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  Due Dissidence also covered this story: As both videos state, this was an act of intimidation. Since when is not answering questions considered an act of terrorism in any western country? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So much for efficiency : Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces — until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. Those who accept must report for duty on Oct. 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid vacation, during which time the GSA in some cases racked up high costs — passed along to taxpayers — to stay in dozens of properties whose leases it had slated for termination or were allowed to expire. “Ultimately, the outcome was the agency was left broken and understaffed,” said Chad Becker, a former GSA real estate official. “They didn’t have the people they needed to carry out basic functions.” Becker, who represents owners with government leases at Arco Real Estate Solutions, said GSA has been in a “triage mode” for months. He said...

  Gotta say, Trump seems more upset about the UN escalator than the guy who tried to pop him.

 

Because, "drug dealer" = "terrorist" now: BONUS: "illegal immigrant" can also equal "terrorist" which means that torture's back on the menu: In a world where all those in power have to do is call their enemies "terrorists," "illegal immigrants" "drug dealers," or even "Antifa"... ...anyone can become a criminal by default, meaning that anyone can be punished. 

 

 

Interesting ... Prabowo Subianto said his country is willing to provide peacekeeping forces in Gaza. He made the remarks during a speech at the United Nations' General Assembly session. "It is with a heavy heart that we recall the ongoing, unbearable tragedy in Gaza", he said. "Thousands of innocent people have been killed, most of them women and children, and famine and destruction have occurred. A humanitarian disaster is happening before our eyes. We condemn all acts of violence against innocent civilians," he said. The president reiterated his "commitment to the two-state solution in the Palestine problem." "Indonesia declares that it will immediately recognise the State of Israel and support all guarantees for Israel's security the moment Israel recognises the Palestinian State and Palestine's independence," Subianto told the gathering. The day before, the U.K. joined Australia and Canada to recognise Palestinian statehood despit...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Brian Berletic breaks down something I mentioned earlier , but with greater detail:

 

 

 George Galloway has his doubts:

  As DD said: a lot of this is coming from conservatives expressing doubt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I did a quick search, and from the looks of it the only "Kirk" I've mentioned recently was named Cameron . So to act like I have a lot to say about the other person who shared that name would ring hollow. Nevertheless, here's my thoughts: I wouldn't wish what happened on my own worst enemy;  I dare say that he was not a willing or knowing participant, i.e., "in" or any "conspiracy;" If the quotes attributed to him are indeed his, then he was, as they say, "about that life." Should a person known mostly for saying callous things, who had an audience yet still wasn't a mainstream name on the level of Rush Limbaugh, be canonized or mocked, even in this era of genocide and mass shootings? Should someone who dismissed empathy and argued for the acceptance of gun violence (as a means to preserve the 2nd Amendment) who met the most ironic of ends be treated as he treated others, or as we would want ourselves to be treated?  My upbringi...

 

 

 

 "If you won't talk about Israel, you can't talk about Bari Weiss." I would say that in the context of Weiss' politics and how she expresses those politics through her career and connections, this is true.  Also, here's Zaid Jilani on old Taibbi vs new Taibbi , and here's a copy of  Taibbi's 2001 write-up about Palestine .

  Poland kinda-sorta enters the Russia-Ukraine war .  Israel goes after Yemen for not liking what's going on in Gaza.  French protestors have decided to " block everything ."  Nepal citizens continue to protest their government's ban on social media (or so we're being led to believe). 

 

 

 

 

 

Mainly because it's exposing Democrat Party-loving liberals who care more about access and/or playing the two-party game than actually pushing/fighting for substantive change:

 When e veryone's a "Hamas ally" (or the United States case, a drug dealer) anything can be justified . NOTE: The Hamas members who where there were invited under the premise of negotiating a deal with Israel. So to infer that the reason that this location was attacked because "evil Hamas" was around is very disingenuous.  

 

  Pretty much everything in the current political news cycle connects in some way to Israel (Gaza, Epstein, AIPAC influence on Congress, media coverage). If you want to avoid mentioning Israel and still come off as credible, write about sports and entertainment.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Before the tariffs, the relationship between India and China (both BRICS members even after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power). Now ? Well: Also, consider that President Trump's geopolitical meddling also made Brazil a closer ally to China .

 

 

 

 

When you are millions in debt because you got sued into oblivion and are forced to befriend a billionaire to get bailed out, but you made your entire career being an attack dog conspiracy theorist, you get moments like this:

 

 I t's the equivalent of Disney releasing a live-action version of one of their animated movies : The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, responding to mounting pressure in Congress to force more disclosure in the case. Still, the files mostly contain information that was already publicly known or available . The folders — posted on Google Drive — contained hundreds of image files of years-old court filings related to Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 as he faced charges for sexually abusing teenage girls, and Maxwell, who is serving a lengthy prison sentence for assisting him. The files also included video appearing to be body cam footage from police searches as well as recordings and summaries of law enforcement interviews with victims detailing the abuse they said they suffered. [SNIP] Most,...

 

 

Reuters: At least 1,400 believed lost in Afghanistan earthquake . Scheerpost: AIPAC still has a stranglehold on the Democratic Party . CT Mirror: Reduced services and higher costs are on the horizon for CT hospitals in the wake of "The Big Beautiful Bill." Prism Reports: The US State Department halted visas connected to Gaza . Black Agenda Report: The relevance of what happened with Hurricane Katrina .  Associated Press: Is McDonald's starting a price war ?