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Feds Asked Banks to Search Americans’ Records for Gun Retailers, Words Like ‘Trump’ and ‘MAGA,’ Bible Purchases

The Treasury Department, on behalf of federal law enforcement after January 6, 2021, asked banks to snoop through customers’ transactions for signs of “extremism,” such as purchases of “small arms” or from gun retailers Dick’s Sporting Goods, Bass Pro Shop, or Cabela’s, according to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).

 

90,000 Troops: NATO Starts Biggest Wargames in Decades Next Week

BRUSSELS (AP) – NATO will launch next week its biggest military exercises in decades with around 90,000 personnel set to take part in months-long wargames aimed at showing that the alliance can defend all of its territory up to its border with Russia, top officers said Thursday.

 

Map Shows NATO Territory Losing GPS Amid Russia Electronic Warfare Drill

Global Positioning System (GPS) disturbances detected across NATO member Poland on Tuesday have sparked speculation of Russian involvement, following a similar incident in the region this month. Polish news outlet Radio Zet portal reported "over northern and central Poland, the GPS signal was again jammed," with Warsaw, Łódź, Tricity and Olsztyn among cities affected and that Swedish military intelligence agency MUST was investigating the cause.

 

Israel presses southern Gaza assault, Jordan decries damage to hospital

GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER/DOHA (Reuters) - Israel pressed its assault on Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Wednesday, sending tanks westwards while Jordan decried shelling that badly damaged its field hospital in the city.

Surrender: Blinken Tells Netanyahu Israel Can’t Defeat Hamas

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that Israel cannot defeat Hamas — that there is no “military solution,” and that Israel will have to accept a Palestinian state.

 

Netanyahu Issues Veiled Rebuke to Blinken: Israel Will Achieve ‘Complete Victory’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a veiled rebuke to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday night, pushing back against Blinken’s claim that Israel could not defeat Hamas in Gaza, and that it should accept a Palestinian state.

 

IDF Chief of Staff: War with Lebanon Closer than Ever Before

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi warned Wednesday that war with Hezbollah in Lebanon is closer than ever before. Halevi delivered remarks as he observed a training exercise among reserve soldiers along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.

 

Pakistani retaliatory strikes in Iran kill at least 9, raising tensions along border

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan launched airstrikes against alleged militant hideouts inside Iran on Thursday, killing at least nine people as it retaliated for a similar attack by Iran two days earlier and raising tensions between the neighbors at a time of escalating conflict in the region.

 

Why are Iran and Pakistan striking each other’s territory – and what does it have to do with the Middle East?

Pakistan and Iran have both conducted strikes on each other’s territories in an unprecedented escalation of hostilities between the neighbors, at a time when tensions have risen sharply across the Middle East and beyond. The two countries share a volatile border, stretching about 900 kilometers (560 miles), with Pakistan’s Balochistan province on one side and Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province on the other. Both nations have long fought militants in the restive Baloch region along the border. But while the two countries share a common separatist enemy, it is highly unusual for either side to attack militants on each other’s soil.

 

U.S. Conducts More Airstrikes Against Houthi Anti-Ship Missile Launchers

The White House said on Wednesday that additional U.S. airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen destroyed at least four anti-ship missiles the Houthis were preparing to launch at ships in the Red Sea.

 

Biden concedes Houthis haven’t been deterred from carrying out attacks as US launches further strikes

 

What To Do As "US Empire" Crumbles And Global Shipping Goes Back To A 19th Century World Of Piracy

 

"We're In The Middle Of A War" - Vivek Shoulder-To-Shoulder With Trump To Battle The Deep State

 

Journalist Uncovers "Shadowy Network" Of NGOs Facilitating US Border Invasion

Journalist James O'Keefe uncovered a "shadowy network of secretive nonprofits" (some of which are funded by taxpayers) that are facilitating the invasion of illegals on the southern border.  O'Keefe said "Alita's Angels" is a "brand-new nonprofit with no tax records on file" that operates inside an old Bank Building in the Arizona border town of Nogales.

 

Are The Globalists Preparing Us for Another Lab Leak?

“Disease X” has gotten a lot of attention the last few months, and with the World Economic Forum meeting ins Davos, “Disease X” is getting more attention – and more global dollars. As the globalists start to plan for “Disease X” many of the trusted voices in the medical community are starting to ask out loud – “are they conditioning us for another lab leak?”

Long covid and long vaccine

Professor Robert Clancy has found similarities between long covid and long post covid vaccination syndrome. Here he shares new findings on the theory and practical medical management of these two conditions. Thank you, Professor, as always for sharing your time and expertise. 

 

Is Disease-X just COVID-19 (JN.1) Rebranded?

The powers across the world want to move on from COVID-19 as the ongoing health challenges only highlight failure of previous strategies.

 

New Cancer Cases Projected to Top 2 Million, Hit Record High in 2024

The number of new cancer cases in the U.S. is expected to top 2 million for the first time in 2024, based on new research that also points to shifting age patterns among cancer patients and a troubling increase in overall cancer incidence among people younger than 50 .

 

China's Plunge-Protection Team Buys Billions In ETFs To Halt Market Rout

Last night we warned that as a result of the ongoing rout in Chinese capital markets, the CSI 1000 index had tumbled just shy of the key 5180 level which would knock-in (i.e., trigger) over 30 billion yuan ($4.2 billion) in snowball derivatives products tied to the Index, which would in turn unleash a selling cascade and could spark a wholesale market crash.

 

‘We Are On The Way to a New Order,’ WEF President Declares at Davos

The World Economic Forum’s president announced Tuesday at the group’s annual Davos summit that the world is moving toward a “new order.”

WEF President Børge Brende made the remarks at the Davos 2024 conference in Switzerland in a discussion with Joe Biden’s White House Security Adviser Jake Sullivan about how the world is experiencing a transitional phase of global governance. The post-World War II international order “seems to be not that order anymore. We are on the way to a new order, so we are between orders,” Brende told Sullivan. “Do you agree with that? What are we able to keep on the positive side from the old order to bring into a New World Order?”

 

Report: Nearly 5,000 Christians Killed for their Faith in 2023

ROME — The global persecution of Christians rose sharply in 2023, according to the 2024 World Watch List (WWL) published Wednesday by Open Doors Christian charity. More than 365 million Christians worldwide suffer “high levels” of persecution and discrimination for their faith, WWL reveals, which means that one in seven Christians are persecuted because of their faith.

 

Disinformation poses an unprecedented threat in 2024 — and the U.S. is less ready than ever

Disinformation poses an unprecedented threat to democracy in the United States in 2024, according to researchers, technologists and political scientists. As the presidential election approaches, experts warn that a convergence of events at home and abroad, on traditional and social media — and amid an environment of rising authoritarianism, deep distrust, and political and social unrest — makes the dangers from propaganda, falsehoods and conspiracy theories more dire than ever.