and asylum seekers by taking them to Beersheba’s central bus station.
By 2013, the 241-kilometer-long barrier (longer than the actual border due to sections that wind through the mountainous terrain) was completed, and the number of people crossing into Israel dropped drastically.
Still, there were frequent attempts to smuggle drugs over Israel’s tall fence. Such operations generally involve a group of smugglers on the Egyptian side throwing packages of heroin, marijuana, or other contraband over the border, where they are retrieved by Bedouin Israelis in trucks.
“In the following decade, a phenomenon of smuggling developed here. It existed before but now on a [larger] scale. Some of the smugglings were violent smugglings,” Raviv said.
In January 2024, a group of some 60 smugglers — most of them armed — came toward the Egyptian side of the border in an attempt to send contraband into Israel. According to the brigade commander, 10 of the smugglers ran toward the border, while the other 50 opened fire both on the Egyptian border guards — to cause them to shelter in their positions — and on Israeli soldiers who had been dispatched to prevent the smuggling.
The Israeli soldiers returned fire, killing five of the smugglers, Raviv said. One IDF servicewoman was injured when she was shot in the stomach in the gun battle.
The fact that Israeli soldiers returned fire in this case was not a given. Until the summer of 2023, in most cases of violent smugglings, the IDF would disengage and not get involved, the commander said.
But on June 3, 2023, an Egyptian border guard infiltrated into Israel via a shared opening in the fence and killed two IDF soldiers manning a guardpost. Another soldier was killed in a later exchange of fire with the gunman, who was also eliminated.
After the deadly incident, “we decided to change our policy because we understood that the criminal smugglings are also a security danger,” Raviv said.
During the war with the Hamas terror group in Gaza that began a few months later, the IDF officially changed its open-fire regulations on the Egypt border, allowing troops to use deadly force against smugglers. Top officers instructed the Paran Brigade to prevent all attempts to cross the border or smuggle contraband over it.
“Following a change in the open-fire policy, the enemy also changes. [The smuggler] no longer reaches the fence, because he understands that we will hurt him,” the commander said. “Another phenomenon develops and this is the phenomenon of the drones, which started more or less in May [2024], and began to gain momentum.”
According to Raviv, smugglers on the Israeli side of the border would arrive quietly at areas between a kilometer and five kilometers (half a mile to three miles) from the fence, “without anyone seeing them.”
The smugglers would then fly drones over the border to Egypt, and land them between one and three kilometers from the fence. There, smugglers on the Egyptian side would load the drone with contraband, usually drugs but also firearms, and the smugglers on the Israeli side would pilot the drone back to their possession, the commander said.
Raviv said that the military didn’t even realize that this was happening at the start. “We had for about two months where we were ‘tipsy’ on defeating the smuggling, because they stopped coming,” he said. “But they came from another way.”
The commander said that the smuggling attempts using drones make his job easier to some extent. “Now it is clear that anyone coming [to the border] plans to carry out a terror attack. If in the past I had a dilemma between criminal activity and terror, today it is very clear what is happening on the fence.”
To prevent drones from being flown over the border, troops are allowed to open fire on them in an attempt to knock them out of the sky. Additionally, the IDF has deployed electronic warfare capabilities that can jam or take control of the drones and bring them down.
“Today we are in a learning competition,” Raviv said. “We understand that the attempts will continue, and our task here is to not allow this phenomenon to develop. We don’t want drugs to be smuggled over. Definitely not weapons, the kind that could harm innocent people.”
The brigade commander said he assessed that Israel’s control of the Philadelphi Corridor, the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, has led to more smuggling attempts on Israel’s border with Egypt where there are far fewer troops.
But Raviv said he was worried that the smuggling attempts using drones could develop into a far more dangerous threat, such as explosives-bearing drones or aircraft large enough to fly people over the border.
A major challenge for the Israeli side is being able to respond to the attempts, the commander said.
“If someone comes to the fence we can shoot them. But if someone sends up a drone on the other side of the border three kilometers in?” he said, meaning that only Egyptian forces would be able to act in those cases, and not the IDF.
On Israel’s side of the border, a major challenge is being able to use live fire against the smugglers in areas that are not adjacent to the border fence, if attempts to arrest them fail.
“If in the past the answer was to fire warning shots or shoot at the legs, even if it was an Israeli citizen. An Israeli citizen who tried to reach the border, that’s reasonable [to shoot]. But when you go five kilometers deep?” Raviv said.
“There’s a risk of ‘friendly fire’ with my forces here, there are other security forces, and there are hikers. This keeps me awake at night; this is the challenge,” he said.
Raviv said he has enough troops on the border for the current threats, but “it really matters in which direction this front develops.”
The Paran Regional Brigade currently has just two standing army battalions — the mixed-gender light infantry Caracal and Bardelas battalions — with some reservist units and police backup. The Egyptian border is one of the few areas in Israel with a significant permanent presence of female combat soldiers.
“I do think that it could easily become worse and more serious, and that’s also why we’re working hard to build more outposts here, to be prepared to absorb more forces,” he said.
“In the face of the potential threats, there aren’t enough troops.”
[IsraelTimes] Executive decree says US government must be ‘vigilant’ in issuing visas and ensure recipients support ‘do not advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists’
An executive order signed by US President Donald Trump on Monday appeared to target, among others, foreign nationals who participated in anti-Israel protests that swept throughout the country since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught, and which sometimes featured support for the Palestinian terror group.
The Executive Order Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Threats stated that the government must be “vigilant” in issuing visas to foreign nationals and ensure that those approved “do not intend to harm Americans or our national interests.”
The order signed by Trump shortly after his inauguration required the US government to ensure that foreign nationals “not bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles, and do not advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists and other threats to our national security.”
Trump campaigned on cracking down on the anti-Israel protests, particularly those on college campuses, but it was not yet clear how exactly he’d go about doing it, given free speech laws in the US.
Despite the approach taken over the pst four years by the Biden Justice Department and Soros prosecutors, riots, threatening Jewish and Zionist students, and advocating same do not constitute protected speech, and therefore can all be prosecuted under current laws, I believe. Leadership of organizations that support listed terror groups like Hamas and/or organized the riots and threats against Jewish and Zionist students ditto — that should sweep up many of them, and looking at membership cross-tabbed with facial recognition in posted videos and photos will catch even more. A close look at their connections for links to proscribed domestic and/or international terror groups should nicely limit the targets of this EO to those about whom there would be no question of the legality of their expulsion, if not conviction for terror offenses under current laws. I am not a lawyer, of course, but I imagine trained lawyers could find legal ways to accomplish the president’s objective on this.
“When I am president we will not allow our colleges to be taken over by violent radicals,” Trump said at a rally in May. “If you come from another country and try to bring jihadism or anti-Americanism or antisemitism to our campuses we will immediately deport you. You’ll be out of that school.”
The Republican party also included a commitment to “deport pro-Hamas radicals and make our college campuses safe and patriotic again” on a list of 20 promises made in the party platform adopted at its National Convention in July.
The legality of expelling foreign nationals from the United States for participating in a protest has not yet been tested, but the move would likely be extremely controversial.
Only the first few times. Once the courts have tested it, the rest will flow like butter.
It is not clear how many foreign students have been involved in the anti-Israel protests.
From what we’ve seen here, it’s lots.
GOP officials and pro-Israel groups told NBC News last year that they have so far identified only four who were known to have been arrested, expelled, or barred from graduating due to their participation in the demonstrations.
Protests roiled many college campuses, as well as cities and towns, in response to Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, sparked by the October 7, 2023, invasion of southern Israel in which terrorists killed some 1,200 people, committed mass atrocities and took 251 hostages to the Strip.
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Foreign students are $$$ for colleges and universities. This appears to be an indirect salvo at those 'institutions'. BTW, foreign students are 'guests' here. Act polite or leave.
[USA Today] A portrait of Mark Milley, the retired general and former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman who former President Biden preemptively pardoned on Monday morning, was taken off the wall of the Pentagon hours after President Donald Trump was inaugurated.
The portrait had disappeared from the hallway's wall less than two hours after Trump was sworn in at noon, according to multiple reports. A Defense Department official declined comment to USA TODAY.
Milley, a four-star general with a more-than-four-decade military career, was appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation's highest ranking military officer, by Trump in 2018. But he earned Trump’s wrath by criticizing Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and calling China to reassure the country that Trump would not attack it.
[ZeroHedge] The EV world has gotten more and more competitive over the last few years. It's become saturated with competition and demand is starting to hit its limits, all while at the same time major Chinese names are dominating the industry.
That's why it's not surprising to see another name in the space, Canoo , file for bankruptcy.
The seven-year-old electric vehicle startup has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Delaware, announcing it will "cease operations immediately." The company is liquidating its assets, citing failed attempts to secure foreign capital and funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Program Office, according to TechCrunch.
Canoo's bankruptcy filing lists over $164 million in liabilities against $126 million in assets, with hundreds of creditors owed.
This move follows weeks of turmoil, including worker furloughs, the shutdown of its Oklahoma factory, and an inability to deliver more than a few electric vans to customers in 2024. By mid-November, Canoo reported having just $700,000 in cash.
TechCrunch writes that Canoo joins companies like Lordstown and Proterra in bankruptcy. After going public in 2020 and raising $600 million, Canoo produced few vehicles, tested by partners like NASA and USPS. A non-binding 2022 deal with Walmart for 10,000 EVs never materialized.
Canoo, founded in 2017 by ex-Faraday Future executives, initially focused on modular EVs and advanced tech, even attracting interest from Apple. After going public, CEO Tony Aquila shifted focus to commercial fleets and frequently changed manufacturing plans, including unfulfilled moves to Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Aquila's financial firm profited from Canoo, collecting payments for office space, a corporate jet, and loans secured by company equipment. Signs of trouble grew in 2024, with office closures, layoffs, and customer deposit refunds. Canoo ultimately declared bankruptcy, ending its turbulent run.
[ZeroHedge] President Biden’s pardon of Dr. Anthony Fauci may protect the former National Institutes of Health official from immediate criminal prosecution, but some critics say he is not completely out of legal jeopardy and that public sentiment might still condemn the man who became known during the COVID-19 pandemic as “Mr. Science.”
In the days before Biden offered the pardon to Fauci, along with other critics of Donald Trump, some experts who have followed Fauci’s career and handling of the pandemic, as well as members of the Trump transition team, reiterated their assertion that Fauci perjured himself on several occasions during the pandemic – especially regarding his agency’s links to the lab in Wuhan, China, that might have created the virus that causes COVID-19.
The pardon addresses any COVID-related offenses, and is backdated to 2014—the year a U.S. ban on so-called "gain of function" virus research took effect -- research Fauci is accused of outsourcing to China.
Despite reporting that Trump is bent on revenge, the appetite among MAGA appointees for holding Fauci accountable hasn’t been particularly vocal. But former Senate investigator Jason Foster, who now runs the whistleblower nonprofit Empower Oversight, says that Biden’s pardon creates new legal jeopardy for Fauci. Sen. Rand Paul has vowed to continue investigating the COVID origins question, and sources tell RealClearInvestigations that Sen. Ron Johnson and House Republican investigators plan to do so as well. When testifying in those inquiries or answering written depositions, Fauci will be unable to dodge questions by invoking his Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination. “They can ask him if he lied before, replough old ground,” Foster said. “And if he lies about any prior lie, he can be prosecuted for that or held in contempt.”
Andrew Noymer, associate professor of population health and disease prevention at the University of California, Irvine, said such hearings are necessary for scientific and historical reasons. “I’m hopeful that he will now come clean about everything he knows about the origins of the virus,” Noymer said. “For the sake of public trust in science – explaining what killed 20 million people – that a complete account is much more important than speculation about what criminal penalties he may have avoided.”
“These pardons will not stop Department of Justice investigations,” said one adviser to the Trump transition team, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “We expected this and look at it as a predicate to get truth from people who can no longer use the Fifth Amendment. Now we can bring every one of them in front of a grand jury.”
Trump has proclaimed that "America's sovereignty is under attack", declaring this to be a national emergency that allows him to free up more funding to reinforce the border with Mexico.
The same directive tells officials to relaunch efforts to build a border wall with Mexico that was started under his first presidency. This is not an executive order and it is unclear how such an effort might be funded.
Closing the border
The president has told the military to "seal the borders" - citing the flow of illicit drugs, human smuggling and crime relating to crossings.
Birthright citizenship
Trump has ordered that officials deny the right to citizenship to the children of migrants either in the US illegally or on temporary visas.
But the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution has long been interpreted to enshrine that right, and Trump's order was immediately challenged in federal court.
Terrorism designation for gangs and cartels
Trump has designated drug cartels and international gangs as foreign terrorist organisations - adding the likes of Salvadoran gang MS-13 to a list that includes the so-called Islamic State.
'Remain in Mexico' and no more 'catch and release'
Trump has re-implemented his "Remain in Mexico" policy from his first term. This returned about 70,000 non-Mexican asylum seekers across the border to await hearings, before being cancelled by President Joe Biden.
The same order demands the end of "catch and release", a policy that allows migrants to live in US communities while they await their hearings. Trump has previously promised "the largest deportation program in American history", but this could face legal and logistical challenges.
The order also shut down a major Biden-era immigration pipeline: a sponsorship initiative that allowed up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to fly to the US. It had been designed to cut illegal crossings.
Death penalty for some immigrant criminals
Trump has ordered that the federal death penalty be reinstated. Executions have not happened in recent years. It would apply to any "capital crime committed by an alien illegally present in this country" and anyone convicted of murdering a law-enforcement officer.
Refugee resettlement
Trump has suspended the US refugee resettlement programme, though details remain unclear.
Climate and energy
Pull out of the Paris agreement (again)
Trump has signed off on withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement - the landmark international deal to limit rising global temperatures. He will have to wait a year before it happens. He previously withdrew in 2017, before Biden re-entered.
'Energy emergency'
Trump has declared a "national energy emergency", promising to fill up oil reserves. In his inaugural address, he vowed to "drill, baby, drill" for more fossil fuels.
Alaskan fuel
He signed an executive order titled "unleashing Alaska's extraordinary resource potential", pledging to "unlock" oil, gas and other natural resources from the state.
End Green New Deal
Trump has halted the Green New Deal, a series of Biden measures that were aimed at boosting green jobs, regulating the fossil fuel industry and limiting pollution.
He has ordered agencies to halt funds appropriated through two laws, the Inflation Reduction Act and another law on infrastructure and jobs. He said the US would end leasing to wind farms and revoke what he calls an electric vehicle "mandate".
World Health Organization
Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the UN's health body, the World Health Organization (WHO).
This marks the second time Trump has ordered the US be pulled out of the WHO, after Biden re-entered it. He was critical of how the Geneva-based institution handled Covid-19.
Diversity and gender
Transgender people
Trump has declared that the US will only recognise "two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality". It is expected to affect transgender policies relating to government communications, civil rights protections and federal funding, as well as prisons. It will affect official documents like passports and visas.
In the same executive order, Trump ended all government programmes, policies, statements and communications that promote or support "gender ideology".
DEI
Trump has also halted all "diversity, equity and inclusion" (DEI) programmes within the federal government - labelling them "radical and wasteful". The administration has also promised further actions that may affect the private sector.
TikTok
Trump has signed a directive postponing by 75 days the implementation of a law that would ban Chinese-owned app TikTok in the US. The platform had briefly been shut the day before the inauguration, to comply with the law - which demands that a new American owner be found.
Trump formerly backed a TikTok ban, but indicated he reversed course after his campaign videos attracted billions of views. Asked what the action does after he signed it, he said it gives him the right to "sell it or close it".
2021 Capitol riot
Pardoning hundreds who stormed US Capitol
Trump announced he was issuing pardons for nearly 1,600 of his supporters who were arrested in the riot at the US Capitol in 2021.
Trump has repeatedly referred to those arrested in the riot as "hostages". At least 600 were charged with assaulting or impeding federal officers.
Commuting sentences of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys
Trump also commuted sentences for members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, far-right groups who were convicted of seditious conspiracy in relation to the riot.
A lawyer for former Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, who was jailed for 22 years for seditious conspiracy, said his client also expected to be released.
Government reform
Doge and Elon Musk
Trump has signed a directive creating the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) - a new advisory body on cutting government costs. It is expected to be led by Elon Musk - who Trump separately said would get an office for about 20 employees.
Freeze on federal hiring
Another order halts any new federal hiring - except within the US military and several other categories - until the Trump administration has full control over the government.
Federal employees returning to the office
Trump has also signed a memorandum mandating that federal workers must work in the office and are not allowed to work from home.
Censorship
Another directive orders the "restoration of freedom of speech and preventing government censorship". It directs the attorney general to investigate the activities of officials at certain agencies - such as the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Federal Trade Commission - during the Biden era.
Political prosecutions
Another executive order seeks to end the "weaponisation of government against political adversaries". It mandates a review of the work of various law enforcement and intelligence agencies under Biden to "identify any instances" of alleged weaponisation, and then recommend "appropriate remedial actions".
Reversing Biden policies
'American-First'
Trump has announced he is pausing foreign aid, outlining that he wants a review of foreign assistance programs. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said this was part of a new "American-First" foreign policy.
Cuba
Trump wants to undo Biden's recent decision to remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. He could also reinstate sanctions against Venezuela. Both countries were frequent targets of his ire during his first administration.
Regulatory freeze
Another order directs federal agencies to refrain from issuing any new regulations until the Trump administration has full control of the government.
Unvaccinated federal workers
As part of a directive reversing Biden-era policies, Trump revoked a mandate that federal workers must be vaccinated with the Covid vaccine. He has promised to reinstate the 8,000 military service members who were discharged due to the Pentagon's Covid vaccine mandate - with full backpay.
Economy
Tackling inflation
Trump has signed a directive asking every US federal department and agency to address the cost of living. The directive, which is not an executive order, asks agencies to look at lowering the costs of housing, healthcare and key household items, groceries and fuel.
It asks for a report in 30 days. It not clear how the Trump administration intends to lower these costs - and this is not detailed in the directive.
Renaming the Gulf of Mexico
'Gulf of America' and Alaska's Mount Denali
Trump has directed the secretary of the interior to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America".
The same order also directs the secretary to rename Alaska's Mount Denali to Mount McKinley - in honour of America's 25th president whose tariff policies Trump admires. President Barack Obama changed the name from McKinley to Denali to reflect what North America's highest peak was called by native tribes.
What Trump has not acted on - yet
Tariffs
After bracing for weeks for a trade war with the US, Canada has - for now - evaded import taxes that Donald Trump had threatened to impose on the country as soon as he takes office.
But Trump said on Monday the tariffs on Canada and Mexico could come on 1 February, and ordered federal officials to review US trade relationships for unfair practices, including those with Canada, Mexico and China.
Secret documents
At a rally on Sunday, Trump said he would release classified documents related to the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963, a subject of countless conspiracy theories, as well as the 1968 killings of Senator Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Crypto pile
Trump has championed cryptocurrency, and his election saw the value of Bitcoin increase by 30%. Some believe Trump will move quickly to create a federal "Bitcoin stockpile" - a strategic reserve similar to the US's stockpile of gold and oil - that he has said would serve as a "permanent national asset to benefit all Americans".
NewnORLEANS (WVUE) - Southeast Louisiana is bracing for a rare and highly impactful winter storm expected to bring freezing temperatures, ice, accumulating snow, and major travel disruptions.
Monday is the last day to prepare for the storm. You should be ready to shelter in place beginning Monday night as the storm will move in quickly around daybreak Tuesday.
Heavy snow will pick up through Tuesday morning with snow lasting through the day. Multiple inches of accumulations are expected
The NOPD and Louisiana State Police said road closures on Interstate 10, I-510, I-310, all ramps leading to US 90 and elevated bridges will begin Tuesday at 4:00 a.m. The DOTD also will begin closures in Jefferson and St. Charles parishes at 4 a.m. Motorists are strongly encouraged to shelter in place.
-------------------- Not just New Orleans, a long stretch of the I-10 corridor is under this threat. Could be the worst snow storm since 1895 when the city got 1NEW 0". As of a few minutes ago, New Orleans was at 28F with snow and visibility down to less than half a mile.
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You get this along the coast, kinda like "lake effect" snow.
Frigid air runs up along moisture from the Gulf, and bingo. I'm in Livingston, and we got an inch.
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Gorebull Warming! In the 1890, the average temperature was 5 degrees cooler than today.
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latest report from New Orleans,
heavy snow, visibility 600 feet, temp 27F
normal max for this time of year is in the 60sF
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On the Orleans Parish Lakefront. It's been coming down at a good rate for several hours. 5 inches at the very least.
I hear we have a snowplow somewhere around Shreveport, but that's just a rumor.
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^^ Road Graders will work in a pinch.
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^^Ever been on I-10? The whoop de do’s you can’t even see will have you catching air
[FoxNews] Shot across the DEI bow
Senior DHS official confirms to Fox News Digital Coast Guard Adm. Linda Fagan has been relieved of her post
The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated over concerns about the border, recruitment and an "erosion of trust," a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News.
Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, 61, has been terminated by the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman, the official said.
Fagan has demonstrated leadership deficiencies, operational failures and an inability to advance the strategic objectives of the Coast Guard.
Ouch. That’s the complete list, except for being caught with a live girl or a dead boy.
These include the failure to address border security threats, insufficient leadership in recruitment and retention, mismanagement in acquiring key acquisitions such as icebreakers and helicopters, excessive focus on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and an "erosion of trust" over the mishandling and cover-up of Operation Fouled Anchor, which was the Coast Guard's internal investigation into sexual assault cases at the Coast Guard Academy.
Fagan is accused of ineffective deployment of Coast Guard assets to support national border security, including in intercepting fentanyl and other illicit substances. She also had insufficient coordination with DHS to prioritize operations along maritime borders.
The DHS official said Fagan had significant failures in recruiting personnel, which worsened issues related to operational readiness. The official added that the lack of innovative strategies to address retention struggles in critical specialties weakened workforce sustainability.
Under her leadership, there were also persistent delays and cost overruns in acquiring essential platforms, including icebreakers and helicopters, that the official said undermined Coast Guard capabilities in the Arctic and other strategic regions. The official further cited inadequate accountability for acquisition failures that were highlighted during President Trump's first administration.
Fagan also made DEI policies a priority, including at the Coast Guard Academy, which diverted resources and focus from operational essentials.
In Operation Fouled Anchor, the cover-up of sexual assaults at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "deeply eroded trust" in the Coast Guard among the American public, the U.S. Congress and the military. The Coast Guard did not disclose the existence of Operation Fouled Anchor until 2023, despite its existence from 2014 to 2019.
Fagan was grilled by senators over the summer when she testified at a hearing on Capitol Hill, where she was questioned for not holding anyone accountable for the cover-up and withholding additional documents congressional lawmakers requested about the mishandling of the problem at the service’s academy.
The official said the failure to sufficiently address the systemic issues revealed by the investigation has highlighted a "leadership culture" unwilling to ensure accountability and transparency in protecting service members.
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It sounds like she ought to be suffering from imposter syndrome…Except for the part where she could reassure herself that really she is as competent as she ought to be.
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Just a nitpicky note: The picture here shows her as a Vice Admiral (two small stripes) whereas she is actually a full admiral (three small stripes).
[DW] Cecile Richards, the former president of abortion giant Planned Parenthood, has died at age 67.
Richards announced in 2024 that she was battling glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
"This morning our beloved Cecile passed away at home, surrounded by her family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie," Richards’ family said in a statement released on Monday, according to NBC News. "Our hearts are broken today but no words can do justice to the joy she brought to our lives."
"We are grateful to the doctors and health care workers who provided her excellent care and the friends, family, and well-wishers who have been by her side during this challenging time," the family added.
Richards, who led Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018, oversaw the killing of nearly four million unborn babies, according to the non-profit Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
In November, pro-life leader Lila Rose said she was praying for Richards’ conversion. Pray for her soul. She needs it.
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Her retroactive abortion finally came through.
Snark O'The Day
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A life and talent waste marinating in and facilitating evil,
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[FoxNews] 'It is incredibly frustrating that the prior administration allowed this to happen,' Gov. Maura Healey said
Massachusetts must pay the federal government $2.1 billion over the next 10 years to resolve a debt after the state under former GOP Gov. Charlie Baker's administration mistakenly used federal pandemic funds to cover unemployment benefits.
Mistakenly. Sure it was.
Current Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat, and her deputies released details on Monday of a settlement they reached with the outgoing Biden administration last week in which the state will repay most of the money it owed because of the error, the State House News Service reported.
In 2023, Healey announced that her administration uncovered that the prior administration improperly used about $2.5 billion in federal pandemic relief funds to cover unemployment benefits that should have been funded by the state.
The total liability exceeded $3 billion, including fees and interest, according to Healey’s office. Negotiations with the U.S. Department of Labor dropped the total owed to $2.1 billion over the next decade.
"We were dismayed to uncover early on in our term that the previous administration misspent billions of dollars in federal relief funds and that our state was facing what could have been a more than $3 billion tab to pay it back," Healey said in a statement on Monday.
"For the past year and a half, we have engaged in extensive negotiations with the U.S. Department of Labor to minimize the impact on Massachusetts residents, businesses and our economy," she continued. "Today, we have reduced our potential liability by over $1 billion and negotiated a decade-long payment window to mitigate the impact."
The governor added that it is "incredibly frustrating that the prior administration allowed this to happen" but that the current administration is "going to use this as a moment to come together with the business and labor community to make meaningful reforms to the Unemployment Insurance system."
Payments will begin Dec. 1 and continue each year for the next decade.
The agreement states that principal payments must come from the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund, which is funded by a tax on employers and is also used to cover benefits, according to the State House News Service. Interest payments will come from the state’s General Fund.
Healey’s office said businesses will not face higher rates on their unemployment insurance payments through at least the end of next year, at which point rates will depend on system reforms.
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They'll do what California did and not pay and pass the default to employers to pay by drastically increasing unemployment insurance rates. Of course forcing businesses to close and increasing the rates even further to those employers that can afford to pay.
[NYPOST] An ex-con strangled and decapitated a man who impregnated his wife while he was locked up in prison, authorities say.
The victim's hands were chopped off, too — and one was later found by a 5-year-old boy in a mail box.
Anthony Newton, 45, is now charged in the gruesome murder of Ulisys ''Cesar'' Molina, whose burned, dismembered body was found in a vacant lot outside Las Vegas in 2017 after his family reported him missing, according to KLAS.
Newton, his brother-in-law and another woman allegedly lured Molina into the woman's apartment around Christmas 2016 and killed him over the affair, a Nevada judge heard in court last week.
''This relationship is known by people in Mr. Molina's family, and it's not exactly a secret,'' Newton's lawyer, Pam Weckerly, said.
In a bizarre, grisly twist, one of Molina's severed hands was found in a mailbox by a 5-year-old child almost two years later — although it's unclear how the hand ended up there or if the family who owned the mailbox is connected to Molina.
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Curious ....
What about the Ex-wife?
What about the others said to be involved?
[NYPOST] Donald Trump's acting Homeland Security chief has ordered the dismantling of all the department's advisory boards to guard against ''misuse of resources'' after the Biden administration's disastrous attempt to create a Big Brother-style ''Disinformation Governance Board,'' The Post has learned.
In a memo dispatched Monday evening, Benjamine Huffman mandated the ''termination of all current memberships on advisory committees with DHS, effective immediately.''
''Future committee activities will be focused solely on advancing our critical mission to protect the homeland and support DHS's strategic priorities,'' the memo went on.
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Can everyone on every advisory committee for every department. If we want these people’s opinion, we can beat it out of them?
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[FOX] Not only did Carrie Underwood display her musical chops to the world at the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday, but she also flaunted her professional prowess.
Tapped to perform "America the Beautiful" at the 60th Presidential Inauguration Day Ceremony, held this year inside the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Underwood was escorted inside and awaited her musical cue to begin singing in front of Trump, his family, distinguished politicians and other celebrities.
But no cue would come.
For a fleeting moment, an instrumental track played before cutting out. Underwood, positioned in front of former President Biden, quickly ascertained that something was awry, leaving her to improvise. Video circulating online shows the country star speaking with someone on the production team saying, "I can just sing it."
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Instrumental track? Underwood's performance was probably much better it.
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Underwood's performance was probably much better without it.
That's just sloppy, Abu.
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Oh, stupid me, elsewhere I called her "Kelly Clarkson"! I don't know one from the other, anyway, I did notice Old Joe checking her out from top to bottom. FJB!
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Ohhh miii.
Along those lines, I get Musk's participation, if one believe Zecky's participation because of government coercion, but Bezos didn't quite make sense until realized that Amazon dumped some $1Billion on Rings of Power vanity project which was absolutely ruined by woke DEI requirements. That flagship project was worm eaten before even launching.
Not the biggest fan of Underwood by far, but I wouldn't put it past an Airplane! "pulling the power plug" gag scene to make an embarrassment disruption, and she Judo rolled with it expertly.
[BARNABASAID.ORG] Two Christian youths were killed by Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... on 12 January in an attack on a community in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria.
A woman was also injured as armed gang members burned to the ground a church, shops and homes in Bazir village, Barnabas Aid contacts confirmed.
Boko Haram began its latest attacks in the area with a raid on the village of Njiland on 2 January, and went on to assault Shikarkir community, razing a church and homes.
[Reprinted from the Toronto Star] The flood of "Trump-fearing" American liberals/progressives sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week. The Republican presidential win is prompting an exodus among left-leaning Americans who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, pay taxes, and live according to the Constitution. Canadian border residents say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, global-warming activists, and "green" energy proponents crossing their fields at night.
"I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said southern Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. "He was cold, exhausted and hungry, and begged me for a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have any, he left before I even got a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?"
In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. He then installed loudspeakers that blared Rush Limbaugh reruns across the fields, but they just stuck their fingers in their ears and kept coming Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals just south of the border, pack them into electric cars, and drive them across the border, where they are simply left to fend for themselves after the battery dies. "A lot of these people are not prepared for our rugged conditions," an Alberta border patrolman said "I found one carload without a single bottle of Perrier water, or any gemelli with shrimp
and arugula. All they had was a nice little Napa Valley Cabernet and some kale chips. When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often wailing that they fear persecution from Trump high hailers.
Rumors are circulating about plans being made to build re-education camps where liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer, study the Constitution, and find jobs that actually contribute to the economy.
In recent days, liberals have turned to ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have been disguised as senior citizens taking a bus trip to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans in blue-hair wig disguises, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior citizens about Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney to prove that they were alive in the '50s. "If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we become very suspicious about their age," an official said.
Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage, are buying up all the Barbara Streisand CD's, and are overloading the internet while downloading jazzercise apps to their cell phones. "I really feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't support them," an Ottawa resident said. "After all, how many art-history majors does one country need?"
“She dresses like a hooker”. That’s what Megan Kelly says about Jeff Bezos girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez,, who got Bezos to cheat on his wife w her & then leave his wife n kids. She convinced him to go even more woke and extreme left.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of one AFU motorized infantry brigade close to Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 20 troops, two motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.
As a result of offensive actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces have liberated Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
Two mechanized brigades and one infantry brigade of the AFU suffered losses near Ivanovka, Yampol, and Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 troops, one US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, one US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, three armored fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns. One field ammunition depot was destroyed.
The Yug Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions, defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, one motorized infantry brigade, and two assault brigades of the AFU close to Dachnoye, Fyodorovka, Podolskoye, Nikolayevka, and Mayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) .
The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, one armored fighting vehicle, and one motor vehicle. Four AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units have continued advancing into the depths of the enemy's defense and liberated Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic).
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of five mechanized brigades, one motorized infantry brigade, and two national guard brigades close to Petrovka, Dzerzhinsk, Novoyelizavetovka, Novovasilevka, Lysovka, and Slavyanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 545 troops, two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, three motor vehicles, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units advanced into the depths of the enemy's defense, defeated units of two mechanized brigades of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defense brigades close to Konstantinopol, Novy Komar, Bogatyr (Donetsk People's Republic), Gulyai Pole, and Novodarovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 troops, one tank, one armored fighting vehicle, one motor vehicle, and two French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery systems.
The Dnepr Group of Forces' units have engaged manpower and hardware of one mechanized brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one territorial defense brigade near Tokarevka, Antonovka, Daryevka (Kherson region), and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 65 troops, six motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun. One electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot have been neutralized.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, UAV workshops and depots, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and hardware in 152 areas.
Air defense systems shot down one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, eight US-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 86 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,878 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,684 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,510 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,809 field artillery guns and mortars, and 30,501 units of support military vehicles have been neutralized.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
During the offensive actions, the Sever Group of Forces' units inflicted fire damage on formations of one tank brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, four mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades of the AFU close to Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Sverdlikovo, and Yuzhny. Four enemy counter-attacks were repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU close to Agronom, Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Kazachya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Kubatkin, Lebedevka, Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nikolayevka, Nikolsky, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Belovody, Vodolagi, Veselovka, Zhuravka, and Khrapovshchina in Sumy region.
During the day, AFU losses amounted to more than 460 troops, four tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured personnel carrier, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 57 motor vehicles, five artillery guns, one mortar, one electronic warfare station, one armoured recovery vehicle, four UAV command posts, and one ammunition depot.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 53,330 troops, 308 tanks, 236 infantry fighting vehicles, 175 armoured personnel carriers, 1,581 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,565 motor vehicles, 378 artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 94 EW stations, 14 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 31 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, nine armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 19:15 Russian Armed Forces units attacked and advanced about three km north along the landings in the direction of Constantinople and Ulakly. The nearest buildings in Constantinople are just over 1 km away —reportsWar correspondent Kitten. 18:32 Hit by FAB-3000 with UMPK on hangars of a livestock complex used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the southeastern outskirts of the village of Martynovka in the Kursk region.
18:42 Servicemen of the anti-tank division of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group of forces continue to suppress artillery batteries and command posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroy fire weapons, ammunition depots, weapons, military equipment and personnel of the enemy.
18:19 In the Khar'kov direction recon units discovered two Ukrainian fascists heading for rotation in a pickup truck. FPV operators quickly dealt fire damage to the target, first immobilizing it and then destroying it.
17:45 The situation in the Velikaya Novoselka area as of 20.01.2025 –Warrior DV
Assault units of the "Vostok" group continue systematically penetrating the enemy's defenses in the settlement of Velikaya Novosyolka. As we wrote yesterday, the Far Eastern soldiers have driven out the enemy and consolidated their positions in the northeastern and southeastern parts of the city. We would like to immediately warn against incomprehensible hype and the spread of false information about the enemy abandoning Novosyolka. The settlement is doomed, but has not yet been surrendered by the enemy; heavy fighting continues.
Fearing reputational costs, the enemy command decided to evacuate units of the 1st Presidential Brigade of the NGU, which are in the garrison together with the 110th separate mechanized brigade. Due to limited logistical capabilities, the enemy is trying to evacuate the personnel of the elite formation by any means possible: rafts, rope crossings, attempts to ford the Mokrye Yaly. Thus, the regular infantry of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade is left alone with inevitable death (or surrender), effectively abandoned by its command.
17:13 While the Ukrainian government is pinning its hopes on the strength and assertiveness of the old and new US presidents, three cities in the east are days or weeks away from falling, writes BILD military observer Julian Röpke.
16:11 The crew of the 152mm Giatsint-B gun of the Crimean paratroopers destroyed a camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces weapon in the border area of Kursk Oblast.
16:04 State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine detained three former commanders of the Khar'kov OTG brigades on charges of negligence that led to the seizure of part of the Khar'kov region in 2024.
Brigadier General Yuri Galushkin, Lieutenant General Artur Gorbenko and Colonel Ilya Lapin were detained.
15:21 FPV drones calculations of the "West" group of forces destroyed T-64 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
15:07 Units of the West group of forces released village of Novoegorovka, Lugansk People's Republic.
15:00 Officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine covered up a child at the front lines in the Donetsk direction. The Russian fighter managed to steer the drone aside at the last moment.
14:59 "Night Hunter" inflicts strike: the crew of the Mi-28NM disrupted the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
13:30 Military Chronicle:
"Amid problems with the 155th Mechanized Brigade "Anna Kyiv" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine displayed media about the preparation of this formation.
They showed blurry footage of a French AMX-10RC firing at a firing range and promised that soon this equipment “will be destroying the enemy in the Pokrovsk direction.”
For some reason, there is a feeling that when the brigade is assembled in parts and taught not to flee from positions in whole battalions, Pokrovsk will already be renamed Krasnoarmeysk.”
13:29 Up to 25 people increased the number of victims in the artillery attack of the settlement of Bekhtery by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported Sergei Cherevko
Two of the victims are in serious condition. Among the victims of the attack were four children.
13:10 Strela-10 SAM system crews of the Vostok group of forces provide cover for motorized riflemen from air attack weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system is called a frontline vehicle. Air defense crews often work side by side with motorized riflemen. While assault groups liberate populated areas, anti-aircraft gunners clear the skies.
12:18 As part of the counter-battery operation, FPV operators of Severyan group worked several kamikaze drones fired at a Ukrainian fascist tank that was artillery attack the positions of the GV Sever fighters from the ZOP and destroyed it.
11:06 FPV operator 44 AK GV "Sever" discovered and destroyed an SUV with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the area of the village of Izbitskoye in the Khar'kov region.
11:00 A crew of FPV drones from the Rubicon center destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle in the border area of the Kursk region, –video.
10:40 The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an attack on Gorlovka. As a result of the shelling eight residents in Gorlovka were wounded.
In the Central City District of the city, women born in 1982, 1965, 1958, 1958, 1957, 1975, 1947 and a man born in 1982 received moderate injuries. All are receiving the necessary medical care.
10:20 Armed Forces of Ukraine hit at a school in the Kherson region, there are victims
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the village of Bekhtery with cluster munitions. Two of the missiles landed near a school where children and teachers were going to classes in the morning.
A total of 13 people were injured, two children are in serious condition, and there are fatalities.
9:45 Russian Ministry of Defense:
From 06:00 to 07:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutydestroyedtwo Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan.
9:15 An attempted attack on an aircraft factory and a helicopter factory in Kazan.
There are no reports of casualties or damage. Debris from downed drones was found in a residential area. There are no casualties or damage from the UAV attack on industrial enterprises in Kazan.
In the Kaluga region, a drone attempted to attack one of the region's administrative buildings. The missile was reportedly shot down on the outskirts of Kaluga.
8:42 Information on strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Belgorod region
In the Belgorod region in the village of Dubovoye, the villages of Blizhneye, Repnoye and Cheremoshnoye committed attacks with seven drones, five of which were shot down by air defense systems. Two cars were damaged.
Two drones were shot down over the Valuysky municipal district. There were no consequences.
In the Volokonovsky district, the village of Tishanka and the farmstead Stary were subjected to 6 artillery attacks, during which 14 rounds of ammunition were fired. Four private houses were damaged.
In the Grayvoronsky municipal district, 31 rounds were fired during seven attacks on the settlement of Gorkovsky, the villages of Bezymeno, Kozinka, Novostroyevka-Vtoraya and Poroz, and attacks by eight drones were recorded, two of which were shot down. There were no casualties or damage.
In the Krasnoyarsk district, three munitions were fired during one artillery attack and eight drone strikes were carried out on the settlement of Krasnaya Yaruga, the villages of Grafovka, Kolotilovka, Popovka and Repyakhovka. In the evening, a man who received a closed craniocerebral injury as a result of a drone attack on a KamAZ in the settlement of Krasnaya Yaruga independently contacted the Krasnoyarsk Central District Hospital. After examination and provision of the necessary assistance, he was released for outpatient treatment. Three private houses, outbuildings and a KamAZ were damaged.
In the Shebekinsky municipal district, in the city of Shebekino, the villages of Murom, Rzhevka, Terezovka and the farm of Mukhin, during two attacks, six munitions were fired and 14 drones were attacked, 13 of which were shot down. Four private houses and two cars were damaged.
8:20 Telegram channel "WarGonzo"
Donetsk Front. Russian troops continue to cut off the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Velyka Novosilka, while simultaneously storming the settlement from three directions. The Ukrainian garrison is semi-encircled, with all the main escape routes coming under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. North of Kurakhovo, Russian troops continue to improve their positions and level the front line. The assault on Dachnoye, which is west of Kurakhovo, continues. Fighting also continues in the Zelenovka area.
Chasov Yar direction. The Russian Armed Forces continue to develop the offensive in Chasov Yar, dislodging the enemy from their positions. There are further tactical successes of the Russian troops.
Kursk region. Counter battles continue in several areas. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are accumulating reserves in the Sudzha area, most likely with the aim of a new attempt to counterattack. Russian troops are striking at approaching enemy forces, including in the Sumy region, but are unable to completely stop the delivery of Ukrainian reserves.
8:05 Tankers destroyed a dugout and a Ukrainian Armed Forces gun, –video.
The crews of T-80BV tanks of the 3rd Army Corps of the "Southern" group of troops provide daily support to motorized rifle units in the Chasovyarsk direction, delivering powerful fire strikes against the enemy. The fire is adjusted using unmanned aerial vehicles.
[IsraelTimes] Sgt. First Class (res.) Eviatar Ben Yehuda, 31, killed in Palestinian town of Tamun during patrol; blast injures his battalion commander, 3 other soldiers
An Israeli reservist soldier was killed and four others were maimed, including a senior officer at death's door, when they were hit by a roadside kaboom in the West Bank overnight, the military announced on Monday morning.
The slain soldier was named by the Israel Defense Forces as Sgt. First Class (res.) Eviatar Ben Yehuda, 31, of the Ephraim Regional Brigade’s 8211th Reserve Battalion, from the southern town of Nitzan.
According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were in a David light armored vehicle part of a convoy during a patrol in the town of Tamun, in the northern West Bank, when a large bombexploded.
The explosion killed Ben Yehuda, who was the driver, and seriously maimed his battalion commander, a reservist officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel, who was sitting next to him.
Three other soldiers in the back of the vehicle were also hurt and were listed in light and moderate condition.
In the past year, two soldiers and a police officer have been killed by roadside kabooms in the West Bank.
Armed groups in the West Bank frequently plant improvised bombs under roads to attack Israeli forces carrying out arrest raids. The military regularly rips up roads with armored bulldozers as a precautionary measure before entering with lighter-armed vehicles.
Violence in the West Bank has mounted since October 7, 2023, when Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... assaulted southern Israel, sparking war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... and unrest across the region. Since then, 46 people, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in Paleostinian terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank, including some carried out by Israeli citizens.
Another seven members of the security forces were killed in festivities with terror operatives in the West Bank. Much of the violence has been concentrated near Nablus, Jenin and other Paleostinian cities in the northern West Bank.
According to the Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry, more than 858 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed since October 7, 2023. The IDF says the vast majority of them were button men killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops, or bandidosgunnies carrying out attacks.
During the same period, troops have arrested some 6,000 wanted Paleostinians across the West Bank, including more than 2,350 affiliated with Hamas.
Additionally, settler violence against Paleostinians has soared since the Hamas massacre, with security forces accused of turning a blind eye to the attacks.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:57 The occupation court in the so-called "DPR" sentenced Azov resident Ruslan Minagulov to 24 years in a strict regime penal colony for allegedly "cruel treatment of civilians." This was reported by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
22:35 A Russian oil depot located in the Voronezh region was attacked again by unmanned aerial vehicles on Monday evening, January 20. This was reported by the region's governor, Alexander Gusev, on his Telegram channel.
21:42 Mistakes in the leadership of military brigades require investigation and a fair response. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during his evening address, commenting on the detention of generals accused of failing to defend the Kharkiv region.
20:56 Russian military complain about their command, which sends them on meaty assaults. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate, which published an intercept.
19:48 Ukrainian soldiers have received more aid from Latvia - more than 40 all-wheel drive vehicles along with critical cargo: drones, computer equipment, generators and charging stations. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on its Facebook page on Monday, January 20.
18:56 Ukrainian defenders in the Peschanoye area in the Kupyansk direction hit seven Russian vehicles. Video from the scene was published by the commander of the battalion of strike unmanned aerial complexes Achilles of the 92nd Osh Brigade Yuriy Fedorenko.
18:32 Lithuania has transferred a new batch of military aid to Ukraine. The new package includes Lithuanian-made drones, thermal imagers, and five-ton telescopic loaders for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
17.56 The Russian Federation currently does not have the capacity to produce new Tu-160 and Tu-22M3 bombers "from scratch". However, the Russians use Soviet-era blanks. This is reported by the specialized portal Defense Express.
17:42 Law enforcement officers have exposed Ukrainian companies that supplied Russia with microchips for missiles and drones. According to the SBU, these are enterprises in the Kharkiv, Chernivtsi and Odessa regions. Even during a full-scale war, they were engaged in the supply of essential components for Russian weapons, bypassing international sanctions.
17:25 The war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine has negatively affected the lives of almost half of Russian citizens (47.6%). This is evidenced by the data of a sociological survey conducted in April 2024 by the Institute of Social and Political Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
17:02 Since the beginning of the current day, 64 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Almost half of them occurred in the Pokrovsk direction. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the details in an operational summary as of 16:00.
16:49 On Monday night, Russian aggressors attacked the TsentrEnergo thermal power plant, which had already been destroyed earlier. There were no casualties. After the shelling, specialists began to clear the rubble.
16.22 Russia is ready for a "dialogue" with Donald Trump and the new US administration on Ukraine, but the "root cause of the crisis" needs to be eliminated. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said this at a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council. He also congratulated Trump on taking office as US President.
15.43 In 2024, Ukraine recognized one Russian and one Belarusian as refugees. At the same time, over the year, 400 decisions on forced expulsion were made against foreigners and stateless persons who were illegally in Ukraine .
15:15 A locomotive used to provide logistics for the Russian army was burned in St. Petersburg, Russia. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
Locomotive 3M62U was destroyed in the Ruchi tram depot. The fire destroyed the entire control system, the locomotive cannot be restored.
The GUR added that this locomotive "was hauling Russian weapons, ammunition and military equipment along the railway."
14:29 Law enforcement officers detained two generals and one colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who failed to ensure proper protection of the Kharkiv region during the offensive of the Russian army in May 2024. This was reported by the SBU. Among the defendants in the case is a brigadier general who held the position of commander of the operational-tactical group (OTG) Kharkiv.
14:17 The National Police of Ukraine has announced suspicion to the commander of the Russian paratroopers involved in the shooting of 16 civilians at the intersection of Vokzalna and Yablunska in Bucha in March 2022. This was reported by the press service of the National Police on Monday, January 20.
14:05 Officials of the Logistics Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were exposed for purchasing spare parts for armored vehicles at inflated prices. The damage amounted to 83 million UAH. The State Bureau of Investigation reported details .
13:35 Russian troops launched a missile strike on the Shostka community in Sumy Oblast. An infrastructure facility was destroyed and four multi-story buildings were damaged. There are no known casualties yet.
12:55 In the Kherson region, a mine exploded under a police car during the evacuation of a wounded person in Antonovka. The vehicle was damaged. None of the evacuation group members were injured.
12:20 A North Korean soldier captured by Ukrainian fighters in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation spoke about his service in his homeland and his participation in military operations on Russian territory. The corresponding video of the soldier's interrogation was published by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Korean claims that he did not know where and against whom he would fight. "I myself did not know before I came to Russia that I would fight here. I did not know against whom even we were fighting," said the North Korean intelligence officer.
11:45 In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed and two others were injured due to Russian shelling. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin.
Thus, in Pokrovsk, one person was killed and one was injured, a multi-storey building was damaged. In Nikolaevka, one person was injured, 14 houses, a gas pipeline and a heating main were damaged.
9:20 Over the past 24 hours, aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit five areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and two air defense systems of the Russian troops. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In total, 189 combat clashes were recorded on the front in Ukraine over the past 24 hours, January 19.
8:50 The Defense Forces shot down 93 Russian Shahed-type attack UAVs and drones of other types, another 47 drone imitators were lost, two of them flew to Russia. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:44 On the night of January 20, Russian troops shelled the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region with heavy artillery and Grad MLRS. An industrial enterprise, four residential high-rise buildings, an educational institution and a power line were damaged. This was reported by the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
8:34 Air defense forces in the skies over Sumy region shot down 22 Russian UAVs. This was reported on January 20 by the Sumy OVA. It is noted that since the beginning of 2025, the air defense units of the region have already destroyed 176 Russian drones.
8:20 The Russians are increasing the military significance of Balaklava Bay in the temporarily occupied Crimea, which previously functioned as a museum. This was reported by the ATESH partisan movement.
7:46 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,690 occupiers. The total combat losses of the enemy from 02/24/22 to 01/20/25 amounted to approximately 820,430 personnel. This was reported by the General Staff.
[IsraelTimes] IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi says the military must prepare for “significant operations” in the West Bank.
“Along with the intense defense preparations in the Gaza Strip, we must be prepared for significant operations in Judea and Samaria in the coming days in order to preempt and catch the terrorists before they reach our civilians,” he says during an assessment, in remarks released by the IDF.
Halevi also instructed top officers to “formulate plans for the continuation of the fighting, both in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon,” the IDF adds.
[IsraelTimes] Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... critics in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... have been sharing on social media a photo of today’s transfer of the three Israeli hostages from the terror group’s fighters to the Red Thingy, revealing that the crowd present was smaller than what may have appeared in Hamas’s footage of the event.
Those posting the zoomed-out photo are arguing that the terror group is far less popular in Gaza following 15 months of war sparked by its October 7, 2023, onslaught, which has left the coastal enclave and its population decimated.
Only several hundred Hamas members and supporters appear to have been present at the transfer.
I was asked several times today about the optics of Hamas’ obvious strength. Here’s the real optics: A few hundred people crammed together to make it look like endless masses. Today the images from the ground were orchestrated by Hamas, they wanted to project power, everything… pic.twitter.com/PDCeIw3zW7
[PJMedia] For years, conservatives were calling out blatant issues with Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier... 's cognitive health and physical frailty. On Monday, our long national nightmare will end, and we will once again have someone physically and cognitively capable of running the country back in the White House. But that doesn’t mean we should forget the scandalous efforts by those around Biden to cover up his decline.
A new report from the New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... not only goes into detail about how aides adjusted his schedule to ensure he was in good spirits, limited his exposure to negative news, and shielded him from public scrutiny, surrounding him to shield him from view, even modifying his use of Air Force One’s steps to avoid highlighting his physical challenges, but tells us who in the inner circle criminal masterminded the efforts to curate his public appearances, provide pre-scripted teleprompter responses for private events, and, of course, coordinate responses to negative media coverage.
The story highlighted Biden’s family’s and inner circle’s efforts to manage growing concerns about his age and health, even as they publicly downplayed them. According to interviews with over two dozen aides, allies, politicians, and donors, privately, his inner circle recognized his physical decline more than they admitted.
"Six key people protected the president," the New York Times revealed. "Jill Biden, the first lady, and Hunter Biden, his surviving son, fervently believed in his ability to win. Mr. Donilon and Steve Ricchetti, the counselor to Mr. Biden, knew when and how to deliver information, along with Annie Tomasini, the deputy chief of staff. She and Anthony Bernal, the first lady’s most senior aide, took tight control over the president’s public schedule." Acts of omission and commission which are tantamount to treason. Some measure of accountability and cost should be levied against these SOB's.
It has long been obvious that Jill Biden was a key player in the unsuccessful cover-up of Biden’s cognitive decline, but now we have the names of those who clearly knew firsthand all was not well with Joe Biden. But let’s not pretend they are the only ones who are culpable in this scandal. The mainstream media could clearly see that Biden was not well and generally dismissed questions about his mental acuity as rightwing conspiracy theories or attributed his mental lapses to a stutter. Then there are the Democrat leaders who worked closely with him who no doubt saw the same problems these Sinister Six did as well and did nothing about it.
More importantly, it seems to me, is who gave the orders that went out over the president’s name? Because they knew exactly what they were doing, and knew he did not.
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#1
Biden's impairment was plainly visible even in 2020.
This was gaslighting of the public, not a coverup.
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Hundreds of millions recognized the reality. Our socialist overlords successfully used Biden as a 'cover or action' for four long years, even up to his last 30 minutes in office.
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I didn't see Jill's name among those pardoned yesterday. If she was not pardoned, she should be investigated for elder abuse. For their own nefarious purposes, these people cynically used and abused an elderly man whose failing health and mental capacity made him vulnerable and susceptible to their lies. Surely that's a crime. It doesn't matter if he used to be as crooked as they are. Now he's a victim and they should be prosecuted for it.
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The idea that 6 people pulled this off is laughable. Everyone is DC and the media cooperated. Those 6 were ministerial at best and diaper change facilities on the bad days. We are supposed to believe that Hunter was engaged throughout the entirety of the 4 years and not just paying attention after Joe was being coupes out. Obama wasn’t coordinating this every morning? I don’t buy it.
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^ Some call it a cabal. I call it a politburo. Maybe you could call it a committee made up of select globalist billionaires, politicians and generals calling the shots. Obama might be a member of this committee but I doubt if he is the chairman. More likely he's the front man, spokes hole or PR guy. The apparatchiks doing the day to day grunt work in the White House were no doubt aware of the politburo's existence but kept strictly away from it, except when Obama would relay orders to them. Jill certainly knew. She should go to jail.
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^You're assuming that the true rulers are Americans?
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Yes. Obama is a cypher. His puppeteer is not apparent. His Iran policy has no rational explanation as to its benefit to America. Biden followed the same policy.
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Remove Oblahblah's security clearance and Clapper/Brennan will be useless to the Iranians
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'Information Is Currency' has never been more apparent.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Leonid Tsukanov
[REGNUM] Hamas and Israel, after nearly 15 months of constant consultations, have reached a consensus on a hostage exchange. Following agreements reached earlier in the Qatari capital of Doha, both sides pledged to ensure the transfer of people on agreed lists and then move on to a more comprehensive settlement of the protracted conflict. However, the implementation of the agreements is still in question.
There are many in Israel who see their military-political defeat in a diplomatic victory and would not mind renegotiating the agreements already reached.
CONTOURS OF EXCHANGE
Tel Aviv agreed to hand over 1,890 Palestinian prisoners to its opponents in exchange for the release of 33 Israeli hostages. Thus, the “exchange rate” of prisoners was 87 to 1 in favor of Hamas, which caused a storm of jubilation among Palestinian factions and protests from the far-right forces in the Israeli parliament.
However, Israeli negotiators still managed to avoid a repeat of the infamous “Shalit deal” (2011), where the ratio was 1 to 1027 in favor of Palestine, and to get Hamas to include all living hostages in the exchange lists.
In addition, Tel Aviv decided to stretch out the hostage exchange process as long as possible, so as not to pander to Palestinian propaganda and not to fuel the belief in the “absolute triumph” of Hamas.
In the first round, 90 Palestinians were exchanged for three Israeli women.
The parties also chose Saturday as a permanent exchange day, agreeing to provide lists no less than a day before the chosen date.
As a result, by the end of the first stage of the deal (tentatively scheduled for March 5, 2025), Hamas and Tel Aviv expect to fully fulfill their obligations.
THE OLD GUARD
In the first exchange, Hamas released only civilians. An exchange of IDF prisoners is planned for the coming weeks.
However, many legendary and significant figures in the Palestinian movement were freed.
Thus, among others, veteran of the resistance and commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (the military wing of Fatah) Zakaria al-Zubeidi was released. He played a leading role in the Second Intifada (2000-2005) and seriously strengthened the potential of the Brigades, and the commanders he trained, in particular Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, caused many problems for the Israeli army and intelligence services.
For the past five years, al-Zubeidi has been held under special conditions in Gilboa prison, which is eloquently called "Israeli Alcatraz." The name of the commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades was erased from the lists by Israeli negotiators until the very last moment.
Also released was the deputy head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Khalida Jarrar, a figure well known not only in the Middle East. In the past, she was the official representative of Palestine to the Council of Europe and a fighter for the rights of prisoners. Jarrar, who had been held in solitary confinement for the past year and a half (something that far more seasoned field commanders were not “honored” with), became a symbol of oppression not only for the PFLP, but also for other Palestinian factions.
However, the high-profile names listed are only a small part of the extensive exchange list. And it may include much more odious figures.
Thus, back in May 2024, Arab media wrote that Hamas negotiators were fighting for the release of Marwan Barghouti, the most popular anti-Israeli politician and the founder of the youth militant wing of Fatah (the Tanzim movement).
Barghouti's release could well challenge the political monopoly of current Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, subsequently triggering a drift in Fatah from being a relatively neutral faction towards Israel towards direct confrontation and the formation of a political coalition with Hamas.
Thus, living symbols of resistance, belonging to different groups and movements, have already found themselves at liberty. However, the "common denominator" for them was Hamas, which played a decisive role in their release from captivity. This significantly raises the prestige of the movement and its "political weight" in Palestine, especially in conjunction with the laurels of "the winner of the IDF."
This fact will probably manifest itself in the medium term, setting a trend for all Palestinian-Israeli relations.
THE LINE OF SCHISM
As noted above, the Israeli government's decision to support the deal with Hamas provoked an explosion of indignation among the conservative wing.
Many felt that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “publicly capitulated” to the Palestinian forces (and by extension to Iran, which is celebrating the Palestinian victory as its own).
The leader of the far-right party "Jewish Power", Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, who throughout the conflict criticized Netanyahu for "indecisive and half-hearted measures" against Hamas, resigned. Along with him, fellow party members - Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu and Minister of Negev, Galilee and National Resilience Yitzhak Wasserlauf - also left their posts in the government. "Jewish Power" distanced itself from the ruling coalition.
Another opponent of the Hamas deal, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, also publicly criticized Netanyahu for his cowardice. And, although he did not resign like other "hawks", he demonstratively voted against the Hamas deal at a Knesset session. However, Smotrich quickly realized that he would not be able to gather a protest electorate around himself alone, especially after his recent quarrel with Ben-Gvir over disagreements on judicial reform, and therefore hastened to welcome the return of his fellow citizens from captivity.
After distancing Ben-Gvir's supporters, Netanyahu's government lost at least six votes in the Knesset, leaving the gap with the opposition at a minimum (62 votes to 52). And the deepening conflict with Smotrich threatens the loss of at least seven more mandates and, as a result, the loss of control over parliament (especially if the right-wing parties decide to officially join the opposition bloc).
In this case, the early elections that Netanyahu has so carefully avoided could become a reality. This means that Israeli hawks have a convenient pretext to force the prime minister to torpedo the deal with Hamas immediately after the last Israeli hostage leaves the enclave.
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[REGNUM] Any unattended object lying on the ground can pose a mortal threat - in Donbass they have known about this for more than ten years. This rule in the region, unfortunately, is written in blood. But the insidious and vile enemy continues to invent new ways to disguise "booby traps" and explosive devices that pose a danger to both the military and the civilian population.
Another “know-how” was discovered by fighters in the Orekhovo direction in mid-January: the enemy dropped homemade explosive devices disguised as vapes (devices for “vaping”, a type of electronic cigarette) from a UAV.
"When such objects are found, it is naturally forbidden to touch them. Even minimal contact can lead to serious consequences. The Ukrainian Armed Forces often disguise explosives as civilian objects: in the DPR - as children's toys, in Zaporozhye - as vapes," Alexander Mineev, a journalist for the Bloknot Zaporozhye publication, tells Regnum .
According to him, the discarded vapes were discovered in time - no one was hurt.
In general, this enemy technology is not new: barely noticeable but deadly anti-personnel mines - "petals" - were found in 2023 and 2024 even in different areas of Moscow and other cities far from the front line.
"Petals", also known as PFM-1, were recognized as inhumane weapons and banned by the Ottawa Convention in 1999. In 2015, Ukraine, which has one of the largest arsenals in Europe, signed an agreement to destroy such mines. But in fact, no one has eliminated them: the Armed Forces of Ukraine regularly throw them into the Donbass, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.
There are constant reports of camouflaged mines of various types. And they are hidden wherever they can: the military told journalists about broken tree branches, logs, cans of condensed milk and boxes of chocolates filled with explosives. In March 2022, the RT TV channel published a commentary by Russian explosive engineers who said that during the retreat, the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers mined children's swings.
"AN ATTRACTIVE ITEM IN A PROMINENT PLACE"
Disguised mines are also being delivered to the frontline fighters along with humanitarian aid. In January, one of the Telegram channels published a photo of trench candles that turned out to contain explosives. It is reported that such a candle becomes a grenade that a person can detonate themselves.
Moreover, even trusted volunteers collecting humanitarian aid may not know about such "surprises". The author of the posts is called upon: if you did not make the candles yourself, they must be checked before sending them to the front.
Copters left at former Ukrainian positions are no less dangerous - Russian military personnel find not only explosives in them, but also beacons that can be used to track their movements and launch a missile strike on their location.
In addition to our military, the enemy continues to hunt civilians.
In mid-October in Stakhanov (LPR), a teenager picked up a mined toy - a yellow duck, left under a bench near the Pushkin monument. The toy exploded, the boy received serious injuries: shrapnel wound to the eye, damage to the soft tissues of the face and hand. The boy was taken to one of the republic's hospitals in a moderate condition.
Mine warfare is always sneaky: something bright and eye-catching, like a yellow duck, is chosen as bait. The child picks up this "something".
And to attract adults, gadgets are often used: phones, tablets, laptops and other devices.
Even before the SVO, in one of the Donetsk cafes, a vigilant waiter with combat experience noticed that a young man, when leaving, left a tablet on the table.
The situation seemed strange to the café worker: the entire time he spent in the establishment, the young man worked on his laptop, and then he took out and left his tablet on the table.
The waiter, without touching the device, called specialists - they found plastic explosives in the gadget. Any careless touch to the tablet would have cost the cafe visitor his life. Now the demined device is stored in the Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.
It is noteworthy that even in the textbook of the L. M. Kaganovich Military Transport Academy, published in Leningrad in 1940, it was written that the White Finns used traps "to confuse the enemy and instill in them a sense of uncertainty," but there were also victims among the civilian population. And in Soviet manuals of the post-war period, a list of objects was published that, theoretically, could be used as a casing for explosives: a rat carcass (the British Special Operations Directorate was the first to use "exploding rats" in 1941), a piece of coal for heating a stove, a railway oiler...
THEY TAKE IT OUT ON THE WEAK AND DEFENSELESS
In the statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a separate section is devoted to those who violate the laws or customs of war.
The first point in the document is the use of weapons designed to cause unnecessary suffering. Camouflaged mines are a perfect example of a weapon that causes unnecessary suffering. Lying unnoticed and waiting for its victim.
It would seem completely pointless. Why terrorize peaceful people? What military sense is there in blinding a child who picked up a toy filled with explosives? There is no sense, but the enemy who scatters mines does not think about it. When he loses on the battlefield, he takes it out on people, bringing pain and suffering to those he can reach.
To take revenge on the weak, to kill the defenseless - this is what cowards and scoundrels do. And the only way to protect yourself from a treacherous and cowardly enemy is to follow basic, but life-saving rules of conduct. And also be sure to tell your loved ones and friends about them, especially children and the elderly.
The rules are really simple: never pick anything up from the ground, don't pick up anything lying around - children's toys, smartphones, anything. If you go into the forest, don't step where you can't see. If you notice something suspicious, report it to the police immediately.
And the main thing is to always remain vigilant and remember that the enemy hunt never stops for a minute.
[X] The same information for those who prefer to read rather than watch and listen:
BREAKING
President Trump has granted full pardons to over 1,500 January 6th participants.
He has also granted six commutations to individuals whose cases, he says, require more research. He stated that upon further review, he may grant them full pardons.
President Trump was reading and signing Executive Orders, listening to a reporter's question, context switching to conversationally answer another question and directing the stage staff, "... give me another one". Simultaneously. In realtime. Establishing eye contact with everyone.
We haven't seen that in a looong time. If ever.
A prime example of the busy executive doing all the things at once. Multitasking, they call it.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Donald Trump spent his first session back in the Oval Office signing executive orders to pardon all January 6 defendants and declare dangerous Mexican drug cartels as 'terrorists' while finding a letter written to him by Joe Biden.
Trump said he was pardoning about 1,500 defendants and issuing six commutations. He also directed the attorney general to seek dismissal of about 450 pending criminal cases against Jan. 6 defendants.
The pardons fulfill Trump's promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago.
'These are the hostages,' he said while signing the paperwork in the Oval Office.
After hours spent celebrating his new administration, Trump invited the press to his first Oval Office appearance.
Trump found a letter from Biden in the Resolute desk, but only after a journalist reminded him to look for it.
While signing a series of executive orders, a reporter asked Trump if he'd received a letter. Trump said he didn't know and checked the desk drawers, holding up the letter for the cameras.
'Maybe we should all read it together,' Trump said before setting it aside. He said he'll read it himself before sharing it publicly.
He signed an initial flurry of executive orders at Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, where thousands of his supporters gathered to celebrate an inaugural parade that was moved indoors due to the cold.
The president signed several other orders, including one overhauling the refugee admission program to better align with American principles and interests and another declaring a 'national emergency' at the U.S.-Mexico border, while designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
Trump said he favored legal immigration as he signed orders declaring a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending automatic citizenship for anyone born in the U.S.
He acknowledged an imminent legal challenge to overturning birthright citizenship, which has been enshrined in the U.S. Constitution since 1868.
Trump said automatic citizenship was 'just ridiculous' and that he believes he was on 'good (legal) ground' to change it.
'That's a big one,' he bantered with reporters while signing an order declaring the border emergency.
Trump said immigrant labor was needed for investment that he anticipates will accompany higher tariffs.
Trump has also signed an executive order beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.
It was the second time in less than five years that he's ordered the country to withdraw from the organization, despite it being a move many scientists fear could roll back decades-long gains made in fighting infectious diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
Experts also warn it could weaken the world's defenses against dangerous new outbreaks capable of triggering pandemics.
Trump continued to riff and answer questions from reporters in the Oval Office as he signs another round of executive action.
The president said he could place 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Feb. 1. He declined to give a date on China tariffs.
Trump has talked extensively about his tariff plans and his affection for the levies on imported goods during his multiple public remarks today.
He then revoked protections for transgender troops set by Biden.
The number of transgender troops known to be serving is possibly from around 9,000 to potentially as many as 14,000.
The Department of Defense has referred queries on the number of transgender troops to the individual services, and because of the different ways transgender troops can identify and whether or not they have received medical procedures, there is no one database that tracks them.
As he sat down to sign executive orders, Trump was asked which former president he would call for advice.
He responded that Bill Clinton was a 'very interesting politician' and said he had a 'great political sense.'
Trump said Clinton was 'disrespected' and 'not used properly.'
Trump was also asked about his friendly chat with former President Barack Obama during former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral.
'We were having some crazy conversations,' he said.
Trump discussed the war between Russia and Ukraine and says he'll talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin soon.
Earlier, Trump turned his rally at a downtown Washington arena into a signing ceremony as he grabbed his pen and issued multiple executive actions to institute major policy changes.
Trump officially halted over 78 Biden-era executive orders, announced a regulatory freeze preventing bureaucrats from issuing regulations until the Trump administration has full control of the government and a freeze on all federal hiring except for military and a few other essential areas.
He also ordered a requirement that federal workers return to full-time in-person work, a directive to every department and agency to address the cost of living crisis, and announced withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty.
Trump also signed a government order restoring freedom of speech and preventing censorship of free speech and one ending the 'weaponization of government against the political adversaries of the previous administration'
Some of the orders he signed first including a Biden border bill, a regulatory freeze and a freeze on federal hiring.
On his first day, Trump rescinded 78 orders and actions signed by Biden. Among Trump's rescissions was a Biden order that canceled some of the orders signed by Trump during his first term.
As the American Bar Association notes, the orders do not require congressional approval and can't be directly overturned by lawmakers. Still, Congress could block an order from being fulfilled by removing funding or creating other hurdles.
“All department and agency heads with responsibility for United States foreign development assistance programs shall immediately pause new obligations and disbursements of development assistance funds,” reads the executive order signed by Trump just hours after he took office for a second term.
It is not immediately clear how broad the order is and what programs, countries, non-governmental organizations and international organizations would be affected by the move. It is also unclear what funding could be cut given the US Congress sets the federal US government budget.
The move would likely impact US aid to the Palestinians, which was cut by Trump during his first term. The executive order echoes a return to the approach Trump took during his first term in office between 2017 and 2021.
Another Trump order targets foreign nationals who ‘support designated terrorists’
[IsraelTimes] An executive order signed by US President Donald Trump appears to target, among others, foreign nationals participating in anti-Israel protests that have swept throughout the country since Hamas’s October 7 onslaught. The Executive Order Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Threats states that the government must be “vigilant” in issuing visas to foreign nationals and ensure that those approved “do not intend to harm Americans or our national interests.”
The order requires the US government to ensure that foreign nationals “not bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles, and do not advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists and other threats to our national security.”
Trump campaigned on cracking down on the anti-Israel protests, particularly those on college campuses, but it is not yet clear how exactly he’ll go about doing it, given free speech laws in the US.
Yippee — more flammables for the overstuffed Hamas warehouse.
[IsraelTimes] Qatar announces that 12.5 million liters of fuel will be delivered to the Gaza Strip over the first 10 days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
“Qatar launched a land corridor to provide Gaza with 12.5 million liters of fuel during the first 10 days of the ceasefire” that came into effect yesterday, the Qatari foreign ministry says, adding that the energy-rich Gulf country sent 25 fuel trucks to the Palestinian territory today.
UN reports 915 aid trucks entered Gaza on second day of ceasefire
[IsraelTimes] The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 915 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Monday, the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian terrorists Hamas.
OCHA cites information received from Israeli authorities and the guarantors for the ceasefire agreement.
[X] I hope the IDF is saving these photos for future reference, when the world accuses them of deliberately killing innocent civilians.
Aljazeera documented how Hamas's al-Qassam Brigade fighters emerged from the Nasser Hospital complex with their weapons and vehicles in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, as soon as the ceasefire went into effect, similar to how they emerged from displacement tents 3 days ago. pic.twitter.com/7rYftKYBlS
[IsraelTimes] Hamas police and security forces have been operating in Gaza today, the second day of a ceasefire-hostage deal with Israel in the war-battered territory, AFP journalists note.
Hamas’s deputy interior minister for the territory, Mahmud Abu Watfah, inspected armed police, some in fatigues and others dressed in black, before they patrolled the bombed-out streets of Gaza City.
“We care about the comfort and protection of those who sacrificed with the resistance and paid a heavy price for this bloody war,” Abu Watfah says.
He says they also want “to control the situation on the ground in case of any chaos. This was achieved from the first hour of the deployment of the ministry of interior (forces) and the security forces.”
Keir Starmer covered up the Southport killer’s identity, concealing his motives and the fact that he was an Islamist terrorist, prevented the public from seeing his mugshot. This just dropped. pic.twitter.com/YOcDTsBCf3
Axel Rudakubana — more fully Axel Muganwa Rudakubana — is the Wales-born, Moslem son of Christian immigrants from Rwanda who fell prey to previously undiagnosed Sudden Jihad Syndrome and attacked a girls’ Taylor Swift dance party in Southport with a knife last July. It was revealed months later that he’d downloaded an Al Qaeda manual on jihad and made ricin poison before running amok with murderous intent. Hundreds of UK natives were jailed, some with multi-year sentences, for protesting and rioting after Mr. Rudakubna murdered three girls that day.
Wow, we're getting a lot of good news this Inauguration Day. Not only do we have a new president, but as we reported earlier, the Senate Armed Services panel voted 14-13 to advance Pete Hegseth's nomination out of committee. That's not the only news, though; Marco Rubio has been confirmed as Secretary of State by a 99 to 0 vote in the Senate.
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[Regnum] The first three warships of the NATO flotilla, which are tasked with protecting underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, have arrived off the coast of Estonia. This was reported by The Guardian.
"The group will grow in the near future, other ships will join us, so that eventually we will be about six or seven ships," the Belgian task force leader Eric Cox told reporters on January 19.
He said the alliance's flotilla would ensure that no one could damage the critical underwater infrastructure. The ships would guard the area as part of the "Baltic Sentinel" mission.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 13, an underwater cable connecting Sweden, Lithuania, Germany and Finland was damaged in the Baltic Sea. During the investigation, a version was put forward that this happened due to deliberate actions of the crew of a Chinese vessel that had previously been anchored in that area. It was also stated that the captain of the ship could allegedly have been recruited by Russian special services.
The Washington Post reported on January 19 that US and European intelligence agencies have found no evidence of Russia's involvement in damaging underwater cables in the Baltic Sea. In addition, the participants in the investigation are leaning toward the version of accidental damage to the infrastructure.
Military expert, retired colonel Anatoly Matviychuk, in an interview with the Regnum news agency, said that the "Baltic Sentinel" program was launched to create obstacles for the Russian merchant fleet and block the sea route to the Kaliningrad region. These actions by the West will not go unanswered by the Russian side, he emphasized.
[Breitbart] Republican lawmakers are demanding an investigation into Biden’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for allegedly illegally using U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for at least 21 abortions in Mozambique through PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).
AIDS moved from emergency to chronic problem decades ago.
“Frankly, it’s not a surprise to find that they are performing abortion with U.S. taxpayer dollars,” said Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Security and Diplomacy Bureau. “Their denials over the years have rung hollow in the face of their aggressive promotion of abortion and collaboration with some of the largest international abortion providers.”
“The CDC’s actions are a direct violation of both the letter and spirit of the law. It is unacceptable for our government to use PEPFAR’s taxpayer dollars to promote or provide abortion, especially in a program meant to save lives from HIV/AIDS,” Smith added.
Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, confirmed on Thursday that the CDC recently disclosed that PEPFAR funds were used to pay health workers who performed at least 21 abortions and accused the CDC of violating the Helms Amendment, a policy which prohibits the use of U.S. foreign aid to pay for abortions abroad.
“It is disgusting that the Biden Administration has allowed U.S. taxpayer dollars to be used to perform abortions overseas. This is not only illegal – it cuts against deeply held American values,” Risch said in a statement. “The CDC must be investigated for its misuse of PEPFAR funds, and those who have violated long-standing U.S. laws that protect life must be held accountable. This violation means that the future of the PEPFAR program is certainly in jeopardy. I will not support one dollar of American money going towards abortion anywhere in the world, and I will do all I can to ensure this never happens again.”
“For 20 years, PEPFAR has been a global health issue with deep bipartisan agreement and respect for life, but the actions of the CDC have polarized and destroyed this bipartisan foundation. Whether CDC staff were being overly zealous, stupid, evil, or inept, they have violated the law and done a disservice to the country and those suffering from AIDS worldwide,” he added.
PEPFAR was created in 2003 under President George W. Bush has “invested over $100 billion in the global HIV/AIDS response, saving 25 million lives, preventing millions of HIV infections, and supporting several countries to achieve HIV epidemic control…,” according to the State Department.
While abortion is legal in Mozambique, a review of service providers in the country who receive PEPFAR funding revealed that four nurses had performed at least 21 abortions since January 2021, Reuters reported, citing three U.S. officials who briefed members of Congress this week.
Officials alleged that this is the first time they have discovered PEPFAR-funded providers performing abortions in the program’s history.
“That’s why we wanted to notify Congress right away,” said one of the officials, who is involved in administering PEPFAR at the State Department. “It also is an important indication that the compliance measures we have in place have been effective, but could be further strengthened.”
A State Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly allegedly told Politico that the CDC worked with the Mozambique Ministry of Health to investigate the abortions and see if there had been a violation of the law.
The investigation revealed that four nurses operating in a small province of the country allegedly were unaware that they were not allowed to perform abortions while receiving PEPFAR funding, the official said.
A CDC spokesperson told the outlet the Mozambique government refunded the money, $4,100, with the spokesperson noting that the agency spends $189 million in PEPFAR funds in Mozambique.
“CDC identified the error, took immediate action, has a plan in place to prevent it from happening again and briefed relevant committees,” the CDC spokesperson said.
The State Department told the outlet that PEPFAR will begin requiring every service provider to state annually that they have received training and understand the rules around receiving PEPFAR funding.
The Russian Federation Council is analogous to a senate, or an upper house legislative body.
[Regnum] US President Donald Trump dealt a "monstrous blow" to the values of the European Union elite with his inauguration speech. This opinion was expressed by the head of the Russian Federation Council Commission on Information Policy, Alexei Pushkov.
"A monstrous blow to the entire social doctrine and "values" of the ruling European liberal elite: from now on, only two genders will be recognized in the US - male and female! And this is in the "citadel of liberal democracy", which the ruling elites in Europe have always looked at with bated breath! Euroliberals are shocked and horrified. Trump has effectively blown up the system of "common values" that united the US and the EU. He is also declaring war on the liberal censorship that reigns in the British, French, German media and is supported by the authorities of these countries," the senator expressed his point of view on the Telegram channel.
According to Pushkov, the men in the hall during Trump's inauguration ceremony "warmly and standing" applauded the president's words about recognizing only two sexes - male and female. The senator also believes that Trump's statement gives European liberals and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen "bad feelings."
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Trump's list of priorities, titled "America First," published by the White House on January 20, notes that the new president's administration is going to "restore American values" by recognizing only two genders - male and female. In addition, Trump is going to protect women from radical gender ideology.
Trump also promised in December that under his rule there would be only two genders in the United States. He noted that this sounds simple.
In November, The Times reported that after the inauguration of the new president, all transgender people (the international LGBT public movement is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) will be discharged from the American army for medical reasons. In total, about 15 thousand servicemen are planned to be dismissed.
The publication of classified documents on the assassination of US President John Kennedy in November 1963 and other similar documents that are of great public interest will be a blow to the American "deep state." This was stated on January 20 by the head of the Russian Federation Council Commission on Information Policy, Alexei Pushkov.
The politician noted that US President-elect Donald Trump, with his promise to release classified documents on the assassination of Kennedy, his brother, 1968 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, and African-American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, as well as other secret dossiers, has effectively declared an information and political revolution.
According to Pushkov, the main ones of these secret documents will be those concerning the real history of the explosion of the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001.
“The publication of these dossiers, if it happens, will in itself be a powerful blow to the ‘deep state’ in the United States and could change the way tens of millions of Americans view their own country,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, in August 2024, Trump promised to create an independent commission to investigate the assassinations if he wins the presidential election. According to him, among other things, such a commission would publish documents on Kennedy's assassination in 1963 that are still classified.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States and was fatally shot by a sniper rifle on November 22, 1963, while campaigning in Dallas. He later died at Parkland Hospital. The Warren Commission named former U.S. Marine Lee Harvey Oswald as Kennedy's killer.
[CTH] This is so far beyond corrupt, the light from where corruption emanates could not catch this level of corruption for a year.
Let us be clear. Joe Biden didn’t actually pardon anyone. Biden wouldn’t know who, how, or what a preemptive pardon actually is.
Nope, the non-pretending version of what just happened is: the people who control Joe Biden, just used the tool he represents to pardon themselves.
No one has picked up on this yet, but the people in control of the pardoning process Joe Biden represents, just pardoned themselves; including Mary McCord. Notice the wording (emphasis mine):
WHITE HOUSE – […] “some have even been threatened with criminal prosecutions, including General Mark A. Milley, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, and the members and staff of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.”
[…] That is why I am exercising my authority under the Constitution to pardon General Mark A. Milley, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the Members of Congress and staff who served on the Select Committee, and the U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the Select Committee. {SOURCE}
Mary McCord was a lead staffer on the J6 Committee. REMINDER: November 3, 2021 – In Washington DC – “Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and the House Jan. 6 Select Committee has tapped Mary McCord, who once ran the Justice Department’s National Security Division, for representation in its fight to obtain former President Donald Trump’s White House records. (source)
General Mark Milley, Liz Cheney and Anthony Fauci are the shiny ‘look over there’ thing. Yes, Milley broke the chain of command and is guilty of usurpation of government. Yes, Liz Cheney conducted an unlawful and manipulative operation using the J6 committee as a vehicle against Donald Trump. Yes, Anthony Fauci lied to congress about his involvement in the creation of the SARS-CoV-2 bioweapon program. Yes to all of it…. But it’s the Lawfare operatives inside the machinery that are being overlooked in this “and staff” preemptive pardon.
To give you an idea of the scope of influence of Mary McCord as a key functionary, consider what we can document.
♦ McCord submitted the fraudulent FISA application to spy on Trump campaign.
♦ McCord created the “Logan Act” claim used against Michael Flynn and then went with Sally Yates to confront the White House.
♦ McCord then left the DOJ and went to work for Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler on Impeachment Committee.
♦ McCord organized the CIA rule changes with Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson.
♦ McCord led and organized the impeachment effort, in the background, using the evidence she helped create.
♦ McCord joined the FISA Court to protect against DOJ IG Michael Horowitz newly gained NSD oversight and FISA review.
♦ McCord joined the J6 Committee helping to create all the lawfare angles they deployed.
♦ McCord then coordinated with DA Fani Willis in Georgia.
♦ McCord was working with Special Counsel Jack Smith to prosecute Trump.
♦ McCord is now coordinating a Lawfare attack process against Donald Trump in term #2
♦ McCord just testified that AG Pam Bondi must recuse herself from investigating McCord.
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#1
...I believe the phrase was "you forgot to Pardon yourself" cause his pardons went back to when he was a vice president and not covered by the SCOTUS ruling on presidents.
#2
These Biden Pardons are nothing more than an illegal Regime/Coup granting itself immunity for its crimes, even murder.
All of this is on the hands of BOTH political parties, for failing to invoke the 25th Amendment. Hell's bells, even the DOJ said so, when Biden was found to have TS classified docs left in a family house, Hunter rented to CCP members.
Besides, Pardons should be limited to persons convicted of a crime. NOT a blanket immunity of escape for those that knowingly abused their political or family positions to violate the law and civil rights of people.
#5
How about a simple Amendment limiting such pardons to only convicted persons, and no pardons may be granted by an election defeated president, once the election has been certified.
Plus, states shall have 10 days to certify their election results.
Congress shall have until the 1st Thursday in Dec. to certify the national election results.
#7
Biden has broad powers to pardon folks. I don’t think he has the power to make a vague proclamation and then leave the details and paperwork to the next administration. The Biden Administration is no more. They should have done their own paperwork. They don’t get to leave homework.
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[IsraelTimes] Lawmaker questioned under caution after protesters allegedly breached conditions set by police aimed at keeping protest away from synagogue; Corbyn’s brother among those charged
Former leader of Britannia’s Labour party Jeremy Corbyn was questioned under caution by police on Sunday over his participation in an anti-Israel, pro-Paleostinian rally the previous day that developed into a clash with police.
Also questioned was former senior Labour party member John McDonnell, who, like Corbyn, is now an independent politician in the House of Commons.
Both men voluntarily agreed to be questioned, the BBC reported.
Officers charged nine people with public order offenses after dozens were arrested at the protest in the British capital, the London Metropolitan Police said Sunday.
More than 70 people were arrested at Saturday’s march after what police called a "coordinated effort to breach" protest conditions, including the perimeter of the rally which was meant to be static.
Among those charged was Corbyn’s brother Piers Corbyn.
The march, organized by the Paleostine Solidarity Campaign, had initially planned to gather around the corner from the Central Synagogue, an Orthodox congregation founded more than 150 years ago.
From there it was to march towards Whitehall, the British government district. Police refused to permit that plan and instead approved only a static demonstration at another location.
Instead of remaining in place at Portland Place, near the headquarters of the BBC, some demonstrators broke through a police line and marched to Trafalgar Square, the Met said in a post to social media platform X.
Corbyn, responding to the police statement, said it was "not an accurate description of events at all."
He claimed that, along with other speakers, he had coordinated with police to move to Trafalgar Square "to lay flowers in memory of children in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... who had been killed."
"This was facilitated by the police. We did not force our way through," Corbyn wrote.
Protest organizers have denied an "organized" breach of conditions and accused officers of heavy-handedness in their policing of the demonstration.
So long as it was spontaneous, that makes it ok to break the rules they agreed to? A novel legal theory.
Of the 77 arrested, 25 have been released on bail while 48 remain in jug. Those charged are due to appear at London’s Westminster Magistrates Court "in the coming days," police said.
"Yesterday we saw a deliberate effort, including by protest organizers, to breach conditions," said police commander Adam Slonecki on Sunday.
"We will continue to work through CCTV footage, videos from social media and our body worn cameras so we can make further arrests and bring forward charges where we identify criminality."
Among those charged was Christopher Nineham, 62, the vice chair of the Stop the War Coalition (SWC),
…formed in London days after 9/11 by a coalition of Labour Party, socialist, and communist activists — another tentacle of the anarcho-communist syndicalist Black Bloc octopus — in an attempt to stop the American response, and then to stop the wider War on Terror, and then naturally self-defense by the Jewish state. It is arguably a militant arm of the Labour Party…
one of the organizers of the demonstration. Protest organizers accused the police of arresting Nineham “violent mostly peacefully and for no apparent reason" in a statement on X.
"At no stage was there an organized breach of the conditions imposed by the police," the organizers said, calling the arrests a "direct assault on freedom of assembly and democracy."
The Campaign Against Antisemitism said the rally and scuffles with police were "a dark day for London."
"Not only did we see the usual antisemitic bile and open support for Jew-hating terrorist organizations to which our nation’s capital has become accustomed, but snuffies repeatedly breached the modest restrictions imposed by the police on today’s protest," it said in a post to X.
It’s the left wing. Of coursethey hate Jews. Jeremy Corbyn was expelled from the Labour Party for being too blatant about it.
"For over a year we have called for these marches to be banned; we reiterated that call yesterday when it was clear that the police would not be able to control the situation," the watchdog said.
And for a year the London authorities coddled the marchers because they, too, hate Israel and Jews.
Leading up to the march, dozens of British politicians, including Jewish officials, wrote a letter to police protesting the route of the rally and saying frequent pro-Paleostinian marches on Saturdays interfered with Jewish religious practice.
Nine days ahead of the march, police issued a statement saying it would use its powers to "prevent the Paleostine Solidarity Campaign forming up in the vicinity of a synagogue ahead of its planned protest." The statement said the decision had been made prior to the politicians’ letter.
But the Paleostine Solidarity Campaign said in its own statement that it rejected the police order, and that it had agreed on the route with the police in November.
The group said the synagogue itself was not on the route of the march and pointed to "thousands" of Jewish participants in its rallies as a sign that they aren’t antisemitic. It said discussions with the police remain ongoing.
On Sunday a ceasefire that had been announced days earlier came into effect after 15 months of war that began when the Paleostinian terror group Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... led thousands of murderous Moslems in a devastating attack on Israel in which they killed some 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.
In January this year, Corbyn joined a South African delegation for hearings at the International Court of Justice, where the country accused Israel of committing genocide against Paleostinians in the war against Hamas in Gaza. The veteran left-winger, who led the main opposition Labour Party into the last election in 2019, but stepped down as leader after overseeing its worst results in decades, has been sitting as an independent MP since 2020.
The party suspended him after he refused to fully accept the findings of a rights watchdog’s probe into claims that antisemitism became rampant within Labour’s ranks under his leadership. The Equality and Human Rights Commission ruled the party broke equality law when Corbyn was in charge.
#9
Its all tastes of Ghost of Kyyyyv. Even has a surfer babe in it. Because the media would never stage an event to persuade public opinion, no no no.
If the vehicle is real, I would posit the vehicle was used to escape, had a little radiant heat damage while doing so, windows got busted out from crime, and transported to location for a photo op.
And even if true, if even, then The Magic Bus did more than the LMAO LAFD Leadership to stop the fire.
Think about it, no matter how ditzy an early 20 rich surfer girl may be or how nice the neighborhood, one would not curb park a mint vintage 1970s VW. There are no sweep marks around the vehicle like you snow people culture know, and -nobody- else was curb parked in the entire shot?
Are there any license plate shots? There must be, right, if they were able to do a personal story piece, correct?
[RedState] As RedState reported, Joe Biden ended his historically awful presidency by granting the most corrupt pardons in American history. After giving his son one covering any crimes spanning back to 2014, the now-former president upped the ante on his way out the door.
In a shocking move, he granted pardons to Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley, and all the members of the controversial January 6th committee. That wasn't the end of it, though. Just moments before Donald Trump took the oath of office, Biden's handlers filed pardons for five of his family members, including his brothers, both of which have been credibly accused of crimes.
Some Biden allies didn't get pardons, though, and they aren't too happy about it.
You may remember Alexander Vindman as the pudgy member of the first Trump administration's national security council who allegedly leaked classified information to a "whistle-blower." Those allegations eventually led to Trump's first impeachment. Well, his wife, Rachel Vindman, took to social media after Biden's pardons to provide all of us with a healthy dose of schadenfreude.
Decrying it as a "betrayal," she slammed the former president for not offering her and her family pardons.
On an Inauguration Day full of huge wins for the right, this one is pure entertainment both because it's hilarious to watch the Vindmans squirm and also because of what it symbolizes.
First are foremost, it should be asked why Rachel Vindman believes she and her family need pardons. Did they break the law? Because if they didn't, then what are they worried about? Of course, Alexander Vindmand likely did break the law and should be worried. Due to the last four years of partisan protection from the Biden administration, he has never faced an investigation into what information he gave the whistle-blower. That could happen now under Trump's DOJ, and it seems as if his wife isn't very excited about the prospect.
Beyond that, though, the Vindmans not receiving pardons exposes the reality of who Biden is. In the end, only the privileged win while useful idiots like the Vindmans get left out in the cold. The former president's family got fabulously rich off their corruption while getting legal protections for all their transgressions. Meanwhile, their pawns are being cast aside the moment they are no longer useful. There's something very poetic about that.
In the end, I doubt Trump wastes any time going after anyone beyond Alexander Vindman, who legitimately may have broken the law. Still, it's extremely satisfying to see someone as awful as Rachel Vindmand (if you need a refresher, click here) feel the heat. The free ride is over, and these people should be made to sweat a little.
#10
When the DA says, "Let's talk!",
The perps will usually balk.
But there are some feeling catty,
And unusually chatty.
Give them a pinch and they'll squawk!
[IsraelTimes] Yohay Sponder’s Jan. 25 performance moved to new location, which will only be revealed to ticket holders on the day
An Israeli comedian’s show in Amsterdam has been moved to a new location after the owner of the original venue canceled the show due to antisemitic threats.
Yohay Sponder, a veteran of more than 12 years on Israel’s standup scene, had been scheduled to perform at the Boom reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... club in the Dutch capital on January 25 as part of the European tour for his English-language show, "Self-Loving Jew." But the club’s director Andrew Moskos informed Yohay’s wife and booking manager Kayla Sponder on Friday that the show would not be able to go on due to antisemitic threats.
Since October 7, 2023, many Jewish and Israeli performers have found their events canceled by venues concerned about violent mostly peaceful anti-Israel protesters, often at the last minute. Last month, a concert by American Hasidic singer Benny Friedman in London was canceled and moved due to similar threats.
Antisemitic incidents in Amsterdam have spiked since Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,200, taking 251 hostages and sparking the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... . In November last year, coordinated attacks against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam sparked furious reactions around the world.
"About two weeks ago, I got a phone call from one of the club’s employees letting me know that someone had come into the club saying things like ’How dare you let that Jew perform here,'" recalled Kayla Sponder. "She was very nice about it, and we agreed that we would pay for extra security out of our pockets and work together to notify the police. They assured me that we were moving full speed ahead."
The next week, Boom Chicago informed Sponder about a protest being organized outside the club. Several anti-Israel groups had posted on Instagram calling for followers to harass Boom Chicago to cancel the show of the ’ultra-Zionist’ comedian. Nonetheless, the club confirmed that the show was still on.
"But then, on Friday morning, I got an email from the club’s owner," she said. "He said that, while he values freedom of expression, due to the current climate and security concerns, he had to cancel the show."
Sponder said Moskos apologized and offered to help her find a new venue in a "Jewish location." The show has since been relocated to a new spot. The name of the venue will only be revealed to ticket holders on the day of the show, she said.
Nevertheless, Sponder is disappointed. "He caved to the bullies," she said. A police spokesperson later told her that they were never informed about the show and had no intelligence about any security concerns, she added.
Boom Chicago did not respond to an inquiry from The Times of Israel as of Sunday evening. Moskos has confirmed the story in the Dutch press.
In addition to Amsterdam, Sponder plans to perform in London, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt and Gay Paree during January and February. A US tour is planned for May, Kayla Sponder said.
Last month, Sponder appeared on The Times of Israel’s What Matters Now podcast with host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan, telling a story about a performance in the US in which a group of pro-Paleostine activists showed up. The result was not what he expected.
Half hour long interview can be listened to at the link. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
[IsraelTimes] Clashes have renewed between Palestinian Authority security forces and terror groups in the Jenin refugee camp less than two days after a truce had been reached that was supposed to bring an end to violence in the northern West Bank city after over a month, Palestinian media report.
The clashes come as the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is being implemented. The Gaza agreement is likely a precursor to further tensions between Hamas — whose members in Jenin are affiliated to the armed groups in the northern West Bank — and the PA, as they jockey for post-war control over the Strip.
Last month, the PA launched an unprecedented counter-terror raid in Jenin to demonstrate it can regain control over increasingly lawless Palestinian areas of the West Bank and can do the same in December.
On Friday, the PA reached a truce with the so-called Jenin Battalion in which the leaders of the latter terror group handed over their weapons in exchange for immunity and allowed the PA to enter the refugee camp to restore order there.
PA forces have been operating in Jenin since the weekend, working to defuse bombs. Tonight, armed groups reopened fire against them, Palestinian media reports.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the east and south of Ukraine.
The enemy is trying to break through about 11 settlements in the Pokrovsky direction. Eight combat clashes are currently ongoing.
Since the beginning of the current day, 64 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Almost half of them occurred in the Pokrovsk direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report as of 16:00 on Monday, January 20.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, one enemy assault took place near Volchansk.
In the Kupyansk direction, two assault actions by invaders were recorded near Petrovpavlovka and Zagryzovoye.
In the Liman direction, the enemy is attacking in the areas of Nadezhda, Novoegorovka, Makeyevka and Terny. In total, there have already been seven combat clashes, one of which is still ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the occupiers tried to advance in the direction of Verkhnekamenskoye, where they were rebuffed.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled seven enemy attempts to advance near the settlement of Chasov Yar and in the direction of Stupochki. Three combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked eight times in the area of Toretsk, Krymskoye and Ozaryanovka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy has already organized 29 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye Vtoroye, Mirolyubovka, Elizavetovka, Mirnograd, Kotlino, Nadeyevka, Andreyevka, Shevchenko, Dachnoye, Ulakly and Yantarnoye. Eight combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, two enemy assaults have been stopped. Three more assaults are still ongoing. The invaders are trying to break through in the areas of Constantinople, Razliv, Velikaya Novosyolka and in the direction of Privolnoye.
In the Dnieper direction , in the area of Kazatsky Island, the enemy attacked once without result.
In the Kursk direction, the Russians carried out three attacks.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on January 19, the Ukrainian Armed Forces "minus" about 1,700 Russians . The total losses of the aggressor country Russia since the beginning of the war have already exceeded 820 thousand killed and wounded.
[IsraelTimes] Yemen’s Houthi rebels signal that they will end their attacks on vessels in the Red Sea shipping corridor, with the exception of Israeli-affiliated ships, which the group says it will continue to target for the time being.
The Iran-backed group announces its decision through its Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center, saying that in light of the ceasefire-hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, it was “stopping sanctions” on other vessels it has regularly targeted since November 2023.
For Israeli ships, it says that the “sanctions” will only end “upon the full implementation of all phases” of the ceasefire deal in Gaza.
Such noble generosity, to be sure. Not that they bother to differentiate between Israeli and non-Israeli shios when something floats into their sights.
The Houthis will also deliver a military statement later today, likely about the decision.
#1
Somehow, I think DJT’s fun meter is just about done with these (insert your favorite word here) and will not be surprised
if he directs the Navy to initiate a ‘stock rotation,’ and dispose of bombs, based on their pull date.
[IsraelTimes] Italy is willing to send its troops to Gaza as part of an Arab-led peacekeeping mission, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says, during a joint press conference with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.
“Peace is a political priority for Italy,” Tajani says. “We are ready to support it through cooperation, economic assistance, and also by sending our women and men in uniform to Gaza, if there were an Arab-led international peace mission.”
Italy is one of the top troop-contributing countries to the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon, with over 1,000 soldiers there.
“Italy supports Israel and also maintains very good ties with the Palestinians; for this reason, we believe we can play an important in the region,” Tajani notes.
Check out the image from the security camera at the link.
[IsraelTimes] Police in Nashville, Tennessee, have arrested a man affiliated with a neo-Nazi organization after he attempted to enter a Jewish Community Center disguised as an Orthodox rabbi.
Last week, Travis Keith Garland entered the Gordon JCC wearing a poorly designed disguise with a mock beard, fake peyot, or sidelocks, and a black coat. He held a cellphone in his hand to make it appear that he was recording or streaming, and asked to speak with a rabbi. When told there was no rabbi on the premises, he attempted to continue past a secured door before a security guard intervened and escorted him off the premises.
Since he was unarmed, Garland was allowed to leave the area after being warned. However, police later determined that he should be charged, and he was arrested after being located in Maryville, Tennessee. He told an officer that he was taking part in an internet prank.
Garland was later found to be a member of the Goyim Defense League, a neo-Nazi hate group that held antisemitic demonstrations in Nashville last summer. He was charged with criminal trespassing and assault, and the court set his bail at $250,000.
He has the right to be stupid. He does not have the right to try to terrify others.
#3
The are some Christian security experts on YouTube that are saying that Taliban supporters have been showing up at Protestant parish in Fairfax Va taking pictures and asking questions about procedures.
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"Fearing Islamophobic backlash from upcoming Islamic terror, local Muslims urge peaceful coexistence, solicit security advice from Christian neighbors."
#5
They were trying to ascertain whether the church live-streamed constantly. They prefer that for attracts so that they have video for recruiting and fundraising.
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[Regnum] The Palestinian movement Hamas will release the second batch of Israeli hostages on January 25. This was reported on January 20 by Reuters, citing a statement from the group.
"Hamas says the second batch of hostages will be released on Saturday as planned," the publication clarifies.
The hostages will be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and detainees held by Israel.
Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that Israeli authorities released the first 90 Palestinian prisoners on the evening of January 19 as part of an agreement with Hamas in exchange for the release of three hostages from the Gaza Strip.
Israeli authorities will make efforts to return hostages from the Gaza Strip until they receive all the Israelis who were there, the President of the Jewish state, Isaac Herzog, said on January 19. According to him, this concerns both living hostages and the bodies of those who died after being taken captive.
An agreement on a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was reached on January 15. It is to be implemented in three stages. First, the IDF will begin withdrawing troops from Gaza. At the same time, Hamas is obliged to release 33 hostages.
TikTok? The Communist Chinese Party will no doubt find something interesting as they poke through the pope’s internet-connected devices.
[Breitbart] Pope Francis made his debut on TikTok Sunday to promote his new autobiography, written with Italian journalist Carlo Musso for Mondadori.
“I would like to thank Mr. Carlo Musso who had the patience to help me remember so many things about my life,” the pontiff said on the controversial Chinese social media platform in regard to his book titled Hope: The Autobiography.
“It is an autobiography, but for me autobiographies are to thank God for what he has done with my life,” he said from the study of his Santa Marta residence in the Vatican. “Ultimately, the real protagonist is the Lord who took me by the hand and led me forward.”
On Sunday evening the pope appeared on Italy’s number-one television talk show Che Tempo Che Fa (“What Weather We’re Having”), during which he also spoke of his autobiography with host Fabio Fazio.
The book “gives a sense of what I am like,” Francis said.
The pope has suffered criticism from conservatives for doubling down in the autobiography on his decision to ban the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in Catholic parishes, specifically lamenting its appeal to the “younger generations.”
The “rigidity” of those who prefer the Traditional Latin Mass “is often accompanied by elegant and costly tailoring, lace, fancy trimmings, rochets. Not a taste for tradition but clerical ostentation, which is none other than an ecclesiastical version of individualism” the pope declares.
“These ways of dressing up sometimes conceal mental imbalance, emotional deviation, behavioral difficulties,” he continues.
“Not a return to the sacred but to quite the opposite, to sectarian worldliness,” he adds.
As one review noted, the pope comes close to “conflating a love of the Old Mass with psychosexual disorder” and to “equating liturgical conservatism with effeminacy.”
#2
Just in case anybody was still wondering, all doubts about the pope were dispelled when he recently accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Elon Musk has revealed the Department of Government Efficiency's first task since Donald Trump returned to Oval Office.
'It begins,' the tech billionaire wrote alongside a post from the department's official X account.
DOGE has set to work removing the Chief Diversity Officers Executive Council website from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
President Trump has been highly vocal about his intention to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion offices across federal government, describing them as 'Marxist.'
'I will end all of the Marxist diversity, equity and inclusion policies across the entire federal government immediately,' Trump said in December.
Now, Musk is ensuring that Trump's vision is carried out at the highest level, with the removal of the executive council website.
Just yesterday the website described its services as the 'principal interagency forum to implement and sustain a national strategy for DEIA across Federal government.'
But Musk's call to wipe the website from the personnel platform indicates the entire department will be - or has already been - shuttered.
#1
As we have seen time and time again, this ain't the 60's.
We are 4+/- generations past those dark days that the North and Southern Democrats forced on many non-whites.
There is now nothing now keeping any mentally and law-abiding, stable citizen from advancing to any level in Corporate America or Government in the USA.
(Obama)
All any person has to do, is 1st decide to do, is quit blaming others for everything. Learn all Choices have consequences. Learn to put in the effort needed to advance and earn the things that come with making the right choices.
Doubt the claims?
Google "diversity on Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 boards"
or
"Minorities gave Trump the win"
[TelegraphArchive] Study also suggests the longer a foreigner lived in Sweden, the less likely they were to commit rape
Nearly two thirds of convicted rapists in Sweden are migrants colonists or second generation immigrants colonists, a new study has found.
Researchers at Lund University found that 63 per cent of convictions for rape or attempted rape were handed down to people born abroad, or whose parents were born abroad.
The study examined 4,000 convictions between 2000 and 2024 and also suggested that the longer a foreigner lived in Sweden, the less likely they were to commit rape.
It comes as the Swedish government adopts a significantly tougher stance on migration, with new rules coming into force which require foreigners to prove they have lived an "honest life" to gain citizenship.
The study was led by Ardavan Khoshnood, a criminologist at Lund University, and follows a similar study in 2018 which found that 58 per cent of rape convictions came from residents born overseas.
STUDY FACES CRITICISM OVER METHODOLOGY
Mr Khoshnood said the statistics also showed that migrants colonists who had been in Sweden for less than five years were more likely to be convicted of rape.
"The longer you have lived in Sweden, the lower the odds of being convicted of rape. So we can see that the integration and understanding you develop for Swedish society plays a major role," Mr Khoshnood told Swedish news outlet SVT.
That’s interesting. Do the long-term rapists leave, or do the rapists outgrow it over time?
The study has faced criticism over its methodology, as it only studied rape convictions in Sweden. Experts point to the fact that just a small proportion of rapes in the country are reported to the authorities.
Jerzy Sarnecki, a criminologist at Stockholm University, dismissed the study as "meaningless" as it only examined figures for convicted rape.
"They’ve only looked at convicted people, and they make up a fraction of all rapists," he told Swedish broadcaster SVT.
Mr Khoshnood has defended that approach, arguing that 4,000 rape cases over a two-decade period gives "as broad a picture as possible" of the situation in Sweden.
TOUGHER LAWS ON MIGRATION
Sweden, which has a population of 10.5 million, welcomed around 160,000 asylum seekers at the height of the 2015 refugee crisis.
That’s it? Germany accepted about a million that year, as I recall.
But the mood on mass migration has soured in Sweden, which announced last August that it had recorded more emigrants colonists than immigrants colonists for the first time in a century.
The shift is partly due to the make-up of the current minority government, which relies on the far-Right Sweden Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... party to pass legislation.
Having come second place in the 2022 elections, the Sweden Democrats have pushed for tougher laws on migration, integration and citizenship in Sweden.
Under new rules, migrants colonists will be required to live in Sweden for eight years before being eligible for citizenship, rather than five years.
They must also prove that they have no criminal record or unpaid debts in Sweden or abroad, whereas previously the "honest way of life" clause applied only to their conduct since coming to Sweden.
"You should feel proud to be a Swedish citizen, and you only feel proud once you’ve made an effort," said Johan Forssell, the migration minister this week.
"This is particularly important at a time when Sweden has welcomed hundreds of thousands of people from many parts of the world in recent years."
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"The longer you have lived in Sweden, the lower the odds of being convicted of rape. So we can see that the integration and understanding you develop for Swedish society plays a major role," Mr Khoshnood told Swedish news outlet SVT.
Because there are so many rapes going on and no go zones so they can't and won't be arrested and convicted?
It would be interesting to see the conviction rate of native vs. immigrant accusations, too.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
[FoxNews] 
[DW] Cecile Richards, the former president of abortion giant Planned Parenthood, has died at age 67.
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
[Reprinted from the Toronto Star] The flood of "Trump-fearing" American liberals/progressives sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week. The Republican presidential win is prompting an exodus among left-leaning Americans who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, pay taxes, and live according to the Constitution. Canadian border residents say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, global-warming activists, and "green" energy proponents crossing their fields at night.
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...46th president of the U.S. 
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
[Breitbart] 
...every time you hear the phrase 
