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  Taking out the one of the people who could have orchestrated a true ceasefire/peace deal in another country usually equals "declaration of war." Time will tell, but the Israeli government is really looking like they want to expand the conflict. 

  The Times of Israel is calling those who supporting the suspected soldiers a " right-wing mob ." 

 

 

Audio here .

 

 

 

  African Stream's post on the matter here . The NBC story can be found here .  Long Story/Short: anything now coming from the mainstream is "dangerous" to Black audiences.  The founder of Onyx Impact (Eososa Osa) is a Kamala Harris supporter , and former employee of BlackRock BTW: 

 

 

  Good question !

 

Not Really : The U.S. is not home to any independent foreign military bases. However, some U.S. military bases host detachments of foreign militaries, and many are used to train foreign military personnel—predominantly pilots. One of the most prominent locations for foreign military training is Texas’ Sheppard Air Force Base, which hosts the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program (ENJJPT). First opened in 1981, the ENJJPT program provides pilot training for 14 NATO member nations, such as Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey, with the goal of improving the standardization and interoperability of the treaty organization’s air forces. Upon graduation from the program’s 55-week course, pilots undergo country-specific training in either their home countries or at other bases in the U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

Instead of admitting that blaming China for working to crash the Internet was a dumb idea, CrowdStrike gives the world a "pobody's nerfect" response to a crash THEY caused with a "system update: Remember: this is the same group the Clinton campaign paid to investigate the "leak" (instead of the FBI) and came back with, "we think it was Russia." 

Mosab Hassan Yousef, Nuseir Yassin (aka, ‘Nas Daily’) and Ahmed Fouad Al-Khatib are among those involved :  A common tactic used by political groups facing accusations of bias and racism is to employ voices from the communities they often demonize to present their arguments, making them more palatable. Using Palestinians to advocate for hardline Israeli policies is similar to how Black Americans and former Muslims are used to support points that would otherwise be labeled as racist or Islamophobic. In 2022, the Israeli cabinet approved a project to inject up to $30 million into covertly funding government propaganda in the United States and other Western countries. The plan involved indirectly transferring funds to foreign organizations to spread pro-Israeli talking points without revealing their ties to the Israeli government. In November 2023, the Israeli Finance Ministry announced an additional 63 million NIS for ‘Hasbara’ [propaganda] funding. A crucial element of effective Isr...

 

 As the saying goes: "I wanted AI to do my laundry and wash my dishes so I can paint and write, not paint and write so I could do laundry and the dishes." Sadly, that's not what the 1% wants for everyone : It’s hard not to get fired up by how much more everything costs compared to just a few years ago. But people making the same exact purchases as you aren’t necessarily paying the same exact prices as you. This became apparent to me a few weeks ago when a friend texted me that Starbucks was running a buy one, get one free drink promotion. But when I logged in to the app, the offer was nowhere to be found. Why was my friend getting special treatment? It’s likely that Starbucks used artificial intelligence to determine that my friend, if offered a promotion, would make a purchase they wouldn’t otherwise have, whereas I would make a purchase regardless, said Shikha Jain, a lead partner in the North American consumer and retail division at the consultancy firm Simon-Kucher. T...

Why even bother with primaries if  so many  (from this sample) just want the party leadership (most who aren't elected themselves) to pick the nominee? There's still time for the people to make a decision, but no, they prefer that the choice be made in the shadows without so much as a debate. (Note: this is a "national sample of 1,071 registered voters" and about 33% of registered voters -a little over 53 million- are Democrats). 

 Guess I'll be boycotting Adidas:

 

Much will be made of Kamala Harris’ race and gender. Much will be made of the fact that she is not Donald Trump. Much emotion will surround her campaign. And then, whether she wins or loses, nothing much will change. You won’t be able to tell by looking at the machinery of the empire who took office in January. Its behavior will remain the same. -- Caitlin Johnstone, on Joe Biden's leaving the presidential race and his decision to endorse Kamala Harris .

 

 

  So on top of the quiet coup (forcing Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race) party leadership rigs the "options" for a third time (hint: the last two times involved Bernie Sanders freaking out the establishment by being popular with voters). The Democrats continue to thwart the democratic process in the name of saving democracy from the Republicans (who are no better, yet still find time to listen to their base). 

 Not really, and Scott Ritter explains this to Sabby Sabbs:

 

 

 

  Suffice it to say, there's been a lot of conversation about Joe Biden's decision . Here's my take: The Duran is correct that this is a coup. Biden did not want to leave and by the standards/system set up by the Democratic Party, he was well within his rights to stay. The American mainstream media, suddenly concerned Democrats, and panicked donors (the biggest factor here) forced him out.  That said, the DNC did make an argument in court that they can choose their nominee with voter's consent/input. Also, since Biden hasn't officially been assigned (and accepted) the delegates, lawsuits on Biden's behalf will probably go nowhere.  The DNC should have held real primaries and therefore avoided all this. Biden should have kept his initial word of being a one-termer. Biden's inner circle (who were most likely making a lot of his decisions up until now) should be investigated; we'll probably learn more once he officially leaves office. Biden is still POT...

 

The guys are right: by the Democrat's own (manipulated) rules, Biden is supposed to be the nominee. It's not the voter's fault the DNC decided not to have official primaries or take a serious look into Biden's physical and mental condition. Nevertheless, we must remember that the party told a court of law that they can choose their nominee through any means they see fit (I believe they invoked the proverbial "smoke-filled backroom" in their argument).

 

 

Well he did:

  So tourism and construction (which require both Israeli and Palestinian workers) are all but DOA, yet people still think that "the Land of Milk and Honey" can survive leadership's desire to completely remove the Palestinian people?

 

Current US President Joe Biden has said in interviews that one way he'd consider not running for re-election (despite the obvious decline mentally and physically) was is their was a health concern. Well, now we learn that Biden has COVID . The very illness/issue that helped usher him into the White House (mainly because of Trump's poor handling) can help Biden make a more graceful exit (if he so chooses). Who would have guess that a virus that neither president (or either political party, for that matter) handled well would still be a factor?   Of course, they'll be speculation that it's not COVID but rather allergies or the flu, but if it give Democrats a chance to re-energize their party ahead of the convention, I'm sure they'll take what they can get. 

 

 

 

 CNN story here . Makes one wonder where this attitude was this past weekend . To elaborate : a White man who witnesses say had a gun in plain view climbing to the roof of a building that was within shooting distance of a presidential candidate was downplayed/ignored until the shooting starts, but two Black homeless people -one with a knife- is enough of a threat to people inside another building to warrant immediate action. 

From Reuters : The head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said she was fired by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday after she refused demands from senior editors at the paper to sever ties with the organisation and to not advocate for media freedoms. Selina Cheng, who worked in the Journal's Hong Kong bureau as a reporter covering China's automobile sector, was elected on June 22 to be the HKJA's new chairperson at a time of mounting pressure by authorities under a national security crackdown that has seen reporters arrested and liberal media outlets closed. "My supervisor in the UK directed me to withdraw from the election," Cheng told reporters on Wednesday after walking out of the Journal's Hong Kong bureau. She said she had refused. Cheng said Gordon Fairclough, the WSJ's world coverage chief, terminated her employment in person in Hong Kong on Wednesday, explaining it was part of a restructuring move. There was no immediate response to ...

 Considering NATO's stated purpose, this seems to be a reach. But there's a reason:

From Status Coup: Pro Palestine protesters gathered to protest the sale of Palestinian land to Zionists, all before the nearly 200,000 dead bodies have even been removed from the rubble. Jon Farina covered this event, where Zionists went crazy against the Free  Palestine protesters, lobbing terrible insults, spitting at them, and more.

 

 

 Niko House and JB from RBN discuss: As Malcolm X said:

 

 

 As the media does nonstop coverage of the one person who they said they don't like (but ratings always trumps personal feelings), I will say that the two most interesting takes of the shooting this past weekend was from Status Coup's Ron Placone, and Niko House. Niko delved into the more conspiratorial aspects a bit more, while Placone was more straight-forward about how this would impact the election. What's also interesting about this ordeal is: Trump supporters blaming Democrats and Obama (you know the people they used to call "wimps" for wanting stricter gun laws). That people at the rally claimed to have seen the shooter, but were ignored by security. That Trump is using the "Black Power Fist Pose" unironically.  Trump once bragged about taking out foreign leaders.

 

 

Haiti need less US intervention, not more, as Dahoud Andre and Margaret Kimberly reveal .

 A lot. Like pretty much all of it:

  BONUS: Here's an extra video from the Witness to War Channel:

 

 

 

 

 

 This is sad to see, especially considering that if this was a "President Bernie Sanders" or "President Jill Stein" liberals would be falling over themselves to find a network willing to hear their message that, "the president is no longer fit to continue." Also, as much as Reid blames Democrats for "picking" Biden, let's remember that for the 2020 Democratic Party Barack Obama convinced all the Democrats to drop out and support Biden against Sanders, and for 2024 the DNC ignored calls for a primary and pretending that challengers like RFK, Jr. and Williamson didn't exist. 

 The liars are getting lazy...

 

 Yikes: It may explain (in part) why they're losing to France's left . 

 

  Mauritania has a history of slavery that it just can't seem to shake:

 

 

 

 

 Article here . As for the video: