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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the US diplomatic posture ... read more


At least 15 nonprofit institutions announced closures amid a difficult year for higher education as the sector navigated rising operating costs and political minefields associated with a Donald Trump presidency. read more


Two people were taken to the hospital after a federal immigration agent shot someone in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.


As Donald Trump announced a blockade on Venezuelan oil tankers under sanctions and ordered the seizure of vessels amid airstrikes that have killed more than 100 people in the Caribbean and the Pacific, the US secured military deals with Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago in the past week alone.


The former spokesperson for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Eli Feldstein, said that immediately following the October 2023 surprise attack by Palestinian armed groups to seize Israeli hostages for a prisoner swap, the Israeli leader instructed him to figure out how the premier could evade responsibility for the catastrophic security breach.


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The Epstein Files now accuse Donald Trump of being a witness to the disposal of a newborn bastard child at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein in Lake Michigan.
I believe this.
There is nothing in Trump's life of character to make me doubt it.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-24 12:52 PM |

Link: www.justice.gov

Too bad USAG Merrick Garland sat on these damaging files from 21 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2025.

Imagine if SC Jack Smith, NYSAG Letitia James, and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg had access to these files.

An army of victims would have come forward with high-powered attorneys filing lawsuits as well.

Dummkopf Trumpf would have spent half his time fighting these allegations in criminal and civil courts instead of running for POTUS.

The court of public opinion may have soured on the sex predator as well.

Ask Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor how everything worked out for him.

The military agreements, ranging from airport access, as in Trinidad and Tobago, to the temporary deployment of US troops for joint operations against "narco-terrorists" in Paraguay, are being signed under the banner of a so-called "war on drugs," the same rationale Washington has used to justify its offensive against Venezuela, although junta officials and Dummkopf Trumpf himself has said that the goals also include seizing the country's vast energy reserves and bringing down Nicolas Maduro.

Although Washington has long maintained similar agreements in the region, the scale and timing of the new deals are seen by analysts as a further escalation amid what would be an unprecedented US invasion of a South American country.

"If the US were to launch a larger offensive that included airstrikes on Venezuela or other countries that have been mentioned, such as Colombia or Cuba, it would want operating locations around the region," said Jennifer Kavanagh, the director of military analysis at the Defense Priorities thinktank.

"Constructing a network of locations would be important for the sustainability of any type of operation. So we can't say for sure that these activities are directly targeting Venezuela, but I think it's naive to suggest that they're not somehow related," she added.


Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast won Chile's presidential election and Libertarian loser Javier Milei is President of Argentina. Dummkopf Trumpf wants more authoritarian, oligarch-friendly regimes in Latin America in his self-serving twisted version of the antiquated Monroe Doctrine. The recent purge of US Defense and State Dept personnel are to ensure maximum loyalty to Dummkopf Trumpf and his nefarious junta to meet that goal. So far, Brazil and Mexico seem to be able to hold their own against Trumpf's Reign of Terror.


Former Netanyahu spokesperson Eli Feldstein, who faces trial for allegedly leaking classified information to the press, made the explosive accusation during an extensive interview with Israel's Kan news channel.

Critics have repeatedly accused Benjamin Netanyahu of refusing to accept blame for the deadliest attack in Israel's history. But little is known about Netanyahu's behavior in the days immediately following the attack, while the premier has consistently resisted an independent state inquiry.

Speaking to Kan, Feldstein said "the first task" he received from Netanyahu after 7 Oct 2023, was to stifle calls for accountability.

"He asked me, What are they talking about in the news? Are they still talking about responsibility?'" Feldstein said. "He wanted me to think of something that could be said that would offset the media storm surrounding the question of whether the prime minister had taken responsibility or not."

He added that Netanyahu looked "panicked" when he made the request. Feldstein said he was later told by people in Netanyahu's close circle to omit the word "responsibility" from all statements.


Palestinian armed groups conducted the surprise attack on Israel on 7 Oct 2023 to seize as many hostages as possible in order to conduct a prisoner swap for approximately 5,250 Palestinians held in Israeli military custody (40 women, 170 children, and 1,320 classified as "administrative detainees," held without charge or trial).

Thanks to the erudite and calm-headed Mossad Director David Barnea, several prisoner swaps were conducted in Nov and Dec 2023 before Netanyahu initiated the Nakba to collectively punish the Palestinians and make way for a Greater Israel by ethnically cleansing Gaza and the West Bank.

The "Crime Minister" is still on trial for corruption charges, even though he recently begged Israel President Isaac Herzog for a pardon. 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.


In 2000, women Veterans were just four percent of the US Veteran population. But by 2040, they are projected to make up 18% of all Veterans, making them the fastest growing group of Veterans. The median age of women Veterans was 52 in 2023. Approximately 22.5% were 65 or older, and 2.2% were 85 or older. Link: Women Vets

Secretary of the VA Douglas Collins has served as a chaplain in the USAF Reserve since 2002 and was promoted to Colonel in 2023.
The Republican war on women, Veterans, the vulnerable, the sick, the handicapped, the medically uninsured, the homeless, and the hungry continues apace.

Good job, Ladies!


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