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Friday, December 26, 2025

Stanislav Orlov (AKA the "Spaniard"), the founder of the far-right Espaniola unit ... read more


Big news for the USA!' The Dotard-in-Chief gleefully posted that he callously slashed 271,000 federal jobs since seizing power on 20 Jan 2025, even as polls show Americans are deeply dissatisfied with his inept mishandling of the US and global economy.


Asylum-seeking Boer Benjamin Schoonwinkel (59) took Dummkopf Trumpf at his word and left Suid-Afrika for the US, but for the past 100 days he has been miserably confined in a Georgia ICE detention facility.


US Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Madeleine Dean (PA-04) wrote a letter with 47 of their colleagues to President Donald Trump expressing serious concerns regarding Israeli actions in Gaza. Israel has violated the ceasefire agreement more than 700 times since it was signed less than three months ago. read more


President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has sued the District of Columbia to end a ban on assault-style weapons, particularly the AR-15. read more


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"Thank you for your attention to this matter."

*** Republican Indiana State Senator Chris Garten Posts AI Images of Him Beating Up Santa Claus ***


"Some of you clowns are just insufferable.

Hopefully your negativity stays in the comments and not directed at your families.

Merry Christmas, snowflakes!"

Link: Republican Party War on Christmas

Pope Leo, celebrating his first Christmas after being elected in May by the world's cardinals to succeed the late Pope Francis, has a quieter, more diplomatic style than his predecessor and usually refrains from making political references in his sermons.

In a later Christmas blessing, the pope, who has made care for immigrants a key theme of his early papacy, also lamented the situation for migrants and refugees who "traverse the American continent."

Leo, who has in the past criticized Dummkopf Trumpf's brutal immigration crackdown, did not mention the Dotard-in-Chief. In his Christmas Eve sermon, the pope said refusing to help the poor and strangers was tantamount to rejecting God himself.
The new pope has lamented the conditions for Palestinians in Gaza several times recently and told journalists last month that the only solution in the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people must include a Palestinian state.

Since Israeli PM Benjamin Netabyahu initiated his vengeance campaign against the Palestinians on 7 Oct 2023, al-Jazeera reports at least 70,369 Muslims have been killed and 167,160 wounded or maimed in the Gaza Strip, the majority of them women and children; 1,034 have been killed in the West Bank.

After the so-called "ceasefire" agreement in the Gaza Strip came into effect on 10 Oct, at least 406 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,118 others wounded in continued IDF attacks. The UN reports that nearly the entire Gaza Strip remains in a food emergency, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing high acute malnutrition rates.

An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for crimes against humanity remains active for Benjamin Netanyahu and the Istanbul Public Prosecutor in Turkiye issued arrest warrants for him and 32 other Israelis accused of committing war crimes. An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law or an international tribunal at the Hague.

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AFRICOM's initial assessment is that multiple terrorists were killed in the ISIS camps.

"US Africa Command is working with Nigerian and regional partners to increase counterterrorism cooperation efforts related to on-going violence and threats against innocent lives," said Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander, USAFRICOM. "Our goal is to protect Americans and to disrupt violent extremist organizations wherever they are."

US Africa Command will continue to assess the results of the operation and will provide additional information as appropriate. Specific details about the operation will not be released in order to ensure operational security."

Map: Sokoto State

According to ACLED (https://acleddata.com), "armed groups such as Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province have wrought havoc in north-eastern Nigeria for more than a decade, killing thousands of people, however most of these have been Muslims." The MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) targets petroleum facilities and pipelines that benefit the oil companies and Nigerian elites but have despoiled the environment for poor people living in the Niger Delta.

Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar said the AFRICOM attack was a "joint operation" targeting "terrorists," and it "has nothing to do with a particular religion."

In central Nigeria, there are also frequent clashes between mostly Muslim herders and farming groups, who are often Christian, over access to water and pasture.

Deadly cycles of tit-for-tat attacks have also seen thousands killed, but atrocities have been committed on both sides.
Human rights groups say there is no evidence that Christians have been disproportionately targeted.




"For more than two weeks, Syanislav Orlov's death, first rumored online on 9 Dec, was the subject of intense speculation and debate. Kremlin-linked Russian news websites and independent outlets soon reported that Orlov was not killed on the battlefield in Ukraine, but was ambushed and shot at his home in Russian-annexed Crimea by Moscow's own security services.

On Monday, Astra, an anti-war outlet operating in exile, published CCTV footage that it said showed the moments before Orlov was killed, with a group of armed Russian servicemen arriving outside his house, followed by the sound of gunshots. Astra reported that an ambulance only arrived to collect Orlov's body six hours later.

Analysts say Orlov's death reflects a broader, increasingly visible crackdown by the Kremlin on renegade ultranationalist figures and semi-autonomous armed groups as a result of the Wagner mutiny."

An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for war crimes remains active for Russia President Vladimir Putin. An indictment is merely an allegation. Mr. Putin is presumed innocent until proven guilty in an international tribunal to be held for him at the Hague at a future date.

The Democratic Congressional letter to Dummkopf Trumpf continues:

"Since the start of the current ceasefire agreement on 10 Oct 2025, at least 356 Palestinians have been killed and more than 900 have been injured by Israeli attacks. On 29 Nov, the IDF killed two brothers, aged 8 and 10, in a drone strike after they crossed into an Israeli-controlled area of Gaza, referring to the children as "suspects" in a statement that failed to acknowledge they were children. The total death toll from the war in Gaza has now surpassed 70,000, including over 20,000 children."

"Additionally, since the beginning of the ceasefire Israeli forces have reportedly destroyed more than 1,500 buildings, many of which did not appear to be damaged prior to being destroyed. These actions raise significant concerns that Israel could be acting in violation of international humanitarian law which prohibits the destruction of civilian property unless absolutely necessary for military operations. We also are gravely concerned that the Israeli government is not allowing sufficient levels of humanitarian aid to enter Gaza."

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The hardworking American taxpayer has sent Israel, a prosperous nuclear-armed country with world class universal healthcare for its residents and a better ranked social security program than the US, $298 billion since 1948 (www.congress.gov).

An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for crimes against humanity remains active for Benjamin Netanyahu and the Istanbul Public Prosecutor issued arrest warrants for him and 32 other Israelis accused of committing war crimes. An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law or an international tribunal at the Hague.


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