EU President Ursula von der Leyen announced sanctions against Israel and new aid for Ukraine during her annual State of the EU address, with the timing shaped by Russian drone incursions into Poland and Israeli airstrikes in Qatar targeting Palestinian resistance leaders. The EU will suspend bilateral support to Israel, propose sanctions on extremist Israeli ministers and violent settlers, and seek a partial suspension of the EU-Israel trade agreement -- the first concrete steps after months of criticism that the EU has failed to respond adequately to Israel's horrific ethnic cleansing in Gaza. read more
The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run its armed security. At least ten members of the Infidels Motorcycle Club are working for UG Solutions, a private contractor providing security at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites, where hundreds of civilians seeking food have been killed in scenes of chaos and gunfire. Seven members of the gang are in senior positions overseeing sites at the controversial aid operation backed by Israel and Dummkopf Trumpf. Infidels MC was set up by US military veterans of the Iraq war in 2006 and members see themselves as modern Crusaders, using the Crusader cross as their symbol - a reference to the medieval Christians who fought Muslims for control of Jerusalem. The gang hosts anti-Muslim hate speech on its Facebook page and has previously held a pig roast "in defiance of" the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. read more
Qatar would have been forgiven for thinking it was immune from Israeli attack. The tiny Gulf state is a key US ally that hosts USCENTCOM Forward and welcomed President Dummkopf Trumpf just four months ago; red carpets were laid, billion-dollar deals were done, and a controversial presidential aircraft bequeathed. As mediator to end the war in Gaza, Qatar's PM Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani personally met with Hamas' chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya on Monday to push for the new US-led ceasefire and hostage deal. Hamas' response was expected at a follow-up meeting Tuesday evening; a couple of hours before that answer, Israeli jets struck a residential building in Doha, murdering five Palestinians and a Qatari security official. The sense of shock and betrayal is palpable in the Qatari capital. read more
Skyler Philippi (24) of Columbia, TN, pleaded guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction to destroy an energy facility. Philippi told a confidential FBI source in July 2024 that he wanted to attack several electricity substations to "shock the system." The FBI began to collect information about Philippi's plan with other undercover agents. In Nov 2024, Philippi and undercover employees drove to his intended Nashville launch site and prepared to fly a drone that Philippi believed had three pounds (1.4 kilograms) of C-4 plastic explosive attached to it. The material had been provided by the undercover employees. When he was arrested, Philippi had the drone powered up and was preparing to attach the armed explosive device to it as undercover employees pretended to be lookouts for him. read more
The Trump administration is planning to make the test to become a U.S. citizen more difficult, possibly with an essay requirement that would help give officials wide discretion on which immigrants are approved. read more
#4: Why do so many people think that they are immune from being pissed on by Trumpf?
That could be the question of the early 21st century: static01.nyt.com
Outside smoking areas make for some of the best intelligence or rumor collection points. So, in NYC a few weeks ago I met an assistant funeral director visiting from Miami. After we became acquainted and exchanged cigarettes, I asked him how many murder victims his funeral parlor buries in a year. This mortician explained to me that as a Haitian-American, he only handles his community and on average he tends to 12 to 15 victims a year. He then stated that for African-Americans, which is handled by a separate assistant funeral director, every year his parlor buries an average 18-25 murder victims annually.
Why does the GOP abhor gun control laws, vaccines, or universal health care? Death is a profitable business.
Link: fortune.com
And here is the 22-year-old former grocery clerk and lawn mower appointed by Dummkopf Trumpf to be in charge of counter terrorism at DHS: static.foxnews.com
#10: Every time I see Kashyap Pramod Patel I feel like ordering a 5/5 spicy vindaloo dish: img.freepik.com
#7: This guy Peter Mandelson has been implicated in other sordid affairs. For decades this UK insider has enjoyed terrific, well-paying sinecures. Glad I'm not a hardworking British taxpayer watching my money go to enrich him, we have enough of that here: en.wikipedia.org
Page 225 of Download One has a "Who Am I" and "before and after" comments of gratitude from an unidentified young woman of 22. Jeffrey Epstein did plenty for this woman, but what Faustian bargain did she enter in to? This woman wrote that she sat on Queen Elizabeth's throne and met Bill Clinton, amongst a panoply of celebrities. She travelled to exotic destinations and enjoyed supersonic travel on Concorde.
Such mysteries for cold case investigators to unravel: wellesnet.com
#7: Concur. Prima facie, this looks like a professional hit job with a well-organized getaway plan. Charlie Kirk made it easy for the assassin by being a sitting duck: www.abc.net.au
As you point out, this was a distant shot to Charlie Kirk's throat, which is a smaller and narrower target than his head or torso. The assassin might be an ex-military sniper. Dummkopf Trumpf made a ton of enemies by targeting the Mexican cartels. Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum recently extradited several of them to the US. These cartels have been recruiting experienced Colombian military veterans, so one possibility is a sicario.
About the coordinated social media posts, perhaps the two schmucks were already conferring by phone about the IDF Qatar raid when Charlie Kirk got whacked.
Excellent point: hips.hearstapps.com*
And now FBI SAs don't require a college education and their training is a barebones eight weeks long, less than what US Army MPs receive (20 total). Good job Kashyap Pramod Patel. Every time I see the D/FBI I feel like ordering a vindaloo meal.
Coda on the Dearly Departed:
"Argh! Stupid left wing violence! It's always Them! Blargh!" static01.nyt.com