[Rudaw] The Syrian interior ministry announced on Sunday the appointment of commanders for internal security agencies in a dozen provinces. The move is part of the interim authority’s broader effort to restructure the country’s security and military institutions following the ouster of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... ’s regime. Notably, the appointments largely excluded Kurdish-held areas in northeast Syria (Rojava).
The ministry published the names and photos of 12 officers of various senior ranks, including brigadier generals and colonels, on its account on X. It announced their appointment as heads of internal security leadership in 12 out of Syria’s 14 provinces.
However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... no details were provided regarding the selection criteria or background of the appointees.
Notably, several of the newly-assigned officers are believed to have previously served in Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS), which spearheaded the offensive to topple the Baathist regime in early December.
Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... the provinces of Hasakah and Raqqa, located in northeast and north Syria respectively, were conspicuously absent from the list of appointments. These regions remain under the control of the Kurdish-led Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES).
Despite negotiations between DAANES and the new leadership in Damascus, the two sides have yet to reach a final agreement with regards to the future governance and security arrangements in these strategically significant territories.
In addition to the provincial security shake-up, the interior ministry also announced the appointment of six deputy interior ministers, assigned to oversee security, civil, and administrative portfolios.
The new efforts are seen as part of a broader strategy to consolidate governance structures under the transitional authority led by Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Sharaa, a former HTS figurehead, assumed the presidency in January after his group led the offensive to oust Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad.
Shortly after assuming power, the new leadership dissolved the Syrian army and all intelligence and security agencies affiliated with the previous regime, signaling a drastic break from the Assad-era security architecture.
However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... the Damascus authorities’ push for reform has not been far from controversy.
In late December, military promotions approved by the new authorities included at least six foreign bully boys, which drew sharp criticism both domestically and internationally.
The presence and promotion of imported muscle among Damascus’s forces has stood out as a contentious issue, particularly in light of Syria’s ongoing reintegration into regional diplomacy.
Earlier this month, during a meeting with Syria’s interim President in Riyadh, US President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... urged Sharaa to "expel all foreign terrorists" as a precondition for full normalization. The demand came shortly after Trump had announced his intent to lift sanctions imposed on Syria.
Observers note that Sharaa is increasingly facing a difficult balancing act. While dependent on foreign snuffies who fought alongside opposition groups, he also confronts international pressure to exclude them and the refusal of many of their home countries to accept their return.
[AmericanThinker] I doubt that President Trump has a specific animus toward Harvard. Instead, he understands that Harvard is the most famous academic institution in America. If academia as a whole is behaving badly, and you successfully make an example of Harvard, you’ve won.
In this case, after having witnessed 18 months of America’s campuses lapsing into Nazi-style cesspools of open antisemitism, Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... targeted Harvard, and he did so with an old maxim in mind: "He who pays the piper calls the tune." Barring a very few colleges (Hillsdale springs to mind), America’s institutions stay afloat thanks to two financial sources: taxpayers (via grants and guaranteed loans) and foreign students.
Neither is a right. The money from taxpayers is contingent on the institutions abiding by the law; the money from foreign students is contingent on the institutions ensuring that the overseas students abide by the law, including laws connected to their visa status. Both are privileges that can be withdrawn.
Across America, when colleges and universities allow physical and verbal attacks on Jewish students, blatantly violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and when they allow foreign students to take a central role in these attacks, they are violating federal law. Through a series of initiatives, Trump has said that (a) taxpayer money will not flow to lawless institutions and (b) these institutions have lost the privilege of sucking up vast wealth from overseas students. (Per Grok’s analysis, more than 25% of Harvard’s current student body consists of overseas students.)
Currently, Harvard and other institutions have found compliant judges holding that the law doesn’t apply to them. In Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, a judge issued a nationwide injunction holding that Trump cannot terminate the visas of foreign students accused of violating the terms of those visas. In Massachusetts, when Kristi Noem informed Harvard that it’s consistently violating Jewish students’ rights—and its refusal to provide information to DHS about those violations—meant that the government was revoking its privilege of hosting foreign students, Harvard instantly found a judge to stay that mandate.
Leftists, of course, are squealing that Trump is violating Harvard’s "rights." But Harvard’s only right is to offer an education, no matter how bad, to American students willing to pay. The other thing—the federal money and the foreign students—aren’t rights, and the New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... has figured that out.
Now, the New York Times has problems with its reporting. As we’ve written here (and you can see the details here), the New York Times wrote a story that effectively says that American Thinker lied about a photograph. Despite having had almost 24 hours to correct the story, the Times has not. I expect no more from a leftist outlet that, all of its protests to the contrary, is not a newspaper but is, instead, a propaganda arm of the Democrat party.
But it’s that very fealty to the Democrat party that means the Times is probably correct—and shaking in its shoes—when it writes "Why Harvard Has No Way Out: Even against one of the nation’s oldest institutions, the Trump administration holds the levers of power — and it’s using them aggressively."
The essay, which sees Jess Bidgood interview Michael S. Schmidt, explains that, despite Harvard’s valiant efforts to defend itself (that is, to keep the antisemitism alive), "the administration holds the levers of power, and is methodically and creatively using them in a take-no-prisoners assault on the school."
The real insult is that the White House, in shutting down those oh-so-valuable foreign students, "turned to an obscure tactic it usually uses to shut down shoddy diploma mills." The emphasis, applied smugly, is mine because much of what Harvard does is a shoddy diploma mill, given that many of its students are manifestly indoctrinated and minimally educated.
According to Schmidt, one of the things that Trump’s move against international students did was make Harvard less attractive to those students, while the issue ping-pongs in and out of the courts:
If you’re an international student at Harvard, are you going to be like, "OK, cool, I’ll just go to school in the fall, and I’ll be checking the federal docket to see if the restraining order is still in place"?
Moreover, Schmidt says, Harvard can no longer rely on federal funding, despite judges willing to dive in on its behalf:
Let’s say a judge gives back all of that money for this year. Half of the university’s research budget comes from the federal government. Where is Harvard going to get the money in the year after that, and the year after that? If you’re a researcher, do you want to be doing research at a school where your funding is in question? (Emphasis mine.)
With that kind of pressure, says Schmidt, "Harvard officials have privately determined they are in a major, major, major crisis with very few, if any, good off ramps [sic]." The courts can’t save Harvard because Trump has created an unstable situation (there’s that Trump habit of creating leverage) that will see foreign students and research projects going elsewhere.
And here’s the real beauty of that leverage. Harvard, a despicable institution that has fed Marxism in all its forms (economic, racial, antisemitic, sexual, etc.) for decades, in large part thanks to huge influxes of taxpayer dollars, feels it has no options:
Harvard’s board, as far as we know, won’t let the university go back to the table. The board members don’t trust that you can negotiate with Trump. And the things that Trump keeps hitting Harvard with are so destructive. How could you go back to the table?
And because the best dessert always has a cherry on top, Harvard’s vaunted $53.2 billion endowment might not save it. Thanks to a possible inflated valuation driven by illiquid assets and debt, some contend that the real value might be closer to $29 billion.
That’s still a huge pile of money (especially if you get rid of all the leftist "studies" programs to cut costs), but that fact, if true, increases the pressure on Harvard to abide by American law.
Muslim Americans, African-American men, Latino citizens, union members, unions (!!), Native Americans — all the traditionally locked-in Democratic voters except college-educated women are now either divided or breaking for President Trump. It’s been fascinating to watch.
[Townhall] In one of the most politically significant—but underreported—developments of the 2024 election cycle, a new survey reveals that Moslem Americans are no longer a reliable voting bloc for the Democratic Party. This shift reflects not only political disillusionment but a deeper cultural and ideological rift that is quietly reshaping the American electoral map.
According to a nationally representative poll conducted by J.L. Partners in collaboration with the Moslem American Leadership Alliance (MALA), the Moslem-American vote is now evenly split: 34 percent of respondents identify as 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... , 34 percent as independents, and 33 percent as Republicans. Just four years ago, President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem machine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family... secured 69 percent of this demographic. In 2024, Kamala Harris former senatrix from California, 2020 Dem presidential hopeful and ultimately Joe Biden's intended successor , then the Democratic nominee, garnered only 20.3 percent of the Moslem vote—while Green Party candidate Jill Stein captured a stunning 53 percent.
This political earthquake signals more than dissatisfaction with a particular candidate or administration. It reflects a growing realization among Moslem Americans that the Democratic Party has drifted away from the traditional, family-centered values that define their communities.
The numbers speak volumes. While 52 percent of Moslem Americans still view the Democratic Party favorably, a sizable segment supports policies typically associated with the Republican platform. The MALA poll found that 43 percent back the deportation of illegal immigrants colonists, 44 percent support increased domestic oil drilling, and 62 percent favor eliminating taxes on tipped income. These are not fringe positions—they are mainstream conservative policies gaining ground with Moslem voters.
Cultural concerns are just as pivotal. Many Moslem Americans have voiced unease with the Democratic Party’s promotion of gender ideology and LGBTQ+ content in schools, especially where it intersects with young children. These concerns are not rooted in intolerance—they stem from a clash between progressive dogma and deeply held religious and moral values.
Moslem communities in the U.S. prioritize modesty, family cohesion, spiritual tradition, and the protection of children. These values increasingly conflict with the Democratic Party’s progressive agenda on sexuality, gender identity, and parental rights in education.
Layered on top of this cultural divergence is a deepening sense of betrayal—particularly on foreign policy. From Israel and 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... to Russia, Ukraine and Afghanistan, the Democratic Party’s foreign interventions have deeply affected Moslem-majority regions and undermined the moral credibility of U.S. leadership in the eyes of many Moslem voters.
Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy and former foreign policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders
...The only first openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords. He ran for the 2016 nomination for president, to be cheated out of it by Hillary Clinton, then went back to being an Independent socialist, waiting for 2020 to roll around... , argued in a January 2025 Guardian article that Democrats have become the party of militarism, ceding the anti-war mantle to Republicans. He warned that the party’s embrace of hawkish foreign policy has alienated voters who oppose U.S. interventionism—particularly in the Middle East.
This assessment tracks closely with electoral trends from 2024. In Michigan—home to one of the largest Moslem populations in the U.S.—exit polls showed that 59 percent of Moslem voters backed Jill Stein, while just 14 percent supported Kamala Harris. Duss’s critique underscores the electoral cost of a Democratic foreign policy increasingly at odds with its base.
Importantly, this realignment is not about blind allegiance to the GOP. It represents a pragmatic reassessment of leadership—especially regarding war, peace, and international justice.
Though Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... remains a divisive ...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled... figure, a plurality of Moslem voters (52 percent) now believe he is better suited than Joe Biden to broker peace in the Middle East. On the Israel-Gaza conflict, 29 percent of Moslem respondents expressed support for Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... (granted, this is a troubling find), just 14 percent backed Israel, and 44 percent supported neither side—indicating a nuanced, issue-by-issue approach rather than rigid ideological alignment. It also reflects deep fatigue with the endless wars associated with Democratic leadership.
This is not a story of mass conversion to conservatism—it is a recalibration based on policy, values, and a demand for representation. Moslem Americans are asserting their political independence. No longer content to be treated as a monolithic voting bloc, they are making it clear: their loyalty depends on substance, not slogans.
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Something at work here is the bizarre international legal regime of today, which makes it basically impossible for Western countries to win wars.
At any other point in history, including some as civilizationally advanced as our own era, Israel would simply have said: "An ancient enemy unprovokedly attacked us, and rape-murdered 1,200 people. We are going to strike back and annihilate their country. Not everyone will die, but the whole people will be broken and forced into unconditional surrender, or moved far away from our borders."
This is, frankly, a natural way to feel and a logical policy to implement. But, today, openly explaining it would leave a state open to claims of "ethnic cleansing," etc. Non-Western countries - China, the now-Jewless Arab countries - basically just laugh at these allegations. But, Western ones obsessively try to avoid them.
This context creates the weird pattern where Israeli leftists and centrists obsessively worry about "the commission of some war crimes" - while fighting an enemy that literally entrenches under grade schools and uses kids as human shields, and while at some level obviously hoping that the universally hostile Gazan population can be...persuaded to move.
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Non-Western countries - China, the now-Jewless Arab countries - basically just laugh at these allegations.
Cartels, Russians, North Koreans, Haitians, Jamaicans, Spanish Mexicans vs. Indian Mexicans, Californians ... wherever a privileged class is in power and defending their reign.
[IsraelTimes] Freed hostage Omer Wenkert recalls the conditions of his captivity in Hamas’s tunnels worsening with the Israeli offensive on Rafah, in southern Gaza, in May 2024.
“They intentionally starved me,” he tells the Bar Association conference, adding that he was fed half a pita a day for two or three weeks.
“Around the entry to Rafah, [there was] intentional starvation, and intentional abuse,” he says. “They did things that seriously endangered my life, for fun.”
“One of them brought insect repellent, stood me up at the end of the corridor, and sprayed me in the face, with my eyes open,” Wenkert recalls, adding that his captor ensured everything the captive would touch was also sprayed.
“He also decided to hit me with an iron rod,” he adds.
Wenkert says he was alone for six and a half months, saying his captors would “approach me once in a while.”
He says that around the 80th day of his captivity, he was moved from one underground corridor to another, which he describes as “a dark room with a little lamp.”
“They tried to drive me crazy — to damage my sense of time,” he says. “When they put down food for me, they told me to turn around, so they could leave. Bathing was once in 50 days, with a little bottle. Only after nine and a half months did I bathe for real.”
The tunnel he was kept in for most of his captivity was “about 90 centimeters (35 inches) wide, and about 9-10 meters (29-32 feet) long,” with a hole as a bathroom, he recalls.
“I was on a small mattress, with my back against the wall. I was there for 420 days, I think,” he says.
On June 13, 2024, his captors brought fellow hostages Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal to the same corridor in which Wenkert was kept. They are both still held in Hamas captivity, 597 days since their abduction on October 7, 2023.
“My mental situation settled down [with their arrival], but it became more crowded; we split food and water, the physical conditions worsened — but the abuse stopped,” Wenkert says.
Wenkert was released on February 22, 2025, after 505 days in Hamas captivity, as part of a hostage release, ceasefire, and prisoner release deal between Israel and the terror group that ultimately collapsed after its first phase.
[IsraelTimes] Less than a month before he was eventually released, bombing caved in tunnel where US-Israeli citizen was held, injuring him, though he managed to dig himself out, father says
[IsraelTimes] Medics say local journalist, senior rescue service official and a pregnant woman among dead; army says soldier seriously injured in altercation with a comrade in north Gaza
Israeli military strikes killed at least 23 Paleostinians across the 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... Strip on Sunday, including a journalist, a pregnant woman, and a senior rescue service official, according to local Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... -controlled health authorities. The Israel Defense Forces did not comment on any of the strikes.
The latest deaths in the campaign resulted from separate Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north, and Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, medics said.
Israel has stepped up its air campaign in Gaza in recent days, saying on Saturday that it struck 100 targets across the territory, targeting terror operatives and sites. The military says it takes steps to minimize harm to civilians, while noting that terror groups operate from within Gaza’s civilian population.
In Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, a strike hit a tent housing displaced people, killing a mother, her two children and another relative, according to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
Civil defense front man Mahmud Bassal said five people were killed in a strike on a home in Jabalia, in the north.
He added some people were still under the debris, as "the civil defense does not have search equipment or heavy equipment to lift the rubble to rescue the maimed and recover the deaders."
Also in Jabalia, local journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda and several family members were killed by an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... that hit his house earlier in the day, according to the Hamas-run civil defense agency.
According to the Hamas-run Gaza government media office, Abu Warda’s death raised the number of Paleostinian journalists killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, to 220. Israel has repeatedly alleged that journalists killed in strikes were actually terror operatives who posed as news hounds; it maintains that Hamas uses hospitals, schools, shelters, and aid infrastructure as cover for terror activities.
Given that the IDF collected Hamas’s HR file cabinet contents ages ago, if they say so it’s because they have proof.
Two more people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in an attack targeting tents that sheltered displaced people around Nuseirat in central Gaza, Bassal added.
Also in Nuseirat, medics said that an airstrike killed Ashraf Abu Nar, a senior official in the territory’s civil emergency service, and his wife in their home.
The Israeli military did not respond to request for comment on any of the airstrikes in Gaza on Sunday, but did say that a recent strike in the Strip killed a Hamas terrorist who infiltrated Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught. The IDF said Ahmad Osama Hassan Al-Lahouni, who served in Hamas’s naval commando unit, was killed in a strike carried out jointly by the Southern Command, Israeli Air Force, Intelligence Directorate, Navy, and Shin Bet. Lahouni had infiltrated the Kerem Shalom area on October 7, according to the IDF.
ATTEMPTS TO LOOT HUMANITARIAN AID TRUCK IN GAZA
Later on Sunday, media outlets in Gaza published footage showing dozens of people attempting to loot a truck carrying humanitarian aid in downtown Gaza City.
The video showed crowds trying to unload aid from the vehicle before gunfire is heard, prompting the crowd to disperse. Whether the truck ultimately reached its intended destination or was looted remains unclear.
A similar incident was reported Saturday in Khan Younis, where, according to reports, dozens of people surrounded another aid truck and took its contents.
On Saturday, a UAE-affiliated aid organization announced that of the 24 trucks it had sent into Gaza in recent days carrying humanitarian supplies — primarily flour and baking materials — 23 were stolen and never reached their intended destinations, such as bakeries or storage warehouses in the Strip.
The armed wing of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad said in separate statements Sunday that fighters carried out several ambushes and attacks using bombs and anti-tank rockets against Israeli forces operating in several areas across Gaza. The military did not refer to any such incidents.
The military has stepped up its Gaza operations in recent days in what it has described as a renewed push to destroy Hamas, calling for the evacuation of civilians from large swaths of the enclave, including the entire city of Khan Younis in the southern Strip.
Gaza’s health ministry said Sunday that at least 3,785 people had been killed in the territory since the latest ceasefire collapsed on March 18, taking the war’s overall toll to 53,939 — a figure that cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters.
Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 420.
How close to 100% probability that both were also middle management on the Hamas payroll? And that they were doing something warlike at the time they were airstruck?
[IsraelTimes] The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announces that two of its staff members, Ibrahim Eid and Ahmad Abu Hilal, were killed in a strike on their home in Khan Younis yesterday.
According to a statement from the ICRC’s delegation in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Eid was employed as a weapon contamination officer, while Abu Hilal was a security guard at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah.
“We extend our profound condolences to their families, friends, and colleagues. Their loss leaves a deep hole in our hearts,” the statement reads.
The ICRC condemns the rising civilian death toll in Gaza, describing the killings as “intolerable” and reiterating calls for a ceasefire. They also demand the “protection of civilians, including medical humanitarian relief, and civil defense personnel.”
The IDF has yet to respond to a request for comment on the incident.
Translation: The IDF destroys yet another Hamas command-and-control center with built-in human shields. How many of the shields were being held there at gunpoint versus the number of Hamas relatives who thought it a perk until that moment?
[IsraelTimes] Hamas-run health authorities in the Gaza Strip say at least 20 people were killed and dozens were wounded when an Israeli strike hit a school housing displaced people a short while ago.
Medics say the dozens of casualties in the strike on the school, at Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, included women and children, although these figures could not be verified.
Some of the bodies were badly burned according to images circulating on social media, which Reuters cannot immediately verify.
[IsraelTimes] The funeral of Yaron Lischinsky has started in Beit Zayit, west of Jerusalem, pastor Chad Holland says during the weekly meeting of the Messianic congregation King of Kings in Jerusalem.
As a teenager, Lischinsky used to be a member of the Hebrew-speaking King of Kings congregation, to which his parents still belong.
Lischinsky was killed alongside his partner, Sarah Lynn Milgrim, in a shooting at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night.
Both were employees at the Israeli Embassy in Washington.
At the family’s request, the funeral is closed to the press, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Jose Ibarra found guilty in the case in GA in the senseless killing of Laken Riley and will serve life - will @TheDemocrats martyr him as well. pic.twitter.com/rMO1bONB2S
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So he was a 22 y/o Venezuelan Gang member here illegally, to start with.
Then he kidnaps, rapes and beats to death a young girl.
An illegal gang member that the Liberals, Socialists and Democrats (LSD's) let in via their OPEN BORDERS agenda. The very Ven Gang Members that LSD's even fight to keep from being deported and demand they be allowed to stay here.
Now, because of some screwed up DA playing politics, this POS gets LIFE.
So, now, we the taxpayers; have to house, provide free medical care, cable tv, and he gets fed 3 squares and snacks or life? Costing GA Taxpayers about $4,500,000 over the duration, given his age.
QUESTION:
Where is the justice for society and the punishment example to deter future crimes?
SIDE NOTE:
But likely, given the frequent accidents that happen in GA prisons, it will be a short stay after his butt is worn out.
[NY Post] He'll still vote
Former New York City Congressman Charlie Rangel, a fixture on Capitol Hill and Democratic power player for nearly half a century, died Monday. He was 94.
Rangel, 94, was a Harlem political institution who spent his life in public service, from the Korean War to becoming the first African American to chair the influential House Ways and Means Committee.
His influence can still be felt today, said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who sits atop the Empire State’s political delegation in the House – a role long held by Rangel himself.
“The Lion of Lenox Ave was a transformational force of nature,” Jeffries wrote on X. “Harlem, NYC & America are better today because of his service.
“May he forever rest in power,” Jeffries said.
Rangel was first elected to Congress in 1970 after challenging civil-rights leader Adam Clayton Powell Jr. for his seat.
During his tenure, Rangel was part of the Gang of Four, a legendary political coalition from Harlem.
The four — Rangel, former Mayor David Dinkins, former Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton and former state Sen. Basil Paterson — were a powerful political force centered in Upper Manhattan for years.
The City College of New York in Harlem — which named its school of public service after Rangel — posted a statement online announcing Rangel’s death on Memorial Day and deeming him a champion for his Big Apple constituents.
“He served for 23 terms in the House of Representatives and was cited as the most effective lawmaker in Congress, leading all of his colleagues in passing legislation,” the statement said.
In another online tribute, Big Apple businessman and supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis called Rangel “a symbol of Harlem, a fighter for justice, a skilled diplomat.
“We knew each other for more than 50 years,” Catsimatidis said. “Charlie was a Harlem youth. You couldn’t walk down a street without someone calling his name.”
Still, Rangel’s illustrious career was tarnished by an ethics scandal and accusations first reported by The Post.
Rangel had owned a beachfront village in a sunny Dominican Republic resort but failed to report his income from it.
The Post’s exposé included an infamous front-page photo of Rangel sleepily basking in the sun on the beach property.
A House panel convicted Rangel on ethics charges after a two-year investigation found he repeatedly broke rules, dodged taxes, concealed assets and misused his position to raise money for the City College center that bears his name.
Despite Rangel’s pleas for leniency, his House colleagues overwhelmingly voted to censure him – a rare step only taken 28 times in the legislative body’s more than 200-year history. The move involves a public vote of condemnation by the chamber, although those censured keep all of their powers as House members.
Rangel, a Democrat, served in the House from 1971 until 2017, spending part of his tenure as the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. After leaving Congress, Rangel served as statesman-in-residence at The City College of New York, its website said.
"Rangel was a war hero, history-making congressman, and master lawmaker," the college wrote in an obit for Rangel, later adding that he was "recognized as one of the hardest working legislators in Congress."
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Sentenced to ten years in prison was Jorge Zamora-Quezada, 68, convicted of defrauding patients and government and private health insurers by diagnosing people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), though they did not have the life-long, incurable condition.
A federal judge also ordered the disgraced physician to forfeit $28,245,454 in assets, which included his real estate portfolio of 13 properties, a jet plane, and a Maserati Grand Turismo.
Slimeball. Also -
The corrupt doctor had leverage to manipulate workers he hired from across the border, DOJ reported:
Zamora-Quezada hired employees he could manipulate because they were on J-1 visas and their immigration status could be jeopardized if they lost their jobs
Maybe some workers were also illegal. The practice was right on the Messican border.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A retired Air Force general has warned that China is mining a rare and powerful element from the moon that could give them the upper hand in the new space race.
China confirmed its plans to build a nuclear plant on the moon to power the research station it's 'dreaming up' with Russia during an April presentation.
The country aims to become a major space power and land astronauts on the moon by 2030. Its planned Chang'e-8 mission for 2028 would lay the groundwork for constructing a permanent, manned lunar base.
However, Steven Kwast, a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General and the CEO of SpaceBilt, claimed China has already started mining helium-3 from the moon.
Helium-3 is a rare form of the gas helium on Earth, but NASA estimates that a million tons of it is on the moon.
Scientists believe helium-3 could provide nuclear energy in a fusion reactor, but since it is not radioactive, it would not produce dangerous waste.
Kwast warned during a recent episode of the Shawn Ryan Show that if China monopolizes the element, they could have enough power to crack any computer code.
'If we were to mine the moon for helium-3, at the current level of electricity use... we could power the energy needs of the human race for thousands of years based on the helium-3 that's on the moon right now,' Kwast said.
'Let's take the scenario where China now has enough helium-3 as they're mining it on the moon and bringing it back to Earth to be able to power the entire world for thousands of years.
'They are the ones that can actually operationalize quantum because they can cool it down to the temperature it needs to actually operate.'
Kwast explained that helium-3 can be used to control the quantum cooling needed for advance technology, and whoever controls it will be able to break any code on the planet.
'When you start combining those three quantum capabilities - sensing, computing, communication - and you can affordably cool it down to the levels where it can be operationalized, now you've broken every code that ever was. I don't care how good your encryption is. They see every secret, every code, everything,' Kwast said.
'So there's an example of why not being in space with logistics and infrastructure to be able to move to see and to operate can make you vulnerable.
'Space is the place where if America does not change our strategy and how we're investing in space, we will become victims to others that use space as a way of dominating the energy market but also the information market.'
While there is no proof that China is actively mining helium-3 on the moon, they have expressed interest in lunar resource extraction.
In June 2024, China became the first country to land on the moon's far side. The Chang'e 6 spacecraft returned with 4.4 pounds of lunar rock samples.
Quick, the US & the M.I.C. needs to bridge this gap.
We need to build Space freighter mining ships to be sent to the Moon to maintain Moon Mineral parity.
Even though the ships will be assembled in space by the Space Workers of American, under the direction of AI and out of sight of the general-public.
The Women's Astronaut League will inspect the Moon operations every 2 years. The proper paperwork and donations will be sent to congress every election season also.
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Gen Kwast is making a "please fund my company" pitch.
The logistics for this are a challenge that is probably even more challenging than the refining technology. There is only about one gram of He3 for every 100 tons of moon rock (and that's nearly a best case guess), so you need to get a whole mining operation transported to the moon before you can even start the refining.
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The return on investment just may not be there.
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Why is there so much He3 on the moon but not on Earth? Theoretically, the Earth birthed the moon.
Inquiring minds want to know. Ahhh.....
Helium-3 is thought to be more abundant on the Moon than on Earth, having been deposited in the upper layer of regolith by the solar wind over billions of years,[5] though still lower in abundance than in the Solar System's gas giants.
Because -
Helium-3 occurs as a primordial nuclide, escaping from Earth's crust into its atmosphere and into outer space over millions of years. Wikipedia
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[JOHNKASSNEWS] After it destroyed its own credibility by twisting the truth to protect Joe Biden and hide his senility, can American corporate legacy news media hope for rebirth?
No.
It’s dead. Journalism killed itself covering up Joe Biden’s senility so Democrats could maintain power. Humpty Dumpty can’t be put back together again. The media is a feast for crows.
CNN’s Fake Jake Tapper and the rest of them can shriek and pull out their hair, protesting wildly that they are true journalists interested in "speaking truth to power."
That too, is a lie.
They are not journalists, they are political propagandists. They’re paid whores.
This latest episode of mainstream media corruption brings to mind an apocryphal story often wrongly attributed to Churchill or George Bernard Shaw, "Madam, we’ve already established what you are. All we’re doing now is discussing the price."
”That’s not the Chicago Way," he said. "The Chicago Way is they pull out shotguns, shoot all the cows and make a barbecue. And then they ride off looking for more cows to kill."
The disgraced legacy news media is a one-eyed jack, a knave without honor, caught covering up for the Democrat Party lie, installing and maintaining the senile old man who had the nuclear codes. And the mainstream media, from the dying papers to CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC banded together vilifying any colleague who demanded answers.
The boss whore of this despicable gang is Tapper, who is now cashing in, selling his book, telling the tale he loudly condemned others for approaching . And all of his posse who profit after keeping their mouths shut for so long, after putting the nation through hell, deserve contempt. Tapper’s newfound "humility" is but another means to whitewash this shameful scandal.
In this they are much like the prostitute going through pockets after the client has been bludgeoned. But Jake the Fake is not alone. They told us he was "sharp as a tack" but was he? No.
Just who was running the country? And why should we trust anything the Democrats and their media coms shop tell us going forward?
Democrats worked in concert to cover up Biden’s senility. And so did the mainstream media played along because their hatred and fear of Donald Trump compelled them. We saw it all as it happened, so there’s no spinning their way out of it. But they’re trying desperately, beseeching America to eat their waste. And all we really need are the treasonous actors who used the presidential autopen without the people’s permission.
"We are in the midst of this staggering presidential scandal from the Biden administration. Whether you’re talking about the mental decline or the physical decline, there was a conspiracy to keep the American people from knowing who was actually operating as president," said Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway during a Fox News interview. "It really makes all other presidential scandals throughout history seem to somewhat pale in comparison."
It would take volumes to list all the White House scandals, from US Grant, Warren Harding, Woodrow Wilson and his manipulative wife Edith; Bill and Hillary Clinton and the 30,000 vanished emails; Barack Obama of the Fast and Furious scandal and the thousands of guns Obama had passed through to Mexican narco-gangs, the murders of the Americans at Bengazi and the political partisan abuses of the IRS.
There is a media myth about Obama’s administration perpetuated by the New York Times, that Obama’s administration was scandal free. No, it was not.
And of course, Richard Nixon of Watergate infamy.
But this one about Biden is much worse than the Watergate break-in. In that one the White House covered up the lawbreaking and the media uncovered it. The establishment media, led by the Washington Post hounded Nixon from office.
But in this one Biden and the legacy media covered up his senility, installed him, and publicly ridiculed any of us who dared point out they were protecting a presidential meat puppet at the expense of the American people.
Americans need news that they can trust to make important decisions about their vote and who would govern them. But they can’t trust this sort of garbage.
And the American people are being told to take it and eat it.
We’re told to eat the garbage they throw at us through the video screens and over the internet, to smile and applaud the corporate legacy media for "protecting" our republic from authoritarianism.
But as we say in Chicago whenever they put their lips together and blow: It’s all bullshit.
I take all this personally.
I spent 40 years working in the mainstream media as a reporter, political writer, columnist, and editorial board member of the Chicago Tribune. I loved working there, loved the readers and the paper and the work we accomplished, the detailed reporting we pursued. I just loved it. We were on a mission, in a politically corrupt city, as the tribunes for the people.
The Trib was once the voice of midwestern conservatism. It was about as mainstream as you could get. No longer. Once the leftist Jacobins took over newsroom, the knives came out and I had to go.
But it wasn’t the ideology that attracted me, it was that we could do real reporting and journalism there. The problem with the Jacobins is they pursued a course that moved away from seeking the truth, they were doctrinaire and lost any pretense of curiosity. They helped turn corporate journalism into what it is today.
Years ago, an associate of the Chicago Outfit and I were having lunch and talking about the mob. Specifically, about the economic lessons to be learned from the Chicago Outfit.
"Citizens see a couple, three cows on the side of a hill and think about putting them together and make more cows, make a herd. And sell the beef.
What’s wrong with that?
"Nothing but that’s not the Chicago Way," he said. "The Chicago Way is they pull out shotguns, shoot all the cows and make a barbecue. And then they ride off looking for more cows to kill."
I found the photo of the hyenas to illustrate that point, because hyenas aren’t interested in thinking about the future. And neither was the media, so intent it was on protecting Democrats from the people. And so, the news media devoured its own credibility with Biden, and now wonders where they might find the next feast.
Biden was not fit for office even before his inauguration.
As the great Miranda Devine wrote long ago, Joe Biden has been president-in-name-only since he was inaugurated
Jake the Fake and MSNBC and the New York Times and the rest of the pack of hyenas must now admit there is no feast without customers.
Who would pay for what passes for corporate legacy journalism now?
Only fools. Only chumbolones.
A few are still paying for garbage to eat as Fake Jake squeeze the chumbolones, as the New York Times looks down its nose at the American middle class.
But many others turn away from garbage journalism and reach out to independent journalism every day.
You’re always welcome here at https://johnkassnews.com/
Where did it start?
You might argue that American journalism fell apart with the rise of Al Gore’s internet that killed news advertising. Then the newspapers relied on subscriptions, and if subscribers were rabid Jacobins, they demanded offending heads be lopped.
But I’d argue, yeah, sure, OK but don’t forget the hopium smokers in the Washington press corps when Barry Obama became president.
I remember writing about the depressing Washington Press Corps addiction to hopium as they offered Obama as their Marxist demi-god. All the newsrooms were besotted.
"Obama hopium was so powerful, that that first rush of it, well, it sent a tingle up my leg. Or down my leg. Then up. So now, when I read newspaper stories about Obama’s political history, like a recent gooey, puffy profile in the Washington Post and it didn’t mention Obama as a willing member of Chicago’s Daley machine, well, I didn’t get angry.
"Not anymore.
"Why? Because I’m a hope-head.
"Now, I don’t get upset when foreign and national journalists fail to mention Tony Rezko, or the Daley boys, or how the Chicago machine plans to staff the Department of Justice, and the new Department of Homeland Casinos.
"Who cares? I’m numb with hopium."
But that was then.
I’m much better now.
I asked for a Congressional investigation days ago. And for the identity of who controlled the autopen. There seems to be no other way if we’re to keep the republic. The names must be known.
According to The Hill, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will be investigating Biden’s use of an "autopen" to sign documents such as the pardons issued just before he left office.
The Hill reported that "Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said in a statement he plans to subpoena former Biden aides Annie Tomasini, Anthony Bernal and Ashley Williams, who he claims "ran interference" for Biden and may have overseen the use of the autopen.
"Meanwhile, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is demanding the upper chamber hold hearings on Biden’s health and competence, and rightly so. He wants to interview people who were close to the former president. As he told Axios, "We have to. I mean, who was running the government?"
Years ago, in his first news conference since taking office, taxpayer-funded PBS White House reporter Yamiche Alcindor asked President Joe Biden whether migrants are crossing the southern border because he’s so "moral" and "decent."
She embarrassed herself without a smidgen of humility.
"You’ve said over and over again that immigrants shouldn’t come to this country right now, this isn’t the time to come. That message is not being received," Alcindor said as the nation faces a crisis of illegal immigration not seen in decades. "Instead, the perception of you, that got you elected as a moral, decent man, is the reason why a lot of immigrants are coming to this country and trusting you with unaccompanied minors."
Biden, a moral man? A decent man?
Yamiche, go sit on Jake’s lap and maybe he’ll tell you bedtime stories of the girl who saved journalism. Better yet Yamiche, just cancel yourself.
Last week on the Chicago Way podcast, co-host Jeff Carlin and I interviewed our friend Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of Real Clear Politics.
We talked about Biden, the media, Deep State operative James Comey and more. You might want to listen here.
I asked him about whether the media can survive this.
No, he said.
"The media’s broken," Bevan said. "There is no putting it back together. It is Humpty Dumpty for sure."
And all the king’s horses, and all the king’s men...
Don’t forget that Monday is Memorial Day, for all those who died for this country.
It is not a day to commemorate steaks and hotdogs and beer and chips. It is not the day to raise our glasses to our gluttony. Monday is the day we say a prayer and remember all those who gave their lives for the American republic.
A republic, said Dr. Franklin, if you can keep it.
Can we keep it?
That’s up to you. But they died trying to keep it. In all the cemeteries of American war dead across the world, among the white markers and crosses across the landscape, row after row here, in France, everywhere, it is held in a language unspoken by the political class, but perhaps you can feel it all the same:
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But this one about Biden is much worse than the Watergate break-in. In that one the White House covered up the lawbreaking and the media uncovered it. The establishment media, led by the Washington Post hounded Nixon from office.
The establishment media hated Nixon as much as they hate Trump. They were lying to us back then, they've been lying to us all along.
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Journalists have never been neutral since the beginning of the country. A much higher percentage of them have been evil and/or treasonous since 1950. What has changed is that they they lost their stranglehold on information.
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Newspapers originally were broadsheets for political purposes. It's when the owners discovered they could 'sell' news that it became a business. It was the classical master, journeyman, apprentice career till academia needed to get more cash with pseudo accreditation of skills. That's when it took a leap off the cliff.
[FoxBusiness] The tractor was created with the purpose of "feeding the world," noting that global food demand is expected to increase by 50% by 2050, according to Deere.
The demand must be due to increasing prosperity, given the population crash over the next quarter century as the world’s post-WWII generation passes into the Great Unknown.
John Deere is turning to artificial intelligence to help farmers address labor shortages and enable them to handle other tasks associated with their business.
"Think about every step a farmer does for corn and soybeans – whether that's tillage, planting, spraying and harvesting," Deere CFO Josh Jepsen said during an interview on "The Claman Countdown." "We will make all of those autonomous here over really probably the balance of the decade."
The U.S. is the second-leading soybean producer and exporter in the world. Meanwhile, corn accounts for more than 95% of the total feed grain production and use in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The company announced in January the creation of new autonomous tractors, an autonomous dump truck and an autonomous electric mower. The machines use computer vision, cameras and AI to navigate their environments, according to a press release from John Deere.
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Considering Deere's policy of not letting you work on your own tractor, the expression "autonomous" lends itself to the picture of a tractor beating you to death if you get near it with a wrench.
[American Thinker] If I were a recent arrival from another planet, and I wanted to learn the value system of Earth’s inhabitants, how would I begin my search? Suppose I had landed in the United States and decided to check out how humans communicated with each other each day. Since my research of these beings indicated that they turned to television news to be informed of significant events, I’d turn it on to get an idea of how they think. I’d see a man at the podium, who, I’d soon realize was the chosen leader of the country, talking about his vision to make the country better.
He was saying that he is fulfilling the promises he made when he was elected by a majority of the voters who live in the country. This leader, who I learned is called "President Trump," was illustrating that he stopped the illegal invasion at the border, which was causing death and destruction to hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the country that elected him. Additionally, this man was actively taking part in ending wars that were taking the lives of millions in other countries. As I listened more closely, I heard him say that, as the elected Chief Executive, he has authorized his appointed emissaries to seek out and identify massive government corruption in the form of waste, fraud and abuse in numerous agencies.
Moreover, this newly elected leader has designated someone to determine why so many inhabitants of the nation are suffering from numerous ailments, most of which are being worsened by the use of chemicals being sold to them as cures or temporary relief from pain. The designee will also investigate why so many people are physically unfit, morbidly obese, and addicted to harmful lifestyles. He intends to educate the public about the numerous food additives that contain toxic substances, which are processed, glamorized in television and magazine commercials, and marketed to unwary consumers. The goal is to improve the health and vitality of the entire population. The person in charge of this enormous challenge is a man whose personal fitness demonstrates the commitment he hopes will serve as an inspiration to others.
As for the future prosperity of this land I arrived on, the new leader was securing trillions of dollars of investment from some of the wealthiest areas of the planet. Furthermore, he was tirelessly working to lower the burden of monetary payments, which they call "taxes," that industrious inhabitants are forced to render to the governing authority. During his address, he talked about the price reductions in many of the goods and services that have already taken place since he took office. While watching and listening to the proposals of the leader to make the country stronger, healthier, and more economically sound, I felt certain that this country was in the capable hands of a wise leader.
Eager to learn more about this world I’m visiting, I touched a button on the remote device and began watching another news program. Suddenly, everything I had just learned was being contradicted by those who appeared to be enemies of the new leader. Their words were hateful and abusive toward the man named "Trump," and they were calling on people to violently resist everything he was doing. I saw videos of angry demonstrators, screaming hysterically as they denounced the changes being made in their country. They called Trump a dictator for halting the criminal invasion of their own country. To my utter confusion, they demanded that he stop arresting and deporting those who had endangered innocent people by smuggling children, women, and drugs across the border to be sold for profit.
I continued to be astonished when I saw other elected representatives, in sections of the country, referring to its leader as a racist, even as some of the most prominent black and brown leaders fully endorse him. I began to wonder why an otherwise civilized and intelligent species could be so contrary about the relevant issues affecting their future and the future of their progeny. Their reasoning process was especially strange when I considered that they are residents of the most affluent and powerful combination of beings on their planet. What I learned caused me to wonder about the stability of their country, when many of them are apparently so deranged that they struggle viciously against a leader who is bringing more abundance to their lives.
If this is how the greatest country on their planet uses its intellect, I can only imagine how primitive the rest of the species behave in their respective territories. Having been sent here from another galaxy, to determine if our advanced civilization could further the goals of the only rotating orb with a form of life in the Milky Way, I must inform my leaders to pass by the third rock from the sun. Evidently, they have not evolved enough to appreciate anyone or anything that would improve their existence.
The question assumes they are dumb enough to even land here, or the Planet hasn't been designation toxic and Off Limits by the United Universe Security Council
[American Thinker] Before he joined Kash Patel at the FBI, Dan Bongino had a popular podcast and radio show. He would report on the latest Democrat scandal, calling it "the biggest scandal of our time." Sadly, this became a regular theme. One scandal followed another, each seemingly as great as or greater than the ones that came before.
In my debates with Democrats, I like to ask them for their Top Ten List of things their party has done to make America safer, stronger, more prosperous, and more united. Only one person has ever listed ten, most list a few and then change the subject. But even the items they list turn out to have been ultimately harmful or ineffective. Obamacare is high on the list, as are the COVID "vaccines," public schools and welfare.
When I look at that party’s history I see a consistent and frightening pattern. Southern Democrats owned the slaves, started the Civil War, formed the KKK, opposed passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and passed Jim Crow laws and the Great Society legislation that decimated the nuclear family. They currently promote the losing side of every 90/10 issue facing America, such as championing MS-13 gang-bangers and Islamic terrorists and placing graphic pornography in K-12 schools.
How likely is it that a party would consistently choose actions that are harmful to those they claim to serve? "Once is happenstance, twice is a coincidence, three times is enemy action." -- Ian Fleming
Promoting evil for personal gain is as old as humankind and people have always looked for the source.
Scripture warns us that we "...do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."
In the Old Testament, Ba’al was a supernatural entity who demanded child sacrifice in exchange for prosperity. By contrast, Jezebel wielded a seductive charisma, bending loyalty to her will. The Left, particularly the Democrat (they're not democratic) Party utilizes sacrifice and deception, forfeiting the well-being of society for control (Ba’al) while at the same time masking its motives with charismatic manipulation (Jezebel).
[ZERO] Gun rights groups like Gun Owners of America celebrated late last week after the House narrowly passed President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" (BBB) in a 215—214 vote. A key reason for this celebration is the inclusion of the Constitutional Hearing Protection Act (CHPA), which would eliminate the federal registration requirement and the $200 tax stamp on suppressors. As the bill moves to the Senate, speculation is already mounting that demand for suppressors could erupt.
The prospect of removing suppressors from the Al Capone—era National Firearms Act (NFA), eliminating the $200 tax stamp and lengthy ATF waiting period, has sparked a nationwide surge in interest among gun owners.
Google Search trends show that interest in "buy a suppressor" has reached its highest level in five years. The surge in interest is happening nationwide. This is because if the BBB reaches President Trump's desk and is signed into law, the removal of suppressors from the NFA would mean these devices—used to muffle the noise of a fired round—would only require a standard FBI background check, known as a NICS check.
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Bubba used solution.
For most semi's, just purchase an Ext'd length barrel, or adapter. Then and use a disposable cheap car oil filter. Total cost usually under $250 and no key word internet tracing by _ _ _ . Plus reports are it defeats some Metro Sound detection systems,
Note: The new law must be good for America,
Every (LSD) voted against it.
[NYP] A sobering new study has revealed that cancer deaths are on the rise across the United States.
The research shows that alcohol-related cancer deaths have nearly doubled from 12,000 a year in 1990 to more than 23,000 a year in 2021.
The study — which has not yet been published in a journal but will be presented this week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago — identifies men aged 55 and older as the most at-risk group for these types of deaths.
While women only saw an 8% increase in cancer deaths due to alcohol during this period, for men, the spike was a shocking 56%.
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Bear in mind, the term Boomer refers to the cohort of the post WWII baby boom.
A birth boom implies a later death boom.
Drinking more once life stops being rosy is common.
I know a buncha functioning alcoholics. Some not so functioning.
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That's why Jesus turned the water into wine. I've known a couple of nonagenarians who drank alcohol every day. I've known people in their 60's and 70's who didn't and are no longer with us. It's all a crap shoot. Enjoy your life while you can.
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People have been drinking alcohol for more than 10,000 years. Maybe increased cancer is due to something more recent?
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The 'sobering new study'. Alcohol is bad; drinking and smoking is worse. Variations among genetics and even lifestyles. Conclusions: More studies, better control of sales, and more taxes. Imagine that!
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There's a poetic kind of justice when a dictatorship's propaganda parade ends as soggy scrap metal. North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... , the Hermit Kingdom so fond of choreographed triumphs and goose-stepping grandeur, recently tried launching a 5,000-ton ''stealth'' destroyer, only to have it tip sideways into the sea like a child's bathtub toy.
This wasn't just a mishap. It was a symbolic faceplant: the world's most belligerent pariah state, fresh off a backroom weapons-for-bodies deal with Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... , found its supposed symbol of strength literally sideways and broken. Karma, it seems, sometimes comes in the shape of a capsized hull.
TECH FOR BLOOD
Let's be clear: this was no ordinary ship launch. The Choe Hyon-class destroyer, which paraded in front of Supreme Leader Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... with all the spectacle of a coronation, was meant to showcase Pyongyang's leap in naval capability. And thanks to its recent transactional alliance with Russia, troops in exchange for military tech, it had every reason to expect smooth sailing.
According to multiple intelligence agencies, North Korea has been sending tens of thousands of troops, laborers, and munitions to Russia for the Ukrainian meat grinder. In return, Russia has reportedly handed over satellite surveillance systems, hypersonic missile guidance data, and advanced naval designs. Kim finally had a playbook from a major power, and this warship was to be Exhibit A.
Instead, the ship's stern slid prematurely into the water during its launch at the Chongjin Shipyard while the bow stuck on the slipway, sending the vessel lurching sideways like a drunk man leaving a bar.
The result: a crippled destroyer and a furious dictator who, after inspecting the wreck, reportedly arrested bigwigs and ordered an emergency internal investigation. There are whispers that the lead engineers may never see daylight again.
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day. - Henry V, Shakespeare
A 53-year-old British man plowed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who had been celebrating the city team’s Premier League championship on Monday and was arrested, police said.
There was no immediate word from authorities on how many people were injured. An air ambulance and other emergency vehicles swarmed the scene to respond to reports that multiple pedestrians had been hit.
Harry Rashid, who was at the parade with his wife and two young daughters, said the car began ramming people about 10 feet away from him.
“It was extremely fast," Rashid said. “Initially, we just heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the bonnet of a car.”
Rashid said after the car rammed its initial victims, it came to a halt and the crowd charged the vehicle and began smashing windows.
“But then he put his foot down again and just plowed through the rest of them, he just kept going,” Rashid said. “It was horrible. And you could hear the bumps as he was going over the people.”
Rashid said it looked deliberate and he was in shock and disbelief.
“My daughter started screaming and there were people on the ground,” he said. “They were just innocent people, just fans going to enjoy the parade.”
Eyewitness Natasha Rinaldi told British broadcaster Sky News that “people sounded desperate” and that she saw the car had “run over people," NBC News reported. (Sky News is owned by Comcast, the parent company of NBC News.)
“Then people started rushing to go after the driver and they tried to break the car. The police did everything to block and to push people away,” she said. “We could just hear screams and screams. We were very confused.”
[NYPOST] The NYPD has ID'd one of the cowardly thugs who allegedly beat an off-duty NYPD cop and stole his service weapon at knifepoint — and have now busted his father for allegedly using the officer's stolen credit card, law enforcement sources told The Post.
The two suspects made off with the officer's belongings — including his service weapon.
Cops, who have not identified the second suspect, said Hargrove's father was nabbed using the credit card at several Bronx bodegas, and now have the older man in jug, sources said.
The robbery itself was a brazen, brutal assault on one of New York's Finest.
''Two individuals viciously attacked an off-duty NYPD officer,'' the department said on X on Sunday. ''They forced him to the ground, struck him in the face, held a knife to his throat, and stole his belongings, including his firearm.''
Sources said the injured cop is awake and talking, but is still in a great deal of pain and is scheduled for surgery for a broken cheekbone and a fractured eye socket.
Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... the NYPD released a wanted poster of Hargrove over the weekend.
''Suspect is to be considered armed and extremely dangerous,'' it said.
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[Korrespondent] The situation at the front is difficult.
Russian invaders continue to storm the positions of Ukrainian defenders, the Command reports.
The Russian army continues to storm the positions of the Defense Forces. In total, 100 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day on May 25, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
Border settlements, in particular Aleksandrovka, Belaya Bereza, Starikovo, Slavgorod, Malushino, Bruski, Novaya Guta, Nikolaevka, Porozok and Dmitrievka in Sumy Oblast, are suffering from artillery shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation. Osoyevka in the same region was subjected to an air strike. The enemy also launched missile strikes on the city of Chernigov, as well as Konotop and Krolevets in Sumy Oblast.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy attacked our defenders' positions three times near Volchansk, Stroyevka and Krasny Pervy. One combat clash is still ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy once attacked the positions of our troops in the Novaya Kruglyakovka area.
In the Liman direction, the invading army attacked 12 times - towards Ridkodub, Zelenaya Dolina, Novy Mir and near Grekovka, Lipovoye and Torskoye. The defense forces successfully stopped all attempts by the enemy to advance.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy tried to advance three times towards Grigoryevka and near Belogorovka. One clash continues to this day.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces four times in the direction of Predtechnoye, Belaya Gora and near Chasovy Yar.
In the Toretsk direction today the enemy attacked five times - in the area of Toretsk and Dilievka, two combat clashes are currently underway.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 30 attempts to displace our defenders from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Malinovka, Lisovka, Udachnoye, Zvirovoye, Troitskoye, Elizavetovka, Andreyevka and in the direction of Zorya, Muravka, Alekseyevka, Mirolyubovka. The defense forces are holding back the enemy's onslaught and have repelled twenty-five attacks, five clashes are still ongoing. The enemy's losses are being clarified. Russian terrorists carried out airstrikes with guided bombs on the settlements of Dolgaya Balka, Aleksandro-Kalinovoye, Stepanovka.
Today, in the Novopavlovskoye direction, the enemy attacked 16 times near the settlements of Konstantinopol, Novosyolka, Volnoye Pole and in the direction of Komar, Zeleny Pole and Bogatyr. Two combat clashes are still ongoing. The settlement of Novopol was subjected to airstrikes with unguided missiles.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the enemy launched airstrikes on the Novodarovka and Malinovka areas.
In the Orekhov direction, the enemy tried to advance three times near the settlements of Novoandreyevka and Stepovoye. One clash is still ongoing. Malaya Tokmachka and Kamenskoye were subjected to air strikes.
Today, in the Dnieper direction, there were two attempts by the enemy to advance forward near the settlement of Kazachi Lageri.
In the operational zone in Kursk region, the units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 14 attacks by Russian invaders during these 24 hours. The enemy carried out five airstrikes, dropping ten KABs, and carried out 129 attacks, including eight from multiple launch rocket systems.
In other areas of the front, the situation has not undergone significant changes.
Let us recall that the 1187th day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun. In total, 204 combat clashes were recorded during the past day.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian invaders suffered 1,020 casualties.
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In 1932, Australia sent soldiers with machine guns to battle 20,000 wild emus—and lost. Discover the bizarre true story of the Emu War, where nature outmaneuvered the military and turned a national crisis into a historic embarrassment. From failed missions to guerrilla bird tactics.
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[REGNUM] Russian servicemen who arrived on May 24 as part of a large-scale prisoner exchange according to the formula "1000 for 1000" spoke about atrocities in captivity. The soldiers told Izvestia that in addition to regular beatings and humiliation, some were subjected to torture. One serviceman added that he does not even want to remember what he experienced. The new, 1186th day of the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine was marked by discussions of this news, among other things.
The large-scale exchange of prisoners of war was the result of the Istanbul talks initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The first meeting of the parties after a three-year break took place on May 16. The first 390 Russians, including 270 military personnel and 120 civilians, returned to their homeland on May 23. Another 307 were released from Ukrainian captivity the day before, on May 24. The Defense Ministry confirmed that the exchange will continue.
Meanwhile, the International Public Tribunal for Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis continues to collect evidence of the Kiev regime's crimes, including against Russian servicemen. The story told by a fighter with the call sign Anzhi was published on Telegram by the chairman of the tribunal, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Maxim Grigoriev, on May 24. The Russian fighter told how a Kiev militant mocked his wound, in which a bullet remained: " He pulled the wound, spat in it."
" I was interrogated by a Crimean Tatar from Kraken (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation). He said: "You are a Muslim, you should kill Russians." I answered him with the words of Rasul Gamzatov : "I am an Avar in Dagestan, a Dagestani throughout Russia, and beyond its borders, I am Russian." For this, they began to beat me with bats - on the legs, on the body. I was there for four days," Anzhi shared.
Former prisoner of war with call sign Anzhi spoke about the atrocities of Kyiv militants and doctors
Among other episodes of torture, the Russian fighter said that he was even beaten by a Red Cross employee and medics. This happened when the prisoners were brought to the Kharkiv pretrial detention center (SIZO).
"When we were unloading, I saw that the building had "Red Cross" written on it. One of those who accompanied us turned out to be a Red Cross employee. He beat me too," Anzhi explained.
He added that they also beat him in the pre-trial detention center - with sticks and hands.
"There was no medical assistance. I had a wound, a bullet in my body, shrapnel, my arm wouldn't straighten, my leg was festering. I asked for help - the doctor said: "Let the Russians pull me out." Other doctors beat me. They beat me right on my wounded leg," Anzhi said.
[4WWLtv] Authorities have charged nine individuals in connection with the daring escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Justice Center last week, including civilians, an inmate and a maintenance worker.
Among those charged are Lenton J. Vanburen Sr., Angel McKey, Emmitt Weber, Trevon B. Williams, Casey Smith, Connie Weeden, Cortnie Harris, Corvanntay Baptiste, and a maintenance worker, Sterling Williams. The names of the perps kind of give away what I expected.
The charges range from accessory after the fact to principal to simple escape. Investigators said the group aided the escapees in various ways, from providing transportation and supplies to harboring fugitives and facilitating communication.
Reading the charges at the link, it strikes me that the malefactors must have a cumulative IQ in the lower three digits…
So far, five of the 10 escapees remain at large, and a $20,000 reward is offered for information leading to their capture. Law enforcement continues an intense search effort involving local, state, and federal agencies.
I’ve seen a few claims making the rounds on the Big Beautiful Bill that require correction.
The first is that it doesn’t “codify the DOGE cuts.” A reconciliation bill, which is a budget bill that passes with 50 votes, is limited by senate rules to “mandatory” spending only — eg…
only — eg Medicaid and Food Stamps. The senate rules prevent it from cutting “discretionary” spending — eg the Department of Education or federal grants. The DOGE cuts are overwhelmingly discretionary, not mandatory. The bill saves more than 1.6 TRILLION in mandatory spending, including the largest-ever welfare reform. A remarkable achievement.
I’ve also seen claims the bill increases the deficit. This lie is based on a CBO accounting gimmick. Income tax rates from the 2017 tax cut are set to expire in September. They were always planned to be permanent. CBO says maintaining *current* rates adds to the deficit, but by definition leaving these income tax rates unchanged cannot add one penny to the deficit. The bill’s spending cuts REDUCE the deficit against the current law baseline, which is the only correct baseline to use.
Another fantastically false claim is that the bill spends trillions of dollars. This is just completely invented out of whole cloth. This is not a ten year budget bill—it doesn’t “fund” almost any operations of government, which are funded in the annual budget bills (which this is not). In other words, if this bill passed, but the annual budget bill did not, there would be no government funding. Under the math that critics are using, if we passed a one paragraph reconciliation bill that cut simply 50 billion in food stamp spending, they would say the bill “added” trillions in spending and debt because they are counting ALL the projected federal spending that exists entirely outside the scope of this legislation, which is of course preposterous. The only funding in the bill is for the President’s border and defense priorities, while enacting a net spending cut of over 1.6 TRILLION dollars.
The bill has two fiscal components: a massive tax cut and a massive spending cut.
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The Big Beautiful Bill's $1.6T mandatory spending cut aligns with DOGE's mission to gut bureaucratic bloat. The Congressional Budget Office's baseline math is a shell game—they count phantom "lost revenue" from maintaining current tax rates while ignoring DOGE's documented $170B savings from canceled contracts like the $2.9B Office of Refugee Resettlement scam and $1.9B Treasury EPPIS boondoggle.
Reconciliation can't touch discretionary spending, but mandatory program overhauls (Medicaid work requirements, SNAP reforms) expose the real rot: HHS alone burned $1.7T in 2024. Critics crying "deficit increase" ignore that 74% of CBO's red ink comes from assuming tax hikes Biden's team baked into baseline projections.
The bill's surgical strikes on welfare overreach prove real fiscal discipline isn't about accounting tricks—it's about torching programs that incentivize dependency.
[IsraelTimes] Turkey will establish military bases in Syria and assist the new government in establishing security forces, Turkish media reports.
Turkey will establish air, naval and ground force bases in Syria in order to fight against the Islamic State group, Syrian security sources tell the Turkiye Gazetesi and ODATV channel.
The reports come days after Israel and Turkey were said to have reached an agreement in principle aimed at preventing any unwanted incidents between both countries’ militaries operating in Syria.
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…“They raised a hundred million dollars and they haven't said that where any of that money went. And they and they've been asked for accounting — And there's no accounting or where the money went. They're not telling anyone.”
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The main organizers of the FireAid concert were Shelli and Irving Azoff, with Live Nation and the LA Clippers as key partners. Joel Gallen was the executive producer, and Rick Krim handled talent production. The event raised $100 million for wildfire relief, distributed through grants advised by the Annenberg Foundation. Some residents, especially in Pacific Palisades, have raised concerns about transparency and accessing aid, suggesting issues with fund distribution clarity.
Uh, here's the list of the folks they've made grants to with the proceeds. Am I missing something?https://t.co/AEIOPN8yD5
[DAILYSABAH] The Nigerian army said Friday it killed at least 16 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... Death Eaters during a midnight operation in northeastern Borno state.
Army spokesperson Onyechi Anele said troops launched sustained indirect fire around 1 a.m. in the Damboa Local Government Area, sparking a shootout that led to the deaths of the krazed killers.
Boko Haram, a jihadist group active across northeastern Nigeria and parts of Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... and Mali, has waged a brutal insurgency for over a decade, marked by mass killings and widespread displacement.
Borno state has, in recent months, witnessed a surge in terrorist activity, including the use of bombs to wreak havoc.
''The main thrust of the attack targeted the brigade, prompting the swift deployment of air support to reinforce ground troops,'' Anele said in a statement Friday.
She also confirmed that an ammunition storage area was hit during the exchange but was swiftly brought under control, with no further escalation.
Separately, Nigeria's National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu said 15,543 hard boyz have been killed across the country in the first two years of President Bola Tinubu's administration.
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[PRNIGERIA] In a major counter-kidnapping operation, troops of the Nigerian Army alongside other security agencies rescued eight kidnapped victims and neutralized one suspected kidnapper at the Kogi-Enugu border on Friday , PRNigeria learnt.
The daring rescue mission took place around Isi River, near Nokwa Community in Kogi and Nimbo in Enugu State, following credible intelligence.
According to Zagazola, the troops reportedly stormed a suspected kidnappers' den at about 2:00 p.m., engaging the criminals in a gun duel that led to their escape and the death of one assailant.
The victims, all rescued unharmed, include Ugwuoke Victor Chidera, Asogwa Sochima, Calister Ezema, Ezugwu Charity, Ezugwu Kenneth, Ike Nnamdi, Francis Okoro, and Ikenna Okeagu, hailing from various communities in Enugu State.
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Security forces have since intensified operations in the area to ensure complete clearance of criminal elements and safeguard residents.
In a separate development, suspected 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... bully boyz from the Buduma faction launched a brazen attack on a herder in Yele bush, Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State, on May 20, 2025. The assailants shot Muhammadu Hammadu, 30, while he was grazing cattle, and made away with about 200 livestock.
According to Abubakar Mohammed of Fulatari Ward, the victim sustained gunshot wounds on his right hand and buttock but survived the assault. Security operatives are currently on the trail of the attackers to recover the stolen cattle and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Both incidents underscore the persistent security challenges across regions, as well as the continued efforts of Nigerian troops in combating terrorism, kidnapping, and cattle rustling.
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[THISDAYLIVE] Following its ongoing operations against 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... in the North-east, the Nigerian military has again rescued about 275 hostages and dislodged Death Eaters remnants from their enclaves in some parts of Borno State.
In the latest offensive, the troops also killed 15 terrorists, arrested six others and recovered several items and weapon making materials.
This was disclosed in a statement signed monday by the Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, saying the military recorded many successes at different operational areas in Borno State.
Usman said troops from the 152 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with those from Sector 1 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) last Sunday carried out clearance operations in suspected terrorist hideouts around Madawaya general area, cleared an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making factory, killed 15 Death Eaters and recovered some weapons.
The troops, he noted, cleared Death Eaters in Madawaya, Jere, Kardile, Koujili, Ngenere and Maksamari as well as Douse, Bembem, Zombulum and Taraji villages.
In addition, he said, they recovered several vehicles and cycle of violences.
''They also discovered and destroyed the Boko Haram terrorists' IED making factory at Bula Umara and killed 15 Death Eaters in the same area. In addition, the troops recovered an AK-47 rifle, four fully loaded magazines with 7.62mm ammunitions two power generating sets, welding machines, assorted batteries and solar panels,'' he stated.
Usman listed other items recovered by the troops to include drums of beans and other grains as well as bandolier.
''The gallant soldiers also rescued 275 persons held hostage by the Boko Haram terrorists. One interesting thing is that, one of the rescued persons gave birth to baby boy shortly after their liberation. Both mother and the child are doing fine.
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He was not named in the original report we had of the incident here. A photo of the smarmy git at the headline link.
[IsraelTimes] Joseph Neumeyer deported from Israel, arrested in New York after he left a backpack full of Molotov cocktails outside the embassy branch building earlier this month
A dual US-German national attempted to Molotov cocktail the Tel Aviv branch office of the US embassy in Israel last week and was deported back to the United States, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said on Sunday.
The suspect, Joseph Neumeyer, 28, from Colorado, arrived in Israel in April. He was arrested at his hotel on May 19 after leaving a backpack full of explosives near the US embassy branch, US prosecutors said.
He was then deported back to the US on May 25 and was arrested upon landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport. He is charged with attempting to destroy, by means of fire or explosive, the US Embassy mission.
Neumayer was arrested after he arrived outside the US embassy branch office carrying a backpack, and "without provocation," spat on an embassy guard, the US Department of Justice said. When the guard attempted to detain him, Neumeyer fled to his hotel room, but left his backpack behind.
Upon inspection, the backpack was found to contain three Molotov cocktails.
He was then tracked down and arrested at his hotel.
An investigation into Neumayer’s social media accounts following his arrest revealed that on the same day as he approached the US embassy branch, he had posted on Facebook: "Join me as I burn down the embassy in Tel Aviv. Death to America, death to Americans, and f—k the west," according to court documents unsealed by the district attorney’s office.
According to the Ynet news site, he had also uploaded several other incendiary Facebook posts during his visit to Israel, including one featuring a swastika, and another — in which he commented on Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest — containing the phrase "Long live the Fourth Reich."
Ah. Classic neo-Nazi idiot — all is now explained, except why he flew all the way to Israel for his temper tantrum instead of hitting a local FBI office or something, since his plan clearly involved tossing his little firebombs against an exterior wall and running away.
The Department of Justice said a separate social media account believed to belong to Neumeyer had published threats to assassinate Trump.
"This defendant is charged with planning a devastating attack targeting our embassy in Israel, threatening death to Americans, and President Trump’s life," said US Attorney General Pam Bondi in a statement. "The Department will not tolerate such violence and will prosecute this defendant to the fullest extent of the law."
If convicted, Neumeyer faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years in prison, as well as a maximum fine of $250,000, the district attorney’s office said.
This despicable and violent mostly peaceful behavior will not be tolerated at home or abroad," said FBI Director Kash Patel. "The FBI, working with our partners, will bring him to face justice for his dangerous actions."
An interesting find, courtesy of The Thing From Snowy Mountain:
On May 19, Neumeyer posted on his Facebook account, “Join me this afternoon in Tel Aviv. We are burning down the U.S. embassy,” and, “Join me as I burn down the embassy in Tel Aviv. Death to America. Death to Americans and f—k the West.”
After making the Facebook posts, he traveled to the embassy with a backpack full of Molotov cocktails. A guard spotted Neumeyer, and he fled, leaving his backpack behind. He was later arrested at his hotel.
Neumeyer was deported from Israel to the United States and charged in the Eastern District of New York on May 24.
He was a former canvasser for Democrats and was a frequent donor to ActBlue. He also made posts on Facebook, threatening to assassinate President Trump and
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Emphasis mine. So Antifa/Black Bloc rather than a neo-Nazi — but really, how is one to tell the difference?
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The Russian military launched an Iskander missile attack on a container ship in Odessa that was carrying more than a hundred containers with sea drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, and ammunition. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.
It is noted that on May 23, not only the cargo ship but also container warehouses in the port were hit.
The strike resulted in a secondary detonation of ammunition on the pier and a strong fire, the military department added.
According to war correspondents, two missiles hit the infrastructure of the Odessa sea trade port in the area of the 2nd and 3rd berths. The ships "Krym" and "Titan", used as floating bases and radio-technical platforms, were damaged by the explosions.
Eyewitnesses filmed a column of thick white smoke over the landing site.
This strike shows that there is no moratorium on strikes on ships.It also shows once again that military cargo is delivered directly to Odessa by sea. Of course, it cannot be stopped with one strike, only systemic strikes on ships during unloading.
If Russian troops continue to actively strike the port of Odessa, supplies of Western military equipment to Ukraine may be reduced, observers from the American magazine Military Watch Magazine (MWM) noted in their publication on May 25.
This is how they commented on the Russian Armed Forces’ strike with an Iskander on a container ship with military cargo, as well as a container warehouse in the port of Odessa.
Ukraine continues to receive weapons “in huge quantities” from across the West and from Turkey, with the bulk of these shipments going through Poland and Romania, the authors noted.
“The supply of military equipment to Ukraine by sea is significantly more vulnerable to Russian missile and drone strikes and could be curtailed in the coming months if predictions come true that Russia will pay more attention to Odessa,” the statement said.
The Russian Defense Ministry previously reported that the ship that was hit on May 23 was carrying about 100 containers with military cargo, including unmanned boats, drones, and ammunition. As a result of the fire strike on the targets, there was a secondary detonation of ammunition and containers, as well as a strong fire. Ukrainian media reported a series of explosions in the port of Odessa on the evening of May 23.
Text taken from a post in the Russian/Soviet history site istmat.org
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Document signed by Zhukov on violations on the line of contact with the Allied troops in Germany. The other side of the "spirit of the Elbe".
ORDER OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE GROUP OF SOVIET OCCUPATION FORCES IN GERMANY.
AUGUST 29, 1945 No. 090 POTSDAM
On the facts of violations of the regime on the line of contact with the Allied troops and the unworthy behavior of a number of officers in the performance of their official duties.
Recently, numerous cases of violation of military discipline and border regulations on the line of contact with the Allied forces have reached threatening proportions.
Servicemen and especially officers cross the border without permission, meet and establish contact with English and American soldiers and officers on Allied territory. They organize joint drinks with them, take photographs, conduct official conversations, and also travel around the cities of Western Germany and France, visit theaters, museums, brothels, and as a result of laxness and chatter, divulge military secrets.
On July 22 of this year, the assistant chief of the intelligence department of the 27th Guards Division headquarters, Captain Ivanov, together with the commander of the 3rd battalion of the 76th Guards Regiment, Major Chernousov, while checking the security service, entered into a conversation with an American sentry and demanded that he call American officers for negotiations.
Captain Ivanov, together with a sentry, went to the American outpost, brought back four officers and 20 liters of wine and organized a drinking party with the Americans right at the border. The head of the medical service of the 27th Guards Rifle Division, Major of the Medical Service Katalkin, the senior doctor of the 76th Guards Rifle Regiment, Captain Satanovsky and Major Chernousov also took part in the drinking party.
Having drunk the brought wine, the drunken company went to continue drinking in a restaurant.
In the evening, a film was shown to the American officers at the location of the 7th Rifle Division of the 76th Guards Rifle Regiment.
During the drinking party, the officers held conversations regarding the numbering and deployment areas of the units. Captain Ivanov willingly answered the questions of the American officers.
On July 23 of this year, Captain Ivanov and Major of the Medical Service Katalkin with the driver Butovsky traveled in a passenger car to the side of the American troops, where they again met with American officers. Subsequently, the driver Butovsky deserted from his unit.
The commander of the 1st battalion of the 712th Rifle Regiment of the 139th Rifle Division (47th army), Major Slepnikov, and his deputy for political affairs, Captain Lagutsky, repeatedly sent their orderlies to the side of the allied forces for alcoholic beverages.
On July 5 and 7 of this year, the outpost chief of the 1281st Rifle Regiment of the 60th rifle division (47th army), Lieutenant Atayev, and on July 29, the deputy battalion commander of the 316th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 102nd Guards Rifle Division (2nd Infantry Division), Lieutenant Yankovchuk, went without permission to the British side, from where they brought alcoholic beverages and other things.
Privates Moguyev (286th Rifle Regiment of the 90th Rifle Division), Kolobanov, Zaikov (316th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 102nd Guards Rifle Division), trying to desert, went over to the side of the British troops, changed into civilian clothes and drank for several days. The deserters were detained. Officers and privates of the allied armies are also going over to our side, taking advantage of the assistance of our military personnel.
On July 14 of this year, four American soldiers detained at the border presented a pass for the right to cross the line of contact, issued by the deputy commander of the 3rd battalion of the 712th Regiment, Captain Lushin.
These American soldiers were in our unit, where they drank alcoholic beverages together with Captain Lushin and Lieutenant Kapustinsky. On July 16, the aforementioned soldiers, already in a Willis, heading "to visit" Captain Lushin, were again detained at the border. Captain Lushin, who arrived at the place of detention, ordered the release of the detainees at gunpoint. As it turned out, Lushin received two cans of gasoline from the American soldiers, 20 liters each.
On July 23, an American car with three unknown persons detained at the border was released by the senior officer of the post, Junior Sergeant Andreyev (712th Rifle Regiment of the 47th Army), and Andreyev received a bottle of vodka for this.
Individual servicemen of our troops, sent by the command to the zone of occupation of the allied forces with special assignments, without any need for it, travel around the cities of other foreign countries, where they meet, talk and take pictures with servicemen of these countries.
On July 13 of this year, officers of the intelligence department of the headquarters of the 8th Guards Army - Major Simonyan and translator Altaeva, sent to the city of MUNICH to accompany pilots of the 14th Squadron of the 9th Air Fleet of the American army, organized a meeting with American officers and "traveled" with them for a long time in the zone of their occupation.
On July 28, Simonyan, Altaeva and driver Pavlov were again sent on an assignment to the city of FRANKFURT am MAIN, and the deputy. chief of the intelligence department of the headquarters of the 8th Guards Army - Lieutenant Colonel Matusov to the area of the city of MUNICH.
On July 29, Matusov traveled from MUNICH to FRANKFURT am MAIN without permission, where he met with Simonyan. That same day, all of the above-mentioned individuals, on their own initiative, left for PARIS, and also visited many other cities in France and Germany, where they visited theaters, museums, brothels, and interacted with foreign servicemen. While in PARIS, Matusov and Simonyan exchanged occupation marks for francs at banks, for which they purchased various items for personal use.
A number of servicemen, while guarding the western border of the Soviet occupation zone, illegally allowed Germans to cross to our side, as well as to the side of the allied forces.
On July 28, at the 2nd battalion of the 951st Rifle Regiment of the 265th Rifle Division (3rd Infantry Division), sentry sergeant Mamedov allowed 15 Germans to cross the contact line, having received from them a bribe of 5 watches.
On August 5 and 8, the commander of the 2nd battalion of the 151st Guards Regiment of the 52nd Guards Division (3rd Infantry Division) — Lieutenant Kulakov and the sergeant major of the same company Arshinov allowed 4 Germans to cross to the Allied side and back.
Lieutenant Kulakov and sergeant major Arshinov were tried by the Military Tribunal. Sergeant Mamedov was sentenced to 2.5 years in a labor camp.
The listed facts testify to the lack of discipline on the border of the Soviet occupation zone and are the result of low demands and weak control of superiors over subordinates and direct violation of official duty on the part of a number of military personnel and officers, mainly.
I ORDER:
1. Army commanders, commanders of formations and units to establish a strict border regime and categorically prohibit unauthorized meetings and communications of military personnel of all categories with military personnel of the allied armies, both on the territory of our zone and on the territory of the allied occupation zone.
2. Official meetings to resolve official issues, as well as business trips with special assignments to the territory of the allies, are to be carried out only with the permission of the Military Council of the Group.
3. Servicemen of all categories shall be removed from their posts and brought to trial by a Military Tribunal for dissoluteness, unauthorized crossing into territory occupied by the allies, communication with servicemen of the allied armies, illegal issuance of passes for crossing into our territory and into the territory of the allies, and violation of their official duties while guarding the border.
4. For violation of their official duties and unworthy behavior in the performance of their official duties, the assistant chief of the intelligence department of the headquarters of the 27th Guards Rifle Division, Captain Ivanov, shall be removed from his post and brought to trial by a Military Tribunal.
Privates of the 286th Rifle Regiment of the 90th Rifle Division, the 316th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 102nd Guards Rifle Division, shall be brought to trial by a Military Tribunal as deserters.
To remove from office - the commander of the 3rd battalion of the 76th Guards Rifle Regiment, Major Chernousov,
The head of the medical service of the 27th Guards Rifle Division, and
The commander of the 102nd Guards Rifle Division, Major Ivanov.
Major Katalkin, deputy. commander of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 712th Rifle Regiment,
Captain Lushin, head of the 2nd section of the reconnaissance department of the 8th Guards.
Major Simonyan, senior doctor of the 76th Guards Rifle Regiment -
Captain Satanovsky, company commander of the 1281st Rifle Regiment -
Lieutenant Atayev, deputy. battalion commander of the 316th Guards Rifle Regiment
Lieutenant Yankovchuk and appoint all with a demotion of 1 - 2 categories.
Junior sergeant Andreev (712th Rifle Regiment 47th Army) - demote to private. Ouch!
Commander of the 1st rifle battalion of the 712th Rifle Regiment - Major Slepkov, deputy, commander of the 1st rifle battalion of the 712th Rifle Regiment
Captain Lagutsky, commander of the medium 712th Rifle Regiment -
Lieutenant Kapustinsky and an interpreter of the reconnaissance department of the headquarters of the 8th Guards. A - To Altayev, the army commanders, to punish by their authority and report to me.
The order is to be announced in front of the formation to the entire officer corps up to and including the platoon commander. The sergeants and privates are to explain the essence of the order.
Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov
Member of the Military Council of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany Lieutenant General Telegin
Chief of Staff of the Group Colonel General Malinin
Archives of the Central Archives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. F. 1227. Op. 1. D. 41. L. 415-416ob
And so, along with the wine fumes, the notorious "spirit of the Elbe" gradually evaporated.
By the way, I found something interesting here It turns out that they punished not only for rape, but even for the simple fact of cohabitation with German women in the territory controlled by Germany.
Guards Senior Lieutenant Stepanov was dismissed from the ranks of the Red Army for the revealed facts of cohabitation with German women, drunkenness and looting as morally corrupt. And several other officers along with him.
The order on them was read out in all units of the Red Army group in Germany.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Bris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Declassified CIA documents from July 1951 reveal a familiar picture of American diplomacy. The story centers on Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh’s nationalization of Iranian oil, but the real drama was unfolding behind the scenes in Washington, where American strategists were playing the big geopolitical game.
The document shows a classic fork in American foreign policy: on the one hand, allied obligations to Britain, on the other, a paranoid fear of Soviet influence. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) was not just a source of income for Iran, but a symbol of the colonial domination that Mossadegh rightly rebelled against. But the Americans were not concerned with principles of justice, but with the cold calculations of geopolitics.
CIA analysts openly acknowledged the dilemma: if Iranian oil could not flow to the West, Iran would either "be forced to turn to the USSR for help" or "suffer economic collapse.
"In either case, the country would "likely fall under Communist domination within months."
The British, in their imperial hubris, were prepared to "close AIOC's facilities in Iran, recall all British personnel, and boycott Iranian oil" rather than agree to reasonable terms.
This is where the key difference between the American and British approaches comes into play. While the British thought in 19th-century terms - "I won't give up the colony for anything" - the Americans demonstrated pragmatic flexibility. They understood that a controlled concession was better than losing the entire region to the USSR.
The questions American strategists asked themselves sound cynical:
"Can we let the British leave Iran?" and "How long can we let Mossadegh stew in his own juices?"
There is a cold calculation behind these formulations: the US was already preparing to replace Britain as the main external player in the region.
Today's US pressure on Iran has the same root cause - to prevent Tehran from getting closer to Moscow. Threats of an Israeli attack, sanctions, diplomatic isolation - all these are tools of one strategy: to force Iran to accept American conditions and reduce the number of Russian allies as much as possible.
This is especially indicative against the background of the real military preparations of the US. The construction of the largest military base in Europe in Romania, the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, the trillion-dollar military budget of the Pentagon - all this does not fit well with Trump's peace-loving rhetoric. Peace initiatives are just a smokescreen for serious military preparations.
It is worth adding that 1.5 years after this document was written, Iranian Prime Minister Mossadegh was overthrown and imprisoned. He was under arrest for the rest of his life. Some of Mossadegh's supporters were killed or imprisoned.
The coup was organized by the CIA. The Shah's regime completely fell under the US. It was overthrown only as a result of the Islamic Revolution of 1978, when Iran, after decades of vassal dependence, was able to free itself from US rule.
[AA.COM.TR] At least 21 gang members were killed in an operation in Shawu forest in Nigeria's Katsina State, authorities said Saturday.
Katsina State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Nasiru Muazu, said a raid was conducted as part of the ''Forest Sanity III'' Operation in the Faskari area of the state.
Muazu said 21 gang members were neutralized and several others fled with injuries. Security forces also seized 40 cycle of violences and a significant amount of ammunition during the raid.
Nigeria has been grappling with = gangs and terror groups such as 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... and ISWAP (the West African branch of ISIS), especially in the north, Muazu noted.
Despite the death penalty for kidnapping, ransom abductions remain widespread in Nigeria. Armed groups often target rural villages, schools and travelers in the north to demand ransom.
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They need a tribunal for war crimes, like the Nuremberg trials. These were not Israeli citizens or subjects who merely committed aggravated robbery. 10/7 was an act of war by what was functionally a national army out of uniform — Geneva Convention stuff.
[IsraelTimes] AG’s office said to oppose legislation on the grounds it could harm the international legitimacy of Israeli prosecutors’ legal action against perpetrators
The government on Sunday gave its backing to a bill that would establish a special tribunal to try and charge bully boyz who took part in the October 7 atrocities with acts of genocide against the Jewish people.
The bill is co-sponsored by coalition MK Simcha Rothman, the head of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, and by MK Yuli Malinowsky of the opposition Yisrael Beytenu party.
It was approved Sunday by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, meaning the legislation will be backed by the coalition when it comes to the Knesset for its preliminary reading.
Israel captured hundreds of the Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... -led bully boyz who participated in the October 7, 2023, massacre, but has yet to issue indictments against them due to the complications of trying such large numbers of people and the difficulties involved in trying them under regular criminal procedures.
According to the Hamoked organization, there are currently 1,584 unlawful combatants being held in Israeli detention facilities, a category of prisoner that refers to bully boyz who crossed the border into Israel or who fight in Hamas’s terrorist militia.
The new legislation seeks to establish a special tribunal, composed of 15 judges in total, which would hear cases in panels of three or five judges, depending on the type of indictment filed.
Crucially, the bill enables the tribunal to "deviate" from the accepted legal processes and evidentiary standards in Israel’s regular courts, to effectively try the large numbers of bully boyz suspected of involvement in the atrocities.
Israel’s Law for Preventing and Punishing Genocide from 1950 provides for the death penalty for anyone found guilty of violating its provisions.
Hebrew media reported that the Attorney General’s Office opposes the legislation, saying it contravenes foundational principles of criminal law in Israel, and could harm the international legitimacy of legal processes that state prosecutors have already taken and will take against October 7 perpetrators.
In April, prosecutors in the State Attorney’s office reportedly put together charge sheets against 22 bully boyz who took part in the massacre in Kibbutz Nir Oz, to be filed as part of a single mega-indictment against hundreds of suspects.
The new information that led to the consolidation of evidence against the 22 Nir Oz bully boyz apparently came from the Shin Bet following the military’s advancement into new areas 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... , where teams found incriminating evidence, Ynet reported.
Some legal scholars have argued that a criminal process for the hundreds of bully boyz to be prosecuted could take decades.
"When you prosecute under criminal law you get problems. It generates massive amounts of investigative material [for each defendant] and the defendants get numerous rights such as the right to see the material, the right to an attorney, and others," Yuval Kaplinsky, former head of the International Law Department at the State Attorney’s Office, told The Times of Israel last year.
Instead, he proposed applying an administrative process for the terrorists, by amending Israel’s Law for Unlawful Combatants to allow long-term detention without trial, renewable every few years.
This would create a situation akin to the manner in which the US has held bully boyz responsible for the September 11 attacks and other terror attacks in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Some legal scholars argue the contrary, however, insisting that putting perpetrators of the October 7 massacre on trial within the criminal law framework could help create "a historic narrative" for the invasion and atrocities.
"This is a historic event. Our legal behavior must be in keeping with this historic vision," said conservative legal scholar Rafael Biton at a conference of the Israel Law and Liberty Forum in March 2024.
He noted the strong impact the Nuremberg trials and the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Israel had on the narrative of the Holocaust.
Biton proposed prosecuting the October 7 invasion as a "collective crime" through the passing of a law to try terrorist suspects on a collective basis, with a presumption that if they were caught by Israel’s security forces in Israel on or after October 7, they took part in the attacks, unless there is compelling evidence to the contrary.
Treating the perpetrators in this way would remove many of the obstacles mentioned by Kaplinsky, including prosecuting each defendant on an individual basis and connecting their actions to a specific victim, with all the investigative work that requires.
"This was a collective invasion to carry out genocide, crimes against humanity, and crimes against Israeli illusory sovereignty. This was not a group of individuals, they didn’t gather together accidentally," said Biton.
That’s why the legislation is needed — this is not a matter for standard issue state prosecution. They could have been holding drumhead court-martials after military intelligence and Shin Bet got through with them, then put them up against a wall with a last cigarette.
Goodness. Somebody must have been awfully naughty.
[IsraelTimes] The top US National Security Council (NSC) officials for the Middle East, Israel and Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... were among many dozens of officials dismissed from their roles as part of a major overhaul of the White House body by Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... ’s administration, a source familiar with the matter confirms to The Times of Israel.
NSC Middle East and North Africa senior director Eric Trager and NSC Israel and Iran director Merav Ceren were among those pushed out on Friday, May 23, as part of a purge aimed at significantly downsizing the NSC staff, the source says, confirming reporting in the Axios news site and Jewish Insider.
The move is expected to elevate the importance of the State Department and Pentagon in advising Trump on important foreign policy moves. But, ultimately, Trump relies on his own instincts above all else when making decisions.
There were roughly 395 people working at the NSC, including about 180 support staff, according to one official. A large chunk of those being ousted are policy or subject-matter experts seconded from other government agencies. They will be given an opportunity to return to their home agencies if they want.
Many of the political appointees will also be given positions elsewhere in the administration, the official said.
The NSC has been in a continual state of tumult during the early going of Trump’s second go-around in the White House.
Trump previously ousted National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, weeks after he fired several NSC officials on the day after the influential far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff loyalty. Loomer has in the past spread 9/11 conspiracy theories and promoted QAnon, an apocalyptic and convoluted conspiracy theory centered on the belief that Trump is fighting the "deep state," and she took credit for the ouster of the NSC officials that she argued were disloyal.
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Having done some DC area work in years past.
Even back then there are too many duplicate roles, too many political appointees slated for promotion at hire and those playing it for "Special" posting locations, instead of doing and focusing on their assigned duties.
I'd say from what I saw back then, 20% easily could be RIF'ed even back then.
[Breitbart] The FBI arrested two Pakistani immigration lawyers in Texas, exposing a smuggling network that imported Pakistani migrants via several forms of white-collar fraud.
The FBI investigation and the arrest follow promises by President Donald Trump’s deputies to separate investigations into white-collar migration crime. The Justice Department reported:
Two Texas residents, Abdul Hadi Murshid, 39, and Muhammad Salman Nasir, 35, both originally from Pakistan, a law firm, and a business entity were charged by indictment with conspiracy to defraud the United States, visa fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) conspiracy, announced Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. Murshid and Nasir were also charged with unlawfully obtaining and attempting to obtain United States citizenship.
The defendants face up to 20 years in prison.
The federal government allows a shifting population of roughly 1.5 million migrants in white-collar jobs throughout the United States. The workers arrive via multiple white-collar visa programs, such as the H-1B work visa and the EB programs for green card applicants.
These programs create myriad incentives and opportunities for graft, scams, and fraud in the legal migration system. For decades, the government has done little to find or reduce the fraud, despite the massive damage to Americans’ white-collar professionals, per-capita productivity, and national innovation.
The programs also reduce the ability of American professionals to enforce legal, technical, and professional standards, despite the federal government’s insistence that Americans benefit from the standards, regulations, and laws set by the government.
The FBI has the opportunity to discover and penalize the two lawyers’ prior clients. They can also pressure those clients to provide evidence of additional fraud by other migrants.
Very good.
The DoJ reported:
The indictment alleges that the defendants exploited the EB-2, EB-3, and H-1B visa programs. Specifically, the defendants caused classified advertisements to be placed in a daily periodical for non-existent jobs. These advertisements were placed in order to satisfy a Department of Labor (“DOL”) requirement to offer the position to United States citizens before hiring foreign nationals. Once they received the fraudulently obtained certification for from the Department of Labor, the defendants filed a petition to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to obtain an immigrant visa for the visa seekers.
At the time the petitions were submitted, the defendants also submitted an application for legal permanent residence so that the visa seekers could also obtain a green card. According to the indictment, to make the non-existent jobs look legitimate, the defendants received payment from visa seekers, then returned a portion of the money back to the visa seekers as purported payroll.
The H-1B program is for white-collar migrants seeking to earn green cards. The EB-2 and EB-3 programs allow companies to provide foreign workers with the huge prize of green cards and citizenship.
Trump’s deputies are promising to crack down on the airport-migrant fraud, even as they work to deport border migrants.
“We have added the following priority areas for tips: procurement and federal program fraud; trade, tariff, and customs fraud; violations of federal immigration law,” said a department official, Matthew Galeotti, chief of the department’s Criminal Division.
The new head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Andrea Lucas, has also announced more focus on visa fraud. “If you are part of the pipeline contributing to our immigration crisis or abusing our legal immigration system via illegal preferences against American workers, you must stop,” she said.
“We hope that what they do to enforce laws has teeth and leads to change,” said Dan Kotchen, at Kotchen & Low LLP, who has filed discrimination cases against major Indian-run staffing companies. He is also filing visa fraud cases via the False Claims Act, despite passivity from the federal government.
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[Regnum] The scale of the highest-class solar flare is exaggerated in the information space, since in fact it is an ordinary strong flare. This was stated on Sunday, May 25, by geophysicist, leading researcher at the Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Zhigalin in a conversation with IA Regnum.
Employees of the Institute of Applied Geophysics (FGBU "IGP") named after Fyodorov reported that a flare of the highest class X was recorded on the Sun. According to scientists, in the X-ray range in the sunspot group 4098 (S05W22) a flare X1.1 was registered, which lasted for 17 minutes.
"I looked at this flare. It is a little, so to speak, exaggerated in the information field. It is not the biggest. It is two points away from a super flare. This is an ordinary strong flare. I would even say moderate from the point of view of geophysics," the expert said.
The effect of such a flare will be reflected on Earth, but only after some time, the specialist said. He specified that in about five to eight days the planet's geomagnetic field will be disturbed.
"There are people who experience all this calmly, and there are people who are very magnetically sensitive. They, of course, feel a little worse, they feel these processes on themselves. But there are those who do not react to anything," Zhigalin said.
In conclusion, the expert added that the flash that was recorded is a normal phenomenon for the Sun, as it lives its own life. Such an event certainly does not cause any panic, but rather resembles an everyday conversation.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Earth is now completely immersed in plasma flowing out of the coronal hole on the Sun, which is currently the main factor influencing the geomagnetic field. This was announced on May 18 by the solar astronomy laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics.
Neuropsychologist and psychotherapist Natalia Naumova said that people whose nervous system is more vulnerable suffer the most from magnetic storms. According to her, these are people with mental disorders, the elderly, small children, as well as children with developmental disabilities and various pathologies.
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[Regnum] A mysterious optical object above the surface of the Sun, resembling a bird, was captured on a photo by the LASCO space telescope. The unusual phenomenon existed for less than 20 minutes, according to a report on the website of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Experts clarified that the optical image was taken on May 24 at 10:00 UTC (13:00 Moscow time). The object was not present in the previous and subsequent images taken ten minutes earlier and ten minutes later.
"The image seems to clearly show a 'bird' or 'flying craft' with a 'flaming trail' trailing behind it. The 'bird's' wing is about 150,000 km long. The 'flight' altitude above the surface of the Sun is about 2 million km," the report says.
If the "bird" is considered a physical rather than an optical object, it would be more than 10 times the size of the Earth, the astronomers added.
They emphasized that images of such structures are very rare, and invited those who wish to explain the observed phenomenon from a scientific point of view. The scientists joked that as an exception they are ready to consider absolutely any versions, including "aliens, plasma life and conspiracy theories."
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on May 25, a flare of the highest X class was recorded on the Sun, which lasted 17 minutes. Experts warned about the deterioration of HF radio communication conditions at certain hours until the end of the day.
Geophysicist and leading researcher at the Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Zhigalin told the agency that the scale of the flare in the information space was exaggerated; in reality, it was an ordinary strong flare. Its effect will be reflected on Earth, but only after some time - in about five to eight days, the planet's geomagnetic field will be disturbed, the specialist said.
[IsraelTimes] Palestinians to be pushed into three small zones, as new aid delivery mechanism set to start Monday; military says no change to collateral damage policy in airstrikes
The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday that it aims to occupy 75 percent of the 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... Strip’s territory within two months as part of its new offensive against the Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... terror group.
Israel on March 18 resumed its attacks against Hamas with a surprise wave of Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s, ending a two-month ceasefire. The IDF has since deployed five divisions to the Strip — amounting to tens of thousands of troops — and is poised to launch a wide-scale ground offensive aimed at defeating Hamas’s military wing and its civil rule in Gaza, should the terror group not agree to release the hostages it is holding.
When the major ground offensive is launched, the Paleostinian population will be pushed into three small zones in Gaza: a new "safer zone" in the Mawasi area on the southern Strip’s coast, where Israel previously declared a "humanitarian zone"; a strip of land in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah and Nuseirat, where the IDF has not operated with ground forces; and the center of Gaza City, to which many Paleostinians returned during the ceasefire earlier this year.
According to the IDF’s current estimates, some 700,000 Paleostinians are residing in the Mawasi area, 300,000-350,000 are in central Gaza, and around one million are in Gaza City.
This means that Gaza’s 2 million population will be pushed into an area amounting to just 25% of the Strip when the IDF launches its expanded ground operation.
The IDF will then capture, clear of Hamas infrastructure, raze most buildings, and hold for the foreseeable future the rest of Gaza, including all of Rafah, Khan Younis, and the towns north of Gaza City.
According to the IDF’s plans, which were seen by The Times of Israel, it should take just two months to capture 75% of Gaza from the moment the operation goes ahead. Currently, the military is in control of about 40% of the Strip’s territory.
Military officials have said that the IDF is shifting its focus away from trying to eliminate as many terror operatives as possible — which had been the focus from the beginning of the war — and instead is centering on capturing territory and destroying Hamas’s infrastructure.
The terror group constructed in Gaza an estimated 900 kilometers (559 miles) of tunnels, yet so far, only 25% of them have been destroyed, according to the military. The IDF has argued that its main focus has been on Hamas’s attack tunnels and those used as command centers or for weapons manufacturing — the majority of which have been destroyed — rather than the numerous tunnels that the terror group uses to move around the Strip.
The army believes that Hamas can indeed be defeated by destroying its military wing — including all of its infrastructure — along with targeting its civil rule, capturing the territory, and preventing it from controlling the humanitarian aid entering Gaza.
Defeating Hamas would enable the release of the remaining 58 hostages the terror group is holding — just 20 of whom are believed to be alive — the IDF has argued.
Still, Israeli political officials have not held any meaningful discussion on who would run Gaza "the day after" Hamas.
On Sunday, during a visit to Gaza, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said the fighting against Hamas was "not an endless war."
"We are intensifying our activity in accordance with the orderly plan. Hamas is under tremendous pressure; it has lost most of its assets and its command and control," Zamir said during a tour of Khan Younis with Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor.
The IDF has said that the aid entering Gaza before the collapse of the ceasefire was being used by Hamas to stay in power. Much of the aid would be captured by the terror group, and it would either use the consignments of supplies itself or sell them to the population at increased prices, to pay for the salaries of its operatives and to recruit more members.
Hamas has been struggling to pay salaries in the past few months, according to the IDF, since Israel halted the entry of aid on March 2, after the first phase of the latest ceasefire and hostage release deal concluded.
A new humanitarian aid delivery mechanism is set to start operations on Monday morning, though it has come under criticism and skepticism from aid groups.
The IDF has helped set up four aid distribution hubs in Gaza for the mechanism, which will be operated entirely by a private American security company, while the military provides the outer layer of security.
Updated imagery of what appear to be the new humanitarian aid zones, from where Israel plans private US contractors will distribute to Gazooks.
Three of the sites are in the Rafah area, which will serve those in Mawasi and possibly also those in central Gaza; and a fourth site is in the Netzarim Corridor area of central Gaza, for Paleostinians in Gaza City or those in the northern portion of central Gaza.
A representative of a Paleostinian family will come to the distribution hub and collect a five-day supply of food from the American company. The IDF expects that each hub can serve 300,000 people per week. Aid trucks carrying supplies for hospitals and flour for bakeries would continue to be sent into Gaza for the time being.
No change in collateral damage policy, IDF says
The military said Sunday that since the resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip, it had struck over 2,900 targets, killing at least 800 terror operatives, among them some 50 bigwigs and mid-level commanders, and over a dozen gunnies who participated in the October 7 onslaught.
The numbers refer to terror operatives whose deaths have been confirmed by name and ID number, though the military estimates that many more have been killed.
Hamas claims that over 3,785 Paleostinians have been killed in that time. The figure has not been verified and does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
The IDF said there have been no recent changes to its airstrike policy, including what sort of collateral damage and how many civilian casualties are permissible during operations in Gaza.
According to the IDF, there has also been no change to the amount of collateral damage in strikes in practice, and the combatant-to-civilian deaths ratio has remained relatively the same throughout the war, with two to three civilians killed for every dead Hamas terror operative.
[RedState] Originally formed in 1919, the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the highest level of the Soviet government. Various dictators held power, most notably Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, but the Politburo was the executive council, from its formation to the collapse of the Soviet Union, which led to the Politburo's disbanding in November 1991.
And now, in one of history's funny little ironies, we learned on Friday that the shadowy group of Biden administration officials who were running the country while old Joe was drooling into a pudding cup was called "the Politburo." And now we know who they are.
A small, tight-knit group in former President Joe Biden’s inner circle was running the White House like a “politburo,” and they were the “ultimate decision-makers” as Biden’s health and cognitive function continued to decline, according to the authors of a bombshell new book.
This group, dubbed the “politburo,” included a coterie of seasoned political veterans, including Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti and Bruce Reed — but also family members such as first lady Jill Biden and the president’s son Hunter, the authors of “Original Sin” claim.
Hunter. What a shock. The President of the United States was non compos mentis, and his ne'er-do-well druggy son was part of the cabal that was running the country. At least he wasn't the only one:
“In terms of who was running the White House, it’s a small group of people that have been around,” “Original Sin” author Alex Thompson told PBS’ “Washington Week” on Friday. “Some people within the administration called them the Politburo. That’s the term we used in the book.”
Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain was at times part of the “politburo,” as was former senior adviser to the president Annie Tomasini. Also on the “politburo” was the first lady’s former top adviser and “work husband,” Anthony Bernal, whom The Post previously reported created a toxic workplace environment.
Anthony Bernal has been accused of sexual harassment, among other things. Charming fellow, and he was the former first lady's "work husband?" Some things just don't bear too much close scrutiny, and that relationship is surely one of those things.
Here's the part I find questionable:
“And Joe Biden himself also is part of this. Joe Biden is not like — it’s not ‘Weekend at Bernie’s,’ right?” said co-author and CNN anchor Jake Tapper, referring to the movie about a dead guy who is wheeled around as part of an elaborate ruse.
“He has some purchase here. He has some agency. And he’s aware of some of what’s going on.”
Tapper added: “He’s aware of the fact that they are keeping the cabinet away from him, they are keeping some White House staffers away from him.”
Maybe he had some agency at the beginning. Maybe he had some agency when they loaded him up with whatever cocktail of pharmaceuticals they were using to make him lucid enough for a brief appearance or to deliver a brief, rambling address. But by the end, I think we all know what kind of shape Joe Biden was in.
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I always thought the Democrat Party has a politburo. You might call the flunkies surrounding Biden a politburo. But I still think there has always been another even more shadowy group of people and they are the ones who are really calling the shots. Baraq is most likely one of them but I doubt if he is the chairman. Some of you might suspect John Brennan or Alex Soros. I don't know. I just can't believe the real politburo members worked in the White House every day. They just told the flunkies in the White House what to do.
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Tapper claims that Joe has some agency in this. He doesn’t. It all the Truman Show to him. That’s senility. Tapper knows this.
If Joe was calling some of the shots, it would not necessarily have been better. Joe was notoriously petty, evil and stupid. He is the victim in this case, though.
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An what is actually being done?
Any arrests?
Any TREASONOUS charges yet?
ZERO - Not even, a usual offered up sacrificial Scape Goat yet.
[X] Free syria’s sentiment is inane, but the maps are useful.
Your Excellency the Honorable Ambassador Tom Barak, please look into the subject of the Israeli withdrawal and the insistence on the 1974 disengagement agreement. Unfortunately, our government is unable to do anything. They arrest, destroy, and shoot civilians. pic.twitter.com/OQUfZ9yeF0
[Garowe] A governor in central Somalia has accused the Federal Government of providing inadequate support to local militias battling the al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... insurgency, saying the administration in Mogadishu appears indifferent to their sacrifices.
Muuse Salaad Wehliye, the governor of Hiiraan region, condemned a recent aid delivery by the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), describing it as a "humiliation" to the pro-government Macawiisley militia, who have been at the forefront of operations against the Islamist Death Eater group.
According to Wehliye, SoDMA sent only a few cartons of supplies aboard two aircraft to the Moqokori district, an area where fighting has intensified in recent weeks. He said the delivery was "inadequate and far below expectations."
"This is not the support we anticipated — it’s a humiliation to those volunteering and risking their lives on the front lines," the governor said, warning that such actions risk straining relations between the federal government and local forces.
The criticism comes amid growing scrutiny of SoDMA, which faces accusations of massive corruption and mismanagement, including the alleged diversion of aid provided by international donors. Such claims have eroded public trust in the agency, which is tasked with coordinating humanitarian relief and disaster response in Somalia.
Despite its challenges, the Somali government maintains that it is committed to defeating al-Shabaab, working alongside international partners such as The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... , which has provided military and institutional support.
Macawiisley fighters, drawn from local communities, have been credited with helping reclaim territory from al-Shabaab across several frontlines. Government troops often rely heavily on these militias, whose role has become increasingly central to the counterinsurgency effort.
The federal government insists that the Death Eater group will be defeated in the near future, though local frustrations highlight the challenges of sustaining momentum on the ground.
(FoxNews] The 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch's family shared news of his death Sunday, months after revealing his declining health
"Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson has died at the age of 79, his family announced on Sunday.
Robertson, famous for founding the Duck Commander hunting company that became the focus of his A&E show, had previously battled multiple health conditions, including Alzheimer's disease. The TV personality's daughter-in-law Korie Robertson announced his death on Instagram Sunday night.
"We celebrate today that our father, husband, and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now with the Lord," Korie Robertson's post read.
"He reminded us often of the words of Paul, ‘you do not grieve like those who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him," the post continued.
Korie Robertson added that the family will have a private service but will share details "about a public celebration of his life."
"Thank you for the love and prayers of so many whose lives have been impacted by his life saved by grace, his bold faith, and by his desire to tell everyone who would listen the Good News of Jesus," she added. "We are grateful for his life on earth and will continue the legacy of love for God and love for others until we see him again."
Years before becoming famous on television, Robertson played football at Louisana Tech. He was a starting quarterback while NFL legend Terry Bradshaw was his backup.
Robertson later founded Duck Commander in 1972. The "Duck Dynasty" television show premiered 40 years later, in 2012, before it ended in 2017.
During a December episode of "Unashamed with the Robertson Family," Robertson's diagnosis with Alzheimer's disease was announced. His son Willie Robertson later spoke with Fox News Digital by phone, saying that Phil was "battling a lot of different things right now."
"He's got a blood disorder, and then he's got the mental issues that could be early [on-set] Alzheimer's … and probably some ministrokes because of his blood," Willie explained. "And so, it could be some stroke stuff happening, that has happened. So, we're still checking on all that."
"But then he also has a back issue. He's fractured his back and that's where the pain’s at. So, he's kind of battling many different things at the same time."
In April, Robertson's family members opened up about the patriarch's health condition again, which appeared grim.
"The No. 1 question I get everywhere I go [is], 'How's your dad doing?' Now, I’m just giving the blunt truth. I say, ‘Not good,'" son Jase Robertson said.
He added, "We're making him comfortable and we're doing the best we can. I think that's just what you do."
[FoxNews] Dr. Oz highlights how states are incentivized to keep ineligible people enrolled in federal healthcare program
Federal spending riddled with waste, fraud and abuse is costing taxpayers billions – and Dr. Mehmet Oz says Medicaid is a glaring example, where crucial care is being siphoned away from the Americans who need it most.
"There's about $14 billion we've identified with DOGE, of folks who are duly enrolled wrongly in multiple states for Medicaid," Oz said on this week's "Sunday Morning Futures."
"You live in New Jersey, but you move to Pennsylvania, and which state gets your Medicaid? Turns out both states collect money from the federal government."
Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, urged that Medicaid be "clean[ed] up" so it serves the people it was initially designed to assist – those at the dawn or twilight of their life, those "living in the shadows," and those with disabilities who are unable to receive access to care because of others "clawing at the cloth" of the system.
Republicans have urged the need to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in such medical assistance programs, much to the concern of those who say the "big, beautiful bill" on its way through Congress threatens healthcare for those in need.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has denied that the bill threatens such coverage, telling "Sunday Morning Futures" last month that safeguarding Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security remains a "big priority" for Republicans, but rooting out waste, fraud and abuse is essential to make these programs work more efficiently for all.
"We have to eliminate people, for example, on Medicaid who are not actually eligible to be there. Able-bodied workers… young men who should never be on the program at all," he said at the time.
Oz told guest host Jackie DeAngelis that the problem goes even further, pivoting to the lack of a federal work requirement for Medicaid — something that exists in other federal programs like food stamps.
"Let's be clear what this means. It doesn't mean you have a job. It means you're trying to get a job – which is a good thing because we have twice as many jobs as there are people looking for them right now," he said.
"But, if you don't or can't seek a job, you can volunteer somewhere. You can get an education. You can help out with other people inside the household. There's many ways that you can chip in."
"There is a work requirement for SNAP, right, the food stamps program. There's a lot we can do. I think there's a moral hazard if we don't, because you've got people who are not working who could work, who should work, and it's better for them and better for the country if they do."
Oz also said states are currently "incentivized" to not cooperate with the federal government. He pointed to a provision under the program's expansion that allows the federal government to cover up to 90% of the costs in some states compared to 50% or 60% in others.
That uneven structure, he argued, incentivizes states to keep more able-bodied adults enrolled in Medicaid to bring in more federal money.
"Right now, in many states, if you go to the hospital, and you're an able-bodied person, the hospital gets paid more [for a Medicaid beneficiary] than if you're a Medicare beneficiary. Now, how does that work?" he said.
"People work their whole life, chipped into Medicare, they get the program, they retire thinking they have got a great system, and the hospital tells them, 'Listen, you guys don't pay as well as the able-bodied folks on Medicaid who haven't been able to get a job.' So, in a way, we value them more, and that's what ends up happening that disrupts the system."
A variant on the traditional fleet of ice cream trucks… Interesting that the cartel connection is not named, nor is the drug ring, only the actual name of Taco Man himself.
[Breitbart] Federal authorities arrested several members of a cartel-connected Houston-based drug ring that allegedly used taco trucks to store and distribute different kinds of drugs. The group reportedly moved large quantities of multiple drugs including heroin, meth, cocaine, mushrooms, pills and marijuana.
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the unsealing of a 29-count indictment against 15 members of a Houston-based drug ring accused of numerous drug trafficking and weapons charges. The group allegedly would move various quantities of drugs from South Texas to Houston and then distribute them, authorities claimed. Recently, authorities arrested most members of the group.
According to federal prosecutors, one of the group members, Marcos Rene Simaj Guch, went by the nickname Taco Man and ran food trucks for the organization that they would use to sell drugs out of.
“As alleged, this drug trafficking organization imported methamphetamine directly from Mexico and used the U.S. mail, a taco truck, and homes in different Houston neighborhoods to distribute and sell methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs,” said Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, in a prepared statement.
As part of the raids to take down the group, authorities seized a large number of weapons, including handguns and rifles.
“The defendants are alleged to have engaged in a multi-drug narcotics distribution ring, and, as often seen in the drug trade, are also alleged to have used illegal firearms to facilitate their enterprise,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas Nicholas J. Ganjei in a prepared statement. “Some of the charges indicate methamphetamine was alleged to have been sourced from Mexico, and thus this investigation highlights why this office’s enforcement efforts on the border are so critical.”
#1
In Shameless, Season 4, Episode 6, [2007] Shane operates an ice cream truck which is actually a front for drug dealing activities.
This episode does not involve the main characters running an ice cream truck business, but rather uses the truck as a cover for illegal activities.
[IsraelTimes] Sirens sound in Jerusalem area, southern West Bank settlements and communities near Red Sea, sending hundreds of thousands to shelters; no injuries or damage reported
A ballistic missile launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... was successfully intercepted by air defenses, the military said Sunday, in what has recently become an almost daily occurrence.
Sirens had sounded in the Jerusalem area, southern West Bank settlements, and communities near the Dead Sea. Preceding the sirens by about five minutes, an early warning was issued to residents, alerting civilians of the long-range missile attack via a push notification on their phones.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. A chunk of the missile landed in the South Hebron Hills area of the West Bank.
It was the third attack in four days, and the fifth since last Sunday.
Earlier this month, a Houthi missile slipped through air defenses and hit the grounds of Ben Gurion Airport, injuring six people, none of them seriously. A slew of international carriers promptly halted services to Israel, though some have since said they will resume operations.
Israel responded to that attack with strikes on Sanaa airport, causing an estimated $500 million worth of damage. On Saturday, some flights to the Yemeni airport resumed.
The Israeli Air Force has also struck the Houthi-controlled Hodeida and Salif ports in Yemen in response to the Iran-backed group’s repeated attacks on Israel. The Houthis vowed to respond and have since continued their missile attacks on Israel.
Between November 2023, in support of the Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... 10/7 invasion, and the January 2025 ceasefire, the Houthis fired over 40 ballistic missiles and dozens of attack drones and cruise missiles at Israel, including one that killed a civilian and maimed several others in Tel Aviv in July, prompting Israel’s first strike in Yemen.
Since March 18, when the IDF resumed its offensive against Hamas in the 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... Strip, the Houthis in Yemen have launched 39 ballistic missiles and at least 10 drones at Israel. Several of the missiles have fallen short.
[IsraelTimes] Gaza Humanitarian Foundation formed by businessmen, reservists with links to government; Haaretz: Key Israeli defense bodies bypassed in selection of security firm as contractor
A 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... aid delivery project described as neutral and run by American contractors was conceived by several Israelis, including businessmen with close links to the government, raising concerns over transparency and neutrality, The New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported Saturday.
”They’re not part of our black money, leftwing ecosystem — clearly a nefarious enterprise. Let’s get to digging until we can pull it out by the roots and put our people back in control of all that gorgeous aid money!”
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is a US- and Israel-backed aid organization that was established to manage a new model for distributing humanitarian aid in the Strip in a manner that does not allow its diversion by Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... It was built in close coordination with Israel amid mounting mistrust between Jerusalem and UN-backed aid groups that have been operating in the Strip to date, but the organization and US officials have maintained that it is an independent and neutral body.
However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... the NYT report revealed that the project wasn’t simply built in coordination with Israel, but is "an Israeli brainchild."
The idea was first proposed in late 2023 at "private meetings of like-minded officials, military officers and business people with close ties to the Israeli government" who believed the government lacked a long-term Gaza strategy, the report said.
The report posited that the "project’s genesis" occurred when "hundreds of thousands of Israeli civilians rejoined the military as reservists, many of them reaching positions of influence," following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks.
This created "a huge cohort of Israelis with one foot in the military and another in civilian life, blurring the boundary between the two worlds."
The group’s central idea was to bypass traditional aid channels like the UN by hiring private contractors to distribute aid in pockets of Gaza under Israeli control, thus weakening Hamas’s grip without formally assuming responsibility for Gaza’s civilian population.
Key players in the new plan included venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg, who was not in the military, Yotam HaCohen, a strategic consultant who joined the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and later became an aide to the prime minister’s military secretary Brig. Gen. Roman Gofman, and Liran Tancman, a tech investor also affiliated with COGAT.
By early 2024, Israeli officials had begun promoting Philip F. Reilly, a former senior CIA officer who trained Contra fighters in Nicaragua and served as CIA station chief in Kabul, as their preferred contractor.
Reilly confirmed to the newspaper that he met with Eisenberg and Tancman and began discussing Gaza aid with Israeli civilians that year.
Reilly’s S.R.S. security firm began operating in Gaza in January 2025, screening Paleostinian cars for weapons during the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
According to a separate Haaretz report published Sunday, S.R.S entered Gaza without any prior security clearance from the Shin Bet as is the procedure. Gofman reportedly handpicked S.R.S. in a secretive process that bypassed standard procedures and excluded key defense bodies, including the Shin Bet, the IDF, and the Defense Ministry.
Sources told the outlet that the process appeared pre-decided in favor of Reilly’s company and that the Prime Minister’s Office, especially Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a key Netanyahu confidant, played a central role in pushing it forward.
Businessman Shlomi Fogel, also a Netanyahu confidant, was also named in connection but has denied involvement.
Many within the defense establishment suspect personal and financial motives may be driving the operation, given the lack of transparency and the exclusion of official oversight bodies, Haaretz reported.
UNCLEAR ORIGINS, MYSTERIOUS FUNDING
Another key revelation of The New York Times report was that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was registered in the US, not Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... , as previously believed.
Two entities — GHF and the private security firm S.R.S. — were registered in November 2024 by associates of Reilly.
GHF, led by Jake Wood, will supposedly raise funds and hire S.R.S. to secure food distribution. Though Wood said the two groups now operate independently, they were registered by the same US lawyer and shared a spokeswoman until recently.
Adding to the confusion, at least two other organizations named Gaza Humanitarian Foundation exist—one registered in the US and another in Switzerland. A front man for Wood’s foundation clarified that the Delaware-based GHF, established in February 2025, is connected to their operation.
Meanwhile,
...back at the abandoned silver mine, there was another explosion... TRIAL International, a Swiss NGO, has asked Swiss authorities to investigate the Geneva-based GHF to determine if it complied with Swiss law and international humanitarian standards. The group filed two submissions on May 20 and 21, calling for regulatory scrutiny of the foundation’s activities.
It’s also unclear who is funding the GHF, which claims to have more than $100 million in commitments from a foreign government donor but has not named the donor.
Wood said it received a small amount of seed money from unnamed non-Israeli businessmen. The foundation said in a statement that a Western European country had donated over $100 million but declined to name the country, according to the Times.
The foundation published a 14-page document detailing their distribution plan, including the names of those leading the project. Two American companies, Safe Reach Solutions (S.R.S.) and UG Solutions, were selected to serve as on-site contractors.
Israel says it must take control of aid distribution, arguing that Hamas and other snuffies siphon off supplies and that some aid organizations have been infiltrated by terror groups. Aid workers deny there is a significant diversion of aid to terrorists, saying the UN strictly monitors distribution.
Aid groups have been pushing back on the GHF and Israel’s plans to take over the handling of food aid, saying it could forcibly displace large numbers of Paleostinians by pushing them toward the distribution hubs and that the foundation can’t meet the needs of the Paleostinians in Gaza.
The CEO of the new Israeli- and US-backed organization that was supposed to begin managing the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza in the coming days has resigned.
“I am proud of the work I oversaw, including developing a pragmatic plan that could feed hungry people, address security concerns about diversion, and complement the work of longstanding NGOs in Gaza,” Gaza Humanitarian Foundation CEO Jake Wood said in a statement on Sunday.
“However, it is clear that it is not possible to implement this plan while also strictly adhering to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, which I will not abandon,” he added.
GHF was created earlier this year as Israel tried to advance a new mechanism for distributing humanitarian aid in Gaza, while preventing its diversion by Hamas, which Israel accuses of siphoning off aid, hoarding supplies, and selling it in markets to pay its operatives.
Israel wanted to create a small number of distribution sites in southern Gaza where pre-selected family representatives would be able to pick up a heavy box full of food for their families in a zone secured and operated by American private contractors.
While technically an American company, GHF was established in close coordination with Israeli authorities in order to manage the new aid initiative.
However, GHF still needed support and cooperation from existing humanitarian organizations as it sought to gain credibility on the ground.
That backing has yet to come, though, with the UN and other international organizations in Gaza vowing not to cooperate with GHF, arguing that its aid initiative violates humanitarian principles by requiring Gazans to walk long distances in order to retrieve aid and limiting distribution to southern Gaza in what would forcibly displace the Palestinian population.
There were also questions about GHF’s funding, which has not been transparent, along with a memo it sent out to potential donors that named two individuals on its leadership who said they weren’t involved in the initiative and admitted to only being able to initially feed 60 percent of Gaza’s population.
Wood, a former Marine and social entrepreneur, tried to dispel concerns when he announced that Israel had agreed to GHF’s demands to allow for the establishment of additional distribution sites throughout Gaza and to restart the distribution of aid through existing mechanisms last week until GHF is operational on the ground.
A senior Israeli official told The Times of Israel last week that GHF’s target date for beginning operations was this weekend, but that did not happen.
Further complicating matters, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said last week that in the third stage of Israel’s aid operations, distribution would be limited to a small area in southern Gaza secured by the IDF — in what would go against Wood’s assertion that he would not limit distribution to one part of the Strip.
Wood said he was approached about leading GHF two months ago due to his experience in humanitarian operations and stressed that he sought to “establish it as a truly independent humanitarian entity.”
“Like many others around the world, I was horrified and heartbroken at the hunger crisis in Gaza and, as a humanitarian leader, I was compelled to do whatever I could to help alleviate the suffering,” he said.
Wood’s resignation marks a major blow to Israel’s effort to resume aid in Gaza on its own terms, and it’s unclear whether GHF will be able to march on.
Among other challenges, Wood’s resignation is likely to bury chances for GHF to be able to fundraise from countries abroad, as the reasons he gave for stepping down appeared to echo fears voiced by the UN and international organizations already operating on the ground that were asked to cooperate with the foundation in order to ensure its success.
The American security contractors that GHF is working with arrived in Israel earlier this month in order to enter Gaza and begin managing the distribution sites.
While Wood appeared willing to work within the strict provisions set up by Israel, his resignation statement indicated that his flexibility had reached a limit.
“I urge Israel to significantly expand the provision of aid into Gaza through all mechanisms, and I urge all stakeholders to continue to explore innovative new methods for the delivery of aid, without delay, diversion or discrimination,” he said.
“I continue to believe the only sustainable path for the long-term is for Hamas to release all hostages, for there to be a cessation of hostilities, and a pathway for peace, security, and dignity for all people in the region.”
Wood’s resignation from GHF came days after Israel announced last week that it would start allowing a limited number of aid trucks to enter Gaza under the pre-existing mechanisms after more than two months of a total aid blockade.
If the organization is built well, no one is irreplaceable. Well done, all!
[IsraelTimes] The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it will begin delivering aid to the Strip today, expressing regret over the resignation of its CEO who stepped down yesterday.
“We were disappointed to learn of Jake Wood’s sudden resignation as Executive Director of GHF. He has been a passionate advocate for the need to safely deliver humanitarian assistance to Gazans without diversion or delay, and achieved real progress for the entire humanitarian community in the short time he was involved in this effort. The fact that aid is beginning to trickle back into Gaza is a testament to his work,” the board says in a statement.
“Unfortunately, from the moment GHF was announced, those who benefit from the status quo have been more focused on tearing this apart than on getting aid in, afraid that new, creative solutions to intractable problems might actually succeed,” the statement reads.
“We will not be deterred. Our trucks are loaded and ready to go. Beginning Monday, May 26, GHF will begin direct aid delivery in Gaza, reaching over one million Palestinians by the end of the week. We plan to scale rapidly to serve the full population in the weeks ahead,” GHF says.
There is no immediate comment from the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which coordinates the supply of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
[IsraelTimes] The international community should look to sanction Israel to stop the war in Gaza, Spain’s foreign minister says, ahead of a Madrid meeting of European and Arab nations today to urge a halt to its offensive.
Madrid will host 20 countries as well as international organizations on Sunday with the aim of “stopping this war, which no longer has any goal,” Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares tells France Info radio.
Humanitarian aid must enter Gaza “massively, unimpeded, neutrally, so that it is not Israel who decides who can eat and who cannot,” he says.
A previous such gathering in Madrid last year brought together countries including Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, as well as European nations such as Ireland and Norway that have recognized a Palestinian state.
Sunday’s meeting, which also includes representatives from the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, will promote a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
After the European Union decided this week to review its cooperation deal with Israel, Albares says, “We must consider sanctions, we must do everything, consider everything to stop this war.”
[ShabelleMedia] Large numbers of al-Shabaab ... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them... fighters have reportedly re-entered areas surrounding the strategic town of Aadan Yabaal in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, heightening fear and anxiety among local residents, according to reports received by Radio Shabelle on Sunday.
Local sources told Radio Shabelle that al-Shabaab has significantly increased its presence in Aadan Yabaal and has brought in a large cache of weapons, suggesting preparation for renewed fighting or a prolonged occupation.
The developments come amid days of intense festivities along the border between the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions, where the al-Qaeda-linked group has been engaged in fierce fighting with pro-government Ma’awisley militias from eastern Hiiraan.
Since the beginning of the year, Somalia’s federal government has lost control of several strategic towns and villages in Middle Shabelle that it had previously retaken from al-Shabaab during military offensives.
Tensions remain high in the area, and residents are calling for immediate government intervention to reclaim territories recently reoccupied by the murderous Moslems.
Last month, al-Shabaab seized control of Aadan Yabaal itself — located roughly 220 kilometers north of Mogadishu — following a heavy assault during which Somali military chief General Odowaa Yusuf Rageh was reportedly present in the town.
[SaharaReporters] The Idoma Area Traditional Council of Benue State has called on the state government to direct Fulani ... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity... herdsmen to vacate all farmlands in the state.
The council made this demand in a communiqué issued after an emergency meeting to discuss security concerns, land use, and peacebuilding in Idoma.
"We urge the government to prevail on the Fulani herdsmen to vacate all farmlands in Benue State," the council said.
"The continuous occupation of our farmlands by these herdsmen is a recipe for disaster and has led to the loss of lives and property."
The monarchs also called on the government to review its land policies to promote equitable access to land resources for both farming and herding activities.
"There is a need for a comprehensive review of land policies to ensure that both farmers and herders have access to land resources," the council stated.
The council further demanded that the government prioritise the enforcement of laws against illegal arms, criminal activities, and unauthorised land use, with offenders facing prosecution.
"We urge the government to prioritise the enforcement of laws against illegal arms, criminal activities, and unauthorised land use," the communiqué read.
"We also demand that the government provide rehabilitation, counseling, and support services to communities and individuals affected by violence and displacement. The government should also deploy additional security personnel to vulnerable areas and conduct conflict resolution training to deter future violence," the council added.
The monarchs' demand comes amid ongoing conflicts between farmers and herdsmen in the region, with some communities experiencing attacks and displacement.
The council's call for the herdsmen to vacate farmlands is seen as a bid to prevent further festivities and ensure peace in the area.
[IsraelTimes] The Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announces that 107 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the 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... Strip today.
Israel resumed daily aid deliveries to Gaza on May 19, after a pause since March 2. Since then, 495 trucks of aid have entered the Strip.
COGAT says the aid delivery comes "following the recommendation of professional IDF officials and in accordance with the directive of the political echelon."
Today’s trucks include flour and food, COGAT says.
The aid underwent an inspection by Israeli authorities before entering Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing.
[Breitbart] The Texas Legislature is one step closer to requiring the sheriffs of the state’s largest counties to enter into cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Texas Senate passed SB8 in April and forwarded the legislation to the House. On Saturday, the House passed the third reading of the bill.
Texas House members voted 89-50 to pass the third reading of SB8. One member voted “present,” and ten others were absent from the roll call vote. Four Democrats voted with 85 Republicans. Before the vote, the House approved four amendments to the bill, forcing a conference committee to reconcile the differences.
The bill will mandate that the sheriffs in Texas’s 43 counties with populations of over 100,000 people enter into agreements with ICE under the federal 287(g) program. The bill encourages the remaining smaller counties to enter into agreements by providing funding to all counties with a population of less than 1,000,000 residents.
The Senate bill, authored by State Senator Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown), passed the Senate on a bipartisan vote of 26-5. While all 11 Democrats joined with the majority, five Republicans voted against the measure before sending it to the House.
In addition to mandating participation in the federal immigration program, the bill authorized the Texas Attorney General to file a lawsuit against sheriffs who do not comply. The bill also grants all but seven of Texas’s most populous counties help to defray the costs of training and operating the federal immigration enforcement program.
According to information obtained from the federal immigration agency, 85 Texas counties have signed some level of agreement with ICE as of May 23. Most of the state’s largest counties are not included in this list and would be required to enter into an agreement.
In a written statement published by the Texas Tribune, Governor Greg Abbott’s Deputy Press Secretary Eduardo Leal said, “Gov. Abbott has made it clear that cities and counties across Texas must fully cooperate with the federal government’s efforts to arrest, jail, and deport illegal immigrants. The Governor will review this legislation, as he does with any legislation sent to his desk that helps achieve that goal.”
The Texas Tribune added:
ICE can authorize local authorities to carry out certain types of immigration enforcement in local jails, where officers can be deputized to question inmates about their immigration status and to serve administrative warrants.
In the field, ICE can authorize local officers to question people about their immigration status through a model the Trump administration has revived after it fell into disuse following allegations that it led to racial profiling.
SB 8 would require that sheriffs enter agreements for the program that authorizes local officers to serve administrative warrants, known as the “warrant service” model. But Texas sheriffs could also satisfy the bill’s requirement by participating in the other programs, too.
Once signed by Governor Abbott and implemented statewide, the bill will help the Trump administration’s efforts to remove criminal aliens from the United States.
[IsraelTimes] The National Security Council (NSC) has issued a Level 2 travel warning for Canada, urging Israelis living in or visiting the country to take increased precautions. The NSC advises people to avoid wearing visible displays of Israeli or Jewish identity, such as symbols or flags, and to remain highly alert in public spaces.
The warning comes as anti-Israel protests are scheduled for today in cities like Toronto and Waterloo, with authorities noting a sharp escalation in rhetoric and threats surrounding these protests, the NSC says.
The advisory follows a rise in threats and attacks targeting Israeli and Jewish communities over the past 18 months, including shootings, Molotov cocktail attacks, and direct threats against Jewish institutions and individuals, the NSC notes.
Those attending public events are advised to follow instructions from local police and security services and avoid confrontations with demonstrators.
[SaharaReporters] The Nigerian Army has said that its troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation Fasin Yaki, on Friday killed 21 bully boyz during an operation in Ruwan Godiya, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The military in a brief statement issued on its X (formerly Twitter) account said the troops stormed a known terrorist enclave, engaging the Death Eaters in a fierce firefight.
The bully boyz were overwhelmed and forced to flee, with several of them reportedly drowning in a nearby river during the pursuit.
The operation led to the recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition, including assorted rifles, magazines, explosives, communication devices, mobile phones, and several cycle of violences believed to be used for quick mobility and attacks.
"The troops subdued the bully boyz in a fierce firefight, forcing them to abandon their base and flee. During the ensuing pursuit, 21 bully boyz were neutralised, with some succumbing to drowning in a nearby river," the military stated.
"The operation also yielded a significant seizure of large cache of arms and ammunition, including guns, rifles, magazines, explosives, communication devices, mobile phones, and cycle of violences. Details later."
The operation is the latest in a series of operations targeting gangs in Nigeria’s northwest.
The military earlier reported that at about 1am on Friday, troops of Operation Hadin Kai, sighted a group of ISWAP/BokoHaram bully boyz in Damboa local government area of Borno State and immediately engaged them with sustained indirect fire.
"The main thrust of the attack targeted the Brigade, prompting the swift deployment of air support to assist ground forces," the military said on X.
"After approximately two hours of intense engagement, the bully boyz were forced to retreat after suffering casualties.
"Troops successfully neutralized 16 bully boyz in the encounter and are currently conducting a pursuit operation.
"Although an ammunition storage area was hit during the exchange, it was quickly brought under control with no further escalation."
[DW] Armed gangs in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... have killed dozens of people in two suspected attacks, a local governor and villagers said Saturday.
In a statement, the governor of Taraba state, Agbu Kefas, said "scores of people reportedly bit the dust and properties" in the attacks in the villages of Munga and Magani, in Karim Lamido district, early on Saturday.
What do we know about the attacks?
Kefas did not provide an exact corpse count, but Nigerian outlet the Daily Post said more than 30 people had been killed by armed gangs, known in the West African country as "bandidos."
"It was midnight, I heard gunshots, I woke up my brother and other people in our area," Magani resident Moses Kefas told AFP news agency.
He added that he and his neighbors returned after the button men had left. "I saw 16 bodies scattered around the village," he said.
Andrew John, from Munga, said he had seen about 13 dead bodies in his village.
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[GUARDIAN.NG] Hundreds of residents who fled their homes earlier this month after jihadists raided a military base have returned to their town in northeastern Nigeria, despite an increase in jihadist attacks.
On May 12, fighters from the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked a military base in Marte, a town in Borno state, killing four soldiers and seizing weapons before torching the facility.
Surviving troops and local residents fled to another base in Dikwa town, 38 kilometres (23 miles) away.
''The soldiers who were supposed to protect us fled, leaving us behind,'' said one resident, Goni Babagana, 48, upon returning to Marte.
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum warned that the displaced population could become potential recruits for jihadist groups.
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[X] President Trump makes it clear HTS needs to pay to play.
President Trump has made it clear that bringing home USA citizens or honoring, with dignity, their remains is a major priority everywhere. The new Syrian Government will aid us in this commitment.
— Ambassador Tom Barrack (@USAMBTurkiye) May 25, 2025
“A powerful step forward. The new Syrian government has agreed to assist the USA in locating and returning USA citizens or their remains. The families of Austin Tice, Majd Kamalmaz, and Kayla Mueller must have closure,” Tom Barrack, who also serves as the US ambassador to Turkey, said on X.
Barrack met Sharaa and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in Istanbul on Saturday after Washington lifted sanctions on Damascus, discussing a host of topics including investment opportunities and joint security cooperation.
Tice, a freelance journalist for outlets such as AFP and The Washington Post, has been missing in Syria since 2012 after being detained at a checkpoint.
Kamalmaz, a Syrian-American psychologist from Virginia, vanished in Syria in 2017 after being stopped at a regime checkpoint, and aid worker Mueller was kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS), which announced her death in a Jordanian airstrike in 2015, but her death remains disputed by Washington.
“President Trump has made it clear that bringing home USA citizens or honoring, with dignity, their remains is a major priority everywhere. The new Syrian Government will aid us in this commitment,” Barrack said.
An informed Syrian source told AFP that 11 Americans are on Washington’s list for a search mission for the remains of Americans killed by ISIS in Syria.
During a trip to the Middle East last week, Trump announced his decision to lift sanctions on Syria. The next day, Trump met with Sharaa during a summit in Riyadh, hosted by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and attended remotely by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Trump urged Sharaa to normalize relations with Israel, expel all “foreign terrorists” from Syria, and cooperate with the US to prevent an ISIS resurgence, according to a White House statement.
On Friday, the US Treasury issued the Syria General License (GL) 25 to effectively lift all sanctions.
Since taking office in January after toppling the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the new leadership in Damascus has made lifting international sanctions a top priority. While several countries have expressed openness to removing Assad-era restrictions, they have emphasized the need for the new leadership to meet critical benchmarks such as inclusive governance and fighting terrorism.
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[REGNUM] Forty years ago, in May 1985, the recently elected General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev arrived in Leningrad. Judging by the Central Television reports that we watched on black-and-white and color "boxes", the trip to the cradle of the revolution began routinely. At Pulkovo Airport, Comrade Gorbachev was met by pioneers, as well as party and economic activists led by the First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee, Comrade Zaikov... And then something unexpected happened.
Having arrived in the city, the General Secretary began "communicating with the people" on the streets. The demonstrative democracy of the new leader and his ability to speak without a crib sheet were no longer a sensation. But many remembered this episode - his appearance in front of the people on Vosstaniya Square.
Then the impression arose that Gorbachev was not speaking with the “best people” specially selected by the Leningrad Regional Committee and the KGB Directorate for the city and region, but rather with genuinely random passers-by.
“We are now doing very serious work to develop a clear program and raise the pace of economic development in such a way as to accelerate the movement of the entire country, not just for the next five years, but for the remaining 15 years until the year 2000,” Gorbachev said, announcing the party’s recently adopted slogans of “acceleration” (the leading comrades would talk about perestroika and glasnost a little later).
"Stay close to the people, we will never let you down," a female voice rang out from the crowd. "You couldn't get any closer!" Gorbachev immediately responded. And everyone present laughed quite sincerely.
This caused, perhaps, no less of a shock than the anti-alcohol campaign that had begun a week earlier.
It was from this moment, shown on TV, that many counted the beginning of irreversible changes. No one knew what awaited the country in some five or six years, not to mention the year 2000.
"THE MAIN THING IS TO START!"
Forty years ago, in the spring of 1985, the author of these lines had just turned 18. When a new General Secretary was elected in Moscow, he had to be distracted from his studies and more interesting activities, whether he wanted to or not, and conduct political information sessions (and more than one) for his classmates at the Kharkov Polytechnic.
At that time, two events were on everyone's lips: the recent Central Committee plenum and the upcoming celebration of the 40th anniversary of Victory. The anniversary was, of course, more exciting. Everyone was waiting for the broadcast of the troops marching across Red Square, a very rare event. After all, the previous Victory Parade had been held in 1965, for the 30th anniversary. Post-war generations were preparing to honor veterans (the youngest of them were entering retirement age at that time).
The appearance of a new first person at the head of the party and the state was, of course, important news, but not "number one". People had already become accustomed to the fact that power in Moscow had changed once again during the previous "five years of lavish funerals", when Leonid Brezhnev, then Yuri Andropov and finally Konstantin Chernenko were sent off from the post of General Secretary and simultaneously from life.
And so, in March 1985, comrades from the Politburo, on the initiative of “Mr. No” Andrei Gromyko, put forward a new first person - against the background of the previous leaders, the very young (54 years old) and energetic Mikhail Sergeyevich.
What exactly Gorbachev talked about at what was commonly called the historic April plenum of the Central Committee and what I had to convey to my classmates, I now have to recall.
But it was clearly imprinted in my memory: it is not known what was a greater shock - the "fight against drunkenness and alcoholism" announced in May, or the General Secretary among the people, saying: "the main thing is to start!" with the emphasis on the first "a". And so it began, or, as he liked to repeat, "the process has begun!" - and it began with acceleration.
This term from a school physics course (even inveterate humanities students remembered the “acceleration of free fall”) migrated into everyday life, which really did feel like it was accelerating.
GUIDING AND DIRECTING EMPIRICISTS
But, by the way, it was not Mikhail Sergeyevich who came up with the idea of “accelerating development,” but Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov, whose protégé Gorbachev was considered. On November 22, 1982, Andropov said at the same historic plenum, the first after his election to the post of General Secretary: “It is planned to accelerate the pace of economic development, to increase the absolute size of the growth of national income… ”
Chernenko, who replaced him briefly, also reported on the “intensification of the economy,” but this was somehow uncertain. Like everything else in the final year of stagnation, about which there was a joke: “After a long and protracted illness, without regaining consciousness, Comrade Chernenko began to perform the duties of General Secretary…”.
Those leaders of the "guiding and directing force of Soviet society" who still retained a clear mind understood that "somehow" and "something" had to be changed. The phrase attributed to Andropov has remained in the collective memory: "We still do not know the country in which we live." In fact, the head of the KGB, who became General Secretary, expressed himself (in 1983) even more curiously:
"To be honest, we still haven't studied the society in which we live and work to the proper extent, haven't fully uncovered its inherent laws, especially economic ones. That's why sometimes the party and the state are forced to act, so to speak, empirically, by a very irrational trial and error method." That's exactly how the leadership of the party and government headed by Gorbachev began to act - by trial and error. And we, those of that time, soon felt it.
In the same school physics course, we studied not only mechanics with its acceleration of free fall, but also optics with its law of refraction of light. And translated into layman's terms, it said: if those at the top decide to accelerate something, then expect consequences.
And the experience of Andropov's short rule made one recall the campaign to fight for labor discipline, when vigilantes and district police officers went to bathhouses and movie theaters during the day and asked everyone: "Why aren't you at work?" True, the raids then included a "bonus" in the form of vodka at 4.70 (under the late Brezhnev, the cheapest was 5.30). Everyone was impatiently waiting to see what, as Saltykov-Shchedrin said, "good nonsense" would happen this time.
OVERTAKE AGAIN
If we put aside memories and turn to dusty "historical decisions" - everything looked good on paper. There was no talk of political reforms (or they were not openly declared). But there was talk of accelerating progress along the socialist path based on the effective use of scientific and technological progress, activating the human factor and changing the planning procedure.
Gorbachev defined the intensification of the planned economy and the acceleration of scientific and technological progress as his main task.
First of all, it was about increasing the growth rate of industrial production and its renewal. The luminaries of economic science, headed by Academician Abel Aganbegyan (head of the Commission for the Study of Productive Forces and Natural Resources created in 1985 at the USSR Academy of Sciences) counted and counted: growth of 4% per year is what is needed. And at the same time, the introduction of new models corresponding to the world level. That is, not a leap forward, but a race on the heels of capitalist countries. Those who lived through Khrushchev's time immediately recalled the slogan "Catch up and overtake America!" and noticed that then there was Nikita Sergeevich, and now Mikhail is also Sergeevich.
OBJECTIVE REASONS
But what people did not expect was that not factories and plants would speed up, but prices for alcohol (more than one and a half times), queues for vodka would intensify - the sales time would be from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM. There was a ditty about this: "At six in the morning the rooster crows, at eight - Pugacheva. The store is closed until two, the key is with Gorbachev!"
As an anti-bonus, the age for selling alcohol will be raised from 18 to 21.
The author of these lines was directly affected by this measure and had to celebrate his alcoholic majority twice. So it turned out that you had to join the army, you could get married, but you couldn't dare join the wine and vodka industry.
And the Soviet people learned a lot more on May 7, 1985, when the Central Committee issued a decree “On measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism” and the accompanying document from the government No. 410 “On measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism, and eradicate moonshining.”
But to be fair, this fight against the green serpent was not a manifestation of voluntarism in its purest form. There were objective reasons. The annual mortality rate in the Union by 1984 had increased to 1 million 650 thousand, with 1 million 525 thousand deaths in 1980. By the end of the 1970s, alcohol consumption had grown to a record level in Soviet history of 10.5 liters of pure alcohol per person, or one hundred bottles of vodka per average Soviet citizen. As they used to say then, the issue was pressing. But they began to solve it using the usual command-and-control methods.
And if it all came down to only tough measures like increasing disciplinary and administrative liability for drunkenness at work and on the streets... The fact that fruit and berry wines disappeared from sale upset, of course, many alcoholics, but rather removed the lowest-quality goods from retail sale, but the destruction of winemaking (30% of vineyards were destroyed) and a sharp reduction in vodka production (halved in three years) is a blow not to the liver, but to the state budget.
Of course, such drastic steps led to people using surrogates (from dichlorvos to denatured alcohol) or various kinds of medicine instead of cheap alcohol. And besides discontent, there was also popular humor. Gorbachev himself recalled that he was called the "mineral secretary" and the lines for vodka were called "Mishkin's tails". They also laughed at alcohol-free weddings, where vodka was hidden under the table, and at the temperance society, whose leadership included famous drinkers.
The people's favorite verse was a parody of the megahit of that time, "Komarovo": For a week until the second, We'll bury Gorbachev, Dig up Brezhnev - We'll start drinking as before.
As they used to say back then, "but there is good news too." The number of deaths in the first year of prohibition had already decreased by 12%, mainly due to able-bodied men. The birth rate after the required 9 months had increased by 8%. And overall, in 1986-1989, the USSR experienced a demographic mini-surge, and not only in the southern republics - by 10.4 million people in four years. Compared to the monstrous collapse of the 1990s, this is a more than optimistic result. But the clumsy (literally, if we recall the mass cutting of grape vines) fight against drunkenness obscured all the benefits of this fight and remained in the collective memory as another example of the despotism of the authorities.
"LIKE A FAIRY TALE"
But even the news of the destruction of vineyards from Moldavian Cricova to Krasnodar Anapa (Crimean Massandra was miraculously saved - saved by the personal intercession of the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR Vladimir Shcherbitsky ) - even this then almost did not undermine the optimistic mood that we spoke about at the beginning of the article.
The 290-million country from Tallinn to Kushka and from Uzhgorod to Vladivostok seriously expected something from the new (“he walks himself! he talks himself!”) Secretary General.
Workers want higher production standards, engineers want faster implementation of their inventions and rationalization proposals in production, enterprise managers want replacement of outdated equipment, collective farmers want more “chiefs” from the city to harvest, and the creative intelligentsia want shorter distances between manuscript and book, workshop and exhibition.
Almost everything that comes to mind about that time happened later. And films - new and taken off the shelves (the first of them was "Agony" by Elem Klimov ), and magazine publications, and man-made disasters, and interethnic tensions that shook the "Unbreakable Union". And the vacillations back and forth from the "fight against unearned income" to "individual labor activity" and cooperation. In general, the acceleration of not the economy, but the entire surrounding reality occurred - there were more events around, and they turned out to be, let's say, diverse. As the popular saying went (and got into perestroika cinema ): "We live like in a fairy tale - the further, the scarier."
[SaharaReporters] The Nigerian military has announced the arrest of five foreigners over suspected crimes in Plateau State.
This was announced by the Defence Headquarters in a statement released on Saturday by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye.
He explained that the arrested individuals included three foreign Fulani ... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity... migrants colonists and two Chadians.
Kangye said they were arrested between May 15 and 20, 2025.
"Troops arrested 3 foreign Fulani migrants colonists and 2 Chadians who claimed to be working with an international company in Jos North LGA of Plateau State. The suspects were handed over to the appropriate authorities for further action," he said.
Recall that the Nigerian Army had earlier in May linked foreign herders to the recent festivities in Plateau and Benue states.
Kangye highlighted the successes of the troops across various theaters of operation, noting that during this period, they arrested 28 terrorists, logistics suppliers, and other criminal elements. Additionally, the troops rescued 47 hostages within the same timeframe.
Kangye also reported that the troops of Operation DELTA SAFE thwarted oil theft valued at over N533,509,520.00 during the week in question.
"Troops of Operation DELTA SAFE foiled oil theft worth over N533,509,520.00 only during the week under review. The breakdown indicates: 550,350 litres of stolen crude oil, 13,710 litres of illegally refined AGO, and 350 litres of DPK. Additionally, they discovered and destroyed 45 crude oil cooking ovens, 30 dugout pits, 16 boats, 37 storage tanks, 11 drums and 18 illegal refining sites.
"Other items recovered include pumping machines, drilling machines, tricycles, cycle of violences, mobile phones and 4 vehicles. Furthermore, 51 oil thieves and other criminals were arrested, while assorted arms and ammunition were also recovered, " he said.
He stated that the Armed Forces of Nigeria remained focused on its determination to defeat terrorism, banditry, and other criminalities in the country in order to ensure the safety of all Nigerians.
"Troops of AFN under the leadership of Gen CG Musa are determined, poised and not resting on their oars as the AFN is not negotiating its resolve to restore peace to the troubled region while taking care of troops’ welfare, most importantly, " Kangye said.
In April, dozens of Plateau residents were killed after a group of bully boyz launched an attack on Zikke community in Bassa Local Government Area.
The assault left the community in mourning as button men stormed the area, killing dozens, razing homes, and displacing hundreds, barely two weeks after a similar attack in Bokkos LGA resulted in the death of scores.
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[NewsFront] 21:34 The 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 35th Army struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces fortifications in the Zaporizhia region —video. 20:40 Russian Ministry of Defense
From 13:00 to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 51 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 23 UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
– 12 UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,
– 11 UAVs – over the territory of the Tula region,
– Six UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region,
– One UAV – over the territory of the Kaluga region.
20:21 Radio relay platoon commander with call sign "Vakas"told, as it ensured uninterrupted communication between battalions. This was essential for coordinating the actions of units and successfully completing combat missions.
"Only communication will give the servicemen who serve in battalions and units a chance to survive. If there is no coordination of troops, there is no victory," says the serviceman.
19:59 Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:
Three settlements were subjected to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There are no preliminary casualties.
– In the Valuysky district, in the village of Sobolevka, a drone struck the territory of a farm - two cars were damaged.
– The city of Shebekino was attacked by enemy drones. One was suppressed by an electronic warfare system – an outbuilding on the territory of a private home was damaged by the detonation. Four drones attacked the territory of an enterprise.
As a result of the impacts of two of them, the roofs of the warehouse and the workshop were damaged. The detonation of two more FPV drones set two parked trucks on fire - fire crews extinguished the fire. The vehicles were damaged.
– In the village of Murom, Shebekinsky District, a fire broke out in a private house as a result of a drone attack.
19:36 Soldiers of the 77th Motorized Rifle Regiment continue to destroy the enemy!
A Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in a forest belt has been wiped off the face of the earth by precision artillery strikes, FPV drones and the Molniya UAV —video.
18:42 Night "arrivals" of cruise missiles in the Ternopil region —video.
17:55 A CCTV camera in Chernihiv captured the moment when Ukrainian air defense “intercepted” the Iskander OTRK —video.
17:29 The Ukrainian group, consisting of ATVs and light vehicles – infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, was met with fire from the VKS motorized riflemen –video.
16:44 Rotary-wing aircraft destroy Ukrainian militants' air defense systems in different directions —video.
16:15 Units of the "East" group of forces destroyed a MaxxPro armored vehicle and a pickup truck with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the South Donetsk direction with precision strikes —video.
15:24 During the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV in the Tula region, the Ukrainian drone hit straight into the dome of the cathedral in Epifani.
14:30 Around 12:45 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.
13:10 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 25, 2025
Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive strike with high-precision sea, air, land-based weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine that produce missile weapon components, electronics, explosives, rocket fuel and attack unmanned aerial vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as centers for electronic intelligence and satellite communications. The strike targets were achieved. All designated objects were hit.
– Units of the North group of forces inflicted damage on concentrations of manpower and equipment of the airborne assault, four mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Mogritsa, Yablonovka, Alekseyevka, Yunakovka, Pisarevka and Gritsyny in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, the formations of the assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Granov, Komissarovo, Veterinary, Udy, Kreydyanka and Berezniki in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, two tanks, seven armored combat vehicles, 11 cars, eight field artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station, and an ammunition depot.
- Units of the "West" group of troops have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, five territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Olgovka, Peschanoye, Novosergeevka, Andreevka, Dolgenkoye, Petro-Ivanovka in the Khar'kov region, Krasny Liman and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 230 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, 19 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. The Quertus electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
The active actions of the units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the settlement of Romanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Pleshcheyevka, Seversk, Serebryanka, Konstantinovka, Shevchenko and Vyemka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 260 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles, six cars and a field artillery gun. Five electronic warfare stations, three counter-battery radar stations and four ammunition and material depots were destroyed.
- Units of the "Center" group of forces have improved their position along the front line. Formations of five mechanized, a ranger, an airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade, a special forces brigade "Azov*" and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rusin Yar, Oktiabrskoye, Novotoretskoye, Artema, Petrovskoye, Grodovka, Novoolenovka and Dimitrov of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 435 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, nine armored combat vehicles, 10 cars and three artillery pieces.
- Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, ranger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Otradnoye, Zelenoye Pole, Novopil of the Donetsk People's Republic, Gulyaipole and Chervone of the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 165 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 10 cars, five field artillery pieces and a Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle. Two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
– Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, mountain assault brigade, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriyevka, Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region, Kazatskoe, Antonovka, Tokarevka and Veletskoe in the Kherson region.
Up to 90 servicemen, five vehicles, four electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition and material depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage on infrastructure facilities of military airfields, ammunition depots, production workshops, storage sites and preparation sites for the launch of strike unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.
Air defense systems shot down four JDAM guided aerial bombs and four US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, as well as 274 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, including 194 outside the Special Military Operation zone.
12:41 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with high-precision sea, air, land-based weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine that produce components of missile weapons, electronics, explosives, rocket fuel and attack unmanned aerial vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as centers for electronic intelligence and satellite communications.
The strike targets have been achieved. All designated objects have been hit.
12:15 May 25 from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime returned another 303 Russian servicemen.
In exchange, 303 prisoners of war of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were transferred.
Currently, Russian military personnel are on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, where they are receiving the necessary psychological and medical assistance.
All Russian military personnel and civilians will be transported to the Russian Federation for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Thus, in accordance with the Russian-Ukrainian agreements reached on May 16 in Istanbul, during the period from May 23 to 25, the Russian and Ukrainian sides carried out an exchange according to the formula of 1,000 for 1,000 people.
11:27 Head of the press center of the North group of forces Yaroslav Yakimkin:
After liberation from the enemy of the Kursk region, units of the Russian group of troops are carrying out a combat mission to create a security zone along the state border of the Russian Federation.
In the last week alone, the following settlements have been liberated: Maryino and Loknya in the Sumy region, and significant progress has been made in the area of the city of Vovchansk in the Khar'kov region.
At present, the troops continue to advance forward every day, pushing the enemy away from the state border to create a “sanitary zone” and ensure the safety of the civilian population of the Russian border regions.
10:52 Criminal Kyiv regime continues shelling civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
– Four rounds to the settlement of Tavriysk;
– Five rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;
– Three rounds to the settlement of Kairy;
– Four rounds to the village of Bolshie Kopani;
– Five rounds to the village of Aleshki;
- According to n.p. Kakhovka three rounds.
Five people were injured as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kakhovka.During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Proletarka, Novaya Mayachka, Novaya Kakhovka, Aleshky, Kakhovka, and Korsunka, firing a total of 16 rounds from barrel artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
10:08 RF Armed Forces inflicted a massive combined strike against enemy targets throughout Ukraine
The strikes hit the Kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Khar'kov, Odessa, Ternopil, Sumy and Zhitomir regions. Damage was reported at industrial facilities in Ternopil and Sumy region.
9:35 "Geranium" installed absolute altitude record of 4,900 meters — Ukrainian military expert
According to Kovalenko, Russian drones have recently been attacking from ever higher altitudes, making it virtually impossible for mobile fire teams to shoot them down.
8:31 Operators of the FPV drones "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky", controlled via fiber optic cables, of the Ussuriysk Separate Guards Airborne Assault unit destroyed an 82mm mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
8:20 During the night of May 25 from 0:00 to 7:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 110 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 16 UAVs – over the territory of the Tula region,
– 14 UAVs each – over the territories of the Bryansk and Kaluga regions,
– 13 UAVs each – over the territories of the Moscow region and the Tver region,
– Ten UAVs each – over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions,
- Eight UAVs - over the territory of the Oryol region,
- Seven UAVs - over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
- Two UAVs - over the territory of the Smolensk region,
– One UAV each – over the territories of Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod and Novgorod regions.
8:00 Su-25 attack aircraft destroyed armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces.
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[Regnum] The fighters among themselves call the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky a butcher. This was reported by former intelligence officer of the 40th coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yevhen Bodeyko.
"Syrsky is called a butcher. He simply sends people to assaults and forgets about them. There is no equipment, no weapons," TASS quoted a soldier captured in the Kharkov region as saying.
He said that the level of training of servicemen who join the ranks of the Ukrainian army leaves much to be desired. According to him, fighters are sent to positions as soon as they learn to hold a machine gun.
Also, according to him, there is a big problem with the equipment. It is often out of order, and the machine guns installed on it "jam". Bodeiko added that in the reconnaissance company where he served, there were only five combat vehicles, and the military equipment never went out and fired.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on April 27, Syrsky reported to the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, about the difficult situation in many areas of the front. He reported intense fighting in the Krasnoarmeysky, Krasnolimansky and Kramatorsk directions. The day before, on April 26, the adviser to the head of the DPR, Igor Kimakovsky, reported that the defense of the Ukrainian armed formations was "cracked" along the entire front line. In particular, the tense situation remains in the Donetsk and Kupyansk directions.
At the end of February, the head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Sergei Rudskoy, reported that the number of killed and wounded Ukrainian soldiers in the previous year alone was 590 thousand. In total, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 1 million people, he emphasized.
Last February, after Syrsky was appointed commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukrainian military officials told journalists that he had been nicknamed the butcher in the army. They said he was sending his subordinates to certain death for nominal successes that did not benefit the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The American publication Politico wrote that the Ukrainian military “dubbed” the 58-year-old commander-in-chief “the butcher” and “General 200” due to the losses of the army under his command.
Ukrainian serviceman Sergei Good, who was captured by Russia, said in March 2024 that his fellow servicemen, who criticized the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, were taken away by special services. What happened to them is unknown, the prisoner added.
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.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
[NYPOST] The NYPD has ID'd one of the cowardly thugs who allegedly beat an off-duty NYPD cop and stole his service weapon at knifepoint — and have now busted his father for allegedly using the officer's stolen credit card, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Russian servicemen who arrived on May 24 as part of a large-scale prisoner exchange according to the formula "1000 for 1000" spoke about atrocities in captivity. The soldiers told Izvestia that in addition to regular beatings and humiliation, some were subjected to torture. One serviceman added that he does not even want to remember what he experienced. The new, 1186th day of the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine was marked by discussions of this news, among other things.
... 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...
[IsraelTimes] Joseph Neumeyer deported from Israel, arrested in New York after he left a backpack full of Molotov cocktails outside the embassy branch building earlier this month
"Join me as I burn down the embassy in Tel Aviv. 
[IsraelTimes] AG’s office said to oppose legislation on the grounds it could harm the international legitimacy of Israeli prosecutors’ legal action against perpetrators
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
The FBI investigation and the arrest follow promises by President Donald Trump’s deputies to separate investigations into white-collar migration crime. The Justice Department reported:
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
[IsraelTimes] Sirens sound in Jerusalem area, southern West Bank settlements and communities near Red Sea, sending hundreds of thousands to shelters; no injuries or damage reported
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
[IsraelTimes] The international community should look to sanction Israel to stop the war in Gaza, Spain’s foreign minister says, ahead of a Madrid meeting of European and Arab nations today to urge a halt to its offensive.
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...
... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity...
[IsraelTimes] The Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announces that 107 trucks carrying 
[Breitbart] The Texas Legislature is one step closer to requiring the sheriffs of the state’s largest counties to enter into cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Texas Senate passed SB8 in April and forwarded the legislation to the House. On Saturday, the House passed the third reading of the bill.
[IsraelTimes] The National Security Council (NSC) has issued a Level 2 travel warning for 
[SaharaReporters] The Nigerian Army has said that its troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation Fasin Yaki, on Friday killed 21 
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
