"We trusted the government not to screw us, but they did. We trusted the tech companies not to take advantage of us. But they did. That is going to happen again, because that is the nature of power." -- Edward Snowden.
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Focus has been on the resulting rise in oil prices, but it is potential food shortages the world should be paying attention to, said ICC secretary-general John Denton.
About one-third of global fertilizer shipments pass through the narrow waterway, creating potentially catastrophic knock-on effects for agricultural producers.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz finished second to Trump in the 2016 GOP Presidential primary.
Cruz is making no secret of the fact that he wants to run for President again in 2028.
And Cruz has been carving out a lane as the Never Trump candidate by opposing President Trump on tariffs, Trump’s negotiations to end the Iran war, Trump’s proposed $5,000 post-election dividend, and FCC investigations into liberal bias in late-night TV.
By Dave Vine, counterpunch.org
Long before Trump took office, U.S. taxpayers have spent far more on the Pentagon — and its wars — than most know. For decades, Congress, the White House, and the Pentagon have hidden the military’s true cost through little-known bureaucratic practices and budgeting tricks. Journalists, academics, and think tank experts have, with rare exceptions, perpetuated the problem by repeating “official” numbers that don’t come close to telling the full story.
Dave De Camp, antiwar.com
Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in Gaza over the past three days, according to numbers from Gaza’s Health Ministry, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal.
In that same time, at least five Palestinians died of wounds sustained by previous Israeli attacks, and one body was recovered from the rubble, bringing the number of fatalities added to the death toll over three days to 16.
Posted by Tyler Durden; Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,
The new "cordon sanitaire" that Trump 2.0 assembled around Russia, the difficulty in maintaining its Sino-Indo balancing act, and the broken feedback loops that afflict its Foreign Ministry are the main strategic risks that must be urgently addressed in order to most effectively ensure Russia's future.
Posted by Tyler Durden, Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
A French police commander in his sixties was chased, knocked down and kicked in the head until he blacked out outside a Belfort high school on Friday morning. Prosecutors have opened an investigation for attempted murder of a public official.
by Tyler Durden
"If I told you, you'd have a major story, right? But you'll see." (President Trump)
Here is what happened over the weekend, and what to watch in the week ahead.
Brian Davidson and I discuss current events to sharply discern objective reality fit for news from corporate media bullshit to herd sheeple: here on BitChute and (censored on YouTube).
Topics and stories informing analysis of today’s news, with ongoing appreciation of “Warrior Scholar”/“Digital Soldier” documentation:
“Need to Know News” or “What’s Scripted Now!”
By ALYSSA GUZMAN, US NEWS REPORTER, dailymail.co.uk
A secret network of Flock surveillance cameras in Texas led to a man's constitutional rights being violated, a jury ruled – and more Americans could be harmed.
Alek Schott was driving along Interstate 35 just outside of San Antonio when he was pulled over in March 2022 by a Bexar County Sheriff's deputy.
Little did he know that being pulled over would become a 76-minute traffic stop that would violate his Fourth Amendment rights.
By Pepe Escobar, Strategic Culture
We did get prime time spectacle – actually a double fake: the remixed 9/11 on FlyDubai.