Our two deep states, one public, one private
One Deep State is bad enough, but a renegade, predatory private-sector Deep State is intolerable. In 2007, well before the term Deep State entered the common lexicon, I sketched the…
Republicans to take legal action against Sec. of State Blinken’s refusal to share Afghanistan memo warning Taliban to rapidly take Kabul upon US withdrawal
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is preparing his committee to move forward with a contempt of Congress charge against Secretary of State Antony Blinken as soon as May…
South Africa responds to US claims of weapons deliveries to Russia
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has pushed back against accusations by a US envoy who claimed that Pretoria provided Russia with military assistance amid the Ukraine conflict. On Thursday, Reuben…
US attorney general approves transfer of seized assets from Russian oligarch to Ukraine
For the first time, US Attorney General Merrick Garland has transferred seized assets from a sanctions-hit Russian oligarch to Ukraine for future rebuilding efforts in the war-torn country. Financial Times…
FIRE amicus brief urges Supreme Court to close the door on speech-chilling criminal defamation laws
Throwing someone in jail for badmouthing a public official is profoundly undemocratic and un-American. But that didn't stop police from arresting Robert Frese after he insulted them on Facebook. New…
SOTT FOCUS: NewsReal: NATO Weapons Go Boom, British Missiles Strike Russia – Ukraine War Escalates
The NATO vs Russia proxy war in Ukraine recently escalated a notch or two, with simultaneous 'Ukrainian' airstrikes downing two modern Russian fighter jets and two helicopters... well inside 'Russia…
Biden admin is grooming Gen Z ‘Influencers’ to become digital Red Guard
Biden's handlers understand that voters respond well to lectures on nuanced political issues by nineteen-year-old products of public education with no life experience to speak of. Via Axios: "President Biden's…
Study finds Bill Gates’ lab-grown ‘meat’ 25 times worse for climate than beef
The lab-grown "synthetic meat" being pushed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is far worse for the environment than beef, a new study has found. Bill Gates and his allies in…
Jury finds Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of murdering 2 of her children
A jury has found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of murdering two of her children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival. The verdict was read aloud in court shortly after…
Mighty no more? Israel tiptoes around multi-front war, attempting to maintain a ‘deterrence capacity’
Tel Aviv's decisions suggest a deterioration of its military dominance as its closest partner, the US, loses regional clout After Israel defied public calls to launch a large-scale military operation…
Now calling criminals ‘convicts’ is offensive: Prison service tells warders to drop the phrase ‘ex-con’ and instead call them ‘persons with lived experience’
Prison officers have been ordered to stop calling criminals 'convicts' on the grounds it is 'offensive'. Civil servants at the Prison Service headquarters have also instructed warders to drop the…
Researchers discover that T-cells are able to self-activate to fight tumors
UC San Diego scientists find an auto-signaling mechanism driving the T cell anti-tumor response When you need a bit of motivation, it often has to come from within. New research…
Babies who have DNA from three different people born in the UK for first time
In 2015, the U.K. became the first country to adopt legislation regulating methods to help prevent women with faulty mitochondria from passing defects on to their babies. Britain's fertility regulator…
Audience favorite: Trump town hall boosts CNN’s ratings to 5x HIGHER than typical night
CNN's Wednesday town hall featuring former President Donald Trump reportedly yielded ratings about five times higher than the network's typical viewership in the 8 p.m. hour among the 25-54 age…
Pet parrots were taught to video call each other — and they loved it
Wild parrots tend to fly in flocks, but when kept as single pets, they may become lonely and bored Over 20 million parrots are kept as pets in American households,…
Deadly tornado rips through Texas community
A tornado with wind speeds up to 110 mph tore through Laguna Heights, Texas, killing at least one person and injuring 10 others. NBC News' Catie Beck has the details.
Evacuations and road closures due to flooding in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
The heavy downpour in Nelson Mandela Bay has caused flooding in parts of the city, forcing the municipality to relocate some residents and close roads as a precautionary measure. Though…
Flooding in Somalia displaces 200,000 people
Around 200,000 people have been displaced due to flash flooding in central Somalia, a regional official told AFP Saturday, as the Shabelle River burst its banks and submerged roads. Inhabitants…
UK deepens warmongering in Ukraine with plans to supply long-range missiles
The UK is again leading the way in a massive further escalation of the NATO war against Russia. On Monday, the Washington Post reported that the UK's Ministry of Defence…
Four in a row: Winters in Alaska have been on the colder side
So much for being the canary in the global warming mine. If the past four winters in Alaska seemed colder than usual, it's because, well, they were. According to the…
Mount Anak Krakatau erupts again
Mount Anak Krakatau re-erupted, Saturday, 7:10 a.m. local time, sending ash to about 2,000 meters above the summit or around 2,157 meters above sea level, the Vulcanology and Geological Hazard…
US ‘should be in the dock’ for violation of international law – China
The US has blatantly violated international law while imposing its own rules upon the world by force, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin has claimed. The comments followed reports that…
UK charity sounds alarm on soaring blood clot deaths, calls on NHS to publish data it stopped collecting during lockdowns
A charity has warned that deaths are higher than expected as it called for more transparency over the work hospitals are doing to reduce risk. Vital information gathered about a…
Russia begins to annul visas of Finnish citizens shopping for fuel, restores visa-free access to Georgians
Russian border guards began to annul visas for those Finnish residents who come to Russia to refuel their vehicles and buy food, the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported on Saturday. According…