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“The USS Liberty Attack Was Cold Blooded Murder” survivor Phil Tourney exposes the truth | Redacted

The United States has a long history of false flag attacks to rally our country into war. It’s a template that works well. Take, for example, the USS Maine, which was used to ignite the Spanish-American War or the Gulf of Tonkin.

The false flag attack there that led us fully into the Vietnam War, but one of the most suppressed and hidden attacks on Americans happened during the Six Day War.

In 1967, the USS Liberty, a naval intelligence ship, was attacked on purpose by Israeli forces in coordination with the CIA


Report: China Rapidly Builds Up Weapons And Psychological Warfare Operations

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The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is undertaking an unprecedented military buildup aimed at challenging America and its allies, particularly in the Indo-Pacific.

And, like Nazi Germany’s buildup in the 1930s, the militarization program ordered by the Chinese Communist Party isn’t simply a great power buildup — it’s a weapon in service of a deadly ideology.

The 2024 Department of Defense China Military Power Report and recent analysis by Bill Gertz in the Washington Times reveal this buildup as part of a broader strategy by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to position itself as a global superpower.

Meanwhile, the U.S., having spent $5.4 trillion on the global war on terror and attendant, futile nation-building, has left itself strategically vulnerable by diverting critical resources while underestimating the threat from China.

China has rapidly expanded the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) arsenal, adding, that we know of, some:

  • 50 new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capable of striking the continental U.S., for a cumulative total of 400.
  • 300 medium-range ballistic missiles and 100 long-range cruise missiles.
  • More than 600 operational nuclear warheads, projected to surpass 1,000 by 2030.
  • Hypersonic missiles like the DF-27, capable of evading U.S. missile defenses and targeting Guam, Hawaii, and Alaska​.
  • China’s navy, already the largest in the world with 370 ships and submarines, is expected to grow to 435 by 2030.

Beyond its conventional forces, China’s adoption of “cognitive warfare” poses a significant threat. This doctrine focuses on manipulating information to undermine adversaries’ decision-making processes. Cognitive warfare features tactics right out of a sci-fi film, all enabled by powerful AI tools.

For instance, deepfakes to mislead military and political leaders during crises and psychological warfare to demoralize U.S. troops and polarize society — the latter including efforts to erode trust in U.S. leadership among regional allies via tool such as TikTok…


Roger Stone on Free Speech, Big Tech, and Trump’s Plan to Dismantle the Deep State

Roger Stone joins us for a no-holds-barred conversation on free speech, Big Tech censorship, and the ongoing fight against the Deep State.

In this exclusive interview, Roger shares his thoughts on Donald Trump’s bold cabinet picks and their mission to reverse decades of progressive ideologies embedded in the system.

He also discusses the Democrats’ ongoing efforts to undermine Trump’s administration and the critical importance of protecting free speech through platforms like Parler.

As Big Tech continues to suppress conservative voices, Roger explains why independent platforms are essential to preserving freedom and open dialogue.


US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, in push to get aid out before Joe Biden leaves office

A Ukrainian AS-90 self-propelled artillery vehicle fires towards Russian positions at the frontline on Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

The United States is expected to announce that it will send $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Friday, as the Biden administration pushes to get as much aid to Kyiv as possible before leaving office on Jan. 20.

The large package of aid includes a significant amount of munitions, including for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems and the HAWK air defense system. It also will provide Stinger missiles and 155 mm- and 105 mm artillery rounds, officials said.

The officials, who said they expect the announcement to be made on Monday, spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details not yet made public.

The new aid comes as Russia has launched a barrage of attacks against Ukraine’s power facilities in recent days, although Ukraine has said it intercepted a significant number of the missiles and drones.

Russian and Ukrainian forces are also still in a bitter battle around the Russian border region of Kursk, where Moscow has sent thousands of North Korean troops to help reclaim territory taken by Ukraine…


‘ULTIMATE REJECTION’: California Dems have ‘failed’ on this, state GOP chair says

California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson on Gov. Gavin Newsom pushing to lead the resistance against President-elect Trump, the shift of the state’s counties from blue to red and the California Republican comeback.


Guatemala ready to receive deported illegal aliens from other countries: Report

Guatemala is reportedly prepared to accept deported illegal aliens from other countries to assist with President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping removals.

According to a Thursday report from Reuters, three sources confirmed that Guatemala is willing to receive deportation flights carrying other Central American nationals.

NBC News previously reported that the Trump administration was putting together a list of countries that would accept illegal immigrants from other nations. The news outlet claimed the list consisted of Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, Panama, and Grenada.

Last week, incoming border czar Tom Homan confirmed that the administration already has countries lined up that are willing to take illegal immigrants should their countries of origin decline to accept deportation flights from the U.S.

Homan stated that Venezuelan nationals, including members of Tren de Aragua, who are in the U.S. illegally will be deported even if the country continues to reject repatriation flights.

“They’re going to be arrested. They’re going to be detained. And they’re going to be removed,” he said. “I’ve been talking to several different countries that, if Venezuela don’t take them back, we’ve got other countries that are stepping up and saying they will. So they will be deported.”

Trump previously stated that Venezuela will begin accepting deportation flights….


January 6 Political Prisoners Launch Historic $50 Billion Class Action Lawsuit Against DOJ

In a groundbreaking legal battle, over 100 January 6 political prisoners have come together to file what is being hailed as the largest lawsuit ever against the Department of Justice.

Officially named the January 6 Restitution and Wrongful Incarceration Lawsuit, this $50 billion class action is spearheaded by Jake Lang, a January 6 prisoner who has been incarcerated for nearly four years.

Lang, through his new organization, Federal Watchdog, the Anti-Lawfare Group, is joined by an esteemed team of conservative attorneys, including Steven Metcalf, Anthony Sabatini, Stephanie Lambert, and Jonathan Gross. Together, they aim to expose the injustices faced by January 6 prisoners and secure much-needed restitution.

The lawsuit, set to be filed on January 20, 2025, has already garnered widespread support, with over 100 prisoners signing on. This historic legal action seeks to compensate these individuals for the extensive harm inflicted by what they describe as a weaponized justice system.

From the loss of generational family businesses, homes, and careers to the irreparable emotional and psychological damage suffered during years of wrongful incarceration, the plaintiffs are demanding accountability for the Federal Government’s actions…


Lawmakers can subpoena Fani Willis over Trump election case, judge rules

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    • A new ruling by a Fulton County Superior Court judge says that Georgia senators can subpoena District Attorney Fani Willis over possible misconduct during her prosecution of the Trump election interference case.
    • The judge has given Willis a deadline of Jan. 13 to submit arguments over whether the demands are too broad or may deal with confidential information.
    • Willis has been fighting with a Senate subcommittee for months after they tried to compel her to testify during a meeting and to produce scores of documents.

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – A judge has ruled that the Georgia state Senate can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as part of an inquiry into whether she engaged in misconduct during her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump but is giving Willis the chance to contest whether lawmakers’ demands are overly broad.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram filed the order Monday, telling Willis she has until Jan. 13 to submit arguments over whether the subpoenas seek legally shielded or confidential information. Ingram wrote that she would issue a final order later saying what Willis had to respond to….


Houthis vow to continue attacking Israel despite strikes on Yemen

A Houthi political official says the group will continue attacking Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians despite the escalating Israeli air strikes in Yemen.

Mohammed al-Bukhaiti told the BBC that the Houthis would “escalate our military targeting of Israel” until it stopped what he described as “the genocide in Gaza”.

On Thursday, Israeli warplanes struck the international airport in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and ports and power stations on the Red Sea coast, killing at least four people.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that its response to more than a year of missile and drone attacks by the Iran-backed group was “just getting started”.

Israel has carried out four rounds of air strikes against the Houthis since July in retaliation for the 400 missiles and drones that the Israeli military says have been launched at the country from Yemen, most of which have been shot down.

The US and UK have also carried out air strikes in Yemen in response to the group’s attacks on dozens of merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden….


High Levels of Radiation Detected Across the East Coast After Mysterious Drone Sightings

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According to GQ Electronics’ Geiger Counter World Map, high emissions levels were detected near the Bronx and the Upper West Side of New York City. The radiation reading scale measured 1048 counts-per-minute (CPM), or the number of particles detected.

This exceeds the average number of particles detected by the 200 counts-per-minute safety threshold. In comparison, the average person is usually exposed to background radiation that measures about five to 60 CPM. 

Author of Plan Red: China’s Project to Destroy America, Gordon Chang, told Forbes that the drones could be associated with the area’s high radiation levels. 

“There have been reports of spikes and radiation in the New York metropolitan area,” Chang said. “Two of them, one on each side of the Hudson. That leads to the conclusion that maybe they’re looking for an implanted nuclear weapon.”

Chang compared the current drone fiasco to the 2023 Chinese spy balloon crisis spotted in U.S. airspace, saying that in both instances, there was an“apparent failure of the federal government— both the military and the president to protect the American people.” 

“When you talk about radiation, clearly this could be one of the things that the drones are doing,” Chang continued. “And that would explain why they’re over residential areas because the device could be planted in one of those places.” 

The country would not be prepared in the event of a potential “dirty bomb” being detonated on U.S. ground, he explained. Chang said that if something like that were to happen, the country would be thrown into a chaotic situation and cause sheer panic in people, adding that for at least some time, the government would be unable to take care of the American people. 

“So, people need to be able to have enough food enough water they need iodine pills – this is not a conversation that the American people have had for a very very long time,” he went on, adding that the U.S. has become too complacent living in peace, but pointed out that the nation has not been peaceful for quite some time….


‘Tragedy beyond comprehension’: Prison inmate kills beloved corrections officer on Christmas morning, officials say

According to WBNS-TV, corrections officer Andrew Lansing was attacked around 7:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe — roughly 43 miles south of Columbus.

Lansing, 62, reportedly died “following an inmate assault.” The victim’s brother reportedly said Lansing had been severely beaten in the face and head and showed no defensive wounds.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol identified the alleged assailant as 27-year-old Rashawn Cannon. Cannon has been incarcerated since September 2023 for felonious assault and having a weapon while under disability, according to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction records. Cannon’s expected release date was listed as Aug. 5, 2030. Since the attack, Cannon has been transferred to the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.

Following the fatal attack, the Ross Correctional Institution restricted inmates’ movements. The Ohio State Highway Patrol launched an investigation….


Jordan Peterson: You’d be a fool to believe this

Dr. Jordan Peterson analyzes whether the Daniel Penny case will influence how people step in to help others in the future on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’


13-Year-Old Victim’s Dad Tells Husband of Sex Abuse Teacher He’s Married to a ‘F***ing Monster’ Just Before Arrest: Audio

A newly released documentary has exposed disturbing details about former Arizona teacher Brittany Zamora’s sexual abuse case, including her husband’s attempts to prevent the victim’s family from reporting the crimes to authorities.

Daniel Zamora, husband of the convicted teacher, made a desperate phone call to the victim’s father the night before his wife’s 2018 arrest, attempting to resolve the situation privately. 

The documentary revealed that the abuse came to light after the victim’s parents discovered explicit text messages through a monitoring app on their son’s phone. 

The messages exposed a sexual relationship between the then-27-year-old Las Brisas Academy Elementary School teacher and her 13-year-old student.

Investigation details showed multiple sexual encounters occurred in Zamora’s car and classroom, the New York Post reported….


NATO Boosts Baltic Sea Presence After Suspected Undersea Cable Attack

Estonian military. The patrol boat Raju’s main task will be to protect the Estlink 1 power cable

NATO moved Friday to enhance its naval presence in the Baltic Sea as Estonia’s navy began patrolling an undersea cable supplying energy from Finland.

The move follows the excision of a different cable from the power grid on Christmas Day in what Finnish authorities allege is a case of deliberate, targeted sabotage by Russia, as Breitbart News reported.

A ship named as Eagle S is suspected of damaging the Estlink 2 cable and Finnish coast guard crew have boarded the oil tanker and steered it into Finnish waters.

The E.U. said the Eagle S was part of “Russia’s shadow fleet” and the failure of the undersea cable was the “latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure.”

Estonia’s patrols were confirmed by Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur via a post on social media.

“We’ve decided to send our navy close to Estlink 1 to defend and secure our energy connection with Finland,” he posted on X….


Police: Florida Pizza Delivery Driver Stabbed Pregnant Woman 14 Times over $2 Tip

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A $2 tip was enough to allegedly trigger a pizza delivery driver to return Sunday and stab a pregnant woman customer 14 times at a motel in Kissimmee, Florida.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office announced Brianna Alvelo, 22, is charged with attempted murder, home invasion with a firearm, aggravated assault and kidnapping after returning to the Riviera Motel on E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee, UPI reports.

A man alleged to have accompanied Alvelo during the incident has not yet been identified.

The woman was staying at the motel with her boyfriend and her five-year-old daughter while celebrating a birthday and ordered a $33 pizza from Marco’s Pizza.

Alvelo delivered the pizza at about 10 p.m., which the woman tried to pay for with a $50 bill.

The accused lacked change, so the woman used smaller bills to pay for the pizza and gave Alvelo a $2 tip, NBC News reported.

The woman said sometime later, she heard a loud knocking on the door, the affidavit said. A man and a woman clad in all black wearing masks allegedly forced themselves into the room when she opened the door, it detailed…


Woman, 22, accused of stabbing victim over bad tip after pizza delivery in Kissimmee


Report: ‘Beloved’ Georgia Realtor Killed, Allegedly by Illegal Alien Freed into U.S. by Biden’s DHS

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Christian Fernando Irias-Ruiz, a 20-year-old Honduran national, has been arrested and charged with first-degree vehicular homicide, drunk driving, reckless driving, speeding, and possession of alcohol by someone under 21 years old.

According to police, the crash occurred just days before Christmas when Irias-Ruiz allegedly drove drunk, ran a red light, and t-boned Jimmy Chang’s vehicle — killing him. A third vehicle was involved in the crash, which left some passengers injured.

“It’s devastating for all the family right now, still can’t process that he’s gone,” Jason Chang, Jimmy’s brother, told WSB-TV 2 Atlanta. “He impacted a lot of lives.”

A report from Fox News Digital reveals that Irias-Ruiz is an illegal alien from Honduras and was first apprehended crossing the southern border in June 2021. DHS officials, though, released Irias-Ruiz into the United States interior through Biden’s expansive Catch and Release network.

Chang, whose family has set up a GoFundMe page, was a realtor in the area and president of the Atlanta chapter of the Asian Real Estate Association of America…


New York to Force Oil, Gas Companies to Pay Reparations for ‘Climate Change’ Damage

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Large fossil fuel companies will now have to hand over punitive reparations to help New York fight the effects of “climate change” under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D).

AP reports a state fund for infrastructure projects meant to repair or avoid future damage from climate change has been set up to benefit from the payments.

Lawmakers approved the bill earlier this year to force big oil and gas companies to contribute to the cost of repairs after extreme weather events critics attribute directly to fossil fuel companies and their wares.

“The Climate Change Superfund Act is now law, and New York has fired a shot that will be heard round the world: the companies most responsible for the climate crisis will be held accountable,” said state Sen. Liz Krueger, a Democrat who sponsored the bill.

The biggest emitters of greenhouse gases between 2000 and 2018 would be subjected to the fines imposed after New York State became the first state in the nation earlier this year to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in new buildings, mandating a shift to renewable energy and electricity as the state’s power grid runs short of capacity….


Global Warming Fail: Arctic Ice Is 26% Larger Than 2012

Ships get stuck in the ice

Climate realist Tony Heller took to X to highlight the climate misinformation and disinformation campaigns waged by far-left corporate media on the global public.

Heller referenced a 2007 BBC News article titled Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’,” which warned readers of the supposed threat that “latest modeling studies indicate northern polar waters could be ice-free in summers within just 5-6 years.”

The BBC article’s baseless claim was designed to instill climate fears across the public to ram through a radical de-growth climate agenda across the Western world.

Heller then cited NOAA Sea Ice Extent data of the Arctic from Sept. 16, 2012, and Sept. 7, 2024, and found:

This year’s minimum Arctic sea ice extent was 26% larger than 2012. @BBCNews said the Arctic would be ice-free by 2013.” 

Read full story here…


German Parliament Dissolved, Setting Date For February 23rd Snap Elections After Government Collapse

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Germany will elect a new government seven months early after the last collapsed in acrimony in November, the nation’s President confirmed in dissolving its Bundestag on Friday morning.

It is time for liberal democracy’s “competition of ideas” to find “the best solutions to the challenges of our times” including economic stagnation, mass migration, and wars in Europe and the Middle East, the German President said as he dissolved the Bundestag (Parliament) on Friday morning. 

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the current domestic and global environment required “a government capable of taking action”, and that the present constitution of the Bundestag was preventing this from happening.

The dissolution of the Bundestag today confirms in law the February 23rd date agreed weeks ago between the main parties for the next Federal elections.

Since, President Steinmeier had been investigating whether another government could possibly be built out of the Bundestag as it was, but concluded this would not be possible and that early elections were therefore inevitable…


Support for Backing Ukraine at All Costs Falls in Europe Amid Realisation Trump Will Make Them Pay the Bill

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Total Ukrainian victory at any cost feeling appears to be waning in Europe, with a YouGov survey this month finding that support for Kyiv “until it wins” against Moscow has steeply declined throughout western Europe, the Guardian reports.

Amid growing realisation that they may soon be on the hook to foot the bill, support for standing by Ukraine until victory, including by extending the war, fell in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden.

Meanwhile, the polling agency found that support for a peace settlement, including one in which Russia is granted previous Ukrainian territory — seen as totally unacceptable in Kyiv — rose in every country surveyed.

For example, support for a negotiated peace rose from 45 per cent to 55 per cent in Italy, from 38 per cent to 46 in Spain, 35 per cent to 43 in France, and 38 per cent to 45 per cent in Germany.

While support for a to-the-bitter-end war remained relatively high in Sweden at 50 per cent, Denmark at 40 per cent, and the UK at 36 per cent, support had declined significantly from 57, 51, and 50 per cent, respectively….


China unveils world’s largest amphibious warship

A launching ceremony is held to unveil China’s first Type 076 new-generation amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a Shanghai-based subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp, on December 27, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (Pu Haiyang/VCG via Getty Images)

China has launched the first of its new line of amphibious assault ships and its biggest one yet, strengthening what is already the world’s largest navy.

The Sichuan, a type 076 new-generation amphibious assault ship, was put into the water at a launch and naming ceremony on Friday. 

With a full load displacement of 40,000 tons, the warship ranks among the world’s largest amphibious assault ships, featuring a dual-island superstructure and full-length flight deck, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) said in a statement.

China Bugle, an news outlet associated with the PLAN’s news media center, reported the ship will play a key role in transforming and developing the Chinese navy and enhancing its combat capabilities in the far seas. 

The Sichuan is capable of launching fighter jets and unmanned drones from an electromagnetic catapult. It is designed to carry ground troops in landing craft with air support….


Joe Biden poses with Hunter’s Chinese business associates in newly surfaced photos: ‘Incredibly damning’

Hunter Biden and Joe Biden with Ming Xue, Jonathan Li and Rock Shi (America First Legal)

President Biden is seen in newly uncovered photos meeting with Hunter Biden’s Chinese business associates in China while he served as vice president, bringing further scrutiny to his claim he “never” discussed business with his son.

The photos, obtained by conservative-leaning America First Legal through litigation against the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), appear to show then-Vice President Biden introducing his son to Chinese President Xi Jinping and then-Vice President Li Yuanchao.

Other photos show Joe Biden posing with Hunter’s business associates from BHR Partners, including Jonathan Li and Ming Xue.

“These images shed light on the connections between then-Vice President Biden, Hunter and his Chinese business associates, and Chinese government officials including President Xi Jinping,” America First Legal said in a press release this week. “Lawyers and representatives for President Biden and President Obama delayed NARA’s release of these photographs, as they did with other records, until after Election Day.”

“These photos corroborate the House Oversight Committee’s investigative findings that Hunter Biden arranged for his father to meet with Jonathan Li and other BHR executives during the 2013 China trip, where ‘Mr. Li sought— and received — access to Vice President Biden’s political power, including, for example, preferential access to then-U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus … a condition of Hunter Biden and his associates participating in the BHR deal,’” America First Legal wrote….