USA - The US and several Arab partners are preparing a detailed plan for a comprehensive peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians that includes a “firm timeline” for a Palestinian state, according to a report Thursday, sparking immediate denunciations from senior members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet and a spokesman for the government. According to the Washington Post report, citing US and Arab officials, an announcement on the blueprint could come in the next few weeks, though the timing is largely dependent on Israel and Hamas being able to reach a deal pausing the fighting in Gaza.
ISRAEL - The countdown to a cataclysmic conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is rapidly picking up momentum. On Wednesday, a missile barrage that was unleashed by Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon hit multiple targets in northern Israel. If Hezbollah really wants peace like they claim that they do, they have a really strange way of showing it. It is being reported that this missile barrage “appeared to be the fiercest attacks from Lebanon since the confrontation began”…
USA - The US Air Force and Space Force announced a plan for a major overhaul of force structures to prepare for a future war with China in the Asia Pacific. The plan was announced on Monday by Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and other officials and includes a total of 24 changes, including 16 for the Air Force, five for the Space Force, and three for the entire Department of the Air Force.
USA - The war in Ukraine has pitted the United States and its allies against President Vladimir Putin of Russia. The United States has informed Congress and its allies in Europe about Russian advances on a new, space-based nuclear weapon designed to threaten America’s extensive satellite network, according to current and former officials briefed on the matter. Such a satellite-killing weapon, if deployed, could destroy civilian communications, surveillance from space and military command-and control operations by the United States and its allies. At the moment, the United States does not have the ability to counter such a weapon and defend its satellites, a former official said.
GUAM - Chinese illegal migrants flood Guam amidst Beijing’s escalating efforts to challenge US military presence, prompting urgent calls from the island’s congressional representative for heightened island protection. For most Americans, the island of Guam might evoke fleeting thoughts of beaches and military bases. However, this US territory far exceeds its postcard image. With a population of 168,000 American citizens, Guam holds a pivotal role in the Indo-Pacific, serving as a crucial strategic center for the US military.
RUSSIA - Tucker Carlson has released a new video on his website that gives an inside look at a grocery store in Moscow, Russia. The video, which is for subscribers only, is titled TC Shorts: The Moscow Grocery Store, and in the description of the video, Tucker writes, “We’ve been told sanctions on Russia have had a devastating effect on its economy. We visited a grocery store in Moscow and found a very different situation.” In the video, Tucker points out that sanctions by the United States and other European nations have had no impact on grocery stores in Russia despite the corporate media claiming so. Tucker also showed the large variety of food the Moscow supermarket contained and noted their prices are much more affordable than in the US.
USA - FedEx Founder and Executive Chairman Fred Smith warned during an interview that the BRIC nations — which primarily consist of Brazil, Russia, India, and China — have set out to dethrone the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency, and if that happens, the standard of living that Americans are accustomed to will be gone forever. Smith made the warning during an interview with Bret Baier while talking about today’s inflation report showing that inflation was worse than projected and that prices are up overall 17.9% since Biden took office. Smith said during a recent speech that in order to avoid a catastrophic fiscal crisis, political leaders needed to recognize the extreme and unprecedented dangers that are facing the US and that grand comprise would be needed to fix these problems. When asked during the interview if he was seeing leaders step up to the plate to address the crisis, he responded: “No, quite the contrary.”
USA - As the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is less than two weeks away, a British military think-tank warned Tuesday in a report that the world is facing "what is likely to be a more dangerous decade." "The current military-security situation heralds what is likely to be a more dangerous decade, characterized by the brazen application by some of the military powers to pursue claims," the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) wrote in its annual report titled "Military Balance." IISS said the "era of insecurity" has reshaped the global defense-industrial landscape, with the US and Europe quickly increasing ammunition and missile production "after decades of underinvestment." The reversal was triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Israel's war against Hamas militants in Gaza, and increasing uncertainties in the South China Sea.
USA - America was founded on the principle that “all men are created equal.” So how did whites end up at the bottom of a new hierarchy of races? Why are lawsuits by whites alleging “reverse discrimination” – racism of another kind – on the rise? The ground was thus prepared for radical activism and divisive Critical Race Theory (CRT) to take root. CRT posits that whites are privileged oppressors, raceless and of inferior status; people of color are victims; and inequality is always the result of discrimination. A racial industrial complex of leftists, anarchists, and NGOs has created an ecosystem that has chilled speech and association, ratcheted up interracial hostility, and relegated whites to the lowest rung of the new, politically correct social order.
USA - Last week, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Jordan Peterson helped expose the failures of Illinois’ public education system on X. Their engagement with a Wirepoints report, “Illinois education 2022: Not a single student can do math at grade level in 53 schools. For reading, it’s 30 schools,” revealed the thousands of students trapped in completely failing schools in 2022.
USA - With Washington’s culture used to easy money, going the other direction will not be easy. However, it is absolutely necessary for America’s fiscal health and prosperity. Both chambers of Congress are locked in fierce battles over spending legislation. A “supplemental” package has found bipartisan support in the Senate after the removal of [some] border and immigration provisions. However, its $95 billion price tag — $60 billion of which would go to Ukraine — means there will be stiff resistance in the House.
USA - I find this hard to fathom. What can be the cause when there is so much education on how not to get pregnant. There were 61 million people who died in 2023 - Not by abortion. More people died from abortion than any other cause of death [ approx 200,000 per day! ] 73 million vs 61 million other deaths. You would think that with all the health care available it would be possible to find a better way to avoid getting pregnant. Also abortion puts the mother at risk of various illnesses and trauma. Also possible death.
USA - There are days when I wake up in an America I hardly recognize. Some of that is my age, but much of it is astonishment. A part of me is thankful that my grandparents are not alive to witness what we all are. They would not have tolerated what we now take for granted.
GERMANY - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a veiled jab at ex-US President Donald Trump, suggesting he would “gamble” with European security after Trump mocked “delinquent” NATO members failing to meet the bloc’s minimum defense spending threshold. Speaking alongside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Berlin on Monday, Scholz insisted that NATO’s “promise of protection applies unreservedly,” appearing to respond to recent remarks from Trump on the campaign trail. ”And let me be clear about the current situation. Any relativization of NATO's guarantee of mutual assistance is irresponsible and dangerous and is solely in the interests of Russia. Nobody can be allowed to gamble with Europe's security,” he added.
EUROPE - NATO can’t depend on US protection forever, a prominent member of Chancellor Scholz’s party has said. US allies in Europe should not have to keep relying on Washington for a nuclear deterrent, the German ruling party’s top candidate for the upcoming European Parliament election said on Tuesday. Katarina Barley, the leading MEP from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), was asked to comment on recent remarks by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump that Washington should not defend NATO allies who fail to meet their payment targets. “In view of Donald Trump’s recent statements, we can no longer rely on” the US providing European NATO members with its nuclear umbrella, Barley told the German daily Tagesspiegel. A “European bomb” could become a step on the way to a ‘European army,’ she added.