Ukraine Assassinates Head Of Russia's Chemical & Biological Defense Forces With 'Scooter Bomb' In Moscow

In another scary escalation which will lead to unpredictable consequences, a top military general and head of the Russian military's chemical weapons forces was killed in Moscow in a targeted blast which Ukraine quickly owned up to. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov has been confirmed killed in an assassination bombing, and is the most senior Russian official killed since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022.

According to emerging details confirmed in state TASS news agency, citing Russia's emergency services, a bomb was hidden in an electric scooter parked outside Gen. Kirillov's apartment. As he and his assistant walked by, the explosive was remotely detonated. The assistant was also immediately killed. Footage showed a large blast outside the residential building.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/head-russias-chemical-biological-defense-forces-assassinated-moscow

Poland Makes Firearms Training Mandatory for Primary School Students

https://youtu.be/QO_NRejn6dU

DOJ Inspector General Says Schiff and Swalwell Behind Russia Hoax Leaks.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) released a report last week revealing Democrat Members of Congress and their staff actively leaked classified materials to the media to push the Russia hoax narrative against President Donald J. Trump during his first term in office. According to the report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was aware of the classified leaks and their sources but failed to pursue the matter adequately.

Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) were named in the report as having purposely leaked classified documents to several corporate media outlets. The report states that a whistleblower who served as a Democratic staffer on a congressional committee identified the two California Democrats to the FBI. The whistleblower stated they “suspected that Member 1 had previously leaked classified information and that Member 2 wanted to influence public opinion via the release of classified information.”

https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/EIP_Jira_Ticket_Staff_Report_11-6-23_Clean.pdf

Former Scottish Leader Humza Yousaf to Step Down from Politics

Former Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf announced Tuesday that he intends on stepping down from frontline politics before the next election, marking the end of a controversial career defined in large part by identity politics and attacks on fundamental liberties.

Following the downfall of Nicola Sturgeon in 2023, Humza Yousaf was elevated to the top of the leftist-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) and thus took over the reigns of power in Holyrood as first minister of Scotland, becoming the first Muslim leader of a Western nation.

Yet Yousaf’s rule only lasted a little over a year, having been ousted amid collapse in public support in May of this year.

With little prospect of returning to power, Yousaf announced that he would be stepping down ahead of the next Scottish election, saying Tuesday that after 15 years in politics, “the time will be right for me to move on.”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/12/17/race-baiting-ex-scottish-leader-humza-yousaf-announces-plans-to-step-down-from-politics/

From Foreign Regimes to Trump: USAID’s Quiet War on Democracy

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presents itself as a beacon of humanitarian relief—a vessel of American generosity spreading prosperity and peace across the globe. Yet beneath this carefully manicured facade lies a far grittier reality: USAID functions not as a charitable force but as a political instrument, covertly advancing American geopolitical interests under the guise of altruism. From Latin America to Eastern Europe, its operations leave behind a trail of destabilization and suspicion, eroding the very credibility it claims to promote. President Trump, committed to exposing Washington’s bureaucratic rot, must seize this opportunity to dismantle USAID, an institution as deceptive in its purpose as it is dangerous in its execution.

USAID: A Cold War Relic in Modern Times

The creation of USAID in 1961 was no accident of goodwill. Its birth coincided with the zenith of the Cold War—a period when Washington, gripped by fear of communism, sought non-military methods to counter the Soviet Union’s ideological advances. As Thomas Jefferson once warned, "History, in its proper use, furnishes principles for judging the future," and USAID's early decades prove the point. Under the cloak of development aid, the agency became a tool for soft power infiltration, facilitating influence where bombs and bayonets would fail.

From Latin America to Southeast Asia, USAID was deployed to win hearts and minds—but always on America’s terms. Grants for “civil society” programs doubled as political levers, propping up opposition factions aligned with U.S. interests. In Bolivia, the early 2000s saw USAID funds directed toward groups antagonistic to the populist leader Evo Morales. Far from fostering democracy, such interventions destabilized already fragile societies, ensuring American leverage at the cost of local sovereignty. As in so many cases, USAID’s benevolent branding served as cover for overt interference.

Shadow Diplomacy and the Illusion of Neutrality

To the untrained eye, USAID’s initiatives often appear unimpeachable. Programs championing “election integrity” or “democratic governance” sound laudable, but the outcomes tell another story entirely. Ukraine offers perhaps the most glaring example. Prior to the 2014 Maidan protests, USAID poured resources into media outlets and non-governmental organizations critical of Viktor Yanukovych, a leader who balked at Western overtures. What followed—Yanukovych’s downfall and Ukraine’s spiral into geopolitical chaos—is a masterclass in how USAID’s so-called neutrality masks its true purpose: tilting foreign politics to align with Washington’s agenda.

Similar patterns emerge in Venezuela, where USAID’s "democracy assistance" conspicuously benefitted opposition forces antagonistic to Hugo Chávez. One cannot help but see USAID as a 21st-century version of Caesar’s legions—a quieter invasion, perhaps, but an invasion all the same. There is no charity in meddling with another nation’s sovereignty, and there is no neutrality in choosing sides.

The bureaucratic architects of USAID will protest: These efforts are about ‘empowerment,’ not influence. But their own actions betray them. Why else would USAID’s footprint so frequently overlap with America’s geopolitical battlegrounds? Its programs are not coincidentally partisan—they are deliberately designed to serve as instruments of shadow diplomacy.

https://amuseonx.substack.com/p/from-foreign-regimes-to-trump-usaids

Cause they're on the same team

Israeli Attacks Kill 52 More Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours

Strikes on Monday included an Israeli attack on the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the strike targeted a group of civilians, killing at least four.

WAFA also reported five Palestinians were killed by an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, a northern city that’s been under a total siege since early October as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign. In central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, at least three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli bombing. Later in the day, a young girl injured by strikes in Nuseirat succumbed to her wounds and died.

Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, said in a video message that Israeli snipers were targeting hospital staff. “Anyone moving within the hospital wards was at risk of being shot, creating a very dangerous situation for both patients and staff,” Abu Safia said, according to Drop Site News.

https://news.antiwar.com/2024/12/16/israeli-attacks-kill-52-more-palestinians-in-gaza-over-24-hours/

Tucker Carlson is becoming leading platform for 'blood libel enthusiasts'

Carlson hosted Jeffrey Sachs, who claimed that the collapse of the Syrian regime was orchestrated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a thirty-year campaign to remake the region.

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli attacked conservative journalist Tucker Carlson on Tuesday night for recent interviews with controversial guests.

"Congratulations to Tucker Carlson for becoming the leading platform for fringe Holocaust deniers, conspiracy theorists, and blood libel enthusiasts who oppose the State of Israel," Chikli said on social media.

Carlson hosted Jeffrey Sachs on his Monday show, who claimed that the collapse of the Syrian regime last Sunday was orchestrated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a thirty-year campaign to remake the Middle East.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-833862

Ireland hits back after Israel accuses it of antisemitism and closes embassy

'Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-international law', Taoiseach Simon Harris says

Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Simon Harris hit back, writing on social media platform X: "This is a deeply regrettable decision from the Netanyahu government.

"I utterly reject the assertion that Ireland is anti-Israel. Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-international law."

He added that Ireland supports a two-state solution, "and for Israel and Palestine to live in peace and security".

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ireland-hits-back-after-israel-accuses-it-antisemitism-and-closes-embassy

The Day the Media Decided Militant Jihadism Was Respectable

Suddenly, after years of misrepresenting Hamas, western politicians and media are desperate to clarify – if only in Syria – the difference between jihadists and Islamic nationalists

Here is a very strange thing. For years, western media outlets and politicians have been recklessly indifferent to the fact that Hamas is not a jihadist movement, like al-Qaeda or Islamic State, but a specifically Palestinian national resistance movement – if one underpinned by an Islamist ideology that distinguishes it from secular Palestinian national movements like Fatah.

Shortly after Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood alongside US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and claimed unchallenged: “Hamas is ISIS [Islamic State]… and Hamas should be treated exactly the way ISIS was treated.“

But Hamas, unlike al-Qaeda and Islamic State, is not seeking to recreate a caliphate embracing all Muslims wherever they live, indifferent to national borders. It wants to create a Palestinian state in Palestine. Israel is determined to stop any Palestinian state emerging, even it means committing genocide.

Hamas does not demand strict adherence to religious law, and it does not prioritize Islam over Palestinian national identity.

It is not, as Israel and its apologists in the West try to persuade us, part of some Islamic crusade, waging a global war against the values of a supposed Judeo-Christian “civilization”.

Hamas does not oppress Christians (a Christian community existed quite peacefully in Gaza until Israel started bombing their churches), or force women to wear the veil.

The UK’s designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization in both its military and political-welfare wings has been justified in large part on this misrepresentation of Hamas’ ideological character.

I raise this matter not to praise Hamas (see the legal disclaimer below) but to highlight the current, outrageous hypocrisy of the entire western media corps.

We now have an al-Qaeda offshoot in Syria, rebranded as HTS. And western journalists, led as ever by the BBC, are falling over themselves to explain how the group has transformed itself overnight from head-chopping jihadism into a moderate, “diversity-friendly” Syrian national resistance movement.

The media is suddenly deeply concerned to clarify the difference between militant jihadism and Islamic national resistance, and insist that the latter is respectable.

That, of course, is being presented as the rationale for the British and US governments to quickly end the designation of HTS as a terrorist organization, even as the same governments keep Hamas in its entirety proscribed. It is the reason given for embracing this al-Qaeda retread as a good Syrian nationalist movement, and one supposedly keen to unify the country.

The point is: the western media is quite capable of understanding the difference between jihadists and Islamic nationalists when they want to. But they only want to when the British and US national security states tell them to.

That is the behavior of what we are told is a “free press”.

https://original.antiwar.com/cook/2024/12/16/the-day-the-media-decided-militant-jihadism-was-respectable/

US Intelligence Agencies Clear Themselves of Jan 6 Wrongdoing

January 6 was a staged and orchestrated event intended to criminalize Donald Trump and his supporters. There is a slew of evidence pointing to US intelligence interference, with more emerging by the week. US intelligence agencies wasted additional resources to investigate their own bureaus, “FBI’s Handling of its Confidential Human Sources and Intelligence Collection Efforts in the Lead Up to the Jan. 6, 2021 Electoral Certification.” Naturally, US intelligence found no wrongdoing on their end.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced that over two dozen confidential human sources (CHS) were present at the Capitol on January 6. He admits that three FBI agents were among the crowd but insists there were no undercover officers. Twenty-six CHS agents were also among the crowd, but the report insists only three were authorized to be there. One actually entered the Capitol building while the other two made their way into restricted areas. None of those four agents were charged with committing a crime.

“Our review determined that none of these FBI CHSs was authorized by the FBI to enter the Capitol or a restricted area or to otherwise break the law on January 6, nor was any CHS directed by the FBI to encourage others to commit illegal acts on January 6,” he stated.

Horowitz believes that they have simply “found no evidence in the materials we reviewed or the testimony we received showing or suggesting that the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest crowds, or at the Capitol, on January 6.” The FBI applauded the investigation, which was clearly skewed in its favor, and said they would take additional precautions in January 2025.

FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that he is fleeing his post before Trump takes office. “When Chris Wray first got there back in 2017, the FBI was spying on congressional hill staffers, including the guy who is slated to replace him, and then the day after he announces he’s leaving, this report comes out and confirms what so many of us suspected, that there were these confidential human sources present on Jan. 6,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News.

Those who read between the lines can see that the DOJ and FBI have been weaponized political tools of the deep state under the Biden-Harris regime. Over 1,265 Americans were charged in connection to the January 6 events. The government used J6 as a premise to weaponize financial institutions to spy on Americans and usurp more power. These agencies are working against the American people for the private interests of the deep state and will never admit to any wrongdoing. It is laughable to think that any agency will deter civil unrest next month at Trump’s inauguration.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/us-intelligence-agencies-clear-themselves-of-jan-6-wrongdoing/

Ohio Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Outlawing Criticism of Israel, Criminalizing Gospel

The GOP-controlled Ohio Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at outlawing criticism of Israel, criminalizing preaching the Gospel and expanding hate crime "ethnic intimidation" laws to fight "antisemitism."

They know the bill blatantly infringes on the First Amendment but they simply don't care.

https://youtu.be/aj6aiAnp_u8

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64778

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Thirty-four Individuals Indicted for Drug Trafficking within the Puerto Rico Prison System

https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/thirty-four-individuals-indicted-drug-trafficking-within-puerto-rico-prison-system

Israel Passes Law Allowing Four-Year Detention Without Trial or Evidence

Kahanist Israeli lawmaker (Otzma Yehudit, Jewish Force) and chairman of the National Security Committee Zvika Fogel pushed through the Knesset in September a law authorizing the police to conduct widespread surveillance using new technologies without judicial oversight.

In November, he pushed through the first reading of a law authorizing a police commander and other officials to request permission from the president of a district court or his deputy to access a personal computer or cell phone.

He has just passed a third law empowering the police, on the instructions of the prosecutor, to take measures restricting freedom, which the accused must comply with or risk four years in prison. This could include administrative detention, i.e. without trial, on the sole basis of classified information, without the police having to provide any evidence.

https://www.voltairenet.org/article221614.html

Satanists moving ahead with Mrna Vaccines for Everything

"We're on a runaway train, with mRNA vaccines moving full speed ahead beyond COVID-19, into influenza, norovirus, HIV, and more. But are we taking the time to reflect, study, and ensure this technology is fit for purpose? My concern is that the momentum, driven by massive financial investment, has overshadowed the need for careful, long-term safety evaluations.

https://philipmcmillan.substack.com/p/mrna-vaccines-are-changing-everything

Israeli NYC Embassy A Radiation Hot Spot?

Near News Blackout On This Important Story

2-7-7

What if the "stunning" peak of radiation were found at the Iranian Embassy instead of the Israeli one? Would not an immediate raid be in order? Especially since we are worried about a foreign nation with nuclear capacities and materials sneaking in such to our country to create a "dirty bomb" scenario. Maybe one that could be blamed on Iran, as Brezinski has warned.

THERE ARE TWO REAL STORIES HERE.

1. THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM, AND SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED NATIONWIDE INSTEAD OF BEING DOWNPLAYED AND SHORT FUNDED BY "HOMELAND SECURITY". THIS IS THE PROPER USE OF OUR FUNDS AND TECHNOLOGY, AND IT SHOULD BE WELL KNOWN AND WIDELY IMPLEMENTED. (WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO USE ON THE TOWERS IN NYC IN 2001).

1. THE ANOMALY AT THAT EMBASSY SHOULD BE ACTED UPON. EVERY MAJOR NATION HAS AN EMBASSY IN NYC, SO, WHY SHOULD THIS ONE HAVE A RADIATION PEAK? THIS IS KINDA DISTURBING!

Key excerpts from article:

"One alleged radiation hot spot on Manhattan's east side has the potential for becoming a political hot spot: A strong radiation spike from the area of the Israeli Embassy. Officials would not comment on why they thought that particular area allegedly showed such a stunning peak in radiation.

The aerial survey is designed to help local officials react more quickly in the event of terrorists detonating a "dirty bomb" that releases radioactive material into the air. With the survey, police may be able to pinpoint the exact source of radiation by comparing new readings to their pre-existing "radiation map" of the area."

From

http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/22798.php

ISRAELI EMBASSY IN NYC A RADIATION HOT SPOT

Feds Surveyed NYC For Radiation - Found Tainted Park, Embassy

WASHINGTON – Anti-terrorism officials conducted a helicopter survey of New York City's radiation sources in preparation for a so-called "dirty bomb" attack - and discovered a Staten Island park with dangerously high levels of radium, a new report found.

Federal authorities found 80 unexpected "hot spots" around New York City, according to the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress.

The GAO report released Thursday details a previously undisclosed aerial anti-terrorism program in New York City, one which may be extended to other cities worried about the possible release of radioactive material by terrorists.

The report does not identify which city park had the contaminated soil, but NYPD officials said it was in Gateway National Park in Staten Island. The site was closed, and New York has requested federal money to do a citywide aerial survey every year to update the information.

By creating a map of the city's radiation sources, city officials hope to be able to respond more quickly in the event of a dirty bomb attack, know exactly which streets are contaminated and get civilians away.

New York is the first and only U.S. city to conduct a complete aerial radiological survey, having paid the U.S. Department of Energy $800,000 for the 2005 study.

The helicopters picked up sources of low-level radiation from expected places, like granite statues and medical isotopes at hospitals, but it also found dozens of other sources of unexpected radioactivity, the GAO report found.

"NYPD officials indicated that the survey was tremendously valuable because it identified more than 80 locations with radiological sources that required further investigation to determine their risk," the report said.

At the Staten Island park, sensors detected large quantities of radium in the soil. Long-term exposure to radium increases the risk of developing lymphoma, bone cancer and leukemia.

National Park Service spokesman Brian Feeney said the area is a one-acre piece of the 570-acre Great Kills Park, which is part of the larger Gateway park.

https://rense.com/general75/hotspot.htm