Russia launches massive strikes on Ukrainian airfields – MOD

Moscow’s military has set off a major barrage of cruise missiles at Ukraine, targeting its military infrastructure

Moscow has launched fresh long-range strikes against Ukraine’s military infrastructure, targeting weaponry stockpiles, ammo and fuel depots, as well as several airfields, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily briefing on Thursday.

The strikes, conducted over the past 24-hour period, involved “long-range, air- and sea-based high-precision weapons,” the military said, without elaborating. The strikes targeted “command and control” centers of the Ukrainian military, as well as multiple rear repair bases, storage sites and airfields, it added. The targeted storage facilities were used to stash “water drones, as well as missiles, weaponry and military equipment received from European countries and the US,” according to the ministry. All the designated targets were successfully hit, the military stated.

Unverified footage circulating online showed multiple cruise missiles flying over Ukraine’s west. While Kiev routinely claims destruction of most incoming projectiles, President Vladimir Zelensky in this instance has made a rare admission, stating that “several hits” had been registered. He didn’t specify exactly what installations have been affected by the attack.

The strikes also affected multiple fuel depots, including an aviation-fuel storage facility in Ukraine’s western region of Khmelnitsky, as well as a major fuel and ammo stockpile in Zaporozhye Region, which has seen a sharp uptick in fighting over the past day.

Russian troops have repelled a major attack in the area, inflicting heavy losses on Ukrainian forces. According to the country’s military, Kiev’s troops lost more than 280 personnel, at least 25 tanks and ten infantry fighting vehicles during the battle.

Over the past week, the Russian military has ramped up long-range missile and suicide drone strikes against Ukraine, repeatedly targeting port infrastructure in the country’s south, as well as military installations in its west. The strikes come in the aftermath of a recent Ukrainian attack on the Crimean Bridge.

The facility was targeted by two sea drones, which inflicted considerable damage to the road section of the bridge and killed two Russian civilians, a couple whose now-orphaned 14-year-old daughter was seriously wounded in the attack.

https://www.rt.com/russia/580411-ukraine-airfields-missile-strikes/

Feds Drop Campaign Finance Charge Against Crypto Scammer Sam Bankman-Fried Due to ‘Procedural Failing’

Sam Bankman-Fried is Biden’s second biggest donor and he was funneling money through Ukraine – and that money sent to Ukraine was in turn used to fund the Democrats.

This is our ‘justice system’ at work.

Prosecutors told the judge they were dropping the campaign finance charge because they “failed to obtain permission from the government of the Bahamas for that charge when Bankman-Fried was extradited from the island nation in December.” – CNBC reported.

CNBC reported:

Federal prosecutors dropped a campaign finance charge against Sam Bankman-Fried, the second time that they have narrowed the indictment against the founder of crypto exchange FTX

Prosecutors told Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday that they were dropping the charge of conspiracy to make unlawful campaign contributions because they had failed to obtain permission from the government of the Bahamas for that charge when Bankman-Fried was extradited from the island nation in December.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan previously dropped another charge against him, for violating anti-bribery statutes, on the same grounds.

The moves narrow the criminal exposure of the former billionaire, who prosecutors allege conspired to defraud investors and customers out of billions. The alleged scheme precipitated the collapse of Bankman-Fried’s FTX and sent shockwaves throughout the crypto industry.

Sam Bankman-Fried was spotted walking out of a Manhattan courthouse after the campaign finance charge was dropped.

SBF didn’t say a word to the press as he was whisked away.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/just-feds-drop-campaign-finance-charge-against-crypto/

IRS Destroyed 30 Million Taxpayer Docs; Republicans Demand Explanation

Republicans on two major congressional panels responsible for oversight are demanding answers from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about its decision to destroy more than 30 million taxpayer documents.

In a letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) and Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) reiterated a past request for a memorandum detailing the reasoning behind the 2021 decision (pdf).

That year, the agency destroyed more than 30 million unprocessed paper-filed tax returns. Despite repeated attempts by the Ways and Means Committee—the top panel on oversight for the IRS—to learn more about the decision, the Republican chairmen said, the IRS has been uncooperative.

“We write to reiterate and renew the Committee’s multiple requests that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provide to the Committee on Ways and Means a copy of the decision memorandum detailing the recommendation to destroy 30 million unprocessed, paper-filed informational returns in March 2021,” they wrote, citing how they “repeatedly sought” to obtain the same information from Doug O’Donnell, Mr. Werfel’s predecessor, but faced stonewalling from the agency and Mr. O’Donnell.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/irs-destroyed-30-million-taxpayer-docs-republicans-demand-explanation

Report: Kevin McCarthy Goes To Bohemian Grove

Speaker's Office Does Not Deny The Report That McCarthy Danced With Darkness

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly attended Bohemian Grove in California this year. Wealthy and powerful politicians, tycoons, and media propagandists attend the secretive Bohemian Grove estate, run by the Bohemian Club. The Grove has long been accused of occult practices and has even been accused of hosting child sex slavery and child snuff porn. Paul Bonacci, who said that he witnessed child snuff porn at Bohemian Grove during his time as a child trafficking victim, won a $1 million judgment in court from the politically-connected alleged ringleader of the “Franklin Coverup.” Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi is a high-ranking figure at Bohemian Grove. Alex Jones famously infiltrated the Grove and found the globalist elites performing a “Cremation of Care” burning-effigy ceremony, apparently to worship Moloch.

POLITICO Playbook reported that a tipster identified McCarthy’s presence at the Grove, reporting: “House Speaker KEVIN McCARTHY. McCarthy’s office didn’t return a message about the event last night, but we understand that the speaker was heard making remarks that were bullish on DONALD TRUMP winning the GOP nomination. Not exactly Oppenheimer-level discourse, but given the pair’s recent troubles, the Trump campaign was happy to hear the readout. “President Trump and Speaker McCarthy have historically had a very good relationship,” said a Trump aide.” (Politico passage ends)

https://nationalfile.com/report-kevin-mccarthy-goes-to-bohemian-grove/

Hot Mics Catch Dianne Feinstein Repeatedly Being Told 'Just Say Aye' During Key Defense Vote

A hot microphone caught California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein being told to “just say aye” multiple times during a key defense vote Thursday.

“For me to say I would like to support a yes vote on this. It provides 823 billion. That’s an increase of 26 billion for the Department of Defense. And it funds priorities submitted,” Feinstein says before you can hear others trying to get her to just say aye on the vote. An aide can be seen coming up to her and whispering in her ear.

Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray can then be heard saying, “Just say aye.”

Feinstein responds by saying, “Ok, just… aye!”

https://dailycaller.com/2023/07/27/hot-mic-dianne-feinstein-just-say-aye-vote/