Biden approves record defense budget for 2025 - up $9B from last year
The massive $895 billion budget also slams the door on any fossil fuel cooperation with Russia and cuts off vital information sharing under the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty (START).
Is 2025 shaping up to be a hot year?
#DoD
CNN Türk reports at least 12 deaths and three injuries following an explosion at an explosives factory in Balikesir, Türkiye
#Explosion
Romano Mussolini, the great-grandson of Benito Mussolini, scored his first professional football goal
Fans reacted with a fascist salute…
#Soccer
Israel targets Gaza medical facility after demanding its closure
A hospital in Gaza's war-torn strip was rocked by explosions delivered via remote-controlled vehicles, leaving at least 20 injured, including patients and medical staff, according to Al Jazeera.
#IDF
Tucker take-down: Mike Pompeo a ‘criminal’ who plotted to kill Julian Assange
Carlson claimed Pompeo plotted to murder WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - who wasn’t even charged in the US - out of revenge for embarrassing the CIA.
#CIA
Horror at Fort Lauderdale Marina: Boat explosion injures five as search for missing person underway
Dozens rushed to assist as emergency crews battled the inferno, extinguishing the flames while investigators combed through the charred wreckage for clues.
#Florida
US Army Special Operations Command releases girl-boss video at the close of 2024
Gotta love that DEI.
#Army
Biden’s Christmas pardon fury: 37 death row inmates SPARED in controversial clemency blitz
The US president commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life without parole, igniting outrage from victims' families and Republican lawmakers.
Excluded from the clemency sweep were only three inmates convicted of terrorism or hate crimes.
Critics slammed the move as a betrayal of justice, pointing to cases like Thomas Sanders, who brutally murdered a mother and her child.
#WhiteHouse
Russian forces in the Kharkov region utilize drone technology to shoot down several enemy recon UAVs, Defense Ministry footage shows
#RussianMoD
Aid workers were injured in an Israeli strike in central Gaza — Local media reports
#IDF
Biden White House authorizes $20 million to create Sesame Street rip-off program promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in Iraq
#USAID
SMO footage: Russian suicide drone catches up with US infantry carrier
A Russian first-person view drone has successfully intercepted and destroyed a US-provided Stryker armored vehicle while it was on the move, the Defense Ministry in Moscow showcased on Monday.
#SMO
Greenland PM trashes Trump’s resurrected plan to buy territory
US President-elect Donald Trump has said that it is essential for Washington from a national security standpoint to take ownership of Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
“For purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world, the US feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” he wrote on TruthSocial.
“Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,” Greenland PM Múte Egede responded.
#Greenland #Trump
Hezbollah-busting pager plot: Mossad reveals 'Truman Show' global ops details
Since 2022, Mossad developed pager-sized devices containing explosives, tested on mannequins, an Israeli intelligence agent told CBS.
Ads in places such as YouTube and fake reviews marketed them as durable and waterproof. Front companies, including one in Hungary, facilitated production. By 2024, Hezbollah unknowingly acquired 5,000 units, the anonymous Mossad officer claimed.
#Mossad #Israel #Hezbollah
American bloggers claim to have encountered an uncontacted tribe in Fiji, gifting them nicotine pouches, vapes, and cigarettes
Is one of the ‘uncontacted’ tribesmen wearing jean shorts?
#Fiji
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Illinois cops release bodycam of teen fugitive being shot after firing first — hospitalized but lucky to be alive
A traffic stop on September 4 turned violent when a 19-year-old teenager, fleeing the scene, was shot by police after allegedly firing at cops first.
The teenager is alive but remains hospitalized, and authorities have deemed the officer's use of deadly force justified.
#Illinois
Israeli forces leveled a residential complex in Jabalia, northern Gaza, footage shared by local media shows
#IDF
Deepening ties: Russia and Iran set to finalize strategic partnership treaty
#RussianMFA
Alec Baldwin cleared: ‘Rust’ manslaughter case officially dropped
On Monday, the Santa Fe District Attorney's Office confirmed that special prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew the state's notice of appeal, officially ending Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter case.
#Rust
A California judge ruled that a man accused of raping women in prison must be referred to as "she/her" during his trial, citing the defendant's right to dignity
#Woke
Caught on Camera: Lost tribe thriving in the depths of the Amazon
The elusive Massaco tribe is thriving in isolation, leaving experts baffled by their way of life, language, and beliefs - all of which remain unknown.
Imagine - they don’t even know the Hawk Tuah girl exists…
#Amazon
Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii - Witness the power of nature in this incredible footage
#Volcano
Stunning video reportedly shows a long-range ballistic missile fired by the Houthis in Yemen being intercepted somewhere over central Israel
#IDF
Cocaine Christmas: Cartels smuggle pounds of holiday ‘cheer’ across US border
Border authorities unwrapped a shocking surprise in Brownsville, Texas, finding 245 pounds of cocaine stashed among festive holiday packages in a utility trailer.
Authorities warn that while Santa’s sleigh delivers joy, traffickers are pushing their own "gifts," making this season especially lucrative for criminals.
#Mexico
Texas congressional candidate Valentina Gomez sparks controversy with a video depicting the public execution of migrants who kill Americans
#Texas
Crazed knife attacker vs group of men armed with stools and a wide knowledge of WWE moves
After being kicked out, 42-year-old Rustam Huseinov threatened to ‘end’ employees at a Kansas City pop-up bar. He was promptly told, in no uncertain terms, to take a seat.
#US
ICYMI: Crowd cheers as Saturday Night Live host mentions Luigi Mangione
#UnitedShooting
❗️Vladimir Putin plans to meet with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said. The meeting's timing is currently unknown.
Ushakov added that Russia maintains diplomatic and military contact with Syria's new authorities.
#Putin #Syria
⚡️UnitedHealthcare shooting: Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty
His federal charges carry the death penalty.
#UnitedShooting
