The DNC removed David Hogg (25) and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta through a virtual vote on Wednesday night, stemming from a procedural complaint unrelated to Hogg's primary activities. Hogg (25) said he would now focus his efforts on Leaders We Deserve, the group he co-founded, which said it would take on "asleep-at-the-wheel" Democrats by pledging to spend $20 million on safe-seat Democratic primaries. Hogg's plan, announced in April, triggered a wave of anger from elected officials and DNC members, who argued that Hogg's role as a party leader conflicted with the decision to take on incumbents. One analyst writes the Democratic Party implosion is worse than you think: PJ Media read more
US Soldiers have begun directly detaining immigrants along the southern US border, in an escalation of the military's enforcement role. Those migrants were quickly turned over to USCBP and are now among more than 1,400 migrants charged with illegally entering militarized areas along that border. Soldiers are prohibited from conducting civilian law enforcement on US soil under the Posse Comitatus Act. But an exception known as the military purpose doctrine allows it in some instances. A judge in New Mexico has dismissed more than 100 national security charges against immigrants, finding little evidence that immigrants knew about the national defense areas. Those migrants still faced charges of illegal entry to the US. In Texas, a Peruvian woman who crossed the US border illegally was acquitted of unauthorized access to a newly designated militarized zone in the first trial under the Trump administration's efforts. read more
Katrina D. Favret, of TN and Robert M. Craig, of NC, conspired with previously charged defendant Ronald P. Bedra, of Etna, OH, to create and distribute so-called "animal crush videos." The videos alleged to have been created included depictions of monkeys being sodomized with a heated screwdriver and a monkey having its genitals cut with scissors. The conspirators used encrypted chat applications to direct money to individuals in Indonesia willing to commit the requested acts of torture on camera. A year-long BBC investigation has uncovered a sadistic global ring stretching from Indonesia to the US that mutilate and kill baby long-tailed macaques on film. Source: BBC Report The FBI and USFWS are investigating. An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. read more
Bruno Kahl, President of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND), stated that Russia is preparing to test the credibility of NATO's Article V, adding that German intelligence has concrete evidence of the Kremlin's preparations for potential aggression against the Alliance. The BND chief emphasized that Moscow no longer believes in the reliability of NATO's collective defence system " particularly Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty, which guarantees a joint response in the event of an attack on a member state. "We are very sure, and we have intelligence evidence to back this up, that [Russia's full-scale invasion of] Ukraine is only one step on Russia's path towards the West." German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has issued similar warnings in the past, repeatedly stating that Germany must be "ready for war" by the end of this decade. Ukraine's intelligence chief publicly echoed the same analysis. read more
Donald Trump told Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza and stop talk of an attack on Iran. read more
#21: The EU and NATO have been stepping up to defend against Russia, to the detriment of providing foreign aid to developing or poorer countries: drudge.com
Decades ago an allied Special Forces officer overseas bluntly asked me: "Sir, why are you Americans so afraid of Iran?"
I looked at him and replied: "Because your country doesn't have AIPAC."
His eyebrows collided together in confusion like two crashing railroads.
So, I pulled out my little green notebook (m.media-amazon.com) and drew him the Israeli flag.
The commando silently nodded in comprehension. I then tore out the page from my little green notebook and burnt it when we lit up our cigarettes.
To pay for the increased defense spending to counter Russia, Western countries have slashed foreign aid budgets this year and reductions will steepen in 2026, with the US, UK, Germany, and Canada cutting the most, according to the Center for Global Development (CGD).
The aid cuts will mean "significant losses" for many developing nations: Ethiopia is projected to lose the most aid in nominal terms, with Jordan, Afghanistan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo also hit particularly hard.
Jordan is one of the most stable countries in the Middle East with an excellent intelligence service that works with the West, but straddled with a non-petroleum-based economy and a sizeable population of Palestinian refugees. Expect China to step in and fill the void, globally increasing their diplomatic and intelligence footprint through goodwill and economic largesse.
Source: www.cgdev.org
#3: The US has to stop acting the bully with Iran. The Obama administration, the EU, and the IAEA had a functioning deal with Tehran called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) until Dotard Trumpf recklessly pulled the US out of it during his first Reign of Terror because Benjamin Netanyahu didn't like it. When did Bibi and Vladimir Putin become co-Presidents of the US? Link: farsnews.ir
"Whiskey Pete" Hegseth Can't Explain Why Troop Deployment Is Legal
"Defense Secretary Pete Hogsbreath on Wednesday insisted the Pentagon's deployment of troops to Los Angeles was lawful. He just couldn't cite the law he was following. The sycophantic dipsomaniac who is head of the DOD clashed with several lawmakers at a Senate budget hearing as he sought to defend President Dotard Trumpf's decision to send thousands of troops, including 700 active-duty Marines, to California in response to mass deportation protests."
Source: www.politico.com
"Hic!"
Tangential granularity from the NYT about the new world order:
New trade deals. Joint sanctions against Israel. Military agreements.
America's closest allies are increasingly turning to each other to advance their interests, deepening their ties as the Trumpf junta challenges them with tariffs and other measures that are upending trade, diplomacy, and defense.
Concerned by shifting US priorities under Dotard Trumpf, some of America's traditional partners on the world stage have spent the turbulent months since Mr. Trumpf's January inauguration focusing on building up their direct relationships, flexing diplomatic muscles, and leaving the US aside. This emerging dynamic involves countries such as Britain, France, Canada, and Japan.
Source: www.nytimes.com
Archived link: archive.ph
Thanks to Senator 'Moscow Mitch' McConnell (R-KY), the GOP, Dotard Trumpf, and the NRA, every eleven minutes an assailant kills someone with an easily accessible firearm in America. The US will soon reach 50,000 KIA per annum under the Trumpf junta; the US is right now averaging 47,000 gun deaths per year, like a warzone. Total US military deaths in Korea (1950-53): 36,574. studyfinds.org
That was a United States Senator that DHS bullied and planted on the floor: c8.alamy.com