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Bolsonaro Leads Massive Free Speech Protest In Brazil After Supreme Court Bans X

ZeroHedge

The demonstration, held Saturday on Independence Day, was led by former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro - who said in response to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes: "I hope that the Federal Senate puts the brakes on Alexandre de Moraes, this dictator who does more harm to Brazil than Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva himself." There’s a massive free speech protest in Brazil today. The media coverage: CNN - nothing AP - nothing Reuters - nothing NYT - nothing

U.S. Seizes Venezuela Dictator Maduro’s Plane

Breitbart

“The Justice Department seized an aircraft we allege was illegally purchased for $13 million through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States for use by Nicolas Maduro and his cronies,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

Illegal Alien, Deported 16 Times, Gets One Year in Prison for Killing 64-Year-Old Colorado Man

Breitbart

An illegal alien from Mexico, deported 16 times from the United States, has been sentenced to just one year in prison for causing a crash that killed 64-year-old Scott Miller in Conifer, Colorado. In June, 47-year-old Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza was arrested for vehicular homicide concerning the crash that killed Miller but the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office filed only misdemeanor traffic violation charges against the illegal alien.

Hunter Biden Enters Surprise Guilty Plea, Avoiding Trial on Tax Charges

The Epoch Times

Hunter Biden failed to pay taxes between 2016 and 2019, a period of time during which he owed at least $1.4 million, according to Weiss. Instead of paying his taxes, Hunter Biden “spent this money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature,” the indictment states. That included more than $683,000 to various women and about $72,000 to fuel a drug and alcohol addiction, according to court filings.

Russia Attacks Military Academy In Ukraine, Leaving 51 Dead, Over 270 Injured

ZeroHedge

Tuesday witnessed one of the single deadliest attacks of the two-and-a-half-year Russia-Ukraine war. A Russian ballistic missile slammed into a military academy in the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, leaving more than 50 people dead and injuring scores of others. Ukraine officials said a neighboring hospital was also struck by a second missile. Authorities by the evening (local) said at least 51 people were killed amid an ongoing search and rescue operation which involves picking carefully through rubble. The number of wounded from the attacks stands at 271.

War Prep? Two Major Chinese State Owned Shipbuilders Merge To "Better Serve The Military"

ZeroHedge

In a move that we can't help but think looks suspiciously like war prep, two Chinese state-owned shipbuilders announced Monday plans to merge, according to a new report from Nikkei Asia. The report says up front the merger could "help them better serve the military". Key details, such as pricing, asset handling, employee treatment, and protections for dissenting shareholders, have yet to be revealed.

Popular Conservatives Allegedly Tricked Into $10M Russian Influence Campaign: DOJ

ZeroHedge

A federal indictment unsealed on Wednesday alleges that a Tennessee-based media company, later identified as Tenet Media, received nearly $10 million from employees of Russian state-backed media company, Russia Today (RT), as part of "a scheme to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging." ... it's been pointed out that Lauren Chen has recently been trying to divide Donald Trump's base...

Armed Venezuelan Prison Gang In Denver Highlights Map Of US Sanctuary Zones To Avoid Amid Migrant Crisis

ZeroHedge

The big picture understanding is that sanctuary cities have imported millions of illegal aliens, some of which are prison gang members and have zero respect for first-world laws. Defunding the police has also been pushed nationwide by Democrat lawmakers, and with that comes the risk that local municipalities could become quickly overwhelmed. Independent think tank Center for Immigration Studies has done the easy work for readers, outlining the cities, counties, and states with laws, ordinances, regulations, resolutions, policies, or other practices that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield criminals from ICE. In other words, these areas have a possibility of high risk for violent crime. And in our view, these areas should be avoided for safety reasons.

RFK Jr. Sues to Remove Himself From Wisconsin Presidential Ballot

The Epoch Times

The Democratic Party and Republican Party have until 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in September to withdraw their presidential nominees from the ballot, according to guidance from the elections commission. However, the deadline for independent candidates such as Kennedy to pull their nominations is 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in August. “While Biden had until today at 5 p.m., Kennedy had to let the Commission know a full month before that,” the brief read. “Why the different playbook for Kennedy as opposed to Biden?”

Georgia High School Attacker Stopped by Good Guy with a Gun

Breitbart

our School Resource Officer engaged him, and the shooter quickly realized that if he did not give up, that it would end with an officer involved shooting.” He said the shooter “gave up, got on the ground, and the deputy took him into custody.” Ironically, in 2019, during her first presidential campaign, Kamala Harris called for taking police officers out of schools.

The Untold Stories of the Tiananmen Massacre

The Epoch Times

As a former college professor (Ph.D., history, Duke U), I sought out key witnesses. I found two who were particularly valuable. One was an older student who had just escaped to Hong Kong. She had recently gotten her history M.A. from a Beijing university. The Sunday morning of the massacre, risking her life, she started counting bodies at the square and then continued counting as she walked westward along Chang An Avenue. She counted over a thousand bodies. The other source was a British professor who had also just evacuated from China. He was not an eyewitness, but he told me what his Beijing colleague had personally witnessed from his apartment overlooking a major intersection in Beijing’s northwest quadrant—an unimaginable slaughter of thousands.

Biden-Harris DOJ Threatens to Sue Two Small Wisconsin Towns Over Refusal to Use Electronic Voting Machines

American Greatness

The Biden-Harris Department of Justice has threatened to sue two small towns in Wisconsin over their refusal to use electronic voting machines to cast and tabulate votes, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported. In July, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke threatened to file a lawsuit against the State of Wisconsin, the state Elections Commission and Administrator Meagan Wolfe, and the towns of Thornapple and Lawrence, as well as the towns’ clerks and boards of supervisors, because the towns allegedly did not offer voting equipment at their polling places in the April presidential primary election.

Busted Spy In NY Gov. Hochul's Office Received Millions From China, Bought Posh Homes & Ferrari

ZeroHedge

The significant list of allegations includes that she worked to advance CCP interests in sate government, and in return received huge sums of money and oversaw the facilitation of millions of dollars in transactions connected to Chinese government business interests. Perhaps most alarming is that she's alleged to have on multiple occasions blocked the ability of representatives of the Taiwanese government from meetings with NY government officials. Her husband, Chris Hu, has also been arrested, implicated in the conspiracy.

Turkish Protesters Swarm Izmir Port Until US Warship Leaves Following Assault On Americans

ZeroHedge

Anti-Israel sentiment in Turkey has exploded since the Gaza war kicked off ten months ago. Outrage is being directed at Washington for being Tel Aviv's biggest military backer and supporter. Even American military personnel have been directly targeted, despite Turkey being a NATO ally and playing host to US bases, as was seen with Monday's dramatic events where on the streets of the southern city of Izmir US Navy and Marine service members were brutally assaulted, though they managed to escape to safety when local police intervened.

Heritage Foundation Files Lawsuit Against DHS for Records on ‘Border Czar’ Kamala Harris

Breitbart

“On April 14, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden announced that Vice President Harris would be appointed — in the words of the press — the ‘Border Czar.’ Effectively, this meant Vice President Harris would be responsible for overseeing and coordinating border security policies and operations,” the lawsuit states: However, there has been considerable confusion on whether or not Vice President Harris was actually the Border Czar, and conversely, whether the massive failure of the Biden-Harris Administration’s immigration policies was Harris’s fault.

Venezuela’s Attorney General Seeks Arrest of Opposition Leader Edmundo Gonzalez

The Epoch Times

Venezuela’s attorney general’s office has requested that an arrest warrant be issued for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez over his refusal to respond to three summons to testify about an opposition website that published detailed information about the country’s disputed presidential election. The arrest warrant request for the 75-year-old Gonzalez from the Democratic Unity Roundtable, an electronic copy of which was viewed by The Epoch Times, comes as part of a probe into his claim that he was the rightful victor of the July presidential election, in which President Nicolas Maduro was declared by officials as the winner.

The Countries Expanding Their Nuclear Arsenal

Statista

As detailed by SIPRI, "China is in the middle of a significant modernization and expansion of its nuclear arsenal. Its nuclear stockpile is expected to continue growing over the coming decade and some projections suggest that it will deploy at least as many intercontinental ballistic missiles as either Russia or the USA in that period. However, China’s overall nuclear warhead stockpile is still expected to remain smaller than that of either of those states."

FBI Repeatedly Botches Child Abuse Investigations, New Report Finds

ZeroHedge

A scathing new report from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found that the FBI has repeatedly failed to comply with its own policies and federal laws regarding the handling of tips on child sexual abuse. The audit, which follows up on the infamous mishandling of allegations against former USA Gymnastics physician Lawrence Nassar, uncovered significant gaps in the bureau's response to serious allegations involving suspected child abuse.

Democrats Who Rule Minneapolis Are Making Illegals Legal

Paul Craig Roberts

The Minneapolis Civil Rights Department has created a category for illegal aliens who entered the US illegally with the full approval and help of the Democrat Obama and Biden Regimes. This new category of those requiring civil rights protection are designated in Minneapolis as “Justice Impacted Individuals.” They are “justice impacted” because they entered illegally. The solution to being “justice impacted” is to make the illegals legal by protecting them under the civil rights laws. The Minneapolis City Council is adding to the city’s civil rights ordinance “immigration status” and “justice impacted status” as “protected classes.” In other words, an illegal alien will be a protected class in Minneapolis.

Kamala Blows Pre-Taped Interview Question With Walz Right Next To Her

ZeroHedge

she replied. "You mentioned the Green New Deal. I have always believed – and I have worked on it – that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time." Yes, deadlines around time. " I think I'm starting to understand why they don't let this woman do unscripted interviews with the media..."

Armed Venezuelan Gang Members Roam Colorado Apartment Building

ZeroHedge

Far-left lawmakers in sanctuary city Denver welcomed tens of thousands of illegal aliens who invaded the US southern border under the Biden-Harris administration's watch. Now, the Denver suburb of Aurora is in turmoil as the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua roams the streets armed with rifles and pistols, transforming parts of the once peaceful metro area into a third-world-esque state.

PLA Will 'Reunify' Taiwan: Chinese General Confronted Sullivan Just Before Surprise Xi Meeting

ZeroHedge

A main campaign theme of Trump is that the world no longer "respects" America, and the hawks will most certainly highlight Sullivan's cowering as a PLA general informed him essentially that 'we will take Taiwan'. Footage of the meeting shows the Chinese military delegation looking confident, with an unsettled and nervous Sullivan and his team appearing like deer in the headlights..

Several States Refuse To Remove RFK Jr.'s Name From Ballots, Hurting Trump

ZeroHedge

Three key states have dug in and are refusing to remove his name; Michigan - a key battleground state, said it was too late for Kennedy to withdraw as the nominee of the Natural Law Party. Wisconsin - whose Elections Commission voted 5-1 on Tuesday against removing his name, citing a law which says "any person who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot may not decline nomination." Colorado - which, while less competitive for Trump than Michigan or Wisconsin, also refused to remove Kennedy's name.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Charged With 'Criminal Use Of App'; Not Allowed To Leave France

ZeroHedge

One of the charges - complicity in administering an online platform permitting illicit transactions by an organized group - carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 euros ($555,750). He has been ordered to pay 5 million euros bail and is not allowed to leave France, and police will likely be monitoring closely any efforts to access his private jet or travel near airports, or ports of exit. Likely the precise list of charges as spelled out by the court will emerge in the coming hours. Politico writes that he must check in at a police station twice a week:

Kamala Grants Interview to Leftist CNN Anchor Dana Bash

Headline USA

Those expecting a tough interview with hard-hitting questions might find themselves disappointed because it will be held on CNN and hosted by left-leaning anchor Dana Bash. In an unusual move, Harris will also share the spotlight with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The pre-taped interview....

Bug Diets, Once Labeled 'Conspiracy Theory' By MSM, Now Becomes Fact After UK Gov't Backs 'Sustainable' Food

ZeroHedge

Earlier this year, NPR's Code Switch, Gene Demby and NPR reporter Huo Jingnan discussed, "The conspiracy theory alleges that a shadowy global elite conspires to control the world's population, in part by forcing them to eat insects." Well, do we have news for them... This leaves us with a new report from The Telegraph titled "Public will get the bug for eating insects under Government-backed drive."

Robby Starbuck Wins Again: Lowe's Scraps Some DEI Policies

ZeroHedge

Starbuck listed Lowe's big changes that include winding down some DEI initiatives: Ending participation in the @HRC's woke Corporate Equality Index social credit system No more donations to pride events or other divisive events. Ending ERG groups in favor of one large unifying ERG group for all employees, no longer designed to focus on race or sexual orientation.

It's A Bipartisan Miracle! Over 200 Bush, McCain, Romney Aides Endorse Harris

ZeroHedge

...more than 200 former aides to George W. Bush, Sen. John McCain, and Mitt Romney have offered their full-throated support for Vice President Kamala Harris. According to The Hill, most of the group also endorsed President Biden in 2020. In a Monday letter first reported by USA Today, the group reiterated their opposition to Trump and support of Harris.

Ukraine Faces Its Most Difficult Winter In History

ZeroHedge

Ukraine authorities are warning the population of an extremely difficult winter ahead, following Monday's large-scale Russian aerial attack which targeted energy infrastructure in nationwide drone and ballistic missile strikes, impacting 15 out of 24 oblasts. Strict electricity consumption restrictions have been imposed for at least weeks throughout the country, with Ivan Plachkov, President of the All-Ukrainian Energy Assembly, saying on a public broadcast that "The restrictions will be in place not only today. I think this will be for a week or two if there are no large-scale attacks."

Ukrainian Commanders Blame Poorly Trained Soldiers for Donbas Losses

As Kiev attempts to bask in triumph over its territorial gains inside of Russia, its forces are losing territory along the Eastern front lines in Ukraine. Ukrainian military commanders say the reason for the losses is poorly trained soldiers; many are even afraid to fire their weapons. Speaking with the Associated Press, a battalion commander in Ukraine’s 47th Brigade said, “Some people don’t want to shoot. They see the enemy in the firing position in trenches but don’t open fire. … That is why our men are dying. When they don’t use the weapon, they are ineffective.”

Islamic State-Inspired Syrian Migrant Confesses To Triple-Murder At 'Festival Of Diversity' In Germany

ZeroHedge

The Friday-night attack took place at a town square in the western Germany city of Solingen, as festival-goers listened to a live music performance amid festivities being held on the occasion of the city's 650th anniversary -- rather than emphasizing German heritage and history, the organizers were seemingly determined to put "diversity" front and center. The event was supposed to last all weekend, but was cancelled shortly after the bloodshed.

RFK Jr. Loses Secret Service Protection After Suspending Campaign, Backing Trump

The Epoch Times

It’s standard procedure for the Secret Service to end protection when a presidential candidate drops out of the race. Kennedy said that he has suspended his campaign in 10 battleground states but will be on the ballot in the other 40 states during his Aug. 23 address. He encouraged voters to support him in states where he would not be considered a “spoiler” and detract backing for their Trump or Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.

Remembering Nixon’s Wage and Price Controls

Cato Institute

By the time Nixon reimposed a temporary freeze in June 1973, Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw explain in The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy, it was obvious that price controls didn’t work: “Ranchers stopped shipping their cattle to the market, farmers drowned their chickens, and consumers emptied the shelves of supermarkets.” Several lessons from Nixon’s folly remain highly relevant today.

Kamala Harris Promises to Impose Abortion on All 50 States as President

Life Site News

The abortion issue emerged as the convention’s defining issue, referred to by one speaker after another. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), an outspoken advocate of national abortion expansion and regulation of pro-life pregnancy resource centers, promised earlier in the evening that Kamala Harris will “take on the right-wing extremists who think they should decide who has access to abortion or IVF. Kamala will protect abortion rights nationwide.” Warren inadvertently put abortion in a separate category from health care, stating that the Democratic Party’s agenda consisted of “groceries, gas, housing, health care, taxes, abortion.” Earlier in the evening, former Rep. Gabrielle Gifford of Arizona, who was shot while in office, said, “Kamala can beat the gun lobby. … She will protect abortion access!”

Study Shows 84% of Media Coverage of Kamala is Positive, 89% of Trump is Negative

Life Site News

As far back as 2015, Donald Trump has nearly always bested his competitors when it came to total airtime. During the 2020 general election, for example, the then-President received three times more coverage than challenger Joe Biden. Yet during the past four weeks, the networks have gifted the most airtime to new Democratic candidate Kamala Harris — 221 minutes of coverage on the evening newscasts, or about 66 percent more than Trump (133 minutes).

RFK Jr. & Trump Will End War On Small Farms To Save Nation's Food Supply Chain

ZeroHedge

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent decades as an environmental lawyer fighting polluters and supported 'green' organizations for environmental justice. He is now setting his crosshairs on the pharmaceutical industry and cleaning up the nation's food supply chain of ultra-processed foods and seed oils that poison consumers. He has determined that suspending his presidential campaign to team up with former President Trump will be necessary for the strongest success rate in making Americans healthier again, not through big pharma's Ozempic shots but instead revitalizing small farms and shaking up corrupted federal agencies.

The Monkeypox Epidemic... In Africa

ZeroHedge

On August 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international public health emergency in response to a surge in cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, particularly on the African continent.

“It’s Not OK Any More”: The United Kingdom Cracks Down on Free Speech

Jonathan Turley

For free speech advocates, it is chilling to hear UK officials state that they have been too lax on free speech in the past and must now take censorship and arrests more aggressively.... Section 18 of the Act specifically includes any speech that is “threatening, abusive, or insulting.” An arrest does not have to be based on a showing of intent to “stir up racial hatred,” but can merely be based on a charge that “having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby.”

Hamas Executing Hostages? Autopsies Of 6 Bodies Recovered From Gaza Reveal Bullets

ZeroHedge

The grim development has served to underscore that time is running out on getting the hostages back. A total of 105 hostages remain unaccounted for since they were brutally kidnapped on Oct.7, but many could already be dead, Israeli officials suspect. New controversy has emerged over the precise circumstances surrounding the deaths of the latest six recovered.

Must Watch: RFK Jr Drops 'Reality' Mic On Dems, Suspends Campaign - "Who Needs Policy When There's Trump To Hate?"

ZeroHedge

I left the party to run as an independent... The DNC and its media organs engineered a surge of popularity for VP Harris based upon nothing. No policies, no interviews, no debates. Only smoke and mirrors.” "A Chicago circus that is based on NOTHING. Who needs a policy if you hate Donald Trump?" "How did the Democratic Party choose a candidate that has never done an interview or debate during the entire election cycle?" Kennedy asked.

Holy war erupts as National Guard officer booted from command for voicing Christian beliefs

WND

Liberty Counsel has announced it is bringing a free speech fight to the Idaho Army National Guard demanding the organization "restore" the career of an infantry officer who was removed from command and illegally pressured to resign because of a soldier's complaints about the officer's statements regarding his personal Christian beliefs. The statements were made as the officer explained on his private social media his perspectives on gender ideology and the sexualization of children. The officer argued against graphic and obscene children's books in a library, "drag" events in libraries and schools and said "no child is born in the wrong body."

Supreme Court Upholds Block on Entirety of Federal Government’s New Title IX Gender Rule

The Epoch Times

In a ruling handed down on Aug. 16, the high court left intact two separate lower court orders that blocked the entirety of the rule in Louisiana and nine other states that challenged it. At the center of the disputes are three provisions, which include one declaring that the existing federal law against sex-based discrimination in education settings also prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

RFK Jr To Endorse Trump On Friday Morning

The campaign said Kennedy will “address the nation” Friday morning, without sharing details of what he will be speaking about. Kennedy’s speech will come days after his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, said in a podcast interview on Tuesday that the campaign is considering whether to “join forces” with Trump to prevent the “risk” of Vice President Kamala Harris winning the election. Overnight, in an interview Trump said that he would certainly consider a cabinet position for RFK Jr in exchange for an endorsement.

No, Biden and Harris’ Border Crisis Is Not Over

Real Clear Wire

Ever since early 2021, Americans have watched as illegal aliens have flooded across the Southwest border unimpeded. They have read with horror the accounts of innocent Americans victimized by those here unlawfully. They have seen family and friends die after being poisoned by fentanyl coming across the border. And the Biden-Harris administration has largely done nothing. Yet now, following a few months of somewhat-reduced numbers of apprehensions between ports of entry along the Southwest border, the Biden-Harris administration is taking a victory lap. Such premature celebration, however, ignores the reality of the continuing nature of this crisis.

Distorting Biden’s Foreign Policy Record To Promote Harris’ Candidacy

Real Clear Wire

Matthews credits Biden with “boldness” in withdrawing from Afghanistan--others would describe it as amateurish and humiliating. She claims that Biden’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “has been both skillful and innovative” and “masterful,” forgetting perhaps that he was the president that failed to deter that invasion. Biden’s “strength” that supposedly backed his diplomacy consisted of diminished relative naval power, a military leadership that prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion and efforts to combat climate change, an emboldened Iran in the Middle East, and an even more aggressive China in the western Pacific. It was during Biden’s presidency that Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea grew closer--his administration did nothing to attempt to widen potential cleavages among the so-called “axis of autocracy.”

Harris Polls "Much Less Rosy" Than Reported, SuperPAC Admits

ZeroHedge

Mark Davin Harris of political consulting firm ColdSpark says they're seeing a "historic response bias on surveys that is setting the table for a large polling miss this fall." Diving right in, Harris says pollsters are essentially injecting unreported bias into polls by targeting subgroups more likely to answer the way they want. For example, "In the meta data from the call centers college educated Dems are 3-4x more likely to answer than non-college.

Russian Army Captures New York

ZeroHedge

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has once again admitted the situation in Ukraine's east is "difficult" amid a continuing Russian troop advance in the Donetsk region. He said this Tuesday as Moscow announced the capture of the key town of New York, or Niu-York. The defense ministry hailed the fresh capture of "one of the largest settlements of the Toretsk agglomeration," calling it a "strategically important logistics hub." It sits just south of the large industrial town of Toretsk, which has long been eyed by Moscow as a prime strategic goal in the region.

Harley-Davidson Hits Brakes On Woke Activism Amid Boycotts & Bud Light Treatment At Sturgis

ZeroHedge

Nearly a month after Starbuck launched the anti-woke crusade against iconic motorcycle brand Harley-Davidson in an X post titled "It's time to expose Harley Davidson," Harley issued a press release explaining earlier today, "We are saddened by the negativity on social media over the last few weeks, designed to divide the Harley-Davidson community." In response to mounting social media backlash and boycotts at the 84th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally earlier this month, Harley succumbed to Starbuck's pressure by eliminating DEI functions at the company and woke spending goals. This is a victory for Harley riders, as the company now pledges to focus its sponsorships on motorcycling, first responders, active military, and veterans. Also, it said there would be no more woke training for employees.

Ukraine Destroys 3rd Bridge In Russia's Kursk, Zelensky Stresses He'll Keep Territory

ZeroHedge

Following the Friday destruction of the strategic bridge in the Russian town Glushkovo, which lies in Kursk oblast, and the taking out of another bridge across the River Seym on Saturday, Ukraine has attacked and damaged a third bridge in the same region, Moscow has confirmed. Russia’s Investigative Committee on Monday announced that yet another bridge located along the River Seym, which winds through the Kursk region, was destroyed in a Ukrainian attack. Ukraine's military has said that the targeted attacks are intended to disrupt Russian supply lines and make Russian troop and armory movement much more difficult.

Local Cop, Not Secret Service, Shot Trump Rally Shooter First

ZeroHedge

The first shot to hit Thomas Crooks, the man who sprayed eight shots at a Butler, Pennsylvania Trump rally on July 13 - hitting Trump in the ear and killing an attendee - came from a local SWAT operator who was about 100 yards away from the building on which Crooks was positioned, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) said in a preliminary investigative report.

Investigative Authority: House Bi-Partisan Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Former President Donald Trump. Author of Preliminary Report: Congressman Clay Higgins

....USSS did not retrieve the radios that had been set aside for them by Butler County tactical command. The radio comms were properly and perfectly arranged during the extensive pre-mission planning. On J12, the Butler County ESU Commander personally reminded the USSS counter-sniper teams to pick up their assigned radios at the ESU Command Post RV, which was positioned according to planning at the Butler Fairgrounds, the following morning before 1100 hrs. It didn’t happen.

Local Cop, Not Secret Service, Shot Trump Rally Shooter First

ZeroHedge

The first shot to hit Thomas Crooks, the man who sprayed eight shots at a Butler, Pennsylvania Trump rally on July 13 - hitting Trump in the ear and killing an attendee - came from a local SWAT operator who was about 100 yards away from the building on which Crooks was positioned, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) said in a preliminary investigative report.

House Concludes Biden "Actively Participated" In Impeachable Offenses - Except It's Too Late To Impeach Him

ZeroHedge

The House Oversight, Ways and Means and Judiciary Committees said they believe the evidence from their nine-month investigation establishes that Biden abused his office and violated his oaths under the Constitution, according to the 291-page report reviewed by Just the News. Obviously this would have been infinitely more helpful even a few months ago when there was time for the GOP-controlled House to take action (particularly before the DOJ concluded that Biden is too senile to prosecute), but hey - better late than never.

UK Pride Charity Founder Arrested On 37 Charges Involving Child Sex Abuse

ZeroHedge

Yet another pride organization founder gets arrested on suspicion of being a child predator, proving once again that when LGBT activists focus on children and gender ideology it's okay to be suspicious. Stephen Ireland, the 40-year-old founder and former director of LGBT activist charity 'Pride in Surrey', has been arrested on a total of 37 charges involving child sexual abuse.

RFK Jr. Refutes Report That He Approached Harris for a Cabinet Position

The Epoch Times

The independent candidate, however, says he would always welcome conversations with opposing candidates.... Kennedy, who is attempting to get on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, met with Trump last month in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention. The Washington Post reported that Kennedy discussed dropping out of the race to back the former president and join his administration if he returns to the White House.

Lebanon Plunged Into Darkness As Last Operational Power Plant Runs Out Of Fuel

ZeroHedge

While Lebanon's economic and electricity and resource woes have been exacerbated by the de facto state of war between Hezbollah and Israel in the southern border, the reality is the country has already suffered energy shortages and rolling blackouts for at least the last two years following the banking and currency crisis. Neighboring Syria too has also had regular blackouts and periods where the water is turned off going back years. The whole region came under severe wartime economic strain going back to the height of the Syrian proxy war, and the full impact on smaller Lebanon is now being felt full force. But is also a story of severe mismanagement by the Central Bank of Lebanon, also amid long-running and historic corruption and elite cronyism.

New Video Appears to Show DC Police Units Planting a J6 Pipe Bomb

Conservative Treehouse

Shortly after 12:51pm a DC police SUV appears next to the park bench where the pipe bomb was discovered. [Video Below] A man with a bag exits the SUV, points to the bench, pulls up his right coat collar to obscure his face from the camera located across the street, then walks to the bench with the bag. The “pipe bomb” device allegedly was found at 1:05 p.m. by a plainclothes officer from the Capitol Police.

The Beginning Of The End? Germany To Ban All New Ukraine Military Aid

ZeroHedge

Three days ago, in the aftermath of the WSJ report seeking to radically shift the narrative over the Nordstream sabotage, where instead of the CIA being blamed for the explosion of the critical gas pipeline from Russia to Europe, unnamed "intelligence" sources forged on with a hilarious script according to which a top Ukraine general (operating initially under the instructions of Zelensky but then going rogue wen Z got "cold feet") was responsible for coordinating the sabotage using a handful of rank amateurs who somehow managed to sneak to the bottom of the Baltic sea and conduct an unprecedented military operation, we said that - no matter the laughable veracity of the report - relations between Germany and Ukraine are "about to turn ugly", and we asked why this story is coming out just now?

Israel Stuns By Saying US, UK, France Will Assist In Offensive Strikes On Iran

ZeroHedge

Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Friday that he expects not only the US but also its allies Britain and France to assist in offensive operations against Iran if it attacks. Katz conveyed the comments while meeting British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné, in a bit of a risky diplomatic preemptive move given neither of these countries have openly proclaimed they are ready to launch direct attacks on Iran.

Australian doctor targeted by food industry for curing diabetes: “I was reported to the medical board on three occasions”

Natural News

At least seven physicians in Australia are under attack by Big Food for helping their patients reverse type 2 diabetes through diet. An Australian woman shared a video clip of one of them – watch below – explaining how the food industry put him in their crosshairs for merely instructing his diabetic patients to reduce their sugar intake and instead consume more eggs, cheese and full-fat yogurt.

Javier Milei Got Rid of Rent Control in Argentina. Housing Supply Skyrocketed

Newsweek

Argentina's recent repeal of rent control by libertarian President Javier Milei has led to a surge in housing supply, with the freedom to negotiate contracts, previously restricted, directly causing a drop in rental prices. Milei, a self-described "anarcho-capitalist" known for his free-market approach, repealed the 2020 Rental Law, enacted by former leftist President Alberto Fernández, which had imposed restrictions on landlords and led to a significant decline in rental availability.

Russia ready to execute nuclear attacks on NATO targets, according to leaked documents

ReMix News

Western sources have reportedly leaked Russian plans drawn up between 2008 and 2014 for “a series of overwhelming strikes across Western Europe,” the Financial Times reported. Citing documents from Western security sources, Putin allegedly sought to enable the Russian navy to execute nuclear strikes within NATO territory were a conflict with the alliance to emerge. Targets would not be solely military. According to William Alberque, a former NATO official, “There could be hundreds, if not thousands, of targets mapped across Europe, including military and infrastructure targets.”

Zelensky Pushes 'Buffer Zone' In Conquered Areas Of Kursk With Martial Law

ZeroHedge

Ukrainian officials have touted that part of the success of its troop incursion into Russia's southern Kursk region is that Moscow has been forced to divert some of its soldiers from front line fighting in the Donbass to Russia's southern border oblasts. "(The Russians) are now trying to stop our advance; they have pulled in reserves, which has benefited our defense forces in other areas, because it has become easier to work there," a Ukrainian military commander identified as Dymtro Kholod told CNN Wednesday.

US Sending Saudi Arabia $750 Million In Bombs, Reversing 3-Year Ban

ZeroHedge

Biden has been hoping to broker a Saudi-Israel normalization deal during this closing phase of his administration, and he's trying to woo Riyadh connected with efforts toward a Gaza ceasefire to end the war there. On Tuesday The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that the offensive weapons pipeline to Saudi Arabia is back on, reporting that the US is sending shipments of bombs worth more than $750 million. This is expected to be complete in the coming months, before Biden exits the White House.

Iran Signals It's Climbing Down From Israel Attack Plans, 2 Weeks After Hanyieh Killing

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On Tuesday Tehran leaders appear to be walking back threats. They won't launch an attack based on key conditions, they say. Reuters and Times of Israel have cited three Iranian officials who said "An Iranian attack on Israel could be delayed amid hoped-for negotiations later this week for a hostage release and ceasefire deal in Gaza" which indicates that "a successful deal could hold Iran back from direct retaliation against Israel for alleged assassinating Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh on its soil."

'V For Vendetta' Got It Wrong: Tyranny Comes To Britain Under The Political Left

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Whenever scientific dictatorship is envisioned by fiction writers the end result is usually very similar to already existing socialist regimes. Soviet doctrine and the ideals of the Third Reich were inspired by Karl Marx; meaning, both regimes were built on far-left philosophies. Progressives today often maliciously associate Nazis with conservative thought, but both Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini were avid followers of Marx.

"America's Worst Mayor" Tiffany Henyard Disappears After Investigation Reveals Millions In Debt, $40,000 In Amazon Purchases

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Believe it or not, former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was hired to lead the investigation into the Dolton, Il mayor. Village trustees hired Lightfoot to address concerns about excessive spending, including taxpayer-funded billboards, ads, lavish dinners, and trips, according to CBS. Earlier this year it was reported Henyard spent $7,650 on hair and makeup after taking office and billed the city for it.

Trump & Musk 'Break The Internet' As EU Censorship Czar Issues Explicit Threat

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But, just hours before the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, and former president Donald Trump are set to 'break the internet' with a live-stream on X Spaces, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has thrown a temper tantrum, seemingly mad at Musk's unwillingness to bend the knee at his censorious demands by daring to allow 'orange-man-bad-literally-hitler' speak on the only uncensored platform that remains. Specifically, Breton wrote "I am compelled to remind you of the due diligence obligations set out in the Digital Services Act (DSA),"

ICE Updates On Illegal Alien Crimes Will "Make Your Head Spin"

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"In less than four years, the Biden-Harris Administration has released into the United States more than 5.4 million illegal aliens, with another 1.9 million illegal alien 'gotaways' escaping into the country during the same time," GOP House Judiciary Committee wrote in a report last week. The report also revealed about 100 illegal aliens that crossed the border were on the terrorist "watch list."

Middle East on the brink: Israel Prepares for Escalation with Iran and the Axis of Resistance

Elijah Magnier

Geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran have long been a cornerstone of Middle East politics. The recent assassination in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political bureau chief of Hamas, has significantly exacerbated these tensions. This event has forced Israel to prepare for immediate retaliation from Iran and a potentially prolonged, escalating conflict. Mediation efforts have failed to dissuade Iran from retaliating against what it sees as a blatant violation of its sovereignty, especially in light of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sabotage and rejection of any ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu’s decision, against the recommendations of his security forces to end the conflict in Gaza, has left Iran determined to respond harshly and painfully on Israel. This situation risks further escalation, as any significant conflict between Iran and Israel is likely to draw in all members of the “Axis of Resistance”, who will not remain passive regardless of the consequences, unless Israel accept the consequences of its aggression.

Huge Increase in Coral Produces Third Year of Record Highs on the Great Barrier Reef

The Daily Sceptic

Travelling back from the reality inhabited by the Guardian, it can be reported that last year’s gains were eye-catchingly large. On the Northern GBR, hard coral cover leapt from 35.8% to 39.5%, in the central area it rose from 30.7% to 34%, while in the south it went from 34% to 39.1%. The report is the result of monitoring of hard coral cover reefs from August 2023 to June 2024 by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The percentage of hard coral cover is a standard measurement of reef conditions used by scientists and is said to provide a simple and robust measure of reef health. Similar reports have been published by the AIMS over the last 38 years.

Russia Blocks Signal, Curbs YouTube, As Ukraine Troop Incursion Results In 76,000+ Civilians Evacuated

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Ukraine forces' cross-border attack into Russia's Kursk region has entered a fifth day, with the Russian defense ministry acknowledging it is "continuing to repel" the offensive which has shocked Kremlin leadership and the population. But this has apparently led to crackdowns on US-based social media platforms and messaging apps. Friday into Saturday there have been widespread reports that Russia has blocked the Signal messaging app while also throttling YouTube.

Genetic Male Wins Gold In Women's Olympic Boxing

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The 25-year-old Khelif - who was disqualified from last year's IBA World Championships for failing a gender test, beat China's Yang Liu in front of a packed audience at Roland Garros - capping off a controversial path to first place in which the boxer didn't lose a single round.

Putin Said To Be Stunned By Ukraine's Shock Attacks On Kursk & Lipetsk

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In addition to the ongoing Ukrainian cross-border offensive in Russia's Kursk region, Russia has been hit hard by a "massive attack" of drones Thursday and Friday, Lipetsk's regional governor has said Friday. The chief target appears to have been a nearby airfield. "The enemy is hitting civilians in Kursk and Belgorod," Gov. Igor Artamonov wrote on Telegram. "Today [it] massively attacked our region with drones. We will not be frightened, we will not give in, but we are not going to risk the lives of our people either."

Who’s Behind J. D. Vance? Is He a CIA Candidate?

The Kennedy Beacon

While some are celebrating Vance as a promising move toward a populist-friendly Republican ticket, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described Vance’s nomination as “a salute to the CIA and to the intelligence community and to the military industrial complex.” Similarly, investigative journalist Whitney Webb has drawn attention to Vance’s ties to a government contractor called Palantir Technologies, which she frames as a CIA cutout in her reporting for Unlimited Hangout.