Iran has new drone ship in Persian Gulf
Iran has a new ship with the capability of launching drones, according to satellite images reviewed by Maxar Technologies that were shared with The Hill.
The new drone ship, called Shahid Bagheri, is anchored offshore of the Iranian naval port of Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf, according to Maxar.
The ship was originally a commercial container ship but was modified into a drone carrier vessel for Iran’s naval forces.
The Shahid Bagheri left home port in late November and is conducting its first sea trial, according to Maxar, which says the ship has a net-covered drone on deck.
Accompanying the drone ship are two other vessels that appear to be similarly modified, the Shahid Mahdavi and Shahid Roudaki, according to the images.
Additional photos provided by the company detail how the ships were modified and constructed at a nearby Iranian shipyard, including the addition of a ski-jump ramp and angled flight deck that can be used to launch and recover drones.
The news comes amid a flurry of drones buzzing across northern New Jersey and New York since November, including near sensitive U.S. military sites….
Satellite Pics Reveal Iran’s New Aircraft Carrier-Like Drone Ship
McKinsey Agrees to $650M Settlement for Helping Purdue Pharma Boost Opioid Sales, Former Senior Partner to Plead Guilty on Obstruction Charges
McKinsey & Co is set to pay $650 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the consulting firm’s advisory role to OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. The settlement resolves charges that McKinsey conspired to misbrand a drug and obstructed justice.
The charges stem from McKinsey’s work advising Purdue on strategies to increase OxyContin sales, a drug central to the opioid epidemic. Martin Elling, a former senior partner, has agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice for destroying documents related to McKinsey’s work.
Despite earlier settlements nearing $1 billion addressing similar allegations, McKinsey has not admitted any wrongdoing. The controversy involves multiple states, local governments, and Native American tribes, emphasizing the widespread impact of the opioid crisis.
Woman ARRESTED For Threatening Insurance Company, Inspired By Luigi Mangione
Corporate Press LIES About IG Report EXPOSING J6 FBI Informants
Newly Released J6 Defendant EXPOSES January 6th Lies in Epic Viral Video – Gets Banned On Tiktok for Posting It!
James Tate Grant was present at the “initial breach” on January 6th, feet away from Ray Epps. An outspoken conservative and graduate with honors in political science – James had plans to be in law school on a merit scholarship.
Ironically, instead of a 3-year degree in law, he was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison and 3 years of probation – all for pushing a fence that the government eventually admitted did not touch anyone.
They didn’t admit this until trial, as they tried to coerce the law student into signing a 89-108 month plea deal for pushing a fence and trespassing.
Absurdly, this may have been the best possible outcome – as he faced up to 101 years in prison at trial. At sentencing, the government asked the judge to give James 9 years.
Finally out of the clutches of the weaponized federal government, James exposes everything wrong with January 6th in this epic video that went viral on X with over 200K views.…
IG Report EXPOSES 26 FBI Informants Were At J6, AOC Was RIGHT, It Was An INSIDE JOB!
January 6 arrests rose 24% in 2024, 75% in past 2 years, DOJ report says
In what is likely to be the penultimate report of its kind, the U.S. Department of Justice says 1,572 people have been arrested for alleged Jan. 6 crimes, a 24% increase during 2024.
In its 47-month update, the DOJ said the FBI arrested 11 new Jan. 6 suspects between Nov. 6 and Dec. 6, 2024. The 1,572 total represents a 24.3% increase in 2024 and 75% during the past two years.
Just as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to issue pardons for those arrested, charged, and convicted on Jan. 6 counts, District of Columbia judges are doubling down on issuing sentences and refusing requests to delay sentencing hearings.
Jalise Middleton’s request to delay reporting to the federal Bureau of Prisons for her Jan. 6 sentence due to knee surgery was denied by U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss.
Judge Moss said plenty of people have served sentences while in wheelchairs and that BOP facilities are equipped to handle medical needs.
“Although Ms. Middleton stated that her condition worsened in the last two weeks, her knee has been problem for years, yet she waited until a week before her surrender date to schedule the long-required surgery,” Judge Moss wrote in a four-page order denying a prison delay.
“Among other things, on October 22, 2024, the court allowed defendants to self-surrender in order to get their affairs in order, and, to the extent necessary (and urgent), knee surgery would seem to qualify as such an endeavor,” Moss wrote. “Had Ms. Middleton taken advantage of this opportunity, she could have had the surgery many weeks — as opposed to days — before her surrender date.”
Moss ordered Jalise and husband, Mark Middleton, to report Dec. 17 to two prison facilities in Texas. “Yes my wife Jalise is disabled. She needs a total knee replacement,” Middleton posted on X. “Two month delay would not cause a hardship on the interest of the public.”…
EXPOSED: Mitch McConnell’s Shadowy Plan to Sabotage the Trump Agenda
Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s agenda will not be leaving office with him.
Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford says proteges like John Thune and Joni Ernst will continue to resist the MAGA mandate after McConnell’s term has expired.
However, Bedford does see their grasp weakening, as Sen. Ernst has relented on her hardline stance against Pete Hegseth’s nomination.
‘Preposterous’: Biden admin extends liability protection to COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers
The Biden Department of Health and Human Services has extended liability protection to COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers and administrators through Dec. 31, 2029, precluding vaccine recipients who reportedly end up injured or their surviving family members from holding those responsible to account.
Kim Mack Rosenberg, general counsel for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense, called the decision from the outgoing administration “very concerning,” not only because it protects pharmaceutical companies and the government but because it “allows for largely unfettered product development.”
Health Secretary Xavier Becerra suggested in his declaration that continued coverage for the manufacture, testing, development, distribution, administration, and use of FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act “is intended to prepare for and mitigate the credible risk presented by COVID-19.”
The liability protections for the COVID-19 vaccines were first introduced in January 2020. This is the 12th extension.
Children’s Health Defense CEO Mary Holland suggested the Biden administration was “attempting to tie the hands of the incoming administration in its treatment of emergencies and pandemics. This is not the way elections and transfer of power are supposed to work.”
Ray Flores, who serves as senior outside counsel for Kennedy’s organization, told the Defender, “It is preposterous that HHS extended PREP Act protections based on a no-longer-existing threat. The only threat is a loss of air-tight liability that leaves the vast majority of victims out of luck.”..
Flying drone invasion spreads to multiple states: Live updates
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NJ mayor instructs fire department to ‘wear hazmat suits’ if drone falls
Mayor Michael Melham of Belleville, New Jersey, told Fox News that his fire department ‘has been instructed to make sure they wear hazmat suits’ if an unidentified drone falls to Earth.
Speaking to Fox News’ Harris Falkner on Friday, Melham said he and his Office of Emergency Management (OEM) team had just received a briefing from state officials.
‘On the way here I was on the phone with my OEM team, and we now have guidance coming from the state,’ Melham said.
‘And that guidance does say two different things: First of all, if there is a downed drone in our vicinity, we are immediately to call the bomb squad of our county.
‘And second, our fire department has been instructed to make sure they wear hazmat suits.’
Faulkner asked Melham: ‘If something falls out of the sky that people have seen and some of these things are as big as an SUV, If that happens, you’re to treat this more than a plane crash? You’re to treat this like an attack on the homeland?’
‘That is correct,’ Melham replied, ‘because they are not sure if there’s a payload or not. And, that’s what we were told during our briefing on Wednesday.’
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson receives classified briefing on drone invasion
Senior Congressional Correspondent for Fox News Chad Pergram stated in an X post that Rep. Mike Johnson ‘received a classified briefing on the drone incursions in the Northeast’ Friday.
‘We reported yesterday that Johnson said he expected to be briefed,’ he added.
The Louisiana Republican referred to the situation as a ‘quandary’ when speaking to Pergram on Thursday.
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NJ Senator Andy Kim shares video of drones over Round Valley Reservoir
New Jersey Senator Andy Kim took to X to share video he captured of multiple drones flying over Round Valley Reservoir Hunterdon County, New Jersey on Thursday evening….
Legal Scholar Raises Concerns Over DOJ Hiding FBI Informants At Jan. 6
Renowned legal scholar and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley sounded the alarm about the DOJ’s failure to disclose to Jan. 6 defendants that FBI informants were present in the U.S. Capitol that day in 2021, as detailed in a DOJ Inspector General report.
In a Thursday interview with Fox News host Martha MacCallum, Turley said the report raised “more questions than answers” about the FBI’s rumored role in inciting violence at the Capitol.
The law professor specifically such information would have been critical to defendants of the Jan. 6 protests who fell victim to the Biden DOJ’s aggressive prosecutions.
“In some ways, it raises more questions than answers. It does support Wray’s testimony that there were no undercover agents in the crowd,” Turley said, referring to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
“I think that for others, there is going to be a lot of concern as to what the sources were doing there,” he said, as reported first by the Daily Caller.
DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz revealed that at least 26 FBI confidential human sources (CHSs) were present among the crowd protesting the contentious 2020 presidential election results.
“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,” Horowitz found.
Of the 26 agents, only three were summoned to the U.S. Capitol that day, Turley noted, before highlighting that FBI informants had previously been accused of inciting crimes….
JOE ROGAN IS FUMING…
IAF bombs Syria’s T4 airbase near Damascus; Turkey strikes the YPG in Al-Hasaka TV7Israel News 13.12
1) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserts that Jerusalem wants peace with Iran – once the tyrannical Ayatollah regime is removed.
2) The United States reaffirms its pledge to ensure that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not attain nuclear weapons.
3) The Israeli Air Force conducts over 500 aerial strikes – destroying much of Syria’s strategic capabilities.
Senator Calls On Pentagon To Halt Sale Of Border Wall, Says Gov Recouping Just .02% Of Taxpayer Cost
Republican senator Eric Schmitt is demanding that the Biden administration’s Pentagon cease the sale of the border wall materials being offloaded, saying the outgoing administration is “sabotaging” the effort to secure the border while recouping just .02% of the taxpayer money used to buy the material initially.
In a letter obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire, which reported on Thursday that Biden was racing to sell off border wall parts in his final weeks in office, Schmitt calls on Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to “immediately cease” the auctions.
“I am writing to demand that you immediately cease the auctioning off of border wall materials,” Schmitt opens in his letter to Austin. “Senate Republicans, including the incoming Chairman, as well as my colleagues on the Senate Armed Services have raised the absurdity of selling border wall materials through letters, nomination hearings, and through the National Defense Authorization Act legislative process.”
Schmitt’s analysis of the already completed sales this month found that the administration is offloading the wall materials for far less than the market value of the material alone….
Texas Lt. Gov Vows: We Will Buy Every Piece Of Border Wall Biden’s Selling And Give It To Trump
After The Daily Wire published an exclusive report revealing that the Biden administration was racing to sell off parts of the border wall before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, Texas GOP Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick fiercely declared his state was prepared to bid on every piece being sold and then give it directly to Trump.
“Trump made clear during his campaign that he intends to finish construction of the border wall, making use of the materials that have remained untouched at the border since President Joe Biden took office in 2021. If the material brought to the border during his first term is sold off, it will significantly delay any progress on one of Trump’s flagship campaign promises at the border,” The Daily Wire reported on Thursday, adding:
The auction website shows that sales occurred as recently as December 4 for precisely the types of materials being pulled off the border. GovPlanet has online auctions set for Dec. 11 and Dec. 18 for more of the border wall material, which is listed on the company’s website as “32.91’ X 7.91’ Steel Bollard Wall Sections w/Grout.” The bidding for each section of wall panels is set to begin at only $5.00, according to the website.
“We mean business in Texas, and Tom Homan means business and President Trump means business,” Patrick told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham. “And I don’t know if you heard the latest today, Laura, but Joe Biden is now hauling off the border wall that’s been lying down for years and he wants to auction it off starting at $5 apiece.”…
COVID-19 Seroprevalence Study: For Official Department of Defense Use Only…Until Now
According to a series of eight interim reports obtained by the author in November 2024, the Department of Defense (DOD) engaged in a longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) seroprevalence study of 29,000 members of the U.S. military between May 2020 and June 2021. Active, Guard, and Reserve components were included in the study.
Each document is marked “For Official Use Only” or “Controlled Classified Information” in a preventative measure to avoid being released outside of DOD. Despite the risk, the revealing documents were provided to Children’s Health Defense by an unnamed military whistleblower.
Seroprevalence can be defined as the percentage of a population who have the presence of neutralizing antibodies in their blood, showing they have been exposed to a virus or other infectious agent. A seroprevalence study can be a helpful indicator of the development of herd immunity, which occurs when a large portion of a population becomes immune to a disease through infection or vaccination, making it difficult to spread.
One of the leaked documents, Interim Report #7, which is dated July 21, 2021, casually mentions that the presence of neutralizing antibodies in unvaccinated samples rose tenfold between May 2020 and April 2021.
According to the dates of each report, Interim report #8 was actionable for Army Col. Kevin Taylor, the point of contact for the seroprevalence study, as early as July 2021.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin should have been made aware of the promising results of rising seroprevalences rate and the increasing presence of neutralizing antibodies at this time.
Yet, in August 2021, Austin chose the path of mass vaccination of all service members with “an untested, highly flawed gene therapy ‘vaccine’ for COVID-19,” according to Dr. Brian Hooker, the chief scientific officer of Children’s Health Defense, an organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “The so-called vaccine did not prevent infection, nor did it block transmission—and [it also] sickened millions of individuals across the U.S.”…
WATCH: Seattle Road Sign Flashes Disturbing Message After United Healthcare CEO’s Brutal Killing
A disturbing message seen on an electric road sign in Seattle, Washington, appearing to refer to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has raised numerous questions.
A KOMO News photographer noticed the sign early Thursday on the southbound lanes of Highway 99 near Dexter Avenue North, KOMO reported.
The sign is the property of a private construction contractor, the KOMO article said. Crews with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) launched an investigation. However, by the time they arrived at the scene the message had been deleted.
The identity of the person or persons who tampered with the sign remains a mystery….
Broke California to Spend $1.4 Billion on More EV Charging Stations
The State of California, which is suffering from massive budget deficits, will spend $1.4 billion to expand a network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to assist drivers of the cars that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to require by 2035.
As Breitbart News noted earlier this week, Newsom’s EV mandate is in trouble, with sales falling far below targets.
In addition, as the Los Angeles Times reported, Newsom is raising eyebrows by continuing to propose new spending — even though the state is suffering under massive budget deficits, despite lavish coronavirus relief from the federal government under President Joe Biden’s inflationary American Rescue Plan, which he signed on taking office in 2021.
But the state is determined to push the EV mandate, as the Washington Post reported on Thursday:…
DA to seek death penalty against illegal immigrants accused in Nungaray murder case
Prosecutors in Texas are seeking the death penalty for two illegal migrants from Venezuela who are accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in June.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, a Democrat, told Fox and Friends on Friday her office is now seeking the death penalty for Franklin Pena, 26, and Johan Martinez-Rangel, 22, who were indicted in September on capital murder charges in connection with Nungaray’s murder.
Documents say Pena and Rangel kidnapped Nungaray and caused her death by applying pressure to her neck. The two are also accused of sexually assaulting her before leaving her body under a bridge.
Authorities said both suspects entered the United States illegally shortly before the slaying.
Search warrants later revealed the men are possibly members of the bloodthirsty Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
“We are seeking death because we want the message out there that, regardless of who you are, but especially if you are illegally in this country, that you will face the same consequences as anyone else for murdering a child during the course of raping and kidnapping.”
Ogg said she spoke to Nungaray’s parents before making the decision to seek the death penalty. ..
Stealth destroyer 1st to carry hypersonic missiles that travel 5 times the speed of sound — with testing imminent
A U.S. Navy stealth ship is getting a major upgrade: USS Zumwalt is currently being fitted with an experimental hypersonic weapon system called Conventional Prompt Strike.
Hypersonic weapons are seen as the next stage in non-nuclear warfare, as they enable targets to be destroyed swiftly and accurately and from far greater distances than conventional weapons allow.
In a briefing document leaked by a former Massachusetts Air National Guard member, it was revealed that China had tested its DF-27 intermediate-range hypersonic weapon system last year, according to AP News.
Hypersonic weapons travel at more than five times the speed of sound, or “Mach 5” — approximately 3,830 mph (6,160 km/h)…
Judicial Watch Sues for Records on Tulsi Gabbard being Placed on Terrorist Watch List
Judicial Watch announced today that it filed on December 9, 2024, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuitagainst the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for records on former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard being targeted for surveillance under the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) “Quiet Skies” terrorist watch program (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (No. 1:24-cv-03427)).
The Transportation Security Administration is a component of the Department of Homeland Security. As noted in the December 11 court order, Judicial Watch seeks to expedite the lawsuit.
On August 4, 2024, it was reported that “several Federal Air Marshal whistleblowers have come forward with information showing that former U.S. Representative and Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is currently enrolled in the Quiet Skies program.”
On August 23, 2024, the House Oversight Committee wrote to David P. Pekoske, the administrator for the Transportation Security Administration, that Gabbard was added “to the Quiet Skies program on July 23, 2024 – one day after she criticized the Biden administration in an interview.”…
Whistleblower: FBI Deputy Director Abbate Told Agents to Hide Dozens of January 6 Informants from Public – Knew It Would Be “Too Embarrassing” for Agency to Tell the Truth to Americans
As reported on Thursday, DOJ Inspector General David Horowitz released his much-anticipated January 6 report yesterday.
It has been widely reported that the violence would not have taken place or reached the fever pitch that it did if Nancy Pelosi had brought in the National Guard as President Trump requested days before the planned protests and rallies.
In the IG report released Thursday, the DOJ admits to 26 “confidential human sources” (page 77) working that day inside the Trump protest at the US Capitol. The IG Report ignored how man “undercover employees” were also at the US Capitol that day.
Via Julie Kelly.
According to the report – the DOJ admitted that 4 entered the US Capitol and 13 entered the “restricted area.” This is very likely inaccurate since much of the US Capitol, and its surroundings were later listed as “restricted ground” despite the permits obtained by several pro-Trump groups for smaller events that day near the US Capitol.
The Gateway Pundit has reported for years now on numerous confirmed intelligence operatives and “cutouts” who had infiltrated the Trump crowd on January 6, 2021.
When the DOJ admits to 26 undercover operatives working inside the crowd that day, they do not include the many dozens or hundreds of “cutouts” who were operating inside the enormous crowd that day. This number does not include the operatives from several government agencies who were inside the crowd on January 6.
It’s safe to say January 6 was the largest organized government operation targeting a specific political party in US history.
The Gateway Pundit has reported on numerous suspected government operatives in the pro-Trump crowd that day. You can review that information here….
The Forgotten Heroes: The Desperate Need of the January 6 Political Prisoners This Christmas
As most American families are gathering, hearts warmed at the beginning of another Christmas season filled with celebrations of family unity, love, hope and the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ – families of the January 6 Political Prisoners are suffering unimaginably their FOURTH Christmas without their husbands, fathers, and sons at home.
These men have been ripped from their homes by the Gestapo FBI and thrown away like abandoned animals at the kennel, left to rot and languish in the Washington DC Jail Gulag for 1422 days already!
The men have left mostly young wives and children at home, struggling to make ends meet: there will be no Christmas for the families of these brave patriots unless we step up and help them, America!
The January 6 Commissary & Family Fund has organized a Christmas drive for the J6 Hostages and is asking for your support on GiveSendGo.com/J6CommissaryFund.
Since January 2021, these political prisoners have endured the iron fist of a two-tiered justice system weaponized against them for their beliefs. Many have been subjected to over 900 days of solitary confinement in the harsh conditions of the Washington, D.C., jail gulag—a place known for its cruel treatment of prisoners.
Stripped of their rights and denied fair trials, they symbolize the Biden administration’s relentless persecution of its political enemies. These men are not criminals but fathers, husbands, and patriots who dared to challenge the status quo…
UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Benji was nearly 3 when he was diagnosed with severe autism and soon after started a specialized therapy to help him develop basic skills. After two years in treatment, his murmuring gave way to small words, with “bubbles” among the first. To celebrate, Menard powered up a bubble machine she found at the dollar store, and for hours, they watched the iridescent orbs drift over their porch.
Menard, who is raising Benji alone in south-central Louisiana, began to picture a future for her son that diverged from the stories she’d heard about some kids with similar diagnoses, who grew up still unable to manage their frustrations and had to live in nursing homes or institutions.
But now, she’s worried again.
The insurer that has been paying for her son’s therapy, UnitedHealthcare, has begun — to the befuddlement of his clinical team — denying him the hours they say he requires to maintain his progress.
Inside the insurance conglomerate, the nation’s largest and most profitable, the slashing of care to children like Benji does have a reason, though it has little to do with their needs.
It is part of a secret internal cost-cutting campaign that targets a growing financial burden for the company: the treatment of thousands of children with autism across the country…..
Classic Stossel: Disaster Relief
A big storm does NOT require big government – people come together to help one another.
After Hurricane Katrina, the New York Times ran the headline: “A Big Storm Requires Big Government.” But FEMA did an awful job. By contrast, private businesses like Walmart, and charities like Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief helped many people, much more quickly.
A Classic Stossel from 2015
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